Liam Tharme

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1,662 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

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The Athletic FC Podcast · How can England conquer the Azteca? · 4 Jul 2026 podcast

this season last season whatever you want to call it kind of cited that was saying you know he's really good out of possession that might be a big factor for England especially if you kind of want to ease the burden on Kane not having to kind of do as much physically so he can keep his energy for attacking for kind of delivering in those big moments and for the very same reason I'd probably start Maduike if you're concerned about Saka's fitness don't make him run for a full hour kind of from the start bring him on later in the game where he then can really have that impact

And Kerris is bang on.

I think all the players, the wide players, look way better coming off the bench.

And that's partly, I think, generally wingers in general have that impact where they're good against, you know, tired defences.

They've got a bit more space.

You know, the fullbacks don't get out to them quite as quickly.

And as we saw in the Diokongo game, kind of when they do fullbacks get out to them, that space opens up inside where the defence kind of stays.

You get that room for Rice or someone to be running on kind of the underlap and make a chance in a different way.

Because I think you lose more because you're talking about, again, England have been better generally in second halves this tournament.

I know a lot of teams tend to be better in second halves anyway, but they've looked, you know, they've not scored a first half goal now since they played Croatia, right, in the first game.

And they've been really good actually at grinding teams down and scoring late on.

So I think you then want your best players finishing the game, not necessarily starting the game.

Of course, this is then running the risk of saying, well, if you go 1-0 down like they did inside 10 minutes, the game kind of flips completely.

You might have to go to plan B a little bit sooner.

But I think if you kind of risk them gassing up by 60 minutes where they've not been phenomenal this tournament, then that might cause you some very different problems.

I think in century midfield, you've got to, I think, offer a little bit of kind of support in terms of just maybe it's a game Rice doesn't start just because of how kind of exhausted that he looks.

And I think you want him, you don't want to break him now.

There might be, but I think Thomas Tuchel's job is to pick a team that wins the game and works, not a team that the British public or the English public necessarily are the most thrilled about.

That would be really bold, though, wouldn't it?

It would be, but if you need to be bold, then be bold, I think.

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