Hide-and-seek

Just prior to naming his World Cup starting line-up, France coach Raymond Domenech revealed a novel view of managing, when he said:

"Nowadays there is not much point in playing hide-and-seek with anybody." (BBC 2006.06.05)

In other words there is great transparency in the game these days with scouting and video use and he is not really into gamesmanship as a result.

He will simply name his squad, not pretending to have injuries for instance, and hope for the best.

Given the quality of his squad he may not have to have any tricks up his sleeve and may very well have his hopes met.

The 06 version of France looks much more ready to win than the 02 model...

And nobody really seems to be picking them...Including me...