Germany for the win. Fantastic young squad, full of energy. Goetze / Ozil / Bender / Reus / the team to beat in my eyes. Spain - Can they win 3 in a row? The forward position appears to be a problem area. Not convinced. Holland and Italy will be the two major disappointments for me. Holland have many players in not the best condition / out of form for example Sneijder. van Bommel is a year older, and they're toying with the idea playing Van Persie AND Huntelaar together. Could go out to Portugal in the group. The Italian squad doesn't overly impress me ! Not sure what the hell to expect from England ! Croatia dark horses. Good squad all around, tight defence, goalscorer and Modric a midfield wizard. France ( less so ) could go well. Don't have the clown Domenech any longer, M'Vila / Ribery / Benzema etc in great form. Ones to watch.
Winners - Will deffo be the mighty Germans, fantastic young squad Prediction- England will bomb again!! Dark Horse - Black Beauty
france are my dark horse. unbeaten in two years. young, adventurous squad with a handful of experienced players. won away to spain, germany and italy in that time (albeit friendlies). nice kit (although that may not be a factor in whether they win it or not!). good individuals who are finally playing as a team. as is the case with all french sides, you never quite know what they are going to do. the sensible bet is without doubt the germans. it'll take a lot to stop them but i'm going to back the french
I have to agree, look to have one of the strongest squads. As for Spain, I think Llorente could well be very good for them. I was very impressed with him in the UEFA cup, I'm surpised a PL team haven't gone in for him yet.
