Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Fesan wrote:Gourcuff would be a dream signing for me, he has been sensational in the french league the last two seasons (considering his age). Did poor at Milan and does poor in the national team (heard rumors it is because the other team-mates dislike him).
Great for us if he has a poor WC and that he has "failed" in a big team before because I believe that makes it easier for us to grab him and if we can unleash his potential he will be GREAT:-)
My 2 cents, hope he comes:-)
The whole "French team hates him" thing is something I heard first time in friday. Can anyone explain where that comes from?
i heard something about this last week as well. I think it stems from the fact that he's a total fuclin plonker and often a bit of a negative prick on the FFFFans.net message board and is constantly superfuclin negative about literally, nearly, and quite possibly everything in existence. He was described in one post by someone, thought to be Malouda -- but actually most likely Anelka if you believe the rumours -- as a Domenech-licker. It seems that there is in a rift in the French side around the manager. And some are Domenech-In supporters (lickers) and Domenech-out advocates (anti-Dommes). Gourcunt is clearly a licker, and has been really really supportive of the manager because allegedly his and his father's internet postings got Jacques Santini to "resign" his post before Euro 2004, and then further continued to attack him using internet forums getting him to resign from Spurs as well -- and bring his own man into the fold in the French side -- Domenech -- as manager. He's even has stuck by the manager despite obvious failings. I don't really know if this is all really factual, but i did hear about it.
Gourcunt had this to say recently about Domenech:
Gourcuff wrote:“We have a good relationship,” he explains. “I think he knows his job very well. He’s extremely professional, he’s a good analyser of games and he’s very clear when he explains what he wants from us. He’s been criticised a lot recently, especially in the way he expresses himself, but I can tell you that there’s no problem as far as we are concerned.”
And all this from being a prickly pear cockface on an Internet forum? Who says the internet isn't powerful? Not me.
cheers