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Why it's time for Saka and Rashford - Shearer

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Former England captain Alan Shearer explains why Thomas Tuchel needs to change some personnel as well as his team's mindset when they face Panama.

Alan Shearer's BBC Sport column

History shows america wherefore determination is nary request to panic astir England's gully with Ghana connected Tuesday, but besides underlines wherefore it is important we instantly bounce back.

Since 2006, each World Cup victor has dropped points successful their archetypal oregon 2nd radical crippled - but what they person besides done each clip is spell connected to triumph their group.

I americium assured England volition bash that too, by beating Panama connected Saturday, but I would not beryllium amazed if Thomas Tuchel makes 3 oregon adjacent 4 changes to his squad aft specified a disappointing effect and performance.

'I privation to spot them spell past players'

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Substitute Rashford scores England's 4th against Croatia

Probably the biggest telephone for Tuchel is what helium does with his wingers.

I didn't deliberation Anthony Gordon oregon Noni Madueke were affirmative capable against Ghana. By that I mean they didn't onslaught their defender capable erstwhile we got the shot retired to them retired wide.

Their crossing was truly mediocre arsenic well, and often it didn't bushed the archetypal man. Our transportation from set-pieces was not large either, but successful unfastened play the work from the wingers was beauteous overmuch non-existent.

That's wherefore I deliberation Tuchel volition alteration it up, and Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford person decidedly done capable erstwhile they person travel connected successful some games to get a accidental to start.

Saka's fittingness is surely the lone crushed helium hasn't started either crippled truthful far, but if he's acceptable this clip past helium would travel successful connected the right, with Rashford connected the left.

What I privation to spot from some of them is much vigor and to beryllium much nonstop successful 1 against 1 situations by trying to spell past players.

There besides needs to beryllium much guardant passing alternatively than taking the casual enactment by going sideways oregon backwards.

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'Anxious infinitesimal for England' - should this person been a punishment for Ghana?

Another alteration I tin spot happening is astatine left-back, with Nico O'Reilly coming backmost successful for Djed Spence.

We conscionable seemed to suffer a spot of creativity and prime going guardant down the left-hand broadside without O'Reilly and we posed much of a menace successful a 15-minute spell aft helium came connected than we did successful the remainder of the game.

O'Reilly got successful immoderate large positions, offered much connected the shot and was besides precise unlucky erstwhile his header deed the bar.

I could besides recognize if Tuchel brought John Stones backmost successful for Ezri Konsa. Although our main contented against Ghana was being incapable to interruption them down, determination were inactive immoderate concerns defensively.

In the 2 existent attacks that Ghana had erstwhile they managed to get forward, 1 could person seen them triumph a punishment and the different 1 could person ended with Jordan Pickford getting a reddish card.

We got distant with it some times, but Tuchel has changed things successful his defence and determination is nary uncertainty that determination is immoderate uncertainty backmost there.

I don't cognize if that has affected Pickford too, but helium has not looked assured truthful acold arsenic helium usually does.

In the archetypal game, his organisation was beauteous mediocre and past helium got caught retired against Ghana erstwhile helium came rushing out, truthful possibly those changes did not assistance his concern either.

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England held to goalless gully against Ghana

Panama are retired of the World Cup already aft losing some their games - the head-to-head regularisation to determine radical positions means they already cognize they volition decorativeness bottom.

They are lone playing for pridefulness now, but I don't deliberation that volition alteration their individuality arsenic a squad which usually defends deep.

That means England are apt to look the aforesaid task they did against Ghana - seeing astir of the shot and trying to find a mode done a packed defence.

If we are going to going to beryllium palmy this time, we mightiness person to alteration our mindset, arsenic good arsenic immoderate of the personnel, and amusement much urgency by moving the shot quicker and taking much risks.

What I wouldn't change, though, is our midfield - if Declan Rice is acceptable past helium should proceed to make his concern with Elliot Anderson - oregon instrumentality Harry Kane retired of the team.

If we had beaten Ghana and we were already guaranteed to apical the group, past I deliberation determination would person been wholesale changes but, the presumption we are successful now, we person to triumph this game. I would 100% support Kane successful determination to assistance america bash that.

England are portion of the excitement

Like I said astatine the start, the gully with Ghana was disappointing but it was surely not a disaster.

The World Cup is present past the halfway signifier successful presumption of the games played, and I've truly enjoyed it truthful far.

When I deliberation astir the teams that person impressed me, past the USA are up determination on with France, Argentina and Spain - and England are portion of that excitement too.

Of people we person had a hiccup but we are not unsocial determination - Spain had 1 excessively successful their gully with Cape Verde and France were mediocre successful the archetypal fractional of their opener against Senegal.

Yes, determination is country for betterment and besides bigger tests to travel successful the knockout stage, but close present we are inactive apical of our radical and inactive connected way to triumph it.

Alan Shearer was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

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