It is almost a month since FIFA came to the ridiculous conclusion that England were the fourth best team in the world, ahead of the likes of Brazil, Argentina and Portugal.
For a side that failed so miserably in the last world cup, has stuttered in recent friendlies and did not even qualify for the previous European Championships, it would be understandable if the national team failed to make the top 10.
Thanks to the Copa America (a competition that England fortunately don't get to humiliate themselves in), there has been a more sensible reorganisation of the rankings.
Uruguay and the aforementioned Brazil have both nipped in ahead of England, pushing them down to sixth.
For the sake of dampening overzealous English expectation, that is certainly for the better – indeed a reasonable conclusion, seeing as few people could make a case for England being amongst the world's top five international teams.
Fair enough, England can arguably pick from a host of world class footballing talent, but the fact that there is about as much chemistry and organisation among them as a pack of stampeding zebra, has often been commented on.
Uruguay can justify their position in the rankings, following their incredible Copa America win, and a stellar performance in the 2010 World Cup.
They, like Spain and Germany, just seem to have that ingredient that England don't.
Those sides seem to just click when it comes to kick-off – they function as a unit, and look as much a bunch of mates as a professional unit.
Sadly England do not.
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