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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Don’t know how many times I can say it…I’m not suggesting that Tuchel had nothing to do with it or didn’t play his part, or couldn’t have done something different. I am saying the players have escaped seemingly any scrutiny whatsoever of their part in it! 3 defenders (you mean centre backs?)...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I think it’s a really interesting study in how narratives take hold. And there is no one on any podcast, media, tv show etc that is incentivised to really offer a different perspective. In the mainstream, it has been decided where the fault lies, and that’s that. To the point where there was a...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I think this is very much a player driven collapse. I’m not saying it was all them, and I’m not trying to say they deserve pelters from the population, but I do think there is a collective, systemic mentality issue that is being under discussed. And I think people aren’t listening to what Tuchel...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I accept what I saw perfectly, I’m just saying that I think the way the narrative has cemented in the national psyche is extreme, in one direction, and not sufficiently taking into account the range of factors that influenced what we saw. I think frankly the country on the whole has had an...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Yes exactly, Tuchel has explicitly said he didn’t ask the players to do that. And yet the whole country seems to believe he did. So does it follow that everyone thinks Tuchel is bare faced lying?
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Right, just seems odd to like a post that was doing exactly the same as the thing you criticised me for. Anyway, heaven forbid someone changes their mind when new information comes to light!
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    To be clear, I’m not saying there is no way we could have won. I am saying that there is no one perfect substitution or tactical plan that was guaranteed to nullify Messi and win it on its own. A lot of the talk has been about the space Messi found in the shape we had. But if we had a different...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    But the post I made a few days ago was likening another team to how we played at the end of Frank, exactly as the other post you liked did. Feels like your needlessly coming down on me.
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    But this is where I keep coming back to, who says it was Tuchel that asked the players to do that? Because purely bringing on a third centre back does not also mean defend the box with 11 behind the ball.
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I saw you liked someone’s post likening the performance to Frank while ragging on me for a similar thing the other day. What gives?
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I just think…we were up against Messi. And there is no one decision, tactical system or substitution that was going to nullify him and see us win the game. I just listened the latest Stick to Football, and I thought Roy Keane was talking the most sense on this. So many of the conversation is...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Yeah it’s gonna be the most nauseating take. Again, insular and all about England. When actually…France just didn’t try.
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Honestly I think France are an absolute disgrace. There’s not caring about a match and then there’s this. They are literally not trying. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a professional team play like this. England have shown up and that’s great but this is like watching an NBA all star game where...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Yeah I think by the time Burn is on, that is likely the case. And frankly…that’s fine? If the players are knackered, and they can’t do anymore, and we have about ten minutes left. Try and see it out, What I’m not having is this idea that Tuchel specifically directed the team to defend their...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I’ve listened to Tuchel’s explanation for them and I agree with his rationale. Doesn’t mean it worked. Doesn’t mean something else might not have either. But the rationale was sound. What we saw was not purely a result of the substitutions. 12% possession after going a goal up is a fudging...
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I’m sorry but I just don’t agree that taking Gordon off for a defender meant we had to be camped on our box for the rest of the game and only achieve 12% possession! It meant we should repel crosses a little easier when they played 6 up top, and get out to the crosses easier by having a wider...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Well this is why I’m interested in the debate, and why I think there’s been a collective swell in the narrative around it. And I get it, it was a global event, extremely public, and everyone would have an opinion. And that’s the job Tuchel signs up for. I also think a lot of it is because...
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I’m genuinely interested in the debate here because honestly I think the country has lost its collective head over this loss, and I think the blame Tuchel is getting is too much, with the players getting too little. Tuchel simply would not have asked the players to defend so much to the extent...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Mauricio Pochettino

    I’m not sure I agree that the gap is that massive, and I simply think the US could have beaten them. A lot of the US talking heads that don’t usually follow football were throwing out comments like ‘Wow! Are Belgium one of the best teams in the world!?’ and it’s just not the case. The US didn’t...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Mauricio Pochettino

    I’ll say again, a US side locked in, motivated, playing free, playing with the confidence they had from the group stage, could have beaten Belgium. I’m not saying they definitely would have, and I’m not saying Belgium don’t edge it in terms of talent, I’m just saying the US could have won. And...
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