After a devastating performance for the French National Soccer team in South Africa, they’ve appointed a new coach. Laurent Blanc will now be the man in charge in bringing this squad back to the powerhouse they once were.

His first move is a tough move that sets the tone early. Every player that was on the World Cup roster will be dropped from their next international match. He means business and if his players don’t, then they can go home!

The French federation approved of this move. I guess they think it’s the right move and have allowed Blanc to make these suspensions after the embarrassing performance they put on.

The team will change. 23 new players will have a chance to impress Coach Laurent. France couldn’t get things right on the field and it was worse off the field. They showed no class as they went on strike. The team refused to practice after some problems came up.

Blanc has a lot of work to do before their friendly match vs. Norway on 8/11. He must select an entire new squad. This is in preparation for the European Championship as they must change things around. Their previous performance at the Euro Championship was also a disgrace as they failed to win a game.

So where did it go wrong for France? I’m sure it had something to do with their attitudes, not only on the pitch, but more so off the pitch. One of the major turning points in South Africa was when Anelka bursted out publicly about the former coach. They were down 0-2 to Mexico and I’m sure he was frustrated. Newspapers took all the frustration and made matters worse.

It was after this match that Anelka was sent home. Then things got worse once again. Patrice Evra got caught in a situation with their fitness manager. This was also caught on live TV, which was terrible publicity for him and the team. He’s meant to be a leader as he was appointed team captain. After Anelka was sent home, the French team protested and refused to practice.

This created a ton of publicity in France to the point that political leaders were even questioning this situation. Legendary players shared their opinions as well and Lilian Thurman went on to say that Evra should be banned from the French side. Blanc has a lot of work to do, but things can’t get much worse.

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