I think we know that Germany will somehow turn this around and end up winning the World Cup, just like we all know that England will somehow find a way of turning an easy group into a nail-biting final 5 minutes of their final group game.
England do seem to have a manager with more of a plan now though.
He has a formation in mid and he is playing players in the positions that they are familiar with at club level. That's really all you can do. Don't ask an English footballer to do anything new or complex.
I always worry when I see players looking blankly at a white-board as the coach draws arrows, this way and that, all over it. I know deep down that all they are thinking is, "What tattoo should I get this afternoon?" and, "Should I get a completely stupid haircut before the next game?".