According to Robinson, therein lies the problem for Tuchel and England – Friday’s game played out more like a trial than a quest for “cohesion” and “team performance”.
“You got the impression watching the game that individuals were trying too hard in certain situations,” said Robinson. “They looked like a bunch of trialists trying to impress a manager to get through to the next stage of that trial.
“It really stunk of a performance of players who were playing for a place on the plane for self gain rather than team gain. It was a difficult watch at times.
“He created that atmosphere by naming that 35-man squad.
“You can’t dress it up any other way, Thomas Tuchel can say he’s looking at all these players, that we’re going to play this way, this is what we’re doing, it’s a team… that’s nonsense. It was an individual trial game.”
Tuchel, however, said he had “learned a lot” from the draw.
“You just see it in the details,” he added. “You learn a lot in the details, how is the behaviour and you see the level. I’m happy that we did it the way we did it.”
A revised 27-man squad is now preparing for Tuesday’s match against Japan at Wembley, with eight players due to leave the camp.
John Stones is returning to Manchester City having picked up an issue in training, while Arsenal trio Noni Madueke, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka have also gone back to their club for medical assessment.
Adam Wharton, Aaron Ramsdale, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are the others to drop out.
Once that Japan game is out the way, England have two more friendly games against New Zealand on 6 June and Costa Rica on 10 June.
The World Cup gets under way 24 hours later.
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