Group E England Croatia Russia Israel Estonia FYR Macedonia Andorra
Tough group with no easy beats except for Andorra who are crap. The English have a class team and they play in a style which our team finds hard to breakdown. Russia is a intresting one who just missed out a playoff for WC 2006 and expect them to be tough at home. Israel another team who can upset the bigger teams and aswell just missed out on a playoff. Estonia are beatable, Macedonians can be tough pulled of a draw against holland means big and Macedonia already screwed us for one euro. Andorra minimum of 5-0 each game. Probly come down to a battle for first place between us and the english.
Well this isnt a easy group by no means. The only game we have in teh bag is andora. Croatia always seem to somehow screw up agianst **** teams ( MALTA). Us and English go thru, hopefully us first but im guessing we go thru second.
here is an extract for FA.com on the opponents England will face
Croatia Croatia are the only team in England's group also going to the World Cup this summer. They were unbeaten and finished top of a group that contained Sweden, Bulgaria and Hungary.
Coach Zlatko Kranjcar has galvanised the team into a strong unit, but is also a proud father with son Niko one of the key members of the squad.
The main goal threat is likely to come from Glasgow Rangers striker Dado Prso and former Aston Villa frontman Bosko Balaban.
Balaban was something of a flop in the Premiership, but has since resurrected his career at Bruges, while Prso averages a goal every other game in Scotland.
World ranking: 20
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Finished third in their World Cup group which was something of a disappointment. Trailing Portugal was no disgrace, but they were also beaten by Slovakia. Coach Yuri Semin then stepped down in November in the wake of their failure to make it to Germany.
Captain Alexei Smertin has proved himself in the Premiership with Portsmouth and Charlton, while Dmitri Loskov is the main goal scorer.
World ranking: 34
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Israel were impressive in qualification for the World Cup Finals, even though they eventually finished third behind France and Switzerland.
Attacking midfielder Yossi Benayoun has been a consistent performer in the Premiership with West Ham this season, while Tal Ben Haim has been solid in defence for Bolton.
World ranking: 44
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Finished fourth in their World Cup group behind Portugal, Slovakia and Russia. Their most famous player is goalkeeper Mart Poom who is now third choice behind Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia at Arsenal, although he has also been ousted from the national team by Artur Kotenko.
Striker Andres Oper is quick and plies his trade in Holland with Roda.
Took just nine points from 12 World Cup qualifiers in a group containing Holland, Czech Republic, Romania and Finland.
Georgi Hristov is the one recognisable name, mainly for the fact he once angered the female population of Barnsley when he played for the town's team when he branded them all ugly.
The tiny mountainous nation, nestled between France and Spain, finished bottom of the World Cup group that also included Macedonia.
They do have some of the biggest names in world football, but unfortunately for them their Ayala, Vieira and Pujol are not the ones who play for Valencia, Juventus and Barcelona.
