Meh.
2012 Chelsea didn't make the final because Lampard, Cahill and Cole are such superior players. It was the biggest run of luck you'll ever see in football which had nothing to do with the individual quality of the English Chelsea players. And even if you have to highlight players who were crucial, it has to be Drogba and Ramires. Not Cole or Lampard.
Liverpool had their greatest moments with Alonso-Mascherano in midfield and Torres at his peak upfront. Those 3 left and all of a sudden Gerrard looks past his prime (albeit just turning 32) and Liverpool as a whole are battling for relegation.
United reached the CL final in 2011 but they weren't the second best team in Europe by any stretch of imagination and they got humiliated in the final. As expected with a Giggs-Carrick central midfield. Olympic Marseille and Schalke in the knockout rounds. Talk about an easy route.
Arsenal in 2006 were the most un-English team ever. Henry, Ljungberg, Fabregas, Pires, Gilberto Silva, Lehmann.
2008 was THE year for English clubs. But here is the Chelsea lineup in the final: Cech, Essien, Carvalho, Makelele, Ballack, Malouda, Drogba. 7 out of 11 players not English.
The best English players, as I said, are defenders. Cole, Terry, Ferdinand. But that's really it. A Gerrard-Lampard-Beckham-Joe Cole midfield is not WC winning material. It's utter shit.