Cisse dropped from french squad

[fellafeen]

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Squad:

Fabien Barthez (Marseille), Gregory Coupet (Lyon); Eric Abidal (Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle), Francois Clerc (Lyon), William Gallas (Chelsea), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Juventus); Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris Saint Germain), Alou Diarra (Lens), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid); Nicolas Anelka (Fenerbahce), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon)

[Phil236849]

what do you mean, not really surprising

 

call yourself a liverpool fan?

 

djibril would make a much better defender than boumsong!

[Stevie H]

can't believe they're persisting with that t*** barthez.

[Case]

Hopefully, Angry Djibril = Goals Djibril just like in the Super Cup Final in Monaco.

[Gilps]

Is Boumsong the best they can do?

[Phil236849]

tweety pie, djimi, cygan or boumsong

 

who'd ya pick?!

[Benitez]

tweety pie, djimi, cygan or boumsong

 

who'd ya pick?!

 

 

2 of them ain't French for starters

[Hassony]

mexes and boumsoung in defence is great news for the rest of the world

[XabisBadFoot]

mexes and boumsoung in defence is great news for the rest of the world

 

You say that, but Ged Houllier was after buying them both at one stage wasn't he..?? From Auxerre I think....

[The Hitman]

b******s,I was hoping he'd go,play a stormer,and we'd be able to flog him for a small fortune.

 

When I think of what a disappointment he's been,it almost brings me to tears.

[£440,000]

tweety pie, djimi, cygan or boumsong

 

who'd ya pick?!

 

Djimi´s French. He elected to play for Mali as he probably realised that the new Desailly thing just wasn´t working.

[Phil236849]

forgot djimi elected to go for mali. tweety pie, boumsong and cygan are all french arent they

[Sion]

That's a bit of a sad decision. He's been playing well for France, and his club form should not have to come into it.

 

Another confidence destroyer for a probably already low player.

 

His manager doesn't want him, neither do most of the fans, and probably the players (seems like a loaner)

[The Hitman]

(seems like a loaner)

I'd rather we sold him and got the money.

[anfield11]

Nicolas Anelka (Fenerbahce), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon)

 

No wonder Dibby can't get in!!

 

Still, if you look at the whole squad, it looks like an Old Trafford special....good forwards, crap midfield and defense.

[Benitez]

can't believe they're persisting with that t*** barthez.

 

 

and yet another amazing blunder by Barthez v's Bolton tonight.

 

He's gifting the hoofers a spot in the next round all by himself the twunt

[Earl Hafler]

Though thankfully no short pulling after tonights blunder, just a look to the heavens.

[Leo No.8]

That's a bit of a sad decision. He's been playing well for France, and his club form should not have to come into it.

 

Another confidence destroyer for a probably already low player.

 

His manager doesn't want him, neither do most of the fans, and probably the players (seems like a loaner)

 

Poor, poor Djibril.

 

He'll have to console himself by going for a ride around his huge country estate in a dune buggy, then perhaps throwing some £50 notes on the fire to warm the mansion up.

 

£60,000 odd I would imagine we're paying him every week, as well as a £14m transfer fee, and he couldn't trap a bag of cement or hit a barn door from ten paces.

 

I know his salary and fee aren't his fault, but you'll excuse me if my sympathy is limited...

Edited February 24, 2006 by Leo No.8

[crisps]

has Distin ever played for France? Sure he's better option that Boumsong?

[Leo No.8]

has Distin ever played for France? Sure he's better option that Boumsong?

 

Absolutely - Distin makes the odd error, but in general is very solid indeed.

 

Presumably that's why Newcastle didn't eventually sign him after they had him there for a loan period.

 

NUFC Check List for Signing Defender:

 

Error Prone: Occasionally

 

Defensively Inept: No

 

Verdict: Not suitable.

[IgPig]

not good news for us really. We need him to go to the world cup and do well, so we can get a decent amount of money for him.

[BigBird]

One year left on Cisse?s contract and we pay £14M for him.

One year left on Owens?s contract and we sell him for £8M.

 

Can anyone explain this?

[Benitez]

One year left on Cisse?s contract and we pay £14M for him.

 

 

 

I thought that was interweb myth.

 

I was under the imperssion he signed a new contract with Auxerre during the time he was being linked with us.

[Guest Cisse's mate]

Here is Cisse's stats compared to Moro and Crouch

 

 

Cisse

Started 21 - as sub 20 - mins played 2108 goals 12 - average goals to minutes 175.67

Crouch

Started 30 - as sub 5 - mins played 2388 goals 7 - average goals to minutes 341.14

Moro

Started 26 - as sub 7 - mins played 2239 goals 6 - average goals to minutes 373.17

 

Cisse scores double over the other two. I rest my case.

[IgPig]

how many of those goals were in the league/cl proper/fa cup/league cup rather than super cup or cl qualifying rounds?

 

Genuine question.