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BB Bob
08-11-2009, 09:41 PM
;) Just cos you are paranoid doesn't mean that the bastards aren't out to get you, you know
A great advert for le Championnat though
Latvian Eagle
09-11-2009, 11:16 AM
Great result! :D
Who do you guys think is honestly better Mandanda or Lloris?
BB Bob
09-11-2009, 11:21 AM
Personally, I would say Hugo Lloris (but I might be biased as he an another ex-Niçois). He is young, though, and still learning at this level and prone to the occasional gaffe.
I've never been totally convinced with Mandanda myself, but he is young too. Maybe I need to cut him some slack.
Latvian Eagle
09-11-2009, 11:22 AM
I still like Carasso. What's your thoughts on him?
BB Bob
09-11-2009, 06:17 PM
I like him. A good signing for Bordeaux for sure. He isn't the biggest of keepers though (or doesn't seem it at any event).
kabbott
09-11-2009, 07:56 PM
Something like that ...
http://www.frenchleague.com/photo/grandFormat/0910_L1_lyon_marseille_lisandro_lopez_mono.jpg
http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14492
ANALYSIS: OL-OM, simply the best!
Every now and again, a match of football can stand out from the crowd; can be so astonishing that it defies all logic as fans, coaches and commentators alike, can only look on in gob-smacked disbelief. Lyon’s 5-5 draw with Marseille was one such game. Ligue1.com chief editor Robbie Thomson asks the question: How do you analyse such a crazy match of football?
Whenever you have a 5-5 score-line these days, you'll always find more than one modern-day football purist to turn his nose up the entertainment and highlight defensive shortcomings, tactical ignorance or individual mistakes as the causes of the result.
Title favourites, world class players
But that would be doing Lyon and Marseille a disservice.
This game was not an all-conquering juggernaut against a promoted minnow. There were no lambs to the slaughter, here. This was a match between two of the title favourites, both squads packed with international talent including two of the best goalkeepers in Europe.
So just how did this happen?
Allocate blame?
Didier Deschamps and Claude Puel were rightly frustrated with their side's performances. When your side concedes five goals in 90 minutes after conceding 10 and 11, respectively, in the previous 900, then you can safely assume that all was not tip top at the back.
And yes, it is possible to allocate blame, either individually or collectively for the goal-fest.
From Vitorino Hilton's wayward defensive header and Stéphane Mbia's poor positioning for Miralem Pjanic's opening goal on three minutes, to Cris allowing himself to be turned by Mamadou Niang and Jérémy Toulalan misjudging the flight of the ball for OM's final equaliser on 93 minutes!
Credit where credit's due!
But is it really worth picking out the faulty party? Or sometimes, just every now and again, can we pay a little credit to the attackers and playmakers - the risk takers?
This season France's clubs have bought big, and the goals are flowing, at an average of over 2.6 per game. Already this season Ligue 1 has seen eight 3-2's, four 4-1's, a 4-2 and a 5-2 before Sunday's extravaganza.
Obviously score-lines on their own are not enough to suggest Ligue 1 is soaring to new heights. But in terms of quality, skill and spectacle, the league is on the move as Bordeaux and Lyon have amply proven in qualifying for the last-16 of the Champions League.
But most importantly, everyone that saw Sunday's match at the Stade Gerland would have been struck by the skill and beauty of the goals!
Mind-boggling beauty
The individual technique of Pjanic, Govou, Brandao and Koné in the taking of their goals was nothing short of breathtaking. But at 4-4, new Brazil international Michel Bastos' goal was simply mind boggling from every way you look at it:
Lyon had just equalised with two goals in three minutes. They may have felt they'd gotten out of jail and settle for a share of the spoils. But they just kept on coming: Jean II Makoun for Pjanic, Lisandro, the flick for Bafetimbi Gomis, first time back for Pjanic. With Souleymane Diawara bearing down and Steve Mandanda coming out, Pjanic kept his cool, and his square ball across the area to Bastos was a piece of pure artistry, vision and wonder. The Brazilian's finish did the magnificent pass justice.
One of the best of all time!
Some of the greatest games of all time have been high-scoring affairs: England 3-6 Hungary, Real Madrid 6-3 Eintracht Frankfurt , Italy 4-3 West Germany, or more recently, AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool. These games aren't remembered for mix-ups at the back, but rather, the incredible skills and determination of the players that made a difference.
Olympique Lyonnais v Olympique de Marseille will, in time, be remembered as one of the best Ligue 1 matches of all time because it was a match of the highest calibre, between two of the very best sides in the country. That, and the fact that it finished 5-5 with four goals in the final ten minutes...
kabbott
09-11-2009, 08:06 PM
2418
The quality's not brilliant:
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GodstoneEagle
09-11-2009, 11:52 PM
What is Lloris doing for the Cheyrou goal? :eek:
BB Bob
16-11-2009, 07:46 AM
A couple of bits in the papers here this weekend. Apprently Portsmouth are looking at Hatam Ben Arfa from Marseille and Loic Remy from Nice. Ben Arfa seems to a case of unfulfilled potential and I susepect the OM would happily sell if the price was right. As for Remy, that is more difficult. He will certainly leave Nice in the off season anyway and will proabably end up at one of the bigger french clubs. Why go to a second string Premiership club (apart from the money, of course). He has got a bright career ahead of him, so hopefully he will stay in le Championnat for another couple of years where IMHO his future will be best served.
Maidstoned Eagle
16-11-2009, 07:55 AM
Something like that ...
http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14492
One of the best of all time!
Some of the greatest games of all time have been high-scoring affairs: England 3-6 Hungary, Real Madrid 6-3 Eintracht Frankfurt , Italy 4-3 West Germany, or more recently, AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool. These games aren't remembered for mix-ups at the back, but rather, the incredible skills and determination of the players that made a difference.
They missed out Palace 4 - 3 Liverpool.:veryangry
GodstoneEagle
18-11-2009, 11:12 PM
Kabbott, check PMs please :)
kabbott
19-11-2009, 05:45 AM
Kabbott, check PMs please :)
Will do tonight. I'm busy during the day.
Latvian Eagle
20-11-2009, 12:03 PM
Was going through the French team called up for the Play offs plus recent call ups (players missing through injuries etc).
This is what my France 23 would be for the World Cup next year.
Goalkeepers:
Hugo Lloris (Lyon)
Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Cedric Carasso (Bordeaux)
Defenders:
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
Julien Escude (Sevilla)
William Gallas (Arsenal)
Gael Clichy (Arsenal)
Eric Abidal (Barcelona)
Sebastien Squillachi (Sevilla)
Patrice Evra (Man Utd)
Midfielders:
Lass Diarra (Real Madrid)
Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
Sidney Govou (Lyon)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
Alou Diarra (Bordeaux)
Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon)
Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
Samir Nasri (Arsenal)
Forwards:
Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse) or poss Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon)
Thierry Henry (Barcelona)
GodstoneEagle
20-11-2009, 02:24 PM
I would take mexes.
Gignac ahead of Gomis
Latvian Eagle
20-11-2009, 04:03 PM
Never ever been a Mexes fan.
GodstoneEagle
20-11-2009, 04:32 PM
From your list I'd drop diaby or alou diarra (was shit against Ireland) for mexes. Plenty of midfield cover and even evra could push up.
philsick
20-11-2009, 05:35 PM
I'd defo leave domenech behind.
BB Bob
20-11-2009, 05:53 PM
Couldn't agree with phil more!
Gignac doesn't really look international class, either. Give Remy a go, maybe, or Gomis.
Flamini should be worth a look in Midfield too
kabbott
21-11-2009, 09:49 AM
http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14555
Marseille dominate Clasico
A 25-minute Gabriel Heinze header was enough for OM to take the honours in the Clasico, dominating a struggling Paris to climb to fourth place, just three points shy of leaders Bordeaux.
Friday November 20, 2009
Olympique de Marseille / Paris Saint-Germain : 1 - 0
Marseille produced a dominant display in the rescheduled Clasico, putting and end to a run of two straight draws with a solid if not emphatic 1-0 win over Paris Saint-German at the Stade Vélodrome on Friday night.
Didier Deschamps opted to start with Lucho Gonzalez on the bench and the wayward Hatem Ben Arfa in the stands, but even without these attacking assets OM took a firm grip on the match right from the off.
Early threats
Both Brandao and Mamadou Niang went close with headed efforts in the first five minutes, OM seemingly able to open up a hesitant Paris defence at will, with Mathieu Valbuena, Fabrice Abriel and Benoît Cheyrou providing precision as well as inspiration from midfield.
Deschamps made it clear following the 5-5 draw with Lyon that he was not impressed with having conceded so many and his words must have hit home, his side ably defending with 11 men, denying Paris the space and time to put together any meaningful passages of play.
Tactical superiority
Marseille's tactical superiority was most evident from set pieces and it was from a Fabrice Abriel free kick in the 25th minute that Marseille secured the three points.
Much of the Paris defence went missing as Marseille flooded the area and it was Argentine international Gabriel Heinze who nodded Abriel's floated ball past Grégory Coupet for his first Ligue 1 goal for OM – against his former team.
Shut down
Antoine Kombouaré's Paris side, still without star striker Guillaume Hoarau and sorely missing captain Claude Makelele's steel in midfield, seemed at a loss as to how to overcome the movement, pressing and fluid play of their hosts.
Denied the space to create attacking moves and constantly forced to drop back to defend against Marseille's insistent incursions, the Paris midfield could offer little support to lone striker Mevlut Erding, whose best chance came in the 38th minute when his low shot on the turn from 6 yards drew an excellent diving save from Steve Mandanda.
Niang hits the post
Yet it was Marseille that went closest to troubling the scorers when Niang saw his 20-metre drive come cannoning off the post after a fine finger-tip save from Grégory Coupet in the visitors' goal on 41 minutes.
Stéphane Sessegnon was effectively shackled by the attentions of first Charles Mbia (who went off with an ankle injury in the 19th minute) and then his replacement Edouard Cissé, another Paris old boy, leaving the men from the capital little inspiration with which to chase the equaliser.
OM move to within striking distance
Despite finishing much stronger after the entrance of Ludovic Giuly on 70 minutes, Paris failed to seriously threaten Deschamps' men, and the scoreline remained at 1-0 at the final whistle.
Marseille take an important step forward with the win, climbing within striking distance of leaders Bordeaux, and doing so in a manner that suggests their inconsistent start to the season may well be behind them.
Alarm bells
No doubt Deschamps will be disappointed his side failed to kill off a match they so roundly dominated, but certainly Antoine Kombouaré would choose to have that headache rather than the one that has seen his side win just one of their last eight league matches.
Now in 13th place, alarm bells are surely ringing at the capital club and Kombouaré has some serious work to do to sort out his side's tactical and technical problems before the season turns into an all-too familiar fight against relegation.
1fba
kabbott
21-11-2009, 10:13 AM
Loto sportif time again:
Week 14 - Saturday, November 21, 2009
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Valenciennes FC DRAW
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 Olympique Lyonnais AWAY
19:00 RC Lens AS Nancy Lorraine DRAW
19:00 Stade Rennais FC Le Mans UC 72 HOME
21:00 AJ Auxerre AS Monaco FC AWAY
Week 14 - Sunday, November 22, 2009
17:00 OGC Nice Toulouse FC HOME
17:00 AS Saint-Etienne FC Lorient HOME
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC LOSC Lille Métropole AWAY
Week 14 - Wednesday, December 02, 2009
19:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale Paris Saint-Germain
19:00 Olympique de Marseille FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
kabbott
21-11-2009, 10:25 AM
This weekend it's also French Cup time. French second division teams join the competition at this stage. The tie of the round is undoubtedly the local derby Biesheim (Division d'Honneur = Div. 6) against the struggling Strasbourg (bottom of Ligue 2), who look like they're going to do a ''Palace'' (circa 1973- instead of going straight back up to Ligue 1, it looks like they're going straight down to National = Div. 3).
vendredi 20 novembre 2009
19h30 Manu Ura (DH Polynésie) - Raon-l'Etape (CFA)
samedi 21 novembre 2009
14h00 Jura Dôlois (DH) - Metz (L2)
14h30 Cassis-Carnoux (Nat) - AC Ajaccio (L2)
Cholet (CFA2) - Moulins (Nat)
Trégunc (DSR) - Les Herbiers (CFA)
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (DHR) - Niort (CFA)
Saint-Fulgent (DHR) - Orléans (CFA)
Lumbres (15) - Marck (CFA)
Quevilly (CFA) - Kaweni (DH Mayotte)
Avranches (CFA) - Mont-Dore (DH Nlle Calédonie)
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (DH) - Chauray (DH)
Paimpol (DH) - Châteaubriant (DH)
Versailles (DSR) - Granville (DH)
15h30 Bagnols-Pont-Saint-Esprit (DH) - Bourgoin-Jallieu (DH)
16h00 Vénissieux Minguettes (CFA2) - Rodez (Nat)
Sens (CFA2) - Vesoul (CFA)
Reims Sainte-Anne (DH) - Saint-Dizier (CFA2)
16h15 Istres (L2) - Nîmes (L2)
16h30 Cherbourg (CFA) - Chantepie (16)
17h00 Amnéville (CFA) - Dijon (L2)
Colmar (CFA) - Baume-les-Dames (DH)
Feurs (CFA2) - Saint-Priest (CFA2)
Tourcoing (15) - Marquette (PH)
18h00 Créteil (Nat) - Tours FC (L2)
Arles-Avignon (L2) - Luzenac (Nat)
Vannes OC (L2) - La Vitréenne (CFA)
Angers (L2) - Poissy (CFA2)
Pacy-sur-Eure (Nat) - Villemomble (CFA)
Mulhouse (CFA) - Sarre-Union (CFA2)
Le Las Toulon (DH) - Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA)
Besançon (CFA) - Sarrebourg (DHR)
Flers (DH) - Aubervilliers (CFA2)
Perpignan-Canet (DH) - Agen (CFA2)
Saint-Germain-des-Fosses (15) - Thiers (CFA2)
Issy-les-Moulineaux (DH) - Loon-Plage (DHR)
18h30 Yzeure (CFA) - Clermont Foot (L2)
Montluçon (CFA) - Nevers (CFA2)
19h00 Caen (L2) - Dunkerque (CFA)
Saumur (CFA2) - Châteauroux (L2)
Laval (L2) - Vitré (CFA2)
Biesheim (DH) - Strasbourg (L2)
Romorantin (CFA) - Poitiers (CFA2)
Balma (CFA) - Pamiers (DHR)
Selongey (CFA2) - Toul (DH)
Saint-Quentin (DH) - Maubeuge (DH)
Annonay (DHR) - AS Valence (DH)
19h30 Cognac (CFA2) - Feytiat (DH)
20h00 Le Havre (L2) - Avion (CFA2)
Saint-Mars-la-Brière (DHR) - Brest (L2)
Rouen (Nat) - Beauvais (Nat)
Lattes (DH) - Bayonne (Nat)
Roissy-en-Brie (PH) - Amiens (Nat)
Compiègne (CFA) - Arras (CFA2)
Montereau (PH) - Sénart-Moissy (CFA)
Blanquefort (DH) - Trélissac (CFA2)
Calvi (CFA2) - Borgo (DH)
Jarville (CFA2) - La Chapelle (DH)
Sin-le-Noble (15) - Les Lilas (CFA2)
Chambly (DH) - Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (DH)
La Flèche (DH) - Chartres (DH)
Rennes TA (DH) - Saint-Renan (DSR)
Bonchamp (DH) - Fougères (DSR)
Seclin (DHR) - Luneray (DH)
Hermes-Berthecourt (PH) - Cambrai (DH)
La Ferté (DH) - Courbevoie (Exc.)
Mont-Pilat (15) - Marboz (DHR)
La Grande-Motte (Exc.) - La Murette (Exc.)
