ITV Curse Delaying Football's Homecoming

When it comes to Football Tournaments, us England fans play a game where we waver the Flag of Saint George proudly while singing about Football's Coming Home until we get knocked out by the first decent team we meet and then we go in search of any links to any other nation still in the competition to allow us to cheer for someone else.
As usual, pre-contest the hype over the England team rose until many people genuinely believed that we should start clearing out the spare room and set an extra place at the table because football has just texted to let us know it’s coming home but after last nights game against Scotland, the race to find tenuous links to France, Italy, Netherlands or Spain is starting earlier than usual and it is all thanks to ITV.
The anguish that England fans feel watching our team nosedive out of Competitions is made worse by being able to watch the games live on terrestrial TV across either BBC or ITV and while since 1998 the BBC has shown 20 England Tournament games with 14 wins, ITV's return for it's 20 games shows England have won just four and drawn 11 including last nights Scotland debacle.  
As England's next game against the Czech Republic is also on ITV, it could be a cause of concern for our chances of progressing deeper but maybe it is all part of Gareth Southgate's cunning plan because whoever wins our group plays the runner up of Group F which will be one of world champions France, reigning European kings Portugal or three-time tournament winners Germany.
A draw in our last game will see us finish second and handed what looks like more favorable last 16 draw against the second-placed team in Group E which contains Spain, Sweden, Poland and Slovakia.
Maybe Southgate isn't so much of a total plonker as we first thought then and is actually a tactical genius for picking a team that would allow his team play out a dour draw against the Scots but for now i will hold onto my England card and wait to accept the shiny new one from Italy/Netherlands/Spain/France due to a great, great great grandparent who was Italian/Dutch/Spanish or French. Possibly.