[FRA] Ligue 1 2010/2011 (17 Viewers)

[JBF]

They made him quit, kinda like the same thing.

 

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[Red]

I don't know what happened in sufficient detail to apportion blame, so I'm not going to criticise either party.

 

[Fred]

Deschamps said (implicitly though iirc) that he quit because of pressure from the board.


You didn't know about the transfer budget allocated to Wenger in sufficient enough detail, yet you were more than happy to criticize him for not spending

 

[Red]

I saw repeated suggestions from Arsenal Board members that there was more more money available for tranfers than Wenger was spending.


And why believe what Deschamps had to say?

He and the Juve Directors didn't agree, so they went there separate ways. I don't see any problems with that.

 

[JCK]

Back to the Deschamps quit - they made him quit argument?

This will never end.

 

[Fred]

On another note, Karim Benzema wasn't called up to the provisional French squad. Supposedly because he doesn't get games with Real Madrid. Though he went on and called up Gignac and Briand, two players who have barely played this season.

He also left out Nasri, but called up the likes of Govou and Diaby.

 

[Red]

Domenech.

 

[Nicholas]

On another note, Karim Benzema wasn't called up to the provisional French squad. Supposedly because he doesn't get games with Real Madrid. Though he went on and called up Gignac and Briand, two players who have barely played this season.

He also left out Nasri, but called up the likes of Govou and Diaby.

Have you got a list?

 

[Firestarter]

He's one of a kind, he really is.

 

[The Curr]

Have you got a list?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#.C2.A0France_30-Man_Preliminary_Squad

 

[GordoDeCentral]

On another note, Karim Benzema wasn't called up to the provisional French squad. Supposedly because he doesn't get games with Real Madrid. Though he went on and called up Gignac and Briand, two players who have barely played this season.

He also left out Nasri, but called up the likes of Govou and Diaby.

nasri is more notable absence than benzema

 

[Fred]

Have you got a list?

Goalkeepers -
Hugo Lloris
Steven Mandanda

Cedric Carrasso

Mickael Landreau


Defenders

Rod Fanni
Patrice Evra
Eric Abidal
Adil Rami
William Gallas
Sebastien Squillaci
Bacary Sagna
Anthony Reveillere
Marc Planus
Gael Clichy

Midfielders -
Alou Diarra
Lassana Diarra
Jeremy Toulalan
Franck Ribery
Yoann Gourcuff
Florent Malouda
Yann M'Vila
Abou Diaby



Forwards -
Thierry Henry
Nicolas Anelka
Djibril Cisse
Sidney Govou
Hatem Ben Arfa
Mathieu Valbuena
Jimmy Briand
Andre-Pierre Gignac

 

[Nicholas]

Thanks Curr and Fred. Argentina are the only team to not announce theirs. I love Maradona.

 

[Fred]

Briand, Revelliere, Govou, Ben Arfa,


Squillachi and Cisse

nasri is more notable absence than benzema

I agree. Its a case of the lesser of two devils though as Nasri himself hasn't had any sort of consistency this season.

 

[Nicholas]

Henry has hardly played for Barcelona this season either.

 

[Fred]

True.

At the risk of sounding biased to him though, he has been the best of the worst out of all France's strikers in the past couple of years.

 

[Nicholas]

I'll watch Gignac abit more in the World Cup. I like him from the few games I've seen.

 

[Fred]

He's decent, but he's no Benzema. He's really good at holding the ball up and is rather good technically for a target man.

 

[Nicholas]

Benzema has been a joke at Real though, so I can understand why he's been left out. Though there has been some really strange choices with some teams especially Brazil.

 

[The Curr]

Benzema has been a joke at Real though, so I can understand why he's been left out. Though there has been some really strange choices with some teams especially Brazil.

Calling up Doni is a really strange one. I know he'll only be third choice but still.