DJ Barry Hammond

Given the regularity and reliability Okoli has in doing something stupid in a dangerous position - it seems impossible this wasn’t spotted across any sort of scouting period prior to signing him - and could be a strong reason why he may still be at the club come the start of the season.

This hasn’t been very good from what I’ve seen - we’re clueless with the ball and causing ourselves our own problems.

McCarthy’s not good enough with his feet / pass selection to be playing out under such a tight press.

Maybe he’ll resign, because i can’t imagine the press will let him forget last night. It’s also worth remembering that he made a Horlick of the Norway game too!

Nah - his substitutions vacated the middle of the park - and lo and behold Argentina find even more space. It was brain dead management; not something I expected to say of Tuchel!

Anyway… given Klopp’s now manager of Germany, we’re going to get Pep right?

Thiere is a core that is still pretty young; and there’s spots in the squad that can still improve. I think we’ll see a change in goal by the time the Euro’s come around and it may not be Kane leading the line. And of course Monga will by terrifying defenders by then.

I think the issue that got to Tuchel was he knew he had his best 11 on the pitch… there’s an argument he was better off making zero changes, but that would have been a huge shift for all of them.

Yeah - the pub cheered at the Dan Burn substitution, but I was like “you’re taking off Rice!” Dare I say it - chucking on Jordan Henderson would have been more sensible, pack the midfield.

That was a game of few chances for the most part. Kane can’t fashion a chance out of nothing. Sometimes as a forward all you can do is occupy space to allow others to play in.

You don’t vacate the midfield against Argentina

He had a shocker against Norway too. Quite obvious he didn’t know what to do - had no options he really fancied on the bench, because they would have been on before the 70th minute.

No, I think you need Roger’s to play centrally… unless you push Stones into there.

No idea why Tuchel thought taking a player out of the midfield area was sensible.

In theory, it’s a sensible signing - experienced pro, in his prime years, in a key focal point position in the team. But I do wonder if he’ll end up being side lined by someone from our academy (which may not be a bad thing either).

I think VAR got both of the key decisions correct. The Haaland push is so blatant that it can’t be ignored - and this was an area that FIFA highlighted before the tournament that was going to be looked at more closely… so Norway shouldn’t really have any complaints there. And then the Spence penalty claim - if he plants his foot to protect the ball in a more natural fashion, it’s a stonewaller. But he doesn’t - he essentially initiates the contact, at which point I can’t agree with the original decision and it’s only correct that VAR instigates a review. As for the ‘ball hits wire’ business… I’ve yet to see clear and irrefutable evidence to show that happened, therefore ‘play on!’

I thought his changes / selections were poor last night. Madueke was a questionable selection to start… and went on to show why with a distinct lack of quality / football intelligence despite given ample opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Rice was clearly under the weather, so a halftime switch was understandable… but choosing to bring in Eze and drop Bellingham back alongside Anderson (who was excellent last night be the way) was another bizarre choice. Not only did it hinder your star player and take away from his growing and formidable partnership with your star striker, it also helped Odegaard to become a growing influence in the game, to the point Norway were looking the more likely. He at least acknowledged his error later on, with the decision to bring James in for Gordon and shove Eze to the left flank (Gordon can count himself a little unlucky in that Tuchel couldn’t exactly take Eze off in order to correct England’s midfield balance issue). But quite why you would bring James on in centre midfield when you have Rogers / Mainoo sitting on the bench I don’t know - with Roger’s cameo in extra time highlighting to me that he probably should have been the original change for Rice. I even found the Dan Burn change questionable - at this point Norway had taken Haaland off, England looked reasonably comfortable with a more dominant and energetic midfield and I didn’t see the need to give up that and inevitably invite some late pressure.

Could be as much to do with the Beeb’s financial squeeze and cut backs within local radio.

Looking at the 11 (and wider squad) for today, it’s becoming clearer this is no easy job for Martin.

I can’t imagine even Martin can mess up the first part of the rebuild. It’s a gift of a job for him, so let’s see if he can make good of it.

Worked out ok last time we were in League One.

Harry Kane by the way.

Andrew Impy obviously. And then how can anyone not class Sir Barry Hales as World Class!

They didn’t really want him in the first place! They’re not going to give it to him long term now.

Not a chance.