[Solved] EURO 2012

I think it may be Harry - not sure if he will do it full time though but don't think they will find anyone else before the tournament.

As for captain I actually think it will be Scott Parker although I think long term it will be Rooney.

As for the teams prospects

We will all get very excited and we struggle to get out of the group needing to win the last game which we will do with an injury time winner. We will then have a week of euphoria and expectation only to be disappointed again.

Does that sound familiar?

I think Spain, Holland, Germany and one other will be the semi finalists - could it be England?

I think Harry will stay at Tottenham. It wuld be sad to see him leave as he has done so well with them and I think Chmpions League could be a goal for him next year.

But Harry would be best man for the job really 🙂

Or

Sir Alex Ferguson hes the best 😛

No way to Ferguson

He would be a poor decision by the FA and he would never ever consider it as he is too comfortable at Man U and he knows he would ultimately be sacked if given the England job as it is an impossible job.

What about Roy Hodgson? it is looking more likely that Harry will not take it and Roy could be the man

I hope not!!

Roy hodgson seems the best choice after harry. Where is Sam Alidice atm? I think he could do a good job maybe

The longer they wait for Harry, the less likely I think he'll take it. Spurs have done terribly since it all kicked off. His mind is off the job now. I reckon they might take the safe option and give it to Stuart Pearce now.

If Ferguson was offered it, he'd turn it down anyway.

Allardyce is at West Ham - and he would be worse than Hodgson!!

I think Spurs will say no - they fronted Chelski out over Modric and I think they will do it again

What about giving Stuart Pearce a go?

Glenn Hoddle? Really? Please lets not step back 10 years.

Yes I read that - he claimed his life is imcomplete!!

Never mind eh!!???

I think HK has already got his eyes on the England job looking at Spurs' recent form. As for skipper-I would like to see Barry or Cahill, rather than Gerrard. Think Ian Holloway would be entertaining as England coach, and of course we would benefit from Ferguson , O Neill or Lennon...non- English but British and lots of know how between them... Looking forward to Euro 2012 as my son (Finn) will be three by then and more aware (only 1 in WC 2010..he wont remember it and perhaps just as well!) Best wishes HUCK

I wonder if there will be any surprises in the squad selection too!!

Oxlade-Chamberlain??
Grant Holt!!!!

The manager will be Harry - the FA have to wait till the end of the season or would be accused of screwing up Tottenham's league campaign (though they seem to be doing that without any help from the FA 👿 )

Think the Euro's is too soon for the OX would rather he play in the Olympics rather than the euro's.

Not sure about our chances in the Euro's until I know who Harry would take.

Really would like to see a lot of the old guard not go at all (the ones that have been to major tournaments and not performed - we all know the names ). The squad that played in South Africa were just an embarrassment. 😡

Would rather we go and just quietly go about our business - no "We can win it" statements to the press.

Think you are going to be disappointed as the old guard will all be going

I think the new boss will make changes afterwards

Think we should go to Poland/Ukraine with quiet dignity-none of this "We can win it" rubbish but just go about our business. Hopefully the media will see that their intervention is detrimental to the national interest. Looking forward to June!

Whilst I agree with you Huck that is not going to happen - we will get the jubilee celebrations over with then because we are all feeling nationalistic and patriotic we will start saying we are going to win!

A couple of dodgy results then a lucky break and Rooney returning will see us through to the next stage where we will get thumped by Spain or Germany

Same old result
I know I am a killjoy but I have seen it all before

WOY THE BOY!

Well, that was a turn up for the books! Roy Hodgson - England manager. Personally, I think he is a safe, solid choice and he's got nothing to lose. If England do badly, well, we all expect it but if they do well, he's a hero. What do you guys think?

So Roy Hodgson is the man - I hope he is given a chance

It is not about this tournament - it is about the 2014 World cup and we need to build for the future so lets get rid of the old guard after Euros and take a chance

Can't wait to see the likes of Oxlad-Chamberlain wearing the shirt

Ok I going to high-jack this thread :p 👿

I want you to name your England squad (if your England Manager who are you taking with you in your 23 man squad)

Name your first eleven

and finally name your formation (442, 433, 532, 4321, 4312 etc)

Interested to see who goes and who stays. Will you force Rio to play with Terry given what's going on between them.Old Guard or new generation?

Here is the Official squad just named

Hart Green Ruddy
Glen Johnson, Jones, JT, Lescott, Cahill, Cole, Baines

Theo, Downing, Ox, Gerr'd, Barry, Lamps, Parker, Young, Milner

Defoe, Roo, Welbeck, Carroll

Stand bys:

Butland, Jagielka, Henderson, Adam Johnson, Sturridge

Think the squad was interesting

Think he got it right - although I would be tempted not to take JT

Think he needs to say that come September it will be younger squad and get rid of the likes of Terry, Lampard, Gerrard and Barry

Glad that Gerrard is captain hope he does ok

Isn't it interesting that there hasn't been much hype so far - in fact I have seen a single car flag yet

I would have taken Jagielka in the first place and I would have also taken Crouch instead of Welbeck. I wouldn't have taken Henderson but don't know who else would or could have done it.

