well, france has still some world-class players. admittedly some of them are past it, but i definitely rank them among the 4-5 teams having a chance of winning it: brazil, italy, france, germany, argentina...
hopefully henry will finally live up to his status on a big tournament. for some reason he's usually never that impressive for france as he can be for arsenal.
i would never rule out germany's chances either, no matter how bad they may look. they can grow into a tournament like no other team can and never have to rely on 1-2 individual key-players performing well.
holland's squad has been announced yesterday and i'm somewhat disappointed klaas jan huntelaar hasn't made the definitive selection. the boy is in great form and was this season's topscorer of the dutch league with 33 goals in 34 games, despite moving clubs halfway the season. but alas, van basten doesn't want to take 4 central strikers and prefers beanpole vennegoor of hesselink (in a way he's the dutch version of england's crouch
) as pinch-hitter. such a pity. there's not a real right-winger in the squad either.
on the positive side, i think holland's chances at the european under-21 championship have now dramatically increased with huntelaar going there instead of the world cup.