@PWestoff@RNLI@AyAudits_c4n hitting them with one truth bomb after another. They know everything he’s saying is right which is why they’ve got nothing to say and just an empty look on their faces.
England playing out of their skin.
Rice, Konsa, Saka, Rashford.
France totally outclassed.
Players seemed to be ignoring Tuchel at the break.
Tragic to think what might have been if we’d attacked like this against Argentina.
@Benleo Argentina weren’t even very good? Come off it, Ben. They were superb and played with an intensity that we couldn’t match. They have a mental fortitude that we can only dream of at the moment.
Seeing England smash France makes Wednesday so much worse
Look what happens when you play with freedom and you’re relaxed
Argentina weren’t even any good
@Memdozer I blame the players for their negative reaction to going 1-0 up. They just sat back. Same as they did v Italy in 2021 and Croatia in 2018. Until they overcome this mindset of sitting back to defend a slender lead instead of pressing on for a second goal, same thing will happen
I think Tuchel should resign. England fans are so upset by his lack of positive reaction to the situation in the semi, that I think if England struggle in qualifying for the euros or play badly then the pressure will ramp up immediately. He won’t be given any leeway from now on.
@BorisJohnson Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians lost their lives because of you. Loads of our women have been raped by the people you allowed into the country. You’re a fucking disgrace.
Driving along one of the most dangerous roads in the world. In trouble. In war. In the Kill Zone.
Richard Pendlebury has lived this war in Ukraine since the very start. I’ve only been able to watch on from a safe distance. That is until now. Richard takes me closer to the front line than ever before and he details all about our journey in today’s Daily Mail.
dailymail.com/news/article-1…
@NOT_MOTD And that’s the difference unfortunately between success and failure. The failure is on him and his decisions, FA need to show they are a competent organisation and act.
@softwareSwat Last time I visited London it was a rat infested shithole full or 3rd worlders. There was a tent city all down Tottenham Court Rd, ffs. Buenos Aires had none of this. We should try to make our capital look more like BA.
I hope Spain absolutely twat those scruffy bin dipping 3rd world rat infested cunts tomorrow. Dirty scruffy Diego Simeone looking rat raced gerbil headed twats.
Up the Spain 🇪🇸 🙌
@Bbmorg This is the worst post I’ve seen on X in a really long time. Are you trying to diss Argentina? If so you failed miserably. To me this is a praise. They overcome all the limitations to still win championships year after year.
🇬🇧🚨 El presentador inglés Tom Harwood está siendo duramente criticado por unas polémicas declaraciones sobre los argentinos tras la clasificación de Argentina a la final del Mundial.
🗣️ “Supongo que podemos dejar que los argentinos festejen un rato, ¿no? De cualquier manera, la historia no cambiará.
Cuando tienes una tasa de desempleo juvenil tan alta, una inflación de tres dígitos y has atravesado tantas dificultades, está bien que festejen. El fútbol es lo único que tienen.
Me gusta pensar que en nuestras vidas hay otras cosas que nos hacen felices. Tengo un empleo, puedo pagar buenas vacaciones. Veo los desfiles después de ganarle a Inglaterra y realmente me alegro de que esa gente tenga algo para ser feliz.
Por supuesto que pueden llenar las calles para celebrar porque nadie tiene trabajo y tienen tiempo de estar afuera festejando. Literalmente, lo único que tienen en sus vidas es el fútbol.”
😳 Sus palabras generaron una ola de críticas y reavivaron el debate en redes sociales.
¿Qué opinas de sus declaraciones? 🤔
“YOU CAN PUT THAT BACK IN THE CAR NOW!”
This fly-tipping taxi was caught red handed dumping a boot load on the side of the road.
He simply drives off but not before his licences and registration numbers were recorded.
Not a good look for Western Cars in Derby.
