Why do England always struggle to produce dribblers?

[Hibbo]

Honestly, would you rather a dribble or a Phil Neville chip in?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The enigma Terry Curran.
CBA checking if he's English.

 

[YoboCopter]

Zaha?
Sterling?
Townsend?
Redmond?

 

[chrismpw]

It's Friday. I have every intention of finishing the day dribbling, like hundreds of thousands of other dribblers.

And Giggs was English. He elected Wales to piddle off his estranged da.

 

[duncs pigeon]

It's Friday. I have every intention of finishing the day dribbling, like hundreds of thousands of other dribblers.

And Giggs was English. He elected Wales to piddle off his estranged da.

Giggs was born in Cardiff mate.

 

[chrismpw]

Giggs was born in Cardiff mate.

Was he really? But don't we own Wales anyway?

 

[FC sexy xxx]

Ross Barkley dribbles when he talks

 

[dead_soft]

Just want to say that I’m a big fan of the ‘this is a great question’ way to start your own posts.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Tricky wingers tend to be smaller, with a low center of gravity. These sort of players mature later, and tend to get dropped due to not being big enough.

 

[degsy]

Dribbling, such an old fashioned term. Echoes of Stanley Mattews, flat caps, rattles etc.
The ability to beat a man with close control of the ball, feints etc, is just a parlour trick...like keepie ups...without an end product...a telling pass, shot or, best of all, a goal.
Lack of this end product is seen by by coaches and manager as a bad thing which might result in the sack...especially in the modern day uber athletic game
#Lookman, Deolofue, Bolasie

 

[blue61]

Bobby Charlton dribbles















in his soup

 

[Parker]

Sancho, Sterling and Rashford think otherwise.

 

[devogue]

Youth level football is shocking while in Spain for example, there is a big focus on technical skills. I think they play a lot of indoor football with a heavier ball too coach it but I'm not sure.

 

[emir]

Sancho, Sterling and Rashford think otherwise.

None of those players are elite, are they? At United, Martial is seen more of a dribbler than Rashford and Sane is seen more of a dribbler than Sterling, but the question is, why isn't it the opposite way round?

 

[Billy Dean]

Because English fans (and managers) demand that players "put in a shift" and "show some commitment". Unless the player is genuine world class like those you mention, the focus is on working hard and getting stuck in

When I played junior footy a long time ago, when the skilful ones started doing their tricks the coaches and the parents used to have a go at them