Axe Domenech, Return of Sidwell and that guy from Lille

So to start off with, I want to explain what my blog entails. Basically it's a discussion off all the doings in the world of football and what makes it so beautiful. I concentrate mostly on Europe and the fantastic league called the English premiership. I'm an Arsenal fan at heart but my discussions will not revolve around them and i will try my best to be unbiased during my posts. If anyone ever feels when reading my posts that i am favoring the brilliance of the red and white, please drop me a note.

Now that we have that out of the way, let’s begin with what a disaster France's European campaign was. Ever since Raymond Domenech revealed who he was taking with him to Switzerland, they were destined to failure. Though the likes of Makélélé and Thuram boast experience of previous major competitions, there age must be questioned. I strongly believe that Domenech reluctance to begin the French transition to a new generation of footballers has cost France a humiliating exit and most likely his job. One has to wonder if France could have produced a more competitive edge with players like Flamini bossing the midfield and Nasri pulling the strings along side with Ribery.

When the inevitable axe does fall on Domenech, a call for a revoultion must be made. The new coach (my money is on Didier Deschamps) must begin to start players like Frey, Nasri, Flamini, Clichy/Evra, Gomis, Mexes. etc so they can build enough experiance to rock the 2010 World Cup.

A look at tonight’s fixture has the dead rubber match between Spain and Greece. Greece will be looking to salvage some pride and avoid the unwanted record of being the first reigning European Champions to fail to score when attempting to defend there title. Spain will make a host of changes with the game against Italy in mind, players like Fabregas and Albiol will be looking to produce a performance that will force them into the starting line-up.

Club Football: Aston Villa has purchased Steve Sidwell for a reported £5.5million, which i think is a great purchase. Sidwell will be looking to revive his career and he could be seen as the replacement of the Champions League thirsty Gareth Barry.

Reports have suggested that Spurs are interested in signing Podolski because they could always do with more strikers. I don't think he will be looking to leave with the appointment of Klinsmann at Bayern, im sure the ex-German Manager has Podolski in his future plans despite Hitzfeld benching him for most of the season. He is certainly proving his worth at the European Championships

In France, the seven time champions (that’s ridiculous) Lyon have appointed Claude Puel as there new manager. The former Lille manager will have the responsibility of taking them to there 8th title in a row hahaha. His achievements come in the form of a French Championship winner in 2000 with Monaco and leading Lille to an impressive 2nd place in 2005 and 3rd in 2006. However, most of you will remember him when he started to sulk and attempted to take his players of the pitch, when Ryan Giggs took a quick free kick against them in the Champions League resulting in a goal.

Other than that, there is nothing interesting to talk about but if you feel like a laugh than the football quote of the day comes from newly signed Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who claims that Bolton can push for Europe.

"Bolton are a big club and have been in Europe before. We can do that again especially with the players we have here and those the manager is trying to bring in."

I swear I just saw pigs fly.