World Cup 2010: France refuse to train after row

[lfc4life]

thATS me done posting

[boomer39]

france's players refused to train on Sunday following an on-pitch row between captain Patrice Evra and fitness coach Robert Duverne.

The public training session was about to begin when coach Raymond Domenech had to separate Evra and Duverne.

Following the incident, the squad left the pitch and walked towards the bus.

The French Football Federation's managing director subsequently quit, leaving France in crisis a day after striker Nicolas Anelka's was sent home.

Earlier on Sunday, coach Raymond Domenech had played down his row with Anelka and insisted the exiled striker could have stayed with the French team had he apologised.

Anelka was sent home after verbally insulting Domenech during the defeat by Mexico which has left France unlikely to qualify for the last 16.

"I had another chat with him and left open the possibility for him to apologise," said the 57-year-old.

"[That was] something which he did not want to do."

Chelsea forward Anelka was substituted after reportedly insulting Domenech after the coach criticised him for straying out of position during the goalless first half of last Thursday's 2-0 defeat.

He did not react in the most suitable fashion. But it was just a guy sitting in his corner and muttering

Raymond Domenech
But Domenech insisted the incident could have been dealt with without such damaging repercussions, had a leak to the media not escalated the problem.

"People cannot imagine the pressure," said Domenech, who took France to the final of the last World Cup in 2006.

"We are in a dressing room, the coach says something to a player who is already under pressure, he can react angrily, and with strong words.

"He did not react in the most suitable fashion. But it was just a guy sitting in his corner and muttering - that would not have mattered had it stayed there.

"What was important was that it made the front page of a newspaper, and that exposes the internal life of the squad."

He continued: "I sorted out the problem internally, and as far as I was concerned it was done and dusted.

"[But] the decision to exclude him was the right one. I am sorry for the children for whom the French team represents something. Anelka does not have the right to say such things."

Anelka's Chelsea team-mate John Terry, who is playing for England in South Africa, said he disagreed with the decision of the French Football Federation to send the former Arsenal and Real Madrid player home.

"As a person, you won't find a better man in football," he said.

"He's someone who's very quiet, obviously he's been in the game a long time, and he knows his football. If Nico had something to say to me, I'd stand up and listen.

"It's obviously the wrong decision. He's a great player as well."

Domenech has now led France for a record number of matches but his six-year stint as coach has been consistently controversial and he will be replaced by out-going Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc once their World Cup is over.

That will happen on Tuesday, unless they convincingly beat hosts South Africa in their final Group A encounter - and Uruguay and Mexico do not draw the other match.

do we really need to read everything that you read??
all you do is post stuff that we can all see or hear..
as you will see, this reply is after your long winded post.. which takes ages to read...as if we really care...that is....

[maca]

do we really need to read everything that you read??
all you do is post stuff that we can all see or hear..
as you will see, this reply is after your long winded post.. which takes ages to read...as if we really care...that is....

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[boomer39]

m8 if you know what his posts are like and dont like them why read them there's no rule saying he cant post what he wants too m8.

i do realise that, and understand that we can post anything.. but surely you must agree that what he posts is just stuff that we can all read or hear, as i said in my reply. would prefer his own comments, and others as well, not those from the daily rags, sly spts etc... also, if i had to print out his posts, it would take all my paper................

[manxspud]

If you don't like em ... don't read em ... simpels

[gmb45]

m8 if you know what his posts are like and dont like them why read them there's no rule saying he cant post what he wants too m8.

ill second that maca

[father ted]

i like lfc's postings he keeps me upto date with things i either miss or have no time to read in papers cause of my shifts ,when im on nite i can shift thro his posts and am allmost up to date thanks to him

[manxspud]

i like lfc's postings he keeps me upto date with things i either miss or have no time to read in papers cause of my shifts ,when im on nite i can shift thro his posts and am allmost up to date thanks to him

me too ft ...

[nialler]

i like lfc's postings he keeps me upto date with things i either miss or have no time to read in papers cause of my shifts ,when im on nite i can shift thro his posts and am allmost up to date thanks to him

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[cunny]

do we really need to read everything that you read??
all you do is post stuff that we can all see or hear..
as you will see, this reply is after your long winded post.. which takes ages to read...as if we really care...that is....

I must echoe this, if you dont like his posts ( i do ) dont read them, the forum has a nice little feature called 'ignore' just set that to ignore his posts. Or simply, dont read them!

Head up LFC, i will read your posts, you catch stuff i miss, so kept upto date

[lfc4life]

thanks for all the support guys

[gmb45]

this is one of the things that makes dk special, people post stuff to help, inform, amuse etc etc, the other members, most of the stuff posted on most web sites is either robbed, or copied and pasted from other sites, so the more stuff posted on dk means the less time looking for what ever on other sites

[manxspud]

this is one of the things that makes dk special, people post stuff to help, inform, amuse etc etc, the other members, most of the stuff posted on most web sites is either robbed, or copied and pasted from other sites, so the more stuff posted on dk means the less time looking for what ever on other sites

Not that gmb ever does such a thing as copy and paste from other web sites ....




I thought we were supposed to have a laugh and stuff ...

[boomer39]

If you don't like em ... don't read em ... simpels

cant not read them, mate, waiting for "him" to say something, not the daily rags etc....

[boomer39]

i like lfc's postings he keeps me upto date with things i either miss or have no time to read in papers cause of my shifts ,when im on nite i can shift thro his posts and am allmost up to date thanks to him

so you have no access to sly spts news when you get home from work? or bbc, itv or the radio...?