Dicko
Frederic Kanoute
If you are gonna play 5 4 ........ 1 then you might as well just put Watkins on to run around a bit.
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World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada
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ricky2tricky4city
Les Howe
Exactly. No different to the Mexico game.
Hold on to what you got, park the bus tactics works UNTIL the players you're facing get better.
Especially a warrior team like Argentina.
Baleforce
Joe Kinnear
I think that’s unfair on DR Congo, Mexico and Norway.
FolkestoneSpur
Gudni Bergsson
Will England ever find a manager that doesn't brick the bed when it comes to the crunch. Embarrassing second half.
Dicko
Frederic Kanoute
Exactly, When did we become so scared? Back in the day you run yourself into the ground and then bring on subs like for like. Maybe a Dan Burn last 5mins if needed. We sat back as soon as we scored, against a side we were doing well against and not causing us issues
Seedy Ron
Paul Robinson
He's only just taken that job in Saudi Arabia
ricky2tricky4city
Les Howe
They can't say Tuchel got it tactically wrong. It was the same tactics as the other games. Just against a better side it doesn't work.(Most of the time)
Bishop
Paul Walsh
They didn't lose to Norway this time. So you could say this tourney.
Baleforce
Joe Kinnear
And some of the players.
Baleforce
Joe Kinnear
You need different tactics for different opposition.
I think its more on the players than the manager TBH, there was some stupid mistakes and some awful laziness in that second half.
Not to say Tuchel is innocent, he made selection mistakes, and again, the team got worse after the first round of subs.
Dicko
Frederic Kanoute
So the tactics were wrong. We shoud've gone for a second. What happened to 'I want us to play like a PL side'???
ricky2tricky4city
Les Howe
Bishop
Paul Walsh
Basically this.
I think people questioning why England went defensive after the goal have been a bit circumspect and realise that the goal woke Argentina up and made them press high. As much as England looked ok pre the goal, they weren't actually creating any chances I think the goal was literally the only shot up to that point.
The pattern of the game was similar to the Mexico and Norway games, when faced against a superior midfield England massively struggle to play around them. There's no dictator, our passing is so bread and butter. Loon at how Argentina played through the lines and into tight spaces.
The truth for me is I don't think England actually could attack in the 2nd half and the pressure wasn't invited, it was forced.
elyid
Mitchell Thomas
Really disappointing. Totally stupid to decide to stop attacking with 1/4 of the match still left.
As you say, since when did we just take off attackers for no reason. Nobody does this.
We totally threw that away.
SteveAWOL
Terry Dyson
Konsa and Kane (he clearly ain’t got the legs to play 90 minutes EPL intensity any more) were so useless in the final quarter Tuchel might as well have brought on Madueke FFS!
Bedfordspurs
Bert Smith
That was key
Affected us and them