Le Championnat [Archive] - Page 11

GodstoneEagle

26-07-2010, 12:47 PM

I'll check out lequipe.fr

BB Bob

26-07-2010, 03:03 PM

This is quite a good article - in French though!

http://www.goal.com/fr/news/29/ligue-1/2010/07/24/2040314/ligue-1-arles-avignon-pr%C3%A9sentation

DedBallSpeshlst

26-07-2010, 10:32 PM

I'm in Normandy visiting the missus' family again. Going to the preseason match between Caen and Rennes in Ouistreham on Saturday evening. Unfortunately leaving before the first home game of the season against Lyon.

Tough welcome back for Caen with Marseille and Lyon in the first two weeks.

BB Bob

27-07-2010, 07:18 AM

At least it gets them out of the way!

BB Bob

27-07-2010, 09:51 AM

Latest odds for le Championnat

1.875 Lyon
3 Marseille
7 Bordeaux
13 Lille
23 Paris SG
34 Rennes
41 Monaco
51 Auxerre
90 Montpellier
151 Lorient
151 Saint Etienne
200 Toulouse
301 Lens
400 Nice
400 Sochaux
500 Valenciennes
501 Nancy

501 SM Caen
751 Stade Brest
1000 AC Arles-Avignon

I don't really think Arles-Avignon are worth a punt......

BB Bob

27-07-2010, 09:54 AM

Here's L2

3 Le Mans
6.5 Grenoble Foot 38
7.5 Nantes
8 Metz
9 Boulogne
9 Le Havre
18 Clermont
21 Angers
29 Tours
34 Sedan
41 Laval
51 Evian Thonon Gaillard FC
51 Dijon
60 Dijon FCO II
67 Nimes
81 Ajaccio
81 Estac Troyes
120 Vannes
126 Stade de Reims
151 Chateauroux
201 Istres

Clermont worth a punt, Phil?

GodstoneEagle

27-07-2010, 10:07 AM

Why are evian so fancied?

BB Bob

27-07-2010, 11:41 AM

The ran through the National last season and have a bit of cash (which is rare in L2).

With the backing of the LFP, they were planning on playing their home games in Geneva where there is a lovely state of the art stadium built for the Euros. However, UEFA have turned this down as it is another country (although that doesn't, apparently, affect Monaco), even though it is geographically the closest stadium to Thonon-ls Bains. The team will now be forced to play its home games in Annécy - a lovely town in the foothills of the Alps, but quite some way from Thonon.

kabbott

29-07-2010, 09:33 AM

They also have Nimani on loan from Monaco (good player) and ex-palace Rui Fonte on loan :)

They're going to struggle this season (le Blackpool français). They're giving a trial to Cyril Chapuis (a good young player 10 years ago who has never fulfilled his potential).
Their best player is Piocelle who came through the great Nantes ''académie''. Good luck to them.

Bonaventure Kalou is having a trial with them from today. Weren't we linked with him recently?

kabbott

29-07-2010, 09:36 AM

The article on Brest was very interesting. I hadn't appreciated how many good players had passed through there or how long it has taken them to return to grace after doing a Leeds and going bust chasing the dream. The management team there includes Corentin Martins as sporting director and other famous ex-players include David Ginola, Stéphane Guivarc'h, Bernard Lama, Paul Le Guen, Claude Makélélé and Franck Ribéry.

A couple of months back Clapham Palace (?) posted something about Brest and I listed all their famous past players. It's quite an impressive list.

kabbott

29-07-2010, 09:38 AM

Oh and in case you missed it, Blanc in his first friendly for France post the World Cup debacle has "banned" all 23 players involved in the squad.

No interference there, then.......

Which is what Franck Ribéry said to the judge concerning ...

kabbott

29-07-2010, 09:45 AM

The Arles-Avignon squad. Not too many household names there:

N° Nom Pays Né le Poste Taille Poids
Cyrille Merville FRA 14/04/1982 Gardien 1.80 75
1 Vincent Planté FRA 19/10/1980 Gardien 1.90 79
Naby-Moussa Yattara GUI 12/01/1984 Gardien 1.85 80

Romain Elie FRA 06/03/1985 Défenseur 1.80 70
22 El-Amin Erbate MAR 07/07/1981 Défenseur 1.81 72
15 Fabien Laurenti FRA 06/01/1983 Défenseur 1.81 75
22 Bakari Soro CIV 05/12/1985 Défenseur 1.84 74

Rachid Aliaoui FRA 14/08/1986 Milieu 1.74 64
Thomas Ayasse FRA 17/02/1987 Milieu 1.83 75
6 Jamel Aït Ben Idir FRA 10/01/1984 Milieu 1.74 70
Rémy Cabella FRA 08/03/1990 Milieu 1.71 68
Emmanuel Corrèze FRA 09/03/1982 Milieu 1.80 77
Gael Germany FRA Milieu
Anthony Guise FRA 05/03/1985 Milieu
Driss Himmes FRA 30/09/1983 Milieu 1.78 75
Deme N'Diaye SEN 28/01/1980 Milieu 1.81 74
Sébastien Piocelle FRA 10/11/1978 Milieu 1.80 73
Clément Raffin FRA Milieu

Hameur Bouazza ALG 22/02/1985 Attaquant 1.78 76
Kaba Diawara GUI 16/12/1975 Attaquant 1.78 73
Yann Kermorgant FRA 08/11/1981 Attaquant 1.84 84
Jean M'Bessa FRA 07/08/1983 Attaquant 1.76 72
Chafik Najih FRA 05/08/1983 Attaquant 1.84 83
Benjamin Psaume FRA 12/01/1985 Attaquant 1.70 67

BB Bob

29-07-2010, 09:53 AM

The only one most people over herre know is Hameur Bouazza who played for....Watford?

Also turned out for Fulham and the Clowns on checking Wiki.

kabbott

29-07-2010, 09:53 AM

The ran through the National last season and have a bit of cash (which is rare in L2).

With the backing of the LFP, they were planning on playing their home games in Geneva where there is a lovely state of the art stadium built for the Euros. However, UEFA have turned this down as it is another country (although that doesn't, apparently, affect Monaco), even though it is geographically the closest stadium to Thonon-ls Bains. The team will now be forced to play its home games in Annécy - a lovely town in the foothills of the Alps, but quite some way from Thonon.

Their coach is ex-Marseillais Bernard Casoni. They were (are?) financially backed by Danone, and, according to Wiki, ''Zizou'' and Lizerazu have invested in the club too.

kabbott

29-07-2010, 10:08 AM

The only one most people over herre know is Hameur Bouazza who played for....Watford?

Also turned out for Fulham and the Clowns on checking Wiki.

I've heard of Planté - he used to be at ASSE as cover for Janot and he may also have been at Caen. Kermorgant played for Leicester against us last season, Laurenti was part of the OM squad a few years back, and then there's K.Diawara who was at Arsenal for a while and a host of other clubs too. He's not as old as I am but he must be getting on a bit.

GodstoneEagle

29-07-2010, 10:39 AM

They are going to get obliterated, but I will still go and watch them :)

kabbott

29-07-2010, 10:49 AM

They are going to get obliterated, but I will still go and watch them :)

I think I might have to go and see them too. :rolleyes:
Quand arrives-tu dans ce beau pays?

GodstoneEagle

29-07-2010, 10:50 AM

Last week of Jan. Argentina first.

BB Bob

29-07-2010, 12:42 PM

First game of the new season last night.....

Cissé wins Champions Trophy for Marseille in shootout

Ex-Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Edouard Cissé struck the winning penalty against his former club as Ligue 1 champions Marseille lifted the first trophy of the season, taking the shootout 5-4 in front of a new Champions Trophy record attendance of 55,000 in Radès, Tunisia after it finished goalless after 90 minutes.
Wednesday July 28 2010

Olympique de Marseille / Paris Saint-Germain : -

French Cup holders PSG were making their fifth Champions Trophy appearance. For the fourth time it went to penalties and after this latest setback PSG have emerged victorious on a single occasion, back in 1996 when a Claude Makelele miss for Nantes gifted them the prize. The veteran skipper calmly tucked away PSG’s fifth kick here as it went to sudden death. Experienced substitute Ludovic Giuly had his kick saved by OM goalkeeper Steve Mandanda – voted man-of-the-match - low to his right and then Cissé showed his bottle to kickstart the celebrations as Marseille won the Champions Trophy on their debut appearance.

Luyindula and Lucho miss spot kicks

The shootout got off to the worst possible start for PSG as Peguy Luyindula hit the post and the ball rebounded off Mandanda’s head to safety. All of the other initial five takers scored from both sides except for OM playmaker Lucho Gonzalez. The Argentinean’s attempted “Panenka” chip down the middle of the goal was Marseille’s third spot kick and easily saved by Grégory Coupet.

PSG enjoyed the better of the opening period, frequently threatening to get in behind Marseille’s high defensive line with the movement of forwards Mevlut Erding and Peguy Luyindula a notable feature. Just before the break Luyindula fired wide when in on Steve Mandanda’s goal and shortly afterwards the OM goalkeeper excelled himself in diving in at the feet of Nêne to thwart the Brazilian.

New signings strut their stuff

Nêne, like Mathieu Bodmer, made his first start for the capital club in an official encounter. Nêne’s set-piece prowess was one of the reasons Antoine Kombouaré signed him and a left-footed corner midway through the first half could have resulted in a goal had centre-half Zoumana Camara managed to generate more power with his header.

Marseille’s new signing Cesar Azpilicueta distinguished himself with his willingness to break forward from right-back, while the young Spaniard’s prodigiously long throws were a constant source of danger, Mamadou Samassa powering a header off target from one such delivery on 25 minutes.

Diawara injury blow, Ben Arfa fireworks

Didier Deschamps left Stéphane Mbia and Gabriel Heinze back in France for pre-season training after featuring for Cameroon and Argentina respectively at the World Cup. OM’s defensive options were further reduced on the stroke of half-time as Souleymane Diawara pulled up with a thigh problem. The former Bordeaux man expects to be out for at least three weeks.

A passionate crowd reserved their biggest cheer for the introduction of Hatem Ben Arfa – a French international of Tunisian origin – on the hour. It sparked OM’s best spell of the game with Samassa, getting his chance at centre-forward with Mamadou Niang and Brandao suspended, denied by Coupet from point blank range and then Ben Arfa’s solo run culminating in a shot just wide of the upright.

Late drama

With penalties looming, Luyindula created a great chance for himself to win the game for PSG, twisting past a couple of Marseille defenders before unleashing a shot which he was unable to keep down. Seconds later OM hit the post with Coupet beaten as defender Leyti N’Diaye, on for Diawara, flicked a Taye Taiwo shot against the upright.

In a pulsating close to the game neat interplay from PSG created a chance for substitute Mateja Kezman. Fortunately for OM Vitorino Hilton was there with the saving block. With seconds left on the clock Nêne blazed over after working the shooting opportunity, cutting in from the right.

BB Bob

29-07-2010, 12:49 PM

I'm off on hols for a fortnight from tomorrow, so I'd better do the first lucky loto sportif of the season for Week 1 (not until 7th August)

Week 1 - Saturday, August 07, 2010

21:00 AJ Auxerre FC Lorient HOME
21:00 RC Lens AS Nancy Lorraine DRAW
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais AS Monaco FC HOME
21:00 Olympique de Marseille SM Caen HOME
21:00 OGC Nice Valenciennes FC HOME (Fingers crossed)
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain AS Saint-Etienne HOME
21:00 Stade Rennais FC LOSC Lille Métropole DRAW
21:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard AC Arles Avignon HOME
21:00 Toulouse FC Stade Brestois 29 HOME
Week 1 - Sunday, August 08, 2010

21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Girondins de Bordeaux AWAY

GodstoneEagle

29-07-2010, 12:50 PM

Marseille’s new signing Cesar Azpilicueta

good player too

GodstoneEagle

29-07-2010, 12:51 PM

I'm off on hols for a fortnight from tomorrow, so I'd better do the first lucky loto sportif of the season for Week 1 (not until 7th August)

Week 1 - Saturday, August 07, 2010

21:00 AJ Auxerre FC Lorient HOME
21:00 RC Lens AS Nancy Lorraine DRAW
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais AS Monaco FC HOME
21:00 Olympique de Marseille SM Caen HOME
21:00 OGC Nice Valenciennes FC HOME (Fingers crossed)
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain AS Saint-Etienne HOME
21:00 Stade Rennais FC LOSC Lille Métropole DRAW
21:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard AC Arles Avignon HOME
21:00 Toulouse FC Stade Brestois 29 HOME
Week 1 - Sunday, August 08, 2010

21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Girondins de Bordeaux AWAYI'm off to the Vendée from 2nd-13th but will pop some bets up in the next few days.

kabbott

29-07-2010, 01:47 PM

I'm off to the Vendée from 2nd-13th but will pop some bets up in the next few days.

Whereabouts? We went to La Faute-sur-Mer (a part of l'Aiguillon) more or less every year for 15 years up until last year. The house we used to stay in got flooded during those big storms a few months back. :(

GodstoneEagle

29-07-2010, 01:51 PM

Apremont, my best friend has a nice little farmhouse down there

kabbott

29-07-2010, 01:54 PM

Apremont? I thought that was in La Savoie!

GodstoneEagle

29-07-2010, 02:01 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apremont

There's one in la Vendée too :)

BB Bob

29-07-2010, 02:15 PM

Whereabouts? We went to La Faute-sur-Mer (a part of l'Aiguillon) more or less every year for 15 years up until last year. The house we used to stay in got flooded during those big storms a few months back. :(

It looks like the poor man's Ile de Ré. When I stayed near Blois for a week a couple of weeks ago, the guy I was staying with was singing that regions praises. He and his family go there every year. Has it got quite a micro climate? The closest I have been to that part of the world is Angers. Ca vaut la peine d'y aller?

I seem to spend most of my time in France down nr Nice now. It's a tough job, but someones got to do it......

kabbott

03-08-2010, 12:31 PM

Le Championnat starts this weekend. L'Equipe has published a list of players to look out for who are new to Ligue 1:

Bruno Ecuele Manga (Lorient) in from Angers to replace Kosielny
Francis Coquelin (Lorient) French U-19 Euro champ on loan from Arsenal
Romain Hamouma (Caen) in from Laval
Nolan Roux (Brest) has played for the U-21s
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) was top scorer in L2 for Tours last season
Georges Mandjack (Rennes) was on loan at FC Kaiserslauten but belonged to Stuttgart ...

Plus ...

Vujadin Savic (Bordeaux)
Nemanja Pejcinovic (Nice)
Branko Lazerevic (Caen)
Yacine Brahimi (Rennes)
Samuel Souprayen (Rennes)
Hasan Kabze (Montpellier)
Adrien Gunino (Toulouse)
Mario Licka (Brest)
Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse)
Fodie Traoré (Brest)

kabbott

03-08-2010, 12:37 PM

Laurent Blanc has pre-selected 30-35 players for France's first friendly since the WC débâcle. The list was never announced to the press, and only some of the players have said that they are on the list. Here they are:

Goalkeepers: Stéphane Ruffier (Monaco), Nicolas Douchez (Rennes)

Defence: Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Adil Rami (Lille), Aly Cissokho (Lyon), Charles N’Zogbia (Wigan), Philippe Mexès (AS Rome), Jérémy Mathieu (FC Valence)

Midfield: Rio Mavuba (Lille), Florent Balmont (Lille), Yohan Cabaye (Lille), Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse)

Attack: Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon), Jimmy Briand (Lyon), Jérémy Menez (AS Rome), Loïc Rémy (Nice)

kabbott

03-08-2010, 12:43 PM

Here's another list of possibles I've found. Take your pick:

Fabien Audard ( Lorient ) Stéphane Ruffier (Monaco), Nicolas Douchez (Rennes), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Adil Rami (Lille), Aly Cissokho (Lyon), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan), Philippe Mexès (AS Rome), Jérémy Mathieu (FC Valence), Rio Mavuba (Lille), Florent Balmont (Lille), Yohan Cabaye (Lille), Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), Jimmy Briand (Lyon), Jérémy Menez (AS Rome), Loïc Rémy (Nice) Nasri ( Arsenal ) Gael Kakuta ( Chelsea ) Marveaux ( Rennes ) Chalmé ( Bordeaux ) Trémoulinas ( Bordeaux ) Diarra ( Real Madrid ) Bodmer ( PSG ) Cheyrou ( Olympique de Marseille ) Pedretti ( Auxerre ) M'villa ( Rennes ) Hoarau ( PSG ) Trézeguet ( Juventus ) Ben Arfa ( Olympique de Marseille ) .

kabbott

03-08-2010, 12:50 PM

This is the Lyon squad. :) Look out for some of the youngsters, six of whom became European U-19 champions last week. Yannis Tafer has often been compared with Benzema. Belfodil is quick and has also got an eye for the goal. Lacazette looked good during the U-19 Euro, and Harry Novillo (18) is getting a lot of good praise too and scored a goal at the Emirates the other day.

Effectif Lyon Nombre de joueurs: 39
N° Joueur Poste Age Taille Poids
45 Mathieu Gorgelin Gardien 19 1.87m 83kg
25 Joan Hartock Gardien 22 1.90m 85kg
1 Hugo Lloris Gardien 23 1.88m 78kg
40 Anthony Lopes Gardien 20 1.84m 81kg
30 Rémy Vercoutre Gardien 29 1.85m 78kg
46 Loïc Abenzoar Défenseur 20 1.81m 77kg
23 Cleber Anderson Défenseur 29 1.86m 80kg
20 Aly Cissokho Défenseur 22 1.81m 75kg
36 Sébastien Faure Défenseur 18 1.84m 78kg
32 Lamine Gassama Défenseur 21 1.81m 74kg
12 Timothée Kolodziejczak Défenseur 19 1.85m 70kg
5 Dejan Lovren Défenseur 20 1.88m 84kg
3 Cris Défenseur 32 1.83m 77kg
15 John Mensah Défenseur 27 1.80m 81kg
13 Anthony Réveillère Défenseur 31 1.81m 76kg
35 Nicolas Seguin Défenseur 19 1.81m 76kg
43 Samuel Umtiti Défenseur 16 1.80m 70kg
7 Michel Fernandes Bastos Milieu 27 1.78m 74kg
41 Maxime Blanc Milieu 17 1.67m 57kg
19 Cesar Delgado Milieu 28 1.74m 69kg
47 Rachid Ghezzal Milieu 17 1.82m 65kg
21 Maxime Gonalons Milieu 21 1.87m 76kg
22 Clément Grenier Milieu 18 1.86m 72kg
10 Ederson Milieu 23 1.80m 74kg
6 Kim Källström Milieu 27 1.81m 79kg
17 Jean II Makoun Milieu 26 1.73m 69kg
31 Saïd Mehamba Milieu 19 1.70m 65kg
8 Miralem Pjanic Milieu 20 1.80m 68kg
34 Enzo Reale Milieu 18 1.75m 69kg
28 Jérémy Toulalan Milieu 27 1.83m 77kg
39 Ishak Belfodil Attaquant 18 1.91m 86kg
7 Jimmy Briand Attaquant 25 1.81m 82kg
18 Bafétimbi Gomis Attaquant 24 1.84m 77kg
38 Alexandre Lacazette Attaquant 18 1.74m 69kg
9 Lisandro Attaquant 27 1.74m 74kg
54 Harry Novillo Attaquant 18 1.82m 80kg
33 Jérémy Pied Attaquant 20 1.73m 69kg
49 Grégoire Puel Attaquant 18 1.80m 67kg
29 Yannis Tafer Attaquant 19 1.80m 67kg

kabbott

05-08-2010, 06:31 PM

So this is Laurent Blanc's squad for the friendly away against Norway next Wednesday as announced this morning:

Goalkeepers: Ruffier (Monaco), Douchez (Rennes)

Defenders: Fanni (Rennes), Rami (Lille), Mexès (Roma), Sakho (PSG), Trémoulinas (Bordeaux), Cissokho (Lyon), Debuchy (Lille)

Midfielders: L. Diarra (Real Madrid), Sissoko (Toulouse), Mvila (Rennes), Nasri (Arsenal), Cabaye (Lille), N'Zogbia (Wigan), Matuidi (Saint-Etienne)

Attackers: Ben Arfa (Marseille), Benzema (Real Madrid), Rémy (Nice), Briand (Lyon), Ménez (Roma), Hoarau (PSG)

kabbott

05-08-2010, 08:44 PM

RIP

Not the most famous of players, Didier Wacouboué (Ivory Coast) who played for Marseille in the mid-90s (in their dark days when they were in Ligue 2) was found dead in his London home. No more details. Apparently he had to retire from football a few years ago due to a long-term illness. He was 36, no age. :(

DedBallSpeshlst

07-08-2010, 09:41 PM

Fantastic result for Caen, should have been 3-0 but the officials were playing for Marseille as usual.

Funny thing is Caen looked really ordinary against Rennes last weekend.

kabbott

08-08-2010, 10:08 AM

Fantastic result for Caen, should have been 3-0 but the officials were playing for Marseille as usual.

Funny thing is Caen looked really ordinary against Rennes last weekend.

