Very simply England are not a team. They don't gel. A bunch of individuals that are put together, but don't really understand each other.
Playing the nucleus of one team helps to make into a team. We would have done better using Shaw, Clyne, Cork, Lallana, Lambert and adding players to that nucleus.
Players play more freely when they are comfortable with the players around them.
Lallana and Lambert have an understanding that takes years to build. They come as a package or not at all.
How good will Lallana be without Rickie and Jay-Rod?? Beginning to think that £25 million is sound business.