Dear France Fans,

I've been blogging some posts about the French National Team, but I'm declaring this blog officially dead. Not because I don't love the team anymore, but because no one reads it (not that fun to run a blog which nobody reads, except me huh?). Which is logical, because who would support such a bad team (except me)? With an astrological coach?

Now, I write for a Dutch soccer blog called Uithaal.

 But I still adore my beloved bleus, and if you do too you can contact me via

accessibility@live.com

Love, me.

First the good news: Henry scored 2 goals yesterday! Benzema scored the 3rd goal! Yay! Gourcuff played very well, and after Henry got substituted, Toulalan was captain!

AFTER BENZEMAS GOAL, NOTICE THIS: After the goal, note how while Thierry Henry is hugging Benzema, he motions Ben Arfa over and hugs him with the other hand. I am really pleased to see this kind of leadership from Titi. The team really needs it to bridge the gaps between generations and players.

So what were your thoughts on the game in general?

Bad News: Jooma scored a goal so the result was 3-1

Even more bad news: DOMENECH IS STAYING TILL 2010! AAIGHT! This is a disastre. Merde. What do you think about it? A man who watches stars to decide which tactic to use? This means Trezeguet and Frey wont play for France.

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS and ill reply, I really need to talk about this disaster!

Raymond Domenech unveiled the list today for the WC qualifier vs. Romania and the friendly against Tunisia.

Biggest surprise for me? No Samir Nasri. Raymond’s reason? “Samir is back playing but he is still not fully fit.” And of course it has nothing to do with the fact that Yoann Gourcuff took that #10 role that was expected to be Samir’s and made it his own instead.

However, a good thing is: Franck Ribéry is finally back! And Patrick Vieira, who I think is too old to play, is in and Flamini is left out. Man what a bad decision! What is Domenech doing?

Hatem Ben Arfa is also on the list again, but he is nut fully fit, I think it's better if he will be replaced by Samir Nasri who is actually fit enough. Samir played well in the game Arsenal-Fc Porto.

Also Sidney Govou is left out as well, because Ribéry is in the house.

This is the full list:

Liste des joueurs sélectionnés

Gardiens de But

Hugo LLORIS Olympique Lyonnais
Stève MANDANDA Olympique de Marseille

Défenseurs

Eric ABIDAL FC Barcelone
Gaël CLICHY Arsenal F.C.
Patrice EVRA Manchester United
Rod FANNI Stade Rennais F.C.
William GALLAS Arsenal F.C.
Philippe MEXES AS Rome
Bakary SAGNA Arsenal F.C.
Sébastien SQUILLACI FC Séville

Milieux de Terrain

Alou DIARRA Girondins de Bordeaux
Lassana DIARRA FC Portsmouth
Yoann GOURCUFF Girondins de Bordeaux
Jérémy TOULALAN Olympique Lyonnais
Patrick VIEIRA Inter de Milan

Attaquants

Nicolas ANELKA Chelsea F.C.
Hatem BEN-ARFA Olympique de Marseille
Karim BENZEMA Olympique Lyonnais
Thierry HENRY FC Barcelone
Florent MALOUDA Chelsea F.C.
Franck RIBERY Bayern Munich
Florent SINAMA-PONGOLLE Atletico Madrid nouveau

After the embarrassing defeat against Austria, (3-1) France has returned with a victory against Serbia. This was the line up in which France played:

Do you see the changes? Gourcuff was starting over Nasri! Nasri was injured. I didn't think before Gourcuff would do so well! He has taken a little bit of the Zidane position role.

Henry had a great game as well! He got a chance to play wide left, instead of in the centre. Benzema hadn't got his day. While usually he very often got the ball, this time not. He was replaced by Anelka in the second half.

Toulalan is getting better each game! He helps the attacking players.

Wait till Ribéry is back. France has great players, but I think the coach isn't good with his astrology.

Next match is against Rumania on 11 Octobre. I wonder which players Domenech will call up.

My favourite line up would be:

            Mandanda
  Sagna Gallas Abidal Clichy
Ribery Toulalan Gourcuff Nasri
        Benzema Henry

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