referendum said:
I'm wondering, is Blanc, the new coach, putting in more white players on the team? Maybe he could be inspired by the fact that the whitest NFL team, the Green Bay Packers, just won the Super Bowl.
what will follow is very important information
definitively, yes
the french federation understood that they were doing something wrong:
<a href="http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/une_foot_detail_-Affaire-des-quotas-le-verbatim-de-la-reunion_44096-1783828_actu.Htm" target="_blank">
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http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/une_foot_detail_-Affaire-des-quotas-le-verbatim-de-la-reunion_44096-1783828_actu.Htm
in the first part of the discussion, they talk about the players that have multiple nationality, and they say that france trains young players that later play for other countries (for example, the majority of the algerian national team has been trained in france)
but at one point, it becomes interesting: this is very important, it is first-hand information on what is hapenning in soccer
"Laurent Blanc: On veut pas éliminer les
étrangers, pas du tout, mais faire en sorte que les pôles Espoirs ou les
pôles de la DTN testent sur des critères mieux définis pour pouvoir
attirer d'autres personnes, parce que si on a toujours les mêmes
critères, y aura toujours les mêmes personnes. Et plus ça va, plus ça va
être encore davantage. Parce que je suis sur les terrains tous les
samedis, je vois quelques centres de formation: on a l'impression qu'on
forme vraiment le même prototype de joueurs: grands, costauds,
puissants. Qu'est-ce qu'il y a actuellement comme grands, costauds,
puissants ? Les blacks. Et c'est comme ça. C'est un fait actuel. Dieu
sait que dans les centres de formation, dans les écoles de football, ben
y en a beaucoup. Je crois qu'il faut recentrer, surtout pour des
garçons de 13-14 ans, 12-13 ans, avoir d'autres critères, modifiés avec
notre propre culture. Je vais vous citer les Espagnols: ils n'ont pas
ces problèmes-là. Ils ont des critères de jeu qui sont très précis, ÃÂÂ
12-13 ans.Erick Mombaerts: C'est ça le projet.Laurent Blanc:
Avec notre culture, notre histoire, etc. Les Espagnols, ils m'ont dit:
"Nous, on n'a pas de problème. Nous, des blacks, on n'en a pas."Erick Mombaerts: Mais
Laurent, le phénomène que tu évoques, c'est tellement ancré chez nous
que les petits gabarits blancs qui sont dans les pôles Espoirs, les
clubs pro me les laissent sur les bras. Ils ne les prennent pas,
n'importe comment, même si c'est des bons joueurs!Laurent Blanc:
Les clubs ils auront toujours leurs critères de sélection. Ãca tu
pourras pas... Même si en formant des éducateurs, tu vas pouvoir
peut-être àla longue changer un petit peu les choses, ou influencer un
peu. Mais c'est surtout dans les pôles qu'il faut avoir ces critères-là.
Un participant sort de ses gonds et rappelle qu'un bon joueur est
efficace quelle que soit sa couleur de peau, rouge ou blanche, sa
taille, grande ou petite.Laurent Blanc: Oui,
mais en ce moment tu n'as pas le choix puisque tu as toujours le même
stéréotype de joueurs, tu exagères. Je vois les centres de formation, je
les vois de Bordeaux, des cités, et tu as toujours le même stéréotype
de joueurs, je suis désolé ! Tu vas aller au centre de formation de
Bordeaux, tu vas prendre les joueurs, mais des petits bons joueurs, tu
n'en auras pas. Donc il faut inciter."
i will try to translate:
Laurent Blanc: We
don't want to eliminate foreign players, not at all, we want to ensure that the poles or
poles Hopes of DTN test on clearly defined criteria in order to attract
others types of players, </span></span>because if we keep the same criteria, there </span>will always be the same type of player. </span></span>And the more it goes, the more it will be like this. </span></span>Because
I am on the stadiums every Saturday, I see some training centers:
it looks like we produce the same type of players: </span></span>
big, strong, powerful. </span></span></span>Who are big, strong, powerful? </span>The blacks. </span></span></span></span>It's like that.</span></span>
</span></span></span>It is a fact today. </span></span></span>God knows that in the training centers, schools football, well there are many.</span></span></span>
</span>I believe we must refocus, especially for boys aged 13-14 years, 12-13 years, have other criteria</span></span>, modified with our own culture. </span>I will quote the Spanish: they have no problems there. </span>They play criteria are very specific to 12-13 years.
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Erick Mombaerts: This is what we have to do.
Laurent</span> Blanc:</span> With</span> our culture,</span> history, etc.</span>.</span> The Spanish</span> said</span>: "We</span> don't have this problem.</span> We don't have blacks.</span></span>"</span></span>
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Erick Mombaerts: But Laurent, this subject you talk about, it is so true in France that
the skinny white boys that are in the "pole espoir" (the place where players are trained),are not chosen by the professional teams. They don't take them, in every case, even if they are good players!Laurent</span> Blanc:</span> The</span> clubs</span> will always have</span> their selection criteria</span>.</span> You can't change that ...</span> Although</span> by training</span> teachers,</span> you will be able</span> to</span> change</span> things</span> a bit</span>, or</span> have a little</span> influence</span>.</span> But it is in</span> the poles</span> that we need</span> to have</span> those criteria</span>.</span> (One participant</span> tells that a</span> good player</span> is effective</span> regardless of</span> skin color,</span> red or white</span>, size,</span> large or small.)
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Laurent Blanc</span>: Yes,</span> but right now</span> you have</span> no choice</span> since you have</span> always the same</span> stereotype of</span> players,</span> you're exaggerating</span>.</span> I see</span> training centers</span>, for example</span> Bordeaux</span>, or suburbs ,</span> and</span> you always have</span> the same</span> stereotype of</span> players, I'm sorry</span>!</span> If you go</span> to the training center</span> of Bordeaux</span>, you'll</span> draft players, but</span> little</span> good players</span> (=the skinny white type, ndlr), you</span> do</span> not</span> get</span>.</span> Therefore we</span> should push</span>.</span></span>
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so in conclusion: the french coach, but also the whole french football federation, realised that with such a high number of black players, they were losing all the time.
in the future, they will put more "skinny white players" , and they started already, with marvin martin for example
but they will still have "strong black" middlefielders, like alou diarra or abou diaby
(somebody should tell laurent blanc that white boys can be strong too)
Edited by: frederic38