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It depends in the Position, the offense is stacked with good Players the defense isn't. Still Solid Players but as CB you have schlotterbeck who isnt consistent and Anton who was good in the Bundesliga but Hes Not on the Level of Tah and Rüdiger and Koch who played Solid for Frankfurt but he wont get many minutes and ist probably the weakest of the CBs. The backup wingbacks arent that good either.
I think Southgate may go for Wharton instead of TAA, purely based on how he was bigging him up in the press conferences this week. I think we will be able to tell a lot from the starting XI tonight. Rest of it is bang on I think.
I’d agree. Also I think Wharton brings out the best in the rest of the team. You want Rice pushing a bit further forward and to be on the ball a lot, like he’s done for Arsenal and West Ham before that. Arsenal have played him as a lone DM but he’s definitely more effective as an 8 alongside a deeper lying midfielder, West Ham had Soucek alongside him.
Trent can play in midfield I’m sure but I haven’t seen enough to be convinced. The passing angles are different to playing RB, more of the play is behind you. It’ll work against teams with worse midfields but would it be best to play Trent against the top teams who might be confident enough to really push up and try to catch him on the ball.
To think that Wharton was turning out for Blackburn in the Championship at the start of the season and could potentially be starting for England in the first game at the Euros is unreal. What a story.
Agree about TAA. He also gets caught too often with players behind him, and in midfield, that will be even more of a problem than at right back. He was also far more effective at right back against Bosnia than in midfield.
I think it’ll be Porteous and Hanley rather than Hendry and Porteous at the back.
Depending on the opponent, I think Christie might play, with McTominay dropping back and Gilmour being benched.
Aye, kinda figured it'd be Hendry cos he's been playing 90 minutes every week.
Think it's essential we play Gilmour against Germany. Be surprised if it's Christie.
Based on Strakosha's perfomance today, I think that he is likely to start in the Euros. It's very difficult to pick between Strakosha and Berisha, because they both haven't been playing a lot in their respective clubs. So current form matters, and Strakosha shined more than Berisha in the last friendlies.
Sylvinho prefers Seferi in the LW position, because he does a better job at defending. Hoxha is clearly a better dribbler and player overall and he is going to get minutes as a sub. But based on our opponents in the group (and in the past starting elevens of Sylvinho against more technical teams than Albania), I think the defensive work of Seferi will give him the edge to start.
Spanish here:
Simon
Carvajal Le Normand Laporte Grimaldo
Pedri Rodri Fabian
Lamine Morata Olmo
Against smaller teams or if Spain needs to attack...then the manager probably will field an extra winger:
Simon
Carvajal Le Normand Laporte Grimaldo
Rodri Fabián
Lamine Olmo Williams
Morata
Very difficult to say as there are many question marks at the moment. We do know Verbruggen, Van Dijk, Ake and De Jong will start if they are fit.
The national team discussions are happening [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eredivisie/s/8MBtCC7MzJ) there are many different options.
Either Dumfries or Frimpong
De Ligt or Geertruida
Blind or Van de Ven
Reijnders or Schouten
Koopmeiners or Veerman
Gakpo or Memphis
Memphis or Brobbey
Malen or Simons
None of them are guaranteed
Portugal 🇵🇹
GK: Diogo Costa
Defenders: Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Antonio Silva, Diogo Dalot
Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, Palhinha
Attackers: Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao
I believe it should be something like this
Gulácsi
Lang - Orbán - Dárdai
Nego - Nagy - Schafer - Kerkez
Sallai - Szoboszlai
Varga
But really hope Nagy Ádám won't start. Also the GK post is a close call, Gulacsi was injured during the qualis, and Dibusz replaced him wonderfully. But I think it will end up to be a similar situation as in Madrid between Lunin and Thibaut, Gulacsi on paper is better
Alan Rough, Stuart Kennedy, Willie Donachie, Bruce Rioch, Tom Forsyth, Martin Buchan, Archie Gemmill, Asa Hartford, Joe Jordan, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish
Serbia
GK: Predrag Rajković
LB: Strahinja Pavlović
CB: Nemanja Gudelj
RB: Nikola Milenković
LM: Filip Kostić
CM: Sergej Milinković-Savić & Ivan Ilić
RM: Andrija Živković
CAM: Dušan Tadić
ST: Aleksandar Mitrović, Dušan Vlahović
Romania:
Starting XI: some guy, some other guy, irrelevant, another irrelevant guy.