20h30 Calais (CFA2) - Sedan (L2)
Montgermont (16) - Plabennec (Nat)
dimanche 22 novembre 2009
14h00 Ain Sud Foot (DHR) - Cannes (Nat)
Trémery (PH) - Thionville (CFA2)
Marienau Forbach (DH) - Strasbourg Robertsau (21)
14h30 Marignane (CFA) - Bastia (L2)
Bischheim Soleil (DH) - Troyes (Nat)
Vallières (15) - Evian TG (Nat)
Seyssinet (DHR) - Montceau (CFA)
Pontivy (CFA) - CSC Cayenne (DH Guyane)
Luçon (CFA) - Club Franciscain (DH Martinique)
Aire (DH) - Feignies (CFA2)
Fresnoy-le-Grand (DH) - Neuilly-sur-Marne (PH)
Plouvorn (16) - Combourg (DSR)
15h00 Concarneau (CFA2) - Nantes (L2)
Saint-Gaudens (DHR) - Pau (CFA)
16h30 Excelsior Saint-Joseph (DH Réunion) - Quimper (CFA)
17h00 Saint-Louis-Neuweg (CFA2) - Oberlauterbach (Exc.)
18h30 Marie-Galante (DH) - Le Poiré-sur-Vie (CFA2)
BB Bob
21-11-2009, 04:51 PM
Just sneaked in under the wire!
Accumulator (8)21 Nov 2009 - Bordeaux v Valenciennes - 90 Minutes
Bordeaux @ 2/5
21 Nov 2009 - Grenoble v Lyon - 90 Minutes
Lyon @ 1/2
21 Nov 2009 - Lens v Nancy - 90 Minutes
Lens @ 7/5
21 Nov 2009 - Rennes v Le Mans - 90 Minutes
Rennes @ 1/2
21 Nov 2009 - Auxerre v Monaco - 90 Minutes
Draw @ 21/10
22 Nov 2009 - Nice v Toulouse - 90 Minutes
Draw @ 2/1
22 Nov 2009 - St Etienne v Lorient - 90 Minutes
St Etienne @ 6/5
22 Nov 2009 - Montpellier v Lille - 90 Minutes
Draw @ 2/1
Stake : £1.00
Estimated Returns : £464.03
kabbott
21-11-2009, 07:30 PM
Was out all afternoon. Bloody AGM at cycling club just went on and on and on. Got in to see the 2nd half of Grenoble v Lyon. The commentators said Lyon couldn't play worse in the 2nd half. I'm glad I didn't watch the first half then! Lyon scored, then Grenoble went down to 10 men and then Grenoble equalised. Poor fayre from Lyon again. At least Bordeaux lost, if that's any comfort.
Week 14 - Saturday, November 21, 2009
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 0 - 1 Valenciennes FC
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 RC Lens 2 - 1 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 Stade Rennais FC 2 - 1 Le Mans UC 72
1f52
Abjekt
21-11-2009, 11:58 PM
At least Bordeaux lost, if that's any comfort.
:(
kabbott
22-11-2009, 08:37 AM
Final score in:
Week 14 - Saturday, November 21, 2009
21:00 AJ Auxerre 2 - 0 AS Monaco FC
Auxerre incredibly go top.
kabbott
22-11-2009, 08:51 AM
French Cup results in so far, and it's not good news again for philsick. Clermont, who were humbled last year, have again been knocked out by a club from a lower division. Apart from Clermont, three other Ligue 2 clubs have been knocked by other supposedly inferior clubs including Le Havre who are at the top of Ligue 2 and after promotion to Ligue 1.
samedi 21 novembre 2009
14h00 à Tavaux Jura Dôlois (DH) 1-3 ap Metz (L2)
14h30 à Cassis-Carnoux Cassis-Carnoux (Nat) 1-1
2 tab 4 AC Ajaccio (L2)
à La Suze-sur-Sarthe Saint-Mars-la-Brière (DHR) 0-5 Brest (L2)
Cholet (CFA2) 3-2 Moulins (Nat)
Trégunc (DSR) 2-3 Les Herbiers (CFA)
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (DHR) 0-2 Niort (CFA)
Saint-Fulgent (DHR) 1-7 Orléans (CFA)
Lumbres (15) 1-2 Marck (CFA)
Quevilly (CFA) 6-0 Kaweni (DH Mayotte)
Avranches (CFA) 5-3 ap Mont-Dore (DH Nlle Calédonie)
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (DH) 1-3 Chauray (DH)
Paimpol (DH) 2-1 Châteaubriant (DH)
Versailles (DSR) 2-1 Granville (DH)
15h00 Calvi (CFA2) 3-2 ap Borgo (DH)
15h30 Bagnols-Pont-Saint-Esprit (DH) 4-2 Bourgoin-Jallieu (DH)
16h00 Vénissieux Minguettes (CFA2) 1-4 Rodez (Nat)
Sens (CFA2) 1-2 ap Vesoul (CFA)
Reims Sainte-Anne (DH) 1-1
5 tab 6 Saint-Dizier (CFA2)
16h15 Istres (L2) 1-2 Nîmes (L2)
16h30 Cherbourg (CFA) 4-0 Chantepie (16)
17h00 Amnéville (CFA) 0-3 Dijon (L2)
Colmar (CFA) 5-2 Baume-les-Dames (DH)
Feurs (CFA2) 1-0 Saint-Priest (CFA2)
Tourcoing (15) 1-2 Marquette (PH)
18h00 Créteil (Nat) 0-2 Tours FC (L2)
Arles-Avignon (L2) 0-1 Luzenac (Nat)
Vannes OC (L2) 4-1 La Vitréenne (CFA)
Angers (L2) 1-0 ap Poissy (CFA2)
Pacy-sur-Eure (Nat) 1-0 Villemomble (CFA)
Mulhouse (CFA) 2-2
7 tab 6 Sarre-Union (CFA2)
Le Las Toulon (DH) 1-2 Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA)
Besançon (CFA) 4-1 Sarrebourg (DHR)
Flers (DH) 0-1 Aubervilliers (CFA2)
Perpignan-Canet (DH) 1-2 Agen (CFA2)
Saint-Germain-des-Fosses (15) 1-6 Thiers (CFA2)
Issy-les-Moulineaux (DH) 1-1
2 tab 3 Loon-Plage (DHR)
18h30 Yzeure (CFA) 1-1
4 tab 3 Clermont Foot (L2)
Montluçon (CFA) 0-0
2 tab 4 Nevers (CFA2)
19h00 Caen (L2) 1-0 Dunkerque (CFA)
Saumur (CFA2) 3-1 Châteauroux (L2)
Laval (L2) 2-0 Vitré (CFA2)
Biesheim (DH) 1-3 Strasbourg (L2)
Romorantin (CFA) 5-2 Poitiers (CFA2)
Balma (CFA) 2-0 Pamiers (DHR)
Selongey (CFA2) 1-0 Toul (DH)
Saint-Quentin (DH) 3-1 Maubeuge (DH)
Annonay (DHR) 1-0 ap AS Valence (DH)
19h30 Cognac (CFA2) 0-1 Feytiat (DH)
20h00 Le Havre (L2) 0-1 Avion (CFA2)
Rouen (Nat) 2-4 ap Beauvais (Nat)
La Flèche (DH) 2-3 Chartres (DH)
20h30 Calais (CFA2) 1-3 Sedan (L2)
Montgermont (16) 1-4 Plabennec (Nat)
19h30 Manu Ura (DH Polynésie) - Raon-l'Etape (CFA)
As for local Lyon clubs, Venissieux Minguettes (south-east Lyon suburb) were knocked out, St. Priest (east Lyon suburb) were knocked out by Feurs (a small town in the hills between Lyon and St. Etienne) and Villefranche-sur-Saône (Beaujolais region, to the north of Lyon) got through.
BB Bob
22-11-2009, 01:27 PM
No cup glory for Clermont this year then...
philsick
22-11-2009, 01:34 PM
Pathetic.At least clermont can concentrate on being really inconsistant in the league.
kabbott
22-11-2009, 02:05 PM
Pathetic.At least clermont can concentrate on being really inconsistant in the league.
:D
I've got a feeling the same thing will happen to a South London club come 3rd round time. :(
philsick
22-11-2009, 02:12 PM
:D
I've got a feeling the same thing will happen to a South London club come 3rd round time. :(
There does seem to be many similarities:(
BB Bob
23-11-2009, 05:52 PM
Sundays results:-
Week 14 - Sunday, November 22, 2009
17:00 OGC Nice 1 - 0 Toulouse FC
17:00 AS Saint-Etienne 0 - 2 FC Lorient
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 0 LOSC Lille Métropole
Giving the extraordinary league table of:-
P W D L GD Pts
1 AJ Auxerre 13 8 2 3 +5 26
2 Girondins de Bordeaux 13 8 1 4 +10 25
3 Olympique Lyonnais 13 7 4 2 +6 25
4 FC Lorient 13 7 3 3 +11 24
5 Montpellier Hérault SC 13 7 3 3 +5 24
6 Valenciennes FC 13 7 2 4 +8 23
7 Olympique de Marseille 12 6 4 2 +8 22
8 AS Monaco FC 13 7 1 5 +3 22
9 OGC Nice 13 6 2 5 -5 20
10 Stade Rennais FC 13 5 4 4 +6 19
11 Toulouse FC 13 5 3 5 +3 18
12 AS Nancy Lorraine 13 5 2 6 -1 17
13 Paris Saint-Germain 12 4 4 4 +4 16
14 LOSC Lille Métropole 13 4 4 5 -2 16
15 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 12 5 0 7 -6 15
16 RC Lens 13 4 3 6 -8 15
17 AS Saint-Etienne 13 4 1 8 -7 13
18 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 12 2 3 7 -13 9
19 Le Mans UC 72 13 2 2 9 -9 8
20 Grenoble Foot 38 13 0 2 11 -18 2
I wouldn't have had money on the table looking like that at the end of November. The bottom yes, but not the top. Haven't PSG had a shocking start to the season? Injuries to Hoarau and Makele for sure, but it shows a worrying lack of depth and, for want of a better word, fight.
kabbott
23-11-2009, 05:55 PM
And the scores on the doors?
I make that 2:2. Up to our usual high standards.
BB Bob
23-11-2009, 06:23 PM
205e
It's good this "expert on French Football" thing, isn't it? :D
kabbott
23-11-2009, 06:43 PM
It's good this "expert on French Football" thing, isn't it? :D
I might do what you did and ask Madame kabbott her opinion, or three balls in a bag, so to speak (1, N or 2) and do the lucky draw. Can't really do any worse.
BB Bob
23-11-2009, 08:46 PM
Next weekend we'll let the ladies fight it out.....
kabbott
27-11-2009, 12:58 PM
Oh dear:
Thursday, November 26, 2009
20:45 FC Metz 2 - 1 Clermont Foot
Mind you, Metz are 2nd, so maybe it was on the cards.
kabbott
27-11-2009, 02:06 PM
More scandal this side of La Manche.
It's come out in the press that Fabien Barthez was paid 7,000€ for a 90 minute training session with the French national team, with an extra 1,200€ being paid for a taxi ride?! Not his fault of course, but this is more sh*t for the French Football Federation who are getting flack from all sides. It also came out that Monsieur Raymond Domenech got a bonus of something like 850,000€ for qualifying France for the final stages of the World Cup.
kabbott
28-11-2009, 01:07 PM
I've decided to give it one more go.
Week 15 - Saturday, November 28, 2009
Postponed AS Monaco FC Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Valenciennes FC DRAW
19:00 FC Lorient Grenoble Foot 38 DRAW
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain AJ Auxerre HOME
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard OGC Nice AWAY
19:00 Toulouse FC Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
21:00 RC Lens Olympique de Marseille HOME
Week 15 - Sunday, November 29, 2009
17:00 Le Mans UC 72 AS Saint-Etienne AWAY
17:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Girondins de Bordeaux HOME
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Stade Rennais FC HOME
kabbott
28-11-2009, 06:43 PM
OMG.
I'm watching PSG v Auxerre and Coupet, trying to stop a corner, has slipped and done what looks like something awful to his ankle. Shocking slow motion replay. Hope it's not too serious. Doesn't look good at all.
Not for the faint-hearted:
vgKHtTle0_k
kabbott
28-11-2009, 09:01 PM
Week 15 - Saturday, November 28, 2009
Postponed AS Monaco FC Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 4 - 0 Valenciennes FC
19:00 FC Lorient 2 - 2 Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 1 - 0 AJ Auxerre
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1 - 0 OGC Nice
19:00 Toulouse FC 1 - 0 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
21:00 RC Lens 1 - 0 Olympique de Marseille
kabbott
29-11-2009, 09:22 PM
Today's results:
Week 15 - Sunday, November 29, 2009
17:00 Le Mans UC 72 1 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne
17:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 3 Girondins de Bordeaux
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 1 Stade Rennais FC
Lyon were again dreadful and lucky to get a point, although, as always, they could have sneaked it at the end. With Toulalan injured they've got absolutely no bite in midfield. Torrential rain throughout but it didn't stop Rennes from having a go. Slightly worrying.
Nobody seems to want the top spot at the moment, but Bordeaux deserve it after tonight's emphatic victory.
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 14 9 1 4 +13 28
2 Olympique Lyonnais 14 7 5 2 +6 26
3 AJ Auxerre 14 8 2 4 +4 26
4 FC Lorient 14 7 4 3 +11 25
5 Montpellier Hérault SC 13 7 3 3 +5 24
6 Valenciennes FC 14 7 2 5 +4 23
7 Olympique de Marseille 13 6 4 3 +7 22
8 AS Monaco FC 13 7 1 5 +3 22
9 Toulouse FC 14 6 3 5 +4 21
10 Stade Rennais FC 14 5 5 4 +6 20
11 OGC Nice 14 6 2 6 -6 20
12 Paris Saint-Germain 13 5 4 4 +5 19
13 LOSC Lille Métropole 14 5 4 5 +2 19
14 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 13 6 0 7 -5 18
15 RC Lens 14 5 3 6 -7 18
16 AS Nancy Lorraine 14 5 2 7 -4 17
17 AS Saint-Etienne 14 4 2 8 -7 14
18 Le Mans UC 72 14 2 3 9 -9 9
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 13 2 3 8 -14 9
20 Grenoble Foot 38 14 0 3 11 -18 3
Hey, 3,000th post. :)
BB Bob
30-11-2009, 08:12 AM
Just back from a long weekend in Lille. That Coupet injury looks like an absolute shocker and from such an innocent event. Otherwise, I had good fun in a bar full of Lillois watching them thump local rivals Valenciennes. The weather was awful though - as it was everywhere at the weekend.
Lyon looked pretty ordinary and lucky to get a point in the end. Cris, in particular, did his best to gift the match to a spirited and resourceful Rennes with some dreadful stuff towards the end.
Happy 3000th!
kabbott
01-12-2009, 10:39 PM
Clermont are slipping again:
Monday, November 30, 2009
20:45 SM Caen 2 - 0 Havre AC
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
20:00 AC Ajaccio 1 - 1 Stade Lavallois
20:00 Angers SCO 1 - 0 Nîmes Olympique
20:00 Stade Brestois 1 - 0 FC Istres
20:00 Châteauroux 0 - 1 EA Guingamp
20:00 Clermont Foot 0 - 2 Dijon FCO
20:00 Vannes OC 1 - 2 Tours FC
20:30 AC Arles Avignon 2 - 0 FC Metz
20:30 CS Sedan 3 - 0 FC Nantes
20:30 RC Strasbourg 2 - 1 SC Bastia
philsick
04-12-2009, 09:19 PM
Clermont are slipping again:
1.3 winners tonight at bastia.Lets get another run going.Haven't given up on promotion yet.:p
kabbott
04-12-2009, 09:52 PM
Friday, December 04, 2009
20:00 SC Bastia 1 - 3 Clermont Foot
20:00 Dijon FCO 0 - 0 Vannes OC
20:00 EA Guingamp 2 - 2 CS Sedan
20:00 Stade Lavallois 2 - 2 Angers SCO
20:00 FC Metz 2 - 0 AC Ajaccio
20:00 Nîmes Olympique 2 - 1 RC Strasbourg
20:30 FC Istres 2 - 1 SM Caen
20:30 Havre AC 2 - 2 Châteauroux
20:30 Tours FC 0 - 1 Stade Brestois
Monday, December 07, 2009
20:45 FC Nantes - AC Arles Avignon
Thought it was a good victory for Clermont away at Bastia, then I saw where they were in the league table. :rolleyes: Still a good victory though in the fight to get away from relegation, climb the table and get into the promotion fight. Allez Clermont!
