2 h. ago Thomas Tuchel ready to make ‘tough decisions’ to aid England’s World Cup chances

Tuchel claims Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Harry Kane cannot all play together in England’s current system.

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19 h. ago Reece James makes honest admission about England's World Cup chances after Chelsea experience

Reece James experienced the brutal heat and humidity of the United States' summer during the Club World Cup with Chelsea and has called upon FIFA to make changes to the World Cup

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3 w. ago England delay team reveal for latest T20 with weather forcing training indoors

Third series game against New Zealand set for FridayBanton ‘still learning’ but relishing second chance England’s preparations for a hot, dry T20 World Cup in India in February brought them on Wednesday to a cool, drizzly Auckland, where they were forced to conduct the final training session ahead of their third game against New Zealand indoors. It is not always obvious what purpose these bilateral series serve, what useful lessons could possibly be being learned – but on this occasion, for at least one of the players, that is not an issue.Tom Banton says he is “still learning now”, and if it is the kind of line regularly trotted out even by players who have long since scaled the pinnacle of their sport in his case it is undeniably true. After forging his reputation as a top-order batter, mostly as an opener, Banton suddenly finds himself in a completely unfamiliar role, coming in at five or six. “There weren’t really too many conversations,” he said. “I just got brought back into t...

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3 w. ago England have their best chance of winning World Cup since 1970 – and Tuchel is the key | Barney Ronay

This new realistic, pragmatic approach, with no snags or celebrity bodge-jobs, means that this time could be the oneWe’re on our way. We are Tom’s 26. This time, more than any other time, this time. We’re going to find a way. Find a way to get it right. This time. Well, maybe. Next time is also good. And the time after that. You don’t like this time? We have other times. Hey, Spain are pretty good right now aren’t they.There is an entire multilayered history of Englishness in the basic tone and mood of English World Cup excitement. It is easy to forget that when the 1982 squad, AKA Ron’s 22, released the song This Time, a tortured paean to finally erasing their own ancestral agony, England had actually won the World Cup only 16 years earlier. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Thomas Tuchel: No chance England will take it easy in final World Cup qualifiers

Tuchel says his side are ‘building something’.

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4 w. ago England have 'no chance' of winning World Cup unless axed trio are recalled

England have been told to recall a trio of players - including Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden - if they want to win next summer's World Cup after Thomas Tuchel's bold calls

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4 w. ago Elliot Anderson is going to the World Cup and shows just why England have a great chance

Thomas Tuchel has referred to his side as 'underdogs' for next summer's tournament but the emergence of the Nottingham Forest midfielder shows just why England have got a great chance

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4 w. ago England: Marcus Rashford gets World Cup chance amid Thomas Tuchel challenge to 'push himself'

Rashford has opportunity to force his way into World Cup picture as Tuchel urges him to fulfil his potential

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