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		<title>By: SoZe</title>
		<link>http://france.worldcupblog.org/friendlies/france-1-england-0.html/comment-page-1#comment-117983</link>
		<dc:creator>SoZe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Ashley Cole must be at the hospital getting checked out for 6th degree burns after Cissé blazed a path right around him.

Indeed, he was booed because the match was in Paris and he plays for Marseille.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Ashley Cole must be at the hospital getting checked out for 6th degree burns after Cissé blazed a path right around him.</p>
<p>Indeed, he was booed because the match was in Paris and he plays for Marseille.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff/433</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff/433</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I enjoy player ratings, but I&#039;d always felt like they were sort of an arbitrary scale.  To remedy that, I&#039;ve proposed the following Player Rating Guide. 

10 (A+) One for the ages, like Zidane against Brazil in the 1998 and 2006 World Cups
9 (A) Man among boys
8 (A-) Gotta be top of the team sheet, or thereabouts
7 (B+) Played well
6 (B/B-) Could have been better
5 (C) Trying supporters&#039; patience
4 (C-) Isn&#039;t there someone else who could play there?
3 (D) Cygan-type stuff, a liability
2 (F) Likely paid to throw the game
1 (F) Like it was me out there
0 (F) Too many own goals

Source: www.wickeddeflection.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoy player ratings, but I&#8217;d always felt like they were sort of an arbitrary scale.  To remedy that, I&#8217;ve proposed the following Player Rating Guide. </p>
<p>10 (A+) One for the ages, like Zidane against Brazil in the 1998 and 2006 World Cups<br />
9 (A) Man among boys<br />
8 (A-) Gotta be top of the team sheet, or thereabouts<br />
7 (B+) Played well<br />
6 (B/B-) Could have been better<br />
5 (C) Trying supporters&#8217; patience<br />
4 (C-) Isn&#8217;t there someone else who could play there?<br />
3 (D) Cygan-type stuff, a liability<br />
2 (F) Likely paid to throw the game<br />
1 (F) Like it was me out there<br />
0 (F) Too many own goals</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.wickeddeflection.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wickeddeflection.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Inara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Inara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The ratings are different everywhere. It makes you wonder if we were all watching the same game! Just a few others:

&lt;strong&gt;France Football&lt;/strong&gt;:

Coupet, 5
Abidal, 6
Gallas, 6
Thuram, 6
Clerc, 6
Makelele, 6
Toulalan, 5
Malouda, 4
Ribery, 7
Trezeguet, 4
Anelka, 7


&lt;strong&gt;Football365.fr:&lt;/strong&gt;

Coupet, 6
Clerc, 5.5
Thuram, 6.5
Gallas, 6
Abidal, 6
Ribéry, 7
Toulalan, 6
Makelele, 6.5
Malouda, 5.5
Anelka, 6.5
Trezeguet, 4


&lt;strong&gt;Goal.com&lt;/strong&gt;

Coupet, 6
Clerc, 7
Abidal, 6.5
Gallas, 6.5
Thuram, 6
Toulalan, 8
Makelele, 7
Ribéry, 8
Malouda, 7
Anelka, 8.5
Trezeguet, 5</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The ratings are different everywhere. It makes you wonder if we were all watching the same game! Just a few others:</p>
<p><strong>France Football</strong>:</p>
<p>Coupet, 5<br />
Abidal, 6<br />
Gallas, 6<br />
Thuram, 6<br />
Clerc, 6<br />
Makelele, 6<br />
Toulalan, 5<br />
Malouda, 4<br />
Ribery, 7<br />
Trezeguet, 4<br />
Anelka, 7</p>
<p><strong>Football365.fr:</strong></p>
<p>Coupet, 6<br />
Clerc, 5.5<br />
Thuram, 6.5<br />
Gallas, 6<br />
Abidal, 6<br />
Ribéry, 7<br />
Toulalan, 6<br />
Makelele, 6.5<br />
Malouda, 5.5<br />
Anelka, 6.5<br />
Trezeguet, 4</p>
<p><strong>Goal.com</strong></p>
<p>Coupet, 6<br />
Clerc, 7<br />
Abidal, 6.5<br />
Gallas, 6.5<br />
Thuram, 6<br />
Toulalan, 8<br />
Makelele, 7<br />
Ribéry, 8<br />
Malouda, 7<br />
Anelka, 8.5<br />
Trezeguet, 5</p>
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		<title>By: lefutur</title>
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		<dc:creator>lefutur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i agree wholeheartedly with you both, patrick and jean-michel</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i agree wholeheartedly with you both, patrick and jean-michel</p>
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		<title>By: Jean-Michel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jean-Michel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Makelele and Toulalan should have gotten the highest ratings. They sealed the deal defensively in the midfield.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Makelele and Toulalan should have gotten the highest ratings. They sealed the deal defensively in the midfield.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think that Mr. Fifield watched the game closely.  8 for Malouda?  He played very selfishly in my opinion.  Abidal wasn&#039;t spectacular either.  Although I love Anelka and he was great, a 9 is a greatly inflated rating for him.  It&#039;s not like he scored a hat trick.  I agree with Trezeguet&#039;s rating, but the reasoning that Fifield gives is ridiculous.  As evidenced by Trezeguet&#039;s great form in Italy, his best days are not behind him. And  I don&#039;t see a single mention of the lack of good crosses or exploitable balls for Trez.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think that Mr. Fifield watched the game closely.  8 for Malouda?  He played very selfishly in my opinion.  Abidal wasn&#8217;t spectacular either.  Although I love Anelka and he was great, a 9 is a greatly inflated rating for him.  It&#8217;s not like he scored a hat trick.  I agree with Trezeguet&#8217;s rating, but the reasoning that Fifield gives is ridiculous.  As evidenced by Trezeguet&#8217;s great form in Italy, his best days are not behind him. And  I don&#8217;t see a single mention of the lack of good crosses or exploitable balls for Trez.</p>
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		<title>By: jeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Player Ratings from the Guardian&#039;s Dominic Fifield:

