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Morgan Called Up for France WC Squad (Official)


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Just how daft does he look over overlooking Nasri now they don't have Ribery?

 

Plenty of CMs, some good strikers, but attacking mids and wide players seem to be lacking.

 

 

didn't overlook Nasrii.... he just dislikes him intensely. He's a very abrasive character by all accounts. Remy can play wide very well, looked good against Norway...then again who wouldn't. Griezmann looked good against Paraguay and he's not a knob like Ribery. At the end of the day France's 23 must be one of the youngest in the WC now.

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Wonder how many players get called into a WC squad a week before the tournament, having never played for their country.

 

 

Just shows that he's been overlooked for far too long really. DD made a complete pig's ear of the tour to South America last summer, that's when Morgan should have been called up. Internal politics somewhere made him choose the awful Guilavogui and Capoue for reasons only known to the FFF . Grenier has been injured for most of this calender year, why he thought he'd hold up this summer no-one really knows, same for Mavuba. DD is a creature of habit, likes his binkies and doesn't seem to like change much.

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Just shows that he's been overlooked for far too long really. DD made a complete pig's ear of the tour to South America last summer, that's when Morgan should have been called up. Internal politics somewhere made him choose the awful Guilavogui and Capoue for reasons only known to the FFF . Grenier has been injured for most of this calender year, why he thought he'd hold up this summer no-one really knows, same for Mavuba. DD is a creature of habit, likes his binkies and doesn't seem to like change much.

 

Do you think Morgan will get a game, either from the start or as a sub? Obviously DD was impressed with his attitiute and training when with the extended squad.

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Was surprised Ribery is only 31, he seems to have been around ages and looks ancient.

 

 

 

Agreed. He has the look of a middle-aged french merchant sailor who once got into a knife fight on Marseille dockside. While smoking a gauloise.

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Do you think Morgan will get a game, either from the start or as a sub? Obviously DD was impressed with his attitiute and training when with the extended squad.

 

 

Yes, they'll all play except the 3rd keeper probably, especially with Cabaye's approximative tackling that gets him his fair share of cards. I expect Morgan to get at least a run on against Jamaica, think it's Sunday, might be tomorrow. Pogba hasn't looked all that good defensively of late and Mavuba is a walking wounded who won't last the tournament.

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Agreed. He has the look of a middle-aged french merchant sailor who once got into a knife fight on Marseille dockside. While smoking a gauloise.

 

 

Probably because of his facial burn scars, they really don't do him any favours. Mind you Luke Shaw only passes for an under 30 if you look closely.

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not sure we can win here. Morgan may feel he would have been straight in if he had been at Arsenal, for example. Now he is in he is going to attract even more attention for the likes of Arsenal. An international for one of the big nations that is not playing champions league football is going to be keenly watched.

 

I agree that we're not sure to win, call up or not, but it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect Morgan's price to rise after the WC to reflect his ability better... And that would leave us better of in the transfer market...

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I know we have been searching for a song for him for ages as his name doesn't rhyme too well with much: but it fits into La Marseillaise ........ I bet some clever clogs could make it work some how.

 

The French national anthem tune at SMS would be original too.

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Still have to wait for the green light from FIFA though. If Morgan replaces Grenier, not too much problem, got injured or injury worsened, not hard to prove. However the case of Ribery is different, he was always crocked but was on the list all the same, they might have difficulty in convincing FIFA that he in fact got worse.

No doubt they'll get away with it but Ribery was always a non-starter really.

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Still have to wait for the green light from FIFA though. If Morgan replaces Grenier, not too much problem, got injured or injury worsened, not hard to prove. However the case of Ribery is different, he was always crocked but was on the list all the same, they might have difficulty in convincing FIFA that he in fact got worse.

No doubt they'll get away with it but Ribery was always a non-starter really.

 

The deadline isn't reached yet, is it?

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The deadline isn't reached yet, is it?

 

 

Yes and no, iit's up until the eve of the side's first game but valid medical reasons must be put forward and approuved. There's a clause about the injury having to have detiorated and they must be able to proove that. Back injuries are sometimes hard to assess, prooving they've got worse when the player had done virtually sod all because of it for a while might be tricky. The french docs will come through though, otherwise they'll take their ball home and no-one will get a game..

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Delighted for Morgan, it's not before time. That makes 4 players who played for us in League 1, just 4years ago, going to Brazil. Shame Jose didn't get a late call.

 

4 players ? Lallana,Schneiderlin,Lambert.....after that ?? Shaw would have been with the Unders I suppose, Saints Pram XI possibly.

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