An anguished English fan in a Brighton and Hove Albion shirt threw his poncho away in the pilfering rain and screamed: “Make them stand in the rain the whole night.” Seconds were tumbling away, the game was meandering, and the English fans pampered after the 4-2 thrashing of Croatia were disillusioned by the product they saw in Boston on a shivering evening that ended goalless. It was to be another loud memo of their tournament lifting credentials, a shellacking of their tournaments, when their historic rivals like France and Argentina have hit the straps. But it turned out to be another day of toothless attacking display, reminiscent of the end days under Gareth Southgate, a day etched in the past of glorious underachieving. England might yet go deep in the tournament, but the performance against Ghana was not a loud advertisement of their attacking riches but a prognosis of their limitations. There were passages in the game when even the most invested fans turned their heads away, their eyes wandered, their conversation drifted to the …