Laurent Blanc's debut starting XI prediction thread

The current German NT is a model for sure .

Along with hunger , no egos ect .. The german players actually look happy about wearing their national jersey .

 

I would agree, as one poster said, that singing La marseillaise SHOULD be a criterion. I dont care what you can think about the lyrics, until we changed it (and I am not for a change), it is our national anthem and it is supposed to be sung.

I dont think that Evra, Abidal, Gallas, Ribery and Anelka should come anywhere close the the French NT. At least, not before a long time.

About the capitaincy, Lloris would be a decent idea. When you dont know where to put it, the goalkeeper is always a good option. Despite a mediocre WC for him, he seems to be one of the few cold-minded players.

A good idea would be to recall Flamini. A real fighter.

You may call me crazy but I have never ever liked Toulalan as a midfielder. He is even more limited than a Makelele. I would prefer a Lassana Diarra + Flamini (if he ever regains his form).

 

American with some thoughts where I'm sure you can agree with me.

Drop all the old/trouble makers. Ribbery, Evra, Gavou, Anelka, Gallas, Henry, etc.. Start fresh with a crop of players that wants to play and play hard. France has enough talent to drop 3/4 of the current NT team..

 

i think we've seen the last of several of the french players on the international stage. even if all of the scandals and such hadn't happend, i think this was the last tournament for several of the players.

so i don't expect to see guys like henry, gallas, anelka, etc anymore. and it'll be a good thing for the france national team.

 

My team for the next game if everyone is fit would be as follows.

................................1 Lloris......................................
2..Sagna.................3 Squillaci.........4.Koscielny....5 Cissokho.

............................6 Lass........7 Nasri..............................

8..Ben arfa.............9 Gourcuff.............................10 Ribery...

...............................11 Benzema.

You are going to ask why because this line up is the best the french team can have at least as 11 starting and yes ribery is still there because there is no one better than him in france at the moment.

With this formation we would be able to keep the ball a lot better and if gourcuff is not working then replace him with diaby or alou and push nasri in a free role,i can see the france next generation being able to do very well together.

 

Bad idea! It's not like Germany has a bunch of foreign based players, France does especially most of their better ones.

 

Ribery was good at the world cup and soon after that the manager started picking the wrong players in the 2 biggest tournaments that followed.

I agree on sagna but who is there and is better,ben arfa under the right manager would be wicked because unlike both malouda and govou he can keep the ball in tight situations,also he is quicker than both and a better dribbler and as long as he can be well guided he would be a good team player.

 

well, the problem with that is there just aren't that many top german players that are playing abroad as opposed to the french.

 

true. but in 4 years' time, there's a good chance that several or many of those players will be in other leagues. i understand the idea behind it and think there is some merit to it. but it just might not be possible to do in 4 years' time.

 

But how many Dutch players ply their trade in the Dutch Eredivisie? I think they are a perfect example of what the EdF can become..again.

 

No egos? Two words. "Lukas Podolski."

He's enough of an ego that Bayern sold him and kept Ribery. Poldi shoots too much and passes too little. But Löw got him to pass more often and to run and play defense. Poldi listens and stays on the German team mostly because he wants to play well for Germany -- and he scores goals for them -- not because it's all sunshine and unicorns with the squad.

The German team works because Löw is a competent manager and they all believe that they can work well together and win with him in charge.

No reason why France can't win with Ribery in the squad now that they have a competent manager.

 

England is a perfect example that it doesn't matter if a large majority of the squad play in the same league. What matters is the teams attitude and the coach, both of which go hand in hand.

 

Cap Koscielny, Cissokho and Gameiro before they go and play for Poland, Senegal and Portugal.

 

Why ?

Screw them if they don't want to fight for their place in the EdF .

It's funny , because everybody claims France naturalises players when it's not the case . But nothing is said when countries like Portugal , Poland ( Obraniak ) actually do it .

Maybe we should take some Argentines of french descent on our NT .

Pablo MOUCHE

 

Yea really. If they'd rather represent someone else so be it. I don't think Aly will want to, neither will Kos, he just got on the scene it's natural he hasn't got a legitimate shot yet. Gameiro might option to play for Portugal but I see him getting a call up soon so unless he refuses it, this will be a moot point.

 

I'm just against the idea of capping a player so that he's not eligible for another NT .

If a player truly wants to play for a certain NT , they'll wait for their chance . Not whore themselves out to as many choices as possible .

Take Adil Rami for example . He's made it real clear France is in his heart , despite not making the full team .

 

Yea they're doing it because no high profile team has wanted to scoop them up yet. How many talented players in ligue1 have turned down an offer from a English or Spanish club?

 

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