All posts tagged "Euro 2016"

  • Hodgson heralds next generation of England with Euros squad

    Generational changes never happen in soccer overnight; it’s a gradual, perpetual process. Roy Hodgson, however, signaled the beginning of a new dawn for the English national team by naming a youthful provisional squad for Euro 2016, the...

    • Posted May 16, 2016
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  • Defending champions Spain have much to prove heading into Euros

    The Spanish national team are having another identity crisis. Two unfulfilling draws against Italy and Romania deflated any previous momentum the defending champions had heading into Euro 2016 this summer. They were flat, uninspiring and blunt up...

    • Posted March 30, 2016
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  • Leicester’s rise accelerates turnover for England squad ahead of Euros

    Roy Hodgson’s job as manager of the England national team is one that many a pundit or fantasy manager takes for granted.  Yet on May 11, the night Hodgson has to call the unfortunate members of the...

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Euro 2016 Qualifying Play-offs Analysis: The Final Four

    That’s all, folks; the qualifying stage for Euro 2016 has officially concluded with the final play-off games taking place over the course of the the international break of 2015. For some nations, the qualifiers have been more...

    • Posted November 18, 2015
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  • Jonathan Walters cements his legacy in Irish history with Euro qualification

    Jonathan Walters is a no-nonsense footballer, a workmanlike player who rose up from non-league football before making a name for himself under Tony Pulis’ reign at Stoke City. Every now and then, a picture of a Stoke...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • Remebering the luck of the Irish in the 1964 Euros

    They tell a story of Jose Villalonga, whose name was lost to the history books in the forty-four years of the Spanish national team’s trophy drought, before Spain’s first major international final in 1964. Spain hosted four...

    • Posted November 13, 2015
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  • The Grateful Eight: Eight more teams book tickets to Euro 2016

    Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, “The Hateful Eight” won’t be released in theaters until December, but one only has to look as far as the latest Euro 2016 qualification matches to find the grateful eight nations to have...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • Assessing the first twelve Euro 2016 finalists

    The qualification process for Euro 2016, the fifteenth edition of the competition, is almost over and twelve out of twenty-four spots in the final have been taken with the remaining set to be claimed in the coming...

    • Posted October 11, 2015
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  • Bale on the brink of glory with Wales

    The Welsh national team have a history of one-off legends: Ian Rush, Neville Southall, and Ryan Giggs to name a few.  Now despite his youth, it is fair to add Gareth Bale to that list too. In...

    • Posted March 28, 2015
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  • MOTD: England 5-0 San Marino

    It was the kind if mismatch that had to be played, but will hardly affect Euro 2016 qualifying at all. The match tonight perhaps said more about UEFA’s new qualifying and tournament format than either San Marino...

    • Posted October 9, 2014
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