WORLD CUP CALL IN SHOW! Ep. 6
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How does the show introduce its World Cup sponsor and episode setup?
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Do you want to... I'll let you lead. I blame the players.
Obviously, Tuchel's part of it, but I blame the players. Go on. You know what it is, right? Everybody's going... When we brought Dan Byrne on and stuff like that, that's the first thing that everybody's saying. Like, why are we trying to see it out? I don't think it was the Byrne one. I think it was... It was 75th minute we brought... Yeah, 75th minute we brought our first subs on. I'm sure. But we scored it 55th minute and everybody's instinct is to defend straight away.
No, I do agree that I think just naturally within... I've said this under Southgate, like... It's instilled in players. I don't think... Southgate or Tuchel said to the players, drop 20 yards. But naturally, in a World Cup semi-final, with the pressure of playing for England, and this isn't making excuses, I do think naturally teams like Spain won't do that because they've been there, done it. Our lads haven't. So it is a bit of a shock to the system. And... I do think it's a bit of a protection thing or we've got something now. Let's protect it. That's what I'm saying. I can't blame Tuchel for that. No, but what I blame him for is that we, Callum, he was bought in to alleviate that and change that. And his subs, his subs.
accelerated it. They actually, they made, you think as a player, you take Gordon off and bring on Ezri Conta.
I think that's the only thing he did wrong, taking Gordon off. What do you think the players think? Yeah, I completely understand that, but they were doing it for 15 minutes before he brought Sub on anyway. No, we were deep, yeah. But then you look at this, who can we bring on? You bring on... Ollie Watkins? Oh, no.
You honestly don't think Ollie Watkins isn't a better outlet than Kane? So you'd take Kane off? 100%. But then we'd be saying the exact same thing. No, we wouldn't. If we'd have taken Kane off and lost, we'd have said the same thing. Kane was knackered. He's not a good outlet when you're defending deep, because he comes deep anyway. We needed to stretch the pitch, just get up the pitch, even if it's for three, four minutes, win a throw in, win a free kick in. It alleviates pressure. All we were doing, the ball was coming in, we were clearing it. And instead of stepping up as a team, because obviously if you head it out, and I don't know, someone like even a mad wecky gets the ball and runs 20 yards with it, gets a foul or wins a throw in, they all step up 20 yards.
It alleviates pressure.
What went wrong for England in the Argentina semi-final and who is blamed?
To bring these wingers on then, to buy us space rather than to go and score a second one.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How does the show introduce its World Cup sponsor and episode setup?
0:00–3:55
2
What went wrong for England in the Argentina semi-final and who is blamed?
3:55–8:27
3
Why were Tuchel’s substitutions and tactics criticized after the match?
8:27–12:19
4
Which England players' roles and fatigue affected the game momentum?
12:19–24:41
5
How did the hosts react when sampling national drinks and kicking off the call‑in segment?
24:41–31:52
6
What key caller arguments compare the Argentina exit to the 2021 Italy loss?
31:52–1:09:46
Speakers
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