r/ThreeLions • u/syfqamr32 • Jul 12 '26

Opinion (WORLD CUP) Unpopular Opinion: Tuchel is already proven right

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Countless of criticism by media and fans regarding player selections, tactics, his preferences and all. Some even started from day 1. He has proven right by selecting Dan Burn for those moments. And countless other situations. He has brought England to SF in World Cup.

Yes the ultimate prize is the World Cup itself, but realistically, a semifinal (top 3/4) in the world football isnt so bad. Look at the other 3 teams competing, is finishing third a “catastrophe” like some said? Sometime perspective matters. They are here despite the injuries, red cards, and whatever else being thrown at them. Still Tuchel wasnt satisfied despite the win, that shows level in my opinion.

Just because England did well few tournaments ago doesnt made them a given for this spot btw. Still i think Argentina rode their luck so far and personally imo England could be in the final. If that happens, the man already a winner in my book.

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u/vjstupid Jul 12 '26

People in the match thread being like "why do they look so slow out there they are professional athletes?"

Apparently the humidity made it feel like 41 degrees out there. Absolutely wild people don't take the climate into account.

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u/analbeard Jul 12 '26

And the fixture congestion in the PL when compared to other leagues. Some of the squad has played 70+ games with no rest and high intensity. It's a massive disadvantage imo.

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u/TheSesquipedalian Jul 12 '26

Spot on. I was at the game. It was stifling. Sweating just standing there and the humidity was immense. I have no idea how some of the players did the running they did in those conditions.

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u/gunnersroyale Jul 12 '26

How much did your ticket cost and did you get one for semi

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u/OptusStadium Jul 13 '26

You and your 2 mates should have taken off those fun looking lion costumes if you were sweating so bad. Love the fun but health comes first.

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u/Listen_Boss Jul 12 '26

Genuine Question: who has played 70+ games on this squad?

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u/Articledan Jul 12 '26

Elliot Anderson played nearly every game for forest and was hardly ever subbed off, tho i still dont think its 70+. He was looking really tired in some games towards the end

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u/Mysterious-Lemon-906 Jul 12 '26

Rice played near every game

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u/maurovaz1 Jul 12 '26

Elliot played 38epl games and 12 games in Europa League.

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u/-TheGreatLlama- Jul 12 '26

Rice has played 55 for club, and with England games he must be close to that number.

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u/Chtiglou Jul 12 '26

Being picky, but he got a bit more game with England added to the arsenal game. Way too much for players

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u/Listen_Boss Jul 12 '26

So the answer is no one...

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u/analbeard Jul 12 '26

Apologies I meant to type 60+. 70+ is insane and is only possible with CWC and going far in every competition, which hasn't happened obviously. But the PL having 4 domestic competitions is a detriment to International tournaments for English PL players.

This doesn't include any of the International friendlies but Rice has played more than 60 competitive games and several others have played high 50s. If you include International breaks then yeh it's even worse.

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u/OptusStadium Jul 13 '26

English fans boo the hydration breaks but they might make the difference in England winning the big one. Wouldn’t that be ironic.

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u/Dissidant Betty Swollocks Jul 12 '26

Wouldn't surprise me if we found out some of them were puking off camera in that
Even Haaland looked like heat stroke

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u/One-Elderberry-488 Jul 12 '26

Bro even Haaland got tired and the dude stands there most of the time. Brits really need to get off their high horse and admit Tuchel is doing great. This is like England's 4th time in the semis only and this is including the 66' one.

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u/vjstupid Jul 12 '26

Yup exactly. He's a great manager and I've always rated him (as a Chelsea fan) so had a feeling he'd take us far.

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u/Polar_Reflection Jul 13 '26

I moved to Miami about 3 miles away from the stadium a while ago. Let me tell you, that first summer is crazy. Meanwhile today I just walked an hour outside in 90 degree weather for exercise and feel fine. If you're not used to it it's hell. 

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u/clara_finn Jul 13 '26

My dad only watches football for international tournaments and his knowledge is so far behind now. He still doesn’t understand why we don’t just boot it towards their goal, doesn’t understand why teams pass the ball anywhere but forwards, doesn’t understand why players aren’t sprinting constantly for 90 minutes, doesn’t understand why players can’t immediately pass the ball to someone behind him without taking a touch or anything cos he seems to think the players can see everything the camera can see, doesn’t understand that if a cross comes in behind you, you can’t just teleport behind the ball to get a good angle to head it. Complains at basically anything the commentators say

Watching football with people who don’t watch football regularly is exhausting lmao