""I think he's a top manager," Rooney said on his BBC podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show. "He's maybe got a little bit of stick about the way that England played, and those games are just nonsense really. "You turn up and you just know England are going to win the game. It's 10 men sitting behind the ball and you've got to break them down, which is not easy against any team.""
""I used to love playing for England. Watching England now and some of the games, you know they're going to win, it can be a bit boring. Obviously getting into the tournament, that's when you enjoy it," he said. "The last few games, it was against Andorra or something like that. It was painful. "[I feel] sorry for Thomas Tuchel because he probably wants a decent game where he can go and show what he can do. It's a no-win [situation] really.""
""I think for Thomas Tuchel, you want to see England having to sit back and defend and having tactically to break down teams. "Against the better teams [that chance] will come. So, I think he'll do really well for England. Whether they'll win the World Cup... you don't know, I think that he's got one shot, hasn't he?""
Thomas Tuchel's England team have opened qualifying with wins over Albania (2-0), Latvia (3-0) and Andorra (1-0), and face Andorra at home and Serbia away in Group K. Many qualifiers feature low-block opponents who sit deep and make chances limited, resulting in predictable wins that do not showcase coaching tactics. Tuchel's contract runs until the end of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Two wins in the next week would bring England close to qualification with three fixtures remaining. Stronger tests against higher-quality teams are expected to offer clearer tactical assessment.
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