Our reaction to England’s World Cup squad
Football Ramble
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🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Well, here we are then... Thomas Tuchel has announced his England squad for the World Cup this summer and people have some OPINIONS.
Marcus, Vish and Jim jumped straight on YouTube after the squad was revealed to answer your questions and give their takes on some controversial selections. But not before Marcus holds a candlelit vigil for Harry Maguire's international career...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome to Rumble HQ. |
| 0:16.0 | We're here to talk about the England squad that Thomas Tuchel has picked for the World |
| 0:21.0 | Cup this summer. |
| 0:22.4 | There's a few controversial picks and a few controversial omissions. |
| 0:27.3 | We're going to talk about it all right now. |
| 0:29.1 | My friends are here, Vish and Jim. |
| 0:31.4 | Hello, boys. |
| 0:32.4 | Hello. |
| 0:33.6 | It's Friday, and we've got an England squad to talk about. |
| 0:36.1 | I am like a dog that is particularly happy. |
| 0:41.7 | Twice. |
| 0:45.9 | This is a controversial one. |
| 0:47.8 | I know that whenever an England squad is announced for any major tournament, |
| 0:51.1 | it will always provide some controversy |
| 0:53.4 | because you can't pick everybody and |
| 0:55.3 | people have strong opinions about certain players and so on and so forth. I think though, |
| 0:59.9 | compared to the last handful of scores, I think this is, this one has, uh, made a lot of |
| 1:06.5 | England fans and beyond really sort of scratch their heads with some of these picks. |
| 1:11.0 | More the omissions, I suppose. |
| 1:13.2 | We're going to get into all this, though, after I get your initial thoughts, Jim, on the squad. |
| 1:18.4 | Yeah, my initial thoughts are, there are some players that I'm obviously disappointed not to |
| 1:22.9 | see, and the main one for me is Morgan Gibbs White there, just because he's such a fun player, |
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