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Recommended reading from Met:

Here’s a must-read from Amy Lawrence, especially for the comments that follow:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/oct/07/raymond-domenech-france-world-cup

And also:

Has anyone else noticed that Fox Soccer Channel is advertising that they’re carrying both of France’s upcoming matches?

Sweet.


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  • http://theoffside.com laurie

    I think Benz has taken a few too many blows to the head. What the hell is he thinking making comments like that? He’s also managed to piss off everybody at Real Madrid by saying he’s too good to play up front with Raul. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1771/yahoo/2009/10/06/1544474/report-benzema-outburst-causes-real-madrid-rift

    I’m sensing an Anelka-type sojourn to Turkey in a couple of years.

    Also, yay, FSC! Doubly nice since TV5 doesn’t seem to be carrying the game.

  • http://theoffside.com laurie

    Also, great quote from the article:

    It may not be much comfort to Argentina’s Diego Maradona but at least there is one international coach who has even less of an excuse for the disparity between the quality of player and gameplan. To sum it up, when France played the Faroe Islands, Domenech sent them out with two defensive midfielders sitting in front of the back four.

    Has Domenech EVER gone with less that two DMs? I’m trying to remember and can’t come up with anything.

  • Steven

    About the double DM thing, here’s something I forgot:

    “He [Domenech] did a similar thing against Serbia recently. We already have two defensive midfielders on the pitch – the impressive Toulalan and the even more impressive Lassana Diarra – and then with five minutes to go he sends on another one – Alou Diarra – leaving us with only two forward-minded players when we should be going for a win, not just because we needed one but because, for once, we had played extremely well, we had Serbia pinned back and we really looked like we could get a goal.” (From a contributor to Amy’s blog)

    But I guess you could make the point that a loss would have left Austria within striking distance ….

  • http://france.worldcupblog.org laurie

    Also, poor Gomis shows up, trains for not even an hour, and then…

    http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20091007_184951_gomis-interrompt-son-entrainement.html

    Sounds like he’s okay(?), butI think this team is cursed.

  • Steven

    I’m reading it’s going to be 4-4-2 with Malouda/Govou on the wings and Anelka/Henry (though questionable) up front.

    Is Benzema worth the BS? I don’t think so … I can’t believe Madrid got rid of France killers Sneijder/Robben, at least in part, for him.

  • http://psg.theoffside.com/ Thomas

    all that Benzema stuff is the normal goal.com bs. Not true even in the slightest, or so I’ve seen Corey of the Offside Real Madrid say in a few comments. I would assume he is correct…

  • jeanpierre

    Crap, now all the good players are out

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