^ I wish I could argue against England being the most overrated side there is, but unfortunately it's the bitter truth. There's a huge disparity between how we about our chances at major tournaments and how the team has performed historically. For a long time now England have been a mid-tier international team and nothing more. Our most successful run in recent memory was the quarter finals of the 2006 world cup, but since then we've been abysmal in major tournaments. We finished bottom of the group stage in the last world cup with one point, which came from a 0-0 draw against Costa Rica. We didn't even qualify for Euro 2008 and we've just been knocked out of Euro 2016 by a team managed by a part-time dentist.
No doubt in Russia 2018 though, football will be coming home again according to the papers.