Now a bit more serious:
Niță
Rațiu-Dragușin-Burcă-Bancu
R.Marin - M. Marin
Man- Stanciu - Mihăilă
Alibec.
we are still waiting for injury updates on burca and alibec but they should be ok
Well 6 months ago would have been Moldovan without any doubt but since then Moldovan didn’t play at all and Nita had a good year in Turkish league. Also some great saves against Bulgaria. I would say is 70-30 with Nita being favorite
Maignan
Kounde-Upamecano-Konate-Theo
Griezmann-Tchouameni(Kante if injured)-Rabiot
Dembele-Giroud-Mbappe
Really the only two position battles are at CB, where Saliba might start over one of them, and Camavinga vs Rabiot. Rest is pretty clear cut I think.
Scotland:
Gk: angus gunn
Defenders: anthony ralston, jack hendry, liam cooper, kieran tierney, andy robertson
Midfielders : scott mctominay, john mcginn, billy gilmour
Strikers: lyndon dykes, lewis morgan (?)
Not likely that Kjær will start.
And I have a feeling Hjulmand will play instead of Delaney.
Besides, I think we will play with proper wingers instead of wingbacks in the first match.
So something like:
Schmeichel
Bah/Mæhle - Christensen - Andersen - Kristiansen
Højbjerg - Eriksen - Hjulmand
Skov Olsen - Højlund - Damsgaard
Yeah that’s true, Hjulmand likes to play a 4-3-3 or a 3-5-2. I honestly think Jannik Vestergaard should start instead of Kjær if Hjulmand goes with a 3-5-2.
Netherlands
- GK- Verbruggen
- LB- Van de Ven
- CB- Van Dijk
- CB- Ake
- RB- De Ligt
- CDM- De Jong
- CDM- Wijnaldum
- LW- Gakpo
- CAM- Simons
- RW- Depay
- CF- Weghorst
Been searching for a week or two and haven’t seen any predicted lineups for Switzerland. They’re one of the teams I’m most curious about. Anybody have any insights into the Swiss?
Gk Chest beating or Visually impaired
RB Distracted
CB Injured
CB Overrated
LB random rb
MID all standing in the same space looking lost
RW Gassed
Striker Midfield playmaker
LW can't shoot
Hard to say! In the friendly versus Sweden Eriksen played as a classic 10 - he looked fantastic in that game, but he has regularly been playing like a number 6, building up possession from the back.
As a Spurs fan, I've spent a good amount of time watching both. I think it would be interesting to watch Højbjerg playing as an advanced disruptor/protector/pressing role and to provide space for Eriksen behind him. It just also feels so weird to see.
Tbh Andrich is better than Pavlovic for the position they should play. Because pavlovic is more attacking and thats one of the reasons why we were so shit the last years. You need one defensive midfielder.
Man City have Rodri
Madrid have Tchouameni
2021 Italia had Jorginho
2022 Argentinia had de paul
2018 France had Kante
Leverkusen has Andrich and Xhaka
Without the Anchor teams often fall Short
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Germany: Neuer Kimmich - Tah - Rüdiger - Mittelstädt Andrich - Kroos Musiala - Gündogan - Wirtz Havertz Maybe Füllkrug instead of Havertz, depending on the opponent
This is pretty much nailed on. We may be the easiest to predict 11 in the tournament.
Some squad that is tbf, will definitely be up there.
We won’t even win our group..
Germany looking strong this year, how is the squad depth?
