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Irish pundit Dunphy scoffs at England's World Cup chances

Irish pundit Eamon Dunphy has dismissed England as a World Cup favourite.

Dunphy believes their shadow team was found out in defeat to Belgium.

"The Belgium game was an interesting experiment as it confirmed England have no strength in depth in their squad," added Dunphy.

"Ruben Loftus-Cheek was being hailed as a great player last week, but he was useless against Belgium and as for Eric Dier against Belgium...oh my God. So they have no strength in depth.

"Aside from that, the big problem for England is back three and that is not going to work. Harry Maguire, John Stones and Kyle Walker at the back is not good enough against a top team."

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