World Cup failure is history - Wilshere
Jack Wilshere says England's humiliating early World Cup exit has been "consigned to history" as they continue their road to recovery.
Less than four months have passed since Roy Hodgson's men trudged back from Brazil with the worst record of any England side to appear at the finals.
England were eliminated in the group stage for the first time since 1958, with a record of two losses and a draw seeing them end up with their lowest-ever World Cup points tally.
Uncomfortable questions continue over that failure but those involved in the national set-up are only interested in the future, with a fourth straight win in Estonia on Sunday - making it three wins out of three in the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign - helping that healing process.
"It is credit to the manager and his coaching staff that the World Cup is consigned to history," England midfielder Wilshere said.
"The first meet-up after the World Cup, we went through it and that was it.
"Maybe the game against Switzerland (a 2-0 win in Basle last month) helped where people didn't expect us to do much but we went there and showed we have still got the quality that is required for this level.
"We have pushed on from that game now and we are looking forward. We are taking each game as it comes and we'll look forward to the next ones."
The 1-0 win in Tallinn was harder work than it should have been, with Estonia - ranked 81st in the world - reduced to 10 men for the majority of the second half.
England were wasteful in front of goal and Wilshere knows he should have opened the scoring before a Wayne Rooney free-kick maintained their 100 per cent start to qualification.
"We are happy with the win but we are happy with the performance as well, especially in the first half," the Arsenal midfielder said.
"We dominated the game, we stayed on top of them. We knew it wasn't going to be as easy as San Marino (who England beat 5-0 last Thursday). This is a well-organised team.
"We were away from home on a different pitch to what we are used to, but I thought we did well.
"We created chances, we looked back and we probably should have scored a few more but we are happy with the win."