Barking Poslethwaite
Rab C Nesbitt
Deschamps is nowhere near good enough to manage the team he is. Like Southgate tbf

Yep, the bloke who's taken a no-hope team to the Champions League final, won the French championship and three league cups, led the national team to the Euro finals and won a World Cup is obviously a bit rubbish and no better than Southgate 😁
Agreed. Since he’s had new gnashers he’s gone super defensive and is being questioned by fans and media.
Jude Bellingham - "Once a blue, always a blue" “This is my Club, I love the Club to bits. I’d die for this Club”
Like most modern coaches he has a preferred style and tries to fit players to it rather than the other way round. The last couple of years has been a desperate struggle to reinvent a defence strong and reliable enough to allow France to continue to be expansive (and wasteful) further forward. Lots of players and lots of combinations have been tried and it's not happening because none of the replacements can do the same job. The better players at the back - like Pavord - are more comfortable coming forward rather than digging in and it's leaving holes all over the place.

He'll have to go after this tournament (assuming things don't suddenly click) because he's not the man to make the best use of what there is any more, but it's silly to suggest he's been a failure or has anything to prove.
masqueraiding as a intelligent person
You’ve just admitted he’s got something to prove. And you could say pretty much the same about Southgate and why he’ll probably have to go
Jude Bellingham - "Once a blue, always a blue" “This is my Club, I love the Club to bits. I’d die for this Club”
15:35, Sun 20 Nov
I see the French squad are back to fighting amongst themselves after having a World Cup off from doing so last time.

They must be a nightmare bunch of egos to manage.
There's too much opinion and not enough fact.
15:42, Sun 20 Nov
IanT
I see the French squad are back to fighting amongst themselves after having a World Cup off from doing so last time.

Do share.
masqueraiding as a intelligent person
15:56, Sun 20 Nov
Just seen on bet365 over 2 corners each half at evens.
16:03, Sun 20 Nov
Barking Poslethwaite
IanT
I see the French squad are back to fighting amongst themselves after having a World Cup off from doing so last time.

Do share.

T'was on 5 Live earlier, some French journo was on about different factions within the squad and it reminding him of previous tournamnets.
There's too much opinion and not enough fact.
16:08, Sun 20 Nov
No stories or whispers in the press here. But if it was on the BBC it must be true.
masqueraiding as a intelligent person
16:24, Sun 20 Nov
Barking in ‘fake news’ shocker
16:39, Sun 20 Nov
It was a French journalist.
There's too much opinion and not enough fact.
16:41, Sun 20 Nov
He's got himself a scoop then because nobody else seems to have that story.
masqueraiding as a intelligent person
16:44, Sun 20 Nov
That’s what a scoop is 😁
16:47, Sun 20 Nov
You might be right, I'm just referring to something I heard.
There's too much opinion and not enough fact.
21:29, Sun 20 Nov
Kane to score a brace tomorrow is 4/1 with ladbrokes. Very good price that.
21:32, Sun 20 Nov
Is it? Don’t think Kane scores a brace once every four games. Maybe 8/1 would be a ‘good’ price.