Marseille are in a mess at the moment. Koné has gone, Ben Arfa looks like he's on the way to Newcastle, Niang wants out as does Heinze apparently. Deschamps wanted to bring in Fabiano but he was put off by the wage demands. He is now tempted by Gilardino (sp?), but thewages could be the stumbling block too.
Lyon weren't much better last night either. MOM Lloris which just goes to show. Let's see what Bordeaux get up to tonight against Montpellier who surprisingly got knocked out of Europe on Thursday aet and penalties so they should be knackered. PSG did well, but there was loads of aggro outside the ground (250 arrests). Their Ultras (the two groups on opposing sides of the political spectrum) have been banned because they often had rucks
against each other. If they were true fans, I can't see why they just go to the games as individuals. Maybe it's not as simple as that.

Saturday, August 07, 2010

21:00 AJ Auxerre 2 - 2 FC Lorient
21:00 RC Lens 1 - 2 AS Nancy Lorraine
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais 0 - 0 AS Monaco FC
21:00 Olympique de Marseille 1 - 2 SM Caen
21:00 OGC Nice 0 - 0 Valenciennes FC
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain 3 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 1 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
21:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 - 1 AC Arles Avignon
21:00 Toulouse FC 2 - 0 Stade Brestois 29

Sunday, August 08, 2010

21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Girondins de Bordeaux

kabbott

08-08-2010, 10:11 AM

In Ligue 2, one to look out for is Guié Guié who was brought in from Honved by Tours, who had sold Giroud to Montpellier during pre-season. He got a hat-trick on his début!

Friday, August 06, 2010

20:00 AC Ajaccio 1 - 0 Nîmes Olympique
20:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 1 - 1 Clermont Foot
20:00 Châteauroux 0 - 0 FC Istres
20:00 Dijon FCO 0 - 0 Angers SCO
20:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1 - 0 Havre AC
20:00 FC Metz 0 - 2 Evian TG FC
20:00 Stade de Reims 1 - 1 Stade Lavallois
20:00 Tours FC 4 - 3 CS Sedan
20:00 Vannes OC 1 - 0 ESTAC

Monday, August 09, 2010

20:30 FC Nantes - Le Mans FC

BB Bob

15-08-2010, 05:03 PM

Back from Greece where, somewhat worryingly, the only words I have picked up are yassou and nafti - Hello Sailor.

Still, life has carried on in L1 without me and Marseille are having a mare of start. Last nights results:-

Saint-Etienne (19) 3-2 Sochaux (4)
Nancy (5) 0-3 Rennes (9)
Lorient (7) 1-2 Nice (11)
Brest (20) 1-1 Auxerre (7)
Valenciennes (14) 3-2 Marseille (15)
Arles-Avignon (17) 0-1 Lens (16)

BB Bob

15-08-2010, 05:04 PM

And the fun for the big boys has carried on today:-

17:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 2 Toulouse FC
17:00 SM Caen 3 - 2 Olympique Lyonnais

BB Bob

15-08-2010, 05:05 PM

Nice getting a nosebleed!

1 Toulouse FC 2 2 0 0 +3 6
2 SM Caen 2 2 0 0 +2 6
3 Stade Rennais FC 2 1 1 0 +3 4
4 Valenciennes FC 2 1 1 0 +1 4
5 OGC Nice 2 1 1 0 +1 4
6 Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 0 0 +2 3
7 Montpellier Hérault SC 1 1 0 0 +1 3
8 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 1 0 1 0 3
9 RC Lens 2 1 0 1 0 3
10 AS Saint-Etienne 2 1 0 1 -1 3
11 AS Nancy Lorraine 2 1 0 1 -2 3
12 AJ Auxerre 2 0 2 0 0 2
13 LOSC Lille Métropole 1 0 1 0 0 1
14 AS Monaco FC 1 0 1 0 0 1
15 FC Lorient 2 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Olympique Lyonnais 2 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Stade Brestois 29 2 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Olympique de Marseille 2 0 0 2 -2 0
19 Girondins de Bordeaux 2 0 0 2 -2 0
20 AC Arles Avignon 2 0 0 2 -2 0

BB Bob

16-08-2010, 06:57 PM

Sundays result:-

21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 0 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain

Monaco play Montpellier on Tuesday now as thunderstorms led to the game being called off on Saturday

GodstoneEagle

16-08-2010, 07:04 PM

ACAA have found their place :p

BB Bob

16-08-2010, 07:08 PM

Let's have some pics, shall we? We haven't done that for a while....

http://www.ligue1.com/photo/grandFormat/1011_l1_caen_lyon_mono.jpg
http://i.eurosport.fr/2010/08/16/634115-7713454-317-238.jpg
http://i.eurosport.fr/2010/08/14/633715-7709454-317-238.jpg

FORZA SELHURST

16-08-2010, 08:37 PM

Anyone see much of this mec :

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=206941

Looks like conneries to me.

BB Bob

20-08-2010, 07:20 PM

I know the name, but not much about him. He hasn't set le Championnat on fire yet.....

BB Bob

20-08-2010, 07:21 PM

Looks like Loic Remy is off to Marseille with Deschamps also very keen to sign Gignac from Toulouse. Two good signings IMHO.

FORZA SELHURST

20-08-2010, 07:23 PM

Remy has a heart condition apparently.

philsick

20-08-2010, 09:35 PM

Clermont bottom after losing again:(

BB Bob

22-08-2010, 06:32 PM

This weeks results with one to play:-

Week 3 - Saturday, August 21, 2010
19:00 RC Lens 2 - 2 AS Monaco FC
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 0 Stade Brestois 29
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 2 - 0 FC Lorient
19:00 OGC Nice 1 - 1 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 Stade Rennais FC 0 - 0 AS Saint-Etienne
19:00 Toulouse FC 2 - 1 AC Arles Avignon
21:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 1 Valenciennes FC
Week 3 - Sunday, August 22, 2010
17:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 - 0 SM Caen
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0 - 0 LOSC Lille Métropole
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain Girondins de Bordeaux

BB Bob

22-08-2010, 06:33 PM

Arles are going down fighting, but they are still going down!

P W D L GD Pts
1 Toulouse FC 3 3 0 0 +4 9
2 SM Caen 3 2 1 0 +2 7
3 Stade Rennais FC 3 1 2 0 +3 5
4 Valenciennes FC 3 1 2 0 +1 5
5 OGC Nice 3 1 2 0 +1 5
6 Montpellier Hérault SC 3 1 2 0 +1 5
7 Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 1 0 +2 4
8 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 3 1 1 1 0 4
9 RC Lens 3 1 1 1 0 4
10 Olympique Lyonnais 3 1 1 1 0 4
11 AS Saint-Etienne 3 1 1 1 -1 4
12 AS Nancy Lorraine 3 1 1 1 -2 4
13 Olympique de Marseille 3 1 0 2 0 3
14 AJ Auxerre 3 0 3 0 0 3
15 AS Monaco FC 3 0 3 0 0 3
16 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 0 3 0 0 3
17 FC Lorient 3 0 1 2 -3 1
18 Stade Brestois 29 3 0 1 2 -3 1
19 Girondins de Bordeaux 2 0 0 2 -2 0
20 AC Arles Avignon 3 0 0 3 -3 0

BB Bob

22-08-2010, 06:33 PM

Results from L2 (sorry Phil)

Friday, August 20, 2010
20:00 Clermont Foot 1 - 2 Angers SCO
20:00 Evian TG FC 1 - 2 Tours FC
20:00 FC Istres 1 - 1 Dijon FCO
20:00 Havre AC 2 - 1 Stade de Reims
20:00 Le Mans FC 0 - 2 Châteauroux
20:00 FC Metz 1 - 0 Vannes OC
20:00 Nîmes Olympique 1 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
20:00 CS Sedan 1 - 1 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
20:00 ESTAC 3 - 0 AC Ajaccio
20:30 Stade Lavallois 0 - 0 FC Nantes

BB Bob

22-08-2010, 06:33 PM

Ligue 2 P W D L GD Pts
1 Evian TG FC 4 3 0 1 +6 9
2 Tours FC 4 3 0 1 +2 9
3 Châteauroux 4 2 2 0 +3 8
4 Angers SCO 4 2 2 0 +3 8
5 Havre AC 4 2 0 2 +1 6
6 ESTAC 4 2 0 2 +1 6
7 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 4 1 3 0 +1 6
8 FC Istres 4 1 3 0 +1 6
9 Vannes OC 4 2 0 2 -3 6
10 CS Sedan 4 1 2 1 0 5
11 Le Mans FC 4 1 2 1 0 5
12 Stade Lavallois 4 1 2 1 0 5
13 Dijon FCO 4 0 4 0 0 4
14 Nîmes Olympique 4 1 1 2 -1 4
15 FC Nantes 4 1 1 2 -1 4
16 AC Ajaccio 4 1 1 2 -4 4
17 Stade de Reims 4 0 3 1 -1 3
18 FC Metz 4 1 0 3 -3 3
19 Grenoble Foot 38 4 1 0 3 -3 3
20 Clermont Foot 4 0 2 2 -2 2

BB Bob

22-08-2010, 06:36 PM

I know, I know.......I am really spoiling you with results from the National:-

VENDREDI 20 AOÛT 2010
19h00 Gap (20) 2-1 Orléans (18)
20h00 Beauvais (3) 2-2 UJA Alfortville (14)
Guingamp (5) 0-0 Strasbourg (15)
SAMEDI 21 AOÛT 2010
18h00 Niort (12) 4-0 Bayonne (19)
Colmar (13) 1-0 Rodez (17)
18h30 Plabennec (10) 1-0 Créteil-Lusitanos (1)
19h00 Paris FC (4) 1-0 Amiens (8)
Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël (16) 1-0 Pacy-sur-Eure (7)
20h00 Bastia (5) 0-0 Rouen (8)
Gueugnon (21) 0-2 Luzenac (11

BB Bob

22-08-2010, 06:36 PM

Rank Team Pts J. G. N. P. P. v. Diff.
1 Paris FC 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 2
2 Plabennec 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 1
3 Niort 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 4
4 Luzenac 6 3 2 0 1 5 1 4
5 Colmar 6 3 2 0 1 2 1 1
6 Creteil-Lusitanos 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 2
7 Beauvais 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 2
8 Bastia 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
- Guingamp 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
10 Cannes 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 3
11 Frejus-Saint-Raphael 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
12 UJA Alfortville 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
13 Rouen 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
14 Pacy-sur-Eure 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1
15 Amiens 3 3 1 0 2 1 2 -1
16 Gap 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3
17 Strasbourg 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
18 Orleans 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2
- Rodez 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2
20 Bayonne 1 3 0 1 2 0 7 -7
21 Gueugnon 0 3 0 0 3 0 6 -6

BB Bob

23-08-2010, 11:59 AM

Last nights scores and some big news from Bordeaux where Gourcuff has handed in a trasnfer request

Tigana: ‘On the right track’ – Sunday’s reactions
Bordeaux coach Jean Tigana was thrilled with his men’s late 2-1 win at the Parc des Princes, but he wasn’t impressed with Yoann Gourcuff’s transfer request on the eve of the match. Meanwhile the stifling heat was a major talking point after Sunday night’s two other matches ended in 0-0 draws.
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Paris Saint-Germain / Girondins de Bordeaux : 1 - 2

Jean Tigana (Bordeaux coach): "When you take the three points, you don’t ask whether you deserved them or not. Above all, I liked the way we won it. With a busy fixture list around the corner, I’m satisfied. Michaël Ciani made an excellent return to the side, he has a strong physical presence and he allows other players to be more effective. Things were better. Now we just need to create more chances on goal. But we’re on the right track. [Concerning leaving Yoann Gourcuff on the bench at kick-off] Yesterday, he went to see the president and asked to leave the club. He can go, but you don’t say that on the eve of a match when you’ve lost two in a row. So he was on the bench. I thought Jussiê would be more motivated. I’m not in control of the situation, we have to wait until the end of the transfer window."

Antoine Kombouaré (PSG coach): "I can’t fault my players. We lost because we were up against a team who finished well and stayed in the match. It was a match of missed chances for us, with recurring situations in attack. Sometimes you have to know when to settle for a draw. There is a big disappointment in terms of tonight’s result, but the way we played, the way we defended and the way we created chances was very promising. We just lacked a bit of cool-headedness and [Bordeaux ’keeper Cédric] Carrasso was in grand form even though his defence had a tough night."

>> Team Sheet

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard / LOSC Lille Métropole : 0 - 0

Rudi Garcia (Lille coach): "The result gives us just a point, but the way we played should have given us three. We took control of the game. But more than that, you need to put your chances away and also have some favourable decisions to score goals and win. That’s what was missing for us. I think, on the whole, we deserved to win. Still, taking a point on the road is never a bad thing. We’re not worried. We know we’re not yet at 100% physically and the conditions, with such heat, weren’t easy."

Francis Gillot (Sochaux coach): "I think it was a good match. There weren’t a lot of scoring chances, but there was a lot of intensity. We really stepped up in terms of commitment and with our aerial game. We didn’t concede against an excellent team. Even though they’re still not at 100%, that still means something. Towards the end we were on the back foot but we didn’t give up. We kept looking to score, but we were wary of counter-attacks because we know what Lille are capable of. It’s our fist clean sheet for the season, which is great. It’s a point won that will give us confidence for what’s to come."

>> Team Sheet

Montpellier Hérault SC / SM Caen : 0 - 0

René Girard (Montpellier coach): "We tried our best but our game was a bit disorganised. It’s a shame in terms of the spectacle to play in such heat. You can’t blame the players, who put in the effort, but maybe they lacked lucidity in a few areas, notably in terms of the final pass. The players gave it all they had against a side that sat back in defence, and I don’t think they could have done any better. We caused Caen all kinds of problems, but just couldn’t find the goal to make the difference."

Franck Dumas (Caen coach): "We’re happy with the result, but less so concerning the way we played. My lads were up against a quality side but also the heat. Montpellier really closed us down. Our plan was to shut down the spaces at the back and then play it quickly out of defence. But we never managed to string together more than three or four passes. We didn’t play tremendous football but we managed to claim a point. When you can’t win a match, you have to make sure you don’t lose it."

BB Bob

23-08-2010, 12:00 PM

Gignac on his way to OM, Rémy tests reveal heart problem
Marseille say they have agreed a deal with Toulouse to sign France striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, but there is already a question mark surrounding the future of Loïc Rémy, after a heart condition showed up in his medical following his move from Nice.
24 year-old Gignac, who was the top scorer in Ligue 1 in 2008-09 with 24 goals, will join the reigning champions on a five-year deal after OM agreed to pay €16 million to Toulouse.

Marseille will be hoping to pair him in attack with fellow France international Loïc Rémy, who signed from Nice on Thursday for a fee of up to €15.5 million. However, there is already something of a question mark over his future after a heart condition showed up in a routine medical.

"It's a mechanical problem," said club doctor Christophe Baudot. "Further tests will be carried out on Monday, after which we should be able to give Loïc more of an idea of what's wrong. He will not play as long as there are any doubts."Rémy will not, therefore, be able to make his debut this weekend against Lorient.

New challenge whets Rémy's appetite

Speaking earlier Rémy expressed his excitement at the challenge which lies ahead for him after making the move along the south coast. “It’s great to know that a club like Marseille want to sign you, and even if I had originally stated my desire to move to England, I’m delighted to be here," he said.

"Marseille is a massive club with great players, and it will be great to be able to play in Europe again after having had a taste of the Champions League with Lyon in 2006 and 2007.

“I’m leaving Nice to take a step up in my career and to play a part in this new-look Marseille team after the departures of (Mamadou) Niang and, possibly, Hatem (Ben Arfa). I’m also going in the hope that this will benefit my international career.”

The speculation surrounding the 23 year-old’s future became something of a soap opera this summer in France. For a long time he seemed set for a move to the English Premier League, but even after interest from the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham, Stoke City and West Ham never materialised into a concrete offer that was acceptable to Nice, Rémy says he remained convinced that his future would be resolved satisfactorily.

“There were moments of doubt, not from a personal viewpoint, but with everything that was said, it was a confusing time. I’m happy that everything has now been sorted, and that I’m leaving on good terms. Now, I’m coming into a club where I have to prove myself all over again, but it’s up to me to go out and win my place in the team.”

P.Hep

23-08-2010, 12:07 PM

ULTRAS BOYCOTTING AT PSG

communique tribune auteuil

a new seasons at PSG has seen the day and thousands of lives have been darkened. Us supporters of the red and blue since childhood, season ticket holders since 5,10,15,20 years have been victims of a cruel theft, that of our passion.

a new season at PSG sees the day but the parc has been extingusihed. This magic place where the passion of the people of Paris resonates is now hollow.Our stadium also lies the victim of an atrocious crime, that of it's soul, the stands of the tribune populaire (ultras sections behind goals)

the thief; Robin Leproux with teh measures of his plan "Tout PSG" and his removal of season tickets in the tribune populaires. a plan which has got the approval of the media and 45,000 signatures...a drop in the water for a club which has over 2million fans.

In Place now under the pretence of a plan of security, the sanitisation of the stands and 'disneyland football' with it's mascots, it's cheerleaders and it's fake (something)
Equally draconian measures to stop peaceful protests, 249 arrests in front of the parc before the match against st etienne where the authorities are hunting anyone of the parisian 'race' at home and away matches.

In place a stadium without the ultra mentality, without chanting, without tifo, without passion. A stdium which will be blooming soon with shirts of Marseille, Lyon or that of bourdeaux.
A stadium, our stadium which is ready to resonate with the chants of the opposition supporters which has already been the case as seen in the game against st eteinne.

who will push PSG when they will find themselves in the lows of the league?
who will create the scared union and push our players who wear our shirt?
who will consider PSG like a great club without this unbelivable atmosphere which characterised the pac des princes?

Football is not a merchandise that one consumes, football is lived. PSG is lived. Our club is agony, our stadium breathes but it is being strangled .
We don't have the right to let this new politics establish itself, to take the risk that all of this which has disappeared will be for the greater good.

Without backup from the media, the site Tous Abonnes (the ultras set up a petition against the changes) received 14,000 signatures from 16,000 season ticket holders with the right taken away to support their team. This mobilisation cannot end there...

That is why we are calling for a boycott of the Parc starting with the encounter PSG-Bourdeaux, to prove to these directors that they won't be able to easily, under the pretense of combating violence, bannish the thousands of loyal fans from the parc. To prove that this club and this stade will not be able to survive without it's supporters.

Boycott le Parc, save le Paris-SG.

ex-season ticket holders of the Virage Auteuil

PhilD

23-08-2010, 12:17 PM

I'm going to be in Nord Pas de Calais and I'm hoping to get to Lens vs Rennes on October 16th, but have a slight concern it may be moved to the Sunday due to the tv schedules.

I would have thought Lyon vs Lille would be a likely mover, maybe along with Auxerre vs Bordeaux, but does anyone know how far in advance these decisions are announced?

Thanks

cupid stunt

23-08-2010, 12:19 PM

A real shame that is, it will be as shit as it is over here, which is as worse as you could get atmosphere wise.

P.Hep

23-08-2010, 12:42 PM

I'm going to be in Nord Pas de Calais and I'm hoping to get to Lens vs Rennes on October 16th, but have a slight concern it may be moved to the Sunday due to the tv schedules.

I would have thought Lyon vs Lille would be a likely mover, maybe along with Auxerre vs Bordeaux, but does anyone know how far in advance these decisions are announced?

Thanks

Canal + are ***** and sometimes leave up to as soon as two weeks before games to move stuff around. would be quite confident that you should be ok with Lend - rennes though.

PhilD

23-08-2010, 02:07 PM

Thanks - fingers crossed.

kabbott

23-08-2010, 09:42 PM

Just to be more complete. There are 6 matches on a Saturday evening at 7 o'clock followed by another one at 9 o'clock broadcast exclusively on the new ''Orange'' football channel. Then on Sunday afternoon there are 2 more games on at 5 o'clock followed by ''le big match'' which is on Sunday evening at 9 o'clock. Quite often the teams involved on the Sunday will be teams concerned with the Europa Cup wotsit the previous week.
As soon as I find out the fixture times, I'll post them for you. It may be more than two weeks proir to the matches.
BTW there's always quite a good atmosphere at the Lens ground.

BB Bob

24-08-2010, 06:59 AM

Ooooh, kabbott.

Big news chez les Gones. Gourcuff is joining from Bordeaux for €22 million on a five year deal. Great signing, I would have thought, although it remains to be seen whether Puel is the man to get the best out of him. (I'm not so sure on tht one!).

It all looks to be going a bit sour on the Gironde, as Wendel - a player I quite like - is looking to either get a big pay rise or he's off. He is on €10,000 a week at the moment which for a player who has score 42 goals and has 46 assists in four years isn't too sloppy.

kabbott

24-08-2010, 08:14 AM

Ooooh, kabbott.

Big news chez les Gones. Gourcuff is joining from Bordeaux for €22 million on a five year deal. Great signing, I would have thought, although it remains to be seen whether Puel is the man to get the best out of him. (I'm not so sure on tht one!).

It all looks to be going a bit sour on the Gironde, as Wendel - a player I quite like - is looking to either get a big pay rise or he's off. He is on €10,000 a week at the moment which for a player who has score 42 goals and has 46 assists in four years isn't too sloppy.

