Yet again is always interesting because Deschamps has not underwhelmed once. I noticed that foreign expectations are far higher than the french expectations. He reached the WC QF and the Euro final which was respectively the expectation and above the expectations, the goal was the EURO semi final.
Man for man, I personally feel that France has possibly the best starting line up in Europe. They have the most depth and quality in most positions too. A squad like that really should be doing better, not to mention the results in the last two tournaments don't reflect the quality of the play. I guess I was expecting a sort of domination that Spain showed from 2008-2012, but I feel the coach has held them back to an extent.
I actually don't know what to say because it's really shocking how for no good reason people overrate France, even on a paper it makes no sense. At the exception of Benzema, Varane and now Griezmann, France don't have players with big competitions experience, at least not among the players in their prime, Benzema and Varane weren't at the EURO and Benzema has generally been underwhelming for France because he wanted to do too much, he was better for Deschamps though. On top of that, France have had big holes in its team since 2004, we failed to produce fullbacks, so when Sagna and Evra lost a step we had terrible performers there, same thing with CMs and wingers. So the comparison with Spain is just baffling, if we are lucky 2020-2024 will be our years because our big talents are really young and will be in their prime around that time.
Seriously? Your squad may not have tournament experience but you have 3 players in each position who are all quality. Can we swap yours with the dross we have in England?
He'd last two minutes at Real Madrid. One bad run and they'd sack him without question.
Kinda proving his point here. I mean, expecting any nationalteam to show the domination Spain showed over those 3 tournaments is insane. Even expecting it from Spain back then would have been crazy. Despite the quality Spain had, they surpassed the expectation by winning three tournaments in a row, which as far as I know no nationalteam ever did before.
My post is mainly about the past teams from 2012 to 2016 because that's when Deschamps is mainly judged and the team wasn't particularly good, it was pretty close to England. The current team is very talented but also very inexperienced individually and collectively. Unless one of Pogba or Griezmann step up, this team won't achieve much until most players hit their prime which isn't happening until 2020-2024.
You may be on to something here but I think it may be a bit early to switch managers especially when Nishino has just taken the reins. If we're talking about national team jobs, the France managerial position might be more likely. Deschamps has been there for quite some time; if the World Cup results are less than satisfactory, I can see his position being in jeopardy.
He doesn’t strike me as the type who would go for a payday - especially not at his age. Could see him like the challenge of China though, considering he spent some time managing in Japan.
He settled in London. So just change color to blue = Chelsea
Doesn't moan about budget or criticize his players. Perfect match in heavenand no trophies for a decade? I'll pass!He settled in London. So just change color to blue = Chelsea
Poor Theo ..
His European record was never great before when they wanted him. I think it’s the style of football they wanted anitially with him. Don’t think it will happen. Just wonder if they would still have an intrest.
It's funny because I mentioned this before while engaging with an Arsenal fan - and he got in a right tizzy about it. They want him to disappear out of England, that's for sure.
Oh, I didn't realize they have got rid of Halilhodžić.
Yeah, people loves to mock Benzema for that infamous 1200+ minutes goal drought with France NT. But to be fair to Benzema, he used to play in a period where bums like Marvin Martin, Anthony Réveillère etc. were being called into the NT. His stats in 13 games with (inexperienced) Pogba & Griezmann during the 2014 World Cup period? 12 goals and 5 assists. Just a damn shame that Benzema isn't playing when France actually have a Golden Generation.
