I haven't seen Brazil play in the last year or so ... but for now ... I think England and maybe Spain are my favourites to win the World Cup.
I just watched the highlights. England certainly steamrollered Croatia this evening but there are still weak spots in the team.
Heskey up front being the most obvious.
I think Heskey's contributions are very valuable. He does superb work both by joining the play together and by constantly giving the defense a problem to deal with. Awful goal-scorer but I think that's fine, England have two excellent scoring midfielders in Lampard and Gerrard and many other goal threats around the pitch, plus they can always call upon Crouch or Defoe whenever they need more of a goal threat.
I think England's midfield is incredible shape and it should only get better once Joe Cole returns ... plus hopefully the continued improvement from Lennon who looks like he's finally fulfilling that massive potential of his.
The defense for England is still very strong. Excellent centre halfs, two of the best in the world, and one of the best left backs in the world in Ashley Cole. They also get great cover from Gareth Barry in midfield, and for the first time in a long time they have a defensive midfielder who can both disrupt the play defensively + kick start their attack going the other way.
Glen Johnson is excellent going forward but only a mediocre defender, he's their main weakness, but as weaknesses go that's a fairly small one. The next weakness would be the keeper, but as long as David James doesn't do a nutty (which can happen at any time) then they'll be fine there too, because most of the time he's a good keeper.
What I like the most about Capello's management of the England squad is his use of his subs. He's very careful to have at least one, and normally 2-3, substitutions who are game changing players who possess skills which are in contrast to the players already on the pitch. For example, Heskey to Defoe, or Becks to Lennon or SWP. I think those subs have given England a huge lift during this campaign ... and it's definitely not something seen under previous managements.