UEFA EURO 2016 - Final Tournament

[Power Man]

http://alltime11.uefa.com/en

I chose a 4-4-2 formation only because they had Rijkaard listed as a defender, but it's actually a 3-5-2.

Buffon
Maldini - Beckenbauer - Facchetti
Rijkaard ----- Pirlo
Gullit ----- Platini ----- Iniesta
van Basten ----- Henry​

Some of the options are interesting, but just fun none-the-less.

Marco Van Basten


Is this list based on past Euro performances?

 

[YNWA14]

My team was just based on the players themselves, not necessarily how they performed at the Euros.

Not really sure how they derived their list. I didn't look into it.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Anyone got an idea what their squads might look like at the Euros?

 

[Evilo]

Lloris
8 defensemen
1 midfielder
1 striker

 

[Power Man]

Looks like Kante got a call up from DD

 

[Luigi Habs]

Looks like Kante got a call up from DD

Pogba, Kante and Matuidi should be the main pieces in midfield. Anything different than that would be DD going full stupid mode.

 

[Evilo]

Not quite, a pre-selection. 50 players or so get one of these.

 

[Power Man]

Not quite, a pre-selection. 50 players or so get one of these.

yup my bad

 

[HajdukSplit]

Great guy.

As for the EURO, our goalkeeper, midfield and forwards look good, but our D is oh boy. I also fully expect Čačić to leave Vrsaljko on the bench in favor of Srna.

And the squad for the March friendlies doesn't have a single left back on the squad. Of course Schildenfeld returns despite playing only 3-4 matches this season, with all respect to him. I seriously hope the reason why the likes of Jedvaj/Pasalic weren't called up was because of the U21 fixtures which are more important, because Schifo and Antolic.... My hope is Antolic is another Milovic/Caktas, give him a cap so he can get sold to some random team in Russia, if he makes Euros then I will be pissed, despite the fact he won't feature anyway

Not that I mind because I don't rate him, but slightly surprised not to see Cop called up, he's playing regularly at Malaga and is even scoring a bit. He did get a stupid red card in qualifying but I doubt that's the reason. Also no Kramaric for now but I guess they want him to stay with Hoffenheim

My guess is the squad Cacic called up for these friendlies will be the one for Euro + Jedvaj, Kramaric and probably another Dinamo player sarcasm. Antolic hopefully drops out for Pasalic/Radosevic/Mocinic. If you're gonna call up a Dinamo midfielder at least let it be Rog

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

France going from one of the all-time great kits to this...

England's aren't much better.

 

[Evilo]

Ngolo Kanté finally called up.

EDIT :
- No Kurzawa ( )
- Mathieu instead of Laporte
- Sissoko called up once again
- Cabaye called up again
- Gignac called up
- Payet back

 

[Evilo]

As I predicted, no Ben Arfa. DD gave him a few piss poor minutes just to be sure he wasn't blamed for not trying.

*******.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Drinkwater called up by England in a squad with relatively few surprises, not that I follow England closely but it amazes me how Welbeck is still in the squad, my guess he drops out if Rooney is fit, though if Sturridge gets injured again he might be in the squad for Euros

btw, looking at some of the names the fans on twitter are being upset about not being called up (Noble, Cresswell, Antonio, Lennon, Rashford) shows how little depth they have

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I'm not currently checking my twitter, but I'd figure people are pissed off about those ones (especially Antonio, Lennon, and Rashford) simply by virtue of current form. I also have seen a lot of people on Twitter incredibly scared of Rashford being in the Euro squad.

 

[Venkman]

Welbeck deserves to be in, he's got a good record for England, 14 goals in 33 games. Walcott shouldn't. Good to see Rose and Drinkwater given a chance.

Rashford's in the u20 squad. No point taking him to the Euros.

 

[Power Man]

As I predicted, no Ben Arfa. DD gave him a few piss poor minutes just to be sure he wasn't blamed for not trying.

*******.

In my very humble opinion, I think Michel Hidalgo or Ayme Jacquet would be great for this generation

 

[les Habs]

Ngolo Kanté finally called up.

EDIT :
- No Kurzawa ( )
- Mathieu instead of Laporte
- Sissoko called up once again
- Cabaye called up again
- Gignac called up
- Payet back

I'm personally not a big Mathieu fan at all, but perhaps a tactical decision considering Mathieu's pace and versatility. I can see it going either way based on current form. Kurzawa is a shock though.

Laporte really hasn't been so good as to warrant some of the praise he gets. He looks good considering his age, but he's not consistent enough if you ask me. Of course playing at Atleti can leave him exposed at times.

 

[HajdukSplit]

So Nike are starting to release their kits (France, England, Portugal, Turkey, Croatia and Poland). At first it seemed they were going to use the same template for all nations but they actually put some effort in for Turkey and Croatia and deviated from it a bit

Really like France's home kit, their away kit however looks like a cheap replica jersey

England's kits...yikes! Home kit looks cheap and a weird combination of all white with red socks. The away kits are similar to the USA kits at the last World Cup. They just don't scream 'England' to me, the away kit looks like something Russia would wear

 

[DyerMaker66*]

England's aren't much better.

I dig it. I have a red one that looks exactly like it.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Round out the Nike kits, Portugal's are pretty generic while the away kit has not yet officially been released but its expected to be all turquoise

Croatia's home kit stays largely the same, only this time the checkers are smaller and more slanted in an inspiration of the 1998 kits, only weird thing is the checkered socks. For the first time in a while the away kits are actually decent.

Turkey's kit get a mixed reaction on twitter, I personally like them, especially the home kit but many people note its a Spiderman shirt At least its something unique and not the basic Nike template

Poland's kits are pretty generic and always have been since they changed to Nike

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I'm personally not a big Mathieu fan at all, but perhaps a tactical decision considering Mathieu's pace and versatility. I can see it going either way based on current form. Kurzawa is a shock though.

Laporte really hasn't been so good as to warrant some of the praise he gets. He looks good considering his age, but he's not consistent enough if you ask me. Of course playing at Atleti can leave him exposed at times.

Considering, the possibility of losing him to Spain is quite real, Evilo's right to be upset. I know you're not a big fan of the kid but in his age group who's better? You can argue Marquinhos but even that it's a toss up at this point. Although, one could say Rugani is probably in the best place to develop.

 

[les Habs]

Considering, the possibility of losing him to Spain is quite real, Evilo's right to be upset. I know you're not a big fan of the kid but in his age group who's better? You can argue Marquinhos but even that it's a toss up at this point. Although, one could say Rugani is probably in the best place to develop.

I wasn't commenting on him based on a possibility of him playing for Spain.

Varane is better, though he too has some proving to do. Either way I said he looks good for his age. Not sure what the problem is or how that begs the question as to who is better in his age group.

 

[Ivan13]

Our kits looks good to me.

 

[Power Man]

omg wtf have they done with France kits

It should be the classic BBR pattern


The Croatia kits are pretty cool

 

[Chloraflora]

Sigh at those kits. The previous French one was excellent, now... Ugh. And England? For crying out loud - white/navy/white, please and thank you.