Comments on: France World Cup Draw: Woohoo! No Group O’Death for us!

By: Luc

Luc — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:56:21 +0000

I heard Romania got this really good player now, he plays for Barcelona, his name’s Luc and he’s their new captain/towel-boy.

By: David

David — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:01:52 +0000

ROFL did you guys see the euro cup draws? france, italy, romania, and netherlands; i think this pretty much rules out romania, at this point im wishing good luck to the french fans, it is definetely possible that they can end up 3rd in this group of death

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:23:27 +0000

I think 9 times out of 10, France would beat Romania. But over one or two games, France could be slumming or Romania might be on a hot streak (look at Scotland this year). Romania do have definite quality, and I’m always surprised why more of their players don’t play in the top leagues.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:08:30 +0000

Though group for France but i think that they have the quality to finish in the first place. They simply have too many young talents hungry for fame. Romania and Serbia will battle for the 2nd place and Austria maybe will steal some points from these 3 teams. Yet, France will dominate the group and i’ve got a feeling they will win cm2010. They or England anyway, and this is coming from a Romania fan. Romania has too many problems, you’ll see what they are… Good luck to all of the teams

By: Jean-Michel

Jean-Michel — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:23:36 +0000

Im just stunned about how many non French fans there are out there. I always stand out @ the pubs when watching games but its conforting to know that we have a strong following in the States.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:33:02 +0000

Thanks for being grownups, guys. What I love about the people who generally frequent this blog is that we can engage in debate without getting nasty about it. Crossing my fingers that it can stay this way.

By: L'Américain

L'Américain — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:59:24 +0000

Yeah no hard feelings whatsoever David, there is nothing I like more than a passionate discussion about the sport I love.

Glatisant, there is nothing wrong with not being French, I don’t have a single drop of French blood either. However, I make sure that when English fans come up to me in NYC and jam their finger into le coq and call me a ’see you next tuesday’ then proceed to tell me my team is shite, that I make sure to rattle off something awful at them in French. That is the best part about America, you can be whatever the hell you want to be (die hard Faux-French in my case. I’d love to see that guy now that England didn’t even qualify.

By: glatisant

glatisant — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:35:12 +0000

No hard feelings. I was just tired of being labeled an “arrogant Frenchie” (I’m not French, so what does that even mean?) every time someone expresses confidence in France’s ability to win over the competition. For my part, I don’t think that the historical record means that France is ensured of winning the group. A lot of things can change between now and when the qualifiers begin; we have our weaknesses to address (Thuram’s replacement, for one), as I’m sure Romania does.
I know your domestic league has been doing well in Europe in recent years (IIRC it’s currently ranked just behind Ligue 1?), and winning the qualifying over the Netherlands is definitely an accomplishment (though I’d like to hear your reasons for ranking the Dutch over us as they are right now).

By: David

David — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:26:01 +0000

l’americain: im trying to look at this from a neutral point of view, i do not necessarily think that romania will beat france, im just saying if they get cocky, they will most likely lose, but nevertheless france probably will top the group if they keep their heads and i am also saying not to rule out romania, and if you read over what i wrote, i never actually said that netherlands got “owned”
also, they werent trying vs bulgaria, they had injuries and sat out their good players, they reallly did not care about the outcome they were guaranteed a spot in the euro 2008 anyway
and finally and most importantly: im sorry if it seemed i was trash talking, sometimes i get a little bit excited, i did not mean any hard feelings

By: France & Italia

France & Italia — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:18:21 +0000

Romania is definitely a team with young fresh talents, underestimating them is dangerous. Romania is a true and strong challenger to France in this group. Wish both teams qualify!