he wanted to play the euros so he kept quiet

next season will be fun

Nasri is a much bigger problem than Ben Arfa imo.

I heard Nasri got into some troubles as well...

Here's the story:
- alou Diarra came in and went off saying that the playmakers were garbage. He said that him and m'vila were abandoned. Cursed a lot and got very loud
- nasri got upset and asked alou to be polite
- ben arfa jumped in and said that Blanc should not have taken him out since there were other players that "sucked much worse"
- blanc told ben arfa he didn't have the right to challenge his choices
- Ben arfa then offered to leave the group if he was a problem
- other players jumped and said that they thought nasri was faking an injury (which he did imo)

Nasri is really the problem here. I doubt either nasri or ben arfa play in the next game, which is right.

Malouda said that these thing can have one of two effects... Either the team falls apart or the team use it as a challenge to come together. Since the problem is one player and not cliques of players, i think it will work out for the better. Nasri has been shat and has a shat attitude. He needs to get benched and kicked off the team after the euro. Plenty of better wingers in france and he's not a am. His ego is incredible.

Not good for ben arfa either though. You never question the manager loudly in front of other players. Blanc is a disciplinarian. He may give him one pass. But he will have no 3rd chances. One more issue and he's gone too.

These kids have to realize that there are players like griezmann, cabella, lacazette, etc. that are coming up and very soon. Ribery, benzema, menez, giroud, etc are plenty enough. They could get kicked off the team without hesitation. It happened to Ginola and Cantona recently...

Zealous confusing Bosscielny with Ramos.

Blanc better be wary of letting these conflicts affect the team like they did back in the 2010 World Cup.

Nothing against Kos or Rami but CB partnerships are no joke it's all abot constant communication not individual defending, that's the only reason Mexes started. With him out who is going to lead from the back?

Rami or Kos? I don't see either doing that.

Dont worry Zeal..... Cabaye is the French Piggy and its been proven by Piggy that you dont need CB's if your CM is so GOAT

Cabaye





Iniesta: "I've noticed Cabaye in the France team. He had a great season at Newcastle and Blanc has given him a very important role."

----Whatever-------
-------M'villa--------
--Cabaye-Malouda
Benzema-------Ribery
---------Giroud-------

Is there a chance that Giroud can start?

Don't think so I think France only have two strikers, but then again Nasri and HBA are probably out so you never know

You're right, they have to bring someone in the second half. Poor decision from me to select him on my fantasy team.

Rami-Koscielny played a couple times when Mexes was injured and did very well. Koscielny also started the Serbia game before the Euro and did very well. He played alongside Clichy at Arsenal... so there's chemistry with the LB already.

He's step up compared to the current Mexes.

The only mystery for tomorrow is whether Nasri or M'Vila starts. The team will be

Lloris
Debuchy-Rami-Koscielny-Clichy
Diarra-Cabaye-Nasri/M'Vila
Menez-Benzema-Ribery

I'd start M'vila over Nasri tbh, not only because he's better defensively but because unlike Nasri he is'nt an ego-maniac and will pass to someone other than Benzema and Ribery and not treat it like a 3 a-side game.

Actually if M'vila starts the system will be a lot similar to the system we used during our 7 game winning run at the end of the season.... except France have better players.

If France use this system and actually play as a team and stick to a game plan i could see them coming out with the win, although it will be very difficult.

Spain has never beaten France in an official match.

I'm officially joining the bandwagon

lol no one is France likes Nasri


I AM NOT SURPRISED!!!!!!

halamadrid2 wrote:having the players is all fine and dandy but they wont win squat if they don't have a forward making runs, happened in all 3 of their games so far.... all their goals came from outside the box or fk thats not good enough

somebody has to let Benz know if Giroud isn't there he has to act as a pure striker and not false number 8

Nope...he can play exactly as he is playing except with a minor tweak.

After making the passes to Ribery and whoever else , he needs to run hard through the centre instead of waiting outside the box.

Benzema has never done that. I'm trying to remember a goal where he made a run into the box through the defense but I just can't. That's not his game imo.

Remove the Invincible tag. France was defeated once

Zealous wrote:Benzema has never done that. I'm trying to remember a goal where he made a run into the box through the defense but I just can't. That's not his game imo.

I remember a couple.

TBH it's pretty easy to do that from behind the play, that's not even a trait of strikers it's just general football sense, Xavi used to be amazing at doing it...that's right lol...Xavi.

It's easy...he just needs to do it.

As for peeling off defenders and scoring, on basically every Alonso assist to him that's what happened.

He did it once in the last game but the defender recovered and blocked it.

Wel of course he might do it a few times he is still a fantastic player. What I meant was it's not something he is used to or does on a regular basis and in a high pressure game he's going to stick to his guns not try something outside his comfort zone.

Of course it might not be an issue anyway, any chances he'll get will be as a result of counters and his decision makinbg is goat so he'll probably do well there.

does anyone have the feeling benzema will score in this game?

i do