It was a crap cross at a terrible time and all, but it's hardly Ginola murdering France. Maybe the rest of the team could have bucked their ideas up the other games too.
It was a crap cross at a terrible time and all, but it's hardly Ginola murdering France. Maybe the rest of the team could have bucked their ideas up the other games too.
True, and there's also the fact that Ginola gave the ball away on the edge of Bulgaria's box, so they still had to get the ball and go the whole length of the field to score. Surely some blame must go towards the French defenders as well, not just Ginola.
No, he missed playing in a World Cup.
But he made up for it by playing in a few Miss Worlds.
There is a famous story of George lying in bed with a naked Mary Stavin (Miss World) and the waiter arrives in with a few bottles of Dom Perigan champers. Seeing it was George he said " Jesus, George where did it all go wrong".
Some players are great but the country they are from doesn't have a good enough team.
I remember growing up seeing china UAE Egypt at world cups did these countries have players who graced the World Cup??
Great players have gone to world cups but many players who didn't who were also great were just unlucky.
Robbie Earl went to a World Cup should we all be putting posters of him up instead of those who have not????
Pointless thread sorry.
Oh and Zidane isn't French so maybe he would have been on this list if he hadn't done what many have and will do.
Although he was easily the finest player of his generation.
I remember growing up seeing china UAE Egypt at world cups did these countries have players who graced the World Cup??
Luckily most people reading the thread understand what the question means and the correct context of 'graced' and therefore haven't just listed every player to have not appeared. You seem to have missed the point quite spectacularly.
Some players are great but the country they are from doesn't have a good enough team.
I remember growing up seeing china UAE Egypt at world cups did these countries have players who graced the World Cup??
Great players have gone to world cups but many players who didn't who were also great were just unlucky.
Robbie Earl went to a World Cup should we all be putting posters of him up instead of those who have not????
Pointless thread sorry.
Oh and Zidane isn't French so maybe he would have been on this list if he hadn't done what many have and will do.
Although he was easily the finest player of his generation.
One of the worst rants I've ever read topped off by your comment on Zidane. The fact that he was born in Marseille is so irrelevant to his nationality it seems.
Jean Pierre Papin never played either.I know Roy Keane played at USA 94, but I still feel robbed that we did not see him in his prime at Japan/South Korea 2002 after the fall out with Mick McCarthy.
One of the worst rants I've ever read topped off by your comment on Zidane. The fact that he was born in Marseille is so irrelevant to his nationality it seems.
The ageing Brian Moore described him as 'The man from Mexico' in one of his senior moments... sadly for Mooro, this was just as Zidane scored in a World Cup Final, presenting a problem for archivists of the future.
I do remember Willie Morgan, an ex-United bloke who was a radio pundit at the time, solemnly announcing on Granada Reports when Gillespie joined Newcastle in the swap for Cole, "Keith Gillespie is going to be one of the. great. players...." (full stops inserted!).
If Gillespie hadnt adopted the other aspects of George Bests character he could have had a decent career. Not quite sure he would have reached the level of being missed at a World Cup though!!
I remember Kevin Keegan using Gillespie as huge justification for the sale of Andy Cole, saying it wouldn't have happened without the part-exchange. Didn't quite work out as planned.
I remember Kevin Keegan using Gillespie as huge justification for the sale of Andy Cole, saying it wouldn't have happened without the part-exchange. Didn't quite work out as planned.
Having said that we tried to buy him back a year or so later for about £3.5m.
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I quite like that idea actually, in theory. In reality it would never work.
True, and there's also the fact that Ginola gave the ball away on the edge of Bulgaria's box, so they still had to get the ball and go the whole length of the field to score. Surely some blame must go towards the French defenders as well, not just Ginola.
There is a famous story of George lying in bed with a naked Mary Stavin (Miss World) and the waiter arrives in with a few bottles of Dom Perigan champers. Seeing it was George he said " Jesus, George where did it all go wrong".
Countries go to the World Cup.
Some players are great but the country they are from doesn't have a good enough team.
I remember growing up seeing china UAE Egypt at world cups did these countries have players who graced the World Cup??
Great players have gone to world cups but many players who didn't who were also great were just unlucky.
Robbie Earl went to a World Cup should we all be putting posters of him up instead of those who have not????
Pointless thread sorry.
Oh and Zidane isn't French so maybe he would have been on this list if he hadn't done what many have and will do.
Although he was easily the finest player of his generation.
Luckily most people reading the thread understand what the question means and the correct context of 'graced' and therefore haven't just listed every player to have not appeared. You seem to have missed the point quite spectacularly.
This makes no sense.
Zidane's French. 0 for 3 Dan.
One of the worst rants I've ever read topped off by your comment on Zidane. The fact that he was born in Marseille is so irrelevant to his nationality it seems.
The ageing Brian Moore described him as 'The man from Mexico' in one of his senior moments... sadly for Mooro, this was just as Zidane scored in a World Cup Final, presenting a problem for archivists of the future.
Andy Gray.
Put him in with Sharpey in Mexico, Uruguay wouldn't have known what had hit them.
Aaron Ramsey
Keith Gillespie?
I do remember Willie Morgan, an ex-United bloke who was a radio pundit at the time, solemnly announcing on Granada Reports when Gillespie joined Newcastle in the swap for Cole, "Keith Gillespie is going to be one of the. great. players...." (full stops inserted!).
Having said that we tried to buy him back a year or so later for about £3.5m.