UEFA EURO U21 Championships

Time to start a thread on this one. The competition starts 15 June.

Group A: Sweden, Belarus, Italy & Serbia
Group B: Spain, Germany, England & Finland

Usually this championship is where the stars are found... pls post your teams squads, when they are confirmed. Or the expected starting XIs.

So who will win this one??

Group B looks a pretty tough group

i think its between

Italy
Germany
Spain

for the championship, in that order, the rest are just there to make up the numbers

Messiah wrote:Group B looks a pretty tough group

i think its between

Italy
Germany
Spain

for the championship, in that order, the rest are just there to make up the numbers

I think you under estimate Serbia, they have a very decent U21 side... they will be very hard to beat, and should make the semi's...

the usual suspects

germany

Özil wrote:the usual suspects

germany

Usual? Have Germany ever won this??

I see Holland have withdrawn to give everyone else a chance this time.

toon h wrote:I see Holland have withdrawn to give everyone else a chance this time.

It's getting bored to join this tourney after we won it twice in a row.. we indeed give teams like Germany and Belarus also a chance to play in those tourney's...

Hm i havent followed the last games of U21 footy, but after we crumbled into the tournament on the last minute and should have lost against france..i can't see us as favourites.

Spain or Italy i would say.

bluenine wrote:

Özil wrote:the usual suspects

germany

Usual? Have Germany ever won this??

i have no idea, but i know that we domintate the youth area in the youngest past

Our team looks good on paper, especially the midfield.

But I haven´t seen a single good game of our U21 so far.

The fact, that the notorious Hertha-Gang, is reunited is another blow to the team. They have destroyed the team spirit from the beginning.
I wonder how they will affect this years crime statistics in peace loving Sweden.

kroesius wrote:Our team looks good on paper, especially the midfield.

But I haven´t seen a single good game of our U21 so far.

The fact, that the notorious Hertha-Gang, is reunited is another blow to the team. They have destroyed the team spirit from the beginning.
I wonder how they will affect this years crime statistics in peace loving Sweden.

Surely, they're not THAT bad/gangsta, are they?

anglophileHedgehog wrote:

kroesius wrote:Our team looks good on paper, especially the midfield.

But I haven´t seen a single good game of our U21 so far.

The fact, that the notorious Hertha-Gang, is reunited is another blow to the team. They have destroyed the team spirit from the beginning.
I wonder how they will affect this years crime statistics in peace loving Sweden.

Surely, they're not THAT bad/gangsta, are they?

Well, I personally would put my car into a garage if this team were to reside in my neighbourhood.

Picking so many troublemakers is definitely not without risk for the team spirit. Uncle Horst hopefully knows what he's doing and how to handle them.

But then again, our chances of winning are rather slim anyway. We only have one out-in-out striker in Sandro Wagner who is average at best.

Goal, defence and midfield look solid but without a prolific goalgetter it's unlikely to go far in the tournament.

Özil wrote:

bluenine wrote:

Özil wrote:the usual suspects

germany

Usual? Have Germany ever won this??

i have no idea, but i know that we domintate the youth area in the youngest past

Germany are yet to win Euro U21.... Italy have won 5 of the last 9 championships, and the dutch have won the last 2....

England Under-21 Squad:

GK: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Joe Lewis (Peterborough), Scott Loach (Watford)

DF: Martin Cranie (Portsmouth), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Michael Mancienne (Chelsea), Nedum Onuoha (Manchester City), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Andrew Taylor (Middlesbrough), Steven Taylor (Newcastle), James Tomkins (West Ham)

MF: Lee Cattermole (Wigan), Andrew Driver (Hearts) Craig Gardner (Aston Villa), Adam Johnson (Middlesbrough), James Milner (Aston Villa), Fabrice Muamba (Bolton), Mark Noble (West Ham), Jack Rodwell (Everton)

FW: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Frazier Campbell (Manchester United), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United).

Not one Liverpool player?

Can't say I'm overly keen on that midfield, but Noble, Rodwell + Johnson are good talents. Milner, presumably is on the verge of his 100th cap?

Pace, pace, and more pace up front. Little endeavour or ingenuity I feel though.

Have any other squads been announced yet?

How old is Derbyshire?

Calidad wrote:Not one Liverpool player?

Can't say I'm overly keen on that midfield, but Noble, Rodwell + Johnson are good talents. Milner, presumably is on the verge of his 100th cap?

Pace, pace, and more pace up front. Little endeavour or ingenuity I feel though.

Have any other squads been announced yet?

Wellbeck is not exactly pace. But he is an idiot so wouldn't say he is going to be that something else either.

Andrew Driver (Hearts)

Anyone know anything on him? Never heard of..


Pretty decent squad. Plenty of PL regulars there.

I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

I haven't watched a full (90mins) Chelsea game when he has played.

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

I haven't watched a full (90mins) Chelsea game when he has played.

So what you should have said was 'You've never seen Mancienne play'.

Brilliant!

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

I haven't watched a full (90mins) Chelsea game when he has played.

So what you should have said was 'You've never seen Mancienne play'.

Brilliant!

All I was suggesting is that Onouha has a lot of raw pace and he has been in the City team for the past 2 seasons, how many games has Mancienne played for Chelsea?

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

I haven't watched a full (90mins) Chelsea game when he has played.

So what you should have said was 'You've never seen Mancienne play'.

Brilliant!

All I was suggesting is that Onouha has a lot of raw pace and he has been in the City team for the past 2 seasons, how many games has Mancienne played for Chelsea?

How good is the City defence?

L-r d wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

I haven't watched a full (90mins) Chelsea game when he has played.

So what you should have said was 'You've never seen Mancienne play'.

Brilliant!

All I was suggesting is that Onouha has a lot of raw pace and he has been in the City team for the past 2 seasons, how many games has Mancienne played for Chelsea?

How good is the City defence?

LRD who would you rather have?

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:

Ballack wrote:

The Easter Bunny wrote:I reckon Nedum would get in there because of his pace, never seen Mancienne play RB before

That's all he's played for us when he's been on the pitch for us this season.

I haven't watched a full (90mins) Chelsea game when he has played.

So what you should have said was 'You've never seen Mancienne play'.

Brilliant!

All I was suggesting is that Onouha has a lot of raw pace and he has been in the City team for the past 2 seasons, how many games has Mancienne played for Chelsea?

No he hasn't, he's been a bit part player. And when he has played its been because of the fact that City's defence is so shit. How anyone doesn't start ahead of Dunne is beyond me.

Mancienne played 8 times for us since January, including against Juventus where he stopped both Del Piero and Nedved over and over again. He also played the entire first half of the season for Wolves, and they wanted to extend his loan.

Remember Punty, Mancienne also was called up to the full squad

LRD knows that Mancienne is talented, not the most talented right back in the world, but he's certainly better than Onuhahahaha.

At the end of the 2008-2009 season, Mancienne was voted Chelsea's Young Player of the Year.

Ballack wrote:At the end of the 2008-2009 season, Mancienne was voted Chelsea's Young Player of the Year.

Yeah I did a quick wiki, doesn't sound like a bad player thought Mikel would of got your young player ( only 22 )

Mancienne was better.