England finished their run of Nations League games in style with another entertaining and comprehensive victory, this time against Czech Republic at Wembley.For the first time, coach Thomas Tuchel heard a home crowd singing his name. Tuchel said afterwards it made him ‘proud’ to see England play with adventure and believes his team may have taken an important step forward ahead of the home Euros of 2028.So are England close to becoming the real deal or are they merely flattering to deceive once again? Here Daily Mail Sport answers the key questions…Does a new style guarantee new results when it matters?One of Tuchel’s key worries coming out of the World Cup was that he felt too many of his players were not taking training ground performances into the big games. It’s a problem familiar to his predecessors and indeed to legions of England players who have buckled under the pressure of playing for the national team before.Talking to reporters after Tuesday night’s win, Tuchel suggested progress has been made. ‘We said sometimes we were missing the transfer [from the training field] into the game,’ he said.‘So we made some slight adjustments in to how we trained – not big ones – and in the structure of how we build up play and also how we defend. I am happy that it worked and the players bought in to it. But it’s our job. We are football coaches.’Fundamental to progress has been to hand individual players more freedom to play on instinct and there has been an energy and attacking rhythm to England’s final two performances against the Czechs and Croatia that is not always traditionally apparent against more modest opposition. Thomas Tuchel and Harry Kane can reflect on a successful international break, with Kane now level with Peter Shilton on 125 England capsCan England do it against top opponents? We will find out when they face Spain in Madrid next month and indeed in the two-legged Nations League quarter-finals next March.But Tuchel is bullish about it. ‘It was new for me and brilliant to see how everyone bought in to the idea of the next steps and the details needed to adjust to maybe unlock the next level,’ he said.Is the Bellingham problem now resolved for good?The transformation in Bellingham the team-mate and the improvement in Bellingham the player has been quite extraordinary.The 23-year-old has gone from persona non grata for last year’s November camp to an England captain in waiting. He is now playing international football of an elite standard and dragging less experienced team-mates along with him. On the field – which is where it really matters – Tuchel and his assistant Anthony Barry have now handed Bellingham the freedom they once worried about.As recently as 18 months ago, Tuchel was concerned about Bellingham’s positional discipline. Frankly, he didn’t trust him to play the role of number ten within the parameters set by the England staff. Now, however, the Real Madrid star has been told to play off the cuff and follow his own instincts.‘He is out of the cage,’ said Tuchel’s assistant Barry. Again, all of this needs stress testing against top opponents when the pressure is on. Bellingham remains a headstrong individual and that won’t change. Equally he and his coach will never be best friends. But that shouldn’t really matter if the correct boundaries exist. Jude Bellingham now has the freedom England were concerned about giving himHave England now found their front six?Yes, they have. The evolution of the team has been such that the front four of Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka and Harry Kane is now settled in Tuchel’s mind. Behind them, Elliot Anderson – superb during this run of games – and Declan Rice will provide a platform.There has been much chat about Alex Scott during this fortnight and Tuchel could not have been more complimentary about the Bournemouth player. ‘Alex just took his game to a completely another level and we really missed him against the Czechs,’ said the coach. Scott will not make the November camp after damaging his thigh but will be in every squad going forward barring injuries or a drastic drop in form. Rice remains Tuchel’s first pick, though, and that is only right.Beyond that, the likes of Kobbie Mainoo and Adam Wharton are now some way down the pecking order. In terms of those who withdrew from this camp with injuries, Rice, Marcus Rashford and Tino Livramento have credit in the bank with Tuchel and will be back soon enough.As for the likes of Mainoo and Cole Palmer, they will be waiting a while. ‘This is how it has to be,’ Tuchel stressed. Alex Scott will miss November’s internationals with injury but will return to the squad after that‘Everyone should be eager to come, desperate to come because the train is rolling and full credit to the players who bought in to that. It can only work like this. We can only put our full energy into the camp and the players who are in camp makes the camp special. This will never change.’So have England moved on from Palmer and Foden?This is such a delicate subject that Tuchel didn’t really want to go there when asked about it on Tuesday. Equally, his body language can be telling at times and this was one such moment. Perhaps it’s best to simply relay an exchange that took place after the Czech game.Reporter: Can the attributes of Cole Palmer and Phil Foden work in this style of football?Tuchel: I don’t know, is the honest answer. They are not here. This team took another step and it’s always about the guys who are here.Reporter: I can’t imagine someone like Foden playing in this team. Wouldn’t he slow it down?Tuchel: That’s your opinion. I won’t talk about it today. With all the respect I have for Phil and for Cole, tonight is not the evening to talk about it. Cole Palmer might find it difficult to work his way back into Tuchel’s best XIPalmer and Foden are arguably English football’s two most technically gifted players but Tuchel’s team benefitted from physicality, strength and power during this run of games. Players like Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers perhaps embody that as much as anybody.The future for Palmer and Foden perhaps exists as game-changers from the bench but Tuchel is going to take some convincing.Has Alexander Arnold wrapped up his spot?Erm, no. This is a thorny one. Alexander-Arnold’s inclusion in this squad was a huge surprise but had its roots in Tuchel’s pragmatic outlook. The German is not hugely emotional and doesn’t always see the big pictures. For example, he never understood the fuss about Bellingham’s exclusion last November.He picked Alexander-Arnold for this run of games simply because he was out of right-back options. Reece James, Ben White and Djed Spence were all injured. Having included him, he was happy to make clear that Jarell Quansah sits ahead of him in the queue. ‘The game model of how we play just suits Jarell a little bit better,’ said Tuchel as recently as Monday and this is why he picked the Bayer Leverkusen defender – once understudy to Alexander-Arnold at Liverpool – for what he thought would be the two toughest games, against Croatia and Spain. Alexander-Arnold played really well in two straightforward games against Czech Republic. Trent Alexander-Arnold was excellent but will not play in tougher tests aheadHe set up a key goal for Gordon in Prague and was superb as England pressed high and wide on Tuesday. But England had more than 65 per cent possession in both those games. They were made for a full-back who likes to create and as such the vast majority of Alexander-Arnold’s touches came in the attacking half.What happens when this England team face a tougher test? What happens when they are required to defend in shape and dig in? What happens in Madrid next month? I think we know the answer. Alexander-Arnold doesn’t play. It would be wholly wrong were the 28-year-old not to be in next month’s squad. He remains a valuable and almost unique option from the bench. Tuchel picked too many like for like players in his World Cup squad and needs to learn from that. A squad place may be the height of Alexander-Arnold’s realistic ambition, nevertheless.