England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Disappointed not to see Scott on the pitch. We'll likely not rotate our squad too much at the world cup so with our first team we should go far

 

I do wonder if his comments about telling Spence off for how he behaved at Spurs affected him this weekend even if he said it didn’t.

 

Henderson is unfortunately nailed on to go.

 

Now you have predicted it, it won’t happen. I see what you did there, taking one for the team

 

Some ridiculously kneejerk reactions here, the funniest is Bellingham as an impact sub. Perhaps posting should be banned during games.

 

Bellingham making all the headlines again. Some papers fuming he sulked as he was subbed while some see praising him.

 

Anyway: experienting is always useful, and hopefully Tuchel now knows that this 3-2-2-3 formation with Stones in midfield should be forgotten. Still a good win, anyone who really thought England would play today like they did in Belgrade must have been deluded.

 

I voluntarily don’t post during matches anymore.

 

🗣️ "I love the players. It hurts me to not see them until March, I almost got emotional"

Thomas Tuchel post-match comments on his England players... 🤍

(@SkySportsNews)pic.twitter.com/1m0lrmmxBv

— The England Pod (@England_Pod) November 16, 2025

 

The chat during games on here is mostly nonsense.

 

The press have decided that Bellingham's "sulking" is the big story that will dominate the back pages tomorrow

 

And Tuchel has decided to suggest he might sanction him.

1990143523182506435 is not a valid tweet id

 

Is it because he wasn’t smiling like a Cheshire Cat or something! Journalists in our Country are a disgrace!

you disgusting LIARS pic.twitter.com/4pkcklJF3l

— jude bellingham updates (@JudeUniverse5) November 16, 2025

 

To be fair, if you watch the first 10 minutes of the conference he was being fed what I thought was a pretty unfair description of his behaviour to prompt that response - especially from the Guardian journo

 

No he hasn’t! He will review it and decide there’s nothing to it, just some bs journalist trying to make a story out of nothing.

 

A review will be seen by the media as him being fuming and they will suggest he will drop him from the World Cup.

 

Or ever

 

BBC player ratings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce9dlx185rlo

Telegraph player ratings.
Henderson - 6 - Will be on the bench
Quansah - 6 - Back up option
Stones - 7 - Behind Guehi and Konsa but giving Tuchel thought (I really don’t agree with this)
Burn - 5 - Others ahead of him
O’Reilly - 6 - Behind Livramento but ahead of Spence
Rice - 7 - One of the first names on the teamsheet
Wharton - 5 - Behind Anderson
Bowen - 6 - Squad option
Bellingham - 8 - Should start
Eze - 6 - Better as impact sub
Kane - 8 - Certain to start
Subs - 7

 

The press shit stirring over Bellingham. They're disgusting

 

The English media in this regard are a disgrace and should be called out for it! Tuchel will decide for himself who he will take and not the press, he’s not going to be bullied into dropping one of his best players.

 

I thought the plusses was Henderson In goal. He looked assured. O'Reilly was very impressive. The rest apart from Kane's goals was meh

 

They're determined to hurt England's chances. How many other country's press deliberately try to sabotage their national team. The only journalist I respect is Henry winter. He genuinely wants England to do well

 

It’s going to be so tiring. And it’s hard to see it stopping because if there is one type of person the press hate is someone who openly doesnt like them.

 

Fireburn he's not being dropped from the world cup squad. Are u a journalist?