Mexico have about ⅛th of the attacking quality Argentina do.
Even sat at home it was sooo predictable what was going to happen. How could someone with all of Tuchel’s experience not see that?
Even his terrible subs against Norway?
I don’t buy that at all. Kane was obviously spent not long after our goal, Tuchel made the subs not the players and we ended up with well over half a team of defenders on the pitch because of him, not anyone else. It’s a staggering and indefensible failure of management. He had every opportunity to change it after his first substitution left the Argies calving out chance after chance before the hydration break and his response was to double down, bring on more defenders and concede even more of the pitch to them.
He might also get his chance in the third place playoffs or whatever they call it that no one gives a damn about.
Playing second fiddle to Burn aswell
Yes. He took Dan Burn to be "specialist" beanpole in defence to hold a lead and Ivan to be the "specialist" when chasing.
The 2nd XI play in that game. I expect Jordan Henderson to start.
Game knowledge. We don’t have it. Add in Italy in the Euros.
I must apologise for my personal reaction to you. However I have no truck with other nations and embrace them all. Regarding the Argentinian football team (I refuse to call them Argies a term coined during the disgraceful Falklands conflict by the likes of The Sun, Mail, Express,etc). With regard to the game Argentina are masters of the dark arts and like many of us who've played a bit we were always told get in early and let them know you're there ! After the first twenty, twenty- five minutes they did just that then they took control and showed what they are really capable of and in the end outplayed us. Roll on Spurs in August.
I know Rice hasn't been well but I maintain he is a very over rated player. Anderson put in twice the shift tonight.
This. We will never win anything until this mentality is eradicated. I just don’t know why it infects our whole set up, even when changing managers.
Honestly? I suspect the outcome is similar in either scenario. Im not sure who we could have brought on that could have provided a bit more of a threat. Fitness was also clearly a bit of an issue.
This was a little different. 10 men against Mexico was the right call. Not at 1-0 up with 11 men in a World Cup semi final after just scoring. It was terrible from Tuchel
I think Rice has been running on empty for a long time this season.
A gamble? What was he going to do in Extra Time with 6 defenders on the pitch?
I don't see where Phil Giles and his b***ockings come into it I'm afraid. In the end the final third we played was dismal but the broader point which I am trying, and seemingly failing, to make us that this is football, you tend to lose the big games more than you win, and that despite this failure Tuchel remains the right man to deliver international success. Of course this is contentious, I may be catastrophically wrong, but my view is that I do rather hope the FA is not overly trigger happy in this instance.
Changes shouldn't be a gamble though should they? This is a world cup final, we shouldn't be winging it.
I completely agree that we need to question the players as much as their coaches (as Redknapp said, once the game starts there's only so much a manager can do).
Rashford. Saka. Toney. Keep Gordon on. Madueke. Watkins.
I don't think it was 5 at the back when it went wrong. It was moving to 11 at the back.
