Don't Judge Tuchel On 'nonsense' Qualifiers - Rooney

England leader Thomas Tuchel should not beryllium judged connected "nonsense" World Cup qualifiers, says Wayne Rooney.

The Three Lions big Andorra and sojourn Serbia successful Group K during nan adjacent 5 days.

England person beaten Albania 2-0, Latvia 3-0 and Andorra 1-0 successful Tuchel's first 3 competitory matches successful charge.

"I deliberation he's a apical manager," Rooney said connected his BBC podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show.

"He's possibly sewage a small spot of instrumentality astir nan measurement that England played, and those games are conscionable delirium really.

"You move up and you conscionable cognize England are going to triumph nan game. It's 10 men sitting down nan shot and you've sewage to break them down, which is not easy against immoderate team."

Rooney scored 53 goals successful 120 caps for England betwixt 2003 and 2018.

"I utilized to emotion playing for England. Watching England now and immoderate of nan games, you cognize they're going to win, it tin beryllium a spot boring. Obviously getting into nan tournament, that's erstwhile you bask it," he said.

"The past fewer games, it was against Andorra aliases thing for illustration that. It was painful.

"[I feel] sorry for Thomas Tuchel because he astir apt wants a decent crippled wherever he tin spell and show what he tin do. It's a no-win [situation] really."

Tuchel's England statement runs until nan extremity of nan 2026 World Cup successful nan United States, Canada and Mexico.

Two wins successful nan adjacent week would return them adjacent to sealing their spot location pinch 3 qualifiers to spare.

Rooney added: "I deliberation for Thomas Tuchel, you want to spot England having to beryllium backmost and take sides and having tactically to break down teams.

"Against nan amended teams [that chance] will come. So, I deliberation he'll do really good for England. Whether they'll triumph nan World Cup... you don't know, I deliberation that he's sewage 1 shot, hasn't he?"

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