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Never dwelling on the problem, always looking for the solution

[CH @CHarrison97]

Could’ve been a legend at Man Utd

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The relationship between Hansi Flick and Frenkie de Jong is completely broken.

This stems back from the second leg vs Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, when the player refused to start.

He received medical clearance, and Flick asked him to play 60 minutes but the player said: 'I don't want to take any risks.'

Flick has completely lost trust in him and does not count on the player.

Barça have not conducted medical tests on his knee, but Frenkie could be delaying the tests as he look to force a transfer out.

— @gerardromero

[CH @CHarrison97]

@KAgon92 @Utdtruthful Yoro’s crap on the ball

[CH @CHarrison97]

He literally puts a ball across the box🤣

[. @M4RZ0V3LLI]

Videos like this are a true litmus test for understanding of the game. At no point did Rice lose him, he then shepherded him into an area covered by his teammate while cutting off the lane for a pass inside, but because he’s twisting & turning people think he’s getting smoked

[CH @CHarrison97]

Simeone was in the stands, should him about 5 times

[xe @eesvasta]

@breathMessi21 Not a one camera zoom on families, on Lautaro, no Diego Simeone in the stands, president not attending the final…
Turning their backs to trophy lifting, and these wierd captions later on instagram from players.
Not even trying to go forward, no real aggression to win it.

[CH @CHarrison97]

What I have seen Messi do in my lifetime, I will not be tricked in the next 30 years into thinking anyone is even close

[CH @CHarrison97]

The most stupid don I’ve ever seen, him and Paredes

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🙏🏼💔 Enzo Fernández says sorry to Argentina fans.

[CH @CHarrison97]

Licha bottled it

[Inevitable West @Inevitablewest]

If your government can afford to send billions to foreign countries, then you are paying far too much in tax.

You are also owned by globalists.

[CH @CHarrison97]

He’s not a LB

[Sam Homewood @SamHomewood]

FAO @ManUtd. Djed Spence.

[CH @CHarrison97]

How can you watch and think there’s a better player alive

[Mavric @MavricTweets]

Btw if Messi wins the Ballon D’or both times after 2 of the most “interesting” World Cup runs anyone has seen in history it’s confirms everything. And for the people not deludedly obsessed it’s sways them a direction. How can one man be this openly favoured, insane

[CH @CHarrison97]

Couldn’t agree more. Lack of experience not just quality in moments you need it. Spence with more experience stays down after Messi catches him. Pickford doesn’t boot it straight back to them like Konsa and burn also did. It’s why you take Trent etc

[JB™️ @gunnerpunner]

I’m a firm believer in the quality of club football mattering and ultimately England finished that game with an Everton goalkeeper, and defenders at Spurs & Newcastle. Players who all play at a lower level.

[CH @CHarrison97]

Football IQ always wins

[Islam Bouafif 🇹🇳🇵🇸 @BouafifNour]

Man, I remember when they were both in their prime, a lot of people used to say Ronaldo would outlast Messi.

The argument was that Ronaldo's obsession with taking care of his body would give him the edge in longevity, and that he would be the one still performing at the highest level for longer.

Looking back now, that take has aged so badly.

[CH @CHarrison97]

Defund it

[GB Politics @GBPolitcs]

🚨NEW: The BBC reveals 500,000 households cancelled their license fee in the last financial year 2025/26

They warn the decline is "only set to accelerate" and that it's one of the reasons they want a "reform of the funding"

[@Daily_Express]

[CH @CHarrison97]

Spence stays down there, he gives a freekick

[CH @CHarrison97]

Enzo’s a good player but where does he fit if we’ve signed Tielemans and have Kobbie? That’s 3 players similar. Surely we need legs around them 3?

[CH @CHarrison97]

Soon as we went deep, he should’ve changed the wingers to give us energy, pace and get us up the pitch. Could also have put Mainoo on to keep the ball. Then EVEN freshen the FBs to get us higher

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

No…

It wasn’t Thomas Tuchel’s substitutions…

Anthony Gordon scored in the 55th minute. The (already) infamous substitutions were made in the 82nd minute.

England had a measly 12% possession from the moment the ball hit the Argentinian net. It wasn’t the substitutions that made the difference (although perhaps they didn’t help)…it was the mindset of the England players after they scored. And this happens to England in major tournaments again and again and again and again…

So what happened? Performance anxiety…

“Don’t be the player to make a mistake”
“Let’s just see this through”

These aren’t thoughts. They’re feelings. Feelings in the pit of the stomach. Feelings that cascade through the whole body. Feelings that generate hesitancy, inhibition…and in the words of Thomas Tuchel post game, passiveness

A Low Intent - energy-back. Arguably the biggest killer in high performance sport is a drop in intent.

A couple of months ago I had the honour of being on The Overlap. As I described to Gary, Roy, Ian and Scholesy - “A drop in intent can make great players look very average.” Last night, a drop in intent made the England players, great players, look shockingly poor - an energy-back negatively impacting awareness, anticipation, decision-making, physicality, technical and tactical play.

The same happened against Spain in the Euros final 2024 and against Italy in the Euros final against Italy in 2020. And in countless tournaments prior.

Energy-back vs Energy-forward…

Argentina - energy-forward. Singing their national anthem with gusto. As aggressive in the press and in duels as you’re going to see. Slightly bending the rules. Being nasty…in their opponents’ faces…

…competing with so much passion and adoration for each other and with so much want and will and determination that there’s no room for anxieties (fears, uncertainties, doubts)…

No room…

This is hard to accomplish. Brutally, disgustingly hard. Phenomenally hard. Why? Because striving to play with energy-forward under pressure is so metabolically costly. It requires enormous will-power and tenacity…which needs an enormous amount of energy. It feels horrible. It feels exhausting. That’s why so many teams fail to deliver under pressure.

No, it wasn’t Tuchel’s substitutions. It’s a failure to address a national characteristic - a socio-cultural and bio-psychological tendency to play with fear (energy-back) under pressure.

This needs to be tackled now for the 2028 Euros and the 2030 World Cup. Plans need to be put in place…mental frameworks need to be laid down.

Attention
Intensity
Intent

England (like all nations and like all club teams) need mental frameworks that help players to compete with High Attention; Optimal Intensity; and (most importantly) High Intent under pressure.

And there is a behavioural template that shines like a beacon through the fog of complexity in the world game - the Argentinian National Team…

…they are, quite simply, the warriors of international football

[CH @CHarrison97]

Messi plays good football and they have a few tidy players but rest of them are just shin kickers

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🇦🇷🇪🇸 Alexis Mac Allister: “Football is becoming more and more physical…

…and that’s why it’s important that two teams who play good football have reached the final”.

[CH @CHarrison97]

You bring on ball players, who you have taken with the squad. If he didn’t have them, that’s also on him for not picking them

[Conn @ConnCFC]

Tuchel said in his interview that he changed nothing after the goal but the team naturally became more passive and couldn’t keep the ball. So he brought on more defenders to try and help them.

Seems like he is frustrated with how players performed after scoring

[CH @CHarrison97]

We all knew that squad was wrong too