LondonLax Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 England have one of the best squads in the world at the moment. Probably second only to France because of the defence not meeting the same standards as the attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, LondonLax said: England have one of the best squads in the world at the moment. Probably second only to France because of the defence not meeting the same standards as the attack. I think England have the best attack on paper with the right manager. They probably dont have the best individual players like a Ronaldo or Mbappe but as a group they have so much potential 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I dont know how serious the kante injury was but if hes not right it will effect France's chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 5 hours ago, VillaChris said: France have insane options upfront. I'm guessing it will be all of Giroud, Benz, Mbappe, Griezmann, Coman and Dembele. Wow. Can match up with England there no problem and have better players in pretty much every other position. For England to have any chance of reaching the final they need to avoid France at all costs in knock outs so could see a bit of tactical group position finish like at last world cup once it became clear Belgium winning the group gave them a harder run to the final. sorry Chris but Giroud a has been and are Coman and Dembele that good. Their stats aren't that impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, PaulC said: sorry Chris but Giroud a has been and are Coman and Dembele that good. Their stats aren't that impressive Coman 7 goals 11 assists in 35 League and Champions LEague games, 7 as sub, Dembele 9 goals 5 assists in 35 league and Champions League games with 11 as sub. Impressive enough and neither will start in the Euros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Coman 7 goals 11 assists in 35 League and Champions LEague games, 7 as sub, Dembele 9 goals 5 assists in 35 league and Champions League games with 11 as sub. Impressive enough and neither will start in the Euros Better than Sterling and Rashford though who both have had poor seasons yet have still scored more goals than them . One of those will probably start but if Grealish was match fit they should be backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 5 hours ago, sne said: Line up will be: Olsson 31 Lustig 34 Nilsson-Lindelöv 26 Danielsson 32 Augustinsson 27 Kulusevski 21 Seb Larsson 36 Ekdal 31 Forsberg 29 Berg 34 Isak 21 Danielsson and Kulusevski might miss out to Pontus Jansson and Kristoffer Olsson or Claesson. And Albin Ekdal will as ever be injured. Flat 4-4-2 with hard work and little possession. Central midfield is one of the weakest in the tournament. Wow Seb Larsson will still be playing for Sweden in 2050 world cup! Mad to think he left SHA 10 years ago. And can remember Lustig at Celtic around 2008 so can't believe he's only 34. Half expecting Anders Svensson to come out of retirement to replace Ekdal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 43 minutes ago, PaulC said: I dont know how serious the kante injury was but if hes not right it will effect France's chances. Yes that's a potential game changer. They've got lots of box to box midfielders but Pogba as deepest wouldn't work and no good putting someone like Rabiot there. Guess Tolisso will have to fill in or they gamble on Nzonzi stepping up for a tournament but certainly makes France more vulnerable if you can play through them quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Wow Seb Larsson will still be playing for Sweden in 2050 world cup! Mad to think he left SHA 10 years ago. And can remember Lustig at Celtic around 2008 so can't believe he's only 34. Half expecting Anders Svensson to come out of retirement to replace Ekdal. Lustig signed Celtic in 2012 after Euroes, he wasnt very mobile even back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villa4europe Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 players not in the french squad - upamecano, mendy, ndombele, martial, fekir, aouar, camavinga, konate lemglet and zouma in over upamecano looks a poor one from the admittedly little ive seen of them and i imagine bayerns upamecano gets straight in there, at least kounde made the squad add aouar to the list of players straight on the phone to their agent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 30 minutes ago, villa4europe said: players not in the french squad - upamecano, mendy, ndombele, martial, fekir, aouar, camavinga, konate lemglet and zouma in over upamecano looks a poor one from the admittedly little ive seen of them and i imagine bayerns upamecano gets straight in there, at least kounde made the squad add aouar to the list of players straight on the phone to their agent Upamecano hasnt been good since his transfer was announced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: players not in the french squad - upamecano, mendy, ndombele, martial, fekir, aouar, camavinga, konate lemglet and zouma in over upamecano looks a poor one from the admittedly little ive seen of them and i imagine bayerns upamecano gets straight in there, at least kounde made the squad add aouar to the list of players straight on the phone to their agent I'd take him at Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Aouar has been injured last few months he was never going to make the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Muller and Hummels back in the German squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, Zatman said: Muller and Hummels back in the German squad mullers no surprise as he's been ok and set the assists record, still not sure ze germans use him in the same way as bayern though hummels has been worse than shit, he's been lazy but they're not exactly blessed at CB...its a poor defence in general, sule is injured musiala aside i dont think its an exciting squad either, not looking at that thinking they'll do well to do anything but at least they'll give the next wave a run out, theres nothing there, they've got the euros in 2024 , more than 50% of this squad wont make that tournament and most of those that do will 28+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Ramos dropped for Spain and only included 24 players but no Real Madrid players but they called up Traore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Ramos dropped for Spain and only included 24 players but no Real Madrid players but they called up Traore Hes ok as an impact player who has no impact 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 My England v Czech Republic ticket has survived the ballot. Hoping for a Grealish masterclass in the flesh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 18/05/2021 at 17:49, sne said: Line up will be: Olsson 31 Lustig 34 Nilsson-Lindelöv 26 Danielsson 32 Augustinsson 27 Kulusevski 21 Seb Larsson 36 Ekdal 31 Forsberg 29 Berg 34 Isak 21 Danielsson and Kulusevski might miss out to Pontus Jansson and Kristoffer Olsson or Claesson. And Albin Ekdal will as ever be injured. Flat 4-4-2 with hard work and little possession. Central midfield is one of the weakest in the tournament. Seb Larsson! Jeez. Fair bet for bottom of the group then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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