How many English players would get into the best XI from Euro2012?

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  1. madmark62

    madmark62 Well-Known Member

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    None is my pick, not even close to getting one player in.

    So over to H/T to tell I am wrong and why I am !!!
     
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    Agreed mark, also you don't see the Spanish or Italians queuing to take our players,
     
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    Cole would come closest but he wouldn't be close to the 11. Do you know what he's won though? Loads.
     
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    I'd forgot about cole, which is strange considering how much he's won.... I was thinking maybe joe hart.
     
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    Joe Hart would come closest for me but he's not as good as Buffon and Casillas so IMO no English player would get in.
     
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    Buffon had a great tournament for sure but I thought Casillas looked uncharacteristically shaky at times, especially on high balls. Having said that, it's pretty difficult to argue with one goal conceded in six games!
     
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    The other stat I heard is that Spain haven't conceded a goal in knockout football since 2006 - Zidane was the last player to achieve it. Phenomenal feat.
     
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    I didn't know that. Incredible! And someone on the BBC site tweeted last week that Spain can't defend for toffee. Hmmm!
     
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    Very true. They don't get the credit they deserve defensively.
     
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    Well since June 10th 2012 anyway, but prior to that yes.
     
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    Ashley Cole for me and maybe Lescott

    both showed up well in the matches they played .
     
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    Re: Ashley Cole for me and maybe Lescott

    Is Cole better than Lahm? Alba?
    Lescott better than Ramos? Pique?

    Nah, not even close.
     
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    I'd have selected

    Perkins, McNulty, Dawson, Golbourne & Dawson had they been picked by Roy Hodgson!:D
     
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    Re: I'd have selected

    I think Dawson is what we have been missing for a few years, someone to go out and do some damage, Perkins, not good enough in my opinion,Golbourne I hope will become a decent full back, McNulty is Ok , no more no less. Wiseman is a liability at rightback, his marking is poor and his positional sense is rank bad.
     
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    I've just realised

    I mentioned Dawson twice. So not only a drama queen, but bloody daft, too!:D Obviously I meant Collins. Therefore, McNulty & Collins in for Terry and Lescott, Golbourne for Cole, Perkins for Parker and Dawson (just the one!) for Gerrard.
    How dare you say I have rose tinted glasses, sir???:D
     
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    None of them anywhere near it.
     
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