Well, if the England team overcomes the potential banana skins in group C they will be rewarded by a match against Group Ds top 2 which could be any of the following

Germany – the old enemy and likely winners of group d so runners up in our group will probably meet them – so best to win our group really because although Germany are not the force they once were they have a good world cup pedigree and are best avoided

Australia – full of spirit, ultra competitive and would really like tonking the poms at our national game especially as we took the Ashes back off them last summer – if this fixture comes up it will be a cracker and with lots of Aussies in the UK the pubs will be rocking

Serbia – Topped a qualification group that included France so no mugs but inconsistent, in the qualifying group they beat Rumania 5-0 and then promptly lost 2-1 in Lithuania 4 days later – might easily be a surprise package but then again.

Ghana – The Black Stars – runners up at this years African Cup of nations narrowly losing to a late Egyptian goal, the squad ply their trade throughout Europe- their hopes  will depend on Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien’s fitness – if he is at his competitive best they can get out of their group

Beyond this stage we could be looking at another meeting with the Argentineans’, now managed by the owner of the hand of god so wouldn’t it be nice to send them back home at the quarter final stage.