I honestly think this competition is wide open.
France-Brazil both look very average
Spain-Argentina-Germany still looking a threat going forward but all struggling defensively and you can't keep continuing to need 2-3 goals to win a game as the teams get stronger.
England-Belgium- Uruguay yet to be tested yet. but to be fair all are playing with a swagger. playing well enough to win but negatives they all have bad history in the bigger games.
Positives:
Mexico -Croatia both are on top of their game both are lively outsiders to go far. but how good were Germany/Argentina when they played them? again questions to be answered.
Portugal still a very hard team to beat
Denmark-Switz-Serbia--Russia-Columbia-Japan-Senegal all not good enough
Looks like the top half of the draw could look like this Uruguay-Portugal-France-Argentina-Brazil-Germany-Belgium or England-Columbia
it's where all the big boys are going to hang out.
Spain or Croatia look nailed on for a S/F or final place to me
I also think the loser or should i say team who finishes 2nd of the Belgium/England game will go far