On the off chance that anybody stops by here during/after the Italy game, feel free to leave comments from a French fan perspective. I tuned into a horrible German pirate feed (the stream interrupts itself every ten seconds) during the eighth minute to discover that Italy is ahead 1-0. Now they just need [...]

Three thoughts after watching this video:
1) This really was a brilliant, high-energy game that would have been lovely to watch if I were a neutral. Too bad I’m not a neutral.
2) This defensive lineup might work with Coupet. It doesn’t work with Landreau. Where, oh where is Philippe [...]

Lord, what a frustrating game. Watching it was like driving a Porsche that’s in desperate need of a tuneup. You know what it CAN do, but making it do it is another story.
We should have expected this, though. Domenech fielded a relatively young and inexperienced team that hasn’t played much [...]

If you’re watching the game, leave thoughts here. Score is currently 1-1 and our defense is sucking eggs.

To take our minds off what’s going on in the next week, I thought I’d share a sweet set of photos from the fff.
Thierry Henry was presented with three jerseys at lunch today (or possibly yesterday.) They’re numbered 41, 42 and 43 in gold, and symbolize the three goals he scored on [...]

Tomorrow’s France-Morocco game will be shown on Setanta Broadband. Probably Setanta TV as well if you get it or can go to a pub that’s willing to show the game. It doesn’t look like it’s live, but at least they’re showing it. From what I can tell it will be on at [...]

L’Equipe is saying that Jérémy Toulalan may play tomorrow. Oy. Look at this picture from the fff site. Does this look like a healthy player?
In good news, our Barcelona boys have arrived at Clairefontaine and all seem to be healthy and uninjured. Thierry Henry played the match on [...]

You know why I love Managerial Musical Chairs at the club level? Because with every new rotation, Raymond gets a whole new set of managers to piss off. How boring it would be if it had just been Arsene and Houllier over and over?
Latest on the list is Bolton’s Gary Megson, who is [...]

Did you know that if you google the words “Trezeguet Domenech Snub” you get 1980 hits? And that’s just in the English speaking press. (I’d do the French too, but off the top of my head I can’t remember the French word for “snub.” French speakers, feel free to help me out [...]

I always hold my breath after the club games the weekend before internationals as I wait to see who’s gotten injured. This week is no exception. And the worst part of this weekend is that two of our most important clubs, Arsenal and Barcelona, still have games to play. Arsenal plays Reading [...]