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5 vital players for each country ahead of the world cup?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chistera" data-source="post: 744152" data-attributes="member: 72020"><p>Just to fill in the French part, now with Trinh-Duc gone, who would have been the key player of our WC in my opinion:</p><p>Maestri - he has to pick up the slack of Pape and Flanquart, whoever he partners at second row</p><p>Picamoles - our main guy, if he doesn't run the ball up the field as he consistently does, our whole pack will go backwards.</p><p>Michalak - he's not that good (at least on a consistent basis), but his cover is so poor - Tales - that we need him at his best level, 75 mins a game, except for Romania and Canada.</p><p>Fofana - we need him to step up and recover his stellar 2013 form, he's not quite there today and right now, Bastareaud is more effective than him</p><p>Huget - our most in-from back, seems to be grazing world-class</p><p></p><p>Dusautoir doesn't make it because he's not the player that he used to be and, being 33 and having already missed 2 preseason games due to injury, I don't figure him regaining his to top level in the coming months, in contrary to Fofana, who I believe could do it. If we get to rest him the pool games and progress as far as the semis, his experience will be key, as well as of others (Mas, Swarzeski, Pape, Parra).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chistera, post: 744152, member: 72020"] Just to fill in the French part, now with Trinh-Duc gone, who would have been the key player of our WC in my opinion: Maestri - he has to pick up the slack of Pape and Flanquart, whoever he partners at second row Picamoles - our main guy, if he doesn't run the ball up the field as he consistently does, our whole pack will go backwards. Michalak - he's not that good (at least on a consistent basis), but his cover is so poor - Tales - that we need him at his best level, 75 mins a game, except for Romania and Canada. Fofana - we need him to step up and recover his stellar 2013 form, he's not quite there today and right now, Bastareaud is more effective than him Huget - our most in-from back, seems to be grazing world-class Dusautoir doesn't make it because he's not the player that he used to be and, being 33 and having already missed 2 preseason games due to injury, I don't figure him regaining his to top level in the coming months, in contrary to Fofana, who I believe could do it. If we get to rest him the pool games and progress as far as the semis, his experience will be key, as well as of others (Mas, Swarzeski, Pape, Parra). [/QUOTE]
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