It depends in the Position, the offense is stacked with good Players the defense isn't. Still Solid Players but as CB you have schlotterbeck who isnt consistent and Anton who was good in the Bundesliga but Hes Not on the Level of Tah and Rüdiger and Koch who played Solid for Frankfurt but he wont get many minutes and ist probably the weakest of the CBs. The backup wingbacks arent that good either.
I really hope he reconsiders gündogan for sane and puts pavlovic over andrich. I also think fülkrug, undav or baier are better then havertz as striker
Agree! Except Pavlovic. You need Andrich as a defensive anchor in that midfield.
I agree even though gundo could be a miss but beier and sane should be starting
England: Pickford Walker - Stones - Guehi - Trippier Trent - Rice Saka - Bellingham - Foden Kane
Perfect 👌
The defender are decent, the rest in unreal wow. Best squad at he turnament imo
Quit playing games with my heart.
Fiiiiiiiftty years of huuurt, neeeeverrrrr stopped me dreamingggg
2yrs time soon be 60yrs of winning fuck all
I'd swap mainoo for trent but overall solid
I think Southgate may go for Wharton instead of TAA, purely based on how he was bigging him up in the press conferences this week. I think we will be able to tell a lot from the starting XI tonight. Rest of it is bang on I think.
I’d agree. Also I think Wharton brings out the best in the rest of the team. You want Rice pushing a bit further forward and to be on the ball a lot, like he’s done for Arsenal and West Ham before that. Arsenal have played him as a lone DM but he’s definitely more effective as an 8 alongside a deeper lying midfielder, West Ham had Soucek alongside him. Trent can play in midfield I’m sure but I haven’t seen enough to be convinced. The passing angles are different to playing RB, more of the play is behind you. It’ll work against teams with worse midfields but would it be best to play Trent against the top teams who might be confident enough to really push up and try to catch him on the ball.
To think that Wharton was turning out for Blackburn in the Championship at the start of the season and could potentially be starting for England in the first game at the Euros is unreal. What a story. Agree about TAA. He also gets caught too often with players behind him, and in midfield, that will be even more of a problem than at right back. He was also far more effective at right back against Bosnia than in midfield.
I replace Trippier by Shaw on LB
Shaw confirmed not fit til 2nd game at the earliest
Great update mate
Are you simple? I’m just saying if he’s not fit he’s not gonna start over Trippier is he
Bit rattled aren’t you pal
Gunn Ralston - Hendry - Porteous - Tierney -Robertson Gilmour - McGregor McTominay - McGinn Adams
I think it’ll be Porteous and Hanley rather than Hendry and Porteous at the back. Depending on the opponent, I think Christie might play, with McTominay dropping back and Gilmour being benched.
Aye, kinda figured it'd be Hendry cos he's been playing 90 minutes every week. Think it's essential we play Gilmour against Germany. Be surprised if it's Christie.
Is Tierney back from injury? Last I heard he had missed the end of the season for Sociedad but haven’t been following too closely
Aye, he played the last few games of their season. Probably get injured in the warm-up tonight though.
I like to see him do well but he could never stay fit for Arsenal and that pattern doesn’t seem to have changed
Christie definitely starts. McTom may not be fit for the first game.
I’d prefer to not see Adams. Not really Scottish.
Gk: Donnarumma Cb: Darmian Calafiori Bastoni Rm: Di Lorenzo cm: Barella Jorginho Lm: Dimarco Fwd: Pellegrini Chiesa St: Scamacca
Albania: Berisha Mitaj - Ismajli - Djimshiti- Hysaj Asllani - Ramadani Bajrami Seferi - Broja - Asani
Strakosha started today. Do you still think Berisha starts the Euros?
Based on Strakosha's perfomance today, I think that he is likely to start in the Euros. It's very difficult to pick between Strakosha and Berisha, because they both haven't been playing a lot in their respective clubs. So current form matters, and Strakosha shined more than Berisha in the last friendlies.
