Fair post.
If we forget there's still two games left in the tournament for a second: on a scale of 1-10, how much confidence would you have in this England side beating the following teams in a one-off competitive match:
Brazil
Spain
Uruguay
Portugal
Germany
This isn't to play down what England have achieved so far. They've been really professional in dispatching what's been put in front of them for the most part, and they may not have hit fifth gear yet (or had cause to), but I think you'd have had confidence in backing some of the previous World Cup winners to beat or draw against the overwhelming majority of teams in their tournament 9 times out of 10.
And I do think Gareth Southgate has been lucky. All the personality stuff is smashing, and he's very affable, but the Dier penalty was very savable and his in-game management hasn't impressed me so far!