I think we would have been better off going with someone like Roberto Martinez or Brendan Rodgers. Realistic targets and would be able to implement a certain style to gear us towards Brazil 2014 and France 2016

 

There should also be a policy where players over a certain age can't be picked after this tournament

So Roy will still keep the England job after Euro 2012 if we end up losing our three games in the group stages. What about Alan Pardew for the job? He has done brillant with Newcastle this season

Pardew has done a fantastic job at Newcastle so I'm surprised his name hasn't been mentioned more.

It's good to see the disgraceful front page of today's Sun has been widely condemned, including by the FA. :manson:

It's good to see the disgraceful front page of today's Sun has been widely condemned, including by the FA. :manson:

 

What did it say? Seen it mentioned a few times, but no explanation as to what it says!

The headline was "Bwing On The Euwos" with the tagline "see you in Ukwaine against Fwance"

Even though it's true, and I myself use it, there's a time and a place for jokes. Front page news is not the time. But then again I'd expect nothing else from them.

It's just ridiculous, yes I've seen him called Woy on occasion but it's usually always light-hearted and in good spirit, the front page of a national newspaper is not the place for it. If the chosen one had been appointed no one in the media would've mentioned his twitch, if it were a phsyical disability they (rightly) wouldn't have dared play on it.

 

Apparently the FA have received e-mails and phonecalls from parents saying their children with speech impediments have encountered far more teasing/bullying today that they ever normally would.

England Schedule:

 

16th May: Squad announced

21st May: Squad meet up in England and travel to Spain for a training camp

25th May: Travel to Norway

26th May: Friendly match vs. Norway

(two day break)

29th May: Squad meet up in England

2nd June: Friendly match vs. Belgium

(two day break)

5th June: Squad meet up in England

6th June: Travel to Poland

Squads are now taking shape....

 

Group A:

 

Poland (26 man provisional squad): Goalkeepers: Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal FC), Wojciech Szczęsny (Arsenal FC), Przemysław Tytoń (PSV Eindhoven).

 

Defenders: Sebastian Boenisch (SV Werder Bremen), Kamil Glik (Torino FC), Tomasz Jodłowiec (KSP Polonia Warszawa), Marcin Kamiński (KKS Lech Poznań), Damien Perquis (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard), Łukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warszawa), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (KKS Lech Poznań).

 

Midfielders: Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre), Kamil Grosicki (Sivasspor), Adam Matuszczyk (Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor AŞ), Rafal Murawski (KKS Lech Poznań), Eugen Polanski (1. FSV Mainz), Ludovic Obraniak (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Maciej Rybus (FC Terek Grozny), Rafał Wolski (Legia Warszawa).

 

Forwards: Paweł Brożek (Celtic), Michał Kucharczyk (Legia Warszawa), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), Artur Sobiech (Hannover 96).

 

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Group B:

 

Netherlands (36 man provisional squad, including 9 uncapped players, all aged 23 or younger):

 

Goalkeepers: Maarten Stekelenburg (Roma), Tim Krul (Newcastle United), Michel Vorm (Swansea City), Erwin Mulder (Feyenoord), Jasper Cillissen (Ajax)

 

Defenders: Vurnon Anita, Gregory van der Wiel (both Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Wilfred Bouma, Jetro Willems (all PSV Eindhoven), Alexander Buttner (Vitesse Arnhem) Urby Emanuelson (AC Milan), John Heitinga (Everton), Hedwiges Maduro (Valencia), Joris Mathijsen (Malaga), Nick Viergever (AZ Alkmaar), Ron Vlaar, Stefan de Vrij (both Feyenoord)

 

Midfielders: Ibrahim Afellay (Barcelona), Mark van Bommel (AC Milan), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Adam Maher (AZ Alkmaar), Stijn Schaars (Sporting), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan), Kevin Strootman, Georginio Wijnaldum (both PSV Eindhoven), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur)

 

Forwards: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke), Ola John, Luuk de Jong (both Twente), Siem de Jong (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Jeremain Lens (PSV Eindhoven), Luciano Narsingh (Heerenveen), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich).

 

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Germany (27 man provisional squad):

 

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron Robert Zieler (Hannover), Marc-André ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

 

Defenders: Holger Badstuber, Jérôme Boateng, Philipp Lahm (all Bayern Munich), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (both Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)

 

Midfielders: Sven Bender, Mario Götze, Ilkay Gundogan (all Borussia Dortmund), Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle (both Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke), Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (all Bayern Munich), Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil (both Real Madrid), Marco Reus (Borussia Monchengladbach)

 

Forwards: Lukas Podolski (Cologne), Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio)

 

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Group C:

 

Republic of Ireland:

 

Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Aston Villa), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland), David Forde (Millwall)

 

Defenders: John O'Shea (Sunderland), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City), Darren O'Dea (Leeds United), Kevin Foley (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

 

Midfielders: Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Keith Andrews (West Bromwich Albion), Keith Fahey (Birmingham City), Darron Gibson (Everton), Damien Duff (Fulham), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Stephen Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers), James McClean (Sunderland)

 

Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Shane Long, Simon Cox (both West Bromwich Albion), Jon Walters (Stoke City)

 

Stand-by: Darren Randolph (Motherwell), Paul McShane (Crystal Palace), Paul Green (unattached, just released by Derby County), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Andy Keogh (Millwall)

 

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Group D:

 

Ukraine (26 man provisional squad):

 

Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Bandura (Metalurh Donetsk), Oleksandr Goryainov (Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Koval (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk).

