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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
When France won the WC in 1998 their manager stated that to win a world cup a team has to have at least 5 or 6 world class players in their squad (something I agree with) England may have these, in the positions that you`ve referenced above, but its the rest of the squad that is the problem, when France won in 1998, the rest of the players were certainly better than the likes of Upson, Defoe, Crouch, Brown, Green etc. Players who might be decent at club level but don`t cut it at international level.
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Brown i agree with. But Crouch and Defoe? Their goals to game ratios at international level are really decent. Crouch in particular has like a goal every other game. And Upson is a really good player who would walk into many international starting 11s. We also have Walcott, Wright-Phillips and Lennon who, although not totally consistent, have that ability to turn a game on it's head. Barry and Johnson are also class, not quite world class, but class.
And anyway, i dont think we will win it, as i said, i think semis.