France national team | Martial ruled out due to injury, Lemar replaces him

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Lacazette has been on top form. Surprised he hasn't been recAlled.
 
Gasolin said:
I don't remember that piece but if it's true, he deserves to not play. He can go f*** himself, just because you had the possibility to play for Spain should not allow you to say such things.
I am delighted with that France team, I just hope we replace the striker with Martial :). Imagine Dembele, Martial and Mbappe in that team.
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In an interview he said that if he wasn't selected, he could as well play for Spain, that it was interesting and possible. I'm not sure if it was really a blackmail but he played with fire.
 
The amount of depth that we have at the moment is staggering. People talk about Lacazette, Rabiot and the big names, but there many less known players who would be called up in most national teams, like Diallo, Ben Yedder, Ntcham, Haller.
We're set for the future at every position except for GK, and central defense where we have an army of great young defenders (Laporte, Lenglet, Diallo, Zagadou, Issa Diop, Upamecano) who all play at top/good level, and despite the fact that there were basically 4 open spots, he still decided to goes with the same. Calling an injured Varane was weird, he had the longest season out of anybody and could do with some rest, especially since he'll still have to play word champions cup before the break. It was an opportunity to give some of those guys a chance so it's disappointing but still trusting and supporting Deschamps of course.
 
So many United fans said he was not good enough for France and he wouldn't make the squad again after the world cup
 
huyn said:
The amount of depth that we have at the moment is staggering. People talk about Lacazette, Rabiot and the big names, but there many less known players who would be called up in most national teams, like Diallo, Ben Yedder, Ntcham, Haller.
We're set for the future at every position except for GK, and central defense where we have an army of great young defenders (Laporte, Lenglet, Diallo, Zagadou, Issa Diop, Upamecano) who all play at top/good level, and despite the fact that there were basically 4 open spots, he still decided to goes with the same. Calling an injured Varane was weird, he had the longest season out of anybody and could do with some rest, especially since he'll still have to play word champions cup before the break. It was an opportunity to give some of those guys a chance so it's disappointing but still trusting and supporting Deschamps of course.
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Could also add Moussa Dembele to the forward options, did well at Celtic and had good scoring start at Lyon.
 
huyn said:
The amount of depth that we have at the moment is staggering. People talk about Lacazette, Rabiot and the big names, but there many less known players who would be called up in most national teams, like Diallo, Ben Yedder, Ntcham, Haller.
We're set for the future at every position except for GK, and central defense where we have an army of great young defenders (Laporte, Lenglet, Diallo, Zagadou, Issa Diop, Upamecano) who all play at top/good level, and despite the fact that there were basically 4 open spots, he still decided to goes with the same. Calling an injured Varane was weird, he had the longest season out of anybody and could do with some rest, especially since he'll still have to play word champions cup before the break. It was an opportunity to give some of those guys a chance so it's disappointing but still trusting and supporting Deschamps of course.
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Yeah it is a good period to be fan of the french national team :D
 
Surprising indeed that there is no Lenglet or Laporte yet Kimpembe gets picked. Each time I've seen him this season (5 times) he's been the worst player on the pitch. I don't see what he brings to the table (pitch).

Thauvin was highly unimpressive against Iceland even for a friendly but I guess he's playing well enough in the league. Lacazette is doing that as well but doesn't get the call-up but Giroud does. Is Dechamps planning on taking a 34 year old Giroud to the Euros? Seems like you might want to think ahead.
 
That is a terrifying line up.

