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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23345887" data-attributes="member: 158020">Lampard: England can win the World CupFormer Chelsea legend and current Derby County manager Frank Lampard  has stated his belief that England can 'go all the way' at the World  Cup.Expectations of the Three Lions were dampened somewhat heading into  the showpiece in Russia, with many keen to keep the pressure off what is  a historically underachieving side at major tournaments.  A successful qualifying campaign was marred by what many perceived to  be boring football, leading to speculation over whether Gareth  Southgate's charges would be able to make their mark on the competition. Southgate opted to switch to a more attacking formation ahead of the  World Cup, however, with an exciting 3-5-2 set-up delivering more  free-flowing football that fans immediately warmed to.  And now, following England's 6-1 thumping of Panama, those same fans have been joined by Lampard in starting to believe that football could indeed be coming home.“I think we can go all the way, I genuinely do,” Lampard told the BBC's World Cup Daily Podcast. “I don't see why we would be negative enough to start going 'oh we have to get to the quarter finals'  “I think the team have shown in their performances – and this is not  me getting ahead of myself – just look at the talent in our squad and  the way they're playing, why should we write ourselves off?“Yes, the players will focus game by game and day by day, that's tournament football, that's what they have to do.“But ourselves from the outside, we can look in and say 'this team has a real chance'.“I think it was one of a multitude of issues in previous years that  we analysed everything specific on individuals and ended up creating a  lot of arguments around what is a team sport – and we want the best for  the team. “I think huge credit to Gareth Southgate there that he's been so  fluid with the system, he's changed the philosophy of the team over the  last two years to the way they're playing.“We've got so many more options when we're on the ball now because  we're not playing a very basic 4-4-2, which we played for many a year.“So we can come into tournament football and feel like we can get a lot of possession in midfield which is key.“Gareth's made all these moves that make us talk more now about the team rather than 'this position' and 'that position'.” Now successfully qualified for the last 16, England's next clash  against Belgium on Thursday will decide which of the two sides finishes  at the head of Group G.</blockquote>

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