When I was about 9, I was playing on the right for my school team. I had no left foot at all (still don't, really, but it was a lot weaker then). I remember having a conversation with my dad about how it would make more sense to play on the left. My argument was that you could cut inside and get the ball in early. His response: don't be silly, if you come inside the full back then you're running into trouble. The wide player's job is to get outside the full back and cross in from behind the defence.
And while there's a lot to like about England's performance last night, they simply didn't get behind Andorra anything like enough. Ashley Young has a lot going for him, but he's a right-footed player playing on the left who didn't look confident going outside a part time full back. And that isn't going to scare any quality defence.
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