Now the England international side has won a competitive match again, after a summer of discontent in South Africa, surely it must be time to reinstate Fabio Capello's men to their natural position as favourites to win the next European Championship.
Forget about Spain, Germany or Holland, Bulgaria are the real masters of European football and England dispatched their Wembley opponents with aplomb on Friday night.
Staying with the cheery, overly optimistic theme of this blog post's opening paragraph,
I'm happy to report it was also a good weekend for internationals from the blue half of Manchester.
Adam Johnson marked an impressive start to the domestic campaign with a goal at Wembley, while James Milner, Gareth Barry and Joe Hart all featured in Capello's starting line-up.
New signing David Silva meanwhile notched for European, world and intergalactic champions Spain in their 4-0 victory over Liechtenstein.
Things have been a little more troubled over the road where Wayne Rooney is believed to have scored another spectacular own goal in his private life, at least according to reports in two Sunday newspapers in the United Kingdom.
However, given these allegations have not yet brought so much as a single word in response from the Roon himself, Blue Monday won't be saying too much more about his remarkable scoring record at this time.
On Saturday, though, United visit Rooney's former club Everton and the Goodison Park crowd won't be shy in voicing their opinions.
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