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DNA and a style of play is definitely something we don't really have.

But in this instance for me, TT had the opportunity to go for the jugular and didn't. It wasn't really anything to do with the players. He made a very poor decision tactically and that's what flipped the game.

1 hour ago, bwfc6ix said:

DNA and a style of play is definitely something we don't really have.

But in this instance for me, TT had the opportunity to go for the jugular and didn't. It wasn't really anything to do with the players. He made a very poor decision tactically and that's what flipped the game.

Can't disagree. Carbon copy of what Southgate did in the Euro final against Italy in a way.

Evatt.

Imagine Evattball with marginally competent players & a couple of stars.

Foden and Palmer would've been out of position or sat on the bench watching Bellingham be far better than them. TAA would've been helpful to have but the lack of backup right back didn't hinder us at crunch time.

Simply put Tuchel went too defensive too early and failed to change it when Argentina equalised. Making the correct decisions in those moments are why he's one of the highest paid international managers around and he fucked it up.

Can't fault the players for this it's all on Tuchel

1 hour ago, frank_spencer said:

Foden and Palmer would've been out of position or sat on the bench watching Bellingham be far better than them. TAA would've been helpful to have but the lack of backup right back didn't hinder us at crunch time.

Simply put Tuchel went too defensive too early and failed to change it when Argentina equalised. Making the correct decisions in those moments are why he's one of the highest paid international managers around and he fucked it up.

Can't fault the players for this it's all on Tuchel

Yeah I agree here. I don't think theres a real argument for leaving them at home. With the way TT set up in those last 30 mins, they wouldnt have had any impact in that moment.

Saka/Rashford on the bench were the pacey players that were needed.

37 minutes ago, bwfc6ix said:

Yeah I agree here. I don't think theres a real argument for leaving them at home. With the way TT set up in those last 30 mins, they wouldnt have had any impact in that moment.

Saka/Rashford on the bench were the pacey players that were needed.

Palmer had been shit for weeks at Chelsea

Foden hardly does anything for England

Think hindsight is deciding who should have gone

12 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

Palmer had been shit for weeks at Chelsea

Foden hardly does anything for England

Think hindsight is deciding who should have gone

I said it at the time but I wasn't too upset at them two being left out. Gibbs-White was the one for me that I was more surprised about. As you say, Palmer and Foden have done nothing for 95% of the season.

There was no reason that the players he had at his disposal couldn't have won that game on Wednesday.

11 hours ago, gonzo said:

He's blaming England's DNA and lack of passers etc.

He left them all at home the massive fucking weirdo.

He opted for a team of attacking wingers that can barely pass the ball. 4 of the fucking things.

If he wanted ball players he had Palmer Foden and Trent all sat at home who can pass the ball better than any of our squad combined.

What a deluded wanker. Sack him now.

Wharton was the quick passing midfielder we've missed the whole tournament. But Henderson has vibes or something so it's ok..

11 hours ago, frank_spencer said:

Sticking up for tuchel a touch on one tiny detail it wasn't his squad selection that let him down it was the in game management.

At 1-1 Bellingham broke away and had no cunt up there with him to pass to at that point I knew we'd fucked it.

I've had a think about it since the loss and think it was a bit of both.

In game management was abysmal and main cause of the loss. It was like watching Nuneaton Town if they go 1 nil up at Man City away in the cup. He just gave up any pretence of trying to play and loaded the defence to try to last for 40+ mins.

But I think the squad selection may have played a part here as he clearly didn't like the look of his back up midfield and attacking options. If he had Foden, Palmer, Wharton in his squad would he have made better subs?

Either way it's all on Tuchel. Needs sacking immediately

11 hours ago, royal white said:

There’s not many English managers to go for. To be honest the next manager could be the head of the Taliban for all I care as long as he brings it home. Pep and Klopp would obviously be a good shout but it looks like we are stuck with him for the next tournament.

