FIFA World Cup 2026: England Tournament Thread [R]

Hopefully he retires from international football. Is he going to try and stay on for 2028? Seems a stretch. Much better for him to go out now. He could do with the international breaks to rest and prolong his club career.

 

Even players like Grealish and James Maddison carry the skill level to function as far superior 10's than Rogers.

Roger's is a 2nd Striker, who scores a dozen goals a season. His best bet would be to develop into a profile like a Scott McTominay. Although he would need to drastically improve his game inside the box to become that.

 

Just listened to Fabian Hurzeler on talksport. Two main observations. First that in the Argentina and Norway matches the players became too focused on the importance of the match to focus on their play. Secondly, in response to the DNA question, that the players come from different styles of play with their clubs. Pickford does not play out from the back with Everton in the same way that Stones has with Man City. Anderson plays a more mixed style with Forest. Implies that it is hard for players to be comfortable playing possession-based football if their instinct with their club is to be more direct. This makes sense, especially under pressure.

How do you make players more focused on the moment in huge matches? I can only think more experience of playing big matches including Champions League finals as well as late stage tournament matches.

Getting all the players used to playing possession football is harder. You can't force clubs to play a certain way. You can pick only from clubs that play the way you want. You can also ensure that England age groups all play the same way. If you only pick players from the club that play how you want them players that want to play for England would have to move to those clubs.

 

I think I need to give football a rest for a while. Its becoming stale and boring. Might watch the nations league, might not. I've become so dissolutioned with England and football in general

 

Some people can't enjoy fun things. I'm not drawing many conclusions from the game, but it was a positive we can take from. We showed how devastating we are when given space going forward and were ruthless near goal for what it's worth. Eze also showed why Tuchel wanted him in midfield because he played some exquisite passes slicing through France's back four including assisting the 4th goal.

 

You'll be watching

 

Not surprised, this board is much more knowledgeable and tactically aware than the vast majority of people.

 

Spoke with Harry Kane after WC. Said:

🔜Nations League can help Tuchel repair relationship with fans
😬Same defensive weaknesses against 🇫🇷 as against 🇦🇷
✅ Best togetherness of any 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 squad he's been in
❌ This tournament exit hurts the mosthttps://t.co/6QAkAaCNXj

— Dom Smith (@MrDomSmith) July 19, 2026

Harry Kane defends Thomas Tuchel from the criticism: "He's a big reason why we're here, a big reason why we got our best finish in 60 years. Of course there are a lot of what ifs from the other night [against Argentina]. He's one of the best coaches in the world, but even the… pic.twitter.com/fPD6fYQB4h

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) July 19, 2026

A superb performance 💯

The winner of our @EE fan vote: @BukayoSaka87 👏 pic.twitter.com/NeTLPObCc9

— England (@England) July 19, 2026

 

Tbh wasp I'm bored of football. My club stagnates every season and England seem to be going backwards

 

Is he signing for inter

 

Brian Clough.....RIP

 

At least your club isn't in League One now !

 

Inter have only made offers way below Liverpool's asking price so far and the new Liverpool manager has said he wants to keep Jones. So probably not at this stage but I'd love it if he stayed at Liverpool and benched Mac Allister (as should have happened last season).

 

Or in the bloody national league north!!

 

There's no way that Spanish goal gets called off ******

 

Harry Kane expects Thomas Tuchel to learn from England’s painful World Cup exit and improve as a coach before the next major tournament.

🔗: https://t.co/TLkRjPNIXK pic.twitter.com/mH2r6yxcLD

— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) July 19, 2026

 

Maybe next year they will be.

 

We need to start producing ball retaining midfielders the way Spain do if we're to be successful. Scott and Wharton are decent at it. Anderson is ok at it. Lewis-skelly can do it but we Don't have enough of them

 

Someone else might have posted this but, if not...

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— Falkland Islands (@falklands_utd) July 19, 2026

I can't stand the woman so that's about the only time I've been glad to see her face

 

For many Thatcher is one of history's greatest villains but for the Celtic peoples of the Falkland Islands she has almost been deified. For the Islanders she is the person who liberated them from a fascist colonial settler state that sought to illegitimately expand its borders further through an act of war. I mention that the Falkland Islanders are Celtic peoples (70% descend from the Scottish Highlands, Wales and Ireland) because many of those those that consider themselves Celtic on the British Isles routinely support the Argentine position on the Falklands selling out their own people just to dunk on the English.

One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist and all that.

 

I was trying to see if team of the tournament was ready. But seems it is not. But what I saw was the Bellingham has been robbed out of receiving the bronze ball. What a disgrace

 

While we're still on the Falklands

One of my favourite Falklands facts:

When the referendum was held in 2013 about whether they wished to remain British or become part of Argentina only 3 people voted for Argentina.

There were 18 Argentinians living on the island at the time…

😂

— Kinky John (@Bayous01parody) July 18, 2026

 

LOL
But were they all eligible to vote?. Presumably only British citizens could vote?