Agreed, it is longer, I was just using the time span the prior poster quoted. I also agree, "What is a good manager?". I think a lot of the context that is missed here is that England have, arguably at least, the best pool of talent in the world right now, and a considerable amount of other teams are very weak compared to their basslines. I'm (somewhat) young, so I can't comment on specific tournaments, but I don't remember a time when we've been so strong, and most other teams have been so weak. I don't think you can use x tournament to show that we are doing well/not too bad/should be grateful, the variables are considerably different. Although I do agree that you can use these tournaments to show the FA are, or at least have been, consistently a load of tosh!