If they didn't have such an easy group, I wouldn't give them a hope of getting anywhere. As it is, they might just have time to settle and find their rhythm. The handicap of having Boumsong in central defence shouldn't be quite so crippling against the opposition in Group G, and the age of their midfield won't harm them too much there, either (and age isn't too much of a problem for a holding midfield player like Makelele anyway)

However, once they make it out of their group they've got a pretty tough run in the knockout stages (most likely playing Italy or the Czechs in the quarter finals). So yeah, I can't see them going particularly far either.