The Debrief: Ben White booed on England return

Football Daily

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Paul is joined by former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson, senior football reporter Ian Dennis and senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel as an uninspiring England drew 1-1 with Uruguay. After a sluggish night at Wembley and 11 changes to the starting team, the panel debrief on what Tuchel can take away from this game ahead of the World Cup. Hear the thoughts on Ben White’s return for England after ruling himself out of international selection for the last two years. Plus, debutants James Trafford and James Garner join the pod as well as the England manager, Thomas Tuchel.

TIMECODES: 10’31 Ben White return 17’34 James Trafford 20’51 James Garner 24’16 Ugarte awarded two yellows? 26’43 Tuchel’s take aways from the game 30’11 Thomas Tuchel

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	An early start here. It's time to kick off.
0:10.0	Your day. Morning!
0:11.9	What a line-up.
0:13.3	Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show.
0:16.1	The crowd is loving this.
0:18.3	Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind.
0:20.2	From morning chaos to match day commentary.
0:23.6	And everything in between.
0:25.0	BBC sounds packed with personality.
0:29.2	On the Football Daily podcast, the debrief with Aaron Paul.
0:36.8	Welcome to the Football Daily podcast coming to you from Wembley Stadium after England's
0:41.9	one-all-drawera with Uruguay in a World Cup warm-up friendly.
0:46.8	Paul Robinson in Dennis and Sammy Mockbelt here with us, gentlemen, an uninspiring 90 minutes.
0:54.0	I want to say we've learnt something tonight.
0:55.7	I don't know what we've learned,
0:56.9	but we've learnt something tonight, Sammy.
0:59.1	Yeah, I think we have.
1:00.2	Look, I think we've learned that perhaps the fringe players
1:03.6	aren't as good as Thomas Tuchel hopes.
1:07.7	They may be.
1:09.2	And that the 11 or 12 or 13 that he's got who will join up next week
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