Euro 2012 predictions/Discussion Thread

[Dale]

Only reason Henderson should be with the senior squad is to be the fucking waterboy.

£16 million? You gotta be shitting me.

 

[tjScarbi]

Only reason Henderson should be with the senior squad is to be the fucking waterboy.

£16 million? You gotta be shitting me.

Indeed, but most of Liverpool's spending is a joke pahaha

 

[Doink]

If Henderson plays, I fear for Englands future.

 

[Keith]

Think we might have to force Alan Shearer out of retirement at this rate lol.

Don't know if anyone is saying Herdeinson is a terrible player, but because he was such a big money signing for Liverpool and really underperformed for them and is now in the England squad replacing one of our best players that is the reason for the doom and gloom.

 

[The Cork]

IMO Milner has gone just as bad since reverting to a CM, just does nothing out of the norm.

Really boring player.

Terry is probably the weak link though, had a terrible season and looks slow and clumsy nowdays. Can see any team with pace raping us tbh.

 

[tjScarbi]

I think we can stand a chance though, if we line up with something like (presuming no Rooney)...

Hart
Jones, Terry, Lescott, Cole
Parker, Gerrard
Young, Milner, Walcott
Carroll/Defoe

 

[Keith]

IMO Milner has gone just as bad since reverting to a CM, just does nothing out of the norm.Really boring player.

Terry is probably the weak link though, had a terrible season and looks slow and clumsy nowdays. Can see any team with pace raping us tbh.

No Milner's a very good player he was perfectly fine in central midfeld when he played at Villa no reason why he can't do a job there for England. Do you like any players?

 

[The Cork]

Did you watch the Belgium game, because I'm guessing you didn't.

 

[Keith]

Only saw a bit of the second half but you can't write him off based on a friendly, besides do we have many better options right now?

 

[The Cork]

No, I'm basing it on the 3 average seasons he's had since joining Man City, the Belguim game was just the most recent example.

Could name about 5/10 right wingers better than him off the top of my head, and the amount of CM's better than him is endless. He offers nothing to England at all, but then again half the players are in garbage form anyway, ie Sturridge, Terry, Henderson, etc etc.

 

[AZUCAR!]

Hard to believe the Euro's start on Friday.

None of the Friday fixtures look interesting, whereas Saturday, you've got Holland vs Denmark and Germany vs Portugal

 

[tjScarbi]

I really think Milner brings something to the side, I rate him more than Barry. Putting him with Young and Walcott just behind the lone striker will work.

I predict we'll just get our asses through the groups before being knocked out in the quarters.

 

[Keith]

No, I'm basing it on the 3 average seasons he's had since joining Man City, the Belguim game was just the most recent example.

Could name about 5/10 right wingers better than him off the top of my head, and the amount of CM's better than him is endless. He offers nothing to England at all, but then again half the players are in garbage form anyway, ie Sturridge, Terry, Henderson, etc etc.

And yet you don't how strange lol. He has not been at City as long as three years and has been in and out of the team.

 

[Aniking]

Milner is not a shit player. Gotta be joking.

Got bored earlier and looked up the final Euro 2012 squads for every country, so I thought I'd get them down and throw them up for everyone to take a look:

Group A

Spoiler: Poland

Goalkeepers - Wojciech Szczęsny, Grzegorz Sandomierski, Przemysław Tytoń
Defenders - Sebastian Boenisch, Grzegorz Wojtkowiak, Marcin Kamiński, Marcin Wasilewski, Jakub Wawrzyniak, Damien Perquis, Łukasz Piszczek
Midfielders - Dariusz Dudka, Adam Matuszczyk, Eugen Polanski, Maciej Rybus, Ludovic Obraniak, Rafał Murawski, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Adrian Mierzejewski, Rafał Wolski, Kamil Grosicki
Forwards - Robert Lewandowski, Artur Sobiech, Paweł Brożek

