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Now! That's What I Call Lievremont & Saint-Andre's Utterly Barmy Selections Greatest Hits
We are all having a good chuckle at Michalak's selection at 10 for the match in Dublin this weekend, and that got us to thinking: can you make an entire team of barmy selections from the Marc Lievremont and Phillippe Saint-Andre period? Well I've had a partially successful stab at it. Your comments and additional suggestions/corrections are welcome.
15. Yoann Huget (Saint-Andre, 2013) - Yoann Huget is a winger, but not an international class one. As a full back he's worse than that.
14. Wesley Fofana (Saint-Andre, 2013) - The best centre in Europe grazing on the wing. Excellent.
13. Francois Trinh-Duc (Lievremont) - If he's not arbitrarily dropped he's out of postion. Trinh-Duc is perhaps the most abused player in France in terms of selection.
12. Benoit Baby (Lievremont, 2009) - Selected when Yannick Jauzion was available, that's mental enough to warrant inclusion.
11. Maxime Medard (Both, Various Years) - Medard is a full-back and there have always been wingers that are better than him in the 11 or 14 shirt. That hasn't stopped both Marc and Phillippe continuing to ignore this.
10. Damien Traille (Lievremont, various) - Traille was a decent 12 with a decent boot, and that was it. How anyone could class him as an international 10 is something that will trouble historians for years. He also spent some time stinking up the 15 shirt.
9. Sebastian Tillous-Borde (Lievremont, 2009) - Perhaps the worst example of the many when some no-mark was selected while Morgan Parra and his insouciant genius languished on the bench.
8. Sebastian Chabal (Lievremont, 2011) - This is not a bad selection in itself, but it becomes one when you consider that this pick meant that the incomparable Harinodoquy was pushed to 7 then you realise that Mad Marc pretty much weakened two positions at once.
7. Ibrahim Diarra (Lievremont, 2008) - A player as average as Diarra being selected at all is inexplicable in itself (this was his only cap), but he was selected ahead of Julien Bonnaire. I'll repeat that: HE WAS SELECTED AHEAD OF JULIEN BONNAIRE!
6. Matthieu Lievremont (Lievremont, 2008) - Marc and his brother Thomas had both won international caps,but the other brother Matthieu had not. Then Marc picked him for two caps based on nothing more than we assume their mum told him he had to so Matt didn't feel left out of the chat at family gatherings.
5. Help!
4. It's harder with the front 5 isn't it?
3. Suggestions welcome
2. Dunno
1. Lionel Faure (Lievremont, 2008) - Selected ahead of Jean-Baptiste Poux, who was up to that time owning Europe with Toulouse.
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March 7, 2013 in France, Rugby comment, Silliness | Permalink
