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gnlr says...
Never mind v Tuilagi, just let Jonathan Davis get his blitz timing wrong again and see what happens.
I agree Fofana should play centre and Parra No 9. No brainer.
Posted 11:55 07th February 2013
Spartacus says...
PS - forgot say that Bastareaud is a fatty, but he is a rarity in that he is an exciting centre - not often seen in the France team. Fofana was far too exciting as a centre so they shunted him to the wing. Maybe he should eat pies until he is too fat to be a winger and then they will pick him at centre again.
Bastareaud is going to have to get up fast and make first hit tackles - and his back row are going to have to work hard to cover him and the out of position players.
Posted 11:50 07th February 2013
shrimps says...
ArmchairGeneral
haha will be fantastic. cant wait. odriscoll v tuilagi. basteraud v tuilagi. 6 nations is fantastic, whatever your hemisphere.
Posted 11:42 07th February 2013
benski says...
@paddy91317.... "Para would start for the All Blacks".... what as, Ball Boy?
Posted 11:41 07th February 2013
Bash says...
What is wrong with PSA? I used to always defend him but dropping Fritz to the bench just does not make any sense... watch the Italy game again, he did not put a foot wrong and put in some crushing hits!
Also Trinh-duc has been on top form for Montpellier (watch the Heineken cup highlights), what has he done to deserve this demotion?
Posted 10:52 07th February 2013
mlbp says...
@Spartacus
Parra slows the team down usually. He played with urgency at the end of the Italy match but that's not his style. Machenaud is faster, his delivery is quick and he likes to dart around the edges so he keeps the defence guessing. He may not have Parra's kicking abilities but to me he is the kind of scrum half France needs with Michalak or Trinh-Duc as fly halves, who need ball on the front foot. Parra and Trinh-Duc didn't gel because Trinh-Duc always get the ball with the defence standing and not scrambling. That's what Machenaud can give to this team. Maybe as an impact substitution Parra can be useful but right now I personally prefer Machenaud.
About Bastareaud, I never liked him much. Fritz is a good defender and can open holes with his direct running, but Bastareaud was a bit suspect when it ccame to work rate in defence and I cannot remember him offloading when he played with Lievremont. I hope he has changed.
I would have gone for a Fofana-Mermoz centre partnership with Huget on the wing, and (sadly) Trinh-Duc as fullback. Crazy, but not crazier than the back line PSA proposes.
Posted 10:45 07th February 2013
froggy73 says...
Same players playing out of their normal position in the back = Another likely loss for France.
Maybe then PSA will bother opening his eyes and then see something is wrong somewhere.
Posted 10:43 07th February 2013
carpelone says...
Why Fofana is not a 12 is beyond me.
Posted 10:42 07th February 2013
melkdave says...
OH COM ON W.Fontana starting again on the wing??I just dont understand that decision at all .Acombination of him and Bastareud just looks to good to me to pass up on,but PSA can??Also D.Szarzewski starting after his performance in Rome again.The rest of the team i can understand,but those decisions baffal me.Hoping its going to be another classic match against Wales this weekend,both countries will be smarting,and need a victory.France are very different animals at home,and have had a full weeks training ,but they still suffer that question mark of which team team wil show up.Something i thought PSA had solved in the aurtum.While Walesneed to start guns blazing,and pumped up to battle hard from the 1st second,something they really struggle with.All being even i do expect a french victory though by 10 points .Though im hoping im wrong and Wales nick it.
Posted 10:33 07th February 2013
Spartacus says...
Machenaud did not boss his pack in the Italy game, and the pack did need bossing. Parra would have done that if he had started, and in my opinion is currently up there in the top 3 scrum halves in the world. I love French rugby, and want to see their talent realised at International level, but PSA is not the man to realise this. Great player, but he has not got a good record as a coach and it is showing.
Posted 10:21 07th February 2013
FISH says...
i really hope france wins but this guy is useless he'll probably give away a couple of tries
Posted 09:36 07th February 2013
ArmchairGeneral says...
Like I said... Bastareud vs Tuilagi will happen. Its just too mouth watering not to. The Script is written in the stars.
Posted 09:27 07th February 2013
paddy91317 says...
can somebody please tell me why the best first centre in the competition is starting on the wing??????????? and another note Parra would start for the all blacks yet he is on the bench what's wrong with France and selecting crazy teams??????????
Posted 09:26 07th February 2013