Welcome to Tuchel time, that sunlit epoch of Teutonic splendour promised by the FA and for which we have all been waiting. Sentences like this will make his ears curl, of course, but better that than the nascent creep of frustration and despair.
Before the blossoming of Belgrade, only Thomas Tuchel could see the future. Now we are all believers, the euphoria of a thrilling 5-0 victory washing all the way from the Danube to the Thames.
The win was convincing for the notable upshift in atmosphere as much as the goals, even if the opposition were overstated.
Players enjoying themselves in an England shirt, setting about the oppo with real intent is all anybody ever asked.
Now the appetite has been whetted, Tuchel’s issue is two-fold, keeping a sense of proportion and deciding whom to disappoint.
On the evidence of the past two matches, for example, you can’t imagine Tuchel tapping young Elliot Anderson on the shoulder to deliver bad news.
Elliot Anderson impressed Thomas Tuchel during this international break (Photo: PA)Tuchel had already referenced the need to sharpen his focus, to arrive at the players he wants with him in North America.
Squads went from 23 to 26 in Qatar to allow for the disturbance created by Covid-19. With the tournament increasing from 32 to 48 teams the feeling is the squads will remain at that number, when Fifa eventually decide, to cope with the heat and extra games.
Either way, the emergence of developing players with momentum has changed the complexion of the group. Tuchel learned against Andorra and Serbia what works, who he can trust, who he likes, all of which adds up to winners and losers.
Winners
Step forward Anderson, the 22-year-old Nottingham Forest dynamo who’s middle names are Give and Go.
Elliott simplifies the game through quick and accurate passing, mostly forward. His willingness to take the ball in any circumstance and shift it rapidly sets a quick tempo and frees Declan Rice to get forward, where he is more impactful.
Having a right-footed winger on the right allows England to stretch the pitch. Noni Madueke is quick and direct. Though he can cut inside, he is far more effective hitting the line at pace and whipping in crosses.
He is also a willing chaser of the ball over the top. A position once thought Bukayo Saka’s by divine right is now under review. Saka starts if fit, but Madueke booked his spot with a dynamic showing in Serbia and a crisply-taken first goal for England.
Noni Madueke has his first England goal and it's a BEAUTY Appreciation for the Rogers flick on pic.twitter.com/FEbaGjiMzh
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) September 9, 2025Morgan Rodgers was another hefty success, stamping his passage to America in a match of consequence.
Jude Bellingham’s claim on the No 10 jersey became a little less iron-clad with the spin and pass to Madueke that almost set up Harry Kane for the opener and the flick that put Madueke through for his goal.
His fearless, irreverent dynamism is what England will need against alpha predators.
Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa each excelled in their own right, but it was their work in tandem that is more valuable to Tuchel.
Guehi’s lightening pass to Morgan that almost led to the opener had “made in Spain” all over it, a clinical incision along the deck that turned the Serbian midfield to stone.
Morgan Rogers and Ezri Konsa impressed against Serbia (Photo: AFP)In that one moment, and with his late tap-in goal, he showed his value, a quick, reliable defender with attacking bones.
Alongside him, the towering Konsa proved the ideal counterbalance. The Villa man is full of positive aggression and bite, like big Dan Burn a defender first, but more mobile and looking to get forward.
And as his goal showed he is alert to the main chance at set-pieces. It suddenly feels like Guehi and Konsa come as a pair.
Inevitably, perhaps, after a stonking victory, this category is filled by those who weren’t there. Phil Foden and Trent Alexander-Arnold are in obvious trouble, and unless both convince at Manchester City and Real Madrid in the next few months they might struggle to make the plane.
Luke Shaw is such an asset when fit, not least for his ownership of a left foot on the left side of the manor. Shaw makes England better for his ability to widen the pitch and hit on the overlap, which neither Tino Livramento nor Anthony Gordon manage often enough, forced as they are by instinct to come inside on their favoured right foot.
Despite the right-footed bias, Livramento is mobile and quick, and is thus a worthy compromise at left-back and a threat to Shaw and Myles Lewis-Skelly, currently suffering in his sophomore year at Arsenal. He can also cover the right-back spot, which could mean doom for Trent.
Gordon’s speed and mobility caught the eye sufficiently to push Marcus Rashford’s buttons when he came on as a substitute.
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Rashford looked a failed gamble against Andorra but was far more urgent in Serbia. However it could come down to him or Jack Grealish down the left, and the latter looks the perkier of the two in his Everton flowering.
Eberechi Eze also failed his audition as first choice against Andorra. Though blanket defence is a difficult hand to play, Eze needed to show more in one of the most contested spots in the squad.
A fit Cole Palmer has to go, Bellingham and Rogers too. As harsh as it seems for such a languid talent, Eze needs to light up the Arsenal attack in the next two months to recover ground, and by that I mean taking games by the neck and shaking opponents hard.
Probable England team to start the World Cup: Pickford; James, Guehi, Konsa, Livramento; Anderson, Rice, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Gordon.
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