 Welcome to ToffeeTV, me and Sarah going through the groups before the greatest show on Earth kicks off in Russia. It's going to be interesting. It is. The Putin will want it to go well, so maybe that will control the elements, but it's a scary place, let's be honest. It looks very scary. I wouldn't be comfortable over there, I don't think. I wouldn't want to be going there. Scared. It is, do you know what as well, fair play to some of the people. I was watching some of it on the news the other day that there's big groups, LGBT fans that are going over with their rainbow flags. And I think, do you know what, fair play to them, so proud of them. But if I'm honest, I'd be too frightened because you hear some of the things that go on over there. You've got that. You've got obviously the racist elements as well, which is going to be interesting. Danny Rose, who we'll talk about in a minute, talking about telling his family not to go because he fears that they might be abused. They'll be abused. And he'll be abused and then it'll be upsetting for them. So, you know, it's going to be very interesting to see how it goes. I mean, Vladimir Putin is a scary man, you know, with a fight with a bear once and run around on a horse with no topping on a pair of jeans, as you do. He's terrifying. He's scary. I'm surprised that, well, I'm not surprised because it's all corrupt, isn't it? Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. It's allegedly corrupt. Allegedly. It is corrupt. But like, you know, it's dangerous really. You know, it'd be, let's just all hope that it goes smoothly without any sort of major incidents going down or anything like that. But do you think the eyes of the world is on it? Yeah. So he might want to, I think I'd be more scared of Vladimir Putin, you know, than anybody else. So I just wonder if he'll be able to keep the Russian scalbows in check, you know? Yeah. But you just don't know, do you, because... You don't? There's probably too many to be able to control and it could break out anyway. So hopefully, anyway, that's the favour. Hopefully it'll pass without any major incidents. How do you feel about England? Because I know you're not from Liverpool. Yeah. So up here, as you probably gathered by living here, we don't really give a toss about England. I want, I'd like them to win it. Of course I would, I'm English. I'd like them to win it. If they get beat, I'm not really going to give. Do you know what I mean? That's exactly kind of where I am with it as well. You do get up here as well, they're very avid. I'm scouts, not English. I'm this, that, the other, and you know, each to their own. I think sometimes it's maybe like a political thing and the north and the south and all that kind of thing. But I'm with you, but as I'm English, I want England to do well. They get knocked out. I'm not going to lose sleep or shed any tears over it like I would with Everton. Everton's everything to me, but I think I just can't get my head around people just actually being English and wanting England to fail. That doesn't, I don't quite get that. It seems a bit silly in my opinion, but everyone's entitled to it. You feel how you feel, don't you? And obviously like I want England to go on and win it. I think they might do okay. I'd be amazed if they did win it because there's some really, really strong teams in there. But look, yeah, I'm looking forward to it. And of course I'm going to be behind England. I'd love to see him do well. And I think especially with this set of players in the past, we've very much had, you know, when we had that golden era, if you like, where we really should have won something. That's what I was going to do. I was just going to come onto that. You feel coming into this one that there's no expectation almost. There's no great expectation anyway on them. I feel my personal view on it is in the past, we've had like Capello and Spengord and Erickson. You know, you're looking at it. Everyone's looking at, you know, can England do it? Can England win this? We've got this big manager, this, you know, everything's like England should be doing this. Golden generation. We've got Beckham and then we had Rooney and Gerard and Lampard and blah, blah, blah. This time I feel like Saltgate's gone under the radar. He got it and everyone was like, really? He got a Saltgate. And he was learning to get on with it and he's doing a very good job. There's a set of players there. I watched the Nigeria game. I don't really watch England, I'll be honest. But I put the Nigeria game on and I was pleasantly surprised for, certainly the first time. The first time. Some of the football he played was fantastic. It didn't look like England because you had, like the Jesse Lingard making great runs, Staling's, I know his finishing's not great but he's a real threat. You had Kane dropping off and threading balls through and you were like, these actually look like a good side and people are just kind of right. And I think you'll do better because of that. I do. I'm 100% with you on that. I think there isn't that expectation. You've got a young group of lads, which is the really key thing for me as well. I think they are, we've got such a young team. And these are lads that, you know, most of them are younger than me and you can see through their Twitter posts, their Instagram posts when they got picked for the squad. It really meant something to them. They were putting up the pictures of them previously when they were kids watching the World Cup in their little England kits and now they're playing. And that's what I want to see. I want to see that it means something to these lads. There's a bit of passion and, you know, they want to go out there and do this. They sort of feel more like fans, like us as well. And they want to do it for their country as opposed to in the past. You had very much your clicks. And it was like one eye on the game and one eye on your enemies kind of thing because you had your Liverpool, Chelsea, United, Arsenal, whatever and your little pockets in the dressing rooms and stuff. It doesn't feel like that now. It feels like everyone's on the same page. You've got Garry Southgate, English really. It seems like a good man manager as well. Giving people a fair chance. And yeah, you know, I think it'll be good. And I think that's what the lads need. They don't need people going, ah, England, shit. And then they always let us down and everything. Let's get behind these young group of players and just see what they do. There's no expectation. And as you said, it's quite nice because, you know, and my dad