Spoiler: Greece

Goalkeepers - Kostas Chalkias, Alexandros Tzorvas, Michalis Sifakis
Defenders - Giannis Maniatis, Giorgos Tzavellas, Stelios Malezas, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Avraam Papadopoulos, Vassilis Torossidis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, José Holebas
Midfielders - Grigoris Makos, Giorgos Karagounis, Giorgos Fotakis, Sotiris Ninis, Kostas Katsouranis, Kostas Fortounis, Giannis Fetfatzidis
Forwards - Giorgos Samaras, Nikos Liberopoulos, Kostas Mitroglou, Dimitris Salpingidis, Fanis Gekas

Spoiler: Russia

Goalkeepers - Igor Akinfeev, Anton Shunin, Vyacheslav Malafeev
Defenders - Aleksandr Anyukov, Roman Sharonov, Sergei Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov, Aleksei Berezutski, Vladimir Granat, Kirill Nababkin
Midfielders - Roman Shirokov, Igor Denisov, Konstantin Zyryanov, Marat Izmailov, Dmitri Kombarov, Alan Dzagoev, Aleksandr Kokorin, Denis Glushakov, Igor Semshov
Forwards - Andrey Arshavin, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Pavel Pogrebnyak

Spoiler: Czech Republic

Goalkeepers - Petr Čech, Jan LaÅ¡tuvka, Jaroslav Drobný
Defenders - Theodor Gebre Selassie, Michal Kadlec, Marek Suchý, Roman Hubník, Tomáš Sivok, David Limberský, František Rajtoral
Midfielders - Jan Rezek, Tomáš Rosický, Milan Petržela, Jaroslav PlaÅ¡il, Václav Pilař, Tomáš Hübschman, Daniel Kolář, Petr Jiráček, Vladimír Darida
Forwards - Tomáš Necid, Milan Baroš, Tomáš Pekhart, David Lafata

Group B

Spoiler: Netherlands

Goalkeepers - Maarten Stekelenburg, Michel Vorm, Tim Krul
Defenders - Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Wilfred Bouma, Ron Vlaar, Jetro Willems, Khalid Boulahrouz
Midfielders - Mark van Bommel, Nigel de Jong, Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben, Stijn Schaars, Kevin Strootman, Rafael van der Vaart
Forwards - Dirk Kuyt, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Robin van Persie, Luuk de Jong, Luciano Narsingh, Ibrahim Afellay

Spoiler: Denmark

Goalkeepers - Stephan Andersen, Anders Lindegaard, Kasper Schmeichel
Defenders - Simon Kjær, Daniel Agger, Simon Poulsen, Lars Jacobsen, Andreas Bjelland, Jores Okore, Daniel Wass
Midfielders - Christian Poulsen, William Kvist, Christian Eriksen, Lasse Schøne, Michael Silberbauer, Jakob Poulsen, Thomas Kahlenberg, Niki Zimling
Forwards - Michael Krohn-Dehli, Dennis Rommedahl, Nicklas Bendtner, Nicklas Pedersen, Tobias Mikkelsen

Spoiler: Germany

Goalkeepers - Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese, Ron-Robert Zieler
Defenders - Marcel Schmelzer, Benedikt Höwedes, Mats Hummels, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Jérôme Boateng
Midfielders - İlkay Gündoğan, Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mesut Özil, André Schürrle, Thomas Müller, Lars Bender, Toni Kroos, Mario Götze, Marco Reus
Forwards - Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Mario Gomez

Spoiler: Portugal

Goalkeepers - Eduardo, Rui Patrício, Beto
Defenders - Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fábio Coentrão, Ricardo Costa, Rolando, Miguel Lopes, João Pereira
Midfielders - Miguel Veloso, Custódio, João Moutinho, Ricardo Quaresma, Rúben Micael, Raul Meireles, Nani, Hugo Viana
Forwards - Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Almeida, Nélson Oliveira, Silvestre Varela, Hélder Postiga

Group C

Spoiler: Spain

Goalkeepers - Iker Casillas, Víctor Valdés, Pepe Reina
Defenders - Raúl Albiol, Gerard Piqué, Javi Martínez, Juanfran, Sergio Ramos, Ãlvaro Arbeloa, Jordi Alba
Midfielders - Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Busquets, Santi Cazorla, David Silva, Jesús Navas
Forwards - Pedro Rodríguez, Fernando Torres, Ãlvaro Negredo, Juan Mata, Fernando Llorente

