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To be fair you don't need to be particularly old to remember that. The run from 08-16 was remarkable in its shitness. So basically only kids under about 15 will have no memory of England stinking out tournaments. Still, we should definitely be winning all these tournaments...

You know what? I had forgotten those scores! Your last sentence is essentially what I've been laboring to say. Except you've said it succinctly in one sentence and I've wasted paragraph after paragraph in post after post trying to get there.

This is my preferred option but based not on winning the tournament but on our historical failure to do so. If we're going to get knocked out lets get knocked out having played in 5,6,7 goal thrillers all the way through rather than grinding out 1-0s. The going for the jugular approach is...

The bit in bold I 100% agree with. We have some quality attacking players. I'd love them to be let of the leash. The rest, I'm not sure I understand. Do you think Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal etc have been at full power every tournament? Are you...

No, not quite. I'm saying that we never win anything so that shouldn't be the stick with which to beat the manager. Especially as he's got closer than anyone else since and before Ramsey has. I'm interested to know if we were to win the Euros next summer would you change your tune on him...

So he's no different to previous managers? Previous managers who have had a bigger pool of players to choose from. In that case criticise him for tactical inability but not his results. Same as it ever was then. Hence the tired refrain of England will go out to the first half decent team...

This is pretty much where I'm at. I don't understand all of his team/squad selections and I don't think he's great tactically but he has delivered what constitutes success for England. He'll fall short of actual big boy success and then everyone should be free to debate where he went...

England qualifying record for Euro 2016: P:10 W:10 D:0 L:0 F:31 A:3 GD:28 Pts:30 Remember 2016? That was the year we didn't let up and won the Euros! Oh, right, yeah. We stunk the actual tournament out and went home after getting beaten by Iceland in the second round. Presumably that...