Serge Blanco & France

[goodNumber10]

having destroyed Biarritz with his meddling and mismanagement Serge is going to take an active "hands on" role with the national team now, starting with excluding Kockott form the French squad.

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_9408423,00.html

PSA is a fool, but how annoying would that be? Though to be fair he has a point about 10 minute players.

 

[gaston le gaff]

PSA does not need Blanco to produce ANYMORE crap he is quite capable of doing it all by himself, by the way Blanco is not there to help, he is there to get the votes Camous cannot get himself for the next Presidents mandate keeping out Bernie (the bolt) Leporte, just politics no more no less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Big Ewis]

excuse me. PSA is a brilliant little genius and is in no way "a fool". Seeing his level of comically-proportioned incompetence, the fact he can still keep a straight face and look half-convincing in front of the media, have players and some fans still believing France are in it, and is still coaching at all one of the top 5 main Rugby nations ever, that's a feat dude. 'Give credit where credit isn't due', as they say.
Now THAT's....confusing.

But about that article, I'm actually pleased with Blanco's words. Not that he'll fulfill those things as they should be, but:
- screw Kockott. No one player, or 5 or 10 players are going to solve that we can't play Rugby as a team, we don't know how. We need to change the culture of the game, not the faces of the players.
- Michalak is not going to play for France unless he can have a more preponderant role in his own club. Thank you Serge, THANK YOU.
- Leaving a door opened for Mr. FTD, which Blanco, of course, seems to be fond of.
- "We don't want players who come in for the last 10min anymore", agreed Sergio.

Of course, he's a fat loser as of right now, but maybe just MAYBE, not that I'm actually hoping for it myself, he can help the xv de France. Not a hard task, in this current conjuncture...

 

[iINDOMINUSxx]

is PSA getting sacked ?

 

[gaston le gaff]

is PSA getting sacked ?

of course not that would be putting oeuf on face of FFR.!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[iINDOMINUSxx]

actually thinking about if psa got sacked then Big Ewis will be going on about it for days

 

[Tony Manx]

actually thinking about if psa got sacked then Big Ewis will be going on about it for days

I wonder how much more Blanco said that was not reported.......if that man opens his mouth, you just know s*** is going to come oozing out of it!!

He rates FTD (1st thing he has said right in years) whereas Lagisquet, his most trusted lieutenant whom he brought to Biarritz not once but three times, does not? All peculiar stuff and as well thought out as Blanco's financial and game plans for BOPB......

FFR is now in total melt down with the fatties fighting for their little kingdoms and, other than the desperation, it is just like the Olympics and Football's world governing bodies......corrupt and as useless as a chocolate fireguard!

 

[Big Ewis]

I wonder how much more Blanco said that was not reported.......if that man opens his mouth, you just know s*** is going to come oozing out of it!!

He rates FTD (1st thing he has said right in years) whereas Lagisquet, his most trusted lieutenant whom he brought to Biarritz not once but three times, does not? All peculiar stuff and as well thought out as Blanco's financial and game plans for BOPB......

FFR is now in total melt down with the fatties fighting for their little kingdoms and, other than the desperation, it is just like the Olympics and Football's world governing bodies......corrupt and as useless as a chocolate fireguard!

Tony, I kid a lot on these boards. I do. I understand that, fully. But please, I ask this politely, and I've known you a long time. Please, Tony, if you care at all about anything in life and hold anything sacred at all in this God forsaken world, I beg of you, I implore you: don't ever put "useless" and "chocolate" so close in a sentence again. This isn't a threat, it's beyond my mere control. I can only convey this vital message to you.

And yes, the rest of that message is true...alas right now we are Fuuuu-huuuuu-huuuuu-huuuuuuct !!! *orchestral burlesque symphony starts* Fi fa fa !!! Fu Fo fo !! Fi !!! Faaa !! FAAAA-HAAAA-HAAAAAAAAACT !!!!!
Taaah-dahhhh-daaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmm...

Fin

 

[FrenchFan]

it's all spelt out here http://www.therugbyforum.com/threads/33513-Brief-digression-PSA-era-France?p=661941

4 points. Crystal clear.

 

[FrenchFan]

having destroyed Biarritz with his meddling and mismanagement Serge is going to take an active "hands on" role with the national team now, starting with excluding Kockott form the French squad.