Yes, it looks like it's a done deal. It's still a lot of money though. Pjanic is a good player but he hasn't really confirmed. What Lyon are really missing is a ball-winning DM now Toulalan has dropped back into the centre of the defence. I watched the game against Brest on Saturday, and quite frankly Lyon were cr*p. I don't know what it is with Claude Puel, but it's not working. Maxime Gonalons is als young and still inconsistant, and Makoun goes missing for large parts of the game. Plus there is a new injury jinx n the club this season. Last year a lot of players had groin problems. This was blamed on Puel's strict training methods deemed too hard by some players last season. This year they're dropping like flies with hamstring injuries: Cris, Bastos, Ederson, Cissokho and Lacazette. Puel has said he lightened the training pre-season so I presume he'll get the blame for that too!
One other piece of dissapointing news (for me) is that Lyon have loaned out Yanis Tafer to Toulouse for the season and Toulouse have got an opotion to buy him for 4m€. This guy looked good a few seasons ago and was dubbed ''le nouveau Benzema''. It would appear that he hasn't confirmed.
I can see Lyon loaning out other very good youngsters before the end of the month, which would be a shame IMO. Some of them should be given a chance. Ones to look out for who will probably be staying are: Novilo, Belfodil and Lacazette.

In L'Equipe this morning, it is said that Monaco are interested in Wendel.

BB Bob

24-08-2010, 08:22 AM

Any chance of them loaning Nice a nice young striker? Assuming we don't get Loic Rémy back from OM, of course!!!!!

I never really liked Puel when he was at Lille. Training aside - and I think the injury toll tells it's own message - I find he never seems to let the players express themselves which IMHO is the basis for a succesful team. It's difficult to explain, but his teams always look.....repressed? stunted? style-less? He was shown quite a lot of patience by Aulas last year. It'll be interesting to see how much time he is given this season.

GodstoneEagle

24-08-2010, 09:55 AM

Interesting translation on "confirmed" kabbott, is that a cognative translation? Doesn't sit right in English

kabbott

24-08-2010, 12:29 PM

Any chance of them loaning Nice a nice young striker? Assuming we don't get Loic Rémy back from OM, of course!!!!!

I never really liked Puel when he was at Lille. Training aside - and I think the injury toll tells it's own message - I find he never seems to let the players express themselves which IMHO is the basis for a succesful team. It's difficult to explain, but his teams always look.....repressed? stunted? style-less? He was shown quite a lot of patience by Aulas last year. It'll be interesting to see how much time he is given this season.

Out before Xmas maybe. One of the problems is compensation if he is sacked.

kabbott

24-08-2010, 12:33 PM

Interesting translation on "confirmed" kabbott, is that a cognative translation? Doesn't sit right in English

Doesn't sit right but could still be correct. What do you suggest?
This is one of the problems when you've been living abroad for so long. I promise you I don't speak English with a French accent like McClaren does with his Dutch accent.
I'm real Forn Heaf, moi.

kabbott

24-08-2010, 12:46 PM

After the discovery of a ‘cardiac anomaly’ in his medical, further tests have prompted club doctors to give OM new recruit Loïc Rémy the all-clear to continue his playing career in the blue and white shirt.

Marseille with Rémy and Gignac up front looks tasty.

BB Bob

24-08-2010, 01:01 PM

I am not convinced it isn't just a spoof from Marseille to try and get the price down a bit that they paid for Remy. If they are both fit, it looks like a good combi up front, although Deschamps has said, I think, that he sees Remy playing wide right. Presumably in a 4-3-3?

PS I always thought it was Fort Neath?

PhilD

24-08-2010, 08:46 PM

Just to be more complete. There are 6 matches on a Saturday evening at 7 o'clock followed by another one at 9 o'clock broadcast exclusively on the new ''Orange'' football channel. Then on Sunday afternoon there are 2 more games on at 5 o'clock followed by ''le big match'' which is on Sunday evening at 9 o'clock. Quite often the teams involved on the Sunday will be teams concerned with the Europa Cup wotsit the previous week.
As soon as I find out the fixture times, I'll post them for you. It may be more than two weeks proir to the matches.
BTW there's always quite a good atmosphere at the Lens ground.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I don't think that weekend coincides with a Europa League match day so the likes of Lille, PSG and Auxerre aren't guaranteed movers for that reason.

My girlfriend is from the region, and a Lens fan, (we'll be over visiting her family) so she'll be rather happy with your complimentary assessment of the atmosphere. I hope I'll be impressed too!

kabbott

24-08-2010, 08:56 PM

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I don't think that weekend coincides with a Europa League match day so the likes of Lille, PSG and Auxerre aren't guaranteed movers for that reason.

My girlfriend is from the region, and a Lens fan, (we'll be over visiting her family) so she'll be rather happy with your complimentary assessment of the atmosphere. I hope I'll be impressed too!

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis! :D

philsick

28-08-2010, 09:19 AM

clermont foot 2 havre ac 1 At last:p

Now come on les verts.

Weird seeing gourcuff in the red n blue sash.

Abjekt

28-08-2010, 09:30 AM

My Girondins are gonna suffer this year. Not 'appy.

BB Bob

29-08-2010, 08:29 PM

Not a good weekend for the fancied teams:-

Week 4 - Saturday, August 28, 2010
19:00 AC Arles Avignon 0 - 1 Stade Rennais FC
19:00 FC Lorient 2 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 2 Toulouse FC
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne 3 - 1 RC Lens
19:00 Valenciennes FC 0 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC
21:00 SM Caen 0 - 2 Stade Brestois 29

Week 4 - Sunday, August 29, 2010

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 1 - 1 OGC Nice
17:00 AS Monaco FC 2 - 0 AJ Auxerre
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 3 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain

The big game tonight is on now - Bordeaux v Marseille. 60mins gone and OM are ahead 1-0.

kabbott

29-08-2010, 09:48 PM

Not a good weekend for the fancied teams:-

Week 4 - Saturday, August 28, 2010
19:00 AC Arles Avignon 0 - 1 Stade Rennais FC
19:00 FC Lorient 2 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 2 Toulouse FC
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne 3 - 1 RC Lens
19:00 Valenciennes FC 0 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC
21:00 SM Caen 0 - 2 Stade Brestois 29

Week 4 - Sunday, August 29, 2010

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 1 - 1 OGC Nice
17:00 AS Monaco FC 2 - 0 AJ Auxerre
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 3 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain

The big game tonight is on now - Bordeaux v Marseille. 60mins gone and OM are ahead 1-0.

Lyon were hopeless again, but a bit better after Gourcuff came on. The Lyon defence is in tatters (Toulalan, after all the praise he was getting last season when he stepped in to replace players in the centre of the defence, looks lost this year). The players are dropping (injured) like flies. This time it's Delgado's turn to be out.
The Bordeaux v Marseille game wasn't too bad. The ref missed a blatant handball for a Bordeaux penalty, God knows how, and subsequently gave the Marseille player Edouard Cissé a compensatory red card ten minutes later. It looked like Marseille would hold on to their 0:1 lead, but in the final minutes Modeste equalised with a good header.

BB Bob

30-08-2010, 10:52 AM

An unlikely looking table already (apart from the bottom, obviously)!

P W D L GD Pts
1 Toulouse FC 4 4 0 0 +6 12
2 Stade Rennais FC 4 2 2 0 +4 8
3 Montpellier Hérault SC 4 2 2 0 +2 8
4 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 4 2 1 1 +2 7
5 AS Saint-Etienne 4 2 1 1 +1 7
6 SM Caen 4 2 1 1 0 7
7 AS Monaco FC 4 1 3 0 +2 6
8 OGC Nice 4 1 3 0 +1 6
9 Valenciennes FC 4 1 2 1 0 5
10 Olympique de Marseille 4 1 1 2 0 4
11 LOSC Lille Métropole 4 0 4 0 0 4
12 FC Lorient 4 1 1 2 -1 4
13 Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 1 2 -1 4
14 Girondins de Bordeaux 4 1 1 2 -1 4
15 Stade Brestois 29 4 1 1 2 -1 4
16 RC Lens 4 1 1 2 -2 4
17 Olympique Lyonnais 4 1 1 2 -2 4
18 AS Nancy Lorraine 4 1 1 2 -4 4
19 AJ Auxerre 4 0 3 1 -2 3
20 AC Arles Avignon 4 0 0 4 -4 0

BB Bob

30-08-2010, 10:53 AM

Clermont looking a bit healthier this week, too.

P W D L GD Pts
1 Tours FC 5 4 0 1 +4 12
2 Evian TG FC 4 3 0 1 +6 9
3 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 5 2 3 0 +3 9
4 ESTAC 5 3 0 2 +2 9
5 CS Sedan 5 2 2 1 +3 8
6 Châteauroux 4 2 2 0 +3 8
7 Angers SCO 5 2 2 1 0 8
8 Dijon FCO 5 1 4 0 +1 7
9 FC Nantes 5 2 1 2 +1 7
10 Havre AC 5 2 0 3 0 6
11 FC Istres 5 1 3 1 -1 6
12 Vannes OC 5 2 0 3 -5 6
13 Le Mans FC 4 1 2 1 0 5
14 Clermont Foot 5 1 2 2 -1 5
15 Stade Lavallois 5 1 2 2 -2 5
16 AC Ajaccio 5 1 2 2 -4 5
17 Nîmes Olympique 5 1 1 3 -2 4
18 FC Metz 5 1 1 3 -3 4
19 Stade de Reims 5 0 3 2 -2 3
20 Grenoble Foot 38 4 1 0 3 -3 3

BB Bob

30-08-2010, 10:56 AM

Courtesy of frenchleague.com

Weekend Review: Toulouse roll on
Toulouse continued their perfect start to the season, beating Nancy 2-0 to go four points clear at the top of the table, while Bordeaux snatched a late 1-1 draw against ten-man Marseille. Victory eluded Auxerre, Lille and PSG after their mid-week European successes.
Meanwhile Brest notched their first win of the campaign 2-0 away to early-season pace-setters and fellow promotees Caen.

No stopping Toulouse

Excellent goals from Etienne Capoue and Franck Tabanou sealed a 2-0 away win over Nancy that sent the TFC streaking ahead of their competition, and coach Alain Casanova is making the most of it.

"For the moment, everything is going well," he admitted. "We’re on a roll with four wins from four games. We’re taking the time to enjoy this feeling because after a tough last season, it does you the world of good to string some wins together. We have good reason to feel calm but it’s our ambition to have a strong season, to really improve over what we achieved last time around."

Casanova’s midfield stifled the home side throughout the match, limiting the Nancy attack to just one chance in the first half before France U-21 international Capoue capped off an excellent all-round performance with a sweet finish after nutmegging Jordan Lotiès on the edge of the area in the 68th minute.

Nancy pushed hard for the equaliser, but Tabanou clinched the points in the third minute of injury time with a dazzling solo run from inside his own half – topped off by a deftly chipped finish – to send their hosts into 18th place.

Bordeaux battle through for draw

Bordeaux struggled to break down an OM side impressively organised and dangerous despite being at ten men for last hour of the match, but fought to the bitter end as new recruit Anthony Modeste pounced with three minute left to snatch a dramatic 1-1 draw after the influential Lucho Gonzalez had put the visitors ahead in the 12th minute.

After Edouard Cissé saw red for his two-legged tackle on Jaroslav Plasil, Marseille didn’t flinch in the face of Bordeaux’s numerical advantage. Loïc Rémy impressed in his Marseille debut and went close to widening the gap, but home ’keeper Cédric Carrasso produced a series of top-notch saves to keep his side within striking distance until Modeste pounced.

Lyon lapse in Lorient

Despite the debut of France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, Lyon returned to the wrong side of the scoreline this week as goals from Kévin Gameiro and Lynel Kitambala handed Lorient a 2-0 win – their first of the season and their first on their new synthetic pitch – that sent Lyon into 17th place.

Meanwhile Rennes and Montpellier rose to second and third place respectively with their second wins of the season. Frédéric Antonetti’s men managed a 1-0 win over a vastly improved Arles-Avignon thanks to a thundering strike from distance from Victor-Hugo Montaño, while Montpellier had new boy Olivier Giroud – who scored his first top-flight goal – to thank for their 1-0 win in Valenciennes.

European hangover

Auxerre were looking to maintain the momentum after qualifying for the group phase of the Champions League in midweek, but Guy Lacombe’s unbeaten Monaco made the most of AJA’s fatigue as former Auxerre striker Daniel Niculae and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang both scored their second goals in two matches to notch a first win of the season.

Despite qualifying for the group phase of the Europa league on Thursday, PSG’s league season took on a sombre tone as they fell victim to a stunning attacking display in Sochaux, first-half goals from Modibo Maïga, Ideye Brown and Damien Perquis more than a match for Guillaume Hoarau’s lone strike just after the break.

Lille also tasted Europa League success during the week, but could only manage a 1-1 draw against Nice as Gervinho set up Eden Hazard to score early in the second half and cancel out Emerse Faé’s 34th-minute penalty.

Dizzying heights for Les Verts

Saint-Etienne climbed to fifth place with a 3-1 domination of Lens thanks to a career-first hat-trick from Dimitri Payet, whose incisive wing play and dazzling finishing à la Arjen Robben made Issam Jemaâ’s injury time goal a mere consolation.

Brest claimed their first maximum haul of the season with a 2-0 win away to last season’s Ligue 2 rivals Caen, Nolan Roux and Mario Licka (from the spot) doing the damage after Sambou Yatabaré was sent off for the hosts in the 19th minute.

BB Bob

30-08-2010, 11:08 AM

Capoue

http://www.frenchleague.com/photo/grandFormat//1011_l1_bordeaux_toulouse_capoue_mono.jpg

Modeste & Heinze

http://www.frenchleague.com/photo/grandFormat//1011_l1_bordeaux_marseille_modeste_heinze_mono.jpg

Gourcuff on his debut

http://www.frenchleague.com/photo/grandFormat//1011_l1_lorient_lyon_gourcuff_debut_mono.jpg

Happy in Toulouse

http://www.ligue1.com/photo/grandFormat/1011_l1_bordeaux_toulouse_didot_valverde_mono.jpg

Gignac must be wondering what he has joined...

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201008/650x475/deschamps-cela-fait-mal.jpg

GodstoneEagle

30-08-2010, 01:26 PM

20 AC Arles Avignon 4 0 0 4 -4 0

:D :(

OM 8 points off the top

P.Hep

30-08-2010, 01:27 PM

bordeaux - ultramarines
http://i30.servimg.com/u/f30/15/00/87/20/2010_010.jpg

http://www.girondins.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/accueil_vignettes_grandes/upload/matches/L1/FCGB-OM_2010-11_J4/2010.08.29-fcgb-om-tifo3.jpg

st etienne - Lens

MAGIC FANS
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/r.jpg
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/a.jpg
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/i.jpg

GREEN ANGELS
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/b.jpg
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/o.jpg

RED TIGERS/NORTH DEVILS
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/k.jpg
http://www.furania-photos.fr/img/lens11/l.jpg

kabbott

30-08-2010, 02:09 PM

20 AC Arles Avignon 4 0 0 4 -4 0

:D :(

So how many (more) points do you think Arles will have when you get over here? :rolleyes:

P.Hep

30-08-2010, 02:17 PM

So how many (more) points do you think Arles will have when you get over here? :rolleyes:

their next match versus PSG at the parc...they are expecting an attendance as low as 10,000...the PSG ultras are celebrating every defeat at the moment like a victory

philsick

30-08-2010, 02:23 PM

St etienne have the best fans in france and among the best in europe IMO

BB Bob

10-09-2010, 09:56 PM

Oh dear Phil. An absolute shocker for Clermont, going down 4-0 at Sedan

philsick

10-09-2010, 10:13 PM

Oh dear Phil. An absolute shocker for Clermont, going down 4-0 at Sedan

After their late run last season,which saw them go from flirting with relegation,to a winner goes up last match with arles avignon,i was expecting good things this season.But the inconsistancy has kicked back in big time:(

GodstoneEagle

11-09-2010, 07:20 PM

good start for Toulouse this season but they have just dropped points. Lyon fail to win at home

BB Bob

11-09-2010, 08:17 PM

19:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 1 SM Caen
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 1 Valenciennes FC
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 1 - 2 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 4 - 0 AC Arles Avignon
19:00 Stade Rennais FC 2 - 1 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Toulouse FC 0 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne
21:00 RC Lens LOSC Lille Métropole

Reading the reviews, the kids of St-Etienne put on a good show at Toulouse and were well worth their win. It is just as well that Lyon aren't in the omelette business as they can't beat an egg at the moment. All over Valenciennes (from the review) and really should have won this one. More dropped points, though.

philsick

11-09-2010, 08:32 PM

the kids of St-Etienne put on a good show at Toulouse and were well worth their win. .
:lux:

GodstoneEagle

11-09-2010, 08:57 PM

good stuff at Rennes

BB Bob

12-09-2010, 10:46 AM

Late result last night as Lens took a pasting at home against fellow ch'tis Lille:-

21:00 RC Lens 1 - 4 LOSC Lille Métropole

Tonights games:-

17:00 Stade Brestois 29 FC Lorient
17:00 OGC Nice Girondins de Bordeaux
21:00 Olympique de Marseille AS Monaco FC

In the meantime:-

P W D L GD Pts
1 Toulouse FC 5 4 0 1 +5 12
2 Stade Rennais FC 5 3 2 0 +5 11
3 AS Saint-Etienne 5 3 1 1 +2 10
4 Montpellier Hérault SC 5 2 2 1 +1 8
5 SM Caen 5 2 2 1 0 8
6 Paris Saint-Germain 5 2 1 2 +3 7
7 LOSC Lille Métropole 5 1 4 0 +3 7
8 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 5 2 1 2 +1 7
9 AS Nancy Lorraine 5 2 1 2 -3 7
10 AS Monaco FC 4 1 3 0 +2 6
11 OGC Nice 4 1 3 0 +1 6
12 Valenciennes FC 5 1 3 1 0 6
13 Olympique Lyonnais 5 1 2 2 -2 5
14 Olympique de Marseille 4 1 1 2 0 4
15 FC Lorient 4 1 1 2 -1 4
16 Girondins de Bordeaux 4 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Stade Brestois 29 4 1 1 2 -1 4
18 AJ Auxerre 5 0 4 1 -2 4
19 RC Lens 5 1 1 3 -5 4
20 AC Arles Avignon 5 0 0 5 -8 0

When will Arles-Avignon get a point? (Mental note: check diary for date of Nice game)

BB Bob

12-09-2010, 10:48 AM

Early days in L2 too, but Clermont won't like the look of the table:-

P W D L GD Pts
1 Tours FC 6 5 0 1 +5 15
2 Evian TG FC 5 4 0 1 +7 12
3 CS Sedan 6 3 2 1 +7 11

4 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 6 2 4 0 +3 10
5 Châteauroux 6 2 3 1 +2 9
6 Havre AC 6 3 0 3 +1 9
7 ESTAC 6 3 0 3 +1 9
8 Le Mans FC 6 2 3 1 +1 9
9 Vannes OC 6 3 0 3 -2 9
10 FC Nantes 6 2 2 2 +1 8
11 Angers SCO 6 2 2 2 -2 8
12 Dijon FCO 6 1 4 1 0 7
13 Nîmes Olympique 6 2 1 3 0 7
14 Stade Lavallois 6 1 3 2 -2 6
15 FC Istres 6 1 3 2 -2 6
16 Grenoble Foot 38 6 2 0 4 -3 6
17 FC Metz 6 1 2 3 -3 5

18 AC Ajaccio 5 1 2 2 -4 5
19 Clermont Foot 6 1 2 3 -5 5
20 Stade de Reims 6 0 3 3 -5 3

BB Bob

12-09-2010, 10:50 AM

Bad scenes in Lens, actually, where a lino was hit by an object from the crowd:-

http://i.eurosport.fr/2010/09/12/640564-7777944-317-238.jpg

BB Bob

12-09-2010, 10:53 AM

http://i.eurosport.fr/2010/09/11/640470-7777004-317-238.jpg
http://i.eurosport.fr/2010/05/05/604796-7412958-317-238.jpg
http://i.eurosport.fr/2010/09/11/640480-7777104-317-238.jpg

BB Bob

12-09-2010, 07:28 PM

Allez Nissa! Nissa gagnera! Allez Nice allez allez.

Les aiglons remain undefeated and Tigana's start at Bordeaux gets worse:-

17:00 Stade Brestois 29 0 - 0 FC Lorient
17:00 OGC Nice 2 - 1 Girondins de Bordeaux

BB Bob

12-09-2010, 08:20 PM

If you go on to http://www.bet365.com/home/, you can sign up - it's free and you don't have to make a deposit - and watch the OM - Monaco game. I watched the second half of the Lens - Lille game last night too.

Good news (if you aren't in France, of course)

GodstoneEagle

12-09-2010, 08:48 PM

L'OM, L'OL and les Giros have had ridiculously bad starts. Toulouse and Rennes could genuinely be in with a shout at the end of the season if they can stay solid. Even more remarkable having both lost their star strikers (Rennes have lost Briand and Gyan now :eek:)

philsick

18-09-2010, 07:00 PM

St etienne win 3.0 against a good montpellier team and top the league.With clermont winning 2.0 last night things look good.

GodstoneEagle

19-09-2010, 09:08 PM

Lyon go down to a late showing from FCGB. Puel must be under immense pressure. Tigana really needed that win too.

BB Bob

20-09-2010, 12:28 PM

So it's all set up for the OL v ASSE game next weekend!

All together now....

Claude Puel, démission
Claude Puel, démission
Claude Puel, démission

repeat for 90 mins or so.

Not that Nice have anything to crow about. A 4-0 stuffing at Sochaux clips their wings and brings an 11 game non-losing streak to an abrupt end.

