Simon Jordan makes England 'doom' claim and explains why jury is still out on Thomas Tuchel
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Charlie Grace
Wed 10 September 2025 19:44, UK
The mood around the England men’s national team is jubilant coming out of the international break after Thomas Tuchel’s side thrashed Serbia 5-0 in Belgrade.
England had underwhelmed against Andorra on Saturday, slogging to a 2-0 victory at Villa Park, on an evening that left a sour taste for Tuchel.
The performance against Serbia was better as England confidently and clinically dispatched the Balkan side who have been otherwise quite robust so far in World Cup qualifying.
Heading into the match Serbia hadn’t conceded a goal in the opening three games of their qualifying campaign, but Tuchel’s England had other ideas.
Harry Kane scored the first goal, before Noni Madueke scored his first England goal off the back of a promising performance against Andorra.
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While England have made qualifying hard work for themselves, Tuchel’s side have begun their campaign in fine fashion winning all five of their qualifiers.
I mean ultimately, England did what they should have done and they did it very well and in a very accomplished fashion.
“We normally go through the World Cup qualifying groups, all of those are fine for me [England’s results so far in qualifying],” he continued
“It’s when we come up against the opposition that we’ve come up against repeatedly over the last eight years where we’ve got the on paper position of not being favourites, and out we go.
England under Thomas TuchelScorevs Ireland5-0vs Greece3-0vs Latvia3-0vs Albania2-0vs Senegal1-3vs Andorra1-0vs Andorra2-0vs Serbia5-0England’s results so far under Thomas Tuchel
Against Serbia, it was clear to see that with more time on the training pitch, and more minutes under the belts of Madueke, Rice, and Kane was the catalyst for a much more decisive attacking performance from Tuchel’s side.
As the season goes on and players begin to play with more rhythm and momentum, Tuchel’s squad will likely perform better and yield stringer results in the lead up to the World Cup.