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Favourites to win? Could this be one of the most open World Cups for a long time?
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1102500" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>I could go along with that.</p><p></p><p>From an England POV, the sequence of fixtures might come in to play.</p><p></p><p>We have Argentina, Japan, Chile and then Samoa. We have the hardest games first up and while I don't want to dismiss the threat from Argentina or Japan, I would expect us to win both. If it plays out that way, we could potentially rest our frontline players from 17th September when we play Japan to 14/15th October when the QFs take place.</p><p></p><p>Now that could to either way … on the one hand it could be perfect preparation for three hard games. On the other, we might lose some sharpness. Wales and Australia play each other in the penultimate group game so might be in a different place physically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1102500, member: 59968"] I could go along with that. From an England POV, the sequence of fixtures might come in to play. We have Argentina, Japan, Chile and then Samoa. We have the hardest games first up and while I don’t want to dismiss the threat from Argentina or Japan, I would expect us to win both. If it plays out that way, we could potentially rest our frontline players from 17th September when we play Japan to 14/15th October when the QFs take place. Now that could to either way … on the one hand it could be perfect preparation for three hard games. On the other, we might lose some sharpness. Wales and Australia play each other in the penultimate group game so might be in a different place physically. [/QUOTE]
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