Re: Road to UEFA Euro 2016 France
Turkey is downgrading from a B team to a C team. We were from 2000 to 2010 a tough opponent and no country wanted to play against us. Now we are nothing more than a pass over. Sad days for Turkish football. There is no strategy, no talents.
In the Turkish League there is a rule of 5 foreign players max in the starting eleven. Sounds good in the ears, but in reality the Turkish players know certain that they will play, even if they are very poor. So why will they do their best?
I'm also shocked by the performance of The Netherlands. Okey, you can lose in Iceland, but it was also very tough against Kazachstan. But it will be okey at the end for The Netherlands I think (finishing in the top 2).
What do I mean with C teams?
A teams: Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, England, Belgium, France, Croatia.
B teams: Bosnia, Russia, Sweden, Greece, Portugal, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iceland (from C to B), Ukraine.
C teams: Romania, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, maybe even Estonia, Cyprus and Albania.
And then you have teams like Latvia, Luxembourg, Belarus, Lithuania, Macedonia.