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Miguel Delaney

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567 total appearances

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

And obviously they don't have anyone at the level of Jamal.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

Arguably even Alise, given his recent form.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

Although Harry Kane is obviously, like Harry Kane's probably the best striker going into this tournament.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

And that could well prove a massive differential for England.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

I think they've got a really good chance, I have to say.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

And even, like, issues like Palmer not being in the team or... Well, like, part of the reason for that is because he's well aware of... This is something that Tuco's taught about a lot.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

It's the psychology of the team when you have a situation where suddenly, if you just pick four or five playmakers or number tens or forwards in that way because they're names, you start to create kind of...

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

chemistry issues in the team, because suddenly they're all jostling for the same place.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

It's so much cleaner if you've only got three.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

And yes, that might come at the cost of individual moments of magic, but in the longer run, and the sort of moments that may be necessary to open stodgy games and heat in these tournaments, but in the longer run, more important to a World Cup team is the kind of chemistry you build.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

Yeah, exactly.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

And with Foden, as much... For all the talent he obviously has got, I don't think it was an argument for him to be in the team.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

His form's not been good enough.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

And Palmer's been injured.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

So there's... In fact, I thought the luckiest to miss out was actually Morgan Gibbs-White.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

But I think I am...

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

It's interesting as well with Tuchel because when he came into the job, a lot of his talk and what he said in his interviews was about an English idea, an ideology that we based on classic English ideas, Premier League intensity.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

Then he goes to the Club World Cup last summer and realises we can't be doing this.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

So we've got Anthony Barry, who obviously was assistant with Ireland, talking about a heat-proof game model.

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World Cup preview | Dan in Toronto, Miguel in New York & turmoil in America

So I am curious as to...