2142
kabbott
04-12-2009, 09:52 PM
Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 SM Caen 17 11 4 2 28 13 +15 37
2 Stade Brestois 17 8 5 4 23 16 +7 29
3 FC Metz 17 8 5 4 21 18 +3 29
4 Havre AC 17 8 4 5 21 18 +3 28
5 AC Arles Avignon 16 7 6 3 20 18 +2 27
6 Tours FC 17 6 8 3 22 16 +6 26
7 FC Nantes 16 6 6 4 23 23 0 24
8 Stade Lavallois 17 5 8 4 23 19 +4 23
9 Nîmes Olympique 17 6 5 6 18 22 -4 23
10 Châteauroux 17 5 6 6 25 25 0 21
11 Dijon FCO 17 4 9 4 17 18 -1 21
12 EA Guingamp 17 5 6 6 17 19 -2 21
13 Vannes OC 17 5 6 6 22 26 -4 21
14 Angers SCO 17 5 5 7 19 21 -2 20
15 Clermont Foot 17 5 4 8 21 23 -2 19
16 CS Sedan 17 4 7 6 19 23 -4 19
17 AC Ajaccio 17 4 6 7 18 17 +1 18
18 FC Istres 17 4 5 8 13 23 -10 17
19 RC Strasbourg 17 3 7 7 18 23 -5 16
20 SC Bastia 17 2 4 11 14 21 -7 10
BB Bob
05-12-2009, 08:20 AM
Les canaris are having a nightmare this year. Too big a club for that level, surely?
kabbott
05-12-2009, 11:06 AM
Les canaris are having a nightmare this year. Too big a club for that level, surely?
I take it you heard that they got rid of their Franco-German coach Gernot Rohr in the week. He's been replaced by Jean-Marc Furlan, a highly respected coach, nice guy, intelligent etc. but who doesn't always succeed. Furlan was sacked earlier on in the season (I think) by Strasbourg who are struggling at the foot of Ligue 2 whereas they were expected to do "l'ascenseur" and go back up to Ligue 1.
What have Strasbourg and Nantes got in common? Well, they are both run by complete w*nkers. Since this bloke Kita arrived at Nantes a couple of years ago, he is now on his 5th coach. Nantes were always renowned for playing pretty football, "le jeu à la nantaise", as it was called, short passes, one-touch football, players always moving and making themselves available. They were a joy to watch: Deschamps, Desailly, Karembeu, Pedros, Loko, N'Doram, all these players came through the junior ranks and Nantes undeniably had one of the best, if not THE best Academy around. They were also lucky to have one of the best coaches in Reynald Denoueix, who, when he was unceremoniously sacked, ended up, I think, at Real Sociedad. Things have gone downhill ever since.
BB Bob
05-12-2009, 03:07 PM
Loto time:-
Week 16 - Saturday, December 05, 2009
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Le Mans UC 72 HOME
19:00 OGC Nice Olympique de Marseille AWAY
19:00 Stade Rennais FC FC Lorient HOME
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard DRAW
19:00 Valenciennes FC AS Monaco FC HOME
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Paris Saint-Germain HOME
Week 16 - Sunday, December 06, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre AS Nancy Lorraine HOME
17:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale RC Lens AWAY
17:00 Grenoble Foot 38 Toulouse FC AWAY
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Olympique Lyonnais DRAW (sorry)
kabbott
05-12-2009, 04:51 PM
Loto time:-
Week 16 - Saturday, December 05, 2009
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Le Mans UC 72 AWAY
19:00 OGC Nice Olympique de Marseille HOME
19:00 Stade Rennais FC FC Lorient HOME
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard AWAY
19:00 Valenciennes FC AS Monaco FC HOME
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Paris Saint-Germain DRAW
Week 16 - Sunday, December 06, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre AS Nancy Lorraine HOME
17:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale RC Lens DRAW
17:00 Grenoble Foot 38 Toulouse FC HOME
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Olympique Lyonnais AWAY ( 1:5)
TheMexicanHorse
05-12-2009, 06:48 PM
Girondins de Bordeaux are my "local" team in France. My old man bumped into the bordeaux squad last season at Bordeaux airport whilst they was waiting for a flight to take them to Lyon.
I've fly into Bordeaux airport every now and then but have yet to visit their airport club shop. Must pick a shirt on my next visit!
kabbott
05-12-2009, 06:57 PM
Saturday, December 05, 2009
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 1 Le Mans UC 72
19:00 OGC Nice 1 3 Olympique de Marseille
19:00 Stade Rennais FC 1 - 0 FC Lorient
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne 0 - 0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Valenciennes FC 3 - 1 AS Monaco FC
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Paris Saint-Germain
Putain! Is that 5 out of 5 for you there BB Bob?
I hope you've got a few pennies going on this.
BB Bob
05-12-2009, 11:19 PM
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Needless to say, this was the one weekend I didn't bother having a flutter........
kabbott
06-12-2009, 10:38 AM
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Needless to say, this was the one weekend I didn't bother having a flutter........
'Cos now it's 6 out of 6 with the final result! :eek:
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 1: 0 Paris Saint-Germain
Ruskin Old Boy
06-12-2009, 11:42 AM
Good to see "my" old team Montpellier doing so well this season :p
kabbott
06-12-2009, 12:23 PM
Good to see "my" old team Montpellier doing so well this season :p
Yes but not too well, mind. :p
They've also got one of the characters of French football for a president. A likeable nutter, Louis Nicollin.
He actually looks quite well in this photo.
http://www.leblogfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/medium_nicollin.jpg
GodstoneEagle
06-12-2009, 01:49 PM
'Cos now it's 6 out of 6 with the final result! :eek:
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 1: 0 Paris Saint-Germain
merde alors Bob! You probably should have lumped a couple of quid on that :eek:
kabbott
06-12-2009, 05:51 PM
Today's results before tonight's must-win match for Lyon. I think Lyon will tonk Lille. There was a clear-the-air chat between players and Puel in the week. Players were complaining that they were doing too much physical work and not enough work "with the ball". I'm sure the Lyon players will be up for this. My prediction: 1:5 to Lyon.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 3 AS Nancy Lorraine
17:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 2 - 1 RC Lens
17:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1 - 0 Toulouse FC
So in fact Bob you stayed at 6 out of 9. Bien joué! It must be the best score for months , maybe for over a year.
20b8
kabbott
06-12-2009, 07:53 PM
Crazy match going on at Lille. It's HT
Lille 1:3 Lyon
Hat-trick for Lopez. Lyon's defence is creaking every time. Lloris is a bit shakey. I predicted 1:5 in this. I might not be far off but Lille can score more too. Great fun. :)
kabbott
06-12-2009, 09:03 PM
Crazy match going on at Lille. It's HT
Lille 1:3 Lyon
Hat-trick for Lopez. Lyon's defence is creaking every time. Lloris is a bit shakey. I predicted 1:5 in this. I might not be far off but Lille can score more too. Great fun. :)
And crazy it was!
Lille 4:3 Lyon.
Lyon were dreadful. Their defence has fallen to pieces except Lloris who was probably MOM tonight. If he hadn't been there, it would have been 10! Lopez was brilliant too with a hat-trick but the team forgot to turn up.
It's Lyon v Bordeaux next week. :(
BB Bob
06-12-2009, 10:11 PM
Oh la la, la la. What has happened to les Gones? Surely Puel must be under pressure after yet another shocker......
BB Bob
07-12-2009, 06:04 AM
Lille trump Lyon in seven-goal thriller
A first-half hat-trick from Argnetine Lisandro Lopez proved insufficient to get the best of a voracious Gervinho-inspired Lille, the Ivorian notching his second in injury time to claim all three points in a superb win 4-3 at the Stade Lille Métropole on Sunday night.
Sunday December 6, 2009
LOSC Lille Métropole / Olympique Lyonnais : 4 - 3
Keen to bounce back from their Europa League defeat at the hands of Valencia, Rudi Garcia’s Lille delivered a stunning performance to topple seven-time French champions Lyon 4-3 on Sunday night.
Rampant in midfield and pressing relentlessly on the Lyon goal, Lille drew a series of fine saves from France ‘keeper Hugo Lloris, threatening from set pieces and open play, notably through Ivorian international striker Gervinho, whose pace, skill and tenacity had Lyon back-pedalling throughout the first half.
Lopez triple
So it was somewhat strange that by half time Lyon were 3-1 up thanks to a hat-trick from clinical Argentine striker Lisandro Lopez, who opened the scoring as early as the second minute, when he latched onto Kim Källström’s through ball on the penalty spot before turning and slotting home.
Lopez made it 2-0 from the spot twenty minutes later after Ludovic Obraniak handled in the area and then completed his hat-trick with his eighth goal of the season when, after another fine pass from Källström, he threaded his way through the Lille defence before firing a powerful low shot to beat Mickaël Landreau at his near post.
Lille had pulled one back through Pierre-Alain Frau in the 24th minute when Lloris could only parry Yohan Cabaye’s back post header, but it was at the score of 3-1 that the sides went into the half-time break.
Gervinho class
Lille picked up in the second half where they left off in the first, and it took only eight minutes for Gervinho to score his first of the night, latching onto captain Rio Mavuba’s long ball and racing into the area, holding off Jean-Alain Boumsong, before finally beating Lloris with a classy chip at the near post to make it 3-2.
Lille’s revival continued and in the 70th minute Cabaye levelled the scores at 3-3 from the spot after Lamine Gassama felled Mathieu Debuchy in the area.
Dazzling Hazard
Lyon’s once-secure position in the match looked under serious threat in the latter stages, with substitute Eden Hazard running rampant and combining to great effect with Gervinho. The Belgian teenager drew the save of the night from Lloris with a powerful shot as he surged into the area.
Lloris again came out on top in the 81st minute, saving from Gervinho who was played in by Hazard, but the Lille pair had the last laugh in the second minute of injury time to complete the comeback and claim a dramatic late win.
Hazard’s dazzling ball skills got the better of François Clerc and the Belgian ran free to send an inch-pefrect pass to Gervinho, who had simply to open his right foot and slot home for his seventh of the season.
Back on track
The impressive and deserved win is Lille’s third in four league matches and takes them up to a season-high tenth place, suggesting that they may have turned the corner in what has been an inconsistent start to the season.
Lyon on the other hand are now without a win since Week 12 (31 October) and have slipped to fourth place, five points off pacesetters Bordeaux, despite topping the rankings at the end of Week 9.
GodstoneEagle
07-12-2009, 12:57 PM
How long has clerc been back for?
kabbott
07-12-2009, 07:20 PM
How long has clerc been back for?
A bit sad for Clerc. He had been injured a bit, at the same time as Réveillère in fact, and that's when Gassama came in and did quite well. Recently Clerc was offered a new contract but he turned it down and he obviously wants out. He mind, apparently, wasn't too focused on football, so he asked not to be considered for the match against Liile last night. He was, however, still needed on the bench since Réveillère was injured or suspended. Although Gassama didn't have a bad first half, he was penalised for giving away a penalty and also got a yellow card, but not for the same offence. Puel decided to take off the young and tender Gassama for fear he might do wrong to replace him with the experienced Clerc. Oh the irony of it all. And the rest, as they say, is history.
I like(d) Clerc. When he came into the first team a couple of years ago, he was a complete unknown (having even gone on loan to Toulouse and not even getting a game). He slotted in perfectly and hardly ever put a foot wrong. Last year wasn't such a good year for him. He seems to have stagnated and lost interest a bit. So maybe the change of club will do him some good.
Lyon last night, apart from Lloris and Lopez, were very very poor. Have the players given up on Puel? It's possible, but last year Président Aulas stuck by him when things were going badly, and Puel has got such a good contract I don't know how much it would cost the club to get rid.
A crucial week coming up with a victory in the Champions' League vital to secure first place above Fiorentina, if Liverpool beat them, and then a certain Lyon v Bordeaux on Sunday evening ...
BB Bob
10-12-2009, 01:59 PM
Good result for Lyon last night - can they keep the form going into the weekend for the big game? On verra....
kabbott
10-12-2009, 05:51 PM
Good result for Lyon last night - can they keep the form going into the weekend for the big game? On verra....
Good result yes, improved performance no. Debrecen were very poor, so were Lyon. The victory is definitely good for the morale. Govou hobbled off yesterday so that's another player out. Where Lyon are going to have trouble is in the middle of the park. They're missing Toulalan big-time. They've got no one else to get stuck in. As you said, on verra.
1fbe
BB Bob
10-12-2009, 06:43 PM
Maybe I should have said On Viera?
BB Bob
11-12-2009, 11:37 AM
I don't think Reggie is going to be chez les verts for much longer....
Week 11 - Thursday, December 10, 2009
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 4 - 0 AS Saint-Etienne
19:00 Toulouse FC 2 - 0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
kabbott
12-12-2009, 12:35 PM
Loto sportif time again:
Saturday, December 12, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 Valenciennes FC HOME
19:00 RC Lens OGC Nice HOME
19:00 Olympique de Marseille Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Stade Rennais FC HOME
21:00 FC Lorient AJ Auxerre HOME
Week 17 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
17:00 AS Monaco FC LOSC Lille Métropole AWAY
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain AS Saint-Etienne DRAW
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Grenoble Foot 38 AWAY
17:00 Toulouse FC Montpellier Hérault SC HOME
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Girondins de Bordeaux HOME
kabbott
12-12-2009, 12:53 PM
It's also French Cup day (8th round = our 2nd round proper)
AS Tefana (Polynésie) - Arras (CFA2)
Jeanne d'Arc (La Réunion) - Feignies (CFA2)
Clermont (Ligue 2) - Bastia SC (Ligue 2)
Strasbourg RC (Ligue 2) - Sedan (Ligue 2)
Pacy-sur-Eure (National) - Tours (Ligue 2)
Troyes (Ligue 2) - Beauvais (National)
Nîmes (Ligue 2) - Bayonne (National)
Montpellier (Ligue 2) - Cannes (National)
Guingamp (Ligue 2) - Vitréenne (CFA)
Romorantin (CFA) - Angers (Ligue 2)
Dunkerque (CFA) - Reims Stade (Ligue 2)
AC Ajaccio (Ligue 2) - Fontenay-le-Comte (CFA)
Changé (CFA 2) - Brest Stade (Ligue 2)
Issy Ararat (CFA 2) - Vannes (Ligue 2)
Châteauroux (Ligue 2) - Chauny (CFA 2)
Boulogne-sur-Mer (Ligue 2) - Lesquin (CFA 2)
Selongey (CFA 2) - Dijon (Ligue 2)
Quimper (CFA) - Niort (National)
Viry-Châtillon (CFA) - Créteil (National)
Calais (National) - Quevilly (CFA)
Croix-de-Savoie (National) - Martigues (CFA)
Rodez (National) - Arcachon (CFA 2)
Evry (DH) - Paris FC (National)
Strasbourg Neuhof (Exc) - Louhans-Cuiseaux (National)
Montluçon (CFA) - Luçon (CFA)
Besançon RC (CFA) - Amneville (CFA2)
Sainte-Geneviève (CFA) - Epinal (CFA 2)
Yzeure (CFA) - Thiers (CFA 2)
Bourg-Péronnas (CFA 2) - Ajaccio GFCO (CFA)
Villefranche (CFA) - Uzes Pont-du-Gard (CFA 2) ou Grenoble Villeneuve (DH) - Villefranche (CFA)
Orly (DH) - Plabennec (CFA)
Eclaron Valcourt (DH) - Châtellerault (CFA)
Andrezieux Bouthéon (CFA) - Poitiers (DH)
Port-la-Nouvelle (DH) - Toulon (CFA)
Larmor Plage (DSE) - Vitré AS (CFA)
Hénin (DHR) - UJA Paris (CFA)
Ligny-en-Barrois (DHR) - Raon-l'Etape (CFA)
Blagnac (CFA) - Rilhac Rancon (DHR)
Saint-Brieuc (DH) - Concarneau (CFA 2)
Ezanville Ecouen (PH) - Alençon (CFA 2)
Grande-Synthe (DH) - Marquette (PHR)
Avion (CFA 2) - Saint-Omer (DH)
Creutzwald (DHR) - Schirrhein (Exc)
Pont de Roide Vermondans (DH) - Saint-Jean-de-Soudain-Tour SC (DH)
BB Bob
12-12-2009, 01:27 PM
Are we not doing French Cup Loto?
