Jamie Carragher believes England brag Thomas Tuchel is to blasted for his side's right-back contented astatine the World Cup.
The erstwhile England defender has criticised Tuchel's "bizarre decision" to telephone up Trevoh Chalobah for the injured Tino Livramento.
With Reece James and Jarell Quansah immense wounded doubts for Monday's last-16 crippled against Mexico, Tuchel has a enactment headache astatine right-back aft Djed Spence failed to impressment successful the last-32 triumph implicit DR Congo arsenic Declan Rice ended the crippled successful that position.
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But Carragher thinks Rice should enactment successful his earthy midfield presumption and has suggested moving Ezri Konsa to right-back with John Stones partnering Marc Guehi successful cardinal defence.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, Carragher said: "I wouldn't commencement Declan Rice astatine right-back. I deliberation England person got a slim accidental of going each the mode successful the World Cup, but I don't deliberation playing Rice astatine right-back from present to the extremity of the tourney would beryllium the solution.
"I deliberation you'd permission yourself truthful bare successful midfield. I thought Elliot Anderson, successful the 1 crippled Declan Rice wasn't successful there, recovered it pugnacious dealing with the opposition's counter-attacks - and that was against mean absorption arsenic well. So, for me, Declan Rice would beryllium successful midfield.
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"Thomas Tuchel's got a determination to make. I deliberation a batch of the disapproval Djed Spence has had connected the backmost of the past crippled is simply a small spot implicit the top.
"He didn't person his champion game, but I don't deliberation anyone's travel retired of this tourney truthful acold too Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane with flying colours, to beryllium wholly honest.
"I deliberation a batch of the problems that arose successful the past crippled were not truthful overmuch of the backmost four; it was however casual it was to get astatine the backmost four.
"We cognize we haven't got an abundance of world-class players defensively; that's astir apt the anemic country of our team, but determination was a batch incorrect with England successful that archetypal 20 minutes, fractional an hour, arsenic to however casual it was to get astatine the backmost four.
"Lots of enactment connected for England; it's not conscionable astir the right-back position, but I wouldn't beryllium putting Declan Rice determination astatine all.
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"I deliberation the different enactment is possibly putting Konsa determination and putting John Stones successful astatine centre-back. He brings that spot much experience, and he's a top-level performer - it's conscionable that helium hasn't had capable football, and we saw that successful the archetypal game.
"But this each conscionable goes backmost to Thomas Tuchel's decisions astir the right-back area. It's conscionable not been close from time 1 successful the squad that helium picked - and that's not being clever aft the event.
"He picked 2 precise injury-prone players astatine right-back. He brought different right-back successful Djed Spence, who tin screen astatine left-back.
"But I deliberation to bring Chalobah successful erstwhile determination were injuries successful that position, it was a bizarre determination truly due to the fact that he's not a right-back, truthful you're going to permission yourself short."
'Wingers look amended erstwhile they don't play'
Another enactment dilemma facing Tuchel astatine the Azteca is who to commencement connected the wings.
Anthony Gordon came disconnected the seat to supply some assists for Harry Kane's goals successful Wednesday's 2-1 triumph implicit DR Congo.
Marcus Rashford and Noni Madueke started earlier being replaced by Gordon and Bukayo Saka successful the 2nd fractional arsenic the substitutes inspired an England comeback.
Carragher said of the winger issue: "You've got to deliberation astir however Thomas Tuchel plays. It's truly evident present what helium likes, however helium sets his squad up.
"He likes existent out-and-out wingers who hug that touchline. It's not truly astir getting players betwixt the lines and successful the pockets; different you'd astir apt person seen a Phil Foden oregon a Cole Palmer successful the squad.
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"So helium wants existent wingers who look to spell connected the extracurricular with gait and person connections with the No 10s and the full-backs, truthful I don't spot however helium would enactment Morgan Rogers successful that wide position.
"But the occupation he's got with the 4 wide players he's utilized truthful acold is they each look amended erstwhile they don't play.
"So whenever 1 of them is connected the bench, it's the champion crippled they have, due to the fact that the feline connected the transportation is not delivering, truthful you think, 'Okay, let's enactment him successful again', and I deliberation this volition proceed betwixt present and whenever the tourney ends for England.
"I deliberation we'll beryllium changing the wide players aft an hr and questioning who should play. None of them person done capable really, truthful far.
"In presumption of apical planetary class, astir apt the 1 is Bukayo Saka, but helium conscionable doesn't look right. He doesn't look afloat acceptable truly due to the fact that we cognize erstwhile we ticker him week in, week retired for Arsenal implicit the past 4 oregon 5 years that he's a fantastic player."
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