Hard work: Parker put in a storming shift against the French on Monday night

'Whether that wins you tournaments, I don't know. But it is a base for us to build on and hopefully we can do that.

'The manager was very positive afterwards. That's the way it has to be. The only way you get going in life is by being positive and looking for the ups rather than the downs.'

 Parker knows there is room for improvement with England only posing a spasmodic threat in attack.

He said: 'I'm sure we will do a bit more work leading into the Sweden game on things we could do a little better. "Hopefully we can get a little bit more going forward and go from there.

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