Saturnine Le Bleus: Capricorns in Despair

So, it appears that Le Bleus were ill-starred in the World Cup.
There may have been some lions in defence, but not enough water carriers and too many goats...

Yes, Domenech, the french coach, uses astrology to select the team...

"...few took Domenech seriously. It was discovered that he consulted the Zodiac in squad selection. Robert Pires was supposedly rejected owing to his mistrust of Scorpios, while William Gallas is among those challenged by perhaps his most infamous remark: "When I have a Leo in defence, I've always got my gun ready." "

I guess Anelka was in opposition.

Maybe you should have tried Tarot instead?
Oh, wait, you did...

So, how did that work out for you Raymond?
And a bad sport at that.

Still for $720,000 base salary plus more in bonuses, he has to be laughing.

On the other hand, the prognostications for England are much better, they even get to wear their 'lucky kit'!

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They got beat again already?

By Kate from Iowa (not verified) on 22 Jun 2010 #permalink

@Alastair: No, Uruguay wear blue (though it's a powder blue rather than a deep blue).

By Eric Lund (not verified) on 28 Jun 2010 #permalink