The England Pod

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What does Thomas Tuchel actually want England to look like? Ali sits down with Dave to break down the tactical identity of Tuchel’s England after 12 games, 27 goals, and 15 months of experimentation.

Why do England build so heavily down the right? We go through the patterns, the principles, the pressing, the set pieces and the biggest concerns.

If England are going to score goals and do well at this World Cup, this is probably how they’ll do it.
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Ali, George and Dave have crunched the numbers, made the spreadsheets, and have worked out the pathway to glory/despair. If England are going to win the World Cup this is who we'll play along the way, whether that be finishing 1st, 2nd or even 3rd in our group. (Spoiler alert: we really want to win the group this time)

If that wasn't nerdy enough for you there's also an attempt to predict which players will be given which squad numbers by Tuchel for the tournament

AND we've also got a quick chat with Emile Heskey ahead of our run of three live shows alongside the great man...

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Ali and Dave were at Wembley to hear Thomas Tuchel explain the thought process behind his 26-man World Cup squad.

Why Toney? Why no Palmer? Why Madueke? Why no Maguire? Where's Wharton?!

We deliver our view on the big calls and assess how we're feeling now the World Cup is finally upon us.
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Thomas Tuchel will announce his 26-man squad for the World Cup on Friday morning but inevitably there have been leaks and it seems the big news is no place on the plane for Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Harry Maguire or Adam Wharton, while it seems that Ivan Toney has made it

George and Dave react to the early news of the squad before we attend Tuchel's press conference on Friday
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Ahead of Thomas Tuchel announcing his 26-man England squad this week, George and Dave reveal the players they would select if they were in the hot seat

Ali also has a go predicting who he thinks will make the plane come what Friday

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