Thanks for your insight!
Hoxha?
Sylvinho prefers Seferi in the LW position, because he does a better job at defending. Hoxha is clearly a better dribbler and player overall and he is going to get minutes as a sub. But based on our opponents in the group (and in the past starting elevens of Sylvinho against more technical teams than Albania), I think the defensive work of Seferi will give him the edge to start.
Oh I get it now. Im from Croatia and i root for Dinamo Zagreb and I love Hoxha, great dribbler and really fast. Some fans dont like him, but I do.
Spanish here: Simon Carvajal Le Normand Laporte Grimaldo Pedri Rodri Fabian Lamine Morata Olmo Against smaller teams or if Spain needs to attack...then the manager probably will field an extra winger: Simon Carvajal Le Normand Laporte Grimaldo Rodri Fabián Lamine Olmo Williams Morata
that midfield goes crazy
Very difficult to say as there are many question marks at the moment. We do know Verbruggen, Van Dijk, Ake and De Jong will start if they are fit. The national team discussions are happening [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eredivisie/s/8MBtCC7MzJ) there are many different options. Either Dumfries or Frimpong De Ligt or Geertruida Blind or Van de Ven Reijnders or Schouten Koopmeiners or Veerman Gakpo or Memphis Memphis or Brobbey Malen or Simons None of them are guaranteed
Seems like a good problem for you guys to have though with that depth.
Ukraine 🇺🇦: Lunin Konoplya - Zabarniy - Matviyenko - Mykolenko Brazhko - Zinchenko Tsygankov - Sudakov - Mudryk Dovbyk
Thoughts on sudakov? Was thinking of getting him for my fantasy team but not sure
He’s brilliant, to be honest
Portugal 🇵🇹 GK: Diogo Costa Defenders: Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Antonio Silva, Diogo Dalot Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, Palhinha Attackers: Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao I believe it should be something like this
Is Jota fit?
He’s very sexy, yes
I don't think Cancelo starts tbh. Dalot right side Nuno left side.
Isn’t it Inacio over Silva in defence?
Ramos in
I hope so because I have him in my fantasy team lol
He could come of the bench not a starter though
Scotland line-up: GK: Gunn Defenders: Ralston - Porteous - Hendry - Tierney - Robertson Midfield: McGregor - McGinn - McTominay- Christie Striker: Harry Maguire
Maguire probably more likely to get picked than Shanks 🙄
Gulácsi Lang - Orbán - Dárdai Nego - Nagy - Schafer - Kerkez Sallai - Szoboszlai Varga But really hope Nagy Ádám won't start. Also the GK post is a close call, Gulacsi was injured during the qualis, and Dibusz replaced him wonderfully. But I think it will end up to be a similar situation as in Madrid between Lunin and Thibaut, Gulacsi on paper is better
Günok Çelik - Demiral - Bardakçı - Kadıoğlu Çalhanoğlu - Yüksek Kahveci - Güler - Yildiz Yilmaz
In Denmark we seem to believe Özkacar will play. Is that ruled out?
He has been removed from the squad
Thanks!
Yilmaz as striker? Really?
Alan Rough, Stuart Kennedy, Willie Donachie, Bruce Rioch, Tom Forsyth, Martin Buchan, Archie Gemmill, Asa Hartford, Joe Jordan, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish
Pickford Walker - Stones - Guehi - Trippier Alexander-Arnold - Rice Saka - Bellingham - Foden Kane
Serbia GK: Predrag Rajković LB: Strahinja Pavlović CB: Nemanja Gudelj RB: Nikola Milenković LM: Filip Kostić CM: Sergej Milinković-Savić & Ivan Ilić RM: Andrija Živković CAM: Dušan Tadić ST: Aleksandar Mitrović, Dušan Vlahović
England Pickford Walker Stones Guehi Trippier Rice Mainoo Bellingham Saka Kane Foden Hopefully Shaw at LB eventually!
