shurlock Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 Just to note that this isn't the first string French under-21 - they are currently in South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 Just to note that this isn't the first string French under-21 - they are currently in South America. No, it's an under 20's tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummer Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 No, it's an under 20's tournament. Where they only play for 80 minutes for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysaint Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 Where they only play for 80 minutes for some reason. I thought that was strange as well I kept looking to see if it was my eyesight, I know they use to do this some years ago for youngsters didnt realise they still did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 19 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 19 May, 2010 It might be 80 minutes because the tournament is over a 9 day period and they have a game every two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFKA South Woodford Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 Just to note that this isn't the first string French under-21 - they are currently in South America. That's right, Morgan is excluded from their U21 team as their coach doesn't think he's playing at a high enough level to be worthy of a place. For anyone that doubts Morgans ability, they should of watched him in this game. He was head and shoulders above his team mates, and probably got frustrated by their lack of ability and experience compared to his, he looked like a man playing with and against a group of boys. The analogy that someone else used of him looking like Alonso in the Liverpool team was spot on, breaking up the oppo attacks and then using the ball so well to set up most of his teams play, and only miss placing one pass all game. On the evidence of that performance we'll be lucky to still have him at Saints when the transfer window closes, especially with almost every club from the top leagues of european football having a scout watching the games at the tournament, I only hope we can price him out of a move now and he's happy to give us a couple more seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 That's right, Morgan is excluded from their U21 team as their coach doesn't think he's playing at a high enough level to be worthy of a place. For anyone that doubts Morgans ability, they should of watched him in this game. He was head and shoulders above his team mates, and probably got frustrated by their lack of ability and experience compared to his, he looked like a man playing with and against a group of boys. The analogy that someone else used of him looking like Alonso in the Liverpool team was spot on, breaking up the oppo attacks and then using the ball so well to set up most of his teams play, and only miss placing one pass all game. On the evidence of that performance we'll be lucky to still have him at Saints when the transfer window closes, especially with almost every club from the top leagues of european football having a scout watching the games at the tournament, I only hope we can price him out of a move now and he's happy to give us a couple more seasons. The Espoirs are in fact the U23s, it's a category that runs throughout French sport between Juniors 18/19 yrs and Seniors which start at 23. In the group which has gone to Argentina there are players who are nearly 23 and some 19 year olds.These players are basically playing for or on the fringes of French Ist division clubs or playing overseas. Morgan looked pretty good last night,as if he was used to regular first team football. That Russian ref was a real a/h though, kept whistling up for stuff that would go unnoticed in any regular football match.As for the sending off, well it was deserved of course, but as per usual he should have sent them both off, the Colombian slapped the French lad who then retaliated. FIFA has to clamp down on the original offender as well as the player who retaliates as it's hardly ever the case at the moment. A last note, the overhead kick expert was just on loan from Auxerre to Dijon last season, now wouldn't he be a great loan replacement for Papa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 5 Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 It is Saints related... Cheer on Morgan! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2052209,00.html Every game is being shown on British Eurosport and I will probably be watching the French games as Morgan Schneiderlin is the only player in the French squad that is not based in France. Lets hope he plays. The 2010 Toulon Tournament will be begin on 18th May and is schedule to end on 27th May 2010. It is an invitational tournament for Under 21 national teams (since 1974). A lot of big name players have played in this over the years and this year has teams from four continents. 2010 Groups Group A France Columbia Ivory Coast Japan Group B Chile Qatar Russia Denmark Fixture & TV Schedule Tue 18 May 16:45 TBC Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (16:45-18:30) Tue 18 May 18:55 France v Colombia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (18:55-20:45) Wed 19 May 16:30 Chile v Qatar Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:15) Wed 19 May 18:40 Denmark v Russia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (18:40-20:30) Thu 20 May 16:30 Colombia v Ivory Coast Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:30) Thu 20 May 19:00 The group stages Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (19:00-20:45) Fri 21 May 16:30 Denmark v Qatar Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:30) Sat 22 May 16:45 Ivory Coast v France Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:45-18:45) Sat 22 May 16:45 The group stages Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (16:45-18:30) Sun 23 May 18:00 Qatar v Russia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (18:00-19:00) Tue 25 May 17:30 Semi-Finals Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (17:30-19:15) Tue 25 May 20:00 Semi-Finals Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (20:00-21:45) Thu 27 May 20:00 Final Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (20:00-21:45) History Year Winner 1967 Anderlecht 1974 Poland 1975 Argentina 1976 Bulgaria 1977 France 1978 Hungary 1979 Soviet Union 1980 Brazil 1981 Brazil 1982 Yugoslavia 1983 Brazil 1984 France 1985 France 1986 Bulgaria 1987 France 1988 France 1989 France 1990 England 1991 England 1992 Portugal 1993 England 1994 England 1995 Brazil 1996 Brazil 1997 France 1998 Argentina 1999 Colombia 2000 Colombia 2001 Portugal 2002 Brazil 2003 Portugal 2004 France 2005 France 2006 France 2007 France 2008 Italy 2009 Chile Thanks for the info MLG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints67 Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 For those of us who don't facebook! http://football-highlight.com/en/other/toulon-youth-festival/2010-05-18-france-u21-colombia-u21.