In terms of performance combined with spirit I'd say Germany, Italy and Iceland are favorites to the title. Although I have to admit I haven't seen France play.

The determination on some of those Icelandic players faces after the game tells me they haven't finished their goal here yet.


Wales besides Bale is too weak.
Belgium is lacking a defining playstyle.
Poland has no clue how to play at all. Their performance after taking the lead their last game was abysmal. Maybe they know how to play when they are behind...
Portugal same as Wales, better overall players but their captain doesn't do for the team what Bale does for Wales.

Problem is that only one of those favorites will make it to the finals.

I kind of hope that Belgium starts living up to their quality as individuals but I'm afraid it's too little too late.

Based on what do people expect the English team to perform well in these tournaments?

As Ka-Pi said above but in reality, we all know exactly how England will perform in tournaments... trust me. We all know.

EDIT: My English was terrible in this post. Still tired.

We don't need new powerhouses. What we need first is finally rewarding teams that have been great for a decade.

So it's all about the coaches. In that case I can ask the same question again. 

Hope they get a young coach with a fresh look on the game and not afraid to make choices for the better of the team. 

Gold.  It was worth the wait :D 

BTW it's not Nice to make fun of people with speech problems.  

inflated transfer fees... Sterling alone should have defeated Iceland 1 vs 11 with 3-0... 

and i should have thursday or friday some free time to calculate all the prediction scores...

Based on call ups, I always thought that the FA were the ones ultimately deciding and Hodgeson had to be the front man, coming up with excuses to why certain people weren't picked etc.  Hodgeson was ultimately just a coach, not a manager. 

I blame Gary Neville..

England should play in 4-5-1.