Baptista_8 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Here's the game, you predict the 23-man squads of your home nation and one other nation. For every player you get right in your home nation squad you get 1 point, for every player you get right in your other squad you get 1.5 points. If you select a player that hasn't been capped by their national team for over 1 whole year (since 1st June 2015) and they get called up, you will receive 1 bonus point. For example, if Fernando Torres is called up by Spain and you predicted him, you will receive 1 bonus point. This rule does not apply to goalkeepers, for obvious reasons. It also applies to anyone who's uncapped. If an uncapped outfield player gets called up, you'll get the bonus point. The final squads are announced on 1 June but I guess some nations will announce theirs way before that, so therefore the deadline to enter this competition is 10th May at 11pm. You can edit your squads as much as you like up until the deadline in case of injuries or oversights etc, please try and stick to your guns so you're not just copying other squads though. Let's keep this interesting! Anyone who edits their squad predictions post after the deadline of 10th May will be disqualified. The final official squads which are present on 1 June are what I'll go off for scoring. For example if a nation announces their squad on 25th May and a player gets injured and pulls out before 1st June, you won't get points if you had predicted that player to be in the squad. If a player pulls out through injury after 1st June, that won't matter and you'll still get points. Every squad has to have 3 goalkeepers, please bear that in mind. Make it clear which is your home nation prediction and which is your other nation. I'm trusting you'll all be honest when it comes to this. If you're from outside of Europe, it's fine to join in, just select the nation you feel you have the most knowledge about as your home nation. Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 I've just added a bonus point ruling in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Sounds good, I'll post my list sometime this coming week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 What happens with injuries? For example, like the last World Cup, Ribery was called up then he got injured and got replaced by Cabella. If I predicted Ribery in the beginning, do I still get that point? Edit: Sorry didnt read through. I'm an idiot. I'll post mine later this week. I'm procrastinating bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopra_hill Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Wales Wayne Hennessey Danny Ward Owain Fon Williams Ashley Williams Chris Gunter Adam Matthews James Chester James Collins Ben Davies Neil Taylor Jazz Richards Joe Ledley Joe Allen Aaron Ramsey Andy King Emyr Huws Dave Cottrell George Williams Dave Edwards Gareth Bale Hal Robson-Kanu Simon Church Sam Vokes France Hugo Lloris Mandanda Areola Sagna Debuchy Zouma Varane Koscielny Matheiu Evra Pogba Cabaye Kante Payet Ben Arfa Matuidi Schneiderlin Valbuena Griezman Giroud Martial Benzema Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Cheers guys, first entry in! Chops - you need 1 more player in your France squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopra_hill Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Yeah, I couldn't think of another LB at all. Actually, I'll go Gael Clichy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Here are mine: Home nation - England Joe Hart Fraser Forster Ben Foster Nathaniel Clyne Kyle Walker Danny Rose Chris Smalling Gary Cahill John Stones Phil Jones Eric Dier James Milner Jack Wilshere Dele Alli Ross Barkley Adam Lallana Andros Townsend Raheem Sterling Danny Welbeck Harry Kane Jamie Vardy Daniel Sturridge Wayne Rooney Other nation - France Hugo Lloris Steve Mandanda Alphonse Areola Patrice Evra Lucas Digne Christophe Jallet Bacary Sagna Raphael Varane Laurent Koscielny Jeremy Mathieu Eliaquim Mangala Yohan Cabaye N’Golo Kante Blaise Matuidi Morgan Schneiderlin Moussa Sissoko Paul Pogba Dimitri Payet Kingsley Coman Antoine Griezmann Anthony Martial Alexandre Lacazette Olivier Giroud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett.spurs Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Joe Hart Fraser Forster Tom Heaton Nathaniel Clyne Kyle Walker Gary Cahill Chris Smalling John Stones Danny Rose Ryan Bertrand Eric Dier Jack Wilshere Danny Drinkwater Dele Alli Ross Barkley Adam Lallana James Milner Raheem Sterling Theo Walcott Harry Kane Jamie Vardy Wayne Rooney Daniel Sturridge ----------------------- Thibaut Courtois Simon Mignolet Jean-Francois Gillet Nicolas Lombaerts Guillaume Gillet Toby Alderweireld Thomas Vermaelen Jason Denayer Jan Vertonghen Jordan Lukaku Axel Witsel Radja Nainggolan Steven Defour Mousa Dembele Marouane Fellaini Dries Mertens Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco Eden Hazard Kevin De Bruyne Romelu Lukaku Divock Origi Michy Batshuayi