Euro 2016 Qualifiers - The Road to France

[ROVERT47]

I wonder if England have ever qualified for a football tournament be it Euro or World with a 100% record before, pretty impressive stuff.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

No. Very few teams have. Germany and Spain have done, as have France for Euro 2000 as I remember

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I wonder if England have ever qualified for a football tournament be it Euro or World with a 100% record before, pretty impressive stuff.

Not since it became full blown qualifying groups rather than just three teams or whatever. We've gone unbeaten 2-3 times but never 100%.

 

[Parkins left foot]

For the purposes of working out the best third team I guess you have to make it all effectively groups of five. Seems a bit silly but not sure how you could do it any differently.

Hungary are going to be best third placed. Had Greece not lost to the Faroes then Hungary would be getting six points chalked off that they had scored against the Faroes and Ukraine would be through. Really feels a touch unsatisfactory but I don't see many other alternatives (bar the fucking obvious of putting France through qualifying and having equal group sizes).

Only problem with that is that France have a habit of blowing hot & cold - could easily not qualify.

A Euro without the home nation would be a novelty. (though as England have shown in the RWC it doesn't stop when they are not there)

 

[Tony Towner]

Watford had better hope Gomes stays fit because this guy is shocking

 

[ROVERT47]

Thanks both.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

A Euro without the home nation would be a novelty. (though as England have shown in the RWC it doesn't stop when they are not there)

You get to see it in 2020 as there is no home nation.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Kane has to start over Rooney.

I'd never play Rooney up top. I'm a huge fan but he needs to get his zip back. Still the first player on the team sheet for me. Kane ahead of him.
Barkley and Carrick behind. Sterling and another wide.
I know this won't happen.

 

[Kenny]

You get to see it in 2020 as there is no home nation.

Looking forward to Platini doing a World Cup in the same style...

 

[Parkins left foot]

You get to see it in 2020 as there is no home nation.

Is that Platini's great idea of spreading it around all over Europe?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Is that Platini's great idea of spreading it around all over Europe?

Yeah, I mean what could go wrong.

 

[Nando]

I'd never play Rooney up top. I'm a huge fan but he needs to get his zip back. Still the first player on the team sheet for me. Kane ahead of him.
Barkley and Carrick behind. Sterling and another wide.
I know this won't happen.

He's been downright shocking for the best part of nine months now. He's an active hindrance to United at the moment. I'm not exaggerating when I say that there's no good part to his game as it is.

 

[ROVERT47]

Has there ever been an example of the Captain of England being dropped for a perceived lack of form?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Has there ever been an example of the Captain of England being dropped for a perceived lack of form?

I think Platt was technically still captain leading into Euro 96 but couldn't get in the team. Some injuries but ultimately he just wasn't in our best XI so didn't start many games.

Vardy's fluffed his lines tonight. Got to say I'd have him some way down the pecking order, I prefer all of Ings, Berahino, Rodriguez to him, let alone the more established players who aren't playing tonight.

 

[North West Wanderer]

I think the squad pretty much picks itself. And that there maybe five places under debate?

 

[Freddeno]

No place for sturridge then in the euros?

 

[ROVERT47]

No place for sturridge then in the euros?

Probably be injured.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm sure Sturridge will go if he's fit. However I don't think he's had one good game in an England shirt and I wouldn't put any money on him not being injured from one day to the next.

 

[North West Wanderer]

If fit he goes.

Hart
Butland

Baines
Shaw
Smalling
Cahill
Stones
Clyne

Wilshire
Carrick
Milner
Henderson
Barkley
Sterling
Walcott
Oxlade

Rooney
Sturridge
Kane

I think those are all nailed on, if fit.

 

[Tony Towner]

Forwards assuming fitness will be Welbeck, Sturridge, Rooney and Kane with Walcott offering the additional option. Roy will stay loyal to his tried and trusted