Probably not!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 Valenciennes FC AWAY
19:00 RC Lens OGC Nice DRAW
19:00 Olympique de Marseille Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Stade Rennais FC DRAW
21:00 FC Lorient AJ Auxerre HOME
Week 17 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
17:00 AS Monaco FC LOSC Lille Métropole DRAW
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain AS Saint-Etienne HOME (Sorry Reggie)
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Grenoble Foot 38 DRAW
17:00 Toulouse FC Montpellier Hérault SC HOME
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Girondins de Bordeaux AWAY (Sorry again!)
kabbott
13-12-2009, 04:58 PM
Saturday, December 12, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 2 - 1 Valenciennes FC
19:00 RC Lens 2 - 0 OGC Nice
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 2 - 0 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 1 - 2 Stade Rennais FC
21:00 FC Lorient 0 - 0 AJ Auxerre
Week 17 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
17:00 AS Monaco FC 0 - 4 LOSC Lille Métropole
17:00 Paris Saint-Germain 3 - 0 AS Saint-Etienne
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
17:00 Toulouse FC 0 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Girondins de Bordeaux
That's 4:2 to me I think.
BB Bob
13-12-2009, 06:41 PM
Bien joué! Lille are going like a train at the moment - they must be the form team in France. As for Reggie and St Etienne, it looks dire.
BB Bob
13-12-2009, 06:43 PM
A big game for OL tonight...
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 15 10 1 4 +14 31
2 Montpellier Hérault SC 15 9 3 3 +7 30
3 LOSC Lille Métropole 17 8 4 5 +11 28
4 Olympique de Marseille 15 8 4 3 +11 28
5 AJ Auxerre 16 8 3 5 +2 27
6 FC Lorient 16 7 5 4 +10 26
7 Stade Rennais FC 16 7 5 4 +8 26
8 Valenciennes FC 16 8 2 6 +5 26
9 Olympique Lyonnais 15 7 5 3 +5 26
10 Paris Saint-Germain 16 7 4 5 +10 25
11 Toulouse FC 17 7 3 7 +4 24
12 AS Monaco FC 15 7 1 7 -3 22
13 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 16 7 1 8 -6 22
14 RC Lens 16 6 3 7 -6 21
15 AS Nancy Lorraine 16 6 2 8 -3 20
16 OGC Nice 16 6 2 8 -10 20
17 AS Saint-Etienne 17 4 3 10 -14 15
18 Le Mans UC 72 16 3 3 10 -9 12
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 16 3 3 10 -18 12
20 Grenoble Foot 38 16 1 3 12 -18 6
kabbott
13-12-2009, 08:07 PM
Bien joué! Lille are going like a train at the moment - they must be the form team in France. As for Reggie and St Etienne, it looks dire.
Lille four goals in each of the last fourgames.
Emergency meeting at St. Etienne on Wednesday.
Adieu Reggie?
It's HT at Lyon: 0:0. The teams aren't giving much away.Lyon ae playing better than of late. Bordeaux still look better on the ball. It's very tight. Why not 1:0 for Lyon with another wonder goal from Lopez? :p
BB Bob
13-12-2009, 08:33 PM
I'll wear my "keep the league tight" chapeau tonight. Allez les Gones!
:p
2f47
kabbott
13-12-2009, 09:03 PM
I'll wear my "keep the league tight" chapeau tonight. Allez les Gones!
:p
That didn't work very much, did it? Lyon were hopeless again. It doesn't look good down here. Lyon 9th! :eek: :sob:
BB Bob
13-12-2009, 09:07 PM
Look on the bright side - Reggie could be back for the weekend!
PS That was Lyon 0 Bordeaux 1 with an 87th minute winner from Chamakh for those that missed it
philsick
13-12-2009, 09:13 PM
As for Reggie and St Etienne, it looks dire.
I watched the lorient game a few weeks ago and they looked clueless.No positives whatsoever.
Abjekt
13-12-2009, 09:46 PM
Weyyyyyyyy! Great result for my Girondins tonight.
palacemaniac
14-12-2009, 01:26 AM
Dreadful game, Lyon were woeful, great result for les girondins
kabbott
16-12-2009, 03:55 PM
Tonight a top-of-the-table clash between Bordeaux and Montpellier! Icy cold conditions over here, so there might be some odd results like a Lyon victory for example. :rolleyes:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 FC Lorient Olympique de Marseille
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 AS Monaco FC Stade Rennais FC
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Girondins de Bordeaux
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine OGC Nice
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain RC Lens
kabbott
16-12-2009, 08:08 PM
Lyon's ground only about 70% full tonight and the ''fans'' offered almost no vocal support. It was like watchig a game being played behind closed doors. 1st half was dire again. 2nd half Lyon were much better, against a battling team but no more, without being brilliant. They ended up winning 2:0, but it would have been so different if Boulogne's goal hadn't been unfairly disallowed for an imaginary offside. Hard times down here.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 1 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 FC Lorient 1 - 2 Olympique de Marseille
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 2 - 0 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 AS Monaco FC 1 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 - 1 Girondins de Bordeaux
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 2 - 0 OGC Nice
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain RC Lens
peter.sutton
16-12-2009, 08:27 PM
I was at the PSG St Etienne match on Sunday - my first live match in France (i dont know why it has taken so long).
Parc des Princes is a bit of a contrast with Selhurst! Near 40,000 crowd, fantastic atmosphere, flares and riot police v "ultra" stand-off afterwards - phew. (and strike-hit RER journey home)
PSG were comfortable winners (it was over at half time). I was v impressed with Mamadou Sakho at the back - he didn`t put a foot wrong all match and as far as i recall never gave the ball away. Surely destined for great things. The ageing Claude also played well and Erding too although he was subbed pretty early after scoring.
St Etienne were wretched throughout. I can only recall a few speculative long-range efforts - relegation fodder by the look of them (and their depressed fans).
I didn`t share my son`s enthusiasm for Sessegnon though and its a pity Hoarau is injured, i was looking forward to seeing him.
I`ll be over again for the Nantes game in February.
peter.sutton
16-12-2009, 08:38 PM
OK - I concede PSG aren`t actually playing Nantes in February (or indeed at all). Duff or misheard info from son!
kabbott
19-12-2009, 12:12 PM
Warming news for Philsick:
Friday 18th December 2009
Brest (2) 1-0 Nîmes (9)
AC Ajaccio (17) 2-1 Nantes (5)
Arles-Avignon (6) 3-0 Châteauroux (10)
Sedan (16) 2-1 Dijon (11)
Vannes OC (13) 3-0 Bastia (20)
Caen (1) 1-1 Laval (8)
Clermont Foot (15) 1-0 Le Havre (4)
Strasbourg (19) 2-1 Guingamp (12)
Matches postponed:
Tours FC (7) Istres (18)
Angers (14) Metz (3)
kabbott
19-12-2009, 12:13 PM
Ligue 2 table:
Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 SM Caen 18 11 5 2 29 14 +15 38
2 Stade Brestois 18 9 5 4 24 16 +8 32
3 AC Arles Avignon 18 8 6 4 23 19 +4 30
4 FC Metz 17 8 5 4 21 18 +3 29
5 Havre AC 18 8 4 6 21 19 +2 28
6 FC Nantes 18 7 6 5 25 25 0 27
7 Tours FC 17 6 8 3 22 16 +6 26
8 Stade Lavallois 18 5 9 4 24 20 +4 24
9 Vannes OC 18 6 6 6 25 26 -1 24
10 Nîmes Olympique 18 6 5 7 18 23 -5 23
11 Clermont Foot 18 6 4 8 22 23 -1 22
12 CS Sedan 18 5 7 6 21 24 -3 22
13 AC Ajaccio 18 5 6 7 20 18 +2 21
14 Dijon FCO 18 4 9 5 18 20 -2 21
15 Châteauroux 18 5 6 7 25 28 -3 21
16 EA Guingamp 18 5 6 7 18 21 -3 21
17 Angers SCO 17 5 5 7 19 21 -2 20
18 RC Strasbourg 18 4 7 7 20 24 -4 19
19 FC Istres 17 4 5 8 13 23 -10 17
20 SC Bastia 18 2 4 12 14 24 -10 10
kabbott
19-12-2009, 12:17 PM
No better way for new St. Etienne coach Christophe Galthier than a little match against Marseille.
http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14847
Saint-Etienne-Marseille: Galtier in the deep end
New coach Christophe Galtier faces a stern test for his first game in charge of relegation-threatened Saint-Etienne, with second-placed Marseille coming calling at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on Saturday night.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
21:00 - AS Saint-Etienne / Olympique de Marseille
After Saint-Etienne tumbled back into the relegation zone having conceded seven unanswered goals in their last two league outings (4-0 to Lille in Week 11 and 3-0 mid-table Paris Saint-Germain in Week 17), the club’s directors finally lost patience and sacked coach Alain Perrin on Tuesday, appointing his long-time assistant Christophe Galtier in his stead.
'Hard to handle'
Club president Bernard Caiazzo explained in a press conference what led to the decision: "When the coach’s plan is no longer working, when the affection leaves the club’s atmosphere, you get what has happened to us over the last two matches. There has been an overwhelming feeling of shame during those two games. It’s hard to handle and I know the fans feel the same way."
Despite rumours abounding that Galtier will soon be replaced by a higher-profile name, such as Auxerre’s Jean Fernandez or Arsenal legend Tony Adams, Caiazzo insists the club has full confidence in their new man.
"Christophe has what it takes to revive good relations with the players. He is under contract until 2011 and he is here for the long haul. He’s a fighter and the players appreciate him."
Mountain to climb
Now Galtier has it all to do, set the unenviable task of taking all six points before Christmas, with Marseille his first challenge (with a trip to Lens on Tuesday to follow) despite understandably low team morale and an extensive injury list including key forward Boubacar Sanogo (hamstring) and defenders Loïc Perrin (hamstring) and Moustapha Bayal (foot).
Also unavailable through injury are attacking midfielder Augusto Fernandez (ankle), Malick Faye (foot) and Yohan Andreu (pubalgia). Forward David Gigliotti is suspended but club top scorer Gonzalo Bergessio, who served a one-match ban last week, is available again.
The good news for Galtier is that wingbacks Sylvain Monsoreau (injured) and Yohan Benalouane (suspended) are back in the side to help shore up Les Verts’ leaky defence and provide a solid base on which to start scoring goals.
Challengers
The bad news however is that after an uncertain autumn, Marseille seem to be hitting their straps going into the break and are looking to be one of the only sides with the form and depth to seriously challenge champions and leaders Bordeaux for the title.
Marseille have won their last three matches on the trot, and have climbed to second place on the table just six points shy of Bordeaux and with a game in hand (their Week 14 match against Sochaux was postponed until early in the new year).
Character
In spite of their elimination from the Champions League against Real Madrid, as well as the loss of captain and top scorer Mamadou Niang through injury until mid-January, Marseille produced a tenacious display that saw them come from a goal down to account for in-form Lorient 2-1 with an injury-time strike from Senegal defender Souleymane Diawara.
Coach Didier Deschamps was an understandably happy man after the match: "I’m happy to snatch three points like that. We got off to a bad start but we had the character to come back get the win."
Favourable draw
It has also been good news on the European front this week for Deschamps, with Marseille drawn against FC Copenhagen in the last 32. OM, one of the four best sides to be eliminated from the Champions League, were seeded for the draw and will have the advantage of playing the return leg at home. Nonetheless, Deschamps is keeping his feet on the ground.
"There were bigger names in the draw, sides better known in Europe and it could have been tougher. But still, Copenhagen are the reigning Danish champions and they’re on top of their league table right now. Their success is obviously no accident."
While Deschamps will be without Niang to take on Les Verts, he has named forward Jordan Ayew, the 18-year-old son of club legend Abedi Pelé who scored in his senior team debut against Lorient, in the squad at the expense of Mathieu Valbuena.
He will also have Brandao back from suspension and Brazilian defender Vitorino Hilton is available again after injury. Defender Julien Rodriguez (ankle) and midfielder Cyril Rool (Achilles tendon) will be unavailable through injury but otherwise Deschamps has a full-strength squad to choose from.
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kabbott
19-12-2009, 12:20 PM
From a snowy Caen v Laval last night. Who likes the Caen colours?
http://www.lequipe.fr/Medias/Football/200912/350x255/caen-a-concede-le-nul-sur-sa-pelouse-contre-laval-1-1.jpg
BB Bob
19-12-2009, 01:34 PM
Its a lot better than last year's red and blue Blackburn style kit. The previous year, their kit was much better and this year it's back to the proper stuff! A promotion kit, if I can make so bold...
GodstoneEagle
19-12-2009, 02:38 PM
is Savigol still at Caen?
kabbott
19-12-2009, 04:18 PM
is Savigol still at Caen?
Yes and no. Was diagnosed with a heart condition a few months back and so had to retire from pro football. I think he's working behind the scenes in some capacity or another.
kabbott
19-12-2009, 04:20 PM
And now for this weekend's fixtures:
Week 18 - Saturday, December 19, 2009
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux FC Lorient DRAW
Postponed Boulogne Côte d'Opale FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 OGC Nice HOME
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC AS Nancy Lorraine DRAW
19:00 Stade Rennais FC Paris Saint-Germain DRAW
19:00 Valenciennes FC RC Lens HOME
21:00 AS Saint-Etienne Olympique de Marseille HOME
Week 18 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre Toulouse FC DRAW
17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Le Mans UC 72 HOME
21:00 AS Monaco FC Olympique Lyonnais AWAY please
kabbott
19-12-2009, 04:24 PM
Yes and no. Was diagnosed with a heart condition a few months back and so had to retire from pro football. I think he's working behind the scenes in some capacity or another.
Just checked something out. His heart condition was found during his medical when he was about to sign for Monaco at the start of July.
I'm not 100% sure if he's still at Caen though. He had a contract until 2012, maybe the insurance companies are more involved with his future now.
