They aren't. If anything, they're under-rated because most foreigners think that England are always overly optimistic.
We have many great strikers - Owen, Sheringham, Fowler, Heskey. We have some of the best midfielders in the world - Beckham, Scholes, Dyer. We have one of the best defences in the world - Campbell, Cole, Ferdinand, Hargreaves, Seaman.
The team links together well - it's not just a collection of great individuals. The Arsenal defenders (Keown, Campbell, Cole, Seaman) understand each other perfectly. The two centre-backs complement each other, as one towering centre-half and one positional defender. Our midfielders work harder than most, and the strikers (Fowler, Heskey, Owen) have all played together for Liverpool, and complement each other's styles of play.