England's best World Cup for 60 years - but how should it be judged?

England's best World Cup for 60 years - but how should it be judged?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Third place is England's best finish at a men's World Cup since they won the tournament on home soil in 1966ByPhil McNultyChief football writerPublished5 minutes agoWhat a way to finish.Saturday's thrilling, and at times ridiculous, 6-4 win against France in the 'bronze final' means England's men secured their best World Cup finish since winning the tournament 60 years ago.The Three Lions started this tournament ranked fourth in the world and ended with a third-place finish - reaching the semi-finals for just the third time since 1966.But amid reports of in-squad disagreements over manager Thomas Tuchel's tactics and a second-half semi-final collapse against Argentina, how should their 2026 campaign be viewed?Has their second-best World Cup ever been under-appreciated? Or was this another missed opportunity?False nines or firing forwards - England's potential life after KanePublished13 hours agoMore games, more controversy - good and bad of biggest World Cup yetPublished15 hours ago'A bitter disappointment... the same old story'This may have been England's best World Cup for 60 years, but at best it was par for the course and at worst a failure.It is being judged as exactly what it was. A bitter disappointment.Head coach Tuchel was brought in to get over the barriers that have blocked England at World Cups before, so this was simply the same old story when they went out to Argentina in the semi-final.Tuchel, for all the knockout expertise during his club coaching career, failed when the pressure was on.And there was an added layer of disappointment that Tuchel and England's players contributed so much to their own downfall with such a passive strategy against Argentina that led to defeat.This is why, when this World Cup is reviewed - both now and in the future - it will be regarded as a disappoi...