#honestly don't care if the team loses if it means younger players get experience and mins

[wosofan14]

I personally think a 4-3-3 with the left winger being aloud to roam is the best formation for Spain.

We don't have many LWs so Mariona and Nerea are the best options right now and both are really midfielders so letting them roam is perfect. And that works well with Olga who is incredibly quick. When Eva is back I could see her taking the starting spot.

For the striker a false 9 is the best so that the wingers and attacking midfielders can go forward more. Jenni is of course the starter, would love to see Pina get's shot there since she plays very similarly to Jenni, in the future Bruna as well. Nahikari and Lucia Garcia are great options and they're more direct while also being great with their back to goal play. I like Esther in the league but she's never good against semi decent defenses.

For RW Cardona is the starter, very cool to see Amaiur get her debut, she's going to be really good. When Eva is back then I could see her starting at LW and also challenging Cardona.

Midfield undisputed starters are Alexia, Aitana and Patri. Nerea is the first player I have coming off the bench for midfield if she's not on the wing. Lot's of young players for midfield.

Defense Ona, Irene, Mapi, Olga is the dream. They're all the best on the team in their respective positions and work well together from what we've seen. Having Ona and Olga together would be amazing. Both very quick, attacking full backs who are still young and have great positional awareness. They're both also very good at tackling. back ups there are Pere, Ivana and Leila.

GK: Panos is first choice for sure. I would have Misa as second choice since she's actually playing and personally unless Lola starts playing consistently I don't think she should be called up.

All the young players that have been called up to this camp should get an opportunity to show what they can do.

this is very interesting and informative I really enjoyed reading it! I yreally like the option of the left winger being able to roam tbh. and like you say, olga is super quick and can overlap or create space on the wing if mario/nerea drop infield more. I'd like to see more of eva too when she's healthy she's so good and still so young too, so plenty of time to give her minutes and develop her into a starter. best midfield in the world should stay the same yep no one is going to be starting over them anytime soon I don't think. would like to see maite get some mins against denmark as well as nerea depending on if she's subbed in/where she gets subbed in. I honestly don't know how vilda doesn't see that's the best back 4 right now. mapi and irene have been mainstays for a while now and are so calm and composed. ona and olga are newer, but both SUPER quick and contribute a lot to the attack, which imo is a great quality in fullbacks. they both win the ball back so much too it's incredible.

my dream spain xi (manifesting for the euros):

panos

ona - irene - mapi - olga

aitana - patri - alexia

marta cardona -jenni - mariona

[f1-obsessed333]

I just wanted to have a say just because this seat seems to have most the silly rumours surrounding it and I’m honestly so done with them so sorry if you don’t care for this but here is my understanding 😅 you’re also one of the more reasonable people I’ve come across on here when it comes to opinions and such 😅

From what I’ve read, and someone did a really extensive post on why Daniel won’t lose his seat for 2023, is that Daniel will be around next year with McLaren as it’ll cost them too much to lose him since he’s brought so many sponsors with him and he’ll have a clause that means he’ll still get all his contract money regardless (it’s assumed but a lot of athletes have these and are only void if they do something that taints the image of the team they’re with or they find a better offer and both sides are happy to split). Basically, even though Zak mentioned exit clauses, they are unlikely to be triggered. Zak also knows the backlash his team will have would not be worth it considering Dan is still one of the more popular drivers on the grid and Zak, form being in pr before all this, seems to really care about the image of his team (mentioned by Natalie Pinkham I think in a podcast when they were discussing his comments earlier this year).

It was also mentioned by a few people that the only way Daniel would leave before the end of his contract would be by his own choice and he wouldn’t do that unless he has another option lined up ready (or he chooses to retire but he’s mentioned a few times he’s not ready for that) which some people think he’s looking in to but until something is said we won’t know. I think the fact he brings so much sponsorship money, has experience, and has shown teams he’s a team player might be a reason he stays in this series a little longer - teams want that. It’s no guarantee obviously. Despite people constantly going on about young talent, it’s unusual to have a grid that has so many drivers under 25. You go back 10 years to the 2012 season, only 4 out of the 25 drivers used that year (one driver being a reserve which explains the odd number) were under 25. While this year there are 8 out of 20 - two turn 25 this year but still are under for most the season which is why I’ve included them in this count. Obviously they are getting younger drivers as the want more longevity in their careers - which doesn’t necessarily happen as most drivers only last a few years unless they perform well enough or are liked enough to get sponsors teams need- but teams know it’s stupid to have a super young team without much experience - haas had a young team last year for money reasons but immediately brought back Kevin instead of even trying to get Piastri or another young driver people were wanting to see cause they wanted experience (partially due to the timing of it all but if they really wanted piastri they would have fought to get him).

Basically, I think Daniel will be around next year with McLaren (would be shocked if he wasn’t) and we’ll have to see what happens after - there are plenty other seats open currently so I feel like rumours need to focus on them instead 😂

Firstly thank you so much for this ask. I love that people feel like they can come to me and talk about stuff. And more importantly I love it because I have zero irl friends who care about F1 so this made my day.

I don't have all that much to add to your summary though I think you pretty much nailed it. In my mind there is a 90 % chance of him staying with them, mostly because there aren't that many realistic options out there right now. Unless Seb retires which would be HORRIBLE or if there is a suprise switch and at this moment in time AM is slower than McLaren and I don't want him to go to an even worse team. AM has potential but does he really want to take that chance again? Only Daniel knows I guess.

My dream is ofc that Daniel can go to a team where he is the clear nr 1 in a good midfield car. Either that or go back to Red Bull ( I know that will never happen but let a girl dream okay?)