Eerily, we have been drawn in a group with Panama, and would then face a team from Japan's group in the second round. I made these predictions before the draw.
But also, the optimists like me will take heart from the Poland draw, "well it was our hardest game and we didn't lose, we played some really nice stuff in patches, never looked like losing" etc.
Oh also, in what way will Gareth Southgate completely lose the plot as the England Manager Curse hits him?
El Tel - dodgy business dealings.
Hoddle - "People in wheelchairs probably deserve it".
Sven - The whole Gerrard-Lampard situation "we've never discussed it", taking Theo Walcott having...
I was thinking something along these lines as well. Numerous lifelong bans for people such as Susan Jones, 45, mother of four who wasn't even going to any games but on a tourist trip to St Petersburg.