Christian Benteke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Home Nation: Belgium Thibaut Courtois Simon Mignolet Jean-François Gillet Guillaume Gillet Toby Alderweireld Jan Vertonghen Nicolas Lombaerts Thomas Vermaelen Jason Denayer Jordan Lukaku Bjorn Engels Axel Witsel Radja Nainggolan Mousa Dembele Marouane Fellaini Kevin De Bruyne Nacer Chadli Yannick Carrasco Eden Hazard Dries Mertens Romelu Lukaku Divock Origi Christian Benteke Other Nation: Portugal Rui Patricio Anthony Lopes Eduardo Pepe Bruno Alves Ricardo Carvalho Jose Fonte Vieirinha Eliseu Cedrick Raphael Guerreiro William Carvalho Andre Gomes Joao Moutinho Bernardo Silva Adrien Silva Joao Mario Danilo Pereira Rafa Silva Christiano Ronaldo Nani Eder Quaresma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBC#1 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Home nation - Ireland Randolph Forde Westwood Coleman Wilson Ward Keogh O' Shea Duffy Clark Walters Hoolahan McCarthy McLean Hendrick Whelan McGeady Brady Byrne Keane Long Doyle Murphy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I think you're supposed to do 2 nations Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 France Sagna Debuchy Zouma Varane Koscielny Matheiu Evra Zouma did his ACL in February. I'll be amazed if he makes it back within four months to play in the Euros Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Here are mine:Other nation - France Patrice Evra Lucas Digne Christophe Jallet Bacary Sagna Raphael Varane Laurent Koscielny Jeremy Mathieu Aymeric Laporte And Laporte broke his leg a month ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Do I have to pick England as my home nation? I live in England but I'm very much Australian when it comes to international football and don't really pay any attention to any English football outside of Coventry. La Liga is the only top league I actually watch so I'd be far more comfortable picking the Spain squad as my home nation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 yep both zouma/laporte are out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Home nation - Portugal R Patricio A Lopes Eduardo Cedric Vieirinha B Alves R Carvalho Pepe R Fonte Eliseu R Guerreiro Danilo W Carvalho J Moutinho J Mario Adrien A Gomes Nani C Ronaldo R Quaresma Rafa Eder B Silva Other nation - Belgium T Courtois S Mignolet J F Gillet V Kompany T Alderweireld J Vertonghen N Lombaerts T Vermaelen J Denayer J Lukaku B Engels A Witsel R Nainggolan M Dembele M Fellaini K De Bruyne N Chadli Y Carrasco E Hazard D Mertens R Lukaku D Origi C Benteke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Do I have to pick England as my home nation? I live in England but I'm very much Australian when it comes to international football and don't really pay any attention to any English football outside of Coventry. La Liga is the only top league I actually watch so I'd be far more comfortable picking the Spain squad as my home nation. If you honestly have more knowledge of Spanish players, go for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 yep both zouma/laporte are out I've replaced Laporte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Added in a couple of rules about uncapped players and editing squads up until the deadline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Home nation - Croatia Danijel Subašić Lovre Kalinić Ivan Vargić Vedran Ćorluka Domagoj Vida Gordon Schildenfeld Darijo Srna Šime Vrsaljko Tin Jedvaj Ivan Strinić Luka Modrić Mateo Kovačić Ivan Rakitić Marcelo Brozović Milan Badelj Ivan Perišić Alen Halilović Domagoj Antolić Mario Mandžukić Nikola Kalinić Marko Pjaca Andrej Kramarić Duje Čop Other nation - France Hugo Lloris Steve Mandanda Alphonse Areola Eliaquim Mangala Kurt Zouma Raphael Varane Laurent Koscielny Jeremy Mathieu Patrice Evra Lucas Digne Bacary Sagna Yohan Cabaye Morgan Schneiderlin N’Golo Kante Blaise Matuidi Paul Pogba Moussa Sissoko Dimitri Payet Kingsley Coman Olivier Giroud Anthony Martial Antoine Griezmann Alexandre Lacazette Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 6 entries so far JBC, you need to put another team in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orikoru Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 England squad Hart Forster Foster Walker Rose Bertrand Cahill Smalling Jagielka Stones Clyne Dier Alli Milner Barkley Sterling Lallana Wilshere Drinkwater Rooney Kane Sturridge Welbeck Vardy Don't really have any clue who to pick as a second nation. I suppose I'll go for Belgium. Courtois Mignolet J.Gillet Kompany Alderweireld Vertonghen Denayer Vermaelen Lombaerts G.Gillet Boyata Dembele Nainggolan Witsel De Bruyne E.Hazard Mertens Mirallas Fellaini Carrasco R.Lukaku Origi Benteke Batshuayi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 If you honestly have more knowledge of Spanish players, go for it. Cool The last England game I saw was vs Italy in Euro 2012... It's not that I support Spain (people who do that are weird) it's just the only European nation who's squad I have a good grip on. Home Nation - Spain Iker Casillas - Del Bosque such a moron David De Gea Sergio Rico Gerard Pique Sergio Ramos Javi Martinez Marc Bartra Jordi Alba Juan Bernat Juanfran Cesar Azpilicueta Koke Andres Iniesta Cesc Fabregas David Silva Saul Niguez Sergio Busquets Juan Mata Mikel San Jose Pedro Paco Alcacer Alvaro Morata Artiz Aduriz I'll have to think about who my away side will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Is he really going to leave Juan Mata at home? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ha I knew I'd completely forget someone in that midfield. Edit - Have replaced Cazorla with Mata. He probably wont take Saul tbh but he'd be really stupid not to, he's like the ultimate utility man (can comfortably play anywhere from CB to CF) who also happens to be a very good player and pretty different to their other midfield options. Javi Martinez also hasn't been called up in ages but their backup CB options are so weak and he's pretty versatile I'd be amazed if he didn't go. With San Jose and Saul both able to play CB could even potentially replace Bartra with another midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Just four days left to enter guys...get those entries in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Guess I'll have a go at the French squad for my other nation, probably going to be miles off though. Other Nation - French Hugo Lloris Steve Mandanda Alphonse Areola Bacary Sagna Patrice Evra Lucas Digne Jeremy Mathieu Raphael Varane Laurent Koscielny Eliaquim Mangala Christophe Jallet N'Golo Kante Blaise Matuidi Paul Pogba Geoffrey Kondogbia Yohan Cabaye Dimitri Payet Hatem Ben Arfa Antoine Griezmann Anthony Martial Olivier Giroud Alexandre Lacazette Kingsley Coman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Kompany out of Euro 2016 apparently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootador Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Yeah, confirmed on his own facebook page "I'll miss the Euros. To me that's very sad news. So I could be standing here, feeling sorry for myself. I could fear for my career, as others may do. I could give up. That is not me. I decide on my future . There is a bigger picture to everything in life and only failing to see it, will cause me to fail. I am a hard worker and a fighter and if you are too, then you know that, to people like us, success can come in many forms. We trust ourselves when the going gets tough. I have the greatest respect for those who overcome their personal challenges in life with a positive attitude. I want to live up to that. So I remain calm and positive. I will continue to follow my path and I will do so with more conviction than ever. I trust my friends and teammates to do well and do us proud at the next European Championships in France. I am now officially their most fervent supporter and I will be there to support them. Written from my hospital bed, Never giving up, Vincent Kompany" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1111 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 England Hart Forster Heaton Clyne Walker Smalling Stones Cahill Rose Bertrand Dier Alli Barkley Milner Lallana Sterling Wilshere Henderson Rooney Sturridge Welbeck Kane Vardy France Lloris Mandanda Costil Sagna Jallet Koscielny Varane Mangala Perrin Evra Kurzawa Cabaye Pogba Matuidi Kante Diarra Sissoko Payet Giroud Martial Griezmann Coman Lacazette Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 ENGLAND Joe Hart Fraser Forster Tom Heaton Chris Smalling Gary Cahill Nathaniel Clyne Ryan Bertrand Danny Rose John Stones Phil Jagielka Kyle Walker Eric Dier Dele Alli Daniel Drinkwater James Milner Adam Lallana Raheem Sterling Ross Barkley Harry Kane Wayne Rooney Jamie Vardy Theo Walcott Daniel Sturridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 SPAIN Iker Casillas David De Gea Sergio Rico Sergio Ramos Gerard Pique Jordi Alba Juanfran Cesar Azpilicueta Dani Carvajal Mikel San Jose Sergio Busquets Javi Martinez Andres Iniesta Cesc Fabregas Koke Thiago Isco David Silva Juan Mata Pedro Diego Costa Paco Alcacer Alvaro Morata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Deadline today if anyone wants to enter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orikoru Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Just edited mine above to take Kompany out. And Welbeck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzaj Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 England Hart, Forster, Heaton Smalling, Stones, Cahill, Clyne, Bertrand, Rose, Jagielka Dier, Alli, Henderson, Milner, Drinkwater, Wilshere, Sterling, Barkley, Lallana Rooney, Vardy, Kane, Sturridge Wales Hennessey, Fôn Williams, Ward A. Williams, Taylor, Davies, Gunter, Richards, Collins, Chester, Matthews Ramsey, Allen, Ledley, King, Vaughan, Edwards, J. Williams, Cotterill Vokes, Church, Robson-Kanu, Bale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBurns Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Spain - home team Iker Casillas David De Gea Sergio Rico Juanfran Cesar Azpilicueta Gerard Pique Sergio Ramos Javi Martinez Jordi Alba Juan Bernat Sergio Busquets Mikel San Jose Koke Andres Iniesta Cesc Fabregas Saul Niguez Juan Mata David Silva Isco Paco Alcacer Alvaro Morata Nolito France - other team Lloris Mandanda Costil Sagna Jallet Koscielny Varane Mangala Laporte Evra Kurzawa Cabaye Pogba Matuidi Kante Diarra Ben Arfa Payet Giroud Martial Griezmann Coman Lacazette Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Thanks for all your entries! No more entries or editing of entries please, the deadline has now passed. Full list of entrants: adhikapp – England (Home nation) and Spain Baptista_8 – England (Home nation) and France brett.spurs – England (Home nation) and Belgium chopra_hill – Wales (Home nation) and France DBurns – Spain (Home nation) and France G-Man11 – Spain (Home nation) and France Gorando – Belgium (Home nation) and Portugal GunmaN1905 – Crotia (Home nation) and France Hazzaj – England (Home nation) and Wales kingjericho – Portugal (Home nation) and Belgium Orikoru – England (Home nation) and Belgium s1111 – England (Home nation) and France I'll tally up as soon as possible after 1st June. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Damn I wanted to make a last minute change Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Seeker Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 That Belgium squad is so strong on paper! Who's the other Lukaku!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 That Belgium squad is so strong on paper! Who's the other Lukaku!? A left-back I believe, he is on FIFA anyway. An awesome squad. Chadli must be gutted. How harsh selecting 24 players btw, just the one missing out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 That Belgium squad is so strong on paper! Who's the other Lukaku!? Romelu's brother one defender will be left out the final squad. My guess is it will be Boyata or Meunier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thought Chadli was a dead cert though. But looking at that squad, it's hard to drop one for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orikoru Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thought Chadli was a dead cert though. But looking at that squad, it's hard to drop one for him. Feeling smug that I left him out of my prediction now. He has barely featured for us this season to be honest. I'm more surprised Mirallas isn't in. Surely one of the defenders will be the one who's cut, nobody needs nine defenders. Hopefully Engels or Meunier dropped since I didn't predict them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Other nation - FranceHugo Lloris Steve Mandanda Alphonse Areola Eliaquim Mangala Kurt Zouma Raphael Varane Laurent Koscielny Jeremy Mathieu Patrice Evra Lucas Digne Bacary Sagna Yohan Cabaye Morgan Schneiderlin N’Golo Kante Blaise Matuidi Paul Pogba Moussa Sissoko Dimitri Payet Kingsley Coman Olivier Giroud Anthony Martial Antoine Griezmann Alexandre Lacazette Areola-Costil Jallet-Zouma Schneiderlin-L.Diarra Lacazette-Gignac Those were my mistakes. Correct me if I made a mistake. Gignac? rly. <.< That's 28,5 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noob21 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Giroud, Gignac (tbf they're like Didier's favorites) No Lacazette or Gameiro I get that Martial is the next Henry and all but I doubt he would've been picked if he was still in Monaco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Has Ruffier fallen off badly? Surely hes better than Costil though? And Sissoko over Rabiot and Schneiderlin is a cop-out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 As bad as Sissoko is, Schneiderlin has had a really poor season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Real Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 That Belgium squad is so strong on paper! Who's the other Lukaku!? From what I gather Jordan Lukaku could be playing in the Premier League next season. Watford is supposedly eying him. Not a bad player. Technically above average. Explosive player good going forward, but I'm having my doubts about his defensive positioning. Considering he's playing in the Belgian League for Oostende he's still relatively untested at a higher level. On-topic: I think our squad looks good imo but our defence is gonna be a problem I fear. Both our centre-halve from the previous World Cup are gone (Kompany injured, Van Buyten retired) and our back-ups for the defensive positions are not quite up to the standard of the rest of the squad. Vermaelen is never gonna be fit for an entire championship, Lombaerts is decent without anything more and Denayer is talented, but he is what he is. A 20-year defender currently playing for Galatasaray. Still has lots to learn and looked a bit shaky against Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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