u/ArsenalAxis

The man started 7 of 8 qualifiers, even got on the scoresheet against Andorra. But it's what he does without the ball - the pressing, the interceptions, the way he just controls tempo - that makes this England team look completely different from the Southgate era. Tuchel's system is built for someone like Rice. He's the engine. While Bellingham gets the headlines, Dec is the one making everything work. Argentina, Spain, France all have elite midfielders - but honestly, who's got a better no.6 than us right now?

With the BBC explicitly confirming they are solo-funding the future of the show post-The War Between the Land and the Sea, I’m really curious how the visual scale is going to shift. Personally, I don't think losing the massive Disney co-production budget is a death sentence at all- some of the best eras of modern Who thrived on creative constraints and tight writing rather than Hollywood-level CGI. If anything, it might force the show back to its roots of brilliant, character-driven storytelling. How are we feeling about the co-production era ending?