BB Bob

25-09-2010, 08:50 PM

Last nights results and a respectable away point for Clermont

20:00 FC Istres 2 - 2 Clermont Foot
20:00 Stade Lavallois 0 - 0 AC Ajaccio
20:00 Havre AC 1 - 0 Angers SCO
20:00 Le Mans FC 2 - 2 Dijon FCO
20:00 FC Metz 0 - 0 Stade de Reims
20:00 FC Nantes 2 - 1 Grenoble Foot 38
20:00 Nîmes Olympique 2 - 0 CS Sedan
20:00 ESTAC 3 - 1 Châteauroux
20:00 Vannes OC 0 - 0 Tours FC

Good win for Nimes too

BB Bob

25-09-2010, 08:51 PM

Tonights results and an unlucky game for Nice who played quite well against a good Rennes side:-

19:00 AJ Auxerre 2 - 2 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 SM Caen 0 - 0 Girondins de Bordeaux
19:00 FC Lorient 2 - 1 AS Monaco FC
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 2 - 1 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 3 - 1 AC Arles Avignon
19:00 OGC Nice 1 - 2 Stade Rennais FC

Tonights thriller is OL v ASSE (last seen 1-0 to les verts after 80 mins!)

BB Bob

25-09-2010, 08:59 PM

1-0 it finishes at the Gerland. Oh dearie, dearie me.

Bring back Reggie......

philsick

25-09-2010, 09:00 PM

What a match 0.1 st etienne.Held on under the cosh bigtime.Kabbott where are you??

Clermont steadying the rocking boat in ligue 2

GodstoneEagle

25-09-2010, 09:04 PM

Good point for Caen too, Avignon looking consistent and needless to say Puel has to go.

BB Bob

25-09-2010, 09:05 PM

They looked well happy at the final whistle. Who can blame them? They have taken some sh*t over the last few years there and this one puts them back on top of the table and (probably as importantly for any self respecting St Etienne fan) leaves Lyon stuck in the bottom 3

BB Bob

25-09-2010, 09:06 PM

Good point for Caen too, Avignon looking consistent and needless to say Puel has to go.

Caen have had a great start to the season. They didn't sack Dumas when they went down and have really built on their team. Shame Savigol isn't in the team to see it at first hand.

I wonder what he is up to now?

GodstoneEagle

25-09-2010, 09:59 PM

where is he these days? Turkey?

BB Bob

26-09-2010, 08:38 AM

Here you go....

Savidan scored fourteen goals in the 2008–09 season, but Caen was relegated to division two. Subsequently, he arranged a move to AS Monaco FC, in the €5million region; however, a defect in his heart was detected upon his medical, and the 31-year old ended his career on July 4, 2009, on the advice of the club's doctors.[3][4]
In the fall of 2009, Savidan - who played hockey in his childhood - joined hometown club ASG Angers, serving as coach of the under-9 team.

BB Bob

26-09-2010, 08:40 AM

Here is the table after yesterdays games. Not what I amagined at the start of the season, for sure:-

P W D L GD Pts
1 AS Saint-Etienne 7 5 1 1 +6 16
2 Stade Rennais FC 7 4 3 0 +6 15
3 Toulouse FC 6 4 1 1 +5 13
4 SM Caen 7 3 3 1 +1 12
5 Olympique de Marseille 7 3 2 2 +4 11
6 Montpellier Hérault SC 7 3 2 2 0 11
7 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 7 3 1 3 +4 10
8 LOSC Lille Métropole 6 2 4 0 +4 10
9 OGC Nice 7 2 3 2 -3 9
10 Paris Saint-Germain 6 2 2 2 +3 8
11 AS Monaco FC 7 1 5 1 +1 8
12 Stade Brestois 29 6 2 2 2 +1 8
13 Girondins de Bordeaux 7 2 2 3 0 8
14 FC Lorient 7 2 2 3 -1 8
15 AS Nancy Lorraine 7 2 2 3 -5 8
16 Valenciennes FC 6 1 4 1 0 7
17 AJ Auxerre 7 0 5 2 -3 5

18 RC Lens 6 1 2 3 -5 5
19 Olympique Lyonnais 7 1 2 4 -5 5
20 AC Arles Avignon 7 0 0 7 -13 0

Here are tonights games:-

17:00 Stade Brestois 29 Valenciennes FC
17:00 Toulouse FC LOSC Lille Métropole
21:00 RC Lens Paris Saint-Germain

Couple of interesting games later. Toulouse v Lille should be interesting and Lens at home against <spit> PSG should be a good atmosphere

BB Bob

27-09-2010, 07:40 AM

So when all Arles Avignon get their first point? They are keeping the scores respectable at the moment, but it could be a record season.

BB Bob

27-09-2010, 07:40 AM

Yesterdays scores:-

Brest 1 Valenciennes 0
TFC 1 Lille 1
Lens 0 PSG 2

kabbott

02-10-2010, 12:01 PM

What a match 0.1 st etienne.Held on under the cosh bigtime.Kabbott where are you??

Clermont steadying the rocking boat in ligue 2

I'm back! :)
Not sulking, honest, 'guv.

PC crashed a couple of weeks ago, and the new bits took weeks rather than days to arrive. All installed this morning. I've been following the matches on the mobile phone without being able to use Palace Player. Very frustrating.
As for last night:

Ligue 2

Friday, October 01, 2010
20:00 AC Ajaccio 2 - 3 FC Nantes
20:00 Angers SCO 2 - 0 Stade Lavallois
20:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 1 - 1 Havre AC
20:00 Châteauroux 2 - 0 Stade de Reims
20:00 Clermont Foot 3 - 3 Evian TG FC
20:00 Dijon FCO 0 - 1 ESTAC
20:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1 - 2 Vannes OC
20:00 Nîmes Olympique 1 - 2 Le Mans FC
20:00 CS Sedan 5 - 1 FC Istres

Monday, October 04, 2010
20:30 Tours FC - FC Metz

BB Bob

02-10-2010, 08:20 PM

Bienvenu mon ami! Je m'inquitais un peu avec les vélos, les stages, les montagnes etc. etc. et un homme d'un certain age......

Still, Lyon were obviously glad to see you this evening

19:00 AC Arles Avignon 0 - 4 AJ Auxerre
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 0 FC Lorient
19:00 AS Monaco FC 0 - 1 Stade Brestois 29
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 2 - 3 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 3 - 0 RC Lens
19:00 Valenciennes FC 2 - 1 SM Caen

Joking aside, that's not a bad point for Lyon. Nancy is not the nicest of places to go and for a team out of form was a real banana skin. Maybe you can start looking up the table rather than at the relegation dogfight (which no doubt mes aiglons will be revisiting soon).

kabbott

02-10-2010, 08:28 PM

Ne t'inquiète pas, mon pôte. Tout va bien ici à Lyon. Le stage s'est très bien passé aussi malgré un temps de m*rde. J'ai fait le Col du Glandon, Le Col de la Croix de Fer, le Col du Mollard (moins connu, mais quand même dur), la Montée de la Toussuire et la Montée du Corbier (où on était en vacances).

I watched the Nancy v Lyon game for the apéritif. Great entertainment (3 pts s'il te plaît), but Lyon haven't sorted everything out by all means yet.

philsick

02-10-2010, 09:03 PM

I'm back! :)
Not sulking, honest, 'guv.

:p

Just watched st etienne draw 1.1 with marseille.They are defo playing some entertaining stuff this season.I don't think they'll win the league,but a top 3 finish must be a possibility.

BB Bob

02-10-2010, 09:50 PM

P W D L GD Pts
1 AS Saint-Etienne 8 5 2 1 +6 17
2 Stade Rennais FC 7 4 3 0 +6 15
3 Toulouse FC 7 4 2 1 +5 14
4 Stade Brestois 29 8 4 2 2 +3 14
5 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 8 4 1 3 +7 13
6 Olympique de Marseille 8 3 3 2 +4 12
7 SM Caen 8 3 3 2 0 12
8 Paris Saint-Germain 7 3 2 2 +5 11
9 LOSC Lille Métropole 7 2 5 0 +4 11
10 Girondins de Bordeaux 8 3 2 3 +1 11
11 Montpellier Hérault SC 7 3 2 2 0 11
12 Valenciennes FC 8 2 4 2 0 10
13 OGC Nice 7 2 3 2 -3 9
14 AJ Auxerre 8 1 5 2 +1 8
15 AS Monaco FC 8 1 5 2 0 8
16 FC Lorient 8 2 2 4 -2 8
17 Olympique Lyonnais 8 2 2 4 -4 8
18 AS Nancy Lorraine 8 2 2 4 -6 8
19 RC Lens 8 1 2 5 -10 5
20 AC Arles Avignon 8 0 0 8 -17 0

Tight stuff. With the exception of Arles-whatever, there isn't a lot between a lot of these teams.

BB Bob

02-10-2010, 09:52 PM

Oh, and a lot of games tomorrow:-

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Montpellier Hérault SC
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain OGC Nice
21:00 Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC

Interesting game as th 9pm one. What do you think, Frederic?

http://blogstaderennais.unblog.fr/files/2009/05/frdricantonettiprochederennes.jpg

BB Bob

02-10-2010, 09:54 PM

But you must be considered favourites?

http://www.planete-asm.fr/medias/image/antonetti.jpg

BB Bob

02-10-2010, 09:55 PM

http://www.ogcn.net/ogcnice/IMG/jpg_antonetti4.jpg

OK, I'll get my coat....

BB Bob

03-10-2010, 09:11 PM

So, how did it go Freddy?

http://www.sports.fr/images/200931/211-anto_nice_matin.jpg

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain 0 - 0 OGC Nice
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 3 - 1 Toulouse FC

BB Bob

03-10-2010, 09:12 PM

Good point for le Gym too!

P W D L GD Pts
1 Stade Rennais FC 8 5 3 0 +8 18
2 AS Saint-Etienne 8 5 2 1 +6 17
3 LOSC Lille Métropole 8 3 5 0 +6 14
4 Toulouse FC 8 4 2 2 +3 14
5 Stade Brestois 29 8 4 2 2 +3 14
6 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 8 4 1 3 +7 13
7 Paris Saint-Germain 8 3 3 2 +5 12
8 Olympique de Marseille 8 3 3 2 +4 12
9 SM Caen 8 3 3 2 0 12
10 Girondins de Bordeaux 8 3 2 3 +1 11
11 Montpellier Hérault SC 8 3 2 3 -2 11
12 Valenciennes FC 8 2 4 2 0 10
13 OGC Nice 8 2 4 2 -3 10
14 AJ Auxerre 8 1 5 2 +1 8
15 AS Monaco FC 8 1 5 2 0 8
16 FC Lorient 8 2 2 4 -2 8
17 Olympique Lyonnais 8 2 2 4 -4 8

18 AS Nancy Lorraine 8 2 2 4 -6 8
19 RC Lens 8 1 2 5 -10 5
20 AC Arles Avignon 8 0 0 8 -17 0

kabbott

04-10-2010, 02:48 PM

So, how did it go Freddy?

http://www.sports.fr/images/200931/211-anto_nice_matin.jpg

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain 0 - 0 OGC Nice
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 3 - 1 Toulouse FC

He's smiling there but he wasn't smiling in the post-match interview I saw. Well upset with the team performance he was. :eek:
Good luck to him, I say. He deserves it. He comes over as a really likeable chap.
Rennes: first time they've been top since '68, I think.

BB Bob

04-10-2010, 02:50 PM

How can he have been upset with a 3-1 victory over the team that were top 5 before the game? It must be the corsican in him! I'll have to try to track the video down - he is well amusing when he is in full rant!

BB Bob

07-10-2010, 02:24 PM

SPIRO BLOG: Rennes' star rising
Rennes are top of the league for the first time in 40 years and their esteemed youth academy continues to churn out some of the most exciting talent in France. Ligue 1 commentator Matthew Spiro wonders if the Yann M’Vila generation will be good enough to bring more silverware to Brittany at last.
No wonder Yacine Brahimi was all smiles when he arrived for his interview with Ligue1.com yesterday (Ed: look out for the interview next week). The France Under-21 star has enjoyed an amazing couple of months: he made his Ligue 1 debut in August, scored a stunning goal in his second match, and is already being hailed as one of the revelations of the season. To cap it all, the forward’s devilish skills have helped Rennes surge to the Ligue 1 summit.

Exceptional young talent

Brahimi’s rise, though, has hardly made waves in Brittany. He is just the latest in a line of outstanding kids to emerge from France’s most productive footballing school.

If Sylvain Wiltord, Ousmane Dabo and Mikaël Silvestre provided early evidence of the academy’s quality, the conveyor belt has since moved into overdrive.

Indeed, the French federation have rewarded Patrick Rampillon and his team with the ‘best academy’ gong in each of the last five seasons. Lyon, meanwhile, are looking to players with the Rennes stamp of approval to try to turn their fortunes around; summer recruits Yoann Gourcuff and Jimmy Briand both learned their trade in Brittany, and have teamed up with another Rennes graduate Anthony Réveillère at Stade Gerland.

Rennes coach Frédéric Antonetti named no fewer than eight homegrown players on his teamsheet for Sunday’s clash with Toulouse. Five of them started, including M’Vila and Kévin Théophile-Catherine, both members of the side that won the Coupe Gambardella (Youth Cup) in 2008.

M'Vila on the rise

M’Vila stamped his authority in midfield as usual, helping Rennes win 3-1, with two more produits de la maison, Romain Danzé and Sylvain Marveaux, on target.

Some thought Antonetti was joking when he tipped M’Vila for a World Cup spot after just a handful of first-team games last year. Laurent Blanc has taken him seriously, though, starting the 20-year-old in every game he has overseen.

Rennes also have some experienced men. The presence of goalkeeper Nicolas Douchez, giant Senegalese defender Kader Mangane - who has emerged as a veritable leader - and evergreen midfielder Stéphane Dalmat is undoubtedly helping the youngsters flourish.

I commentated Rennes for the first time this season on Sunday and was surprised they took so long to get going. They looked disjointed in the first half. But they are a solid, powerful unit, and reduced Toulouse to half-chances before outplaying them in the second period. So far, Rennes have conceded just four goals in eight games and have not fallen behind once.

The big question now is can this glittering generation transfer promise into silverware?

Les Rouge et Noir have won nothing since 1971, and Antonetti has been giving short shrift to title talk. The former Nice boss points out that Rennes’ budget of €47m is only the eighth highest in France. He neglects to mention, however, the club are owned by one of France’s most prominent and wealthy businessmen, François Pinault, and the coffers are full thanks to the €16m sale of Asamoah Gyan.

Attacking exodus

Rennes described Sunderland’s offer for Gyan as 'too good to refuse'; that may be so but the Ghanaian’s departure remains a sticking point. Four more forwards – Ismaël Bangoura, Moussa Sow, Briand and Mickaël Pagis – quit the Stade de la Route de Lorient in the summer. Losing Gyan in the dying moments of the transfer window has left Antonetti short of options, with only Victor Hugo Montaño having arrived, from Montpellier.

Rennes have said they will sign a striker in January. If they can remain near the top until then they surely have a chance of mounting a challenge in a year when the big boys are struggling.

Star power

Don’t tell Antonetti, but the Douchez, Mangane, Rod Fanni, M’Vila, Dalmat, Marveaux and Montano combination has the makings of a title-winning spine. I for one would love to see Rennes go all the way - if only because it will mean seeing more shots of their glamorous supporter Salma Hayek. The Mexican beauty announced her break-up with Pinault in 2008, but she remains attached to her beloved Stade Rennais and continues to attend games.

With some of the best French talent displayed on the pitch and a film star in the stands, Rennes is most definitely the place to be right now. Who was it who said Ligue 1 isn’t sexy enough?

BB Bob

18-10-2010, 07:15 PM

Just back from la Bella Nissa with an update of the weekends games:-

Saturday 16 October 2010

19:00 AJ Auxerre 0 - 1 Girondins de Bordeaux
19:00 Stade Brestois 29 0 - 0 AC Arles Avignon
19:00 SM Caen 0 - 0 AS Monaco FC
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 1 - 0 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 0 FC Sochaux Montbéliard
21:00 Toulouse FC 0 - 2 Paris Saint-Germain

Sunday 17 October 2010

17:00 RC Lens 0 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
17:00 FC Lorient 2 - 1 Valenciennes FC
17:00 OGC Nice 2 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole

A POINT! Yes, a point for Arles-Avignon in a gutsy 0-0 at Brest. They rode their luck but hey, they had to get one some time. Elsewhere I managed to watch some of the Lyon game and thought that they looked pretty good. Some shocking defensive errors from Lille, though.

Elsewhere, Loic Rémy got his first goal for OM (although he did try to kick the goalkeeper into the goal first). And Nice got a great 2-1 home win against ASSE. Look at the gap, though between Nice in 12th and PSG in 3rd - 2 points.

League Table
Position Team GD Pts
1 Stade Rennais FC +8 19
2 AS Saint-Etienne +5 17
3 Paris Saint-Germain +7 15
4 Olympique de Marseille +5 15
5 Stade Brestois 29 +3 15
6 LOSC Lille Métropole +4 14
7 Girondins de Bordeaux +2 14
8 Toulouse FC +1 14
9 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 14
10 FC Sochaux Montbéliard +5 13
11 SM Caen 0 13
12 OGC Nice -2 13
13 FC Lorient -1 11
14 Olympique Lyonnais -2 11
15 Valenciennes FC -1 10
16 AS Monaco FC 0 9
17 AJ Auxerre 0 8
18 AS Nancy Lorraine -7 8
19 RC Lens -10 6
20 AC Arles Avignon -17 1

BB Bob

18-10-2010, 07:17 PM

Meanwhile, in L2

Friday 15 October 2010
Fixtures of Friday 15 October 2010
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20:00 Evian TG FC 0 - 0 Angers SCO
20:00 ESTAC 1 - 1 US Boulogne CO
20:00 Stade de Reims 1 - 1 AC Ajaccio
20:00 FC Metz 3 - 1 Dijon FCO
20:00 Le Mans FC 2 - 0 Clermont Foot
20:00 Havre AC 1 - 1 CS Sedan
20:00 Stade Lavallois 3 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
20:00 FC Istres 0 - 0 Nîmes Olympique
20:00 Vannes OC 0 - 1 Châteauroux
20:30 FC Nantes 0 - 0 Tours FC

Evolution Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 ESTAC 10 6 1 3 13 7 +6 19
2 Tours FC 10 5 4 1 15 10 +5 19
3 CS Sedan 10 5 3 2 21 11 +10 18
4 Châteauroux 10 5 3 2 11 7 +4 18
5 Evian TG FC 10 4 4 2 14 11 +3 16
6 Le Mans FC 10 4 4 2 13 10 +3 16
7 FC Nantes 10 4 3 3 11 9 +2 15
8 Havre AC 10 4 3 3 11 9 +2 15
9 US Boulogne CO 10 2 8 0 9 6 +3 14
10 Angers SCO 10 3 4 3 7 8 -1 13
11 Vannes OC 10 4 1 5 9 14 -5 13
12 Dijon FCO 10 2 5 3 14 13 +1 11
13 Nîmes Olympique 10 3 2 5 8 9 -1 11
14 Stade Lavallois 10 2 5 3 7 8 -1 11
15 AC Ajaccio 10 2 5 3 8 10 -2 11
16 FC Metz 10 2 4 4 7 9 -2 10
17 Clermont Foot 10 2 4 4 15 20 -5 10
18 FC Istres 10 1 6 3 6 12 -6 9
19 Stade de Reims 10 1 5 4 8 14 -6 8
20 Grenoble Foot 38 10 2 0 8 4 14 -10 6

What is going on at Grenoble?

PhilD

18-10-2010, 08:26 PM

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis! :D

I saw the film recently - very good - I must say that my gf's family are not bona fide ch'tis, but I did see a few at the game on Sunday.

Because it was moved to the Sunday we had to leave early to make sure we got to Lille in time for the train, but got given some complimentary tickets so it was still well worth going.

It wasn't the most exciting game I've ever seen, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Lens are obviously short on confidence and played quite a direct game, more long balls than I would have expected from a French game. Rennes were much more as I expected, technically very good and controlled, if lacking something up front and maybe a bit of ambition. The atmosphere was pretty decent and I liked the ground which has a certain decaying splendour.

I'd love to go back to see Lens play one of the bigger teams who would bring a decent following. Good though the atmosphere was, it was a bit surreal that Rennes only had 30-40 fans there. I know it was a televised game and that the country is in the midst of the strikes, but I still thought there might be a few more than that, what with them being top an all, even if most French teams don't travel well.

kabbott

23-10-2010, 11:37 AM

Back from a school trip to Dublin. It feels like I haven't posted on here for ages. And now I'm on a nice little half-term break of ten days. :) Then it's back to school for a week before another long weekend of four days to celebrate Armistice Day! :) I hardly work enough to deserve to go on strike. :rolleyes:

Anyway back to the footy and a well-deserved point for Clermont last night.

