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Good camp for Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold as England struggle without them

Thomas Tuchel has plenty to ponder over the next two months.

England will not play again before he names his World Cup squad and there was little in the two poor performances against Uruguay and Japan to suggest the Three Lions are ready to take on the very elite.

After two bad results, booing from the stands, and a whole spate of injury issues that derailed Tuchel's plans, the problems have only grown for England.

Here we look at those to come out of the camp with some credit and those who took a hit to their World Cup hopes...

Winners

Bukayo Saka

This was a good international camp for basically all of those who played no part in those two England performances, but especially Bukayo Saka.

Bukayo Saka withdrew from the squad after joining up after the Uruguay game

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The Arsenal winger briefly joined him up with the squad on Friday but withdrew a day later due to a fitness issue, missing the Japan match as a result.

Saka has not been at his best this season but there was nothing across these 180 minutes from England to suggest they are a better side without him.

England missed his decision-making and technical security in the final third and the last two matches have surely cemented his place in the side come the summer.

Do England really have six better right-backs than Trent Alexander-Arnold? After those performances?

Tuchel has told the Real Madrid star he just "has to accept" his ongoing England exclusion but it makes very little sense on current evidence.

Alexander-Arnold is a unique profile of full-back and Tuchel is not the first international manager to opt for caution when it comes to team selection. He wants a more reliable defender in that position.

However, England were not particular secure defensively without Trent Alexander-Arnold and they looked stodgy in attack.

Having him at least as an option off the bench to unlock a game would make more sense. It was the kind of big call that a manager must get results when making and Tuchel did not.

Jude Bellingham

Consider any debates over whether Jude Bellingham should start for England over.

Tuchel has shown himself willing to leave out the midfielder in favour of Morgan Rogers and made a statement earlier this season in not even naming Bellingham in the squad.

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The England boss has emphasised the collective over the individual, but this team badly needs Bellingham's star power.

He has the personality to drag England forward and the knack of making something happen out of nothing when it's most needed.

This was a glimpse of what England look like without him and Tuchel should be in no rush to repeat the spectacle.

Losers

Phil Foden

Phil Foden stepped onto the pitch against Japan wearing the No9 shirt and that was as close as he got to looking like a striker.

He played himself out of being an option this summer up front if Harry Kane is unavailable, looking lost in his attempts to lead the line.

Phil Foden failed to impress in either match

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Foden also started against Japan, though that was in his more familiar No10 role, and he failed to impress in that match either.

The 25-year-old was replaced before the hour mark in both games and he now has four goals in 48 appearances for his country.

With minutes hard to come by for Manchester City, his place on the plane should be in real danger.

Jarrod Bowen

With Saka not playing a minute across the two games, Jarrod Bowen would have viewed this as an opportunity to force his way into Tuchel's plans.

However, has barely had a meaningful touch in either match and now must be fearing the worst.

It was Noni Madueke who got the nod on the right against Uruguay, with Bowen coming on after he got injured but struggling to impact the game.

With Tuchel then using Morgan Rogers as a winger against Japan, it leaves Bowen as effectively fourth-choice.

There is a strong argument that Bowen should have been given a run up front rather than the Foden false nine experiment, but Tuchel has shown no signs of viewing him as a striker option. It does not bode well for the West Ham captain.

Dominic Solanke

There were eyebrows raised when Dominic Solanke was named in the England squad over Danny Welbeck.

Solanke missed the first half of the season through injury and has not been in particularly electric form since returning. Welbeck, meanwhile, has 12 Premier League goals to his name.

Dominic Solanke and Jarrod Bowen struggled to make an impact

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Solanke was handed his chance to lead the line against Uruguay and had a bright first ten minutes but then faded badly.

This was an opportunity to prove he could be Kane's supporting act this summer, but instead he effectively told Tuchel to look elsewhere.

Welbeck, Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney have to be viewed as better options after Solanke fluffed his lines.