France

France Team Euros Barometer: Who’s Rising, Falling?

There’s an article over on Foot Mercato that lists current form for the potential France players. Curious to see what you think about individual players. Agree? Disagree?
The Barometer
Rising: Franck Ribéry, Patrice Evra, Gaël Clichy, Grégory Coupet, Thierry Henry, Philippe Méxès, Rio Antonio Mavuba, Mathieu Flamini, Patrick Vieira, Sebastien Frey;
Stable: William Gallas, Eric Abidal, Bakary Sagna, ... [read]

Magic Moments: WC 1998

I was just researching the France Team Profile for the Euro 2008 main page (which will go up later tonight) and found this video. Thought you’d enjoy it as much as I did!

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Poll: Who Should France’s Backup Goalkeeper Be?

First thing. Before you do anything else, would you do me a favor? Click on this link. (You don’t even have to read it. Just click. And if you have a spare second, click it again.) It’s a Player Profile for Karim Benzema that I wrote for the ... [read]

Updates on our French Boys at the Club Level

There’s a lot going on lately at the club level that could affect the France players, for good and bad. Here’s a quick roundup of what’s happening with our French guys that could affect their international play.
First, injuries. Julien Escudé gave up on league play and has returned to France for treatment ... [read]

Estelle Denis, Raymond Domenech’s Significant Other

I have no idea what the story here is. All I know is that this is Raymond Domenech’s significant other, Estelle Denis, the mother of his two most recent children. And the picture she’s holding is a nude photo of France/Marseille striker Djibril Cisse.
Larger version here, but I wouldn’t recommend ... [read]

Poll: In 4-4-2, Who Should France’s Strikers Be?

For our poll today, I’m going to skip to the front and ask you what’s probably on all of our minds: Which players would you like to see starting up front if France goes 4-4-2?
I’ve listed the combinations of the four players I think are most likely to get called up: ... [read]

Benzema named Ligue 1’s Player of the Year

Karim Benzema has been name Ligue 1’s Player of the Year. He was handed the trophy by former top France player Zinedine Zidane. Expressions like “passing the torch” and “handing over the reins” come to mind.
Joking aside; I’d put down even money on Benzema to become the story of the ... [read]

Poll: Who Should France’s Top-Choice Rightback Be?

I know I said this poll would be a daily thing. It will — give me time. I just thought Inara’s Domenech photo retrospective was so great that I didn’t want to knock it off the top of the page for a day or so.
This poll is about rightbacks. And given Sagnol’s injury and struggle ... [read]

Raymond’s Photo Album

Hello everyone! I’ll be helping out Laurie and Jeff to keep you all updated as Euro 2008 approaches (we’re going to win, duh). As some of you know, I am fascinated by Raymond Domenech. He’s exasperating, makes strange decisions, and is on the verge of starting a cold war with Italy. He’d certainly make a good ... [read]