It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

It could be a question of "keeping your enemies close to you" in this first round draw...so you don't meet them later on in the following rounds when the tough gets tougher !.......except until the final of course ....now where is that copy of mine of "the boys of 66"......aaahhhhh......if only.....sweet dreams everbody.....

Whatever , just the same old same old probably .

England have only won one of their last six matches at the finals so it really doesn't matter who you get does it.

I got a Brazil shirt somewhere so would be handy if you drew them :-)

LOL Dil, any shirt but England's will no doubt be on display up here in Bonny Scotland, bit like the Welsh no sense of humour these Jocks :0)

I hope we are in the same group as Scotland and Wales.

Croatia 12 points.....and now the points from Finland......euhhh...sorry wrong competition....

How did Poland get seeded , strange , maybe they thought they were England as there's so many here ,

Not a bad draw at all......Belgium will be difficult....England might have to score as many as possible against Tunisia and Panama...as the third game might end in a draw....I reckon the three Lions could do a lot better than in previous cups due to the way the competition pans out.....Argentina have a difficult group....and it looks like the big guns might bump into each other as the competition progresses....we shall see but at the moment...not bad at all it seems....we were very lucky not to have been put in France-Germany-Argentina-Brazil...groups......couldn't believe we missed all of them....

Famous last words rf .

I hate to sound optimistic...but a quarter final appearance is a distinct possibility...beyond that who knows.....

Brexit has to take the credit for that rf. lol

It'll all end in tears , probably against Tunisia :-)

Yeah we all know that Dil. But hey if your'e not innit (no names no pack drill) you can't win it, eh boyo! :0)

A good draw - and expectations are certainly muted

Good

Let's keep it that way - and keep the jealous celts all biting at the bit

Your having a laugh Joe ... BBC news 6pm Friday and opening headlines they were already bigging up England's chances after an 'easy' draw.

Had easy draws in 2010 and 2014 and a better team but still cocked it up. Even at the Euro's you only won one game and that was in the 90th minute.

Media will big you up just as they always do , might have been better off getting thumped by Germany and Brazil in the recent friendlies then no one would have expected too much.

I do think you'll beat Panama.

I'll let the team know Dil

Time for us to have the last laugh this time round

I reckon that Belgium will put 6 past Panama in their first game at least....now without counting our chickens before they're hatched : we might struggle to get as many goals as them before the final game with them....as one team Belgium or England could end up just needing a draw in the final game to top the group....now with all due respect to Tunisia and Panama : we are going to have to beat them and beat them well...no taking the foot off the gas until the final whistle for both games.....having to beat our Belgian cousins in the last group game would be tough....if not it's perhaps Poland followed by Germany if success follows in the knockout rounds....first place and then perhaps Colombia followed by Brazil !......either way is difficult.....England as a team are improving and Gareth Southgate has strength in depth in this squad.....yes : I'd say that the team can make it to a quarter final at the very least....and who knows...perhaps dare I say it...might even make the semis....

Man City are unstoppable in the premiership......Champions final for them as well ?.....PSG are in great form as well.....

Season so far is a disaster. Not sure they can turn it around.

Season so far is a disaster. Not sure they can turn it around.