Miguel Delaney

And I would say that is usually right for a first-round exit, except for the fact that they're in a situation where, because there's 48 teams, there's probably five of them that look like very forgiving opposition, Jordan being one of them, who are an Argentinian group.

And suddenly, as Dion said, you win one game, you've got that safety net, and you're through.

Whereas, say, in some of the other groups...

There's no kind of team that you would look to that everyone else should beat.

So that's going to distort it.

Then suddenly Argentina, who could have been another classic World Cup shock, they're possibly in the knockouts.

Once you're there, you're kind of able to grapple your way through.

I think they've got a strong chance.

I think up there, just maybe below France and Spain, they don't have a perfect squad.

There are flaws in it, but I think no one really has a perfect squad.

In fact, unlike say 1998 as a World Cup or maybe 82,

The top field, I think, is actually quite thin, especially in a lot of the major nations.

I mean, look at Brazil and their issues.

And I think it could be a World Cup that favours the second-tier teams because of all these issues to fatigue, like Senegal, Morocco, maybe even Austria.

And within that, because of that, I think...

England have more of a chance than they would do with this squad they've got issues in defense they still can't keep the ball properly it's funny like after eight years of a revolution in England where they have finally started to get to to finals again where Tuchel's been brought in to get them over the line it's funny how some of the same questions still apply a is keeping the ball in big games and in tournaments like this and then b is just what Tuchel is really here for which is

what's going to happen the first time you play a major nation.

Because even though Southgate got them through big runs, every time they played a team that was really thinking about winning it, they lost.

So that's the big test.

But I could deal with Tuchel a lot.