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Englands problem will be the fact that they don't really have any strikers. Only taking 4 is suicide, especially when Rooney and Owen aren't fully fit and may not be ready for the start of the tournament. Imagine the fear that Crouch and Walcott will strike into the hearts of defenders!! OK, they're not that bad but Walcott is soooo unexperienced and Crouch...well, he's actually reasonably skillful for a big guy but he's not world class.
I also tip Ukraine to surprise a few people which will probably mean they go out in the group stages. One of the African teams has got to do well despite most of them being pretty awful on paper. I can't see anything other than a Brazil vs France or Germany final though. Even though Germany aren't much cop these days they are improving and they have got home advantage.
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