Not Going to the World Cup XI

This might need revising once the play-offs are out of the way, but with nations such as Holland and Chile already eliminated, there's a mounting list of elite players who can start making alternative arrangements for summer 2018 now.



Some team, that, and it's a shame they'll not have the opportunity to do their thing on the biggest stage of all.  Maybe they could get together, head to the far east and make a few quid on the exhibition match circuit whilst everyone else is in Russia?  Might soften the blow a bit...