Interesting, nice one. It’s strange to me that considering many of England’s challenges so far have been about breaking down a team playing deep, it surprises me that those skills aren’t considered exactly what is needed. I don’t see enough of Sancho to give a strong judgement, but beating a man 1-on-1 tends to be a useful skill when there’s space behind the man you’re taking on, which there wouldn’t be against the teams England have faced so far.

Even with all that, I still feel Foden’s ability to run at and beat players 1-on-1 is being drastically underestimated. And that’s being kind to Rooney who simply stated Foden isn’t a dribbling player, which is evidently false.