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Originally posted by Brink
@Tamerlene-Rather hopeful today, aren't we?

Nah, seriously speaking, if Zidane recovers and doesn't suffer another injury, the French could probably make it to at least the quarterfinals

But of course

The thing that a lot of people are forgetting is that the French team had only lost 3 matches in the past few years prior to the upset. Like the champions that they are, they will bounce back.

I was saddened to see how they had come to rely so heavily on Zizou. A stark contrast to the way they played in the previous WC.

@Tamerlane-I am actually quite surprised that they must have Zizou out there before they can start playing well, seeing as to how their whole squad is filled with fantastic players by their own right

Thats my point exactly, they supossedly had the best midfield in the world. But they just don't gel cohesively, I just guess thats the price to pay, when your at the top. Other teams know your game plans inside out.

They also have possibly the best strike force in the world(the top 3 strikers in 3 different leagues), and yet they couldn't score a goal.Then again, perhaps the public are putting too much pressure on them

Being a huge fan of Juventus, I have seen Trezeguet play, and I also keep a slight interest in Arsenal games, where Henry is awesome. Plus I've heard great things from my relatives in France who have seen Cisse play, but a strong strike force is pretty much nothing with out a successful supply route through the mid field.

And thats where Zidane would usually come in. I disagree with the selection of Djorkaeff in his place. I would of preferred seeing Petit in the attacking midfield role, or at least give it to Dugarry. But then again, I'm not the coach

EDIT- Your right about the pressure though

True, but the strikers didn't perform that well against Senegal.That and the fact that the Senegalese keeper had a great day on the field is probably why they lost

I think the French also miss having Robert Pires on the wings

I'm eager to see how they will handle a strong midfield squad like that of Uruguays, especially to see how they'll contain Recoba.

This guy murdered us (Aus) in the qualifiers.

Yeap, Recoba is brilliant when he's in the mood .I'm surprised that they took him out against Denmark, even though it looked as if he's the one doing the most damage out there

Didn't he recieve a knock during the game?

It seems so long ago that I actually watched it.

Oh, so that's why they substituted him (I just got back from the toilet when they were about to/substituting him...my memory's a little hazy at the moment )

Originally posted by Brink
Oh, so that's why they substituted him

LOL, don't take my word for it. Watching over seven hours of continuos football plays havoc on ones mind.

Erm,I was in here in between matches....but I suppose being on SYM isn't very good for the mind either

I was actually talking about myself

I remember the France game vividly, as well as that shocking game between the Saudi's and Germans. But the rest is just a blur...

@Tamerlene-I knew that(guess I shouldn't have put in the 'Erm' part ).Just pointing out the fact that SYM may not be good for the(my) memory

Fair enough. I was tempted to remove that post after placing it on SYM. Your right about the "erm", confused the hell out of me.

My apologies for the confusion caused.I'll try to avoid making that in the future

Oh, come now. No apology was necessary, we just had a break in communication.

Tuning in has been a pain in the arse here in the US. Games on at all kinds of weird hours. But, that's to be expected when they play on the other side of the globe. I've caught very little unlike '98 and '94 (go figure). I have caught a lot of highlights but watching goals and corners doesn't do a match justice. You need to watch the full match.

Ah, thats just how I felt in 1998. I was too little to watch the 94 ones, but thankfully we have it all on tape. I guess its too early to expect them to schedule replays then.

Go England!

Just one thing to say b4 tomorrow - Go England!

Wish us luck against the mighty Brazil - I think we will need it!

Hope everyone is at mo.