re: Official Euro 2012 Squad Thread

Posted by Sheep

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Posted on 5/7/12 at 1:41 pm to hendersonshands

:boner:

Posted by TN Bhoy

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 8:02 am to TN Bhoy

McLean getting attacked on Twitter because he decided to represent Eire. I'm not sure why they're surprised by this. This is his display pic:

ETA: Death threats

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Death threats have been directed at former Northern Ireland U-21 footballer James McClean following his selection to play for the Republic at the Euro 2012 finals next month.

Two of the messages directed at him on Twitter threatened to have him shot and also contained sectarian abuse.

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One Twitter user, with the account ‘RobbieLittle@PotKettleBlack3’, posted: “F*** up your dirty fenian b****** il make sure you get shot when you set foot back into gods country #FTP.”

Another using the name ‘James W Magee@JamesWMagee07’ posted: “U deserve to be shot for that comment!! Your playing for Ireland and not the country you were born in (NI). #p****”

Both messages have since been deleted.

McClean, who carries an Irish passport and identifies himself on Twitter as a ‘Irish professional footballer’ made a general response following the hate-filled abuse.

He said: “Love the dogs abuse am gettin of shock N.I fans, just worry about watchin ur own country at the euros... oh wait #mybad #awkward haha.”

This post was edited on 5/8/12 at 8:07 am

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:01 am to TN Bhoy

Spain's official side yet to be announced, but Tarzan definitely will miss the event.

Puyol to be operated on, out for 6 weeks

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:12 am to Dandy Lion

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Puyol to be operated on, out for 6 weeks

Gotta be close to retirement for him?

Posted by hendersonshands

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:15 am to TN Bhoy

Probably a bad idea to rile up the natives..

Posted by RayFinkleTTU

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 11:02 am to hendersonshands

I took an Irish car bomb last night

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 11:04 am to TFTC

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Gotta be close to retirement for him?

I'm seeing some Albiol as a starter comments, with Javi Martinez sliding in to a CB role.

This tourney, on paper anyway, really looks like the beginning of the fourth reich.

Posted by S

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 2:19 pm to TN Bhoy

GK Matt Gilks Blackpool
GK Craig Gordon Sunderland
GK Allan McGregor Rangers

DF Christophe Berra Wolverhampton Wanderers
DF Gary Caldwell Wigan Athletic
DF Richard Foster Bristol City
DF Grant Hanley Blackburn Rovers
DF Russell Martin Norwich City
DF Charlie Mulgrew Celtic

MF Charlie Adam Liverpool
MF Barry Bannan Aston Villa
MF Don Cowie Cardiff City
MF Graham Dorrans West Bromwich Albion
MF James Forrest Celtic
MF James McArthur Wigan Athletic
MF James Morrison West Bromwich Albion
MF Barry Robson Middlesbrough
MF Robert Snodgrass Leeds United

FW David Goodwillie Blackburn Rovers
FW Craig Mackail-Smith Brighton & Hove Albion
FW Jamie Mackie Queens Park Rangers
FW Kenny Miller Cardiff City

Posted by Jumbeauxlaya

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Posted on 5/8/12 at 2:21 pm to Dandy Lion

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This tourney, on paper anyway, really looks like the beginning of the fourth reich.

Posted by TN Bhoy

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:04 pm to TN Bhoy

Croatia:

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Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov), Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Ivan Kelava (Dinamo Zagreb), Goran Blazevic (Hajduk Split)

Defenders: Domogoj Vida (Dinamo Zagreb), Vedran Corluka (Bayer Leverkusen), Josip Simunic (Dinamo Zagreb), Dejan Lovren (Lyon), Sime Vrsaljko (Dinamo Zagreb), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ivan Strinic (Dnipro), Danijel Pranjic (Bayern Munich), Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa)

Midfielders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Tomislav Dujmovic (Real Zaragoza), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev), Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla), Luka Modric (Tottenham), Ivan Perisic (Borussia Dortmund), Niko Kranjcar (Tottenham), Milan Badelj (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivo Ilicevic (Hamburg)

Forwards: Ivica Olic (Bayern Munich), Nikica Jelavic (Everton), Mario Mandzukic (Wolfsburg), Eduardo (Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro)

Sweden:

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Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven), Johan Wiland, (FC Copenhagen, Pär Hansson (Helsingborg)
Defenders: Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Olof Mellberg(Olympiakos), Andreas Granqvist (Genoa), Martin Olsson, (Blackburn), Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich), Behrang Safari (Anderlecht), Mikael Antonsson (Bologna)
Midfielders: Rasmus Elm (AZ Alkmaar), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland), Kim Kallstrom (Lyon), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Pontus Wernbloom (CSKA Moscow), Samuel Holmen (Istanbul BB), Emir Bajrami (Twente), Christian Wilhelmsson (al-Hilal)
Strikers: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), Johan Elmander (Galatasaray), Tobias Hysen (IFK Gothenburg), Ola Toivonen (PSV Eindhoven), Marcus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen).

