Four England Players Failed to Impress Against Uruguay, Tuchel Should Leave Them Home

In the long tradition of tournament selection, England's friendly draw with Uruguay at Wembley served less as a result and more as a reckoning — a quiet audition where some players answered the call and others revealed the limits of their current form. Thomas Tuchel, the architect of England's World Cup ambitions, used the evening to measure fringe players against the demands of a summer tournament, and for four of them, the measurement fell short. Selection is always an act of faith in potential, but it is also a ruthless accounting of the present moment.