Hendo did play 6 minutes against Panama.

But honestly I don’t see why all the criticism. Clearly the way tuchel works is that Scott and Wharton would also have played 6 minutes between them. And what we don’t know is how they contribute to the squad in training or just the group.

It’s certainly different than we’ve had before but then he’s now got us as far as we’ve ever got since 66. No England team ever has won more knockout games in one tournament (thankfully so far without penalties required). We’ve previously never been as far as a semi final outside Europe.

Any other tournament before this one and we’d be in the final by now. I think he’s already shown that his approach has yielded sufficient results to get behind him. And yes I also thought he’d lost the plot when he brought on Eze to replace Rice. But eventually it worked out so well done Tommy T.

When Southgate was boss - a World Cup win aside the most successful England manager ever - he was criticised for not making adjustments during the game, which Tuchel does, and toward the end just shoehorning his best talent into sides that just didn’t work, whether they were on form or not. That is precisely the mistake Sven, Capello and many others made before him. So who knows? Maybe Tuchel has been right all along? I was sceptical of him when appointed but got to get behind him now.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on July 12th 2026 at 18:59:18

Message Thread

Here’s a thing (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Jul 12, 17:19:28
- heres another thing ....... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 12, 18:55:32
- And he's been the obvious sub to bring on a couple of times (Other Football) - Basil Wrathbone, Jul 12, 18:24:06
  - Although James is actually quite good in midfield (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 12, 18:58:26
    - But then he went to RB at a moment I didn’t notice (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 12, 19:49:56
    - didn't he play in midfield while on loan to Wigan .... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 12, 19:03:14
    - yeah, thought he did fine yesterday (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 18:59:08
- He's the best example of a bit of a weird thing about this squad (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 18:01:12
  - Yet he has us in only our fourth ever World Cup semi final despite (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 18:11:46
    - Indeed, exactly how I concluded. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 18:18:28
      - We were saying this during the game (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 12, 18:22:53
        
        Hendo did play 6 minutes against Panama. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 18:59:18
        
        Yes probably right that they wouldn’t have played either (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 12, 19:08:34
        
        Yeah we didn’t play well second half at all. But then as is often said - (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 19:11:35
        
        yeah. But I think Mainoo could also be decent, at least potentially (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 18:26:46
        
        Was funny to see Henderson all kitted up yesterday (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jul 12, 18:30:06
        
        we were talking about this the other day (Other Football) - Tombs, Jul 12, 19:00:45
        
        Nah. More Captain than coach. Players will treat you differently in different roles so (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 19:10:07
        
        oof, that's going to happen now isn't it? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jul 12, 19:19:38
        
        as a player .... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 12, 19:05:41
        
        (I do also think the Spence thing is really fucking weird. Even weirder than Mainoo.) (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 18:28:41
        
        Also did well last night (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 19:06:26
        
        Indeed. I like him (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 19:10:41
        
        What? He played RB against both DRC and Mexico (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 12, 19:45:50
        
        (And was better at LB yesterday I thought! Barnstorming) (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 12, 19:46:13
        
        I have always thought he looked better at LB for England (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 20:08:31
        
        He’s played both. Played RB against DRC (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 19:25:18
        
        Yes I agree (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 12, 19:48:15
        
        But Palmer, like Foden, wouldn't have done what we wanted them to (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 20:06:58
- Somehow he’s still only 21 (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 12, 17:21:15

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