It's a transition time for you. It always felt like a halfway team from the moment the squad was announced. No Cole, Defoe, Carrick, or Barry, but Gerrard made the focal point of the midfield. On the plus side, the younger players acquitted themselves very well, Sturridge, Sterling, Barkley especially. All three should be starters in 2018. If they continue their development, Stones and Shaw will replace Jagielka and Baines, respectively, and you also have the likes of Ox, Walcott, Rodriguez, and Redmond to play bigger roles four years from now.
This group of young players are unlikely to be near as good as the great players England have had in the past ten twelve years,