Since they won the World Cup in 1966, England have only once got into the last four in that competition...in Italy in 1990...and came fourth! Countries which have reached that stage more than once in the same time-period are Germany 7, Brazil 6, Italy 6, France 4, Argentina 3, Holland 2 and Poland 2.
The best England can claim overall, therefore, is to be eighth-best-equal alongside Turkey, Croatia...not after last night!...Uruguay, Belgium, Bulgaria, Sweden, Portugal and South Korea. That is England's level on the world football stage...side by side with South Korea!
Despite the abundance of evidence, the "It's coming home, it's coming home!" attitude never seems to leave English fans in either World or European competitions. Barring a miracle, the heck it is!
So, it's about time that English football fans had the same revelation that Scots ones had in 1978. That is, the sudden realisation that their team is really rubbish. Then you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the games devoid of all totally unjustified hope. Try it.