Friday 22 October 2010

20:00 AC Ajaccio 2 - 0 Tours FC
20:00 ESTAC 1 - 1 Clermont Foot
20:00 Stade de Reims 4 - 1 GF38
20:00 FC Nantes 1 - 1 Châteauroux
20:00 FC Metz 1 - 1 Angers SCO
20:00 Le Mans FC 1 - 0 FC Istres
20:00 Stade Lavallois 2 - 0 Dijon FCO
20:00 Vannes OC 0 - 0 US Boulogne CO

Monday 25 October 2010

20:00 Evian TG FC CS Sedan
20:30 Havre AC Nîmes Olympique

kabbott

23-10-2010, 11:44 AM

Ligue 2 table:

Pts J G N P bp bc +/-
1 Le Mans 22 12 6 4 2 17 11 6
2 Tours 22 12 6 4 2 17 13 4
3 Troyes 21 12 6 3 3 15 9 6
4 Sedan 19 11 5 4 2 22 12 10
5 Evian Thonon 19 11 5 4 2 17 12 5
6 Châteauroux 19 12 5 4 3 13 10 3
7 Le Havre 18 11 5 3 3 13 9 4
8 Nantes 17 12 4 5 3 12 10 2
9 Ajaccio 17 12 4 5 3 12 11 1
10 Boulogne-sur-Mer 16 12 2 10 0 9 6 3
11 Dijon 14 12 3 5 4 18 16 2
12 Laval 14 12 3 5 4 9 10 -1
13 Clermont 14 12 3 5 4 18 21 -3
14 Angers 14 12 3 5 4 9 12 -3
15 Vannes 14 12 4 2 6 10 18 -8
16 Nîmes 11 11 3 2 6 9 12 -3
17 Metz 11 12 2 5 5 8 11 -3
18 Reims 11 12 2 5 5 13 17 -4
19 Istres 9 12 1 6 5 6 15 -9
20 Grenoble 9 12 3 0 9 6 18 -12

kabbott

24-10-2010, 09:46 AM

Ligue 1. St Etienne bottled it in stoppage time when Payet missed a penalty which would have taken them back to the top of the Ligue. Coach Galtier admitted it would have been an undeserved victory.
This afternoon it's the match of the season, Arles-Avignon v Lyon (Godders v kabbott). Despite Lyon's good run, Puel is still under immense pressure. If Lyon don't walk this (minimum scoreline: 0:4) Claude could still be out.

Sochaux 1 - 3 Toulouse
Bordeaux 0 - 2 Brest
Lens 1 - 0 Nice
Monaco 0 - 2 Valenciennes
Nancy 1 - 0 Lorient
Rennes 0 - 1 Montpellier
Saint-Etienne 1 - 1 Caen

kabbott

24-10-2010, 09:48 AM

Today's matches:

Sunday 24 October 2010

17:00 AC Arles Avignon v Olympique Lyonnais
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain v AJ Auxerre

21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole v Olympique de Marseille

philsick

24-10-2010, 10:15 AM

Ligue 1. St Etienne bottled it in stoppage time when Payet missed a penalty which would have taken them back to the top of the Ligue. Coach Galtier admitted it would have been an undeserved victory.

I watched this match and galtier is right,a draw was a fair result.Not only did payet blast the penalty over the bar.Saddi missed a sitter 30 seconds before,which he also could've squared to a few unmarked teamates in the box.

BB Bob

24-10-2010, 03:17 PM

Late sucker punch for Nice at Lens (93rd Minute), but I'm not sure they deserved anything out of the game.

Téfécé looked good value for their win at Sochaux, which is not an easy place to go to. THree headed goals (if memory serves) and all from centre backs.

Puel does look like a dead man walking though, eh?

kabbott

24-10-2010, 03:56 PM

Oh dear. HT 17:00 AC Arles Avignon 1:0 Olympique Lyonnais

Lyon are back to their hopeless ways. Are they going to throw it so they see the back of Puel?

kabbott

24-10-2010, 04:56 PM

17:00 AC Arles Avignon 1:1 Olympique Lyonnais
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain 2:3 AJ Auxerre

Adieu Claude Puel, please. A Coupe de la Ligue match midweek against PSG and hopefully he'll be off.

GodstoneEagle

24-10-2010, 09:46 PM

:hi: :D

kabbott

24-10-2010, 09:57 PM

:hi: :D

:hi: :D

BB Bob

26-10-2010, 11:27 AM

Here's the League Table after the weekends games - including Lille 1 -3 OM on Sunday night

1 Stade Rennais FC 10 5 4 1 12 5 +7 19
2 Olympique de Marseille 10 5 3 2 18 11 +7 18
3 AS Saint-Etienne 10 5 3 2 15 10 +5 18
4 Stade Brestois 29 10 5 3 2 9 4 +5 18

5 Toulouse FC 10 5 2 3 13 10 +3 17
6 Montpellier Hérault SC 10 5 2 3 10 9 +1 17
7 Paris Saint-Germain 10 4 3 3 15 9 +6 15
8 LOSC Lille Métropole 10 3 5 2 13 11 +2 14
9 Girondins de Bordeaux 10 4 2 4 9 9 0 14
10 SM Caen 10 3 5 2 9 9 0 14
11 FC Sochaux Montbéliard 10 4 1 5 17 14 +3 13
12 Valenciennes FC 10 3 4 3 11 10 +1 13
13 OGC Nice 10 3 4 3 9 12 -3 13
14 Olympique Lyonnais 10 3 3 4 11 13 -2 12
15 AJ Auxerre 10 2 5 3 14 13 +1 11
16 FC Lorient 10 3 2 5 9 11 -2 11
17 AS Nancy Lorraine 10 3 2 5 10 16 -6 11

18 AS Monaco FC 10 1 6 3 7 9 -2 9
19 RC Lens 10 2 3 5 8 17 -9 9
20 AC Arles Avignon 10 0 2 8 4 21 -17 2

It's very tight!

kabbott

27-10-2010, 12:40 PM

Ligue 2's complete results from last weekend:

Friday 22 October 2010

20:00 AC Ajaccio 2 - 0 Tours FC
20:00 ESTAC 1 - 1 Clermont Foot
20:00 Stade de Reims 4 - 1 GF38
20:00 FC Nantes 1 - 1 Châteauroux
20:00 FC Metz 1 - 1 Angers SCO
20:00 Le Mans FC 1 - 0 FC Istres
20:00 Stade Lavallois 2 - 0 Dijon FCO
20:00 Vannes OC 0 - 0 US Boulogne CO
Monday 25 October 2010

20:00 Evian TG FC 2 - 2 CS Sedan
20:30 Havre AC 0 - 0 Nîmes Olympique

kabbott

27-10-2010, 12:44 PM

Ligue 2 table:

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Le Mans FC 12 6 4 2 17 11 +6 22
2 Tours FC 12 6 4 2 17 13 +4 22
3 ESTAC 12 6 3 3 15 9 +6 21
4 CS Sedan 12 5 5 2 24 14 +10 20
5 Evian TG FC 12 5 5 2 19 14 +5 20
6 Havre AC 12 5 4 3 13 9 +4 19
7 Châteauroux 12 5 4 3 13 10 +3 19
8 FC Nantes 12 4 5 3 12 10 +2 17
9 AC Ajaccio 12 4 5 3 12 11 +1 17
10 US Boulogne CO 12 2 10 0 9 6 +3 16
11 Dijon FCO 12 3 5 4 18 16 +2 14
12 Stade Lavallois 12 3 5 4 9 10 -1 14
13 Clermont Foot 12 3 5 4 18 21 -3 14
14 Angers SCO 12 3 5 4 9 12 -3 14
15 Vannes OC 12 4 2 6 10 18 -8 14
16 Nîmes Olympique 12 3 3 6 9 12 -3 12
17 FC Metz 12 2 5 5 8 11 -3 11
18 Stade de Reims 12 2 5 5 13 17 -4 11
19 FC Istres 12 1 6 5 6 15 -9 9
20 GF38 12 3 0 9 6 18 -12 9

kabbott

27-10-2010, 12:49 PM

French Coupe de la Ligue:

Tuesday 26 October 2010

20:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 0 AC Ajaccio
20:00 Valenciennes FC 4 - 0 US Boulogne CO
20:00 AS Monaco FC 1 - 1a.e.t.5 - 3 on pens FC Lorient
20:45 AS Saint-Etienne 1 - 0 Girondins de Bordeaux

Wednesday 27 October 2010

17:00 EA Guingamp v Olympique de Marseille
18:45 LOSC Lille Métropole v SM Caen
20:00 AJ Auxerre v SC Bastia
20:45 Olympique Lyonnais v Paris Saint-Germain

An interesting Lyon v Paris tonight. What will happen to Puel? Nobody really knows. A Lyon victory and he's out or a Lyon defeat and he's kept on. Anything is possible down here at the moment.

kabbott

28-10-2010, 01:47 PM

So it's a defeat and Puel is kept on. Oh well. great game though.

http://www.ligue1.com/coupeLigue/article/psg-trump-lyon-in-extra-time.htm

Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain: 1 - 2 a.e.t.

Paris left it late at the Stade Gerland on Wednesday night but, after extra time, managed to overcome Lyon 2-1 to book a place in the quarter-finals.

The game would have finished in regulation time with a Lyon win had OL old boy Mathieu Bodmer not hammered home his volley from the edge of the area with just four minutes to go.

In-form OL man Jimmy Briand had given the home side the lead in the 39th minute but as the match went into extra time, the match turned to PSG’s favour as both coaches brought on their star names, and it was veteran Ludovic Giuly, another Lyon alumnus, who blasted home from close range (101’).

The final 19 minutes were chock-full of end-to-end attacking football and a host of chances were created but PSG held out to send Lyon packing and heap the pressure on their under-fire coach Claude Puel.

BB Bob

29-10-2010, 09:32 PM

PUEL KEEN TO GET OUT OF MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

http://www.ligue1.com/images/photos/articles/web/fiche//1011_UK_L1_Puel_Lyon.jpg

Claude Puel has spoken of his wish to 'get off the front pages' after being confirmed as coach of Lyon ahead of this weekend's meeting with Sochaux.
Puel's position at Stade Gerland looked in jeopardy after OL suffered a League Cup exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. However, club president Jean-Michel Aulas has given the former Lille boss the green light to continue his work, and Puel is looking forward to turning his attentions back to events on the pitch.

"We've avoided getting the players involved too much, and now we can focus on our game. We've played well over the last month, and the commitment has been more than satisfactory," said Puel, whose team lies in 14th, just three points off the bottom three prior to Week 11.

"The results haven't always been there, but the intention has. The objective is really to start talking about football again, and get off the front pages of the papers."

'Never a deadline'

Three successive wins to start the club's Champions League campaign played a major role in convincing the board that Puel should stay in place. Despite intense speculation, the man himself never felt in danger.

"For me, there was never a deadline. The president has clarified the situation to put an end to the speculation and allow us to work in peace," said the 49-year-old. "The order of the day is to present a united front and get back to the football. There are a couple of internal adjustments, and we'll draw conclusions after each game, which is normal. The president said it himself: It was time to take stock, not the end of an ultimatum."

BB Bob

29-10-2010, 09:33 PM

Meanwhile, in Ligue 2.....

Friday 29 October 2010

20:00 Nîmes Olympique 0 - 0 Stade Lavallois
20:00 FC Istres 1 - 1 Evian TG FC
20:00 GF38 1 - 1 AC Ajaccio
20:00 Dijon FCO 0 - 0 FC Nantes
20:00 Clermont Foot 1 - 1 FC Metz
20:00 US Boulogne CO 1 - 0 Stade de Reims
20:00 Angers SCO 3 - 0 ESTAC
20:00 CS Sedan 4 - 0 Vannes OC
20:00 Havre AC 1 - 1 Le Mans FC

Clermont fail to win at home again. I suppose at least they are consistently inconsistent....

philsick

30-10-2010, 09:30 AM

Clermont fail to win at home again. I suppose at least they are consistently inconsistent....

Saving it for another late surge up the table;)

kabbott

30-10-2010, 08:24 PM

Another poor show from Lyon tonight. The only plus points came from the performances of a lot of young players either in the starting XI or who came on as subs. Many of the fans were calling for Puel to go in spite of Aulas's vote of confidence the other day.

Saturday 30 October 2010

19:00 AJ Auxerre 2 - 0 OGC Nice
19:00 Stade Brestois 29 2 - 0 AS Saint-Etienne
19:00 SM Caen 2 - 3 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 FC Lorient 2 - 0 AC Arles Avignon
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 2 - 1 FC Sochaux Montbéliard
19:00 Toulouse FC 1 - 1 RC Lens

BB Bob

30-10-2010, 09:18 PM

Nice slipping ominously near the drop zone too....:sob:

It's not been too good a day footie-wise.....

kabbott

06-11-2010, 10:13 AM

Last night's Ligue 2 matches:

Laval 3-0 Sedan
Metz 0-1 Le Mans
Evian TG 1-1 Le Havre
Troyes 0-1 Istres
Châteauroux 4-3 Grenoble
Nantes 2-1 Nîmes
AC Ajaccio 1-0 Dijon
Reims 2-0 Angers
Vannes OC 1-1 Clermont Foot

Monday 8 November 2010

Tours FC Boulogne

kabbott

06-11-2010, 10:18 AM

Ligue 2 table:

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Le Mans FC 14 7 5 2 19 12 +7 26
2 Tours FC 13 7 4 2 19 13 +6 25
3 CS Sedan 14 6 5 3 28 17 +11 23
4 Evian TG FC 14 5 7 2 21 16 +5 22
5 Châteauroux 14 6 4 4 17 15 +2 22
6 Havre AC 14 5 6 3 15 11 +4 21
7 FC Nantes 14 5 6 3 14 11 +3 21
8 ESTAC 14 6 3 5 15 13 +2 21
9 AC Ajaccio 14 5 6 3 14 12 +2 21
10 US Boulogne CO 13 3 10 0 10 6 +4 19
11 Stade Lavallois 14 4 6 4 12 10 +2 18
12 Angers SCO 14 4 5 5 12 14 -2 17
13 Clermont Foot 14 3 7 4 20 23 -3 16
14 Dijon FCO 14 3 6 5 18 17 +1 15
15 Vannes OC 14 4 3 7 11 23 -12 15
16 Stade de Reims 14 3 5 6 15 18 -3 14
17 Nîmes Olympique 14 3 4 7 10 14 -4 13
18 FC Istres 14 2 7 5 8 16 -8 13
19 FC Metz 14 2 6 6 9 13 -4 12
20 GF38 14 3 1 10 10 23 -13 10

BB Bob

07-11-2010, 06:59 PM

This weekends results:-

Saturday 6 November 2010

Fixtures of Saturday 6 November 2010
19:00 AC Arles Avignon 3 - 2 SM Caen
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 1 Valenciennes FC
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne 1 - 2 FC Lorient
19:00 FC Sochaux Montbéliard 1 - 1 AJ Auxerre
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 1 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais

Sunday 7 November 2010

17:00 RC Lens 2 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC
17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 1 Stade Brestois 29
17:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 4 AS Monaco FC
17:00 OGC Nice 2 - 0 Toulouse FC

A landmark win for AC Arles-Avignon and a good 3 for Nice. Just le classico tonight

BB Bob

07-11-2010, 07:03 PM

1 Stade Brestois 29 +5 21
2 Stade Rennais FC +7 20
3 Olympique de Marseille +7 18
4 LOSC Lille Métropole +4 18
5 AS Saint-Etienne +2 18
6 Toulouse FC +1 18
7 Montpellier Hérault SC -1 18
8 FC Lorient +1 17
9 Paris Saint-Germain +6 16
10 Girondins de Bordeaux 0 16
11 Olympique Lyonnais -1 16
12 OGC Nice -3 16
13 AJ Auxerre +3 15
14 Valenciennes FC +1 15
15 FC Sochaux Montbéliard +2 14
16 SM Caen -2 14
17 AS Nancy Lorraine -9 14
18 AS Monaco FC +2 13
19 RC Lens -7 13
20 AC Arles Avignon -18 5

BB Bob

08-11-2010, 08:42 PM

WEEK 12 REVIEW: PSG ON A HIGH

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Paris rocketed to third place on the table with a thrilling 2-1 Clasico win that put an end to Marseille’s seven-match unbeaten run in the league while Lille climbed to fifth with a vintage attacking display to beat leaders Brest 3-1.
Meanwhile Arles-Avignon secured their first-ever Ligue 1 win with a determined 3-2 effort against Caen.

Grudge match triumph for PSG

It’s party time in Paris right now, and not just because Antoine Kombouaré’s men managed a first win at the Parc des Princes against arch-rivals Marseille since 2004.

"It’s really a huge satisfaction, first of all to win because it had been a long time since we had won at home," said Kombouaré of PSG’s first home win since Week 4. "And to win against Marseille makes it even better. Last year we copped two hidings at the hands of Marseille. We’ve gained confidence in our potential and we’ve been able to consistently perform well."

PSG would have been right to be wary as they took on an in-form OM side that had lost just twice in their last 13 matches in all competitions, but Nene had other ideas, setting up both of PSG’s goals in a frenzied opening 20 minutes, and in doing so revived the scoring form of the club’s two star strikers.

Mevlut Erding opened their account with just his third of the season when Steve Mandanda fumbled Nene’s fierce shot and then Guillaume Hoarau produced a classy finish for his first since Week 5 after Nene’s inspired chipped pass had taken out the entire Marseille defence.

Lucho Gonzalez pulled one back (22’) and Marseilel could have saved a point had Apoula Edel not saved brilliantly from André Ayew’s injury-time effort.

Lille back to their best

Lille shook off some erratic recent form to secure their first league win since Week 8 with a vintage attacking display in their 3-1 domination of leaders Brest, whose eight-match run without conceding a goal came to a grinding halt.

Moussa Sow opened the scoring (42’) before the Lille attack really got into gear and Gervinho (49’) and Eden Hazard (75’) secured the win - and fifth place - despite Romain Poyet’s powerfully volleyed reply (62’).

Arles-Avignon in historic win

With nine defeats in their first 11 Ligue 1 matches, Arles produced a determined display to best Caen 3-2 with their first-ever top-flight win. Forwards and Gaël Germany (24’) and Kaba Diawara (33’, 76’) and did the damage in a see-sawing affair that saw Youssef El-Arabi go to the top of the Ligue 1 scorer charts with his eighth of the season before Kandia Traoré struck a second for the visitors.

Rennes held

Rennes missed yet another opportunity to regain top spot when they were held to a 1-1 draw by visiting Lyon on Saturday night, Frédéric Antonetti’s men allowing Michel Bastos to equalise (54’) after Jires Kembo Ekoko had made the break. The draw sees Lyon dip into the bottom half of the table as the pressure on coach Claude Puel continues.

Lorient hit their straps

Christian Gourcuff’s side had Kévin Gameiro to thank for their 2-1 win in Saint-Etienne, the diminutive France forward putting paid to Les Verts’ unbeaten home record with a double (22’, 82’) on either side of Bakary Sako’s equaliser (56’). Every time Gameiro scores, Lorient win, and this was the fifth such occasion this campaign, taking the Breton side up four places to ninth.

After falling victim to an irrepressible VA attack in a first half that saw David Ducourtioux make the break in the 18th minute, Bordeaux bounced back in the second to seal a 1-1 draw thanks to Moussa Maazou’s 85th-minute effort after Brazilian Jussiê had missed from the spot.

Despite having capped some impressive recent form with a 2-1 win over Ajax in the Champions League on Wednesday, Auxerre could only manage a 1-1 draw in Sochaux, Frédéric Sammaritano’s 24th-minute strike seeming to have done enough for a win until Modibo Maïga equalised with eight minutes to go.

With just one win in their last eight matches, Toulouse’s poor form continued as they were beaten 2-0 in Nice, Danijel Ljuboja (17’) and Chaouki Ben Saada (90’+2) handing Eric Roy’s 12th-placed side their fourth win of the season.

Monaco notched their second win of the campaign in a shock 4-0 win in Nancy after Chu-Young Park added a double (81’, 87’) to own goals from Benjamin Gavanon (55’) and Jordan Lotiès (62’).

Lens collected just a second home win for the season 2-0 against Montpellier, goals from Adil Hermach (7’) and Kanga Akalé (41’) securing the precious points for the 19th-placed club.

BB Bob

08-11-2010, 08:44 PM

http://www.ligue1.com/images/photos/articles/web/fiche//1011_Uk_L1_Paris_Marseille_Armand.jpg
http://www.ligue1.com/images/photos/articles/web/fiche/1011_Uk_L1_Paris_Marseille_Abriel_Nene.jpg
http://www.ligue1.com/images/photos/articles/web/fiche/1011_UK_L1_Lille_Brest_Gervinho.jpg
http://www.ligue1.com/images/photos/articles/web/fiche/1011_UK_L1_Rennes_Lyon_Diakhate_Bastos.jpg

BB Bob

08-11-2010, 08:46 PM

Rang Equipe Pts J. G. N. P. p. c. Diff.
1 Brest 21 12 6 3 3 12 7 5
2 Rennes 20 11 5 5 1 13 6 7
3 Paris-SG 19 12 5 4 3 18 11 7

4 Marseille 18 11 5 3 3 19 13 6
5 Lille 18 12 4 6 2 17 13 4
6 Saint-Etienne 18 12 5 3 4 16 14 2
7 Toulouse 18 12 5 3 4 14 13 1
8 Montpellier 18 12 5 3 4 11 12 -1
9 Lorient 17 12 5 2 5 13 12 1
10 Bordeaux 16 12 4 4 4 12 12 0
11 Lyon 16 12 4 4 4 14 15 -1
12 Nice 16 12 4 4 4 11 14 -3
13 Auxerre 15 12 3 6 3 17 14 3
14 Valenciennes 15 12 3 6 3 13 12 1
15 Sochaux 14 12 4 2 6 19 17 2
16 Caen 14 12 3 5 4 13 15 -2
17 Nancy 14 12 4 2 6 13 22 -9

18 Monaco 13 12 2 7 3 13 11 2
19 Lens 13 12 3 4 5 11 18 -7
20 Arles-Avignon 5 12 1 2 9 7 25 -18

It's pretty tight (as the actress said to the bishop)

GodstoneEagle

09-11-2010, 02:43 AM

Brest :eek: more info please kabbott

and ACAA :lux:

kabbott

11-11-2010, 09:00 AM

Coupe de la Ligue Quarter Final results:

Tuesday 9 November 2010

AJ Auxerre 2 - 0 AS Saint-Etienne

Wednesday 10 November 2010

Valenciennes FC 1 - 3 Paris Saint-Germain
Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
Olympique de Marseille 2 - 1 AS Monaco FC

I was zapping between an English PL derby game and the Marseille v Monaco game last night. The French game was much more exciting.

kabbott

11-11-2010, 09:02 AM

Coupe de la Ligue

Semi-final draw

Auxerre v Marseille

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

Ties to be played on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 January, 2011

... which sets us up nicely for a PSG - OM final.

kabbott

11-11-2010, 09:03 AM

Oh, I forgot to add this Monday evening Eurosport France Ligue 2 thriller:

Monday 8 November 2010

Tours FC 2 - 0 US Boulogne CO

BB Bob

11-11-2010, 10:14 AM

Coupe de la Ligue

Semi-final draw

Auxerre v Marseille

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

Ties to be played on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 January, 2011

... which sets us up nicely for a PSG - OM final.

