Spain and France are stacked. Germany is ok but some of them are getting up there in age, Brazil has looked more cohesive. Belgium does not belong in that list, they have names people are familiar with but don't possess the same number of star players. They have KDB, Hazard and Mertens while France has way more and have a real selection headache. The problem with both France and Belgium is that they have no leaders on that pitch, France have enough to win on talent alone which is not surprising whn they have Griezman, Pogba,Mbappe,Dembele. Deschamps didn't even know how to make the best out of his midfield at the Euros he ended up with Pogba playing like a 6 and it flopped, Tite knows what his best team looks like in comparison. Spain is surprisingly a sleeper, they have to show that they will get out of the Xavi/Xabi/Villa/Puyol era. I think they look good on paper but like Barca have not really transitioned well out of that era when teams finally figured out how ti play against possession football. They never looked like they were better than France or Germany at the Euros, a midfield of Busquets-Xabi-Xavi-Iniesta is hard to replace and while they still have 2 of that midfield they are not as good without the other players.
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Kunty McPhuck
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England squad gets announced and a World Cup winner from 66 has died.
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@ Cahill. Only going because he has experience.
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TAA
Cahill
Wele
I have no issue Wele going, always plays well for England and can cover all roles across the front line.
Cahill going because of experience and he plays in a back 3. He's just an accident waiting to happen.
TAA nice tidy player, hasn't looked out of place, when I saw him play in the CL qualifiers. Had seen him play for the England youth teams, so I knew he was good, just wonder how they cope when they step up to senior level.
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DOING. TOO. MUCH.
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Kinda surprised Cahill made the squad but Smalling didn't 
Kunty McPhuck
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Kinda surprised Cahill made the squad but Smalling didn't
If he didn't know how to play in a back 3 and previously stole 50 + caps, he would be sitting on the beach.
i'm not sure they can lead a team to the World CupFrance never had a combo of Dembele and Mbappe in attack though. That could just be enough to win even with Deschamp incompetence
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England's midfield is weak to me
It's better than shoehorning Gooney into midfield.
I don't know who else you would want. Livermore?
Wheelchair and Lallana bodies cannot be trusted. Lallana is unlucky, he got injured early into the season, rushed back too early and did himself another mischief, which set him back and he hasn't been the same since.
Chalobah and Winks been injured.
Cook isn't a defensive midfielder.
Shelvey is probably unlucky, but he has temperament issues and when you already have Alli, you can really only have one.
Hopefully Bossgate plays a 3 man midfield. Dier and Henderson playing in a 2 vs Panama and Tunisia is
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