Group E - Switzerland, Ecuador, France & Honduras

by **Hero** Sat 10 May 2014 - 16:36

Discuss Group E matches and teams here

by TopoftheChops Sat 10 May 2014 - 18:12

1. Switzerland
2. France
3. Ecuador
4. Honduras

by Fernando Sat 10 May 2014 - 20:14

Rumors suggesting that Diaby has made the provisional squad but Flamini & Nasri have not.

What is the manager thinking?

by TopoftheChops Sat 10 May 2014 - 20:43

Fernando wrote:Rumors suggesting that Diaby has made the provisional squad but Flamini & Nasri have not.

What is the manager thinking?

maybe he has the right star sign?

by NickisBHAFC Sat 10 May 2014 - 21:52

France and Switzerland for me.

If that's true nando, then that manager is clearly on an undercover operation of some sort.

by Duty281 Sat 10 May 2014 - 22:04

Switzerland and Ecuador through, France to flop...again!

by **Crimey** Mon 12 May 2014 - 9:24

Such a rubbish group this.

France
Switzerland
Ecuador
Honduras

by whocares Mon 12 May 2014 - 16:35

Fernando wrote:Rumors suggesting that Diaby has made the provisional squad but Flamini & Nasri have not.

What is the manager thinking?

Might be last chance for Nasri but none of the other will make it for sure.

by Nakatomi Plaza Tue 13 May 2014 - 19:35

French squad

Lloris, Landreau, Mandanda.

Defenders: Debuchy, Sagna, Koscielny, Sakho, Varane, Mangala, Digne, Evra.

Midfielders: Cabaye, Grenier, Matuidi, Mavuba, Pogba, M. Sissoko, Valbuena

Forwards: Benzema, Giroud, Griezmann, Rémy, Ribéry

No Nasri? Massive shock considering his form.

by whocares Tue 13 May 2014 - 19:47

Nasri his chances and never quite settled in this team. Not a team player, more of a trouble maker. Would have liked to see Evra gone as well but at least he brings experience.

by Nakatomi Plaza Tue 13 May 2014 - 19:55

How are France likely to line up? On paper I think their best XI is

Lloris
Sagna
Varane
Koscielny
Digne
Cabaye
Pogba
Valbuena
Ribery
Benzema
Griezmann

Haven't seen a lot of the French recently, so I may be massively off with that line-up!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue 13 May 2014 - 20:17

Moussa Sissoko?

Lol

by Guest Tue 13 May 2014 - 21:32

Well done Moussa, fully deserved. Underrated powerhouse & versatile option for the squad.

Nasri`s girlfriend on twitter

`f##k France, f##k Deschamps. What a s##t manager!`. laughing

by Duty281 Tue 13 May 2014 - 22:05

She sounds like the sort of sane girl that Nasri would be hanging out with!

by whocares Wed 14 May 2014 - 1:13

Nakatomi Plaza wrote:How are France likely to line up? On paper I think their best XI is

Lloris
Sagna
Varane
Koscielny
Digne
Cabaye
Pogba
Valbuena
Ribery
Benzema
Griezmann

Haven't seen a lot of the French recently, so I may be massively off with that line-up!

Not far but I expect something more like this:
Lloris
Debuchy
Varane
Koscielny
Evra
Pogba
Matuidi
Cabaye
Valbuena
Benzema
Ribery

He also selected the following 7 rookies to make the back up list or whatever it is called.
Cabella, Gonalons, Lacazette, Perrin, Ruffier, Schneiderlin, Trémoulinas

Nasri is a way better player than say Grenier and Valbuena but Deschamp doesnt like the fact that he moans when he's not playing which badly affects team morale.
Good on him I say, you cant have behaviour like that after the SA debacle.

by J.Benson II Wed 14 May 2014 - 10:33

Toss up between France and Ecuador as group winners. Switzerland can also mount a threat but will probably miss out. Honduras unlikely to make any impact.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 18 May 2014 - 10:11

I see Deschamps is suing Nasri's girlfriend, and the FFF is too

Good old French, never fail to make things overdramatic

by Guest Tue 27 May 2014 - 22:20

France 4 - 0 Norway. Arsenal frontman Olivier Giroud netted an impressive brace tonight for France, including scoring an exquisite half volley.