Gregory Coupet, 6
Embarrassed by Ashey Cole&#039;s first-half cross and fortunate that Abidal bailed him out at his far post. Otherwise, under-used.

Eric Abidal, 7
Offers fine balance and defensive nous and appears to retain his instinctive relationship with his former Lyon team-mate Malouda

William Gallas, 6
Unchallenged until England switched to 4-4-2, with his spring and pace needed to confront Crouch and Owen thereafter

Claude Makelele, 7
As busy and tidy as ever, shuttling around at the base of the French midfielder with typical efficiency

Florent Malouda, 8
More impressive than he has been at Chelsea in recent weeks, offering balance and bite down the left. Forced James into a save

Jeremy Toulalan, 7
The Lyon midfielder oozed quality, splitting the English back-line 10 minutes in for Malouda to chase and using the ball intelligently

Francois Clerc, 6
Wonderful angled slide-rule pass liberated Anelka to win the penalty, though occasionally exposed defensively

Lilian Thuram, 7
His 138th cap and the centre-half retains his sense of positioning and timing, if not his pace. Tested by Crouch&#039;s arrival

David Trezeguet, 4
Anonymous alongside Anelka and sporting the look of a man whose best days are some way behind him. Chanceless

Franck Ribery, 7
Calmly converted his third international goal from the spot to earn the hosts the lead, and infuriated England by dropping into space

Nicolas Anelka, 9
Impressed with his slippery running. Missed an early header but earned the penalty with a typically elusive burst of pace

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2268290,00.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Player Ratings from the Guardian&#8217;s Dominic Fifield:</p>
<p>Gregory Coupet, 6<br />
Embarrassed by Ashey Cole&#8217;s first-half cross and fortunate that Abidal bailed him out at his far post. Otherwise, under-used.</p>
<p>Eric Abidal, 7<br />
Offers fine balance and defensive nous and appears to retain his instinctive relationship with his former Lyon team-mate Malouda</p>
<p>William Gallas, 6<br />
Unchallenged until England switched to 4-4-2, with his spring and pace needed to confront Crouch and Owen thereafter</p>
<p>Claude Makelele, 7<br />
As busy and tidy as ever, shuttling around at the base of the French midfielder with typical efficiency</p>
<p>Florent Malouda, 8<br />
More impressive than he has been at Chelsea in recent weeks, offering balance and bite down the left. Forced James into a save</p>
<p>Jeremy Toulalan, 7<br />
The Lyon midfielder oozed quality, splitting the English back-line 10 minutes in for Malouda to chase and using the ball intelligently</p>
<p>Francois Clerc, 6<br />
Wonderful angled slide-rule pass liberated Anelka to win the penalty, though occasionally exposed defensively</p>
<p>Lilian Thuram, 7<br />
His 138th cap and the centre-half retains his sense of positioning and timing, if not his pace. Tested by Crouch&#8217;s arrival</p>
<p>David Trezeguet, 4<br />
Anonymous alongside Anelka and sporting the look of a man whose best days are some way behind him. Chanceless</p>
<p>Franck Ribery, 7<br />
Calmly converted his third international goal from the spot to earn the hosts the lead, and infuriated England by dropping into space</p>
<p>Nicolas Anelka, 9<br />
Impressed with his slippery running. Missed an early header but earned the penalty with a typically elusive burst of pace</p>
<p><a href="http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2268290,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2268290,00.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jeff/433</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff/433</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seb was answering my question while I was typing it.  Thanks, Seb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seb was answering my question while I was typing it.  Thanks, Seb.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff/433</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff/433</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s the consensus about Cisse that he&#039;s being booed?  Is it just PSG fans booing a Marseille player they don&#039;t like?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s the consensus about Cisse that he&#8217;s being booed?  Is it just PSG fans booing a Marseille player they don&#8217;t like?</p>
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		<title>By: Seb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Seb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A lot of the reaction toward Cissé was due to his being an OM player and due to his clash with Yepes a couple of seasons back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of the reaction toward Cissé was due to his being an OM player and due to his clash with Yepes a couple of seasons back.</p>
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