Yeah your right these young players are crap: Koke, Alvaro Morata, Isco, Thiago Alcantara, Illaramendi, Inigo Martinez, Martin Montoya, David De Gea, Marc Bartra, Rodrigo. Shall I go on? Spain will be absolutely fine in future.
Once again those results arent indicative since Italy, France, England and Germany didnt send their best players while Spain did. []__[]
I find it astonishing that so little people say Belgium. I may, and probably will, be biased ofcourse, but Belgium will have a very strong team in 2016. I think they will come short in Brazil, but by 2016, most of our players will be 25-30, with the addition of some very good youngsters. This could be the team by then: ----------------------Courtois--------------------- -Cavanda-Kompany-Vertonghen-Vermaelen- --------------Witsel--------Fellaini--------------- -DeBruyne---------Dembele-----------Hazard- ---------------------Lukaku----------------------- Add to this Bakkali, Januzay(?), Mertens, Dembele, Benteke, Naingolan, etc..
I agree completely. A lot of these players are young talents, and will be developed greatly in two years. Especially Hazard. However, Germany and Spain, the usual favorites, have a huge roster of young talents coming up.
Spain WON'T win the World Cup in Brazil, but I cannot see any team beating them in the 2016 European Championships. Germany always seem to disappoint on the big occasions, much the same can be said of Holland who have such excellent players but just don't seem to put it all together when the chips are down. Italy are the only other team that might bring their A game to the Championships, if they do then they could lift the trophy, but it's a very big if.
I agree with the new furnace of talented youth but I highly doubt Ilori and Marcos Lopes will have a big role sometime soon. And even if they do, they might be on the bench by then. Realistically Luís Neto (in place of Ilori) and João Mário/Bruno Fernandes/Adrien Silva (in place of Marcos Lopes) sound a far more feasible scenario. They're not only older, more experienced, but they have also proved their worth.
Germany are always in the bracket of favorites. Lots of great young talent coming through and a backbone that is well rehearsed for success on big stages. It wouldn't surprise me if Ozil becomes a bench player, I mean that's how much quality Germany have coming through right now. It will be tough for Spain to maintain their level of success (it's almost unheard of if they did continue winning trophies), but if Spain remains successful they might end up doing so on a different style of play. It wouldn't surprise me if they adopted a style more similar to that of Chile while moderately retaining some of the tendencies and philosophies that saw them become so successful. Of course, much of that will depend on who becomes the coach and which direction the Spanish FA choose to go. Belgium (in particular), Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, and Russia look like decent contenders. Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine, Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, Ireland, Poland, Serbia, Denmark... there's quite a few teams that could at least create a stir or cause one or two upsets. The fact that an extra game will be played (7 instead of the 5 or 6 as was played in prior Euros en route to the final) suggest teams with greater depth will have a better chance of success, so that will favor the more traditional powerhouses or countries that seem to produce an unending stream of talent throughout the pitch.
Germany, Spain and France will all be the favorites heading into this tournament. I don't like it be expanded to 24 teams it dilutes the field.
The fact they can leave Nasri off the team despite a Ribery injury and when Morgan Schneiderlin is your 4th string DM says everything.
LOL if one can not even guess who will win this WC in next 3 weeks time, how can he predicts for Euro in 2 years time?
You can say that again, you could probably take a nap for the qualifiers and the group stage. I never liked 3rd place teams advancing because it really encourages anti-football. Add that to the now weaker groups and all a team has to do to get through to the knockout is beat Latvia. I've been mulling this over for a while why they would water down this tournament so much, but the more I thought about it I kind of understand what they're going for. UEFA wants a Latvia or an Iceland or a Montenegro to qualify and have a chance to get through to the knockout round of Euro. Everyone loves an underdog.
Germany will have to be the favorites. France, England and Belgium all will have good teams. You also can't count out the Netherlands as the pundits learned this time around. Spain's younger generation while good pales in comparison to their predecessors and that of other nations.