Euro 2012 line up

[anthonyl]

anyone know how joe coles doing in france?

[bobby1]

He is on the bench for Lille today, featured in 28 league games for them this season, scoring 4 goals with 2 assists, he actually has more yellow cards than assist so far.

[anthonyl]

everyone knows how to use wikipedia.

meant has anyone actually seen him play in their european games etc

[bobby1]

everyone knows how to use wikipedia.

meant has anyone actually seen him play in their european games etc

lol. my apologies for answering your question.

Must try harder to guess what you mean next time.

[mondatoo]

Thoughts on doing similar to Germany and taking nobody over the age of 30 ?

[TightEnd]

Thoughts on doing similar to Germany and taking nobody over the age of 30 ?

With the exception of Klose this is what Germany did for 2008 and 2010

I have heard worse ideas

[mondatoo]

Thoughts on doing similar to Germany and taking nobody over the age of 30 ?

With the exception of Klose this is what Germany did for 2008 and 2010

I have heard worse ideas

We where a joke in SA and could probably go as far as saying we've been poor in every comp since Euro 96. They've had there chance and failed miserably, we know we have no chance of winning so lets think to the future and give younger players the experience.

[Bazzaboy]

GERMANY

Goalkeepers
Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tim Wiese (SV Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)

Defence
Holger Badstuber (FC Bayern München), Jerome Boateng (FC Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal FC), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders
Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (FC Schalke 04), Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), Ilkay Gündogan (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Lukas Podolski (1.FC Köln), Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach), André Schürrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München)

Forwards
Cacau (VfB Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (FC Bayern München), Miroslav Klose (Lazio Roma)

Some decent midfield options in there...

[nirvana]

            Hart

Walker    Cahill    Lescott     Cole

                Parker

Johnson   Barry    Lampard    Young

              Walcott

[horseplayer]

re joe cole

he started very very well and looks comfortable.. he missed a few games injured and has not really got back in the side since mainly due to the form of jelen who is a superb winger he has played some key moments from the bench in the second half of the season

personally i would take him in the squad experience of other leagues is key and not enough players from these shores even try it.

[gatso]

personally i would take him in the squad experience of other leagues is key and not enough players from these shores even try it.

his knowledge of the french players will certainly be valuable

[horseplayer]

its more the arrogance of the media in this country i heard this discussed earlier in week and some old journo said cole cant even get into lilles team so should not be anywere near englands team....

unless i am wrong there are likely to be 8-10 players in the squad that do not play every week anyway

[youthnkzR]

Why are people wanting to take Ferdinand.. He's absolutely horrible nowadays.. Well past his best.. Would rather have terry by miles

[bobby1]

You couldnt get a better example of why John Terry shouldnt be in the Euro squad then the first 20 mins of this game.

[bobby1]

Make that 25 minutes.