# So what happened to the French National Soccer team **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 17, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003 "2010-07-17T06:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/1 "2010-07-17T06:48:45Z")
Last we heard, our heros had melted down and appeared to have staged some sort of mutiny. One player had requested an audience with the French President to explain what ever. So what sort of reaction did the team get, it sorta dropped off the radar over here. Declan ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/2 "2010-07-19T09:33:27Z")
i think there is a government inquiry being done in France. Aklso, as I remember it it was a spat between the players and the coach, which led to the government losing their marbles and sending ministers to the team. I think it was also the president that wanted to talk to some players and not the other way around. The latest I’ve heard is that some players are suspended, while others quit the national team. I also believe the players are a somewhat united front and blame the manager for the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/3 "2010-07-19T18:04:50Z")
> [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](#): > > i think there is a government inquiry being done in France. Aklso, as I remember it it was a spat between the players and the coach, which led to the government losing their marbles and sending ministers to the team. I think it was also the president that wanted to talk to some players and not the other way around. > > The latest I’ve heard is that some players are suspended, while others quit the national team. I also believe the players are a somewhat united front and blame the manager for the whole thing. Thanks i thought this question was going to drop into obscurity. How does the fall out affect the euro cup in 12, will it still be the national team that went to south africa, or a different group of guys declan ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/4 "2010-07-19T18:14:41Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > How does the fall out affect the euro cup in 12, will it still be the national team that went to south africa, or a different group of guys Laurent Blanc, the new manager of the French national team, [has said](http://www.goal.com/en/news/90/france/2010/07/07/2013880/laurent-blanc-will-not-discard-nicolas-anelka-from-france) that he will evaluate all of the players on a clean slate and will not hold the “insurrection” of the recent World Cup against them. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/5 "2010-07-19T18:37:01Z")
So they’ve avoided the guillotine? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/6 "2010-07-23T17:05:57Z")
Just heard that the entire squad has been suspended for one international match. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/7 "2010-07-23T19:07:23Z")
Yep, I came here to post this: [Blanc leaves out entire squad for friendly](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/07/23/france.squad.blanc.suspension/index.html?hpt=T2). ---
**Author:** ![Sablicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/8 "2010-08-08T17:56:22Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > So what happened to the French National Soccer team This: [http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/783-1/ZidaneCombo.gif](http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/783-1/ZidaneCombo.gif) Le Bleu have been ‘dizzy’ ever since! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-the-french-national-soccer-team/547003/9 "2010-08-11T00:01:08Z")
What happened to them? Remember what your Mom said - cheats never prosper.