kabbott
19-12-2009, 04:28 PM
I think I made a bit of a cock-up with the 8th round matches of the French Cup last week. Here are the results:
samedi 12 décembre 2009
14h00 Angers (L2) 5-0 Excelsior Saint-Joseph (DH Réunion)
Marck (CFA) 2-2
2 tab 4 Compiègne (CFA)
14h30 Versailles (DSR) 1-0 Dijon (L2)
La Grande-Motte (Exc.) 1-0 Marignane (CFA)
Cholet (CFA2) 2-2
4 tab 5 Saumur (CFA2)
16h15 Nîmes (L2) 1-1
2 tab 4 Pau (CFA)
17h00 Les Lilas (CFA2) 0-1 Caen (L2)
Troyes (Nat) 2-1 Selongey (CFA2)
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (DH) 1-1
3 tab 2 Yzeure (CFA)
18h00 Sedan (L2) 3-1 Sénart-Moissy (CFA)
Tours FC (L2) 2-1 Montceau (CFA)
Laval (L2) 4-0 Le Poiré-sur-Vie (CFA2)
Cannes (Nat) 3-0 Luzenac (Nat)
à Ménilles Pacy-sur-Eure (Nat) 0-2 ap Quevilly (CFA)
à Thonon-les-Bains Evian TG (Nat) 4-0 Feurs (CFA2)
Saint-Louis-Neuweg (CFA2) 4-0 Besançon (CFA)
Saint-Dizier (CFA2) 4-3 ap Orléans (CFA)
Vesoul (CFA) 4-1 Forbach (DH)
Raon-l'Etape (CFA) 6-1 Marboz (DHR)
Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA) 2-1 Annonay (DHR)
Pontivy (CFA) 5-1 Plouvorn (16)
Agen (CFA2) 0-0
5 tab 4 Calvi (CFA2)
18h30 Plabennec (Nat) 2-0 Concarneau (CFA2)
19h00 Romorantin (CFA) 0-2 Vannes OC (L2)
Thiers (CFA2) 3-1 Niort (CFA)
Chartres (DH) 1-2 Les Herbiers (CFA)
19h30 à Varennes-Vauzelles Nevers (CFA2) 1-4 Beauvais (Nat)
Cambrai (DH) 0-1 Aubervilliers (CFA2)
20h00 Balma (CFA) 1-3 AC Ajaccio (L2)
Rodez (Nat) 3-1 Luçon (CFA)
Amiens (Nat) 2-1 ap Avion (CFA2)
Cherbourg (CFA) 0-3 Avranches (CFA)
dimanche 13 décembre 2009
14h00 La Ferté (DH) 2-3 Trélissac (CFA2)
Fresnoy-le-Grand (DH) 0-1 Saint-Quentin (DH)
Bonchamp (DH) 1-1
5 tab 4 Paimpol (DH)
Lattes (DH) 1-0 Bagnols-Pont-Saint-Esprit (DH)
Feytiat (DH) 0-1 Chauray (DH)
Aire (DH) 0-1 Seclin (DHR)
14h30 Colmar (CFA) 2-2
4 tab 2 Metz (L2)
à Rennes Rennes TA (DH) 1-2 ap Brest (L2)
15h00 Mulhouse (CFA) 4-1 La Chapelle (DH)
Loon-Plage (DHR) 1-2 Marquette (PH)
16h00 Strasbourg (L2) 3-0 Thionville (CFA2)
kabbott
19-12-2009, 04:30 PM
And more importantly here is the draw for the equivalent of our 3rd round:
vendredi 8 janvier 2010
20h30 Amiens (Nat) - Auxerre (L1)
samedi 9 janvier 2010
14h00 Chauray (DH) - Agen (CFA2)
15h00 Colmar (CFA) - Lille (L1)
AC Ajaccio (L2) - Cannes (Nat)
17h45 Compiègne (CFA) - Lens (L1)
18h00 Pontivy (CFA) - Brest (L2)
Laval (L2) - Vesoul (CFA)
19h00 Monaco (L1) - Tours FC (L2)
20h00 Les Herbiers (CFA) - Toulouse (L1)
Saint-Louis-Neuweg (CFA2) - Sochaux (L1)
Seclin (DHR) - Boulogne (L1)
Vannes OC (L2) - Troyes (Nat)
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (DH) - Sedan (L2)
Bonchamp (DH) - Guingamp (L2)
Lattes (DH) - Angers (L2)
Pau (CFA) - Evian TG (Nat)
Versailles (DSR) - Beauvais (Nat)
Saint-Dizier (CFA2) - Raon-l'Etape (CFA)
Avranches (CFA) - Saumur (CFA2)
Quevilly (CFA) - Saint-Quentin (DH)
La Grande-Motte (Exc.) - Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA)
20h45 Saint-Etienne (L1) - Lorient (L1)
Grenoble (L1) - Montpellier (L1)
Le Mans (L1) - Valenciennes (L1)
Strasbourg (L2) - Lyon (L1)
Rennes (L1) - Caen (L2)
Bordeaux (L1) - Rodez (Nat)
dimanche 10 janvier 2010
14h00 Thiers (CFA2) - Nancy (L1)
14h30 Marquette (PH) - Mulhouse (CFA)
14h45 Plabennec (Nat) - Nice (L1)
17h30 Trélissac (CFA2) - Marseille (L1)
20h45 Paris-SG (L1) - Aubervilliers (CFA2)
BB Bob
19-12-2009, 06:01 PM
1f45
And now for this weekend's fixtures:
Week 18 - Saturday, December 19, 2009
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux FC Lorient DRAW
Postponed Boulogne Côte d'Opale FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 OGC Nice HOME
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC AS Nancy Lorraine DRAW
19:00 Stade Rennais FC Paris Saint-Germain DRAW
19:00 Valenciennes FC RC Lens HOME
21:00 AS Saint-Etienne Olympique de Marseille HOME
Week 18 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre Toulouse FC DRAW
17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Le Mans UC 72 HOME
21:00 AS Monaco FC Olympique Lyonnais AWAY please
A late entry (and no, I haven't checked the scores yet!)
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux FC Lorient HOME
Postponed Boulogne Côte d'Opale FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 OGC Nice DRAW
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC AS Nancy Lorraine HOME
19:00 Stade Rennais FC Paris Saint-Germain HOME (more pressure on Antoine)
19:00 Valenciennes FC RC Lens AWAY
21:00 AS Saint-Etienne Olympique de Marseille AWAY
Week 18 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre Toulouse FC DRAW
17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Le Mans UC 72 HOME
21:00 AS Monaco FC Olympique Lyonnais DRAW (sorry again!)
philsick
19-12-2009, 06:42 PM
Warming news for Philsick:
Clermont Foot (15) 1-0 Le Havre (4)
:lux: great result.Down there this week,but their game on tuesday is away:(
BB Bob
19-12-2009, 08:57 PM
Tonight's scores:-
Week 18 - Saturday, December 19, 2009
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 4 - 1 FC Lorient
Postponed Boulogne Côte d'Opale FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1 - 1 OGC Nice
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 - 2 AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 Stade Rennais FC 1 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
19:00 Valenciennes FC 0 - 0 RC Lens
21:00 AS Saint-Etienne 0 - 0 Olympique de Marseille
philsick
19-12-2009, 09:05 PM
Watched a stream of les verts.Much more spirited performance,as you could tell by janots reaction at the final whistle.Still gave the ball away in dangerous positions,usually by being really casual and dribbling or passing,when a good old hoof was needed.But a decent point.
kabbott
20-12-2009, 05:26 PM
Today's results before Monaco v Lyon:
Week 18 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
17:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 1 Toulouse FC
17:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 0 Le Mans UC 72
21:00 AS Monaco FC Olympique Lyonnais
5:2 to you BB Bob.
kabbott
20-12-2009, 05:30 PM
http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14859
OL hope corner has been turned
Lyon hope to prove they've put their bad patch behind them once and for all when they travel to Monaco on Sunday. It means a return for Claude Puel to the club with which he won the title twice as a player and once as a coach.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
21:00 - AS Monaco FC / Olympique Lyonnais
Puel was part of Monaco title-winning sides in 1982 and 1988 and repeated the trick as coach in 2000. After five games without a win in Ligue 1, Puel's Lyon side finally recorded a maximum haul in Wednesday's delayed Week 11 game at home to Boulogne.
Fans frustrated
OL's fans had become increasingly frustrated with the fare they'd been served and made their feelings known at the Stade Gerland both in the 2-0 win over Boulogne and the 1-0 defeat to champions Bordeaux three days earlier. Puel hopes Lyon will pull together in the face of the many brickbats being thrown their way.
Puel said: "I didn't hear the Gerland whistle. In a certain way, the atmosphere has prepared us for our trip to Monaco. There have been attacks on certain people within the squad and the club. We are objective and we've been lacking both results and consistency. We'll come out of this stronger. A real squad is born out of adversity. We have to look at the positives."
Benzema Champions League reunion
On Friday Lyon were drawn against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, meaning a match up with former OL star Karim Benzema. OL captain Cris cannot wait. He said: "I've played Real Madrid four times and I've never lost. We've won twice at the Gerland and drawn twice over there."
Toulalan back
Ligue 1 is very much the current focus for the seven-time champions, however, and Puel hopes several first-teamers will be fit enough to return to action. The former Lille boss was playing his cards close to his chest, although it could mean a comeback for Jérémy Toulalan (groin). Top scorer Lisandro Lopez should overcome a hip problem.
Monaco won 1-0 at home to Rennes on Wednesday, the former second-placed club's first win in six. Now Guy Lacombe's side feel they are on the up and are in the mood to set targets.
Alonso: "Never good time to play Lyon"
Captain Alejandro Alonso said: "The two matches before the winter break, at home to Lyon and at Le Mans, are very important. Despite our bad spell, I think we can get ourselves into a good position and four points out of six wouldn't be bad.
"Lyon are in trouble, it's true, but there's never a good time to face Lyon. We'll try to show the same desire as on Wednesday and play a bit more football. We'll try to be organised defensively and use our pace to make the difference. We'll also try to continue to be good from set plays. We've got a good left- footer and plenty of big players."
Nenê top scorer
That left-footer is Nenê, the top scorer in Ligue 1 with 10, although he has scored just once in his last four league appearances. Lacombe will be looking to the Brazilian to help the hosts get on the scoresheet first. Monaco have won all five home games in which they have opened the scoring and lost the two when they have conceded first. Their solitary draw was 0-0 with bottom club Grenoble in Week 13.
Adriano banned
Defender Adriano serves the second of his two-game ban after his red card in the 4-0 loss at home to Lille in Week 17. Diego Perez is back from his third suspension of the season. Midfielder Mathieu Coutadeur (ankle) is out for three weeks. Vincent Muratori (thigh), Eduardo Costa and Serge Gakpé (both knee) all missed the Rennes win.
Probable Teams:
Monaco: Ruffier; Modesto, Mongongu, Puygrenier, Traoré; Nkoulou, Gosso; Alonso, Nenê, Mollo; Park
Lyon: Lloris; Réveillère, Cris, Boumsong, Cissokho; Toulalan, Makoun, Pjanic; Govou, Lisandro, Bastos
BB Bob
21-12-2009, 07:07 AM
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Park cancels out Bastos screamer
Michel Bastos scored a candidate for goal of the season but Lyon were held to a 1-1 draw at Monaco as South Korean forward Chu-Young Park made the most of a rare Hugo Lloris mistake to net the equaliser for the principality club.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
AS Monaco FC / Olympique Lyonnais : 1 - 1
Lyon knew a win would see them join big guns Bordeaux and Marseille in an all-star top three. OL had gone five games without a Ligue 1 win before Wednesday’s 2-0 home victory over struggling Boulogne which they hoped would be a springboard to better results. Monaco hoped for similar after ending their run of five without a win by beating Rennes 1-0 at home.
Bastos thunderbolt
Bastos’ aim had been awry with one free kick before he struck with a real bolt from the blue in the 21st minute. The Brazilian hammered one in from huge distance, the ball flew over the top of the Monaco wall and into the side netting. There was only the slightest hint of swerve on the ball. It didn’t need any and Stéphane Ruffier in the Monaco goal didn’t even see it as it flew beyond him.
Bastos was prominent in a move which could have led to a second. His right-wing delivery was perfectly guided by Cris into the path of Makoun. The Cameroonian international midfielder flung himself at the ball with a diving header and Ruffier blocked it with his right boot.
Park equaliser
Chu-Young Park equalised ten minutes before the break, profiting from a rare mistake from France’s number one Hugo Lloris in the Lyon goal. Lloris came and missed a free kick from Nenê, Djimi Traoré hooked the ball back over his own head into the danger area, it was helped on by Sebastién Puygrenier and Park gleefully smashed it into the back of the unguarded net.
Lloris redeemed himself shortly afterwards with a fine save at his near post from Alejandro Alonso after a Park backheel.
Mollo makes it tough for OL
Midway through the second half Park picked out Yohan Mollo, whose diving header was just wide of the mark with Lloris rooted to the spot. All of a sudden Mollo was prominent in everything good about Monaco’s play and only alert defending from Anthony Reveillère thwarted him as he attempted to connect with a fine centre from François Modesto.
César Delgado was on as a substitute for Lyon and from his corner Cris completely lost his marker Puygrenier and made Ruffier work to keep out a header. Ligue 1 top scorer Nenê then had an ambitious shot from a tight angle beaten away by Lloris as the chances came thick and fast
Delgado chance
OL had the chance to snatch a winner as Lisandro Lopez rolled a superb pass through Puygrenier’s legs into the path of fellow Argentine Delgado, only for Ruffier to make a great save at his feet.
The points were justifiably shared. Both sides remain on poor runs. OL have taken seven points from their last seven games and Monaco have taken just five points from their last seven fixtures.
kabbott
21-12-2009, 07:17 AM
Lyon were kr*p again. :(
BB Bob
21-12-2009, 07:24 AM
The games are coming thick and fast, too. Another midweek extravaganza in freezing conditions (in Northern France anyway)
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
RC Lens 21:00 AS Saint-Etienne
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Le Mans UC 72 19:00 AS Monaco FC
FC Lorient 19:00 Valenciennes FC
Olympique Lyonnais 19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC
Olympique de Marseille 19:00 AJ Auxerre
AS Nancy Lorraine 19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole
OGC Nice 19:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
Paris Saint-Germain 19:00 Grenoble Foot 38
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 19:00 Stade Rennais FC
Toulouse FC 21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux
I suspect la trêve can't come quick enough for Lyon! Still, Reggie is back on the market.......never say never.......
King William
21-12-2009, 07:46 PM
havent read all of this so topic (ok, any of it)... so apols if allready mentioned..
ive just noticed that bolougne fc are in the top division. i fancy driving out to see them before they get relegated.
have they not been in the top division much by chance?
presume tickets wont be a problem...
cheers
BB Bob
22-12-2009, 07:57 AM
Union Sportive Boulogne Côte d'Opale - to give them their full title - are certainly not regulars in L1 and are not likely to hang around for long either.
Their website is here - http://www.usbco.com/stade.php?IdPage=633 - and you can see that the top tickets for the top games are €30. I don't know for sure, but I suspect if you want to see one of the big teams, tickets might be a problem but not fo the others.
If it is any club near a Channel port you are after, Northern France is well populated with them. Lens - le sang et or (blood and gold) after their kit - are probably the best supported club in the region and their fans are a lively bunch. There always looks to be an atmosphere at their ground. Valenciennes are smaller and less fashionable, but ae having a better season this year. Lille isn't that far from Calais either, and you can get the train there (when it runs, of course).
Here are maps of L1 and L2 showing where all of the clubs are to be found.
King William
22-12-2009, 08:11 AM
Union Sportive Boulogne Côte d'Opale - to give them their full title - are certainly not regulars in L1 and are not likely to hang around for long either.
Their website is here - http://www.usbco.com/stade.php?IdPage=633 - and you can see that the top tickets for the top games are €30. I don't know for sure, but I suspect if you want to see one of the big teams, tickets might be a problem but not fo the others.
If it is any club near a Channel port you are after, Northern France is well populated with them. Lens - le sang et or (blood and gold) after their kit - are probably the best supported club in the region and their fans are a lively bunch. There always looks to be an atmosphere at their ground. Valenciennes are smaller and less fashionable, but ae having a better season this year. Lille isn't that far from Calais either, and you can get the train there (when it runs, of course).
Here are maps of L1 and L2 showing where all of the clubs are to be found.
great thanks for that. yes, looked at the website last night. going to try and get out there feb/march time (and then poss there last game in may)
kabbott
22-12-2009, 09:07 AM
In the meantime, more games this week before the winter break:
Week 19 - Tuesday, December 22, 2009
21:00 RC Lens AS Saint-Etienne
Week 19 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 AS Monaco FC
19:00 FC Lorient Valenciennes FC
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 Olympique de Marseille AJ Auxerre
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine LOSC Lille Métropole
19:00 OGC Nice Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Stade Rennais FC
21:00 Toulouse FC Girondins de Bordeaux
1f8e
BB Bob
22-12-2009, 11:36 AM
Ooooh! A mid week loto sportif!
21:00 RC Lens AS Saint-Etienne DRAW
Week 19 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 AS Monaco FC HOME
19:00 FC Lorient Valenciennes FC HOME
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais Montpellier Hérault SC HOME (enfin)
19:00 Olympique de Marseille AJ Auxerre HOME
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine LOSC Lille Métropole AWAY
19:00 OGC Nice Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain Grenoble Foot 38 HOME
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Stade Rennais FC DRAW
21:00 Toulouse FC Girondins de Bordeaux DRAW
kabbott
22-12-2009, 11:52 AM
Week 19 - Tuesday, December 22, 2009
21:00 RC Lens AS Saint-Etienne DRAW
Week 19 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 AS Monaco FC HOME
19:00 FC Lorient Valenciennes FC DRAW
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais Montpellier Hérault SC HOME (death wish)
19:00 Olympique de Marseille AJ Auxerre DRAW
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine LOSC Lille Métropole HOME
19:00 OGC Nice Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain Grenoble Foot 38 DRAW
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Stade Rennais FC HOME
21:00 Toulouse FC Girondins de Bordeaux HOME please
BB Bob
22-12-2009, 11:54 AM
I think you are choosing with your heart rather than your head.....
;)
kabbott
22-12-2009, 11:55 AM
I think you are choosing with your heart rather than your head.....
;)
Qui? Moi?
I suppose you mean for the Lyon result.
BB Bob
22-12-2009, 12:08 PM
....or the Toulouse one! Could go either way that one. Local(ish) derby, the last in a hectic series of games, break coming up. Toss a coin, probably!
kabbott
22-12-2009, 12:15 PM
....or the Toulouse one! Could go either way that one. Local(ish) derby, the last in a hectic series of games, break coming up. Toss a coin, probably!
