Lol! Argentina is one of the countries on my short list that I’d like to visit. Seems I’d get along well with the locals.
I wonder why that picture at the end showed Griezmann as Portuguese and not German or both
haha I second that.Lol! Argentina is one of the countries on my short list that I’d like to visit. Seems I’d get along well with the locals.
put this in the “positive messages” thread! #winningSorry I ruined your black panther party.
And a very positive victory and result it is!!put this in the “positive messages” thread! #winning
I was thinking this the other day. Perhaps every “French” team going forward will field 9 or 10 blacks as the regular starting lineup. Giroud and Griezmann could be gone due to age. Rabiot could be replaced for some younger “magical” blacks. Pavard was benched in the WC for no good reason, and he’s unhappy, so maybe he’ll stay away from the national team. Perhaps the Hernandez brothers are “safe” picks for the next Euro Cup?lloris was the last white player left for france after all the substitutions
he has been a fantastic goalkeeper and one of the main reasons why france got far in a lot of tournaments because it's such an important position in a competition like the world cup
but now he is 35
it was probably his last tournament
he was the last white goalkeeper, the next one will probably be black
moving forward, the only way france has any true white player on the team will probably be through naturalisation of a foreign born player
otherwise there may be some strange hybrid like half gipsy, half reunionese or something like that
i think it's the correct representation of people who play soccer in most french cities, except that there are no arabs in the team because they suck and they go on to play for their own national teams
edit: a few years from now it looks like there could be a white goalkeeper to replace lloris after all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illan_Meslier
I was thinking this the other day. Perhaps every “French” team going forward will field 9 or 10 blacks as the regular starting lineup. Giroud and Griezmann could be gone due to age. Rabiot could be replaced for some younger “magical” blacks. Pavard was benched in the WC for no good reason, and he’s unhappy, so maybe he’ll stay away from the national team. Perhaps the Hernandez brothers are “safe” picks for the next Euro Cup?
It's interesting that North Africans are better than MidEast Arabs like Jordanians/Syrians/Lebanese/Iraqis - who might be as bad as Indians/Pakistanis at sport. It must be due to Berber ethnic origins or admixture.lloris was the last white player left for france after all the substitutions
he has been a fantastic goalkeeper and one of the main reasons why france got far in a lot of tournaments because it's such an important position in a competition like the world cup
but now he is 35
it was probably his last tournament
he was the last white goalkeeper, the next one will probably be black
moving forward, the only way france has any true white player on the team will probably be through naturalisation of a foreign born player
otherwise there may be some strange hybrid like half gipsy, half reunionese or something like that
i think it's the correct representation of people who play soccer in most french cities, except that there are no arabs in the team because they suck and they go on to play for their own national teams
edit: a few years from now it looks like there could be a white goalkeeper to replace lloris after all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illan_Meslier
I believe that Lebanese are better natural athletes than north africans. There is a significant lebanese diaspora in Australia for example and quite a few of them thrive in rugby as far as i know.It's interesting that North Africans are better than MidEast Arabs like Jordanians/Syrians/Lebanese/Iraqis - who might be as bad as Indians/Pakistanis at sport. It must be due to Berber ethnic origins or admixture.
Probably just rugby league (rugby à XIII) in New South Wales. Lebanon itself has never - to my knowledge - produced any great athletes despite being wealthy until the civil war in the 1970s. Neither has ethnically similar but larger Syria. They are all football crazy and unlike small European countries like Scotland and Slovenia don't have to compete in tough World Cup qualifying groups.I believe that Lebanese are better natural athletes than north africans. There is a significant lebanese diaspora in Australia for example and quite a few of them thrive in rugby as far as i know.