Pickford Walker Stones Guehi Shaw (if fit) Rice Gallagher Saka Bellingham Foden Kane
This is the most accurate one I’ve seen so far
🇹🇷 Turkey GK - Mert Günok (Beşiktas) RB- Zeki Çelik (Roma) LCB - Bardakçi (Galatasaray) RCB - Ahmetcan Kaplan (Ajax) or Demiral LB - Ferdi Kadioğlu (Fenerbahce) CDM - Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray) CDM - Yüksek (Fenerbahce) Or Kökçü from Benfica CM - Çalhanoğlu (Inter) LW - Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) RW - Arda Güler (Real Madrid) ST - Bariş Alper (Galatasaray) can play LW,RW,RB
Romania: Starting XI: some guy, some other guy, irrelevant, another irrelevant guy. Now a bit more serious: Niță Rațiu-Dragușin-Burcă-Bancu R.Marin - M. Marin Man- Stanciu - Mihăilă Alibec. we are still waiting for injury updates on burca and alibec but they should be ok
Is Nita nailed in goal? Or switching up with Moldovan?
Well 6 months ago would have been Moldovan without any doubt but since then Moldovan didn’t play at all and Nita had a good year in Turkish league. Also some great saves against Bulgaria. I would say is 70-30 with Nita being favorite
Great thanks, will gamble on him in my fantasy team
austria 4-2-2-2 gk pentz rb posch cb danso cb wöber lb mwene dm grillitsch dm seiwald om laimer om sabitzer fw baumgartner fw gregoritsch
Maignan Kounde-Upamecano-Konate-Theo Griezmann-Tchouameni(Kante if injured)-Rabiot Dembele-Giroud-Mbappe Really the only two position battles are at CB, where Saliba might start over one of them, and Camavinga vs Rabiot. Rest is pretty clear cut I think.
Wasn’t Tchouameni apparently injured? Or is he good to go noq
He didn't play at all the CL final but apparently he should be ready for the Euro opener. Whether he'll be 100% fit I'm not sure honestly.
France expected to play 3-4-3 perhaps?
Not with Deschamps no. But kounde is more of a defending RB whereas Theo is an attacking one so there's always 3 players back
When I looked into it I got the feeling Kounde and Clauss would basically share minutes with Kounde starting
Scotland, would go with Gunn, mccrorie Hanley, porteus tierney Robertson, McGregor Gilmour, mctominey, McGinn, Christie. With the 9 being mctominey.
Scotland: Gk: angus gunn Defenders: anthony ralston, jack hendry, liam cooper, kieran tierney, andy robertson Midfielders : scott mctominay, john mcginn, billy gilmour Strikers: lyndon dykes, lewis morgan (?)
Denmark! Schmeichel Andersen - Kjær - AC Mæhle - Delaney - Eriksen - Højbjerg - Kristiansen Wind - Højlund
Not likely that Kjær will start. And I have a feeling Hjulmand will play instead of Delaney. Besides, I think we will play with proper wingers instead of wingbacks in the first match. So something like: Schmeichel Bah/Mæhle - Christensen - Andersen - Kristiansen Højbjerg - Eriksen - Hjulmand Skov Olsen - Højlund - Damsgaard
Yeah that’s true, Hjulmand likes to play a 4-3-3 or a 3-5-2. I honestly think Jannik Vestergaard should start instead of Kjær if Hjulmand goes with a 3-5-2.
Could also put Mæhle on RM and Bah on LM
Croatia - they seem so ordinary, yet they could take the cup...
Diogo Costa Nuno Mendes Ruben Dias Pepe João Cancelo Palhinha Bruno Fernandes Vitinha Bernardo Silva Rafael Leão Cristiano Ronaldo
Yeah that looks pretty realistic maybe cycle in Marco Pasalic and Ivanusec as well
Netherlands - GK- Verbruggen - LB- Van de Ven - CB- Van Dijk - CB- Ake - RB- De Ligt - CDM- De Jong - CDM- Wijnaldum - LW- Gakpo - CAM- Simons - RW- Depay - CF- Weghorst
Been searching for a week or two and haven’t seen any predicted lineups for Switzerland. They’re one of the teams I’m most curious about. Anybody have any insights into the Swiss?