Did I give a defeat to Bordeaux? How silly of me! It does, however, look as though they are doing a "Lyon" and running away with things.
GodstoneEagle
22-12-2009, 12:24 PM
Toulouse DRAW Bordeaux for me.
I'm gonna put money on 1-1
kabbott
22-12-2009, 08:09 PM
Ligue 2 results in so far:
Monday, December 21, 2009
20:45 FC Metz Postponed SM Caen
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
20:00 SC Bastia 3 - 1 Tours FC
20:00 Dijon FCO 1 - 3 Stade Brestois
20:00 EA Guingamp 1 - 1 Clermont Foot
20:00 Stade Lavallois 2 - 1 Vannes OC
20:00 Nîmes Olympique 2 - 1 FC Istres
20:30 AC Arles Avignon Postponed CS Sedan
20:30 Châteauroux - AC Ajaccio
20:30 Havre AC - RC Strasbourg
20:30 FC Nantes - Angers SCO
BB Bob
22-12-2009, 10:25 PM
Aaaaah. The curse of Reggie is not so easily shaken off
Terminé
Lens (14) 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne (17)
Eduardo (90e+1 sp)
Injury time penalty. It's gotta hurt.......
kabbott
23-12-2009, 09:41 AM
Aaaaah. The curse of Reggie is not so easily shaken off
Terminé
Lens (14) 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne (17)
Eduardo (90e+1 sp)
Injury time penalty. It's gotta hurt.......
Madame kabbott was watching one of those Christmassy films last night. I thought I'd get a sneaky 15 minutes in at the end. When I put Canal + on, the players were walking off the pitch. :veryangry Oh well. I watched the highlights later. The ASSE keeper, Janot, who I don't rate that much, played a blinder and kept his team level until that penalty, which probably wasn't. L'Equipe gave him 9/10 for that "perf".
kabbott
23-12-2009, 09:46 AM
I've just watched this. Maybe it was a penalty after all.
gRnXbASPUbs
BB Bob
23-12-2009, 09:58 AM
Just off to buy my copy of l'Equipe now. I'll have to make o with reading it online over Christmas as I can't get it chez moi. I can't get you tube clips at work either so this one will have to keep!
Bonne chance ce soir!
BB Bob
23-12-2009, 07:04 PM
Mon pauvre kabbott. I think the correct french phrase here is <<oh là là, là là....>>
Week 19 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 1 - 1 AS Monaco FC
19:00 FC Lorient 3 - 2 Valenciennes FC
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 2 Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 0 - 2 AJ Auxerre
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 4 LOSC Lille Métropole
19:00 OGC Nice 2 - 2 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 4 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
Another four goals from Lille too!!! They are hotter than a Chicken Phall!
kabbott
23-12-2009, 07:06 PM
Another woeful show put on by Lyon. It's mid-table mediocrity and no more for Lyon. Aulas has always defended Puel, it would cost Aulas a packet to get rid, but something drastic will have to be done. A couple of players brought in during the transfer window won't change things. The current players are in a state of shellshock. They've lost it.
Apart from that, Lille are on fire. That's 23 goals in the last 6 games.
Week 19 - Tuesday, December 22, 2009
21:00 RC Lens 1 - 0 AS Saint-Etienne
Week 19 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 1 - 1 AS Monaco FC
19:00 FC Lorient 3 - 2 Valenciennes FC
19:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 2 Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 0 - 2 AJ Auxerre
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 4 LOSC Lille Métropole
19:00 OGC Nice 2 - 2 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 4 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
21:00 Toulouse FC Girondins de Bordeaux
203f
kabbott
23-12-2009, 07:10 PM
[QUOTE=BB Bob]Mon pauvre kabbott. I think the correct french phrase here is <<oh là là là là....>>
QUOTE]
You beat me to it. Oh là là là là is far too polite. I'd go for something like:
Putain, merde, bordel, fait chier, con, bande de branleurs ... Get the picture? Le Lyonnais is not a happy man tonight, albeit tempered by a glass or two of blanc to wash down those mussels. :p
BB Bob
24-12-2009, 03:36 PM
The final match of 2010
21:00 Toulouse FC 1 - 2 Girondins de Bordeaux
That was depsite TFC going in front after 4 mins.
So, the table at the break read as follows:-
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 19 14 1 4 +20 43
2 LOSC Lille Métropole 19 10 4 5 +18 34
3 Montpellier Hérault SC 18 10 3 5 +5 33
4 Olympique de Marseille 18 9 5 4 +10 32
5 AJ Auxerre 19 9 5 5 +4 32
6 Olympique Lyonnais 19 8 6 5 +5 30
7 Paris Saint-Germain 19 8 5 6 +13 29
8 FC Lorient 19 8 5 6 +7 29
9 Stade Rennais FC 19 8 5 6 +6 29
10 Valenciennes FC 19 8 4 7 +4 28
11 AS Monaco FC 18 8 3 7 -2 27
12 AS Nancy Lorraine 19 8 2 9 -3 26
13 RC Lens 19 7 5 7 -5 26
14 Toulouse FC 19 7 4 8 +3 25
15 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 17 8 1 8 -4 25
16 OGC Nice 19 6 4 9 -12 22
17 Le Mans UC 72 19 4 4 11 -11 16
18 AS Saint-Etienne 19 4 4 11 -15 16
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 18 3 4 11 -20 13
20 Grenoble Foot 38 19 1 4 14 -23 7
Merry Christmas to all of you! Allez le championnat en 2010!
GodstoneEagle
24-12-2009, 03:59 PM
Bordeaux really romping home at the moment.
BB Bob
24-12-2009, 05:12 PM
Good piece here:-
SPIRO BLOG: What next for Laurent Blanc?
A shortage of oysters, overpriced foie gras, chaos on the railways, streets full of angry Parisians, and increasing uncertainty surrounding the future of Laurent Blanc. Christmas has well and truly arrived in France, writes Ligue1.com columnist Matthew Spiro.
There are several ways of telling it is Christmas in France. Train strikes and ‘unexpected’ cold weather bring the country to a standstill. Fishmongers run out of oysters. The price of foie gras doubles. People you hardly know wish you ‘bonnes fêtes’ all the time. The post office is so overcrowded there is no point even trying to send a parcel. And Parisians are tetchier than ever.
The world of football has its share of seasonal rituals, too. This is the time of year when Ligue 1 players wear neck-warmers, gloves, tights and sometimes even headbands. From across the Channel the Premier League’s French contingent whinge about having to play on Boxing Day. “I love English football but playing during ‘les fêtes?! C’est complètement fou,” shrieked Blackburn’s Pascal Chimbonda this week on RMC radio.
It is also the moment for Paris Saint-Germain to wonder what went wrong, for Olympique de Marseille to decide they need to buy a striker because ten new signings in the summer was not enough, and for Bordeaux to start panicking over the possibility of Laurent Blanc leaving.
Itchy feet?
For the second year running the Blanc debate is dominating chat shows. ‘Le President’ has been such a hit in the south-west that Bordeaux can hardly imagine life without him.
This time last year, Blanc wanted to be reassured the club had enough ambition to hold on to its best players before signing a new deal. He extended his contract until 2011, Yoann Gourcuff signed a permanent deal, and Alou Diarra and Marouane Chamakh stayed put.
In theory, Les Girondins need not worry this Christmas. After all, Blanc’s deal has 18 months to run. The difficulty, however, is twofold: 1. Blanc’s reputation is escalating at such a rate he is already being linked with some very prestigious posts (France, Manchester United, Inter Milan). 2. He says he has no intention of spending the rest of his life in management (he enjoys golf too much), yet would love to coach Les Bleus and move abroad at some point.
In two-and-a-half years, Blanc has already won the Ligue 1 title, the League Cup and two ‘Trophée des Champions’. Bordeaux look odds on to claim another title this year and appear well capable of going to the quarter-finals or beyond in the Champions League. What more could Blanc achieve at Bordeaux? What would be the point of him staying?
Gourcuff key
These are the questions club president Jean-Louis Triaud is asking himself right now. The only way Blanc would stay with the six-time champions beyond the summer is if the club start showing some serious ambition. Chamakh is out of contract and very keen on a move to England. Although he is a key player, he could be replaced. Gourcuff’s future is far more significant. The France playmaker is the symbol of Blanc’s regime and would have to be kept on if the club really want to set themselves up as genuine European contenders.
Touching on his future this weekend, Blanc spoke of the need for Bordeaux to improve their infrastructure in order to compete with Europe’s elite in the long term.
Stadium upgrade
The biggest concern is the ageing Stade Chaban Delmas. France’s Euro 2016 bid could help push through the construction of a new stadium, yet Bordeaux cannot wait six years and expect Blanc to hang around. Triaud needs to get the new stadium plans up and running if he wants to send a clear message to the club’s most valuable asset.
Whatever Blanc decides, his emergence has already given French football a huge lift. Bordeaux’s attacking football is a delight to watch and their coach carries himself with as much class as he showed in his playing days. French fans would be advised to enjoy having Blanc around for now… and keep their fingers crossed that next Christmas the same debate arises.
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Matthew Spiro for Ligue1.com
kabbott
24-12-2009, 06:01 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone who contributes to this thread.
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 19 14 1 4 +20 43
2 LOSC Lille Métropole 19 10 4 5 +18 34
3 Montpellier Hérault SC 18 10 3 5 +5 33
4 Olympique de Marseille 18 9 5 4 +10 32
5 AJ Auxerre 19 9 5 5 +4 32
6 Olympique Lyonnais 19 8 6 5 +5 30
7 Paris Saint-Germain 19 8 5 6 +13 29
8 FC Lorient 19 8 5 6 +7 29
9 Stade Rennais FC 19 8 5 6 +6 29
10 Valenciennes FC 19 8 4 7 +4 28
11 AS Monaco FC 18 8 3 7 -2 27
12 AS Nancy Lorraine 19 8 2 9 -3 26
13 RC Lens 19 7 5 7 -5 26
14 Toulouse FC 19 7 4 8 +3 25
15 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 17 8 1 8 -4 25
16 OGC Nice 19 6 4 9 -12 22
17 Le Mans UC 72 19 4 4 11 -11 16
18 AS Saint-Etienne 19 4 4 11 -15 16
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 18 3 4 11 -20 13
20 Grenoble Foot 38 19 1 4 14 -23 7
Lyon going for Intertoto glory. :rolleyes:
262f
libran
25-12-2009, 09:03 PM
:cool: Does anyone know when the tickets for PSG v Marseille go on sale?
King William
27-12-2009, 09:06 AM
whats the deal with games being changed for french tv? how long in advance do they decide and is it still normally a saturday (i know zilch about french footy. i know spanish tv games/kick off times is normally confirmed 13/14 days in advance, so we go sat-mon to ensure we are covered... for bolougne i am hoping just to do a day trip...
cheers
BB Bob
27-12-2009, 08:56 PM
If you look on www.frenchleague.com you can see the fixture list. The midweek ones are unlikely to change but some of the Saturday one's do. Don't forget that when the UEFA etc. restart, all teams involved play on the Sunday. Not that that is likely to affect Boulogne, but you get my drift.
kabbott may be able to confirm, but I suspect it is 2-3 weeks in advance.
BB Bob
27-12-2009, 08:57 PM
:cool: Does anyone know when the tickets for PSG v Marseille go on sale?
Sorry, no idea. I would suspect a month/6 weeks like at Palace?
kabbott
28-12-2009, 09:59 AM
If you look on www.frenchleague.com you can see the fixture list. The midweek ones are unlikely to change but some of the Saturday one's do. Don't forget that when the UEFA etc. restart, all teams involved play on the Sunday. Not that that is likely to affect Boulogne, but you get my drift.
kabbott may be able to confirm, but I suspect it is 2-3 weeks in advance.
I reckon fixture dates and times are established about 1 month before. Whether they are midweek or weekend fixtures, the system is the same.
For example, for weekend fixtures, there'll be 6 matches on the Saturday with a kick-off at 7 o'clock followed by one match, normally an important one, broadcast exclusively on the "Orange" sports channel at 9 o'clock. On the Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock there'll be 2 other games, and the final match is broadcast on the Sunday evening at 9 o'clock on Canal +. The same thing happens for midweek matches too. As BB Bob said, there are sometimes other changes due to Champions' League and Europa Cup matches.
I'll see if I can find information concerning matches in January after the winter break.
kabbott
28-12-2009, 10:00 AM
:cool: Does anyone know when the tickets for PSG v Marseille go on sale?
When is it on?
kabbott
28-12-2009, 10:11 AM
Here are the fixtures for the matches after the winter break. The kick-off times seem to contradict what I said before, but since Boulogne are plaaying away, maybe it doesn't matter.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
AJ Auxerre 21:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
Grenoble Foot 38 21:00 AS Saint-Etienne
Le Mans UC 72 21:00 FC Lorient
LOSC Lille Métropole 21:00 Paris Saint-Germain
AS Monaco FC 21:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Montpellier Hérault SC 21:00 OGC Nice
AS Nancy Lorraine 21:00 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade Rennais FC 21:00 RC Lens
Valenciennes FC 21:00 Toulouse FC
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Girondins de Bordeaux 21:00 Olympique de Marseille
kabbott
28-12-2009, 10:14 AM
Then there are some midweek fixtures with what looks like an interesting local derby match between Boulogne and Valenciennes which, according to the kick-off time, will be the live match shown on the "Orange" sports channel.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
AS Saint-Etienne 21:00 Stade Rennais FC
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Grenoble Foot 38 19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux
RC Lens 19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC
FC Lorient 19:00 Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique de Marseille 19:00 Le Mans UC 72
OGC Nice 19:00 AJ Auxerre
Paris Saint-Germain 19:00 AS Monaco FC
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole
Toulouse FC 19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine
Boulogne Côte d'Opale 21:00 Valenciennes FC
kabbott
28-12-2009, 10:16 AM
The matches after the 20th January have no kick-off times, so I presume the live games haven't been chosen yet.
kabbott
28-12-2009, 10:45 AM
This is the Championnat team of 2009 created by the journalists of L'Equipe. No surprises really. Cris is not in it for the first time in at least 5 years, maybe more.
Lloris (Lyon)
Chalmé (Bordeaux)
Trémoulinas (Bordeaux)
Diawara (Bordeaux and Marseille)
Planus (Bordeaux)
Diarra (Bordeaux)
Toulalan (Lyon)
Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
Wendel (Bordeaux)
Chamakh (Bordeaux)
Lopez (Lyon)
GodstoneEagle
28-12-2009, 11:41 AM
Lol at that team :D
kabbott
07-01-2010, 07:20 PM
http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=15031
Ligue 1 players converge on AFCON
Lille our without Ligue 1 top scorer Gervinho and Nice are feeling the pinch with no less than eight African internationals taking leave of the club in January to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations which kicks-off on Sunday in Angola.
The biennial tournament that pits the best 16 African nations in a three-week battle for continental supremacy sees 66 representatives plying their trade in France’s top five divisions with a massive 38 in Ligue 1.
Lille without Gervinho
Lille will be deprived the services of Ligue 1 top scorer Gervinho has been called up to Vahid Halilhodzic’s Côte d’ivoire squad.
Nice is the hardest hit with eight players quitting the Côte d’Azur for Angola. Southern rivals Marseille are without four of their squad for at least the first three weeks of the year, while Montpellier, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse don’t boast any African internationals at this year’s AFCON.
Lucky 13 for Mali
Mali leads the way with 13 French-based players, followed by Benin, with nine, and the Côte d’Ivoire, with four. Only host nation Angola, twice defending champions Egypt, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia have no players playing in France.