But who is going to be allowed to go? Presumably it will be in Paris and the OM faithful are banned, aren't they?

kabbott

11-11-2010, 12:05 PM

But who is going to be allowed to go? Presumably it will be in Paris and the OM faithful are banned, aren't they?

:hi:

Quite! It just goes to show how stupid "they" were to ban the OM fans. This is the Coupe de la Ligue final, so they'll be allowed to go.
Quelle différence?

Just to mention: PSG's renaissance ironically coincides with the PSG ultras no longer going to the Parc des Princes. This has probably helped the players to get rid of their inhibitions. JAT

Latvian Eagle

11-11-2010, 12:17 PM

Anyone got any close up pics of Steve Mandanda from the PSG / Marseille game. I'd like to see what kit he's wearing.

kabbott

11-11-2010, 12:21 PM

http://www.ligue1.com/images/photos/articles/web/fiche//1011_UK_L1_Paris_Marseille_Hoarau.jpg

kabbott

11-11-2010, 12:21 PM

I'll try to find some better ones now ...

kabbott

11-11-2010, 12:25 PM

It might be this one though the photo is not from that game:

http://kcm84.canalblog.com/images/t-Amphion_HAC_Bastia_04.07.06_Mandanda.JPG

kabbott

11-11-2010, 12:26 PM

Or this one:

http://de.img.v4.skyrock.net/deb/olympique-de-mon-coeur/pics/988513172_1.jpg

Latvian Eagle

11-11-2010, 12:39 PM

It's not either of those as they are 2006 and 2008 Adidas templates. I think I know what it is but it's hard to tell as there's no definitive picture of the front of it. Normally he wears red but obviously as PSG wear red at home he couldn't wear it.

I think this might be it...

http://www.prodirectsoccer.com/prod_images/product/PDS052001075.jpg

kabbott

13-11-2010, 10:31 AM

Ligue 2 and bad news for Phil's Clermont:

Friday 12 November 2010

Angers SCO 1 - 1 FC Nantes
Nîmes Olympique 1 - 0 ESTAC
Havre AC 1 - 0 Stade Lavallois
FC Istres 3 - 0 Vannes OC
GF38 2 - 2 Tours FC
Dijon FCO 3 - 2 Stade de Reims
Clermont Foot 0 - 1 Châteauroux
Postponed US Boulogne CO v FC Metz
Le Mans FC 1 - 3 Evian TG FC

Monday 15 November 2010

CS Sedan v AC Ajaccio

kabbott

13-11-2010, 07:47 PM

Ligue 1 so far:

Saturday 13 November 2010

Girondins de Bordeaux 2 - 1 AS Nancy Lorraine
Stade Brestois 29 1 - 1 FC Sochaux Montbéliard
Olympique de Marseille 1 - 1 RC Lens
AS Monaco FC 0 - 0 AC Arles Avignon
Montpellier Hérault SC 1 - 0 Toulouse FC
Postponed Valenciennes FC v AS Saint-Etienne

SM Caen v LOSC Lille Métropole

Sunday 14 November 2010

AJA Auxerre v Stade Rennais FC
FC Lorient v Paris Saint-Germain
Olympique Lyonnais v OGC Nice

kabbott

14-11-2010, 06:06 PM

Last night's final result:

SM Caen 2 - 5 LOSC Lille Métropole

Plus this afternoon's results:

AJ Auxerre 2 - 1 Stade Rennais FC
FC Lorient 1 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain

before this evening's ...

kabbott v BB Bob

kabbott

14-11-2010, 06:10 PM

Hope the wind doesn't spoil the game. It's been blowing a gale since yesterday, although we do live on a slightly exposed plateau overlooking the Rhône with Stade Gerland just on the other side.

Possible teams:

Lyon: Lloris; Réveillère, Cris, Diakhaté, Kolodziejczak; Toulalan, Makoun; Briand, Gourcuff, Bastos; Gomis

Nice: Ospina; D. Diakité, Mabiala, Paisley, Clerc; Sablé; Mouloungui, K. Coulibaly, Faé, Mounier; Ljuboja

BB Bob

14-11-2010, 06:11 PM

Just back in through the door after a couple of days in Nissa la bella. Nice haven't won in Lyon since 1973 and are 7-1 to win tonight in a two horse race. Both central defenders are out (injured and suspended). Hmmmm.

Sounds like an away win to me! :D

kabbott

14-11-2010, 07:00 PM

Madame kabbott's film hasn't finished and kick-off is in 1 min.

Lyon's team:

Lyon: Lloris; Réveillère, Cris, Diakhaté, Kolodziejczak; Toulalan, Kallstrom; Pied, Gourcuff, Bastos; Gomis

kabbott

14-11-2010, 07:01 PM

Allez les Gones! :)

Latvian Eagle

14-11-2010, 08:31 PM

Where are we at the moment?

BB Bob

15-11-2010, 07:29 AM

At least Nice kept the score down......

Lyon 1 Nice 0

And here is the table with les gones looking well positioned after everything:-

Rang Equipe Pts J. G. N. P. p. c. Diff.
1 Brest 22 13 6 4 3 13 8 5
2 Lille 21 13 5 6 2 22 15 7

3 Montpellier 21 13 6 3 4 12 12 0

4 Paris-SG 20 13 5 5 3 19 12 7

5 Rennes 20 12 5 5 2 14 8 6
6 Marseille 19 12 5 4 3 20 14 6
7 Bordeaux 19 13 5 4 4 14 13 1
8 Lyon 19 13 5 4 4 15 15 0
9 Auxerre 18 13 4 6 3 19 15 4
10 Saint-Etienne 18 12 5 3 4 16 14 2
11 Lorient 18 13 5 3 5 14 13 1
12 Toulouse 18 13 5 3 5 14 14 0
13 Nice 16 13 4 4 5 11 15 -4
14 Sochaux 15 13 4 3 6 20 18 2
15 Valenciennes 15 12 3 6 3 13 12 1
16 Monaco 14 13 2 8 3 13 11 2
17 Caen 14 13 3 5 5 15 20 -5

18 Lens 14 13 3 5 5 12 19 -7
19 Nancy 14 13 4 2 7 14 24 -10
20 Arles-Avignon 6 13 1 3 9 7 25 -18

philsick

15-11-2010, 07:43 AM

Interesting table!!Marseille and lyon not in the top 4. 4pts between top and 12th placed clubs and only 8pts between 19th and top.

kabbott

19-11-2010, 08:53 PM

Coupe de France 7th round. Here are some of the matches:

Friday 19 November 2010

Nîmes Olympique 1 - 0 Stade Rodez Football

Saturday 20 November 2010

14:00 Hayange - Dijon FCO
14:00 CCS St Etienne - AC Ajaccio
14:15 FC Steinseltz - CS Sedan
14:30 ASC Romagné - FC Nantes
16:30 Plouzané AC Football - Le Mans FC
17:00 Evian TG FC - Lyon Duchère
17:30 FC Istres - SC Bastia
18:00 Stade de Reims - Avion
18:00 Vannes OC - Vendée Luçon Football
18:00 Stade Lavallois - US Granville
19:00 US Boulogne CO - Pacy Vallée D'Eure Football
19:00 UA Cognac - Tours FC
19:00 GF38 - Bagnols Pont
19:00 Château-Thierry - ESTAC

Sunday 21 November 2010

14:30 Balma - Châteauroux
14:30 Le Mée SF - FC Metz
14:30 Royan Vaux AFC - Clermont Foot
15:00 Angers SCO - Havre AC

kabbott

19-11-2010, 08:57 PM

Here are all the matches. I think they go down to about the equivalent of Division 10.

20h00 Chauny (DH) 0-2 Amiens (Nat)
Poitiers (CFA2) 4-0 AS Dragon (DH Polynésie)
20h30 Nîmes (L2) 1-0 Rodez (Nat)
samedi 20 novembre 2010
14h00 Hayange (DHR) - Dijon (L2)
à Saint-Etienne Côte-Chaude (15) - AC Ajaccio (L2)
à Montbronn Soucht (DHR) - Strasbourg (Nat)
Pont-de-Roide (DH) - Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA)
14h15 à Steinseltz Steinseltz (DH) - Sedan (L2)
14h30 à Fougères Romagné (DSR) - Nantes (L2)
La Ferté (DH) - Guingamp (Nat)
Avranches (CFA) - Majicavo Koropa (DH Mayotte)
15h00 Marignane (CFA) - Furiani Agliani (CFA2)
Amnéville (CFA) - Le Moule (30)
16h00 Schiltigheim (CFA2) - Mulhouse (CFA)
Geldar Kourou - Martigues (CFA)
Amiens AC (CFA2) - Arras (CFA2)
La Suze (DH) - Saumur (CFA2)
Gaitcha (DH Nlle Calédonie) - Dunkerque (CFA2)
16h30 à Tremaidic Plouzané (DH) - Le Mans (L2)
17h00 Evian TG (L2) - Lyon Duchère (CFA)
Colomiers (CFA) - Stade Bordelais (CFA2)
Seyssinet (DHR) - Clermontaise (DH)
17h30 Istres (L2) - Bastia (Nat)
Vertou (CFA2) - Plabennec (Nat)
18h00 Vannes OC (L2) - Luçon (CFA)
Reims (L2) - Avion (CFA)
Laval (L2) - Granville (CFA2)
Créteil-Lusitanos (Nat) - Romorantin (CFA)
Colmar (Nat) - Jarville (CFA2)
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (CFA2) - Paris FC (Nat)
Entente SSG (CFA) - La Vitréenne (CFA)
Épinal (CFA) - Drancy (CFA)
Jura Sud (CFA) - Andrézieux (CFA2)
Raon-l'Étape (CFA) - Imphy-Decize (CFA2)
Cherbourg (CFA) - Malesherbes (DH)
Quevilly (CFA) - Eu (DH)
Thiers (CFA2) - Cournon (CFA2)
Forbach (CFA2) - Illzach-Modenheim (CFA2)
Vaulx-en-Velin (DH) - AS Valence (CFA2)
Changé (CFA2) - Bayeux (DH)
Vénissieux Minguettes (CFA2) - Firminy (DH)
18h30 Saint-André-des-Eaux (DHR) - Fontenay-le-Comte (CFA)
Challans (DH) - Bassin d'Arcachon (DH)
19h00 Boulogne (L2) - Pacy-sur-Eure (Nat)
à Chateaubernard Cognac (CFA2) - Tours FC (L2)
Grenoble (L2) - Bagnols-Pont-Saint-Esprit (CFA2)
à Nogentel Château-Thierry (PH) - Troyes (L2)
Gueugnon (Nat) - Yzeure (CFA)
Sablé (CFA2) - US Montagnarde (CFA2)
Montluçon (CFA2) - Angoulême (DH)
Villenave (DH) - Auch (DH)
19h30 Case-Pilote - Poissy (CFA)
Lons-le-Saunier (DH) - Marcy-Charbonnières (DH)
20h00 Chauvigny (DH) - Jarnac (PH)
dimanche 21 novembre 2010
14h00 ASPTT Chalons (DH) - Sens (DH)
Semnoz-Vieugy (15) - Ain Sud Foot (DHR)
14h30 Balma (CFA2) - Châteauroux (L2)
Le Mée (DH) - Metz (L2)
Royan (DH) - Clermont Foot (L2)
Canet (DH) - Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël (Nat)
Fabrègues (DH) - Cannes (Nat)
Les Mureaux (DHR) - Rouen (Nat)
Douai (CFA2) - Red Star 93 (CFA)
Agde (CFA) - Revel (CFA2)
Tourcoing (PH) - Viry-Châtillon (CFA)
Landerneau (16) - Le Poiré-sur-Vie (CFA)
Aulnoye (DH) - Roye (CFA2)
La Chapelle (DH) - Vierzon (CFA2)
Saint-Renan (DSR) - Pontivy (CFA2)
Theix (DSR) - Dinan-Léhon (CFA2)
Chambéry (CFA2) - Fesches-le-Châtel (DHR)
Noeux-les-Mines (PH) - Wasquehal (CFA2)
Murat (15) - Trélissac (CFA2)
Marly (15) - Marck (CFA2)
Ailly-sur-Somme (DH) - Sézanne (DH)
Cesson (DH) - Rennes TA (DH)
Vermelles (DHR) - Dreux (DH)
Issy-les-Moulineaux (DH) - La Gorgue (PH)
Villepinte (PH) - Paray (DH)
Fayet (Interrég.) - Reims Sainte-Anne (DH)
Illkirch (Exc.) - Lunéville (DH)
Sierentz (21) - Thaon (DH)
Saint-Maurice-l'Exil (DHR) - Fos (DHR)
Villers-Outréaux (21) - Marquette (DHR)
15h00 Angers (L2) - Le Havre (L2)
Aurillac (CFA) - La Roche-sur-Yon (DH)
Agen (CFA2) - Marmande (DH)
Lannion (CFA2) - Saint-Pauloise (DH Réunion)

kabbott

20-11-2010, 12:07 PM

The French Ligues are like this if you want to follow some of the underdogs:

Ligue 1
Ligue 2
National
CFA 1
CFA 2
DH (Division d'Honneur)
DHR (Division d'Honneur Régionale)
DSR (Division Supérieure Régionale)
PH (Promotion d'Honneur)
PHR (Promotion d'Honneur Régionale)

Teams to look out for:

4 DOM-TOM (French overseas) teams:

Dragon Papeete (Tahiti) - a mere 16,000km between Tahiti and France and a 20-hour flight.
Majicavo (Mayotte)
St-Pauloise (Réunion)
CS Le Moule (Guadeloupe)

I'll also be looking out for local amateur teams:

Lyon Duchère (CFA) - This team have already caused cup upsets in the past. La Duchère is one of the 'dodgy' banlieue in Lyon. a few seasons ago they weren't far from getting promoted to the Ligue 2, something which Président Aulas (Olympique Lyonnais) wouldn't have appreciated, not because fans would have changed to supporting La Duchère, but Olympique Lyonnais would have lost their monopoly of media coverage locally.

Marcy-Charbonnières (DH) - they've probably never got this far before in the French Coupe. This team was probably created after the merger of two leafy west Lyon villages, Marcy L'Etoile and Charbonnières-les-Bains. On Sunday afternoons, 15-20 years ago, friends and I used to climb over the fencing around the ground and have a kickabout on their pitch. I'm pretty sure they've got changing rooms now, but that's about it.

Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA) - 30 minutes up the autoroute and there you are in the heart of the 'Beaujolais.

Ain Sud Foot (DHR) - I don't know anything about this lot ...

Ah! Les charmes de la Coupe ...

BB Bob

22-11-2010, 07:51 AM

This weekends results:-

Saturday 20 November 2010

19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 2 - 0 Valenciennes FC

19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 2 - 1 SM Caen

19:00 Stade Rennais FC 2 - 1 Stade Brestois 29

19:00 AS Saint-Etienne 1 - 1 AJ Auxerre

19:00 FC Sochaux Montbéliard 2 - 0 FC Lorient

19:00 Toulouse FC 0 - 1 Olympique de Marseille

21:00 OGC Nice 0 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC

Sunday 21 November 2010

17:00 AC Arles Avignon 2 - 4 Girondins de Bordeaux

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 2 - 1 AS Monaco FC

21:00 RC Lens 1 - 3 Olympique Lyonnais

Brest seem to be sagging a bit as the season goes on.

1 LOSC Lille Métropole +8 24
2 Montpellier Hérault SC +1 24
3 Paris Saint-Germain +8 23
4 Stade Rennais FC +7 23
5 Olympique de Marseille +7 22
6 Stade Brestois 29 +4 22
7 Girondins de Bordeaux +3 22
8 Olympique Lyonnais +2 22
9 AJ Auxerre +4 19
10 AS Saint-Etienne +2 19
11 FC Sochaux Montbéliard +4 18
12 FC Lorient -1 18
13 Toulouse FC -1 18
14 AS Nancy Lorraine -8 17
15 OGC Nice -5 16
16 Valenciennes FC -1 15
17 AS Monaco FC +1 14
18 SM Caen -6 14
19 RC Lens -9 14
20 AC Arles Avignon -20 6

Lyon look well positioned after a good fightback at Lens last night.

Latvian Eagle

22-11-2010, 10:15 AM

I so have to get me one of these... :clown:

http://www.etgfcboutique.com/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tp-ecommerce.tpl&product_id=24&category_id=1

kabbott

22-11-2010, 03:35 PM

Brest seem to be sagging a bit as the season goes on.

:D

kabbott

22-11-2010, 03:38 PM

One of Lyon's worst halves of the season in the first half and probably their best half of the season in the second.

Good games for Lissandro and Gourcuff when they came on, and probably their best games of the season for Gomis and Makoun who are the regular targets of the Gerland boo-boo boys.

Latvian Eagle

22-11-2010, 04:07 PM

What's happened to Gomis? I remember you guys singing his praises when he was at ASSE?!

I don't know what it is with Marseille, they seem to have bundles of cash, I half expect them to do something decent each season and then other than last year they seriously implode!!!

By the way how do you actually pronounce the name Loic like Loic Remy?

BB Bob

22-11-2010, 04:19 PM

Loïc Remy is pronounced lowik (the two dots over the i mean that it is pronounced).

Marseille seems to have this effect on players - the pressure of expectation. Also, players like Gignac find that he has to try to play in a team rather than the team revolve around him.

I defer to our Lyon correspondant for matters "lyonnais", but (personally) I think he is a guy who needs to play. Sitting on the bench for long periods doesn't seem to have made him very happy. Perhaps he needs a couple of seasons down on the Cote d'Azur to sharpen him back up again.....:D

Latvian Eagle

25-11-2010, 01:49 PM

Might have to get myself this seasons Marseille kit. Can't decide between home or away though. The third one has some weird African band down it. I know the old chairman was African, but I thought he'd been replaced by someone French?!

Latvian Eagle

25-11-2010, 01:54 PM

Home Jersey:
http://photos.madeinsport.com/H10/OM_REP1_F_AH15_1_300.jpg

Away Jersey:
http://photos.madeinsport.com/H10/OM_REP2_F_AH14_1_300.jpg

Third / European Away Jersey:
http://photos.madeinsport.com/H10/OM_REP3_F_AH18_1_300.jpg

kabbott

28-11-2010, 06:20 PM

A bit of catching up here ...

Ligue 2:

Friday 26 November 2010

AC Ajaccio 2 - 0 US Boulogne CO
ESTAC 0 - 0 Havre AC
Stade de Reims 1 - 1 Nîmes Olympique
FC Nantes 2 - 0 Clermont Foot
FC Metz 0 - 0 CS Sedan
Stade Lavallois 0 - 0 FC Istres
Evian TG FC 2 - 0 GF38
Châteauroux 0 - 3 Dijon FCO
Vannes OC 0 - 0 Angers SCO

Monday 29 November 2010

Tours FC v Le Mans FC

kabbott

28-11-2010, 06:22 PM

Ligue 2 tables:

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Tours FC 15 8 5 2 23 15 +8 29
2 Evian TG FC 16 7 7 2 26 17 +9 28
3 CS Sedan 16 7 6 3 32 18 +14 27
4 Le Mans FC 15 7 5 3 20 15 +5 26
5 FC Nantes 16 6 7 3 17 12 +5 25
6 Havre AC 16 6 7 3 16 11 +5 25
7 Châteauroux 16 7 4 5 18 18 0 25
8 AC Ajaccio 16 6 6 4 17 16 +1 24
9 ESTAC 16 6 4 6 15 14 +1 22
10 Dijon FCO 16 5 6 5 24 19 +5 21
11 Stade Lavallois 16 4 7 5 12 11 +1 19
12 US Boulogne CO 15 3 10 2 10 10 0 19
13 Angers SCO 16 4 7 5 13 15 -2 19
14 Nîmes Olympique 16 4 5 7 12 15 -3 17
15 FC Istres 16 3 8 5 11 16 -5 17
16 Clermont Foot 16 3 7 6 20 26 -6 16
17 Vannes OC 16 4 4 8 11 26 -15 16
18 PStade de Reims 16 3 6 7 18 22 -4 15
19 FC Metz 15 2 7 6 9 13 -4 13
20 GF38 16 3 2 11 12 27 -15 11

kabbott

28-11-2010, 06:24 PM

And in Ligue 1 about 30 minutes to go before the big one. This could be a very interesting game, I think.