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 Morgan looked pretty good last night,as if he was used to regular first team football. One of the 'tators commented that he was a bit quiet towards the end, but I reckon that's because he tends to let the ball do the work and his team-mates weren't finding the space so well. He certainly wasn't lacking in getting behind the ball and i think he was just using his experience to calm things down: he didn't look tired as some of the others did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 20 May, 2010 Share Posted 20 May, 2010 One of the 'tators commented that he was a bit quiet towards the end, but I reckon that's because he tends to let the ball do the work and his team-mates weren't finding the space so well. He certainly wasn't lacking in getting behind the ball and i think he was just using his experience to calm things down: he didn't look tired as some of the others did. not on French Eurosport, they were pretty impressed, said he'd hardly put a foot wrong all night and looked pretty useful. Although think the silly yellow he got was for something because that ref was a real knob, it's not our lads' fault if the Colombians decide to send their under 5s is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2010 Semi-final match on Eurosport now. Schneiderlin starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkySaint Posted 25 May, 2010 Share Posted 25 May, 2010 Semi-final match on Eurosport now. Schneiderlin starts. I'm not too sure that was needed really. There was already a thread with all the necessary information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2010 I'm not too sure that was needed really. There was already a thread with all the necessary information But this thread already had all the information in the opening post so maybe yours wasn't needed. No point starting a thread for every game in the tournament when there is already a 60 post thread about the subject. Anyway lets forget that and enjoy a Schneiderlin hatrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2010 French equalise 1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkySaint Posted 25 May, 2010 Share Posted 25 May, 2010 I see no direct links on this thread. I could go all night about this and do all the things that annoy me about web forums. The one I hate the most is IMHO. The basis of Humility is that you don't point it out thus making your opinion not so humble. IMO will do just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2010 (edited) I see no reason why you didn't just add your post to this thread and give it a bump. I see no direct links on this thread. I could go all night about this and do all the things that annoy me about web forums. The one I hate the most is IMHO. The basis of Humility is that you don't point it out thus making your opinion not so humble. IMO will do just fine You can get to it from here quite easily with two clicks and the fixture list is in the opening post... http://www.atdhe.net/19458/watch-france-u23-vs-colombia-u23 Edited 25 May, 2010 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkySaint Posted 25 May, 2010 Share Posted 25 May, 2010 The page you are looking for is no longer available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkySaint Posted 25 May, 2010 Share Posted 25 May, 2010 Shhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 25 May, 2010 Share Posted 25 May, 2010 Morgan having a poor game, the commentators want to see more from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysaint Posted 25 May, 2010 Share Posted 25 May, 2010 I agree but that may go in our favour in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2010 The page you are looking for is no longer available I see no reason why you didn't just add your post to this thread and give it a bump. You can get to it from here quite easily with two clicks and the fixture list is in the opening post... Two clicks, like I said will get you to the match. Also doesn't explain why you didn't post your link in this thread to give it a bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 26 May, 2010 Share Posted 26 May, 2010 Why cant saints start out own toulon style tournament with slight difference of playing in front of more than 1 man & his dog must have been strange for Morgan playing with less spectators than training at staplewood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 27 May, 2010 Share Posted 27 May, 2010 Morgan having a poor game, the commentators want to see more from him. I think the problem with the French in this game was the superior physical condition of the Danes. Most of them are older than the French lads and a couple have already played at full international level. Morgan looked pretty knackered really,as did most of his team-mates, probably because he's played 4 games in 8 days, because of the straight red that a French player got in the first game and the two yellows that Belhanda had run up thus eliminating him from the Denmark game. I'm not sure that the very deep role that he seemed to have been given really suits him either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 27 May, 2010 Share Posted 27 May, 2010 It is Saints related... Cheer on Morgan! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2052209,00.html Every game is being shown on British Eurosport and I will probably be watching the French games as Morgan Schneiderlin is the only player in the French squad that is not based in France. Lets hope he plays. The 2010 Toulon Tournament will be begin on 18th May and is schedule to end on 27th May 2010. It is an invitational tournament for Under 21 national teams (since 1974). A lot of big name players have played in this over the years and this year has teams from four continents. 2010 Groups Group A France Columbia Ivory Coast Japan Group B Chile Qatar Russia Denmark Fixture & TV Schedule Tue 18 May 16:45 TBC Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (16:45-18:30) Tue 18 May 18:55 France v Colombia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (18:55-20:45) Wed 19 May 16:30 Chile v Qatar Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:15) Wed 19 May 18:40 Denmark v Russia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (18:40-20:30) Thu 20 May 16:30 Colombia v Ivory Coast Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:30) Thu 20 May 19:00 The group stages Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (19:00-20:45) Fri 21 May 16:30 Denmark v Qatar Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:30) Sat 22 May 16:45 Ivory Coast v France Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:45-18:45) Sat 22 May 16:45 The group stages Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (16:45-18:30) Sun 23 May 18:00 Qatar v Russia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (18:00-19:00) Tue 25 May 17:30 Semi-Finals Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (17:30-19:15) Tue 25 May 20:00 Semi-Finals Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (20:00-21:45) Thu 27 May 20:00 Final Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (20:00-21:45) History Year Winner 1967 Anderlecht 1974 Poland 1975 Argentina 1976 Bulgaria 1977 France 1978 Hungary 1979 Soviet Union 1980 Brazil 1981 Brazil 1982 Yugoslavia 1983 Brazil 1984 France 1985 France 1986 Bulgaria 1987 France 1988 France 1989 France 1990 England 1991 England 1992 Portugal 1993 England 1994 England 1995 Brazil 1996 Brazil 1997 France 1998 Argentina 1999 Colombia 2000 Colombia 2001 Portugal 2002 Brazil 2003 Portugal 2004 France 2005 France 2006 France 2007 France 2008 Italy 2009 Chile I take it England have not been invited since they won in 1994? Bloody French B'stards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 May, 2010 Share Posted 28 May, 2010 Morgan looked far better in last night's game, recovered a lot of balls and used them pretty well; Got injured when a pair of crunching sliding tackles collided for a 50/50 ball.Went off with a knock at the top of the shin apparently, looked in no little discomfort and they were applying ice packs to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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