text: do you think england is going to win the world cup?   if you look at the rating on a lot of websites, soccernet.com included, england is rated second best to lift this cup. and like i have said, in the history of this competition, only in 1958 - 1962 did brazil take it consecutively, it has never happened again after then  and i don't expect it to happen again now.   if history repeats itself, then its europe's turn to take the cup and england is favorite to lift it among the european teams, so i think they can win it.