Saturday 27 November 2010

19:00 FC Lorient 2 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 4 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 AS Monaco FC 1 - 1 OGC Nice
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 1 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne
19:00 Valenciennes FC 3 - 0 AC Arles Avignon AC Arles Avignon
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole

Sunday 28 November 2010

17:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 2 Toulouse FC
17:00 SM Caen 0 - 3 FC Sochaux Montbéliard
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain

kabbott

28-11-2010, 08:04 PM

Olympique Lyonnais 0:0 Paris Saint-Germain

HT Good match. End-to-end stuff. Réveillère could/should have got a red for a very dangerous tackle.

BB Bob

28-11-2010, 09:19 PM

FT 2-2

Sounds like a cracker, mon ami!

Neckinger Eagle

29-11-2010, 10:19 PM

Why was the Brest game "suspended" at the weekend?

Neckinger Eagle

29-11-2010, 10:20 PM

I so have to get me one of these... :clown:

http://www.etgfcboutique.com/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tp-ecommerce.tpl&product_id=24&category_id=1

Brighton do their shirts in pink "for the ladies" - honest!

kabbott

30-11-2010, 01:10 PM

Why was the Brest game "suspended" at the weekend?

Yes due to the snow.

Latvian Eagle

30-11-2010, 01:12 PM

Brighton do their shirts in pink "for the ladies" - honest!

I know they look awful... I didn't mean so much for the pink, more the Evian style mountains on the shirt.

kabbott

30-11-2010, 01:20 PM

I'm going to be in Nord Pas de Calais and I'm hoping to get to Lens vs Rennes on October 16th, but have a slight concern it may be moved to the Sunday due to the tv schedules.

I would have thought Lyon vs Lille would be a likely mover, maybe along with Auxerre vs Bordeaux, but does anyone know how far in advance these decisions are announced?

Thanks

So the match was changed to Sunday. Did you make it in the end? If not, maybe you had no regrets in the end, judging by the score.

Sunday 17 October 2010

RC Lens 0 - 0 Stade Rennais FC

BB Bob

02-12-2010, 02:47 PM

A couple of late games played last night:-

Wednesday 1 December 2010

19:00 Olympique de Marseille 0 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
19:00 Valenciennes FC 1 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne

It was bloody freezing in France last night, even in Marseille. Hats off to them at the Stade Nungesser, though as it must have been brass monkeys there. It's just taken me 36 hours to get back from Nice - they thought it was unspeakably cold at 11 degrees - via a TGV ride to Paris and a night in the capital. There wasn't much to warm me in the Marseille game though, where Mandanda saved penalty early doors. Rennes aren't a bad team, though, and the result leave Marseille on top of the table.

What is going on a Lens though? The court case for the famous banderole incident at the Cup Final a couple of years ago has finally come to court, but on the field, they are really shipping in the goals. A passionate bunch of fans surely deserve better?

Evolution Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Olympique de Marseille 15 7 5 3 25 14 +11 26
2 LOSC Lille Métropole 15 6 7 2 25 17 +8 25
3 Stade Brestois 29 15 7 4 4 18 11 +7 25
4 Paris Saint-Germain 15 6 6 3 23 15 +8 24
5 Stade Rennais FC 15 6 6 3 16 11 +5 24
6 Montpellier Hérault SC 15 7 3 5 13 16 -3 24
7 Girondins de Bordeaux 15 6 5 4 19 16 +3 23
8 Olympique Lyonnais 15 6 5 4 20 18 +2 23
9 FC Sochaux Montbéliard 15 6 3 6 25 18 +7 21
10 AS Saint-Etienne 15 5 6 4 19 17 +2 21
11 FC Lorient 15 6 3 6 16 16 0 21
12 Toulouse FC 15 6 3 6 16 16 0 21
13 AJ Auxerre 15 4 7 4 21 18 +3 19
14 Valenciennes FC 15 4 7 4 17 15 +2 19
15 AS Nancy Lorraine 15 5 3 7 18 25 -7 18
16 OGC Nice 15 4 5 6 12 17 -5 17
17 AS Monaco FC 15 2 9 4 15 14 +1 15

18 SM Caen 15 3 5 7 16 25 -9 14
19 RC Lens 15 3 5 7 14 26 -12 14
20 AC Arles Avignon 15 1 3 11 9 32 -23 6

BB Bob

05-12-2010, 04:47 PM

This weekends results in L1

samedi 4 décembre 2010
Rennes 1-0 Monaco STAT
Sochaux 2-1 Valenciennes STAT
Toulouse 1-0 Caen STAT
Lens 1-1 Auxerre STAT
Arles-Avignon 1-1 Nancy STAT
Montpellier 1-2 Lyon STAT

dimanche 5 décembre 2010
15h00 Lille 6-3 Lorient STAT
17h00 Nice Marseille STAT
Paris-SG Brest STAT
21h00 Saint-Etienne Bordeaux STAT

A pretty dull affair on Saturday, although Lyon winning in Fergie time (95th minute of the game) to keep the pressure on the top group.

Tonight, Lille and Lorient have gone goal crazy! That's a rugby score, not a football score.

BB Bob

05-12-2010, 04:48 PM

Fridays L2 results here:-

vendredi 3 décembre 2010
Dijon 3-2 Tours FC
Sedan 0-0 Reims
Istres 2-1 Nantes
Le Havre 2-1 Metz
Angers 2-1 Châteauroux
Boulogne 2-0 Grenoble
Nîmes 2-1 Vannes OC

lundi 6 décembre 2010

20h30 Le Mans Troyes

mardi 7 décembre 2010

19h00 Clermont Foot AC Ajaccio

mardi 14 décembre 2010

20h00 Evian TG Laval

I think these are rearranged games after the weather disruption last week. Clermont could do with 3 points.....

RANG EQUIPES POINTS DIFFS
1 Tours FC 29 6
2 Le Mans 29 6
3 Sedan 28 14

4 Evian TG 28 9
5 Le Havre 28 6
6 Nantes 25 4
7 Châteauroux 25 -1
8 Dijon 24 6
9 AC Ajaccio 24 1
10 Boulogne 22 2
11 Troyes 22 1
12 Angers 22 -1
13 Nîmes 20 -2
14 Istres 20 -4
15 Laval 19 1
16 Reims 16 -4
17 Clermont Foot 16 -6

18 Vannes OC 16 -16
19 Metz 13 -5
20 Grenoble 11 -17

BB Bob

05-12-2010, 05:03 PM

1f79

Lyon aren't the only attendees at the late, late show it seems:-

Lille (2) 6 - 3 Lorient (11)
Sow (11e, 49e, 82e)
Baca (18e csc)
Gervinho (58e)
Frau (88e)
Gameiro (9e, 45e+3)
Kitambala (57e)

Nice (16) 1 - 0 Marseille (1)
Faé (90e+2)

Paris-SG (4) 3 - 1 Brest (3)
Nenê (5e)
Bodmer (57e)
Giuly (76e)
Roux (53e)

Fantastic result for le Gym! And not a bad result for everyone else chasing in the League either. On behalf of les niçois, I accept your good wishes!

philsick

05-12-2010, 10:11 PM

Clermont could do with 3 points.....

Thats an understatement.After coming within one win of going up last year,i thought they might be challenging again this year,but relegation looks more on the cards.

St etienne let in a late equalizer against bordeaux it finished 2.2.Riviere did a stern john at shef weds just before their equalizer which would've made it 3.1

BB Bob

06-12-2010, 07:18 AM

Latest table after last nights games:-

Team GD Pts
1 LOSC Lille Métropole +11 28
2 Paris Saint-Germain +10 27
3 Stade Rennais FC +6 27
4 Olympique de Marseille +10 26
5 Olympique Lyonnais +3 26
6 Stade Brestois 29 +5 25
7 FC Sochaux Montbéliard +8 24
8 Girondins de Bordeaux +3 24
9 Toulouse FC +1 24
10 Montpellier Hérault SC -4 24
11 AS Saint-Etienne +2 22
12 FC Lorient -2 21
13 AJ Auxerre +3 20
14 OGC Nice -4 20
15 Valenciennes FC +1 19
16 AS Nancy Lorraine -8 19
17 AS Monaco FC 0 15

18 RC Lens -12 15
19 SM Caen -10 14
20 AC Arles Avignon -23 7

BB Bob

06-12-2010, 07:32 AM

Some puictures from last night

Sow scored a hattrick for Lille and is the top scorer in L1

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/sow-serial-buteur.jpg

Lacombe under pressure at Monaco

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/guy-lacombe-454.jpg

Lisandro aves the day for Lyon

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/lisandro-a-la-mosson-samedi-soir.jpg

Rivière at ASSE - great potential but....

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/galtier-riviere-doit-apprendre.jpg

Loic Remy's return to Nice doesn't end as he wanted

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/rien-n-a-reussi-a-remy-contre-l-ogc-nice-de-sable.jpg

BB Bob

07-12-2010, 07:52 PM

Breathe out Phil

Clermont 2 Ajaccio 0

philsick

07-12-2010, 08:26 PM

:lux:

GodstoneEagle

11-12-2010, 09:27 PM

Lille, lunty cucks

kabbott

12-12-2010, 03:55 PM

All last night's results:

19:00 Stade Brestois 29 0 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 SM Caen 0 - 0 OGC Nice
19:00 FC Lorient 3 - 0 RC Lens
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 1 - 0 FC Sochaux Montbéliard
19:00 Valenciennes FC 1 - 2 Paris Saint-Germain
19:00 AC Arles Avignon 0 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
21:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 1 Olympique de Marseille

Half-time scores. Lyon are playing really well (Lisandro, Gomis) albeit against a rather weak-looking Toulouse side. Monaco relegation candidates?

Olympique Lyonnais 2 - 0 Toulouse FC (HT)
AS Monaco FC 0 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne (HT)

21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux v Stade Rennais FC

Complete Coupe de France scores later, including an easy Clermont victory and a Grenoble defeat yet again.

kabbott

18-12-2010, 09:25 AM

Good news Philsick, a "sparkling" performance at Reims.

Friday 17 December 2010
Postponed Stade Lavallois v Le Mans FC
Postponed FC Metz v FC Istres
20:00 AC Ajaccio 1 - 0 Angers SCO
20:00 ESTAC 1 - 1 Evian TG FC
20:00 Tours FC 0 - 2 Nîmes Olympique
20:00 Stade de Reims 1 - 3 Clermont Foot
20:00 Vannes OC 1 - 1 Havre AC
20:00 GF38 3 - 1 Dijon FCO
20:00 Châteauroux 1 - 1 US Boulogne CO
20:30 FC Nantes 0 - 0 CS Sedan

philsick

18-12-2010, 10:08 AM

EI EI EI OH
la ligue de football nous allons :p

BB Bob

18-12-2010, 11:36 AM

Some interesting games this weekend, finishing up on Sunday night which is probably more important for Marseille than Monaco. Lens v Caen is a real 6 pointer as well at the wrong end of the table. The Lensois faithful have really turned on the team in the last couple of weeks after a hapless run - there must be a change in the offing there. Dumas at Caen must be under a but of pressure too. PSG have got a good chance to cement their position at home to an out of sorts Monaco too.

Saturday 18 December 2010

19:00 Toulouse FC FC Lorient
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne AC Arles Avignon
19:00 Stade Rennais FC Valenciennes FC
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC AJ Auxerre
19:00 OGC Nice Stade Brestois 29
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco FC

Sunday 19 December 2010

17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole AS Nancy Lorraine
17:00 RC Lens SM Caen
17:00 FC Sochaux Montbéliard Girondins de Bordeaux
21:00 Olympique de Marseille Olympique Lyonnais

I think I read somewhere that Rod Fanni is off to Marseille in the window. Arsenal have also been linked to Hazard - a good move for him, I would have thought.

BB Bob

18-12-2010, 06:58 PM

Tonights results

LIGUE 1 - 18E JOURNÉE

Terminé

Rennes (4) 1 - 0 Valenciennes (16)
Kana-Biyik (90e+3)

Terminé

Nice (15) 1 - 1 Brest (6)
Ljuboja (6e)
Martial (12e)

Terminé

Saint-Etienne (7) 2 - 0 Arles-Avignon (20)
Batlles (51e)
Rivière (52e)

Terminé

Montpellier (9) 1 - 1 Auxerre (14)
Belhanda (59e)
Traoré (76e)

Terminé

Toulouse (12) 3 - 0 Lorient (11)
Machado (15e, 60e sp)
Santander (67e)

BB Bob

18-12-2010, 09:58 PM

1f65

Paris-SG (2) 2 - 2 Monaco (17)
Nenê (40e, 52e)
Puygrenier (32e)
Niculae (88e)

A missed opportunity for PSG tonight as they failed to beat Monaco at home. A real chance for les Gones tomorrow night at the Velodrome to reassert themselves...

BB Bob

19-12-2010, 10:04 AM

Some festive wear for Téfécé

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/machado-le-pere-noel-de-toulouse-samedi-contre-lorient.jpg

A big game tonight....

http://img.lequipe.fr/FF_v4/Medias/Photos/201012/650x475/om-ol-le-choc.jpg

A bit of relief for Guy Lacombe at the Parc last night

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/lacombe-un-point-tres-precieux.jpg

Eric Roy has done a pretty good job with no resources at Nice

http://img.lequipe.fr/FF_v4/Medias/Photos/201012/650x475/roy-18e-journee.jpg

and ASSE get the train back on the road

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/saint-etienne-enchaine.jpg

and a 93rd minute winner at Rennes keeps their season going well

http://img.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/201012/650x475/kana-biyik-a-parfaitement-coupe-un-corner-de-lemoine-pour-of.jpg

kabbott

19-12-2010, 10:16 AM

I'm really looking forward to tonight's game. If it's anything like last year's "match du siècle" (5:5), I'll be happy.
It's pretty windy up here at the moment, so I hope the Mistral won't spoil things tonight as it's probably blowing all the way down the Rhône valley. The sooner OM put a bit of roofing on their stands, the better.

Allez l'OL!
Qui ne saute pas n'est pas Lyonnais ...

BB Bob

20-12-2010, 09:35 AM

Sundays results (and postponements)

Sunday 19 December 2010

Postponed RC Lens SM Caen

Postponed LOSC Lille Métropole AS Nancy Lorraine

17:00 FC Sochaux Montbéliard 1 - 1 Girondins de Bordeaux

21:00 Olympique de Marseille 1 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais

Giving us a table of:-

Team GD Pts
1 LOSC Lille Métropole +12 31
2 Paris Saint-Germain +11 31
3 Stade Rennais FC +7 31
4 Olympique Lyonnais +5 30
5 Olympique de Marseille +10 28
6 AS Saint-Etienne +6 28
7 Stade Brestois 29 +5 27
8 Toulouse FC +2 27
9 Girondins de Bordeaux +3 26
10 Montpellier Hérault SC -4 26
11 FC Sochaux Montbéliard +7 25
12 FC Lorient -2 24
13 AJ Auxerre +3 22
14 OGC Nice -4 22
15 AS Nancy Lorraine -7 22
16 Valenciennes FC -1 19
17 AS Monaco FC -2 16

18 SM Caen -10 15
19 RC Lens -15 15
20 AC Arles Avignon -26 7

BB Bob

20-12-2010, 09:36 AM

There is a midweek round this week as the final fixtures before the winter break:-

Tuesday 21 December 2010

21:00 FC Lorient Montpellier Hérault SC

Wednesday 22 December 2010

19:00 AC Arles Avignon OGC Nice

19:00 Stade Brestois 29 Olympique de Marseille

19:00 SM Caen Stade Rennais FC

19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole AS Saint-Etienne

19:00 Olympique Lyonnais AJ Auxerre

19:00 AS Monaco FC FC Sochaux Montbéliard

19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Paris Saint-Germain

19:00 Valenciennes FC Toulouse FC

21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux RC Lens

kabbott

20-12-2010, 11:20 AM

Olympique de Marseille 1 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais

Not a bad game. Lyon will be happier with a point than Marseille. Who would have thought that three of Lyon's better players last night were Lovren, Makoun and Gomis, more often the target of Lyon's boo-boo boys? And who would have thought that Lyon would play so well without Cris, Toulalan and Gourcuff?

BB Bob

20-12-2010, 11:31 AM

Here is the L2 table:-

Rang Equipe Pts J. G. N. P. p. c. Diff.
1 Evian TG 32 18 8 8 2 30 18 12
2 Le Mans 32 17 9 5 3 22 15 7
3 Sedan 29 18 7 8 3 32 18 14

4 Le Havre 29 18 7 8 3 19 13 6
5 Tours FC 29 18 8 5 5 25 21 4
6 AC Ajaccio 27 18 7 6 5 18 18 0
7 Nantes 26 18 6 8 4 18 14 4
8 Châteauroux 26 18 7 5 6 20 21 -1
9 Dijon 24 18 6 6 6 28 24 4
10 Nîmes 23 18 6 5 7 16 16 0
11 Troyes 23 18 6 5 7 16 16 0
12 Boulogne 23 18 4 11 3 13 13 0
13 Clermont Foot 22 18 5 7 6 25 27 -2
14 Angers 22 18 5 7 6 15 17 -2
15 Istres 20 17 4 8 5 13 17 -4
16 Laval 19 17 4 7 6 12 14 -2
17 Vannes OC 17 18 4 5 9 13 29 -16

18 Metz 16 17 3 7 7 12 15 -3
19 Reims 16 18 3 7 8 19 25 -6
20 Grenoble 14 18 4 2 12 15 30 -15

A bit of breathing room for Clermont at last

BB Bob

20-12-2010, 11:34 AM

I know what you are thinking. What about the National?

Here you go - and it looks like 5 go down!

Rang Equipe Pts J. G. N. P. p. c. Diff.
1 Bastia 42 18 13 3 2 36 11 25
2 Guingamp 38 18 11 5 2 35 15 20
3 Amiens 35 19 10 5 4 25 14 11

4 Cannes 35 19 9 8 2 25 12 13
5 Beauvais 32 19 8 8 3 25 21 4
6 Rouen 29 18 7 8 3 22 16 6
7 Niort 29 19 8 5 6 23 15 8
8 Paris FC 28 18 6 10 2 24 15 9
9 Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël 27 17 7 6 4 19 14 5
10 Luzenac 27 19 7 6 6 21 15 6
11 Strasbourg 26 18 5 11 2 21 13 8
12 Plabennec 24 19 6 6 7 20 24 -4
13 Créteil-Lusitanos 22 17 6 4 7 14 16 -2
14 Pacy-sur-Eure 18 17 6 3 8 14 17 -3
15 Gap 18 17 5 3 9 21 30 -9
16 Rodez 17 18 5 2 11 18 33 -15

17 Orléans 17 18 3 8 7 19 23 -4
18 Bayonne 15 18 3 6 9 10 26 -16
19 Colmar 9 17 2 3 12 9 28 -19
20 UJA Alfortville 8 18 1 5 12 14 39 -25
21 Gueugnon 8 17 1 5 11 8 26 -18

kabbott

20-12-2010, 12:11 PM

Snow joke en version originale:

Un camionneur est arreté au feu rouge. Une blonde sort de sa voiture, frappe à sa vitre et dit : "Je suis Julie et vous perdez votre cargaison !". Le camionneur ignore et continue sa route. Au 2ème feu rouge, la blonde revient et lui dit "Je suis Julie et vous perdez votre cargaison !... ". Le routier descend et lui crie "JE SUIS DEDE, C'EST L'HIVER, IL NEIGE ET JE CONDUIS LE CAMION DE SEL DE LA D.D.E CONNASSE!!!

BB Bob

20-12-2010, 12:39 PM

1fe3

On the subject of snow, I quite like this one too (apologies to the non-french speakers and quebecois)

Voici l’histoire d’un couple français qui vient tout juste de déménager au Québec.

1er août
Nous venons d’emménager dans notre nouvelle maison au Québec. C’est très beau ici.
Tout est si immense, si sauvage, les montagnes sont si majestueuses.
J’ai bien hâte de les voir recouvertes de neige et de voir le fleuve pris dans la glace.

Le 1er octobre
Le Québec est le plus bel endroit du monde. Les feuilles des arbres ont pris toutes les teintes possibles de rouge et d’orange. Nous sommes allés nous promener en montagne et nous avons vu des chevreuils. Quelles gracieuses créatures ! Ce sont certainement les plus beaux animaux de la création. Cet endroit est le paradis sur terre ! J’adore.

1er novembre
La saison de chasse au chevreuil est commencée. Je ne peux pas croire qu’on puisse tuer un si bel animal. J’espère qu’il neigera bientôt.
J’aime vraiment le Québec (sauf en ce qui concerne ses lois sur la chasse, bien sûr, mais il est vrai que nature et sauvagerie vont un peu de paire.).

1er décembre
Il a neigé cette nuit. Nous nous sommes réveillés ce matin pour découvrir que tout était devenu blanc. Une vraie carte postale ! Nous sommes tous sortis et avons fait un combat de boules de neige. C’était vraiment le pied ! Quel bel endroit ! L’air est pur, tout est propre et blanc.
C’est magnifique !

