Every man and his dog have an opinion about the coming European Championships. With the squads and groups announced, expectations are unusually low this year. This is po sibly due to a new manager, Tyler Bozak Jersey a largely generally younger squad and cumulatively poor previous international performances.Gareth Barrys recent replacement in defence, , has said this is in fact beneficial to the England side.It will be better for the squad if theres le s expectation in this case. Im sure if we win a game we will be favourites and, if we lose, we will be a waste of space. We havent won anything for a number of years and maybe thats because we didnt deserve to. Hopefully this time we can perform better. (Source: BBC News Website)Jagielka touches on an often overlooked point; an intrusive media will certainly Colten Ellis Men Jersey not help Englands chances of having a succe sful Euro 2012 campaign. Whether the attitude of the media is distracting, pre surised, agitating or simply over hyped, such strong outside influences will affect even the most focu sed of athletes.The underlying problem with England squads in the past has been that many of the high calibre players do Vladimir Sobotka Men Jersey not work well together. Certainly in the last world cup tournament, the players simply did not gel. This coupled with the completely different dynamic between Premiership football and the international arena makes for a hugely inconsistent style of play. Hopefully this year, manager Roy Jay Bouwmeester Kids Jersey Hodgson will enforce a particular style of play for the England squad to follow- well organised and hard to break down. As a very defensive minded manager, his priority will be to provide an impenetrable back line that can act as the platform from which to coordinate midfield play and attacks.Despite this, SkyBet are certainly giving England a fair chance of succe s in regard to the , with comparatively optimistic odds.England is backed at 13/8 to win their group outright, tied with France. Bearing in mind the potential threat from both France and Sweden in particular, these are seemingly generous odds.Germany is the favourite outright championship winner at 3 Nathan Walker Women Jersey /1, with England at 10/1. Again, considering Italy is backed 12/1, Portugal at 18/1 and France are tied with England on the same bet; they are certainly ranked amongst the top contenders this year.