I'm calling it now, on the first page of this thread;
England to get to the final of the 2014 World cup with Rooney and Sturridge tied for the golden boot, mock me now but wait and see, this will happen.
Seriously though, be positive people, Italy are on terrible form, Suarez won't be at his best if he plays at all and Costa Rica are really bad. The best team we could get in the round of 16 is Columbia so I really believe that we will at least get to the quarters. Admittedly the quarter final would almost definitely be against Spain or Brazil (or Holland if they top group) so that would be tough.
I reckon this is the year a European team in win it in South America, England win on penalties, the two favourites (holders and hosts) are both out before the semis and the year an Englishman scores a hattrick in the world cup final for just the second time ever.
(If none of this happens I can just edit the post, no one needs to know.)