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Ligue 1’s 38 AFCON Players
Nice (8): Mickaël Poté (Benin), Habib Bamogo (Burkina Faso), Eric Mouloungui (Gabon), Mahamane Traoré (Mali), Mamadou Bagayoko (Mali), Onyekachi Apam (Nigeria), Chaouki Ben Saada (Tunisia)
Marseille (4): Charles Kaboré (Burkina Faso), Stéphane Mbia (Cameroon), Bakari Koné (Côte d’Ivoire), Taye Taiwo (Nigeria)
Lille (3): Aurélien Chedjou (Cameroon), Gervinho (Côte d’Ivoire), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
Monaco (3): Nicolas Nkoulou (Cameroon), Jean-Jacques Gosso (Côte d’Ivoire), Serge Gakpé (Togo)
Nancy (3): Paul Alo’o Efoulou (Cameroon), Bakaye Traoré (Mali), Floyd Ayite (Togo)
Valenciennes (3): Guy Rolland Ndy Assembé (Cameroon), Siaka Tiéné (Côte d’Ivoire), Mamadou Samassa (Mali)
Le Mans (2): Didier Ovono (Gabon), Modibo Maïga (Mali)
Lens (2): Samba Sow (Mali), Issam Jemââ (Tunisia)
Rennes (2): Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Elderson Uwa Echiejile (Nigeria)
Auxerre (1): Moussa Narry (Ghana)
Bordeaux (1): Abdou Traoré (Mali)
Boulogne (1): Bakary Soumaré (Mali)
Grenoble (1): Aleixys Romao (Togo)
Lorient (1): Mansouri (Algeria)
Lyon (1): Jean II Makoun (Cameroon)
Paris Saint-Germain (1): Stéphane Sessegnon (Benin)
Sochaux (1): Yassin Mikari (Tunisia)
Montepellier, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse (0)
Ligue 2 (21 players)
D3 - National (3)
D4 - CFA (3)
D5 - CFA2 (1)
1fbc
GodstoneEagle
07-01-2010, 07:42 PM
lol at Nice
BB Bob
07-01-2010, 08:24 PM
:rolleyes: Yeah, great. Just as well we have got so much strength in depth....
Nice struggled to a 1-1 draw with Frejus (a powerhouse in the CFA) in a friendly this week. :eek:
Doesn't bode well for the next few weeks
kabbott
08-01-2010, 08:12 PM
In the bleak mid-Winter ...
Coupe de France this weekend. Can't see many escaping the snow and freezing conditions. Here are the fixtures anyway:
vendredi 8 janvier 2010
19h30 Pau (CFA) 0-2 Evian TG (Nat)
samedi 9 janvier 2010
14h00 Chauray (DH) - Agen (CFA2)
14h30 au Grau-du-Roi La Grande-Motte (Exc.) Reporté Villefranche-sur-Saône (CFA)
15h00 Colmar (CFA) - Lille (L1)
AC Ajaccio (L2) - Cannes (Nat)
à Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (DH) - Sedan (L2)
16h00 Vannes OC (L2) - Troyes (Nat)
17h00 à Villeneuve-d'Ascq Seclin (DHR) - Boulogne (L1)
17h45 à Beauvais Compiègne (CFA) - Lens (L1)
18h00 à Illzach Saint-Louis-Neuweg (CFA2) - Sochaux (L1)
Pontivy (CFA) - Brest (L2)
Laval (L2) - Vesoul (CFA)
Saint-Dizier (CFA2) - Raon-l'Etape (CFA)
18h30 à La Roche-sur-Yon Les Herbiers (CFA) - Toulouse (L1)
19h00 Monaco (L1) - Tours FC (L2)
20h45 Saint-Etienne (L1) Reporté Lorient (L1)
Grenoble (L1) Reporté Montpellier (L1)
Le Mans (L1) - Valenciennes (L1)
Strasbourg (L2) - Lyon (L1)
Rennes (L1) - Caen (L2)
Bordeaux (L1) - Rodez (Nat)
dimanche 10 janvier 2010
14h00 Thiers (CFA2) Reporté Nancy (L1)
à Sussargues Lattes (DH) - Angers (L2)
Versailles (DSR) - Beauvais (Nat)
14h30 à Changé Bonchamp (DH) - Guingamp (L2)
Marquette (PH) - Mulhouse (CFA)
14h45 Plabennec (Nat) - Nice (L1)
17h30 à Périgueux Trélissac (CFA2) - Marseille (L1)
20h45 Paris-SG (L1) - Aubervilliers (CFA2)
lundi 11 janvier 2010
20h30 Amiens (Nat) - Auxerre (L1)
samedi 16 janvier 2010
18h00 Avranches (CFA) - Saumur (CFA2)
Quevilly (CFA) - Saint-Quentin (DH)
kabbott
10-01-2010, 11:42 AM
Results of the French Cup games (not many) that took place yesterday (and one on Friday):
1/32 finale
09/01 Strasbourg 1 - 3 Lyon
- Bordeaux 1 - 0 Rodez Aveyron
- Rennes 2 - 0 Caen
- Le Mans 1 - 0 Valenciennes
- Monaco 0 - 0 (4 - 3) Tours
- Les Herbiers 0 - 1 Toulouse
- Laval 1 - 2 Vesoul
- CO Saint-Dizier 0 - 4 Raon-l'Etape
- Seclin 1 - 4 Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Vannes 1 - 1 (8 - 7) Troyes
- Ajaccio 3 - 0 AS Cannes
- Chauray 0 - 1 Agen
08/01 Pau 0 - 2 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC
kabbott
10-01-2010, 11:43 AM
http://www.ligue1.com/coupeFrance/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=15042
Big names through, games called off
Bordeaux, Lyon, and Rennes all qualified for the Round-of-32 of the French Cup by seeing off lower league opposition. Goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier was the Monaco hero as penalties were needed to beat Tours. Lens and Lille were left frustrated after late call-offs because of the inclement weather sweeping France.
Laurent Blanc won the French Cup as a Montpellier player in 1990 and as an Auxerre player in 1996 but it remains the one domestic trophy he has yet to claim as Bordeaux coach. Blanc sent out a strong side for the home tie with third division Rodez, which ended 1-0 to the French champions, settled with a 77th minute penalty converted by Brazilian midfielder Wendel after Jaroslav Plasil had been fouled. Yoan Gouffran should have given Les Girondins a first-half lead, spurning an open goal after wonderful work from Yoann Gourcuff.
Bastos double
Lyon exchanged a warm-weather training camp in Tunisia for a decidedly chillier Strasbourg and saw off the struggling Ligue 2 outfit 3-1. Bafetimbi Gomis and Michel Bastos fired OL two in front with eyecatching strikes, before Nicolas Fauvergue made them sweat by pulling one back 10 minutes before the break. Gomis had a shot cleared off the line before turning provider as Brazilian international Bastos settled the nerves by scoring a third goal in the 72nd minute.
Briand blast
Last season Rennes lost in the final to Ligue 2 club Guingamp. The new campaign started with a 2-0 home win over Ligue 2 club Caen. With Asamoah Gyan away with Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations, Rennes needed to look elsewhere for goals and French international forward Jimmy Briand duly responded with his first strike since his return from cruciate ligament surgery. On as a substitute, Briand pressed his claims for a World Cup place by firing Rennes into a 68th minute lead, following up an Ismaël Bangoura effort. Guinean international striker Bangoura added a second for Frédéric Antonetti’s side.
Le Mans’ clash with fellow Ligue 1 club Valenciennes went ahead as planned and Anthony Le Tallec headed home the game’s only goal for the hosts in the 23rd minute.
Ruffier heroics
120 minutes of football failed to separate Monaco and Ligue 2 outfit Tours at the Stade Louis II but penalties did with the principality club scraping through by four spot kicks to three. Ruffier saved two Tours penalties.
Portuguese midfielder Paulo Machado scored the only goal of the game in the 9th minute as Toulouse won 1-0 at fourth division Les Herbiers.
Relegation-threatened Boulogne gave themselves a much-needed morale boost ahead of the rearranged Week 18 Ligue 1 game with Sochaux on Wednesday with a 4-1 demolition of seventh division Seclin. Anthony Lecointe, Laurent Agouazi, Johann Ramaré and Alexandre Cuvillier scored the Boulogne goals.
Weather woe
Lens’ game at fourth division Compiègne and Lille’s tie at third division Colmar were both subject to late postponements. The weather had already claimed the all-Ligue 1 games between Grenoble and Montpellier, and Saint-Etienne and Lorient, as well as Nancy’s trip to fifth division club Thiers.
kabbott
10-01-2010, 01:53 PM
Mon Dieu. A shock on the cards here.
Plabennec (National) are leading Nice 2:1 at HT in the French Coupe and have scored two very good goals.
Au secours BB Bob au secours!
kabbott
10-01-2010, 02:41 PM
A shock it is! Finished 2:1 to Plabennec who played some pretty good football. Nice have 8 players out in Africa and 6 injured or suspended. The bench just had kids on it, I think.
BB Bob
10-01-2010, 04:58 PM
2b65
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: At least we can concentrate on the league now.....
:sob:
BB Bob
11-01-2010, 08:05 AM
Quel horreur! I watched the "high"lights - awful stuff. Obviously the balmy climate of the Mediteranée had not prepared les niçois for the arctic tundra of Plabennec (in darkest Britanny - next stop the Atlantic).
Some very unhappy campers on the Nice website (not surprisingly). But what can you do? 14 players out with a squad the size of Nice's has got to hurt. Quite what Loic Remy is still doing there is beyond me. He is far, far too good for Nice. The only question will be where he ends up and when. I would guess Nice will be desperate to hold onto him in January in the hope his goals will keep them up.
kabbott
13-01-2010, 12:45 PM
Not a good start to the year for Philsick's Clermont team in the only tie that took place in the last 16 of the French League Cup last night:
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
20:00 CS Sedan 1 - 0 Clermont Foot
like BB Bob's Nice, Clermont will now be able to concentrate on the Ligue. :rolleyes:
kabbott
13-01-2010, 12:49 PM
Even if nobody gives a toss about the French League Cup over here, there are still some interesting looking ties on tonight. Le Mans v Bordeaux, which was postponed 20 minutes before kick-off last night and rescheduled for this afternoon, has been called off again.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
17:00 EA Guingamp - Paris Saint-Germain
18:45 Olympique Lyonnais - FC Metz
19:00 RC Lens - FC Lorient
19:00 Toulouse FC - AS Nancy Lorraine
19:00 LOSC - Stade Rennais FC
20:45 AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique de Marseille
BB Bob
13-01-2010, 12:53 PM
A quick loto sportif then? 90 minute scores, though......
17:00 EA Guingamp - Paris Saint-Germain DRAW
18:45 Olympique Lyonnais - FC Metz HOME
19:00 RC Lens - FC Lorient DRAW
19:00 Toulouse FC - AS Nancy Lorraine HOME
19:00 LOSC - Stade Rennais FC HOME
20:45 AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique de Marseille AWAY
kabbott
13-01-2010, 06:57 PM
So far so good as far as results are concerned:
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
17:00 EA Guingamp 1 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
18:45 Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 0 FC Metz
Lyon were too good for Metz who played some nice football at times without looking really threatening. Lyon made a fair number of chances. Tafer, playing wide on the left, looked very good. He's often been compared with Benzema and you can see why. He's not at tall as Benzema but he's got excellent ball control and loads of pace. He deserved a goal for his efforts and should have had one but he was unfairly ruled offside. He made himself some other good chances too.
The positives:
Tafer
Lopez - got 2 late goals and also showed lots of great touches.
Toulalan - ran his nuts off in midfield and got his first ever goal for Lyon with a header after hitting the crossbar earlier on with another header.
Réveillère - seems to be coming back to form. Plenty of attacking overlapping play.
Bastos - has started 2010 quite well.
Delgado - came on near the end, has no pace but lots of skill. Uses the ball well. 2 assists for Delgado for Lopez in the final 10 minutes.
The negatives:
Vercoutre - in for Lloris, rested, was shaky at times.
Cris - not looking himself these days.
Boumsong - wasn't that bad when he first arrived but unfortunately he's now playing like when he was at Rangers and Newcastle.
Ederson - does nothing good for the team. Morale is low.
BB Bob
15-01-2010, 12:08 PM
The holidays are over and it is back to business in L1 this weekend. And what a tasty treat awaits us on Sunday night:-
Week 20 - Saturday, January 16, 2010
21:00 AJ Auxerre Boulogne Côte d'Opale
21:00 Grenoble Foot 38 AS Saint-Etienne
21:00 Le Mans UC 72 FC Lorient
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Paris Saint-Germain
21:00 AS Monaco FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC OGC Nice
21:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Olympique Lyonnais
21:00 Stade Rennais FC RC Lens
21:00 Valenciennes FC Toulouse FC
Week 20 - Sunday, January 17, 2010
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique de Marseille
Lille v PSG on Saturday stands out as well.
Elsewhere, Lyon have obviously been listening to M kabbott about their defensive shortcomings over the first half:-
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Lyon beat off competition for Lovren
Olympique Lyonnais headed off interest from a host of European clubs to complete the signing of Croatian defender Dejan Lovren from Dynamo Zagreb for €8million, on Thursday.
OL: the perfect choice
Competition for the 20-year-old’s signature was stiff with English clubs Chelsea and Tottenham reportedly keen on the youngster. But the player chose Lyon for the sporting challenge and the professionalism of the seven-time French champions:
“Everything about Lyon, the city, the facilities, the atmosphere, made this the best option for me compared to other offers I had that included bigger salaries,” said Lovren after passing his medical examination. “That combination of factors made OL the perfect choice for me at this stage of my career.”
Versatile defender
Lovren, a Dynamo Zagreb youth product, made his debut in the Croatian first division back in the 2005-06 season as a 16-year-old. He played 14 league matches in the first half of this season as well as 11 matches in Champions League and Europa League. His signing for Lyon will further solidify the French club’s defensive sector:
“I’m a versatile defender, comfortable playing off both feet and able to play in any position right across the backline,” he added. “But my preference is for the right side of central defence.”
Lovren, who will wear the No.26 shirt, was in Lyon on Wednesday to watch OL defeat Ligue 2 side Metz 3-0 in the League Cup.
BB Bob
15-01-2010, 12:10 PM
Coaches, start your engines!
On the eve of the second-half of the season, Ligue1.com asked the coaches, from pole-sitter Laurent Blanc to the back of the grid with Mécha Bazdarevic, what they made of the first six months of the season and what we can expect in the race to the title from now until May 15!
Laurent Blanc (Bordeaux coach): “I hope we keep going like this... with the same motivation, the same team spirit... with the whole squad pulling in the same direction, not just the starting XI, but right to the end of the bench... We’ve got the domestic Cups, which will give everyone a run... The games will keep on coming and we’ll try and play every competition we’re in to the maximum because that will give certain players the chance to play more than they did in the first half of the season... But everything can change very quickly in football... We have to know how to be happy with what we’ve already achieved, but you can’t rest on your laurels... because everything can change so quickly...”
Rudi Garcia (Lille coach): “I really enjoy watching my team play. But it’s not only the way we’re playing, because I know what they are capable of... It’s true that each player knows exactly what their role is and each is capable of adding their stone to the attacking edifice... But what really pleases me, is that even when the game has been won, my attackers still come back and defend, they stay organised, they don’t let up... That bodes well for the second half of the season because for the moment, we still haven’t won anything... We’re not even really second because both Marseille and Montpellier have a game in hand.”
René Girard (Montpellier coach): “At the start of the season I said that Ligue 1 survival was somewhere between first place and 17th place... I thought we would have been closer to the latter... we’re closer to the first and that’s great...”
Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille coach): “We did some good things... But we struggled for consistency... We had the Champions League, but we didn’t take our chances... We can have a few regrets about that, like we can in the league... But I’m not going to cry over spilt milk... We’ll try and move on, put the first half of the season behind us and try and tackle this second half of the season with a little more consistency...”
Jean Fernandez (Auxerre coach): “After three games, we were rock bottom without a goal to our name... It wasn’t easy for us... Then we went ten games without a loss including seven wins... we had a little rough patch but the win over Marseille set us back on our way... it’s given us a little boost ahead of the second half of the season...”
Claude Puel (Olympique Lyonnais coach): “There’s no point looking at top spot, or even a place in the top three at the moment... Firstly, we need to concentrate on our own play, put all the ingredients into the mix... whether it be physical, technical, movement, play simple... play well... then the results will come...”
Mécha Bazdarevic (Grenoble coach): “It’s going to be very difficult, but we have to give it everything we have. January is going to be crucial. If we can string together a series of wins, who knows, anything can happen... You may think I’m crazy, but I still believe...”
1f4d
kabbott
15-01-2010, 06:32 PM
All the results of the midweek League Cup matches:
CS Sedan 1 - 0 Clermont Foot
EA Guingamp 1 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 0 FC Metz
RC Lens 1 - 2 FC Lorient
Toulouse FC 3 - 0 AS Nancy Lorraine
LOSC 3 - 1 a.e.t. Stade Rennais FC
AS Saint-Etienne 2 - 3 Olympique de Marseille
kabbott
15-01-2010, 06:38 PM
For what it's worth, here is the draw for the League Cup Quarter Finals. This competition is an utter joke. The top Ligue 1 clubs join the competition in the last 16 and the seedings keep the top 4 clubs (Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille and Toulouse) apart until the semi finals.
