World Cup: National Team threads #2

[Evilo]

Mbappe has just used his "NT holidays" to go to a trip in Sweden for 3 days. Clubbing at least two nights. Cell phones were not allowed in the club and yet he still was caught.

What a captain. Guy is such on a downhill path and he has to do a huge 180 turnaround on his behaviour.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Mbappe has just used his "NT holidays" to go to a trip in Sweden for 3 days. Clubbing at least two nights. Cell phones were not allowed in the club and yet he still was caught.

What a captain. Guy is such on a downhill path and he has to do a huge 180 turnaround on his behaviour.

I mean people are allowed to live their life no?

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I mean people are allowed to live their life no?

Sure but when you refuse international duty to rest from 'injury' but then you end up playing against Villareal after that and then take a 4-hour flight (so 8H total) to Sweden and you go clubbing...that's rough.

 

[Incubajerks]

How ungrateful, instead of staying in France and winning 15 L1s...

 

[bluesfan94]

Sure but when you refuse international duty to rest from 'injury' but then you end up playing against Villareal after that and then take a 4-hour flight (so 8H total) to Sweden and you go clubbing...that's rough.

Is clubbing supposed to keep someone from recovering from injury? I dunno, when I decide to take a week off work to recover, I don't just sit around inside. In fact I try to go on much longer flights.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Sure but when you refuse international duty to rest from 'injury' but then you end up playing against Villareal after that and then take a 4-hour flight (so 8H total) to Sweden and you go clubbing...that's rough.

Yeah, it is not a good look.

I feel like Mbappé is a little "tired" of the NT. At Madrid, he has been a model citizen by all accounts. But his behavior towards France is weird.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Is clubbing supposed to keep someone from recovering from injury? I dunno, when I decide to take a week off work to recover, I don't just sit around inside. In fact I try to go on much longer flights.

Absolutely but you're not an elite athlete. I'm sure Mbappe isn't flying in economy but if you're clubbing I'm assuming you're at the very least staying up very late, which I'd assume isn't ideal for any sort of recovery he needs.

Add unto it that he played a game after declining the call-up, I get the frustration from fans.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Mbappe has just used his "NT holidays" to go to a trip in Sweden for 3 days. Clubbing at least two nights. Cell phones were not allowed in the club and yet he still was caught.

What a captain. Guy is such on a downhill path and he has to do a huge 180 turnaround on his behaviour.

Stureplan are well known for their ladyboys. Can’t really blame him.

 

[luiginb]

Yeah, it is not a good look.

I feel like Mbappé is a little "tired" of the NT. At Madrid, he has been a model citizen by all accounts. But his behavior towards France is weird.

Yeah Evilo has been acting a bit like a spurned lover over the saga, but it's not a good look for Mbappe

I think he's generally a likeable dude, generally like and agree with his political stance, but he seems to be going a bit off the rails lately.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

generally like and agree with his political stance

You're trying so hard now.

What does his political stance have to do with any of this?

 

[cgf]

Beier may have money on Bulgaria if that pass is anything to judge on

Poor maxi just gave them that goal

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that if your country's captain is missing international duty due to injury, he is with his club doing physio and recovery work.

Couple that with the fact that he played the Villarreal game after he had dropped out injured?

I'd be furious if I were Deschamps, one of his teammates, or a fan. Giving him the armband was widely described as a strange choice at the time - a case of catering to your star player being the centre of everything. That take has been incredibly vindicated by the last year.

 

[luiginb]

The culé in me would love Mbappe to turn into the new Hazard but I don't see it happening

 

[luiginb]

I was watching Egypt-Mauritania at work, that Marmoush-Salah combo could do some damage in Africa.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Slovakia probably gonna pump the shit out of us.

 

[luiginb]

Wow, Egypt's players do not like their coach Hossam Hassan a bit, they're all ignoring him and his lame attempts at hugs when they get subbed out.