Euro 2012 Thread

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On The Bus said:
I think Germany are pretty much nailed on for the Euros this year. England don't have a chance, they are without doubt the least stimulating football team I have ever seen
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Predictable and slow, but there is talent. We can get to the semis if we avoid Spain. France have great players, but they're even worse than us at getting them to play together. Sweden always seem to trouble us, but we can probably edge past them, and Ukraine are ****e. I wouldn't fancy our chances against Holland, Germany or Spain, but the rest we can beat.
 
Joe Steinberg said:
Predictable and slow, but there is talent. We can get to the semis if we avoid Spain. France have great players, but they're even worse than us at getting them to play together. Sweden always seem to trouble us, but we can probably edge past them, and Ukraine are ****e. I wouldn't fancy our chances against Holland, Germany or Spain, but the rest we can beat.
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They aren't great, but they're at home and that'll give them a slight advantage i should think - they'll pose a threat for sure
 
¡Conman - "The Physio"!;2915837 said:
Michael Carrick must rue being such a dick. One, potentially two, midfielders out of the tournament now....
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Same with Micah Richards at one stage (when Johnson was injured, and Jones looked liable)
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
Because he didn't want to be put on the Reserve List when the squad was announced, same with Carrick - both who subsequently had a chance of being called up who couldn't
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Not what i heard, i heard he wasn't put on there by Roy. Even on twitter Micah was saying how gutted he was, but was wishing good luck to the team.
 
Beef_Dripping said:
Not what i heard, i heard he wasn't put on there by Roy. Even on twitter Micah was saying how gutted he was, but was wishing good luck to the team.
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Oh right :confused: Maybe I misheard I don't know, but I'm sure thats what I heard somewhere along the line
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
Oh right :confused: Maybe I misheard I don't know, but I'm sure thats what I heard somewhere along the line
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Think it was Carrick that acted like a prick, plus Foster basically retired to. Saying he did it for football reasons.
 
Beef_Dripping said:
Think it was Carrick that acted like a prick, plus Foster basically retired to. Saying he did it for football reasons.
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I can understand a goalkeeper doing it, as they are less likely to play, especially as they are less prone to injuries so I can see where he's coming from, however Carrick has been a prick yes

Nigel Adkins Red Army said:
Still think he should of tried to tempt Scholes out of retirement- 37 and still the best CM England have.
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If he did that though, he'll have been criticsed for going backwards - he can't win!
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
If he did that though, he'll have been criticsed for going backwards - he can't win!
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I agree that Scholesy should have been called up. I think we have already taken a backward step with the squad anyway due to injuries. Our Woy has been forced to call up the players he has, and will have to make do with it due to the amount of time he has had in the job. No one will be able to slate him for any performance at the Euros, and after that he can start to mould his own team and bring in some youth and the players that he wants.
 
Carrick and Richards should of both been in the squad anyway, shocking decision to take neither.
 
Saint_Ford said:
Carrick and Richards should of both been in the squad anyway, shocking decision to take neither.
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Agree wrt Richards but as discussed above, Carrick had already said he didn't want to be considered. Not just for the reserve list, he actually said he didn't want to go unless he was going to be in the starting line-up. In my view a player has absolutely no right to make that kind of ultimatum.
 
Saint_Ford said:
Not really sure to be honest, just I think everyone always moans about how we have no technical players and we can't string more than 3 passes together, and then we don't take the one player who is actually really good at keeping possession, after having a great season as well. I think with regards to what you're talking about is he said he didn't want to be on the bench, which although I sort of agree, isn't the way to go about it. I'd be tempted to drop Rooney if he said he didn't want to be on the bench.
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Yeah, he said he didn't want to go if he was on the fringes. Which is a bad attitude imo - he sometimes appears to be on the fringes at Man Utd., but cos he collects a wage, he's OK with it, I'm sure. Why take a player who doesn't have the hunger to get involved unless he's guaranteed a place - I hate player power.

Saying that, would love as an experiement to see a club go for a player power model - drop the manager, and get a load of players in who like whinging about being a guaranteed starter, and see where they finish in the league.
 
Beef_Dripping said:
Not what i heard, i heard he wasn't put on there by Roy. Even on twitter Micah was saying how gutted he was, but was wishing good luck to the team.
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Would like to have seen Richards in the squad. But I'm of the opinion that there must be something with him that we don't know - two England managers have now completely overlooked him, plus Mancini was saying bad things about him earlier this season, about his attitude etc. Maybe he's got bad habits?
 
saintnogreavsie said:
Would like to have seen Richards in the squad. But I'm of the opinion that there must be something with him that we don't know - two England managers have now completely overlooked him, plus Mancini was saying bad things about him earlier this season, about his attitude etc. Maybe he's got bad habits?
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Think they just don't rate his defensive ability to be honest.
 
pass the football said:
Agree wrt Richards but as discussed above, Carrick had already said he didn't want to be considered. Not just for the reserve list, he actually said he didn't want to go unless he was going to be in the starting line-up. In my view a player has absolutely no right to make that kind of ultimatum.
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Yeah 100% agree that no player should be issuing that sort of ultimatum, but I can see where his frustrations coming from, ability wise he should be in our starting 11, and he has had a great season for United as well, an English midfielder who can actually keep the ball! Has definitely gone about it the wrong way about it though.

pass the football said:
Think they just don't rate his defensive ability to be honest.
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Glen Johnson ? <whistle>
 
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