Led by Gary Lineker, there has been a decent-sized queue of pundits lining up to suggest Trent Alexander-Arnold should be given a crack in midfield.
Led by Jamie Carragher, there has been a decent-sized queue of pundits lining up to suggest Trent Alexander-Arnold should stick to the day job.
And on this evidence, the player himself would probably agree with the latter.
Put it this way, you won’t be seeing Alexander-Arnold in midfield again any time soon.
Not for country, not for club.
Even though it was not that long ago when Gareth Southgate could not find a place for him in his squad, Alexander-Arnold is one of THE best full-backs in the Premier League, if not Europe, if not the world.
He has, give or take the odd cameo, played at right-back for his entire professional career.
On a basic level, that should be a broad hint that a positional change is not the best idea.
But if you can’t experiment against Andorra, you can’t experiment against anyone.
And at least everyone now knows Alexander-Arnold is not moving officially upfield any time soon.
The botched test run was not solely his fault, of course.
From the first whistle to the half-time whistle, it seemed Alexander-Arnold’s team-mates did not know exactly what part of the band he was supposed to be playing.
Nor did he, apparently.
Predictably, confidence was not in good supply.
He committed a needless foul, was tackled by one of the less mobile Andorrans and, apart from one Hollywood effort to an offside Bukayo Saka, was awry with his passing.
No wonder when he stepped up to take a free-kick in a dangerous position late in the opening period, he hit it with zero conviction and it floated over with all the threat of one of the paper planes that were gliding around the place.
Southgate was expressionless, presumably having long realised the idea of playing Alexander-Arnold in midfield was a slightly more intriguing one on paper than it proved to be on the pitch.
Accordingly, the England manager reorganised at half-time and Alexander-Arnold found himself in much more familiar territory, most of the time operating as a right-winger but pretty much pleasing himself, as did most England players in a contest that was not really a contest.
If you wanted to look for insights Southgate could glean from this game, then you might suggest Patrick Bamford showed he has a long way to go before being considered a viable alternative to Harry Kane.
You might note that England were so much more threatening - and productive - after the introduction of Jack Grealish, who came on with Kane and Mason Mount.
You might admire the class and maturity of Jude Bellingham, unlucky to be hooked just after the hour mark.
But against opposition such as Andorra, it would be foolish to believe any truths have been learned.
Unless that truth is that Alexander-Arnold should stick to a day job he does so wonderfully, wonderfully well.
