The head coach will not necessarily pick the better player, or the one in form, but the one who best fits a specific roleAmid the intrigue of the final weeks of the domestic season comes a reminder that the World Cup is fast approaching, that England have just four more warm-up games before they face Croatia in their first group game in Arlington in June. Thomas Tuchel’s plans are coming in to focus: these friendlies against Uruguay and Japan are the last chance for experiments or tests before the final honing in the USA.Tuchel has been refreshingly consistent in prioritising balance over individuals. Even Gareth Southgate fell into the celebrity trap near the end, his Euro 2024 squad a shapeless gaggle of stars who scrambled to the final despite an old-fashioned incoherence. For Tuchel, the stars-versus-system question crystallises around the central attacking midfield role, where, in recent games, Morgan Rogers has been preferred to Jude Bellingham. Although Cole Palmer has showed so...