Spain have omitted Diego Costa, Fernando Torres & Juan Mata from the Euro 2016 squad. Surprised about Mata's absence but not so much Costa's or Torres.

I'm surprised Torres is still on the squad to be honest. His cameo appearances in the 2014 WC seemed to be like 'final goodbye' moments with the national squad.

Edited May 18, 20169 yr by DJHazey

A list of the Euro 2016 squads can be find on here:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...ing-France.html

 

I notice Eider Gudjohnsen is in the squad for Iceland, a blast from the past there.

 

 

 

England's starting XI for a 'pointless' friendly against Turkey:

 

Hart: Walker, Rose, Stones, Cahill, Dier, Wilshere, Sterling, Alli, Kane, Vardy.

 

 

an incredibly sub-par performance today. still, good to get the win.

an incredibly sub-par performance today. still, good to get the win.

 

Gave away way too many chances. A better team will punish us. The positive I guess, is that that won't be our starting XI.

Vardy played well though I suspect he be in the starting eleven, Sterling and Wilshire didn't look that good on paper, our first England goal was off side though but was given, lucky for us, poor defending cost us a goal, they weren't really focused at times. They really need to up their game in the next two friendlies, the Portugal game could see some holes appearing, clearly we wasn't the best side.

yep as Rooney said - at least we will have some rotation when the Euros actually come around - Rooney & co. will be important regardless of what people say

Allowed Turkey too many chances. Still suspect in defence and on the counter attack could so easily have been an draw. Wilshere and Sterling were quite poor. Vardy should start in the Euros.

 

I expect Portugal to give England a lesson there next Thursday if we continue like this in defence.

Why is Wilshere in the squad anyway? he only played 3 times this season. He was probably at home smoking while the likes of Michael Carrick have been working their butts off for the past 9 months yet there's no place in the squad for him.

When he's fit, Wilshere is a class above any of our other CMs. Hodgson made the right call in including him in the 26 to assess his fitness, and if he's satisfied with that then he fully deserves his place. Carrick should have made the World Cup squad two years ago (and for pretty much every tournament since 2006) ahead of Gerrard or Lampard but he's a bit past it now.

You're underrated Turkey y'all. As my simulated tournament showed, they shouldn't be overlooked. This team has been one of the strongest in the world in the past year. I used to have them ranked in the 50s, but they've climbed all the way up to 22 in short time. Granted, they still lost to many backup English players and I didn't see the match so I couldn't tell you if all the regulars for Turkey were playing, but regardless...I'd be shocked if they don't make a quarterfinal run.

Here is a link to Euro 2016 Fantasy Football, it is pretty much exactly the same format as Premier League fantasy football. I might create a league for posters on Buzzjack to take part in for fun, if I do then I will post the link for that here as well.

 

http://eurofantasy.uefa.com/en

Posted this in the wrong thread earlier.

19th senior appearance for Marcus Rashford and it is a England appearance for him.

 

 

England Starting XI

 

Forster, Clyne, Bertand, Smalling, Stones, Henderson, Wilshere, Drinkwater, Lallana, Sterling, Rashford

 

And within 2 minutes, Rashford is an international scorer. The youngest player ever to score for England on his debut.

 

 

Wilshere's been garbage in both these games.

 

I still expect him to be on the plane.

Great to see Tom Heaton make his England debut. He went to the same high school I went to, he was actually the guest that came and gave out our GCSE certificates.

Another especially average performance last night. I genuinely expect us to play a lot better at the Euros though, I feel as though we didn't really give 100% last night.

 

Not too impressed with Rashford as others are, he was great in places however its apparent his first touch is not up to scratch and he needs to calm down a bit, as he tends to take one too many touches when it really matters.

 

I'm glad to get the win though, I'm REALLY looking forward to playing Portugal - a real test of our ability and I hope we'll play something similar to how we'll line up at the Euros (Kane x Rooney to start please)

Another especially average performance last night. I genuinely expect us to play a lot better at the Euros though, I feel as though we didn't really give 100% last night.

 

Not too impressed with Rashford as others are, he was great in places however its apparent his first touch is not up to scratch and he needs to calm down a bit, as he tends to take one too many touches when it really matters.

 

I'm glad to get the win though, I'm REALLY looking forward to playing Portugal - a real test of our ability and I hope we'll play something similar to how we'll line up at the Euros (Kane x Rooney to start please)

 

I thought similarly. Rashford has massive talent, that much is clear. He had a good game, but made a few bad decisions/bad touches. Not that that was not to be expected, but he was Jesus reborn according to a lot of people. I expect he will probably go to the Euros.

 

Thought the best player last night was Bertrand. Him and Clyne are so much more solid at right back. Rose/Walker offer quite a bit in attack, but I think they both overexpose the centre backs too much.

Remind me why Wilshere is still in the starting 11?

 

Another average performance from England in their match last night. The opposition team will always find a way to exploit our weak defence and on the counterattack.