Czech Republic:

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Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jan Lastuvka (Dnepropetrovsk), Jaroslav Drobny (Hamburg), Tomas Grigar (Teplice)

Defenders: Frantisek Rajtoral (Plzen), Roman Hubnik (Hertha), Tomas Sivok (Besiktas), Michal Kadlec (Leverkusen), Daniel Pudil (Cesena), Theodor Gebre Selassie (Liberec), David Limbersky (Plzen), Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow)

Midfielders: Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal), Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux), Jan Rezek (Famagusta), Daniel Kolar (Plzen), Petr Jiracek (Wolfsburg), Milan Petrzela (Plzen), Vaclav Pilar (Plzen), Tomas Hubschman (Donetsk)

Forwards: Milan Baros (Galatasaray), David Lafata (Jablonec), Tomas Pekhart (Nuremberg), Tomas Necid (CSKA Moscow)

Ukraine:

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

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

Midfielders: Olexandr Aliyev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Denys Garmash (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Oleh Gusev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Konoplyanka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Nazarenko (SC Tavriya Simferopol), Ruslan Rotan (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Taras Stepanenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (FC Bayern München), Andriy Yarmolenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv).

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

This post was edited on 5/14/12 at 3:08 pm

Posted by wm72

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:22 pm to TN Bhoy

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Croatia:

I'm not overly familiar with their defenders but they have some nice attacking midfielders. I don't see Srna that often but he impresses me every time.

I think some of these are preliminary before being cut to 23?

Posted by TN Bhoy

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:24 pm to wm72

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I'm not overly familiar with their defenders but they have some nice attacking midfielders. I don't see Srna that often but he impresses me every time.

I'm a big fan of Lovren, and Corluka and Pranjic haven't been bad when I've watched them. I've also loved Srna for a while.

quote:

I think some of these are preliminary before being cut to 23?

Yep.

Posted by j1897

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:57 pm to TN Bhoy

Azzurri

SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain/FRA), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Emiliano Viviano (Palermo).

Defenders: Cristian Maggio (Napoli), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St. Petersburg/RUS), Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (Palermo), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Rubin Kazan/RUS), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter Milan), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino).

Midfielders: Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain/FRA), Antonio Nocerino (AC Milan), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta) Luca Cigarini (Atalanta), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna), Marco Verratti (Pescara).

Strikers: Antonio Cassano (AC Milan), Mario Balotelli (Manchester City/ENG), Sebastian Giovinco (Parma), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Mattia Destro (Siena), Fabio Borini (Roma).

Cut: Destro, De Rossi, Montilivo, Verratti, Motta, Balzaretti, Sirigu, Astori, Schelotto

Posted by TN Bhoy

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:04 pm to j1897

quote:
Mario Balotelli

Posted by BraveTiger225

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:18 pm to TN Bhoy

PORTUGAL - SIAP

Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Sporting), Eduardo (Benfica), Beto (Cluj)

Defenders: Joao Pereira (Sporting), Bruno Alves (Zenit St Petersburg), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Pepe (Real Madrid), Ricardo Costa (Valencia), Rolando (Porto), Miguel Lopes (Braga)

Midfielders: Carlos Martins (Granada), Joao Moutinho (Porto), Miguel Veloso (Genoa), Raul Meireles (Chelsea), Ruben Micael (Zaragoza), Custodio (Braga)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Helder Postiga (Zaragoza), Nani (Manchester United), Nelson Oliveira (Benfica), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas), Silvestre Varela (Porto)

Posted by RayFinkleTTU

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:35 pm to BraveTiger225

Have way too much talent up top and not enough in the midfield. Looking forward to all of you making flopping comments all summer

Posted by BraveTiger225

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:39 pm to RayFinkleTTU

Certainly not the deepest roster they ever have had. Could definitely be a struggle.

Posted by wm72

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Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:26 pm to j1897

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Cut: De Rossi,

After Pirlo, De Rossi is the best player on Italy's squad. Without much debate.

There is a reason Real Madrid, Man U, Man City etc have all been falling over themselves to sign him from Roma. Namely, that he's probably the best defensive midfielder in the world.