--------------Mbappe------------
Martial--Griezmann---Dembele
--------Pogba---Kante----------

Of course this not balanced at all. But the quality that they have is just mind blowing.
 
huyn said:
The amount of depth that we have at the moment is staggering. People talk about Lacazette, Rabiot and the big names, but there many less known players who would be called up in most national teams, like Diallo, Ben Yedder, Ntcham, Haller.
We're set for the future at every position except for GK, and central defense where we have an army of great young defenders (Laporte, Lenglet, Diallo, Zagadou, Issa Diop, Upamecano) who all play at top/good level, and despite the fact that there were basically 4 open spots, he still decided to goes with the same. Calling an injured Varane was weird, he had the longest season out of anybody and could do with some rest, especially since he'll still have to play word champions cup before the break. It was an opportunity to give some of those guys a chance so it's disappointing but still trusting and supporting Deschamps of course.
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France can field a top tier 2nd team but those players you mentioned wouldn't get into the Icelandic team, would get a call-up though. I don't feel like Deschamps picked the best squad possible this time but that might also have been intentional since they are basically playing two friendlies. I doubt even France would be disappointed by a loss to Netherlands as that would mean Germany would finish bottom which is quite the schadenfreude.
 
Infordin said:
Rami and Sakho over Laporte and Lenglet :lol:
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World champion manager there :wenger: In all seriousness Laporte will never get called up for France because of what wa said and Lenglet has never worked with Deschamps before/ is too good to be on the bench. Sakho and Rami are bench players and for these role, it's always better to take player you know a lot about.
 
kouroux said:
World champion manager there :wenger: In all seriousness Laporte will never get called up for France because of what wa said and Lenglet has never worked with Deschamps before/ is too good to be on the bench. Sakho and Rami are bench players and for these role, it's always better to take player you know a lot about.
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This mentality was the cause of Germany hitting a new Low(pun intended) at the WC
 
Fergietime@99 said:
This mentality was the cause of Germany hitting a new Low(pun intended) at the WC
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That mentality is how we avoid the usual drama and France built a team that won a WC and went to a Euro final. Bench players will be selected based on their abilities but also their character.
 
kouroux said:
World champion manager there :wenger: In all seriousness Laporte will never get called up for France because of what wa said and Lenglet has never worked with Deschamps before/ is too good to be on the bench. Sakho and Rami are bench players and for these role, it's always better to take player you know a lot about.
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What did Laporte say?
 
JPRouve said:
That mentality is how we avoid the usual drama and France built a team that won a WC and went to a Euro final. Bench players will be selected based on their abilities but also their character.
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Like Germany leaving behind Sane. Germany failed to move on from Schweinsteiger, Lahm and replace a poor Thomas Muller.
If suppose for the next tournament Varane or Umtiti get injured. Who would replace them? Laporte/Lenglet or Rami. Who would play upfront? Giroud or Lacazette. It's better to have these guys involved in the group from now rather than leaving it too late imo
 
Fergietime@99 said:
Like Germany leaving behind Sane. Germany failed to move on from Schweinsteiger, Lahm and replace a poor Thomas Muller.
If suppose for the next tournament Varane or Umtiti get injured. Who would replace them? Laporte/Lenglet or Rami. Who would play upfront? Giroud or Lacazette. It's better to have these guys involved in the group from now rather than leaving it too late imo
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There are plenty of players actually. In the current selection as CBs you have Kimpembe who is the third option, from there the fourth player will be one of Rami, Sakho, Pavard or Lucas. Upfront it could be anyone, Lacazette isn't a better striker than Griezmann or Mbappé, Mbappé is the current favored option. Fékir is a competent deputy for Griezmann and he can play everywhere.
 
My preferred attack would be:
Giroud
Martial Fekir M'bappé
Pogba Kanté
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No chance Griezmann misses out, though. Or probably Matuidi for that matter.
 
Snow said:
France can field a top tier 2nd team but those players you mentioned wouldn't get into the Icelandic team, would get a call-up though. I don't feel like Deschamps picked the best squad possible this time but that might also have been intentional since they are basically playing two friendlies. I doubt even France would be disappointed by a loss to Netherlands as that would mean Germany would finish bottom which is quite the schadenfreude.
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Ben Yedder and Haller are quite clearly better than Finbogasson. Come on man.
 
