Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

I wouldn't pay too much attention to international selection. France lost the final as the host nation so something went wrong somewhere. Also, thinking back to the amount of times Ian Wright and Andy Cole were snubbed for England, something similar could be happening with Lacazette. Sometimes players get snubbed.

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Agreed, Lacazette should have been picked, he's certainly better than Gignace and Giroud, had they had him they may have won the Euros in the end, Deschamps isnt a very good manager, Lacazettes' goal record is very good.

Maybe, Maybe not. I don't think Giroud or Gignac were responsible for Portugal winning that final. France didn't create a great deal in general.....couldn't break down that defence and their big game players like Pogba and Griezmann didn't perform.

You consider that it was a player released by Swansea for not being good enough that scored the winner in the final.

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Originally Posted by Özim

Agreed, Lacazette should have been picked, he's certainly better than Gignace and Giroud, had they had him they may have won the Euros in the end, Deschamps isnt a very good manager, Lacazettes' goal record is very good.

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Top French goal scorer in Ligue 1 doesn't get picked. It's a bit nuts.

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

I might start calling this place the argument clinic

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No you won't.

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Originally Posted by Letters

No you won't.

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I have nothing to say to that

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Top French goal scorer in Ligue 1 doesn't get picked. It's a bit nuts.

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Well we have 3 weeks left to slowly up each bid until it matches Lyon's valuation. Currently we are at least £5mill away if our latest £35mill bid is real. That means 5 million new bids over 21 days = 1 bid approximately every 3 seconds. I hope Lyon have enough fax paper.

When does this shitfest all start up again? Is it Charity Shield this weekend?

This is how much football means these days. Time ago, when I'd be thinking the summer was so long. Now I'm thinking, oh, this crap again.

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Originally Posted by LDG

When does this shitfest all start up again? Is it Charity Shield this weekend?

This is how much football means these days. Time ago, when I'd be thinking the summer was so long. Now I'm thinking, oh, this crap again.

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Sunday, 7 August, 16:00 - And it's LIVE!

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

Maybe, Maybe not. I don't think Giroud or Gignac were responsible for Portugal winning that final. France didn't create a great deal in general.....couldn't break down that defence and their big game players like Pogba and Griezmann didn't perform.

You consider that it was a player released by Swansea for not being good enough that scored the winner in the final.

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I think Gignac had a great chance that he fluffed didn't he? Having an additional goal threat always helps IMO.

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Originally Posted by Özim

I think Gignac had a great chance that he fluffed didn't he? Having an additional goal threat always helps IMO.

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The point is better players than him have fluffed better chances than he had, it happens. I'm not saying Lacazette shouldn't have been in the squad, i would have had him and Gamiero in there but whether it would have made a difference if either had been on the pitch that night just over three weeks ago....who can say

Lacazette could be the Andy Cole of French football, terrible at international level. And we know of Deschamps that he won't pick players if he thinks they have an attitude problem, so that could be a factor as well.

The fact is that French side had more than enough on that pitch to beat Portugal, they didn't because the whole team played badly.