 

Defenders: Bohdan Butko (Illychivets Mariupil), Olexandr Kucher (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vitaly Mandziuk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Taras Mikhalik (Dynamo Kiev), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Selin (Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kiev), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar Donetsk).

 

Midfielders: Olexandr Aliyev (Dynamo Kiev), Denys Garmash (Dynamo Kiev), Oleh Gusev (Dynamo Kiev), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Nazarenko (Tavriya Simferopol), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Bayern Munich), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev).

 

Forwards: Andriy Voronin (Dinamo Moscow), Marko Devic (Metalist Kharkiv), Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo Kiev), Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev).

 

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France (have announced foreign based players who'll be in the squad, domestic based players will be announced on the 16th):

 

Defenders: Gael Clichy (Manchester City), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Philippe Mexes (AC Milan), Adil Rami (Valencia)

 

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Samir Nasri (Manchester City)

 

Forwards: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

 

No Sagna (injured), Mathieu, Diaby, N'Zogbia, Saha, Djibril Cisse or Lassana Diarra who've all been in recent squads

Can't wait to watch both France and Germany, my 2 favourite national sides, both full of players that I like! Scary how good Germany's squad looks.

Players with a good chance of making the squad ?

 

GK: Hart (Man City), Foster (West Brom), Ruddy (Norwich), Carson (Bursaspor), Green (West Ham), Stockdale (Fulham) [6]

 

DF: Lescott Richards (Man City), Ferdinand Jones (Man United), Walker (Tottenham), Cole Terry Cahill (Chelsea), Baines Jagielka (Everton), Johnson (Liverpool) [11]

 

MF: Barry Johnson Milner (Man City), Young Cleverley Carrick (Man United), Oxlaide-Chamberlain Walcott (Arsenal), Lennon Parker (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Downing Gerrard (Liverpool) [13]

 

FW: Rooney Welbeck (Man United), Defoe (Tottenham), Sturridge (Chelsea), Carroll (Liverpool), Holt (Norwich), Crouch (Stoke), Bent (Aston Villa), Zamora (QPR) [9]

 

= 39

 

Anyone I've missed out ?

Stockdale from Fulham, reckon he'll go.

I've seen talk of Jack Butland being the third choice keeper, possibly behind Hart and Foster. Reason being he's certainly got the quality to be #2 to Hart at some point in the near future, and Hodgson's goalkeeping coach has worked really well with all three of them. I can't see it myself though, but it's not a bad idea really, take him for the experience. I wonder how many times teams have HAD to use all three keepers in a tournament?

I've seen talk of Jack Butland being the third choice keeper, possibly behind Hart and Foster. Reason being he's certainly got the quality to be #2 to Hart at some point in the near future, and Hodgson's goalkeeping coach has worked really well with all three of them. I can't see it myself though, but it's not a bad idea really, take him for the experience. I wonder how many times teams have HAD to use all three keepers in a tournament?

 

All this talk is from Henry Winter. The man has lost his marbles. I thought Foster had retired from international football for the time being. He's playing in League 2 football is Butland. He's better off taking Stockdale, whose got much more experience. Henry Winter's England squad is so dreadful, it's an embarrassment. A clearly talented writer, but knows jack shit about football.

 

Had no idea where it was from, just seen it somewhere. Foster had retired for the time being a while ago, but it does seem like with Hodgson in charge he's more likely to be persuaded to come back. Taking Stockdale would be pointless, isn't that good, isn't that young, doesn't even play.

Butland is the England U21's goalkeeper I believe

 

Knowing our luck we'll end up with a suspension and an injury, so it's better to be on the safe side and take 3 experienced goalkeepers. Butland will probably be involved with the GB Olympic team

Gary Neville has signed a 4-year deal to become an England coach. URGH.

 

I quite liked him as a football pundit aswell.

Good move

 

I wasn't his biggest fan, but he's really won me over this past year

 

I guess he'll be more of a motivator rather than coach though ?

If he speaks as much sense to England players as he does on Sky he'll be a superb addition. I'm fairly impressed with the coaches so far, having it all completely new, with Pearce rightly solely focusing on the U21s.

 

He's still going to be on Sky anyway.