10 décembre
Encore de la neige hier soir. C’est merveilleux ! La charrue nous a encore fait une petite blague dans l’entrée. (les Québécois appellent " charrue " le camion-déblayeur qui pousse la neige hors des chemins. Une autre de leurs expressions cocasses si typiques) Les Québécois sont sympas.
De bons vivants qui aiment s’amuser malgré la neige et le froid, quoi !

15 décembre
Encore de la neige hier soir. J’ai été un peu embêté hier parce que je n’ai pas pu sortir la voiture de la cour pour aller travailler. La neige, c’est beau, mais j’avoue que je suis un peu épuisé de pelleter. " Crisse " de charrue, comme disent si typiquement les Québécois !
" Crisse " est un juron utilisé par les habitants de ce pays à la tradition catholique très imprégnée. Les habitants semblent l’utiliser assez fréquemment, à cause de l’hiver peut-être. À éviter quand même, car il s’agit d’une expression vulgaire, me disent même les gens d’ici. Je crois que leur manque de vocabulaire amène les Québécois à utiliser ce juron plutôt que des expressions plus recherchées.

21 décembre
Il est encore tombé de la marde blanche hier soir. Tu ne le croiras pas mais j’ai des ampoules plein les mains à force de pelleter. Je crois que le gars de la " charrue " se cache dans un coin de la rue et attend que je finisse de pelleter pour remplir la cour à nouveau. J’ai d’abord cru qu’il nous faisait ça parce que nous étions nouveaux au pays, mais je crois maintenant que c’est parce qu’il est fondamentalement un calisse de chien sale (" Calisse de chien sale " est une expression parfois employée par les gens d’ici pour désigner ceux avec qui ils ont des conflits ou qu’ils n’aiment carrément pas.)

25 décembre
Joyeux Noël ! " Hostie de crisse de temps des fêtes à marde ", comme ils disent parfois ici. Il est encore tombé de la tabarnac de neige.
("Tabarnac c’est un autre juron catholique qui vient du mot "tabernacle").
Un Noël blanc, c’est bien beau, mais n’empêche que si jamais je mets la main sur le calisse de chien sale qui conduit la charrue, j’men vas y faire faire un hostie de boutte sur les coudes.
(Autre expression typique, mais j’imagine que tu commences à t’en foutre des expressions typiques). Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ils n’épandent pas plus de sel (ils disent " calcium ", ces cons) sur les routes pour faire fondre la glace.

27 décembre
C’est pas croyable mais il est encore tombé de la crisse de neige hier soir !.
Et ce matin, on se les gèle à se les fendre. Ça fait trois jours qu’on n’est pas sortis de la maison, sauf pour pelleter la tabarnac d’entrée à chaque fois que le calisse de sale passe avec son hostie de charrue ! On peut pas aller nulle part.
Le char (ils disent "char " au lieu de voiture parce qu’ils ont tous la bouche gelée) était pris dans une véritable montagne de neige. Quand j’ai eu enfin fini de tout gratter, le crisse de bazou voulait pu partir à cause du frette. Y faisait moins vingt-sept à matin, calice ! ça se peut presque pas ! Avec le facteur vent à marde, ça faisait moins 44 ; incroyable ! Tu vas pas pisser dehors avec un temps pareil, j’te jure ! Sauf que nous, il faut qu’on aille pomper l’eau à bras dans le hangar à côté. Si on avait su, on aurait acheté une maison avec pompe électrique et puits intégrés, comme eux !
Ce midi, la gonzesse de la météo annonçait qu’il ferait un peu plus chaud mais qu’il allait tomber 10 pouces de plus de neige " à soir ". Dix pouces, ça fait dans les 25 centimètres.

28 décembre
Dans le trognon, la connasse ! On en a eu pour 24 pouces de c’te calisse de marde-là ! 24 pouces, crisse de calisse de tabarnac ! Soixante centimètres !
Non, mais tu te rends compte ? ça sera pas fondu avant l’mois d’août, ça calvaire ! Pis tu le croiras pas, mais la charrue est restée prise dans le banc de neige en face, pis l’hostie d’écœurant qui la conduit est venu cogner chez nous pour demander s’il pouvait emprunter ma pelle ! Après lui avoir dit que j’avais passé au travers de six pelles pour pelleter toute la marde qu’il m’avait poussée dans l’entrée, j’y ai cassé la septième sur sa crisse de tête de con !

30 janvier
On a fini par sortir de la maison aujourd’hui. On a enfin pu se rendre à l’épicerie pour acheter de quoi manger, mais en revenant un calisse de chevreuil s’est crissé devant le char pis je l’ai fessé. J’ai pour 3000$ de dommages ! L’hostie d’imbécile m’a vu arriver. Comment ça se fait que les hosties de chasseurs les ont pas tous tués au mois de novembre, ces pourritures-là ? J’ai jamais pensé qu’un animal puisse être si stupide !

1er mai
J’ai emmené le char au garage. Y est plein d’hosties de trous !
Plein, d’un boutte à l’autre, calvaire ! Y a pas six pouces carrés qu’y a pas de rouille, calisse, à cause de l’hostie de calcium qu’ils mettent partout dans les chemins, c’te gang de tabarnac d’épais-là ! [Ca peut ben leur coûter cher de vivre icitte, hostie de calisse ! Y scrappent un char par année, c’est sûr, à marcher d’même, gang de niaiseux !]

30 mai
Ma blonde pis moé, on a décidé de crisser notre camp en France.
La neige a même pas fini de fondre dans le bois que les hosties de maringouins pis les tabarnac de mouches noires commencent à sortir. On peut même pas prendre une bière dehors sans en avoir plein la face, calisse, moi qui voulait profiter de mon beau lac !

J’en ai plein le cul du Québec ! J’peux pas comprendre qu’y aille du monde aussi innocent pour rester dans un crisse de trou pareil.

kabbott

21-12-2010, 11:07 AM

Last matches before "la trêve hivernale":

Tuesday 21 December 2010

21:00 FC Lorient v Montpellier Hérault SC

Wednesday 22 December 2010

19:00 AC Arles Avignon v OGC Nice
19:00 Stade Brestois v Olympique de Marseille
19:00 SM Caen v Stade Rennais FC
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole v AS Saint-Etienne
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais v AJ Auxerre
19:00 AS Monaco FC v FC Sochaux Montbéliard
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine v Paris Saint-Germain
19:00 Valenciennes FC v Toulouse FC

21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux RC Lens

GodstoneEagle

21-12-2010, 02:10 PM

predictions?

BB Bob

21-12-2010, 02:23 PM

21:00 FC Lorient v Montpellier Hérault SC HOME WIN

Wednesday 22 December 2010

19:00 AC Arles Avignon v OGC Nice NO SCORE DRAW (IF THEY PLAYED UNTIL XMAS)
19:00 Stade Brestois v Olympique de Marseille BREST AREN@T BAD, BUT ARE OFF THE BOIL. AWAY WIN
19:00 SM Caen v Stade Rennais FC RENNES PLAYING WELL AWAY WIN
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole v AS Saint-Etienne TOUGH ONE - HOME WIN (or Postponed)
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais v AJ Auxerre LES GONES ON A ROLL, HOME WIN
19:00 AS Monaco FC v FC Sochaux Montbéliard THEY MUST WIN ONE SOME TIME - HOME WIN
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine v Paris Saint-Germain AWAY WIN
19:00 Valenciennes FC v Toulouse FC DRAW

21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux RC Lens BORDEAUX BAD, LENS WORSE. HOME WIN

BB Bob

21-12-2010, 08:58 PM

I don't know what the collective noun is for people from Clermont Ferrand. Les Clermontais? Les Ferrandais? Les Clermont Ferrondais? Whatever, Phil. They are all a bit sick after a 90th minute equaliser at home to bottom of the table Grenoble. Pere Noel clearly wasn't smiling on you tonight! A bit of a shock at Evian too - still it is the season for champagne.....

LIGUE 1 - 19E JOURNÉE

90eLorient (12) 0 - 0 Montpellier (10)

LIGUE 2 - 19E JOURNÉE

Terminé

Evian TG (1) 1 - 2 Reims (19)
Angoula (90e)
Fauré (3e)
Barbier (29e)

Terminé
Le Mans (2) 0 - 1 Vannes OC (17)
Reset (67e)

Terminé
Angers (14) 2 - 2 Tours FC (5)
De Freitas (13e)
Charbonnier (52e sp)
Genevois (39e)
Faucher (83e)

Terminé
Istres (15) 2 - 2 AC Ajaccio (6)
Akrour (62e)
Adeilson (89e)
Rivière (8e)
Delort (54e)

Terminé
Boulogne (12) 0 - 1 Dijon (9)
Sankharé (74e)

Terminé
Nîmes (10) 2 - 0 Metz (18)
Moukandjo (34e)
Benezet (51e)

Terminé
Laval (16) 0 - 0 Troyes (11)

Terminé
Clermont Foot (13) 2 - 2 Grenoble (20)
Privat (40e)
Alessandrini (45e)
Dieuze (47e)
Mandrichi (90e)

philsick

21-12-2010, 09:20 PM

Consistant inconsistancy as per.

GodstoneEagle

21-12-2010, 09:29 PM

grenoble looking at consecutive relegations?

kabbott

21-12-2010, 10:05 PM

grenoble looking at consecutive relegations?

Shades of Palace '74-'76. :sob:

BB Bob

22-12-2010, 07:49 AM

Has the Japanese money run out/off?

BB Bob

23-12-2010, 07:42 AM

Last nights results:-

Tuesday 21 December 2010

21:00 FC Lorient 0 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC

Wednesday 22 December 2010

19:00 AC Arles Avignon 0 - 0 OGC Nice

19:00 Stade Brestois 29 0 - 0 Olympique de Marseille

19:00 SM Caen 1 - 0 Stade Rennais FC

19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 1 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne

19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 1 AJ Auxerre

19:00 AS Monaco FC 2 - 1 FC Sochaux Montbéliard

19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 2 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain

19:00 Valenciennes FC 2 - 1 Toulouse FC

21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 2 - 2 RC Lens

It's very tight at the top

Team GD Pts
1 LOSC Lille Métropole +12 32
2 Paris Saint-Germain +9 31
3 Stade Rennais FC +6 31
4 Olympique Lyonnais +5 31
5 Olympique de Marseille +10 29
6 AS Saint-Etienne +6 29
7 Stade Brestois 29 +5 28
8 Girondins de Bordeaux +3 27
9 Toulouse FC +1 27
10 Montpellier Hérault SC -4 27
11 FC Sochaux Montbéliard +6 25
12 FC Lorient -2 25
13 AS Nancy Lorraine -5 25
14 AJ Auxerre +3 23
15 OGC Nice -4 23
16 Valenciennes FC 0 22
17 AS Monaco FC -1 19
18 SM Caen -9 18
19 RC Lens -15 16
20 AC Arles Avignon -26 8

kabbott

23-12-2010, 09:44 AM

Has the Japanese money run out/off?

They're about to sell up. They've left a lovely stadium all the same. Shame there'll only be about 1,000 fans to watch them in National next season.

kabbott

29-12-2010, 01:21 PM

L'Equipe's Ligue 1 team of 2010:

Lloris (OL)

Réveillère (OL)
Diawara (OM)
Mbia (OM)
Trémoulinas (Bordeaux)

M'Vila (Rennes)
Lucho (OM)
Cabaye (Lille)

Valbuena (OM)
Lisandro (OL)
Hazard (Lille)

The second XI would be:

Mandanda (OM), Hengbart (Auxerre), Mangane (Rennes), Spahic (Montpellier), Heinze (OM), Pedretti (Auxerre), Diarra (Bordeaux), Gourcuff (OL), Gervinho (Lille), Gameiro (Lorient), Nenê (PSG)

kabbott

29-12-2010, 01:25 PM

A bit of transfer news:

Bellion has been loaned out to Nice from Bordeaux until the end of the season.

Poté, who Nice signed from Clérmont in the summer, has been loaned out to Le Mans for 6 months.

waddoneagle

29-12-2010, 02:17 PM

How can a city as big as Paris only have one top team ?

kabbott

29-12-2010, 03:54 PM

201c

How can a city as big as Paris only have one top team ?

France is not a football country like England, Germany, Italy or Spain. They don't have a big enough number of supporters to have, say, more than one "top" club in Paris or any other big city for that. Apart from Paris St Germain, Lyon, Marseille and St Etienne, fans rarely travel to away games in large numbers. Plenty of idiots, however, asking me which one of the Big Four I support. :hmph: I then give them the lecture on what a real football club is and means.

BB Bob

29-12-2010, 04:33 PM

A bit of transfer news:

Bellion has been loaned out to Nice from Bordeaux until the end of the season.

Poté, who Nice signed from Clérmont in the summer, has been loaned out to Le Mans for 6 months.

Quite pleased with that. There have been rumours around about this one for a while as Bellion obviously doesn't feature in Tigana's plans, although whether Tigana features in Bordeaux's is also an interesting question. The bosses have given him no money to spend in the transfer window, so he has to free up something somewhere. I'd suggest freeing up some space on his CV, personally.

Bellion did well last time he as at the Stade du Ray and we could certainly do with someone who can score. Eric Roy is quietly getting on with a good job in Nice with precious little resource. There is a new stadium planned for the Euros, but that is a way off and in the meantime money is short. Poté needs some game time, so the loan move suits too.

kabbott

30-12-2010, 04:08 PM

Slightly off topic, but if you were French, would you travel with this airline company?

http://media.koreus.com/200606/1image-avion07.jpg

BB Bob

04-01-2011, 10:18 AM

No surprise that there has been a change at Lens:-

Bölöni delighted to be back

László Bölöni has spoken of his delight at returning to football after being handed the task of steering Lens away from the Ligue 1 relegation zone.

The experienced Romanian has been out of work since leaving his post as coach of Al-Wahda in the United Arab Emirates in the autumn, and returns to France where he has enjoyed previous spells in charge of Nancy, Rennes and Monaco.

“The easy option would have been to stay at home but I love the job too much. It’s like a drug to me,” he said after being presented to the media on Sunday. “I give a hundred percent at everything I do, whether it be at training or playing cards with my daughter. I like to go to bed at night feeling that I have given my club everything that day, that way I can sleep more easily. I am also going to try and become a Ch’timi (the name given to residents of the North) as quickly as possible. I know they are a tough people but they have big hearts.”

Despite his delight at being back in Ligue 1, Bölöni is in no doubt as to the size of the task that awaits him at the Stade Félix-Bollaert. However, the man who has won league titles in Portugal with Sporting and in Belgium with Standard Liège called on the squad to pull together in order to climb the table.

'Such a waste'

“Lens are going through a bad patch just now,” he admitted. “When I look around at the facilities and the support this club has it seems like such a waste. I am not here to judge but rather to work as well as possible with the players and get them out of this situation.

“The first thing I did when I met the players was to wish them good health. Then I emphasised the importance of respect. We need to put our egos to one side. Everyone has their own interests, but we must focus on the collective now. Being a footballer is possibly the best job in the world, but to me training remains my job. I demand concentration, and physical and mental presence. If that is the definition of a firm-handed coach, then that is what I am.

“There are always problems in a dressing room. When I was at Sporting, I had players who didn’t get on but that didn’t stop us from winning the title. When you are in a negative spiral, all the problems come to the surface. Respect is the most important thing. We will sort out our problems by talking about them.”

'Capable of adapting quickly'

Lens president Gervais Martel said that Jean-Guy Wallemme had asked to be relieved of his duties as coach after two-and-a-half years at the helm, and insisted that Bölöni was always his first choice to take over.

“He has come close to taking over here a couple of times in the past. He is someone I knew and have always followed. He is capable of adapting quickly and we will provide him with all the means necessary to succeed.”

Bölöni will work with a new backroom staff at the Stade Félix-Bollaert, after Martel confirmed Georges Tournay will return to the club for his third spell as assistant coach. Jacques Santini, Michel Etorre and Colbert Marlot seem set to follow Wallemme out of the door.

Bölöni’s first match will be a friendly against Borussia Dortmund at their Spanish training camp this Wednesday. His first competitive outing will be the French Cup tie away to Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday evening.

kabbott

08-01-2011, 09:49 AM

And a "Bonne Année" from me to all Championnat fans.

It's the equivalent of the 3rd round of the French Cup over here this weekend and loads of potential banana skins. Cup upsets are more frequent over here because these games come straight after the winter break. The amateur clubs probably train more than the pros if they've got a big Ligue 1 club to play, and the big clubs tend to use the Cup game as a preparation for next week's first Ligue game after the break.

And what about Philsick? A real dilemma here with Clermont v St Etienne! Where will his loyalties lie?

vendredi 7 janvier 2011
Toulouse (L1) 1-2 Paris FC (Nat)
samedi 8 janvier 2011

Créteil-Lusitanos (Nat) - Nice (L1)
Chambéry (CFA2) - Monaco (L1)
Troyes (L2) - Metz (L2)
Wasquehal (CFA2) - Auxerre (L1)
Poissy (CFA) - Strasbourg (Nat)
Arles-Avignon (L1) - Sedan (L2)
Forbach (CFA2) - Lille (L1)
Nîmes (L2) - Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël (Nat)
Nantes (L2) - Cognac (CFA2)
Chauvigny (DH) - Le Mans (L2)
Avranches (CFA) - Fontenay-le-Comte (CFA)
US Montagnarde (CFA2) - Drancy (CFA)
Bordeaux (L1) - Rouen (Nat)
Angers (L2) - Valenciennes (L1)
Trélissac (CFA2) - Quevilly (CFA)
Cherbourg (CFA) - Le Poiré-sur-Vie (CFA)
Paris-SG (L1) - Lens (L1)
Caen (L1) - Lyon (L1)
Reims (L2) - Montpellier (L1)
Saint-Etienne (L1) - Clermont Foot (L2)
Lorient (L1) - Vannes OC (L2)
Jarville (CFA2) - Sochaux (L1)

dimanche 9 janvier 2011

Aurillac (CFA) - Nancy (L1)
Martigues (CFA) - Paray (DH)
Issy-les-Moulineaux (DH) - Brest (L1)
Raon-l'Étape (CFA) - Sézanne (DH)
Agen (CFA2) - Poitiers (CFA2)
Boulogne (L2) - Amiens (Nat)
Rennes (L1) - Cannes (Nat)
Evian TG (L2) - Marseille (L1)

samedi 15 janvier 2011

Vaulx-en-Velin (DH) - Jura Sud (CFA)

kabbott

08-01-2011, 09:52 AM

There are 6 clubs still in the Coupe from the "DH" (Division d'Honneur) which is the equivalent of Division 6 (whatever that is in England now).

CFA2 = Division 5
CFA = Division 4
National = Division 3
Ligue 2
Ligue 1

Latvian Eagle

08-01-2011, 10:13 AM

Well in England it would go...

1. Premier League
2. Championship
3. League 1
4. League 2
5. Blue Square Premier
6. Blue Square North / South
7. Ryman Premier / Northern Premier

kabbott

08-01-2011, 11:22 AM

Well in England it would go...

1. Premier League
2. Championship
3. League 1
4. League 2
5. Blue Square Premier
6. Blue Square North / South
7. Ryman Premier / Northern Premier

What happened to those Conference leagues?
The last time I watched a non-league match was Croydon at home when they were trying to stay up in the Rothmans Isthmian (sp?) League some time in the late 70s. Their best player was an ageing, baldy CF whose name I can't remember who had some kind of local legend status IIRC. His first name might have been Barry ...

kabbott

08-01-2011, 07:47 PM

As predicted, an avalanche of "Coupesets" already, the biggest surely being the defeat of Monaco by Chambéry (CFA2). It's half-time in the evening kick-offs. I'll post all the scores, including Clermont v ASSE, later.

Latvian Eagle

08-01-2011, 07:53 PM

What happened to those Conference leagues?
The last time I watched a non-league match was Croydon at home when they were trying to stay up in the Rothmans Isthmian (sp?) League some time in the late 70s. Their best player was an ageing, baldy CF whose name I can't remember who had some kind of local legend status IIRC. His first name might have been Barry ...

Well the Blue Square Premier is what was the GM Vauxhall Conference, or the Football Conference.

Conference North and South were introduced in 2004 so they are relatively new.

Ryman Premier (real name Isthmian league) and Southern Premier League gain promotion to Conference South, and in the North teams from the Northern Premier and Southern Premier gain promotion to the Conference North.

Not sure how teams from the Southern Premier can go into either division but there we go. Below the Premier of each of these levels is a Division one and so on.

philsick

08-01-2011, 08:01 PM

I'll post all the scores, including Clermont v ASSE, later.

Tried to stream it on myp2p,but it wont work.:(

Would it be hard to get tickets for ASSE v lyon on the 12th feb,as i will be in the auvergne then.Would i have to preorder,or could i get them on the day?

BB Bob

08-01-2011, 09:45 PM

Merde alors, Phil

Asse 0 clermont 2

I'm in nice this weekend and asked someone I know who is un vrai nissart if he'd seen the Nice score - la bataille a Creteil as I wittily dubbed it. His response was, basically, who cares, its the coupe de france. Magic of the cup, my back passage! Nobody seemed to care less. (We won on penalties by the
way)

philsick

08-01-2011, 09:48 PM

Bloody hell.I hope clermont tak confidence from that into the league and Asse aren't bothered.

Latvian Eagle

08-01-2011, 10:20 PM

Does anyone know much about the game in the 70's I think where Bordeux played a game without a goalkeeper in protest?