@DougieCritchley The players folded mentally when they wen 1-0 up just like different players did under different manages in 2021, 2018 and v Brazil in 2002. Until they themselves can overcome this against elite-level teams, it doesn’t really matter who’s in the dugout
Now all the “sack Tuchel” brigade have had a big sleep…
Can you please suggest 3 candidates to me that are; firstly realistic and a clear upgrade on Tuchel?
I get the frustration, I really do.
But our desire to scapegoat ONE element of any tournament exit… nuts.
@cameron I think it was a mental collapse on part of the players. They dropped back immediately after the goal. Tuchel’s first subs came on in the 71st min. Same thing happens every time we go 1-0 up against an elite-level team in knockout competitions.
The most maddening thing about the England loss yesterday is that this was a team that started off playing to win and it was working. But once they scored in the second half and went into a prevent defense, they began playing not to lose and everything stopped working.
It's hard to understand why Tuchel thought it was good idea to make this shift. Maybe he over-indexed on the success of this strategy against Mexico? But this wasn't Mexico, it was Argentina and Messi. A 1-0 lead with 30 minutes left in the game is clearly not a safe margin against the GOAT and a team that has proven time and again during this tournament that they can produce goals when their backs are against the wall. There was nothing for the English to protect, they needed to go for broke.
But the most confounding part is that Tuchel had a preview of how it was going to end and still forged ahead. As soon as the English started to sit back, there were several close calls within minutes including a shot that hit the post. This was clearly not going to end well. There was ample warning and opportunity to rethink this decision before it was too late. But the pivot back to offensive play never happened.
In an age where everything in sports is over-analyzed and so many decisions are data-driven, there's wisdom in sometimes just letting the players play it out. Even if England still lost in the end, the players and fans would've felt a lot better about going down swinging. Enough with playing it safe. Let the lads play.
the emerging consensus on England and Tuchel, that he made horribly defensive substitutions and threw away the game, is completely wrong. I honestly think it's because most (maybe all) English/British pundits want to blame Tuchel as an outsider rather than face up to how the game actually played out.
the entirety of the game after Gordon's goal was dominated by Argentina. but note the first substitution was 17 minutes later on 72 minutes and the *really* defensive ones were on 82 minutes.
in the 17 minutes before the first sub, Argentina could and arguably should have scored 3 times. in the 10 minutes before the next, they could and should have scored twice more. in that interval, England did absolutely nothing. they had already given up. they strung virtually zero passes together and I don't think touched the ball in the opposition half (never mind box).
I think that Tuchel realized this (because he is an excellent coach) and *correctly* concluded they needed to shore up or Argentina would indeed score 3 or more before long.
one idea I've seen is Tuchel should have thrown on the likes of Rashford and Watkins (who are fast, basically) to better press from the front and give England a route to play out. but imagine he had done this, England became *even more pathetically open* and Argentina had won 4-1. the criticism would have been even worse than now, and would have called for *exactly what he did*.
so, no, he did what he had to do as he watched his team completely collapse for no reason.
and *it could have worked*! after the second set of subs, Argentina had one very long-distance shot and the two goals. but the two goals were a result of astoundingly lazy lack of pressing, not tactics. the chances before were getting sliced apart in open play. the chances after were pathetic individual discipline.
so, no, the substitutions did not throw away the game and Tuchel did not get it wrong. England epically shat the bed, should have ended up losing 4-1, and Tuchel attempted the only viable route to holding on and still winning. it is no way his fault that Bellingham couldn't be bothered closing down Fernandez and Spence couldn't be bothered closing down Messi, amongst the other 5 goals they could have conceded after giving up.
English pundits want somebody to blame, so they blame Tuchel (who conveniently isn't English). what they ought to do is face up to this being one of the most astonishing psychological capitulations in World Cup history.
@_PaulHayward He’s got a point, though, as exactly the same thing happens every time we go a goal up against elite-level teams in knockout tournaments.
Thomas Tuchel is being very cunning here. He's blaming the players for his substitutions (they'll see that, and won't like it.) He's within his rights to say England don't keep the ball as well as other top nations in big knockout games, but he's casting himself as a bystander.