Ukraine 0-0 England - 5 Reasons Three Lions Aren't The Superpower Some Think They Are

It's Tuesday night. I'm sat at my laptop scrolling through enraged tweets and furious Facebook updates when it occurred to me that England really aren't the massive superpower that we are dubbed to be by some. On the face of it, England have lost just 8 times in just over 60 games since 2008- but delve deeper into that stat and it's grimmer reading than was first thought- especially when you consider this worrying stat from Opta. "@OptaJoe: 2 - England have only beaten two teams in World Cup 2014 qualifying so far; Moldova and San Marino. Timid." In fact the best team England have beaten in a competitive game since 2008 is Croatia, a team who's only player of any real note is Luka Modric- the man who managed just 4 goals for Real Madrid in the whole of the 2012/13 season. Granted, Croatia are 8th in the world rankings but they aren't exactly the big name that England should be looking to beat on a regular basis. It's all well and good being able to beat the likes of Italy, Brazil and even Spain in friendlies, but when it comes to it, England don't have the bottle to see it out, even in the 2010 World Cup against Germany, England were drubbed 4-1, a side they had beaten 2-1 less than two years previous. So why is it that England just can't perform to the same level as these national teams?