France Squad - No Benz

Ush1

Was silly of Benz to move to Real the year before the world cup but still should be in there.

Goalkeepers-
Hugo Lloris Olympique Lyonnais
Steven Mandanda Olympique de Marseille
Cedric Carrasso Girondins de Bordeaux
Mickael Landreau Lille

Defenders-
Rod Fanni Stade Rennais
Patrice Evra Manchester United (ENG)
Eric Abidal Barcelona (ESP)
Adil Rami Lille
William Gallas Arsenal (ENG)
Sebastien Squillaci Sevilla (ESP)
Bacary Sagna Arsenal (ENG)
Anthony Reveillere Olympique Lyonnais
Marc Planus Girondins de Bordeaux
Gael Clichy Arsenal (ENG)

Midfielders-
Alou Diarra Girondins de Bordeaux
Lassana Diarra Real Madrid (ESP)
Jeremy Toulalan Olympique Lyonnais
Franck Ribery Bayern Munich (GER)
Yoann Gourcuff Girondins de Bordeaux
Florent Malouda Chelsea (ENG)
Yann M'Vila Stade Rennais
Abou Diaby Arsenal (ENG)

Forwards-
Thierry Henry Barcelona (ESP)
Nicolas Anelka Chelsea (ENG)
Djibril Cisse Panathinaikos (GRE)
Sidney Govou Olympique Lyonnais
Hatem Ben Arfa Olympique de Marseille
Mathieu Valbuena Olympique de Marseille
Jimmy Briand Stade Rennais
Andre-Pierre Gignac Toulouse

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Any chance you could edit that post to make it actually readable, instead of a big mess of letters, please.

adox

No Nasri

Mr.Nice Guy

Very surprised Benzema didn't make it.

IvySlayer

Take out one keeper, take out a striker at least! Put Nasri in that midfield!

Domenech is wacky!

yabadabado

surprized benzema didnt make the squad but he wasnt a regular this season with real and he wasnt making the starting xi with france when he was playing with lyon.

Ush1

IvySlayer wrote: »

Take out one keeper, take out a striker at least! Put Nasri in that midfield!

Domenech is wacky!

He really is. Ben Arfa played very little football this year and has notorious attitude problems.

sprinkles

Was Henry better than Benzema this season?

gosplan

Ush1 wrote: »

Defenders-
Rod Fanni

:D:D

SlickRic

calling Domenech wacky is very kind.

he's a lunatic.

no Benzema and no Nasri is surely as comical as it gets.

eagle eye

Four goalkeepers is an epic fail.

IvySlayer

He has taken France to a World Cup final though..

pickarooney

Valbuena and Ben Arfa are midfielders. Gignac is a proven donkey and Briand... at least Gomis is not in there. I've honestly never yeard of Yann M'Vila. No surprises there then!

Pepe LeFrits

IvySlayer wrote: »

He has taken France to a World Cup final though..

France took him to a WC final.

Diaby over Nasri. Oh dear. Unlucky Samir.

greendom

France deserve all they get with this idiot in charge. He should be long gone. Beating Ireland was just prolonging the agony.

JPA

Crazy not having Benzema in there, he must be a better option than Cisse and the rest of them.

joe123

No nasri or Benzema is ridiculous. Sidney gouvou consistently makes the french squad but hes an average average player.

Nasri must be seriously pissed off.

Daemos

greendom wrote: »

Beating Ireland was just prolonging the agony.

You had to bring it up, didn't you? :rolleyes:

Frisbee

At least Nasri won't come back from the WC injured...

greendom

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

You had to bring it up, didn't you? :rolleyes:

I'm French though (well 50% anyway), so it's allowed surely ?

Daemos

greendom wrote: »

I'm French though (well 50% anyway), so it's allowed surely ?

That actually makes it worse

JPA

greendom wrote: »

I'm French though (well 50% anyway), so it's allowed surely ?

:eek: Unleash the banhammer!

Sútalún

Nasir... You can spend the summer with me if you want. (In a friend kinda way..)

jesus_thats_gre

Would it really have been so hard to add "ema"?

Raekwon

Can't believe Cisse got in to the squad ahead of Benzema. Okay he scored 23 goals in 27 games in Greece (which is on par with the Scottish league IMO) but only against the weaker teams, he couldn't score against any of the top teams in that league.

I would have liked to see Trezeguet coming out of international retirement and playing in a World Cup again.......but that was never going to happen with Domenech still in charge.

titan18

eagle eye wrote: »

Four goalkeepers is an epic fail.

Spanish have 5 in theirs.Nasri and Benzema probably should have been in the provisional squad but it's not like either will start, so if he wants to bring a young guy like M'Vila,it won't reallly matter.

SantryRed

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

France took him to a WC final.

Diaby over Nasri. Oh dear. Unlucky Samir.

