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I personally think the english media has something to do with the failure.
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If the so-called experts babble about "would have won it if we qualified" and "no players from this other team would stand a chance as starters in our team", then you can clearly see it's not just the media.
There's something that makes everybody believe they're at the top of the game long before the game has even started - maybe it's that good old "home of football" thing. In reality one just HAS to wonder how anybody could jump to such conclusions. Well, except maybe Brazil. But not even them.
In football you have to PROVE time and time again that you are top, and not assume you're already there. As a German I think England doesn't have bad players per se, really, it's just that seeing themselves as some kind of elite squad is total ********, period.