animal.crackers wrote:

MJGunner wrote:He's a time bomb.

Bullshit.

Stop being delusional. There's no doubt about his talent and he's actually a decent person (observation from his interview with 'I'm the best rocker in the business' Noel) But there are times when he looks so disinterested in playing and all he wants to do is to hurt someone. That was not the only time he left his studs like that.

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germany....

Honestly I wouldn't sleep on France.

>They have a true defensive leader in Lloris.

> They have a great set of individual defenders......Sanga,Debuchy,Rami,Kos, Clichy.

>Midfield is their question mark, M'vila is the quality there and he's off form, Cabaye is on form but isn't really a elite level player who will make the difference against larger teams.

They'll stuggle, they might want to omit an attacker for a midfielder but it would mean not starting their best 11.

>Their attack (Ribery,Benzema, Ben-Arfa) can straight up win games.

France has a great team of individuals, not sure if they can bring it all together.

Really on the fence about them, by the names they possess alone they should be considered but I'm not sold on them as a team.

Portugal will win it this time.

Le Samourai wrote:Honestly I wouldn't sleep on France.

>They have a true defensive leader in Lloris.

> They have a great set of individual defenders......Sanga,Debuchy,Rami,Kos, Clichy.

>Midfield is their question mark, M'vila is the quality there and he's off form, Cabaye is on form but isn't really a elite level player who will make the difference against larger teams.

They'll stuggle, they might want to omit an attacker for a midfielder but it would mean not starting their best 11.

>Their attack (Ribery,Benzema, Ben-Arfa) can straight up win games.

Sagna will miss out definitely.

No Matter....Debuchy is there.

Le Samourai wrote:
>Midfield is their question mark, M'vila is the quality there and he's off form, Cabaye is on form but isn't really a elite level player who will make the difference against larger teams.

He doesnt need to, seeing as they will play 4-2-3-1 with Ben Arfa, Nasri and Ribery behind Benzema all Cabaye needs to do is what he has done all season ...

Intercept, block, press, tackle and in all provide a defensive screen alongside M'vila and link the play between the midfield and the Trio that i mentioned.

Which he can do in his sleep.

Podolski will win the Euro

Ireland, not even kidding.

Spain!!!

They have 7 Barcelona players. The goals, the skills the chemistry! haha

Mate, add in the tension of Barca and Madrid players and yeah, Spain will easily win...

JonShaw85 wrote:Spain!!!

They have 7 Barcelona players. The goals, the skills the chemistry! haha

Germany!

They have 8 Bayern players! Goals - check, skills - check - and even more chemistry!

France.

rwo power wrote:

JonShaw85 wrote:Spain!!!

They have 7 Barcelona players. The goals, the skills the chemistry! haha

Germany!

They have 8 Bayern players! Goals - check, skills - check - and even more chemistry!

You will both be by England.

We have 6 Liverpool players.

Barrettinator wrote:

rwo power wrote:

JonShaw85 wrote:Spain!!!

They have 7 Barcelona players. The goals, the skills the chemistry! haha

Germany!

They have 8 Bayern players! Goals - check, skills - check - and even more chemistry!

You will both be by England.

We have 6 Liverpool players.

Not sure how to interpret
@Mäuschen, I agree with you for once. The title is ours to lose this time around.

Germany will be alive until they meet spain

Don't see why Germany are valued so highly, although I don't blame some of the Germans here for not being as objective as they could be. Yes, they have incredible depth. Yes, they are very talented. But are they more talented than Spain? Not really, some may disagree here and there, but there is no obvious different in talent favoring Germany. And for all I've seen Germany are big game flops, when the stakes get high (see vs Spain in the WC) Loew completely changed in approach in a speculative way, which did not benefit his team. Spain also has more champions, which is very important in my opinion, because it entails a winning mentality. Germany's core is Bayern, which although it has reached finals, hasn't won a title in the past 2 years. I'm not saying Germany is a bad team or anything, they're definitely 2nd best, and they have a healthy chance of winning. But it's Spain's to lose, not Germany's.

Spain, France or Croatia.

I guess I fancy Spain.

BTW who else is excited out of their mind for this tournament? I'm so fking excited!

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Don't see why Germany are valued so highly, although I don't blame some of the Germans here for not being as objective as they could be. Yes, they have incredible depth. Yes, they are very talented. But are they more talented than Spain? Not really, some may disagree here and there, but there is no obvious different in talent favoring Germany. And for all I've seen Germany are big game flops, when the stakes get high (see vs Spain in the WC) Loew completely changed in approach in a speculative way, which did not benefit his team. Spain also has more champions, which is very important in my opinion, because it entails a winning mentality. Germany's core is Bayern, which although it has reached finals, hasn't won a title in the past 2 years. I'm not saying Germany is a bad team or anything, they're definitely 2nd best, and they have a healthy chance of winning. But it's Spain's to lose, not Germany's.

"Germany, my tournament favorites, won every game of qualification with [Miroslav] Klose, [Lukas] Podolski and [Thomas] Muller up front and the young midfielders [Mesut] Ozil and [Sami] Khedira," Maradona wrote in The Times of India.

"[Bastian] Schweinsteiger and his side should qualify [for the knockout stages] without problems.

"Low knows his players well and the defence led by [Philipp] Lahm, and [Holger] Badstuber and goalkeeper [Manuel] Neuer will concede few goals."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2898/euro-2012/2012/06/08/3156917/maradona-tips-germany-for-euro-2012-glory

Unlike Pele, his predictions are pretty accurate. He also seems to know the players from every team. Most interesting part, he finally know Müller by name

CBarca wrote:
BTW who else is excited out of their mind for this tournament? I'm so fking excited!

Well freaking hell, yeah!!!

7 hours until the first kick-off, can't wait!!

Immortal Babun wrote:

"Germany, my tournament favorites, won every game of qualification with [Miroslav] Klose, [Lukas] Podolski and [Thomas] Muller up front and the young midfielders [Mesut] Ozil and [Sami] Khedira," Maradona wrote in The Times of India.

"[Bastian] Schweinsteiger and his side should qualify [for the knockout stages] without problems.

"Low knows his players well and the defence led by [Philipp] Lahm, and [Holger] Badstuber and goalkeeper [Manuel] Neuer will concede few goals."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2898/euro-2012/2012/06/08/3156917/maradona-tips-germany-for-euro-2012-glory

Unlike Pele, his predictions are pretty accurate. He also seems to know the players from every team. Most interesting part, he finally know Müller by name

LOL, I guess Thomas Müller really left a lasting impression on Maradona. I bet he had to endure quite some people making fun of him because of the ball-boy affaire

BTW, I'm actually more impressed that Maradona seems to be one of the very few people who realise that the German central defense actually hinges on Holger Badstuber and not on Mats Hummels.

Spain, hopefully.

I don't care though!