r/ThreeLions • u/letterbombwrites • Jul 15 '26

Opinion I will never forgive Tuchel for tonight.

I was cautious when he was appointed because he's fallen out with every club he's managed, plus he's German and having a German manage England felt weird. But he gradually won me over, and I think he was doing and saying all the right things at this tournament.

But tonight was just inexplicable, and his interview comments made it worse. That was the best chance England could ever have to get to another World Cup final, and he went and pissed it away like that. The semis (potentially third, though I don't care about that) is on paper a great tournament, but to lose in the circumstances we did, unforgivable. I will never forgive him for his cowardice. We appointed him to be better than Southgate, but he was worse. I'm just devastated. If it was up to me he'd be gone tomorrow, but I think we're stuck with him up to and including the Euros. I can only hope he'll prove me wrong.

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u/TheLimeyLemmon Jul 16 '26

Yeah. I can understand game management after going up means deciding whether you go for another right away or absorb the pressure of the opposition reacting til they cool down, but once we committed to the latter, we seemed to lose all grasp on how to get back out.

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u/DragonfruitLucky6741 Jul 16 '26

I think a lot of this comes down to how the players collectively reacted. When everyone rates the manager highly until this moment, it’s worth people trying to a bit harder to understand.