asked, not really, but I'd like to see him do well. And that's kind of nice. It's going to be pleasant, isn't it? Yeah, it is. I'm not going to be stud there tearing me out or hopefully. Hopefully, yeah. Belgium, I have these as the favourites for me in this group because I think as a collection of players, you've got to be hard pressed to find a better collection. Well, sorry, France. I've got a fantastic set of Jamie, but these have got a really good side as well. On paper, a really good set. They have. You know, you've got the likes of this fella. The Bruina. He's fantastic. Kevin the Bruina. Romelu Lukaku, who knows where the net is. You know, defensively. They've got Aldewirel, Vertonga. They've got Courtois and Goal. You go through the side. There's really good players all the way through. There's quality in there, isn't there? It's managed by Martinus, so it could fall to pieces. But then again, it could be perfect. So... He'll win it, won't he? He'll win it. He'll win it. He'll just the ultimate... The ultimate scrolling. He had Sam Alladais winning that bloody game. Oh, God. That was a bad one. I didn't watch it. Oh, my God. I didn't watch it. I can't... I have watched it in the past. Oh, it was rubbish. And it's all right for that thing, but... It's in the background, you know. It's like the millionaires football is telling you to don't eat money. You can just think, yeah. Shut up. Shut up. Fine. We will, but let's see, like, a nice big check from all you lot as well. Exactly. But anyway, back to this. Yeah, I think Belgium... Belgium are one of those teams that I would class as Dark Horses for the World Cup. Yeah. Because if they can get momentum at the top end of the pitch, they've got the likes of Ron who knows how to put the ball in it. They've got him who could aim. He's on the other knee. You've got the brain that you can unlock anything. Yeah. And they've got good defence and good goalkeepers. So, there's a good side. It's whether or not they eat themselves. Yeah. A little bit like the Dutch used to be. Holland used to have some fantastic players. And you'd go, oh, my God, look at him. And look at Seedorf and Bacon. They should walk it. And they'd argue and get knocked out in the groups. And you'd be like, OK, that didn't really go to plan. Or they didn't win it. And Spain were a bit like that for years until he got that first one under the belt. And then they were fantastic. So I feel like that with these, I feel like they could surprise a few people. It's one of them, isn't it? If they were to go on and win the World Cup, you wouldn't be that surprised. But I think you are definitely going to look like we said earlier at your France, Brazil, Germany, ahead of them. But yeah, I'm with you on that. I wouldn't be surprised if they did something. They've certainly got the quality in there. And Martinez, he does get teams playing good attacking football. It's just whether or not he can defend, isn't it? That's the thing, isn't it? I mean, the other two teams in the group are fantastic. I had the obviously Panama. And you said it's the first ever World Cup. The first ever World Cup, yeah. I mean, it'll be a great occasion for them. But a lot of the players play in Major League Soccer in the States. A good guy who I know very well from Watson. He plays at San Jose Earthquakes. He's a good player. They have Jaime Pineda who was at LA Galaxy for a while. Gabriel Torres, who has got better hair than Ashley Williams. Much better hair than Ashley Williams. He plays at Seattle Sanders with Clint Dempsey's team. So they've got players who know each other and are playing in a decent league. They'll be a close-knit team. But really for me, they're the weakest team in the group. Yeah, you've got to be looking at them to finish bottom of the group, haven't you, I think? I mean, as we said, we looked at the odds, didn't we? Them to win the World Cup was a thousand to one. That kind of tells. Yeah, it just says it. And I think looking through their players and stuff, I know you're very much into your MLS. So you knew a few of the players and stuff I'm looking through and thinking... It's a real sort of who's who. And I think their first World Cup, they're very much just going to be happy to be there. And that's great. But they're not going to do anything. I don't think they can. And the tune is yet. I mean, if most probably Kazry, where Kazry play for Sunderland, is there probably linchpin, is the one that people probably know the best. You've got obviously a couple of exciting youngsters as well. They're a better side than Panama, for sure. But you still don't see them causing England and Belgium too many problems, do you? No, I shouldn't think so. The real game that we're going to be riding on in this is against Belgium, isn't it? I think those two, you've got a fanciest to be picking up. And then they'll be through that, won't they? Yeah. Six points will take you through. It's whether... I mean, that game will probably be the game that decides who wins the group. Yeah, you should think so. You will do just looking at it now. Obviously that ball hasn't been kicked, so we're just looking at everything on paper and sometimes it doesn't end up like that. You know, we look at the 2014 World Cup, we had Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica and people were going, yeah, they'll get out of that. If it was Costa Rica, if it was Uruguay, they'd be able to group and we got a point, didn't we, and didn't score one goal. So, two goals, it was really, really poor. We didn't get up to the group. So, you know, that's... You can never tell until it kicks off, but it's England and... I think Belgium will win the group. Yeah. It may be by virtue of goals scored if they both beat the team, but I think Belgium will win it and I think England will be running us up, isn't it? I'm gonna go slightly different than them, just to be controversial. I'm gonna go England top it, Belgium second, Tunisia, Panama. Yeah. Panama can just have fun. Just enjoy yourself. Just enjoy yourself. Let Panama take six points and qualify. Of course, we know nothing. There you go, let us know what you think. Are you bothered about England? Do you want them to win it? Do you want to see them do well or do you just want them out? Or do you just don't care? Can Belgium win it? Do you have the Sonians watching? Would you like Martinez to win it or would it just be like a smack in the face for Evan? Let us know in the comments below. If you haven't subscribed, please do so. It takes a second. Look out for our next preview. It's group H. See you later.