Yagami said:
My preferred attack would be:
Giroud
Martial Fekir M'bappé
Pogba Kanté
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No chance Griezmann misses out, though. Or probably Matuidi for that matter.
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Nobody is tracking back in that, Griezmann and Mbappé are never going out of the starting lineup. I've never been impressed with Fekir for France, it looks like he can't make the step up from Ligue 1 to international football. Deschamps should realy call up Lacazette because i can't see Giroud starting in the Euros. If he doesn't and you go for Mbappe as a number 9, you have no strenght upfront, and the whole balance he spent 4 years putting together is thrown out. Lacazette isn't as good as Giroud for the role but he already showed this season that he can do it to some extent.
I'm still on the fence about Martial, i like him when he's on form but when things don't work out he looks Özil-esque. It's a massive year for him and has a lot to prove: cement his place in the group and decides if he stays at Manchester or not.
 
awop said:
Nobody is tracking back in that, Griezmann and Mbappé are never going out of the starting lineup. I've never been impressed with Fekir for France, it looks like he can't make the step up from Ligue 1 to international football. Deschamps should realy call up Lacazette because i can't see Giroud starting in the Euros. If he doesn't and you go for Mbappe as a number 9, you have no strenght upfront, and the whole balance he spent 4 years putting together is thrown out. Lacazette isn't as good as Giroud for the role but he already showed this season that he can do it to some extent.
I'm still on the fence about Martial, i like him when he's on form but when things don't work out he looks Özil-esque. It's a massive year for him and has a lot to prove: cement his place in the group and decides if he stays at Manchester or not.
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In regards to your tracking back comment, you underestimate Fekir in that regard. It's a big reason as to why I'm a huge fan. Works as hard defensively as Tevez did or Alexis and Firmino now.

As for the rest of your post, that's all fair. Though, in my opinion, Martial has a lot of fight in him. I think he's very underrated in that regard due to his lackadaisical demeanor.
 
Snow said:
France can field a top tier 2nd team but those players you mentioned wouldn't get into the Icelandic team, would get a call-up though. I don't feel like Deschamps picked the best squad possible this time but that might also have been intentional since they are basically playing two friendlies. I doubt even France would be disappointed by a loss to Netherlands as that would mean Germany would finish bottom which is quite the schadenfreude.
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Based on your location, I'd guess you know a lot more than me about the Icelandic team, but when it comes to forwards, when I see that our (by our I mean my club, FC Nantes) highest paid striker, Sigthorsson, who has been AWOL for over 2 years, is still being called up in the team, I don't see how Ben Yedder and Haller wouldn't get in. I'm sure guys like Ntcham or Diallo would be called up if they were english or italian.
 
Yagami said:
My preferred attack would be:
Giroud
Martial Fekir M'bappé
Pogba Kanté
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No chance Griezmann misses out, though. Or probably Matuidi for that matter.
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Surprised you wouldn't have Greizy in the mix. Had a quiet WC but was still involved in most of their goals. I'd have him as the focal point ahead of Giroud personally.
 
huyn said:
Based on your location, I'd guess you know a lot more than me about the Icelandic team, but when it comes to forwards, when I see that our (by our I mean my club, FC Nantes) highest paid striker, Sigthorsson, who has been AWOL for over 2 years, is still being called up in the team, I don't see how Ben Yedder and Haller wouldn't get in. I'm sure guys like Ntcham or Diallo would be called up if they were english or italian.
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Isn't Jon Bodvarsson still a regular striker for Iceland? Guy works harder but barely scores 5 a season in the championship for Wolves and now Reading.
 
Weren't people going mad about Aouar a few months back? He's just scored for Lyon so another France will probably trial out in next year.
 
Martial dissapointed in many games he had played with France NT, officials and friendlies.He might be talented, but i don't see him starting for France for at least two years more.

Deschamps still uses Giroud, because it is working for him.

Dembelé, Martial and Lacazette were meh when they played for France.
 
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