Spoiler: Italy

Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon, Salvatore Sirigu, Morgan De Sanctis
Defenders - Christian Maggio, Giorgio Chiellini, Angelo Ogbonna, Federico Balzaretti, Ignazio Abate, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci
Midfielders - Thiago Motta, Claudio Marchisio, Emanuele Giaccherini, Daniele De Rossi, Riccardo Montolivo, Andrea Pirlo, Alessandro Diamanti, Antonio Nocerino
Forwards - Mario Balotelli, Antonio Cassano, Antonio Di Natale, Fabio Borini, Sebastian Giovinco

Spoiler: Republic of Ireland

Goalkeepers - Shay Given, Keiren Westwood, David Forde
Defenders - Sean St Ledger, Stephen Ward, John O'Shea, Richard Dunne, Stephen Kelly, Paul McShane, Darren O'Dea
Midfielders - Glenn Whelan, Aiden McGeady, Keith Andrews, Damien Duff, Darron Gibson, Stephen Hunt, Paul Green, James McClean
Forwards - Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane, Jon Walters, Shane Long, Simon Cox

Spoiler: Croatia

Goalkeepers - Stipe Pletikosa, Ivan Kelava, Danijel SubaÅ¡ić
Defenders - Ivan Strinić, Josip Å imunić, Jurica Buljat, Vedran Ćorluka, Gordon Schildenfeld, Domagoj Vida
Midfielders - Danijel Pranjić, Ivan Rakitić, Ognjen Vukojević, Luka Modrić, Darijo Srna, Milan Badelj, Ivo Iličević, Tomislav Dujmović, Niko Kranjčar, Ivan PeriÅ¡ić
Forwards - Nikica Jelavić, Mario Mandžukić, Nikola Kalinić, Eduardo

Group D

Spoiler: Ukraine

Goalkeepers - Maxym Koval, Andriy Pyatov, Olexandr Goryainov
Defenders - Yevhen Selin, Yevhen Khacheridi, Olexandr Kucher, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Taras Mikhalik, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Bohdan Butko
Midfielders - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Denys Garmash, Olexandr Aliyev, Oleh Gusev, Andriy Yarmolenko, Ruslan Rotan, Serhiy Nazarenko, Yevhen Konoplyanka
Forwards - Andriy Shevchenko, Andriy Voronin, Artem Milevskiy, Yevhen Seleznyov, Marko Dević

Spoiler: Sweden

Goalkeepers - Andreas Isaksson, Johan Wiland, Pär Hansson
Defenders - Mikael Lustig, Olof Mellberg, Andreas Granqvist, Martin Olsson, Jonas Olsson, Mikael Antonsson, Behrang Safari
Midfielders - Rasmus Elm, Sebastian Larsson, Anders Svensson, Kim Källström, Pontus Wernbloom, Samuel Holmén, Emir Bajrami, Christian Wilhelmsson
Forwards - Zlatan Ibrahimović, Johan Elmander, Tobias Hysén, Ola Toivonen, Markus Rosenberg

Spoiler: France

Goalkeepers - Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Cédric Carrasso
Defenders - Mathieu Debuchy, Patrice Evra, Adil Rami, Philippe Mexès, Anthony Réveillère, Laurent Koscielny, Gaël Clichy
Midfielders - Yohan Cabaye, Franck Ribéry, Mathieu Valbuena, Samir Nasri, Blaise Matuidi, Jérémy Ménez, Florent Malouda, Yann M'Vila, Alou Diarra, Marvin Martin, Hatem Ben Arfa
Forwards - Olivier Giroud, Karim Benzema

Spoiler: England

Goalkeepers - Joe Hart, Robert Green, Jack Butland
Defenders - Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Martin Kelly, John Terry, Leighton Baines, Phil Jones, Joleon Lescott, Phil Jagielka
Midfielders - Steven Gerrard, Theo Walcott, Jordan Henderson, Ashley Young, James Milner, Scott Parker, Stewart Downing, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Forwards - Andy Carroll, Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe, Danny Welbeck

These will only change if there's an injury.

 

[Doink]

Thanks a lot Ani, now we can go through them without the hassle of searching for them all.