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The general consensus after the draw with France is that England were a little better than we expected but have a lot of improving to do if they're to be serious contenders to win this. I don't thi

The early favourite to succeed Harry Redknapp is Everton's David Moyes at 3.1 and he is followed by Wigan's next manager market ever-present Roberto Martinez at 5.5, with Newcastle's Alan Pardew fifth

Every team has now played at least once at the tournament and from what I've seen so far I won't be changing my original prediction of Spain to win. But I think they might need to start playing one

Match Odds Most bettors would predict a comfortable victory for the reigning European champions, and it's anything but a surprise to see the market agrees with them. Spain's price of 1.27 will put

First game out of the way and I have to say 'job done'! Before the tournament, we all knew the opener was going to be the toughest game but I thought the boys acquitted themselves well, and did wha

Organisation is key in international tournaments and England have a manager who specialises in it. Roy Hodgson has had little time to prepare for Euro 2012 but the fact that he's the first England bos

Match Odds If you'd bet on this game several months ago, France would have been a real value selection. There was a time when les Bleus were underdogs, which was baffling considering their superior i

Spain have been there and done it at every tournament in the last four years and they can do it all over again in Poland/Ukraine. Yes, they're favourites, but I'm backing the Spanish to win Euro 2012.

Forget the negativity, doubts and Wayne Rooney's absence from the first two games - England can go further than you think at Euro 2012. Think of Chelsea in this year's Champions League (editor: mat

Group A The market probably has this about right. Russia deserve respect because of their performance at Euro 2008 and the spine of that team is still around. Their recent performance against Italy