Clichy left out of France squad

[Shaggy]

He hasn't even made the provisional 30 man squad. Outrageous.

No Trezeguet ........Cisse's in.

[JPK]

He hasn't even made the provisional 30 man squad. Outrageous.

No Trezeguet ........Cisse's in.

That is shocking. He is a better player than Evra and twice as good as Abidal IMO.

[Nic83]

Abidal is a super player as anyone who watches la liga regularly knows and Evra I think is better too so there's no real need for any more than 2 leftbacks so it's not too surprising. Harsh on the kid as there isn't much difference in quality but places are limited.

Trez though, I thought he was gonna be a starter never mind not even in the squad!

[Nic83]

Who are the strikers?

Henry, Benzema, Cisse, Anelka? Saha?

[Shaggy]

Full squad: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Mickael Landreau (PSG), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Marseille); Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Julien Escude (Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon);Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Pete Jenkins (Metz), Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan);Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Samir Nasri (Marseille)

[spud_gun]

As Gazza would say 'David Trees are gay'

[Guest]

So he must be ****e. DJS thinks Riera is ****e, because he hasn't made the Spain squad.

[Red_Polo]

Very surprised by that. He's been better than both Abidal and Evra this season.

[Harv]

Abidal is a super player as anyone who watches la liga regularly knows and Evra I think is better too so there's no real need for any more than 2 leftbacks so it's not too surprising. Harsh on the kid as there isn't much difference in quality but places are limited.

Trez though, I thought he was gonna be a starter never mind not even in the squad!

I take it you dont then.

He has been ****! He was outstanding at Lyon, but has looked woeful at times for Barca.

[Darkon]

I am more suprised that trezeguet is not in the squad than clichy, as you usally bring in more strikers than LB...

I am not so much suprised that Cisse is there, he has had a good season with marseilles around 20 goals I think. More suprised that the Gomis fella is there instead, surely trezeguet on form has more to offer???

[jonesie]

Alou Diarra.

[Craig_H]

So he must be ****e. DJS thinks Riera is ****e, because he hasn't made the Spain squad.

I just think Riera is ****e full stop. I made the point about him being left out of the Spain squad because you did a big merry dance and celebration about him being a 'Spanish international'

[jonesie]

No Bakary Sagna either. I thought he was excellent for Arsenal last season.

[Guest]

I just think that France have an embarrassment of riches in terms of talent. They've got a world class youth system, maybe the best around.

[-V-]

No Bakary Sagna either. I thought he was excellent for Arsenal last season.

Im pretty sure that Sagna is injured. Clichy should have been in though. I think Abidal has been very poor this season