....did you also know that france also failed to qualify for the '94 world cup in the yoooo, esssss. aaa
....you may not know this but a little known individual called Gerard Houllier stood down as manager o the french national team after failing to qualify for the '94 world cup.....this wee man however did stay on as the national teams Technical Director
.......perhaps you are aware o this, but maybe yer nae.....but wee Gerard came up wi a "plan" nae long after the '94 world cup carry oan. This plan was implemented across the french footballing scene. It was a simple plan really "introduce a rule which banned clubs from having more than 20 players over the age of 20 in their squads. So if they had 30 players 10 of them had to be under 20"
......there is a wee, wee team in the south o france call M-O-N-A-C-O.....aye, I've never heard o them either. They had a manger called Jean Tigana once up a time, because o wee Gerards "plan", M-O-N-A-C-O were unable to sign players due to injuries during one champions league campaign. Instead they promoted two no mark players fae the youth team, up tae the BIG time....these were two no marks called Thierry Henry & Davey Trezeuget (sp?)
........this may came as a shock, but 18months later the two no marks....Terry & Davey.....were two o the main faces in the French team that won the 1998 World Cup
..............once upon time, not so long ago.....it was proposed at a meeting of the scottish footballing suits/movers/shakers/radges that this great nation implement a plan identical tae wee Gerards wee plan.
.....................two clubs scuppered this idea
.............................you ken the rest, ken?.......that is all
