By James Cormack England have booked their place in the knockout stages at Euro 2024 with a game in Group C to spare, yet pessimism couldn’t be more prevalent in Three Lions quarters. The players themselves have put on a defiant front in the wake of two sub-par performances which warranted a perfectly reasonable four points. England’s ground-out 1-0 victory over Serbia was followed up with perhaps the flattest display of the Gareth Southgate era at a major tournament. They deserved no more than their 1-1 draw with Denmark, but a stout defensive showing meant the Danes didn’t exactly threaten a…