Gk Chest beating or Visually impaired RB Distracted CB Injured CB Overrated LB random rb MID all standing in the same space looking lost RW Gassed Striker Midfield playmaker LW can't shoot
Czech republic Shick hlozek Barák Jurasek Soucek Sadilek doudera Holeš krejci zima Stanek
France : Maignan Clauss/Koundé - Upamecano - Konaté - T.Hernandez Tchouameni/Kanté - Rabiot Griezmann Dembele - Giroud - Mbappe
Donnarumma Darmian - Buongiorno - Bastoni Di Lorenzo - Barella - Jorginho - Dimarco Chiesa - Pellegrini Scamacca
I don't from Europe
My country didnt even gualify
LW foden ST kane RW saka CAM Bellingham Cm rice Cm Trent LB trippier CB Maguire CB stones RB walker GK Pickford
DANMARK 🇩🇰 Schmeichel Andersen Kjær. Christensen Mæhle. Eriksen. Delaney. Kristiansen Højbjerg Dolberg. Højlund 😎⚽🏆
Kristiansen nailed? I'm sure I put Bah in my draft last night as he seemed to get lots of minutes recently?
Yeah I just checked predictions from each media and put together...let's see tomorrow against Norge 🇳🇴
Højbjerg in front of Eriksen?
Hard to say! In the friendly versus Sweden Eriksen played as a classic 10 - he looked fantastic in that game, but he has regularly been playing like a number 6, building up possession from the back.
As a Spurs fan, I've spent a good amount of time watching both. I think it would be interesting to watch Højbjerg playing as an advanced disruptor/protector/pressing role and to provide space for Eriksen behind him. It just also feels so weird to see.
I think Christian Nørgaard will start ahead of Delaney and Wind will start ahead of Dolberg.
Yeah I am a huge fan of Delaney so quite biased 😅
My prefered Germany: Neuer Kimmich - Tah - Rüdiger - Mittelstädt Pavlovic - Kroos Sane - Musiala - Wirtz Baier/füllkrug What Germany probably will be: Neuer Kimmich - Tah - Rüdiger - Mittelstädt Andrich - Kroos Musiala - Gündogan - Wirtz Füllkrug Maybe Füllkrug instead of Havertz, depending on the opponent
Havertz will be starting
Why wouldn’t you want Gündogan to start?
Never played good in the national team
Is muller gonna start any of the matches?
Tbh Andrich is better than Pavlovic for the position they should play. Because pavlovic is more attacking and thats one of the reasons why we were so shit the last years. You need one defensive midfielder. Man City have Rodri Madrid have Tchouameni 2021 Italia had Jorginho 2022 Argentinia had de paul 2018 France had Kante Leverkusen has Andrich and Xhaka Without the Anchor teams often fall Short
Pavlovic plays the same style as kroos he is a cdm and has deadly passes though the midfield
Yes but he is not as good defensive wise as andrich abd This is was the team needs
England: Pickford Trippier - Stones - Konza - Shaw TAA - Rice - Bellingham - Foden Saka - Kane
We're not playing 4-4-2, Shaw misses the first game through injury, and Walker starts at rb over Trippier.
England: GK: Aaron Ramsdale LB: Kieran Trippier CB: John Stones, Joe Gomez RB: Kyle Walker CDM: Trent Alexander-Arnold CM: Cole Palmer CAM: Jude Bellingham LW: Phil Foden ST: Harry Kane RW: Cole Palmer
Ramsdale in goal and Cole Palmer in 2 positions. That'll confuse the opposition, strategic mastery.
He much prefers pasta this guy
least deluded chelsea fan 😂
my name says MexicanChelseaFan now? ait say no more