There Is Only One Sinnacle

Part of me has been wondering what is Lurent Blanc thinking watching this French team fall apart. He might think that he is in for the toughest job in sports, coaching a bunch of players who made fools of themselves during the last month. On the flip side after the horror that was Raymond Domenech these French players will just after do anything Blanc due to the sheer joy of being rid of Domenech.

Switching gears for a moment, you know who else has to be pleased at the moment? Karim Benzema that’s who. Benzema must be sercetly thrilled the stink that was France’s World Cup campaign did not land on him. Never will Benzema have to answer the question what went wrong and how do you feel about shaming your country?

As for the players who did shame their country. This World Cup team is a joke. Reading a twitter post summed it up nicely. “This world cup has turned out like ww2! The French surrendered early, USA arrive last min and we’re left to fight the Germans!” (credit to @hillmania)

Did these players truely understand what it is ike to wear a National team jersey? I find it unreal how selfish and pity most of these players were. They will forever be remembered for this. A team with so much talent playing so poorly means this group is rotten to it’s core and much like France failure to make it to the 1994 World Cup heads will need to be chopped and Laurent Blanc will need to clear out this squad.

Players like Éric Abidal, William Gallas, Patrice Evra, Franck Ribéry, Djibril Cissé, Sidney Govou, Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka either due to age, talent, or professionalism need to go. For Blanc to succeed a clear message needs to be sent that it’s out with the old and in with the new. The good thing for France is they have a ton of talent to build around. Laurent Blanc needs to build around Hugo Lloris, Gaël Clichy, Yoann Gourcuff, Abou Diaby, Mathieu Valbuena, André-Pierre Gignac, Karim Benzema, Aly Cissokho, Lassana Diarra, Moussa Sissoko, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jimmy Briand, Loïc Rémy, Bafétimbi Gomis. Every single one of these players age 25 or young just to highlight the talent France has.

In the end best wishes to you Laurent Blanc. Not all is lost but you have some work cut out for you.

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