I told you this lad was world class. thumbsup

by Champagne_Socialist Wed 28 May 2014 - 0:26

Yeh the game was on bt sport. France actually look like a good team and I expect a lot of goals to come from them.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 1 Jun 2014 - 19:04

Ribery out of the world cup

by Guest Sun 1 Jun 2014 - 20:05

Samir, Samir, Samir!

Not even on the call-up list picard

by whocares Sun 1 Jun 2014 - 21:35

Olly wrote:Ribery out of the world cup

Nothing confirmed so far. Still trying to recover.

by Nakatomi Plaza Mon 2 Jun 2014 - 7:14

I've been impressed with France in the warm-up games. Think Pogba's going to make a big splash in the tournament, and can see France going far.

by whocares Fri 6 Jun 2014 - 14:26

Grenier out on injury - Schneiderlin called

more worrying is that they also called Cabella which could indeed suggest that Ribery world cup is in jeropardy...

by whocares Fri 6 Jun 2014 - 14:48

just been confirmed, Ribery is out of the world cup Sad

by Nakatomi Plaza Fri 6 Jun 2014 - 15:30

Great news for Griezmann though. Really think this could be his breakout tournament.

by whocares Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 10:35

France trashed Jamaica 8-0 last night before flying to Brazil. really substandard opposition but good for team spirit and confindence I guess.

by mystiroakey Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 11:30

That is some result. France are becoming my dark horse

by Guest Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 11:32

What because they beat a woeful Jamaica picard

by mystiroakey Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 11:34

Nope. Been impressed with them for a longer time than that.

by whocares Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 11:39

France looks good against weaker teams ... a bit like Arsenal in the EPL Wink

let's see how they cope with Honduras and ecuador who are much more physical and can defend!

by mystiroakey Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 11:44

Obviously losing Ribery and not picking nasri seems like they are understrength. But there are a good team without them. Friendlies mean little and are an extention of training. But they showed strength v Ukraine when it mattered. I think they could be top Europeans.

by GSC Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 11:54

Dropping Nasri is a good move after the last few tournaments have disintegrated in farce.

by LastDamnation Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 18:22

They do seem much more together as a unit, and arguably ribery's injury will benefit them if it allows griezmann to shine

by Duty281 Mon 9 Jun 2014 - 18:27

Think France may have a chance of squeezing through, simply because of the scheduling.

They play Honduras first which is a banker three points, thus slightly easing the pressure on them from the get go. I think they'll lose out to Switzerland, before edging out Ecuador in a pressure, winner-takes-all game.

They then walk straight into either a powerful front-line of Argentines or Bosnians in the last sixteen; either way, it'll be goodbye to France.

by NickisBHAFC Sun 15 Jun 2014 - 19:13

Good game there, nice finish at the end, thanks to some brilliant officiating by the ref.

by monty junior Mon 16 Jun 2014 - 1:52

I think France can get to the semis, they have great vibrant young stars and with Pogba, Griezman and Varane have some of the best young talent in world football. Still feel they miss to many chances though, they could have scored 7 or 8 tonight, the Honduras players were a disgrace.

by monty junior Mon 16 Jun 2014 - 1:53

LastDamnation wrote:They do seem much more together as a unit, and arguably ribery's injury will benefit them if it allows griezmann to shine

The lad is gold, got to start for the rest of the tournament. Sociedad must be rubbing there hands together, a bidding war will end up gaining them 30+ million.

by Champagne_Socialist Fri 20 Jun 2014 - 21:30

Duty281 wrote:Switzerland and Ecuador through, France to flop...again!

by Champagne_Socialist Fri 20 Jun 2014 - 21:32

France and Germany look like the two best teams in the competition so far. Such great football they have played.

by Guest Fri 20 Jun 2014 - 21:32

Olly wrote:Moussa Sissoko?

Lol

What you sayin` Olly?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 20 Jun 2014 - 21:34

John wrote:
Olly wrote:Moussa Sissoko?

Lol

What you sayin` Olly?

Moussa Sissoko

Lol

by Guest Fri 20 Jun 2014 - 21:35

Haha!

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