Jeez, I set the bait and you bit.
AsI said earlier, I'm a football fan. I don't just restrict myself to BFC, I watch all football and I love the PL and the hugely talented players in there. I love the game of football itself. So yep, that helps me know about players and helps when I come to watch England. Too many imo want to put the game down but not for actual football reasons. (1)
The national team is not a side show. Many fans care about their national team and more importantly the players do too. Go and tell someone like Grealish who has been desperate to play for his country that playing for England is a side-show. Your comment is utter nonsense. You say it because you yourself only get an interest when we are either doing well or a major tournament comes around. I've been on this message board for years and certainly recall some of your posts and apathy towards the national team. Yeah of course, I wouldn't be able to find them but if you're honest with yourself you'll know what I've said is true. And yes, I know you've followed England abroad but more recently you've become far more apathetic to them. (2)
Your last point. Well we got to the semi final at the last World Cup, we got to the Nations League finals which is basically a final for the elite of football. Remember we had to beat Spain in our group to get there, so yep that's success, it's a pretty decent achievement. I'd say it's doing well and we weren't hindered solely because the so called best players in the PL weren't/aren't English. (3)
There you go, pick the bones out of that.