Your ideal team for Euro '08

What would your ideal team look like next summer if everything goes to plan?

Italy:

-----------------Toni-----------------
------Cassano------Quagliarella----
-----------De Rossi-Gattuso--------
Zambrotta------Pirlo----------Oddo
---------Materazzi-Cannavaro------
-----------------Buffon---------------

Leave Totti! Would be good if Nesta came back though!

Looks good Bobo...though I personally would like to see Barzagli in there as well as Perrotta!

The first XI picks itself basically, the only exceptions are the attack and goal keeper, where we have a lot of excellent alternatives. The system is a double pivot 4-4-2.

Code:


-------------Lehmann-------------
Lahm-Mertesacker-Metzelder-Jansen
----------Frings--Ballack--------
--Schneider------Schweinsteiger--
---------Klose-----Gomez---------

Lehmann will most probably remain our first choice goalie for EC 2008, although we have a couple of excellent alternatives who are at least as good already.

The attack is not that clear though. Klose has the best chances to be in the first XI, but it remains to be seen how Kuranyi and Gomez will do next season. One of them will most probably start next year. Podolski only has a chance if he has a great season and proves everyone wrong. But with the strong competition he now has to face in Bayern, it's not very likely.

Schweinsteiger needs to get fit soon also, otherwise he might lose his starting place as well.

And there are quite a few youngsters coming through who will make the competition even more fierce.

Foster

Neville-Rio-Terry-Cole

Beckham/Lennon-Hargreaves-Gerrard-Cole

Owen-Rooney

Rasiak-9 wrote:Foster

Neville-Rio-Terry-Cole

Beckham/Lennon-Hargreaves-Gerrard-Cole

Owen-Rooney

Though I can't Robinson losing his spot before then.

Blut here's hoping Schlaudraff gets in there , meaning him to have a sensational season , Schneider may not be the automatic choice by then though.
And what if KPB have an exceptional season at Spurs(if he goes there).

Schneider is in the form of his life, he was the second best player of the last season after Diego. I really can't see him getting worse anytime soon. He's still very fit, and he is the most important player of his club.

Schneider is the most underrated player on this planet, seriously. We do have young alternatives for his position, but none of them have the great vision and pure technical brilliance yet. Not even mentioning his experience (CL and WC final).

Well he is , I was thinking about injuries , he also intelligent remmeber the INSULT.

van der Vaart , vPersie , Robben & RVN

Pretty much what i know.

Dark Savante wrote:Well he is , I was thinking about injuries , he also intelligent remmeber the INSULT.

Haha yeah that was pure class!

Injuries, good point. Hopefully, all of the mentioned players stay fit next season. I'm especially worried about Schweinsteiger, hopefully he'll be back to his best soon. We need him.

Who will Lehmann's replacement be after next Summers European Championships?

Weise, Hildebrand and Rensing are good options to have.

Add Neuer, Adler, Enke, Weidenfeller etc. pp.

We have a ton of options indeed. Hope Wiese, the new Kahn, will win, but that's me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28FozByvIXc

My XI

Defense .. can be changed , anything can happen .. not sure about a RB , Gio is always a good option at LB ..

I hope Khalid has a great season at Sevilla.

van der Sar , ????? , Khalid , Donk , De Cler , de Zeeuw , Drenthe , van der Vaart , van Persie , Robben , RVN

knowing van Basten .. 4/3/3 will be played as he always listens to Cruijff

-------------VDS-------------
Greene------Donk-----Boularouz/Vlaar----Gio
---------------De Zeeuw--------------------
-----Bommel------------Drenthe
-------------------VDV---------------
---------V Persie-----Makaay---------



Only Portugal can beat us when it comes to talent, Im sure Italy has lost the hunger. The Moffen have a technically very limited team, as usual, but that has not stopped them from winning anything in the past

----------------vdSar
Zuiverloon-Boula-Mendes-Gio
----------deZeeuw--Drenthe
---------------vdVaart
RvP-------------Rvn-------Robben

Coach: Hiddink/Koeman(Bruins Slot)

@Fey
"Technically very limited team"? Compared to your Rumpelfußball under Van Basten, we are on a different hemisphere.

Perfectly balanced team which has it all. Really looking forward to meet you Käseköppe next year (hopefully).

Rasiak-9 wrote:Foster

Neville-Rio-Terry-Cole

Beckham/Lennon-Hargreaves-Gerrard-Cole

Owen-Rooney

Might as well just give us the trophy.

Parks lives wrote:Might as well just give us the trophy.

Like where your head's at

Parks lives wrote:Might as well just give us the trophy.

Qualify first, before you even think about winning a major competition after 42 years.

blutgraetsche wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Might as well just give us the trophy.

Qualify first, before you even think about winning a major competition after 42 years.

First International competiton Rooney will be fit throughout & Lampard will hopefully be gone.

Can't lose.

The only thing that might get lost are some sweaty nuts after a stomp, that's all.

Make sure you qualify though, would be a shame to discuss with us here while your team does not even take part in the tournament.

Parks lives wrote:
Can't lose.

The dreaded penalty shootout (particularly if we get Germany or Portugal)!

Honestly, it's high time that we have a Germany - Holland or Germany - England match in a major competition again, preferably in the knock out stages. Rivalries need to be renewed constantly, otherwise they might lose their relevance.

We have to set a few things straight anyway.

blutgraetsche wrote:Honestly, it's high time that we have a Germany - Holland or Germany - England match in a major competition again, preferably in the knock out stages. Rivalries need to be renewed constantly, otherwise they might lose their relevance.

We have to set a few things straight anyway.

I hope RVN plays if it happens .. VDV could be the difference

Man if Cocu was still around

blutgraetsche wrote:Honestly, it's high time that we have a Germany - Holland or Germany - England match in a major competition again, preferably in the knock out stages. Rivalries need to be renewed constantly, otherwise they might lose their relevance.

We have to set a few things straight anyway.

It would be fun on this board if we got either of those matches in the later stages of a major competition!

I want us to meet Italy also though. They've beaten us too often in important matches, it's really about time to return the favour. If both teams do well next year, I'd like us to meet them in the final, or at least in the semis.

Blut...it's the Euros...so Germany WILL get a tough draw. And if we take a look at Germany's last win at the Euros!!!

Porably won't qualify, but I'd like to see

--------------------Gordon-------------
Whittaker--Anderson--Kennedy--Hamelll
-----------Severin---------Thompson----------
Naismith-----------Brown-------------Maloney
--------------------Boyd

But no doubt it'll be the usual Cr@p like Ferguson, Dailly, Alexander, Caldwell et all

For my other team

---------------------Foster
Richards--Ferdinand--Terry--Bridge
-----------------Hargreaves----------
Bentley-----------Gerrard----------A Cole
------------------J Cole
--------------------------Rooney---------------

Fey wrote:Blut...it's the Euros...so Germany WILL get a tough draw. And if we take a look at Germany's last win at the Euros!!!

Why not take a look at Germany's record at the Euros in general? Who has a better record? Who has won it as often? Who has been to the final as often? Thought so.

We didn't care about 'tough draws' back then, we won't this time either. 2000 & 2004 = worst German national teams ever. Europe won't be so lucky next year.