Zidane took France and Domenech to the WC Final.

pickarooney

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Would it really have been so hard to add "ema"?

Or at least forced an atrocious pun like "France - solid engine but no Benz" or "wheels come off for Benz" or "Domenech picks squad based on his favourite Radiohead albums - no room for The Benz"...

thomond2006

No Benzema? :eek:

lol @ Domenech

Holsten

As long as they fail miserably, I'm good.

The Volt

Half expected to see Louis Saha in there given he got called up for the Spain friendly.

jesus_thats_gre

When you look at how much of a part he played in qualifying, it isn't overly surprising:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/international?id=46858&league=fifa.world&cc=5739

Mr Alan

people moan when managers pick players based on their reputation, and then when they base their selections on form and sharpness, people still moan. why would anyone ever be a manager.

Raekwon

Mr Alan wrote: »

people moan when managers pick players based on their reputation, and then when they base their selections on form and sharpness, people still moan. why would anyone ever be a manager.

People like to moan, no amount of moaning about other people moaning will change that.

Btw Domenech could be a good choice to replace Benitez when he leaves

RichTea

Mr Alan wrote: »

people moan when managers pick players based on their reputation, and then when they base their selections on form and sharpness, people still moan. why would anyone ever be a manager.

There has to be a balance. You do need the big name, star players and form players.

pickarooney

RichTea wrote: »

There has to be a balance. You do need the big name, star players and form players.

And objectively Benzema is none of the above.

MR NINE

No Nasri is a lot more ridiculous than no Benzema IMO. Nasri is fresh out of a very good season and the French midfield isn't that strong. Very odd ommition.

pickarooney

MR NINE wrote: »

No Nasri is a lot more ridiculous than no Benzema IMO. Nasri is fresh out of a very good season and the French midfield isn't that strong. Very odd ommition.

It's already chockful of tricky dribblers as it is, though Nasri would be a shade better than Ben Arfa for my money and less likely to cause hassle. They've each played the exact same number of games this year, so that's not an issue, although the level of those games should maybe be.

mike65

Where's Boomsong?

Chucky the tree

mike65 wrote: »

Where's Boomsong?

Busy Consoling Djimi Traore.

FlawedGenius

Disgrace Henry is in that squad French FA should of banned him from the world cup its not like they really need him with the players they have.
I personally wouldnt be too upset to see him shot by a mad african or get injured just before the World cup.
Although he did single handedly got them to the world cup.:D

eagle eye

You just gotta laugh at how ridiculously stupid Domenech is, he picks Cisse ahead of Saha, like wtf?

Soby

(Generally) "OK so i play 2 strikers at a time..ok ill bring 8 of them..i play 4 midfielders at a time..ye i think ill only bring 8 of them too..feck it 4 keepers too"..Crazy

Xavi6

Soby wrote: »

(Generally) "OK so i play 2 strikers at a time..ok ill bring 8 of them..i play 4 midfielders at a time..ye i think ill only bring 8 of them too..feck it 4 keepers too"..Crazy

He's not bringing four keepers and eight strikers anywhere. They are part of an initial 30 man party from which 7 players will be dropped.

Spain picked 5 keepers in their 30. Looks like del Bosque is even more crazy based on that logic.

Soby

True true...Although why do i give a feck.. i hope he does bring 4 keepers and 8 strikers and they get what they deserve in the WC

titan18 wrote: »

Spanish have 5 in theirs.Nasri and Benzema probably should have been in the provisional squad but it's not like either will start, so if he wants to bring a young guy like M'Vila,it won't reallly matter.

they actually have 6 lol

Pinturicchio

Soby wrote: »

they actually have 6 lol

Iker Casillas
David De Gea
Diego Lopez
Pepe Reina
Víctor Valdes

leninbenjamin

lol

Ush1

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Would it really have been so hard to add "ema"?

'Cause you don't know who it is? He's always known as Benz in France and in Europe overall. Or Benzinho, or Benzegol.

Ush1

pickarooney wrote: »

And objectively Benzema is none of the above.

He's certainly a big name. A Galactico in fact.

Ush1

Mr Alan wrote: »

people moan when managers pick players based on their reputation, and then when they base their selections on form and sharpness, people still moan. why would anyone ever be a manager.

Form and sharpness and Henry is there? I honestly wouldn't try get inside Domenechs head.

He's a former Lyon youth product himself and heavily favours players who have played or are playing there so all the more strange Benz is left out.

Catenaccio!

FlawedGenius wrote: »

Disgrace Henry is in that squad French FA should of banned him from the world cup its not like they really need him with the players they have.
I personally wouldnt be too upset to see him shot by a mad african or get injured just before the World cup.
Although he did single handedly got them to the world cup.:D

Cringe anyone?

I hope France win the ****ing thing. Didn't feel like this right after the result against us but considering how embarrassing everyone was in their reaction to it I'm all for supporting France.