The difference between England and Germany is stark and that is why England is, in common parlance "a shit side". Both teams have similar talent but Germany clearly has a plan where as England does not.
Germany gets the ball in defence and they have a clear plan to break out.
England gets it and James has to look around and make something up. I shouldn't say that England doesn't have a plan because the plan is clearly to focus on set plays and get the ball crossed in from the right. Not a bad idea but that can't be the whole game.
What you see with Germany is some inventiveness t break though England twin defensive banks, when Germany lines up their same 9 defenders England can't break through the middle, except for a short while before goals 3 and 4 where they were making some diagonal runs.