The Official Euro 2012 Thread

[chanty]

LOL! Chelsea fan?

nah not a chelsea fan. JT has proved over the last how ever many years hes one of the best CBs the prem has seen. he does lose his cool in big games though so maybe give lescott a chance. ashley cole is a no brainer, lampard is a class act and has been for years, gerrard used to be up there but has fell right off. lamps is still running games in chelsea midfield and alot of thier recent success is to do with him refinding form, and mata.

i only chose sturridge cuz i dont rate welbeck, and wanted to keep it 4-4-2 but wouldnt be surprised if Woy Hodgson playes rooney up top alone, although i really hope he doesnt.

[herojuana]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17943802

or better yet play neither or the shitcunts.

Lescott and Cahill > 2 old crap players imo

[DeeGun]

Sol Campbell retired yesterday

[t345e]

What's peoples thoughts on the return of Paul Scholes?

[Jwood27]

woy will never play anything but 442 unless he absolutely has to.

weird because we've played the majority of our best football this year with a 451 - hodgson loves his 442

[dnbkingz]

What's peoples thoughts on the return of Paul Scholes?

he'd do a better job than most of the starting England 11 2bh. But really can't see it happening.

[herojuana]

Scholesy is one of the only players from the old camp who would actually be worth playing imo. He proved again this year he is one of the best in the premiership still

[t345e]

he'd do a better job than most of the starting England 11 2bh. But really can't see it happening.

I think if Wilshire was going to be included then there would be no chance. But who knows. The effect he's had on the United team since coming back is fucking insane. Yeh he's 37 but I would fucking love to see him play for England again. Apparently if Capello had approached him pre the last world cup and asked him to play he would have done, but instead Capello sent his number two to ask him so Scholesy didnt bother. I personally think this it what we need. An experienced head in there, let the youth bounce off his genius.

Scholesy is one of the only players from the old camp who would actually be worth playing imo. He proved again this year he is one of the best in the premiership still

I fucking hate United. Put Paul Scholes is ridiculous. Who else have we really got that can opporate that central midfield spot. Gerard never holds his position we we play him centrally, neither does Lampard man they always want to drift forward.

For me its:

Hart

Walker/Richards----Cahill----Terry/Lescott----Cole/Baines

-----------------------Parker---------------------------

--------Gerard/Lampard--------Scholes/Jones-----------

Walcott/Lennon----------Rooney-----------------Young

----------------Welbeck/Sturridge---------------------

[DeeGun]

Germany´s 27 players - 4 will have to go till it all starts


GK: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hanover 96)

D: Jerome Boateng, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm (all Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke 04), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfield: Mesut Özil, Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (all Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Mario Götze, Ilkay Gündogan (both Borussia Dortmund), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Andre Schürrle (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke 04), Lukas Podolski (1. FC Cologne / Arsenal)

Attack: Cacau (VfB Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio Rom)

^^

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Poland´s 26 - 3 will have to go

GK: Lukasz Fabianski, Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal), Przemyslaw Tyton (PSV Eindhoven)

D: Sebastian Boenisch (Werder Bremen), Kamil Glik (FC Torino), Marcin Kaminski (Lech Poznan), Tomasz Jodlowiec (Polonia Warsaw), Damien Perquis (FC Sochaux), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warsaw), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Lech Poznan)

Midfield: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre), Kamil Grosicki (Sivasspor), Adam Matuszczyk (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor), Rafal Murawski (Lech Poznan), Ludovic Obraniak (Girondins Bordeaux), Eugen Polanski (Mainz 05), Maciej Rybus (Terek Grosny), Rafal Wolski (Legia Warsaw)

Attack: Pawel Brozek (Celtic Glasgow), Michal Kucharczyk (Legia Warsaw), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), Artur Sobiech (Hannover 96);

Reserve: Grzegorz Sandomierski (Jagiellonia Bialystok/GK), Arkadiusz Glowacki (Trabzonspor), Marcin Komorowski (Legia Warsaw/both D), Michal Zyro (Legia Warsaw), Ariel Borysiuk (1. FC Kaiserslautern/both Midfield), Ireneusz Jelen (OSC Lille), Arkadiusz Piech (Ruch Chorzow/both Attackers)

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Netherland´s 36..

Ibrahim Afellay, Barcelona

Vurnon Anita, Ajax

Mark van Bommel, AC Milan

Khalid Boulahrouz, VfB Stuttgart

Wilfred Bouma, PSV

Jasper Cillessen, Ajax

Urby Emanuelson, AC Milan

John Heitinga, Everton

Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Schalke´04

Ola John, FC Twente

Luuk de Jong, FC Twente

Nigel de Jong, Manchester City

Siem de Jong, Ajax

Tim Krul, Newcastle United

Dirk Kuyt, Liverpool

Jeremain Lens, PSV

Hedwiges Maduro, Valencia

Adam Maher, AZ

Joris Mathijsen, Málaga

Erwin Mulder, Feyenoord

Luciano Narsingh, sc Heerenveen

Robin van Persie, Arsenal

Erik Pieters, PSV

Arjen Robben, Bayern München

Stijn Schaars, Sporting

Wesley Sneijder, Inter

Maarten Stekelenburg, AS Roma

Kevin Strootman, PSV

Rafael van der Vaart, Tottenham Hotspur

Nick Viergever, AZ

Ron Vlaar, Feyenoord

Michel Vorm, Swansea City

Stefan de Vrij, Feyenoord

Gregory van der Wiel, Ajax

Georginio Wijnaldum, PSV

Jetro Willems, PSV

[$pyto]

I saw England's loss to the Netherlands at Wembley in February. Having Sneijder, Robben & RVP all in form and on the pitch at the same time is scary shit

Wouldn't be surprised if both them and the Germans get through to the semi's

[DeeGun]

So Sagna for France and Rossi for Italy will be defo out for this tournament..fackin gutted..we do need Rossi but hopefully Crazy ass Balotelli will be in top form. I know its not really nice but I´m crossing fingers that Villa and Puyol can´t participate

[herojuana]

Puyol is already out isn't he?

[DeeGun]

ah yeah, just checked it..a harsh loss.

[DeeGun]

Defense: Gaël Clichy (Man City), Patrice Evra (Man United), Younès Kaboul (Tottenham), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Philippe Mexès (Milan), Adil Rami (FC Valencia)

Midfield: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Samir Nasri (Man City)

Attackers: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)

That is what Laurent Blanc chose so far, 15th of may he will announce the ligue 1 players to join.

[PhorceOfHabit]

England seems to have too much of a binge drinking culture and too many distractions to actually bring decent players through right now. How many people do you know that could have kept something up through their teens so diligently?