Moving away from the managers and how kids are coached over here I read this comment last night and I agree with it massively

“Until we learn in academy football we should be teaching technical players to be great athletes and not athletes to be great footballers we will always fall short,

If you look at Spain and Argentina, where are the big strong athletes who can run and run and run”

At a broad level I agree with this. We prioritise size over skill throughout the whole youth system.

However, at the very top level i.e. national squad, our squad was more than a match for Argentina, and used well should have won.

Agree we should look at Spain and France for how they've created such a wide pool of elite players

I’m tuning out of this appraisal now.

I get it, it’s massive, it’s England and everybody has the right to express an opinion.

But it’s fucking draining listening to everybody saying the same thing…

… and yes that same thing may have some validation..

But it’s like everytime someone says it, it’s like they are putting themselves on some kind of pedestal in expressing their anger and frustration more than the person before.

Talk Sport is the best example. It was actually a decent listen up to the semi final defeat… now it’s just a screeching nonsense of the next speaker outdoing the previous speaker.. saying the same thing..

Get a bit of Ibiza Cafe Del Mar chill out on.

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Tariffs on the opposition at half time, and bomb them before injury time.

15 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Can't disagree. Carbon copy of what Southgate did in the Euro final against Italy in a way.

Wasn't a carbon copy

Southgate was passive. Tuchel actively went all out defence and basically waved them on to us

What disappointed me the most was that immediately he made the first substitution it became obvious it was a mistake yet instead of changing it and adding some pace he did nothing but make it worse. He had more than enough time to improve it but either couldn’t see it or didn’t want to and just ended up allowing us to fall behind then panicking with Rashford and Toney. Either way, he cost us that and should go.

1 hour ago, deeane Koontz said:

Wasn't a carbon copy

Southgate was passive. Tuchel actively went all out defence and basically waved them on to us

So it's not only Cheese who's a contrary git.

I have word, horse's mouth, ITK etc. that England are lining up Scottish born Irish man Owen Coyle to replace Tuchel.

37 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

I have word, horse's mouth, ITK etc. that England are lining up Scottish born Irish man Owen Coyle to replace Tuchel.

Seeing as he caused more damage to the North West than Maggie Thatcher he could have a bash at the Argies too.

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Tbf i've seen worse analysis of the england game.

Its too bad Trump would rather speedrun the breakdown of the current world order, because he would have been ace as a pundit for the world cup. Id have him over Neville, Richards etc.

He's going down the route of we aren't as good as other nations now.

Really pisses me off that narrative.

Two euro finals and two world cup semis says we are bang in the mixer with the world's elite.

We need to start believing how good we actually are.

That mentality lost the game the other night. Played like a bunch of no mark league 1 benders who should just be happy to be there.

Pathetic.

32 minutes ago, gonzo said:

He's going down the route of we aren't as good as other nations now.

Really pisses me off that narrative.

Two euro finals and two world cup semis says we are bang in the mixer with the world's elite.

We need to start believing how good we actually are.

That mentality lost the game the other night. Played like a bunch of no mark league 1 benders who should just be happy to be there.

Pathetic.

I think I'll abandon these particular pages very soon. Like the Trump thread. Fucking pointless.

13 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

I think I'll abandon these particular pages very soon. Like the Trump thread. Fucking pointless.

Surely you can't defend his decisions the other night?

Or the DNA comments?

55 minutes ago, gonzo said:

He's going down the route of we aren't as good as other nations now.

I think he has a point.

I keep putting the caveat in, that he got it badly wrong on Wednesday - there’s no justification for how he went about seeing that game out.

But we also saw what happened when we went toe to toe with France in the 2nd half yesterday, we should have conceded about 8! 😂

Of course a bit of balance and something different was needed Wednesday.

But it’s a valid matter of opinion, that yes we might be close and in the mix, but the next step is the hardest, it would have been a miracle in my opinion if we’d have taken the massive step to winning it this year.

I genuinely think that despite the managerial decisions we are not quite there yet, not far off, but some more improvement to be made yet.