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_9408423,00.html

PSA is a fool, but how annoying would that be? Though to be fair he has a point about 10 minute players.

this article is garbage. There's no going to be any radical overhaul. They're trying to keep the ship steady, quite the opposite. Blanco is in to manage the relationship with LNR and the clubs.

I am not sure why Blanco would block Kockott. Where did they get that idea??

 

[FrenchFan]

PSA does not need Blanco to produce ANYMORE crap he is quite capable of doing it all by himself, by the way Blanco is not there to help, he is there to get the votes Camous cannot get himself for the next Presidents mandate keeping out Bernie (the bolt) Leporte, just politics no more no less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yep you have a point. Blanco couldn't care less about les Bleus. Camous and his goons are moving in to push their candidate for the FFR presidency election of 2016 and that could be Serge...

 

[Patchey]

This will only end well...

Seriously though, does anyone French want Kockott to play?

 

[FrenchFan]

This will only end well...

Seriously though, does anyone French want Kockott to play?

absolutely. He is eligible now. Ask Castres fans if they don't think that's a good idea.

There's 2 saffies already in, why not a third?

Alex Tulou at Montpellier has applied for his passport and wants to play. We'll twist Armitage's arm. Naitakici is already in. He was born in Fiji.

More will come. Way to go....

The Blanco move? politics.

 

[Tony Manx]

The Blanco move? politics.

Pure and bloody simple....yet the fat barsteward who cannot run his club properly could be left in charge of French rugby in 2016...now there is a thought to have nightmares about.................!!!

 

[FrenchFan]

well he is vice president already. President is just the next step. They only elect their own kind don't forget. Laporte is not du sérail and will be blocked (more than Kockott!!).

This is one of the issue with FFR. Club officials, esp. a president like Blanco should not be allowed to cumulate club roles with FFR roles. But try and explain that to the FFR mob.......

There's only 2 scenarios. If they vote Blanco in (or another member of the Politburo, sorry the FFR Exec Comittee) we'll get more of the same. Which means among other likely another 4 year cycle of troubles for les Bleus. If Laporte gets in, we may have a revolution. All will be revealed after the WC !!

 

[Big Ewis]

This will only end well...

Seriously though, does anyone French want Kockott to play?

no not a lot. A majority of French fans across the country think it's wrong, you'll read posts like "yeah, but he's NOT FRENCH !", others (including myself) saying it's not like we need him anyways given how many good scrumhalves we have. I'll add that he's not going to change the French problem anyways. You can replace all our guys by better, we still don't have a real team culture, or cohesiveness or anything in that vein whatsoever. Many are also angry he'd rather play for the Boks and if that doesn't happen then he'll stay with France, so we're just his rebound second choice. Which definitely sucks and isn't negligible.

On the other hand, this Top 14 has all the money in the world and attracts foreigners. Fine. I want to reap the benefits somehow, and although the foreigner thing is partially a good thing for France, it also has its very negative sides too. I claim for reparations, a compensation, something worthwhile and genuinely substantial in return. Poaching ? Well, as long as it's legal, anybody else would do it...

I do prefer a case like the Fijian Noa Nakaitaci though because he really did come very early to France, when he was 19, and has played all his real pro ball here. It's still total poaching, but that's okay as long as we don't have an entire team full of those, and plus, we never use him anyways...
Kockott does have a past before Castres, he played pro ball in Super Rugby. So I'm mixed about it, it's fake as hell on one hand, but then again I want my due from suffering from all those foreigners picking our local guys' spots.
I'd much rather all of our squad was 100% French born and bread, but this isn't realistic today anymore.

 

[Tony Manx]

no not a lot. A majority of French fans across the country think it's wrong, you'll read posts like "yeah, but he's NOT FRENCH !", others (including myself) saying it's not like we need him anyways given how many good scrumhalves we have. I'll add that he's not going to change the French problem anyways. You can replace all our guys by better, we still don't have a real team culture, or cohesiveness or anything in that vein whatsoever. Many are also angry he'd rather play for the Boks and if that doesn't happen then he'll stay with France, so we're just his rebound second choice. Which definitely sucks and isn't negligible.

On the other hand, this Top 14 has all the money in the world and attracts foreigners. Fine. I want to reap the benefits somehow, and although the foreigner thing is partially a good thing for France, it also has its very negative sides too. I claim for reparations, a compensation, something worthwhile and genuinely substantial in return. Poaching ? Well, as long as it's legal, anybody else would do it...

