Comments on: European Club Cup – A great warmup for the European Cup of Nations

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:06:46 +0000

Hey, Jan. I’ll email you with directions.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:59:54 +0000

G’day Jeff, Jan here of the Dutch blog…

I was wondering – pretty off topic I know – how you managed to add more categories to the blog? I only have WC2006 and Group C (of last WC).

I can’t really find it in the edit-suite… Thanks for your help!

By: Inara

Inara — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:59:53 +0000

Abidal and Malouda will play barring any injuries. They’re Domenech’s “guys” and are therefore unbenchable. Anelka’s situation is a little more unclear just because Benzema is so brilliant. Still, I think it’ll be an Anelka-Henry start.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:13:20 +0000

If only we had this embarrassment of riches at rightback.

By: Luc

Luc — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:49:35 +0000

Have to agree with the observation that the left-back position is a really really difficult one to choose for this summer. Actually, the choice is almost harder then what is going to be happening up front with the strikers. I personally adore Abidal and think that despite his recent form his experience and athleticism will come in handy at the Euro (does anybody remember him saying before the WC game against Spain: “we have Zidane, they don’t”).

But the truth is that both Clichy and Evra are playing incredibly well. I saw some Evra dribbling videos recently and was astonished that he can dribble so incredibly well in addition to his defensive skills.
Un choix incroyablement difficile pour le poste d’arriere gauche!