French NT

Subject: Re: French NT Thu May 29, 2008 2:29 am

i agree .. it SHOULD be like that

somehow i feel like henry's gonna end up in the bench...

ben arfa... or nasri might get a chance

but for starters .. this team looks pretty solid

im not sure about the aging thuram.. im pretty sure theyve got some other defenders besides him that can cover the CB

Subject: Re: French NT Thu May 29, 2008 2:30 am

Djibril Cisse is one of seven players who've failed to make the France cut on Wednesday and won'y be heading to Euro 2008.

Raymond Domenech unveiled his final 23-man squad on Wednesday for the Austria and Switzerland showpiece.

Cisse
was targeted by the boo boys during France's
warm-up match against Ecuador on Tuesday, having missed a header. The
Marseille star now misses his second successive major finals after a
horrific broken leg ruled him out of the 2006 World Cup.

Domenech's other big surprise was perhaps Mathieu Flamini, who was also left out along with Mickael Landreau,
Julien Escude, Philippe Mexes, Alou Diarra and Hatem
Ben Arfa.

St Etienne striker
Bafetimbi Gomis was given the nod after bagging a stunning brace on his
debut on Tuesday. He was the fist French player to do so since Zinedine
Zidane.

Cisse's
Marseille teammate Steve Mandanda was another player blooded on Tuesday
who has been boldly included by Domenech as goalkeeping cover.

France face a 'group of death' scenario in Group C against World Cup and Euro qualifying rivals Italy, The Netherlands, and
Romania.

France squad:

Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina/ITA), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona/ESP), Patrice Evra (Manchester
United/ENG), William Gallas (Arsenal/ENG), Willy Sagnol (Bayern
Munich/GER), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona/ESP), Francois Clerc (Lyon),
Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth/ENG), Claude Makelele
(Chelsea/ENG), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter
Milan/ITA), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/GER), Samir Nasri (Marseille)

Forwards:: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea/ENG), Thierry Henry
(Barcelona/ESP), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Sidney
Govou (Lyon), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne).

Duncan Robertson, Goal.com

Subject: Re: French NT Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:14 am

I can't believe France have kept Domenech! With such a group of players, he found a way not only to lose, but to lose and be painfully boring at the same time. How can they do worse? Next time they'll hire the whole Newcastle staff!

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I dont think anyone is stepping up for the job.

the idiot should get rid of the old dogs like thuram and inject some new blood into the team.