Euros 2012 including our squad.

 
So England are off to Ukraine / Poland to compete against the likes of Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands etc. Oh dear.

Lets have a look at some of the teams who will be at the Euros this year.

SPAIN; Is there more to say other than, David Villa, Iniesta, Xavi? The list goes on. Spain play with such an understanding and awareness its frightening. They play like a club. Maybe because most of the players play week in, week out with each other. A team called Barcelona. You may of heard of them! lol Worthy world cup winners and probably worthy Euro champions.


FRANCE; OK France are a team who play football like they do Rugby. Inconsistently. If the French team turn up to a game and play to their full potential, they can beat anyone. However when France don't play anywhere near their potential, anyone can beat them.

NETHERLANDS; Once again the question will be asked 'can the dutch produce what we know they can produce, when it matters most'?
Its the same question every tournament. They are one of the most talented side's in the Euros. in the world even and that goes with out saying. Always a neutrals favourite. BUT and its a big BUT! Will they produce the quality and commitment when it matters most? For the game of football, we all hope so!

GERMANY; Whoever rights off the Germans is a fool. Plain and simple. Even when Germany seem to not offer much in terms of a team capable of going far in tournament, they still produce a certain standard. Plenty wrote them off during the lead up to the world cup in South Africa, yet they still managed to reach the semi finals only to be knocked out by the world cup winners Spain. And the rememberable thrashing they gave England. Never write the Germans off.

ENGLAND; With Stuart Pierce at the helm for the Euros we feel England will not win the tournament. No disrespect to Pierce but he lacks experience as a senior manager and we feel he will play too many youngsters, too often. The youngsters are talented and could be world beaters, but at present, no.
In our eyes Pierce needs to play experienced players. The so called 'old generation' if England have any chance of competing against the likes of the above teams mentioned.
We feel Steven Gerrard should be made captain and played in his preferred role 'just behind the striker/strikers'.

Below you can view our England squad for the Euros 2012. Our England squad 2012