I just had a butchers at the French team and thought - decent team !!! Hugo Lloris Sagna - Koscielny - Kaboul (Mexes is ****) - Evra Nasri - Diaby - M'vila - Ribery Benzema - Menez Cor ...... thats a decent team !!! I reckon semi finals of the Euros at least - if Diaby was playing.
I think they can give the Dutch a run, I don't see what makes them better than France .. and also the Germans. Anyone care to knock up teams for the Germans and the Dutch so we can compare ??
They do but that team you posted is NOWHERE NEAR their best team. --------------------Lloris Sagna-----Koscielney-----Sakho------Clichy ------------------M'Villa--------------------- ---------Gourcuff----------Nasri----------- Ribery----------Benzema----------Malouda Bench: Diaby, Mexes, Remy, Diarra, Flamini. I think the Germans have the best squad after the Spanish though.
Germany... --------------------Neuer Badstuber---Hummels----Boateng----Lahm ------------------Khedira--------------------- ---------Ozil--------------Goetze---------- Muller-------------Gomez----------Podolski That still leaves the likes of Schwenstiger, Klose, Marco Reus, Kroos and Mertesacker on the bench. But the main thing is the sheer amount of quality young players coming through.
Rami is France's first choice centre back and Sakho is better than Kaboul. France's best XI: Lloris Sagna Koscielny Rami Evra M'Vila Cabaye Ben Arfa Valbuena Ribery Benzema
TheBear - Malouda and Clichy ... really ?? Evra is better than Clichy and Menez is better than Malouda surely - I was gutted when Menez left Roma .... quality player. I winced when I saw the German team .... but I winced equally looking at the midfield and forward line up of France. The Euros should be a feast of football, lets hope the Dutch turn up with an attacking mentality, they let themselves down massively in the WC final.
Holland's front 6 is something like -------MVB----De Jong Robben-----Senijder--------Kuyt --------------RVP I have no idea regarding their back four.
Holland's best XI: Stekelenburg Van der Wiel Heitinga Mathijsen Pieters De Jong Strootman Robben Sneijder VDV RVP
"I laughed pretty hard when you put Diaby in the French team." === Why? He's our best midfielder when fit.
As said already - Diaby when fit is fantastic I underestimated the Dutch team, that midfiled and attack is pretty awesome. I don't see how England stand any chance whatsoever of doing well in the Euros.
They've not got a bad team, but they're not challengers by any stretch. Germany is the strongest team in the world right now, as Spain shall find out.
Except for Germany. Spain rely on a system that relies on Messi to be good. Therefore, without Messi, they were able to only just win one of the weakest World Cups in recent memory with 1-0 wins. They managed to put aside the Madrid/Barca hatred for a while but I imagine they might split into the two camps again if things start going against them. Trust me, Germany are going to win because they have incredible players and an incredible team ethic.
