Jonathan Wilson
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963 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
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I think defensively there's been errors there.
I think there's a big issue at right-back that maybe Rhys James is now back.
Maybe Conor can fill in again.
But that's an issue.
But fundamentally, I think it's at some level a combination of mentality and odd moments, odd flashes of brilliance is enough.
Maybe it's not enough to beat this France, because it's a very, very good France, but at previous World Cups it's been enough.
and what often happens in tournaments is you see a team sort of burbles along and then suddenly they produce their defining performance often in the semi-final Argentina last time against Croatia that 3-0 was it wasn't their most memorable performance by any means but it was the best performance after being on edge all the way after losing from Saudi Arabia the Mexico group game the Poland group game the Australia last 16 game the Netherlands quarter-final
They're on edge, they're living on their nerves, and then suddenly they relax into this very comfortable 3-0 win, which given they'd lost 3-0 to Croatia in the previous World Cup, I think they took a lot of satisfaction in.
You think of Germany in 2014, not impressive at all in groups.
Jogi Löw, of course, that famous run along the beach before the quarterfinal against France, says, right, we're going back to basics, we're playing Philipp Lahm at fullback again.
rather than the midfield.
We're going to stick closer up front.
We'll grind out a 1-0, as they do against France, and then suddenly, bang, 7-1, they've beaten Brazil.
So...
You should never... Tournaments are short.
You should never judge a team after five games.
Judge them after seven or eight.
No, no, no, I didn't.
Well, the clips I'd seen of Inter Miami, the pace seemed incredibly slow.
It seemed like slightly elderly men chugging around.
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