This is the first time the country's expectations have been so low so I wouldn't suprised if we do really well and maybe even win it. What have we got to lose?

Apparently we were allocated 10,000 tickets for the match v France and have only sold half of them - The FA think some may make their own way there but what they haven't allowed is the fact that this is the worst England side for many years

Henderson - I agree with you - he is not England quality and I would have begged Michael Carrick to go but typical Man U player sulks if he has to play for a place

I hope England do well but fear that they could be lambs to the slaughter

GK -Hart - Defenders: Johnson - Jones - Cahill - Cole (no place for racist adulterer thug Terry)...MF Downing...Parker...Milner..Young...Forwards: Rooney (after ban served) and Welbeck...before Rooney serves ban its Andy Carroll. Why no Carrick or Lennon in squad??!!

Hi Huck

Well your racist thug friend will now play as Cahill was shockingly fouled in a friendly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Muzru9SMw

As for Carrick - he didn't want to be in the squad because he didn't want to be a squad player - like he is going to be ahead of Scott Parker

Lennon is behind Walcott and Milner in the reckoning

I think we are going to really struggle and hopefully it will make Hodgson realise the enormity of the task ahead - he needs to cull the squad and get rid of most of the oldies

Also where is Gerard in your team????

My team for the first match
Hart, Johnson, Lescott, Terry (needs to say goodbye to his fans before he goes to jail!!), Cole, Parker, Downing, Gerard, Walcott, Carroll and Wellbeck

I would go wide with crosses into the box and scare the living dayllights out of the French

However I think we will play quite defensively

I am loving listening to the commentators struggle with the surnames of the teams so far

imagine pronouncing this lot!!

Poland

01 Szczesny
02 Boenisch
13 Wasilewski
15 Perquis
20 Piszczek
07 Polanski
08 Rybus
10 Obraniak
11 Murawski
16 Blaszczykowski
09 Lewandowski

Substitutes

12 Sandomierski
22 Tyton
03 Wojtkowiak
04 Kaminski
14 Wawrzyniak
05 Dudka
06 Matuschyk
18 Mierzejewski
19 Wolski
21 Grosicki
17 Sobiech
23 Brozek

Greece

01 Chalkias
02 Maniatis
08 A Papadopoulos
15 Torosidis
19 Pa'poulos
20 Holebas
10 Karagounis
18 Ninis
21 Katsouranis
07 Samaras
17 Gekas

Substitutes

12 Tzorvas
13 Sifakis
03 Tzavelas
04 Malezas
05 K Papadopoulos
06 Makos
16 Fotakis
22 Fortounis
23 Ioannnis
09 Liberopoulos
11 Mitroglou
14 S'pigidis

Love the mispronunciation of Szczesny he has been knighted according to most commentators ......more often than not his name is pronounced Sir Chesney.

For those not in the know this is how his name is pronounced click the play button.

Ok so any thoughts on who is going to win it? I still think the Germans will win through.

Thought England played great though. Can't fault any of the performances and if Milner had done better after he went round the keeper we could have won the match. Only fear for England is if Parker and Stevie G can keep up the same work rate through the whole tournament.

Thought Ashley Cole was brilliant (and as an Arsenal fan it pains me to say that) - real stand out performance both defending and pushing forward.

As you can see from this I have been busy...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18433511

England will not win any awards for exciting play but who cares. If they progress through the group stages, we'll have done better than most of the country expected.
Hodgson has shown a shrewdness in his tactics and his picks for the starting 11. The Ox brings some flair (attempts at it) and Welbeck some pace and enthusiasm.
I've still got a sneaky suspicion....

I think we have done all right so far all things considered.

Roy has proved to be a inspired choice - maybe if the Liverpool players had given him a real chance ........Liverpool's mistake is England's gain.

I am pleasantly surprised by how ok we are doing considering injuries and this not being our first choice squad.

Roy seems to know what he is doing and his substitutions in the last match seemed to actually bring about a change during the game.

Interested to see what will happen now Rooney is available again - will he start him or so continued confidence with the forwards who have played well so far ?

Rooney to play - Carroll on the bench
Ashley Young to sit on the bench for the rest of the tournament - play Oxlade- Chamberlain and Walcott - lets get at them!!

Get them to run at defenders and make them tackle (and hopefully foul them)

Have waited a couple of days before I thought I would do ENgland's post mortem

We were shocking against the Italians - no attacking idea - in fact someone described it as Chelsea in the CL final

Think that Roy persevered too much with Young and Milner and they had fairly poor tournaments - I think he was afraid to gamble with Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain

He now needs to cull the old guard and make plans for 2014

We also need to learn how to attack so we can win the games in 90 or 120 minutes