I do prefer a case like the Fijian Noa Nakaitaci though because he really did come very early to France, when he was 19, and has played all his real pro ball here. It's still total poaching, but that's okay as long as we don't have an entire team full of those, and plus, we never use him anyways...
Kockott does have a past before Castres, he played pro ball in Super Rugby. So I'm mixed about it, it's fake as hell on one hand, but then again I want my due from suffering from all those foreigners picking our local guys' spots.
I'd much rather all of our squad was 100% French born and bread, but this isn't realistic today anymore.

You cannot say no to Rory and yes to Nakaitaci.......it is either right or wrong and, personally, you put in your time, you are in!

 

[FrenchFan]

You cannot say no to Rory and yes to Nakaitaci.......it is either right or wrong and, personally, you put in your time, you are in!

Exactly. I want to see Rory in bleu. He has as much right. See where this leads us? a Toulousain almost calling for a Castres player to be capped. How our rugby has changed !!! The Castres fans will be over the moon. Go to Castres and tell them their Rory isn't good enough to play for Les bleus. They will LAFF at ya.

 

[FrenchFan]

no not a lot. A majority of French fans across the country think it's wrong, you'll read posts like "yeah, but he's NOT FRENCH !", others (including myself) saying it's not like we need him anyways given how many good scrumhalves we have. I'll add that he's not going to change the French problem anyways. You can replace all our guys by better, we still don't have a real team culture, or cohesiveness or anything in that vein whatsoever. Many are also angry he'd rather play for the Boks and if that doesn't happen then he'll stay with France, so we're just his rebound second choice. Which definitely sucks and isn't negligible.

On the other hand, this Top 14 has all the money in the world and attracts foreigners. Fine. I want to reap the benefits somehow, and although the foreigner thing is partially a good thing for France, it also has its very negative sides too. I claim for reparations, a compensation, something worthwhile and genuinely substantial in return. Poaching ? Well, as long as it's legal, anybody else would do it...

I do prefer a case like the Fijian Noa Nakaitaci though because he really did come very early to France, when he was 19, and has played all his real pro ball here. It's still total poaching, but that's okay as long as we don't have an entire team full of those, and plus, we never use him anyways...
Kockott does have a past before Castres, he played pro ball in Super Rugby. So I'm mixed about it, it's fake as hell on one hand, but then again I want my due from suffering from all those foreigners picking our local guys' spots.
I'd much rather all of our squad was 100% French born and bread, but this isn't realistic today anymore.

It's not fake. What's fake is having a national side that doesn't mirror what the top 14 has become. We've plenty of foreigners in the clubs, let's have them in the national side as well. The current selection does NOT reflect that.

what about a backrow of Leroux Tulou Armitage? holy ****. Looks tasty to me.

 

[Big Ewis]

The Castres fans will be over the moon. Go to Castres and tell them their Rory isn't good enough to play for Les bleus. They will LAFF at ya.

no they won't necessarily be over the moon at all, they're still French and understand where our nation is heading if we accept Rory Kockott on our team. Nobody in the world (except South Africa) thinks Kockott "isn't good enough", that's not at all what's at stake here and you obviously know that.

It's not fake. What's fake is having a national side that doesn't mirror what the top 14 has become. We've plenty of foreigners in the clubs, let's have them in the national side as well. The current selection does NOT reflect that.

It's not fake to "have a national side that doesn't mirror what the top 14 has become", you're back to your old fallacious argumentative tricks again ! There isn't really a discussion to be had here though...having lots of foreigners in clubs has no relation with the notion we should have lots in the national side. Yes, we'll poach a couple along the way, but in theory we should be able to have a 95% French squad without resorting to such moves.
And what when the whole world calls our team a phoney, bought out team ? You can't retreat into your neurotic bubble and say "to hell with what others think", it's obvious France should represent French Rugby, and we want to show the world what we can do, don't fool yourself. And, no, just no, French Rugby isn't foreigners who live in France Rugby. French Rugby is not paying ex-AllBlacks and Wallabies and huge Saffa forwards. French Rugby is Thierry Dusautoir, Louis Picamoles, FTD, Plisson, Parra, Doussain, Pélissié, Dulin, Huget, Guitoune, Fall, O'Connor, Domingo, Mas, Kayser, Szar, Burban, Maestri, Fofana, Lamerat....that's FRENCH RUGBY. A couple of poaches, okay, but not more.