The Federation should be contacting team that are not in their group and scheduling some friendly with them right away ...
Second, Its not bad Idea of having france in our group ... Lets look at this way ... When the U17 Tournament start ... The game between France & Haiti will be televised on TV (France particular) ... That would give our player a chances to be expose on TV too clubs in France ..
After the tournament our players will be in position to get contract with clubs in france or europe ...