No, we remember the knockout games that matter. Beating the Argies in 02 was a big game and that is just 1 example of where we have raised our game against the big boys. A typical tournament for England (both Euro's and WC) goes like this. Play in a reasonably easy group, scrape through, get through a knockout round as long as its against someone like Denmak, Sweeden and other teams of that calibre, play a big boy and go out at the first opportunity.
Euro 96, on home soil was one exception when we did Spain in the knockout, after that france 98 (first knock out round to the Argies), Euro 2000 didnt get out of the group (because we were up against these big boys that we raise our game for
), 2002 world cup we get out the group, bully Denmark in the first knockout round then get done by the big boys Brazil. Euro 2004 out first knockout round against Portugal...another big boy we raise our game against. (beat by big boys france in the groups but managed to bully the swiss and coats everywhere).... World cup 2006 we managed to get through the groups against the mighty Tinadad and Tobago, Sweden and Paraguay, beat the no marks Ecuador in the first round knockout and then when we play a big boy, Portugal....guess what....knocked out.
Euro 98 we didnt qualify for.
So yeah, I can see how we should have confidence against these big boys that we raise our game against. In 15 years we have done the Argies in a group game and the spanish in a knockout. End of.