Lorient v Lyon
Bordeaux or Le Mans v Sedan
Marseille v Lille
Guingamp v Toulouse
The matches will be played on January 26 and 27 ...
... all live on French national TV and in front of a handful of supporters.
philsick
16-01-2010, 02:08 PM
Superb result last night for clermont,2.0 winners over nantes.Up to 10th:p
kabbott
16-01-2010, 02:18 PM
Superb result last night for clermont,2.0 winners over nantes.Up to 10th:p
In front of a little over 4,000 fans. Good result even though Nantes are in freefall at the moment. All the results:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
20:30 Stade Brestois 2 - 1 Havre AC
Friday, January 15, 2010
20:00 AC Ajaccio 1 - 0 AC Arles Avignon
20:00 CS Sedan 1 - 1 Châteauroux
20:00 Tours FC 1 - 4 Dijon FCO
20:00 Vannes OC 0 - 2 Nîmes Olympique
20:30 SM Caen 1 - 0 SC Bastia
20:30 Clermont Foot 2 - 0 FC Nantes
20:30 RC Strasbourg 4 - 1 Stade Lavallois
Saturday, January 16, 2010
17:00 Angers SCO - EA Guingamp
17:00 FC Istres - FC Metz
kabbott
16-01-2010, 02:23 PM
Ligue 2 table:
Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 SM Caen 19 12 5 2 30 14 +16 41
2 Stade Brestois 20 11 5 4 29 18 +11 38
3 Havre AC 20 9 4 7 25 21 +4 31
4 AC Arles Avignon 19 8 6 5 23 20 +3 30
5 FC Metz 17 8 5 4 21 18 +3 29
6 Nîmes Olympique 20 8 5 7 22 24 -2 29
7 AC Ajaccio 20 7 6 7 23 19 +4 27
8 Stade Lavallois 20 6 9 5 27 25 +2 27
9 FC Nantes 20 7 6 7 26 29 -3 27
10 Clermont Foot 20 7 5 8 25 24 +1 26
11 Tours FC 19 6 8 5 24 23 +1 26
12 Dijon FCO 20 5 9 6 23 24 -1 24
13 Vannes OC 20 6 6 8 26 30 -4 24
14 Angers SCO 18 6 5 7 21 22 -1 23
15 CS Sedan 19 5 8 6 22 25 -3 23
16 EA Guingamp 19 5 7 7 19 22 -3 22
17 Châteauroux 20 5 7 8 27 31 -4 22
18 RC Strasbourg 20 5 7 8 24 28 -4 22
19 FC Istres 18 4 5 9 14 25 -11 17
20 SC Bastia 20 3 4 13 17 26 -9 13
philsick
16-01-2010, 02:42 PM
In front of a little over 4,000 fans.
:eek: Thats about half the amount of last years average.Weathers a bit grim there ATM?
kabbott
16-01-2010, 02:56 PM
:eek: Thats about half the amount of last years average.Weathers a bit grim there ATM?
If it was anything like it is in Lyon today, i.e. coldish (7°), wind and rain, I'm not surprised there weren't that many there. I saw the first goal on a highlights show, I don't think there was 1 fan behind the goal.
philsick
16-01-2010, 03:24 PM
If it was anything like it is in Lyon today, i.e. coldish (7°), wind and rain, I'm not surprised there weren't that many there. I saw the first goal on a highlights show, I don't think there was 1 fan behind the goal.
The top 2 are pulling away,but 5 pts off 3rd:p Huge crowds of 10k on the horizon
BB Bob
16-01-2010, 04:35 PM
You've got to feel a bit for the Nantes fans. Great tradition and not nice seeing them so far off the pace. What on earth is going on at RC Strasbourg as well?
kabbott
16-01-2010, 04:38 PM
You've got to feel a bit for the Nantes fans. Great tradition and not nice seeing them so far off the pace. What on earth is going on at RC Strasbourg as well?
I think I've mentioned this before. The président of Nantes is a complete and utter tw*t. Their fans probably deserve better.
kabbott
16-01-2010, 04:43 PM
Loto sportif time again. Was about to settle down to a Pastis and a few Doritos for the 7 o'clock kick-offs when I realised that, for some unknown reason (to me at least), all the matches are kicking off at 9 o'clock with Canal + doing a "multiplex". 7 o'clock kick-offs are fine for me, 9 o'clock ones are much harder to negociate. Streaming time, peut-être.
Week 20 - Saturday, January 16, 2010
21:00 AJ Auxerre Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
21:00 Grenoble Foot 38 AS Saint-Etienne DRAW
21:00 Le Mans UC 72 FC Lorient HOME
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Paris Saint-Germain AWAY
21:00 AS Monaco FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard HOME
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC OGC Nice AWAY
21:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Olympique Lyonnais AWAY
21:00 Stade Rennais FC RC Lens HOME
21:00 Valenciennes FC Toulouse FC HOME
Week 20 - Sunday, January 17, 2010
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique de Marseille AWAY
BB Bob
16-01-2010, 05:29 PM
21:00 AJ Auxerre Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
21:00 Grenoble Foot 38 AS Saint-Etienne DRAW
21:00 Le Mans UC 72 FC Lorient AWAY
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Paris Saint-Germain HOME
21:00 AS Monaco FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard HOME
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC OGC Nice AWAY (In my dreams)
21:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Olympique Lyonnais AWAY (In yours)
21:00 Stade Rennais FC RC Lens DRAW
21:00 Valenciennes FC Toulouse FC AWAY
Week 20 - Sunday, January 17, 2010
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique de Marseille HOME
I'll settle down with a nice bottle of Hobgoblin and l'Equipe website!
Bonne chance ce soir (en particulier les niçois, ils en auront besoin.....)
kabbott
16-01-2010, 06:09 PM
2e31
21:00 AJ Auxerre Boulogne Côte d'Opale HOME
21:00 Grenoble Foot 38 AS Saint-Etienne DRAW
21:00 Le Mans UC 72 FC Lorient AWAY
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Paris Saint-Germain HOME
21:00 AS Monaco FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard HOME
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC OGC Nice AWAY (In my dreams)
21:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Olympique Lyonnais AWAY (In yours)
21:00 Stade Rennais FC RC Lens DRAW
21:00 Valenciennes FC Toulouse FC AWAY
Week 20 - Sunday, January 17, 2010
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique de Marseille HOME
I'll settle down with a nice bottle of Hobgoblin and l'Equipe website!
Bonne chance ce soir (en particulier les niçois, ils en auront besoin.....)
Aren't you a streaming man?
kabbott
16-01-2010, 07:53 PM
HT
Another poor performance from Lyon against the Nancy boys. Lyon have had a few chances, but once again Lloris has saved Lyon, and Nancy have had a goal disallowed for an offside which wasn't. Boumsong is dreadful as usual and Kallstrom is pretty kr*p too.
Week 20 - Saturday, January 16, 2010
21:00 AJ Auxerre 0:0 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
21:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1:2 AS Saint-Etienne
21:00 Le Mans UC 0:2 72 FC Lorient
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 1:0 Paris Saint-Germain
21:00 AS Monaco FC 0:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
21:00 Montpellier Hérault 0: SC OGC Nice
21:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0:0 Olympique Lyonnais
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 0:0 RC Lens
21:00 Valenciennes FC 1:1Toulouse FC
Week 20 - Sunday, January 17, 2010
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique de Marseille
philsick
16-01-2010, 08:12 PM
I'm streaming st etienne match,major crowd trouble.
BB Bob
16-01-2010, 09:05 PM
Aren't you a streaming man?
Sometimes, but watching a film with the family tonight
BB Bob
16-01-2010, 09:07 PM
Week 20 - Saturday, January 16, 2010
21:00 AJ Auxerre 0 - 0 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
21:00 Grenoble Foot 38 AS Saint-Etienne
21:00 Le Mans UC 72 0 - 3 FC Lorient
21:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain
21:00 AS Monaco FC 2 - 0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 1 - 0 OGC Nice
21:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 2 Olympique Lyonnais
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 1 - 1 RC Lens
21:00 Valenciennes FC 1 - 3 Toulouse FC
ASSE delayed but leading 2-1 after a goal by Perrin. Not Reggie doing his bit on the field, surely?
kabbott
16-01-2010, 09:40 PM
How Lyon won that is beyond me. Their two goals were both from scrambles after two admittedly well-taken corners from Bastos.
Talk of Lyon receiving good offers for Cllerc, Ederson and Govou. The young Gonalons has been offered a new contract but hasn't signed yet so he could also be off.
BB Bob
17-01-2010, 10:45 AM
They said what? Saturday reactions
There was more delight for Rudi Garcia and more frustration for Antoine Kombouaré in week 20. Guy Lacombe toasted the perfect week, René Girard was relieved to get back to winning ways, but Mécha Bazdarevic admits it's now almost 'mission impossible.'. Get all Saturday's reactions...
Saturday, January 16, 2010
AJ Auxerre / Boulogne Côte d'Opale : 0 - 0
Jean-Pascal Mignot (Auxerre) : “We’re frustrated with the outcome, but it was a tough game. Boulogne played with five across the back and four in midfield, and we were left with little space. We should be doing much better at home against a team sitting second from bottom in the table.”
Laurent Guyot (Boulogne coach) : “To come to Auxerre and take a point is definitely a good result. That’s two games without conceding a goal, and things could have been even better had Blayac put away that chance in the second-half. The result will do our confidence the power of good, because we are now four games unbeaten.”
>> Team Sheet
Grenoble Foot 38 / AS Saint-Etienne : 1 - 2
Mécha Bazdarevic (Grenoble coach) : “We missed too many chances, and we came up against a goalkeeper in form. We certainly didn’t embarrass ourselves, but it’s almost mission impossible now for us in our battle against the drop.”
Christophe Galtier (Saint-Etienne coach) : “This is a big win for us, but with more of a killer instinct we could have given ourselves less to worry about at the end. Jérémie Janot was superb for us yet again. The mood in the camp has been brilliant ever since we came back after the winter break.”
>> Team Sheet
Le Mans UC 72 / FC Lorient : 0 - 3
Arnaud Cormier (Le Mans coach) : "We had chances to take the lead, but didn’t take them. It just wasn’t our night, and we will have to try and pick ourselves up for the next game.”
Christian Gourcuff (Lorient coach) : “I was concerned coming into the game given the state of the pitch and the difficult weather conditions. Losing Gameiro didn’t help but we played well in the first-half. We got the first goal at a good time and then controlled the game well. We are in an interesting position despite a demanding fixture list and a squad that looks thin once there are a few injuries.”
>> Team Sheet
LOSC Lille Métropole / Paris Saint-Germain : 3 - 1
Rudi Garcia (Lille coach) : “It was important for us to get the ball down and play the way we are capable of, despite the bad state of the pitch. I’m disappointed that we gave a goal away late on, but I’ll still take the result. The most disappointing aspect of the evening was the fact that a couple of the lads had to come off injured, although it wasn’t a dirty game. We are on a good run, and I hope we can keep it going. It won’t be easy though, as we are now the team that everyone wants to beat.”
Antoine Kombouaré (Paris Saint-Germain coach) : “We were second best in all the one-on-one duels and sat too deep most of the game. We looked scared out there, but I have to congratulate Lille. At half-time. I thought we still had a chance because we finished the first-half quite well, but the second goal killed us. It’s the first time we have conceded three goals, and I hope it’s just a one-off.”
>> Team Sheet
AS Monaco FC / FC Sochaux-Montbéliard : 2 - 0
Guy Lacombe (Monaco coach) : “We were poor in the first-half, but after the break we played higher up the park and were more aggressive. We deserved the win on the back of our second-half showing. We couldn’t have asked for a better week – through to the next round of the cup and two wins in the league with six goals scored and none conceded. “
Francis Gillot ( Sochaux coach) : “We had two or three good chances in the first-half, didn’t take them, and ended up paying for it. There were aspects of our play which pleased me. We had the lion’s share of possession, but we leave with nothing and that’s frustrating.”
>> Team Sheet
Montpellier Hérault SC / OGC Nice : 1 - 0
René Girard (Montpellier coach) : “I was dreading this match after what happened at Monaco. We beat a team that are well organised in defence, and we deserved the three points. Everyone played well tonight, and that’s reassuring. To have 36 points at this stage of the season is exceptional.”
Didier Ollé-Nicolle (Nice coach) : “We came here looking for at least a point. When you see the goal we conceded, its really disappointing to leave here with nothing. It was a terrible goal to lose, but I’m not going to hold it against David Ospina. It’s part of the learning process. I think we deserved to take something from the game.”
>> Team Sheet
AS Nancy Lorraine / Olympique Lyonnais : 0 - 2
Pablo Correa (Nancy coach) : “I can’t fault my players tonight. I think that if we keep on playing like that, and keep on working as we have been in training, then things will come good for us.”
Claude Puel (Lyon coach) : “That’s three straight wins in three different competitions, and we’ll take that. We can still do better though. We knew that whoever scored first would win the game. It’s important that we keep on winning games and go on a run.”
>> Team Sheet
Stade Rennais FC / RC Lens : 1 - 1
Frédéric Antonetti (Rennes coach) : “I’m disappointed with our first-half showing. We were up against a tough team and we didn’t do enough to win. We are capable of playing well, but then we lose concentration. We were poor for three-quarters of this game. What we need is to start winning away from home. If we picked up more points on the road then we would be able to play with more freedom here.”
Jean-Guy Wallemme (Lens coach) : “After what happened on Wednesday night (defeat to Lorient in the League Cup) we responded well tonight. We have been beaten on our last five visits here, so this has to go down as a good result. Survival remains our number one objective.”
>> Team Sheet
Valenciennes FC / Toulouse FC : 1 - 3
Philippe Montanier (Valenciennes coach) : “We failed to score when we were on top at the start of each half, and we paid dearly for that against a good Toulouse side. We are disappointed but there are no excuses. I am not going to blame the defence for this setback, because they have shown in other games how good they are. When we lose, we lose as a team. Things aren't going for us just now, but we will look to get back on track in the derby against Boulogne in midweek.”
Alain Casanova ( Toulouse coach) : “To come away from home and win at a venue as tough as this, against a team that started the season so well, is great. It’s been a good start to the year as a whole. We came here looking for the three points tonight and I think we deserved it. It was good to see Gignac turning provider and to see Tabanou getting the goals. That will do him the power of good because he had lost his way a little bit recently.”
>> Team Sheet
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BB Bob
17-01-2010, 10:51 AM
While trwawling around, I cam acrtoss the following table. Who would have thought the most succesful club in France (as measured by season in L1) would be.......
LIGUE 1 TOTAL SEASONS
CLUB SEASON GAMES W D L F A GD
1 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 62 2197 808 589 800 3197 3047 +150
2 Olympique de Marseille 60 2112 927 529 656 3423 2792 +631
3 Girondins de Bordeaux 57 2079 918 542 619 3175 2518 +657
4 AS Saint-Etienne 57 2068 884 535 649 3282 2717 +565
5 FC Metz 57 2042 691 545 806 2669 2999 -330
6 RC Lens 56 2026 751 544 731 2885 2873 +12
7 RC Strasbourg 56 2016 690 544 782 2795 2969 -174
8 AS Monaco FC 53 1944 851 532 561 2891 2196 +695
9 Stade Rennais FC 53 1872 639 478 755 2554 2868 -314
10 Olympique Lyonnais 51 1864 763 475 626 2659 2466 +193
11 OGC Nice 51 1840 671 467 702 2622 2686 -64
12 LOSC Lille Métropole 50 1826 662 499 665 2545 2386 +159
13 FC Nantes 45 1674 739 470 465 2433 1771 +662
14 Paris Saint-Germain 36 1330 561 373 396 1847 1499 +348
15 Nîmes Olympique 33 1206 458 302 446 1779 1715 +64
16 AJ Auxerre 30 1102 455 309 338 1412 1139 +273
17 RC Paris 30 1020 425 227 368 1920 1698 +222
18 SC Bastia 29 1074 374 252 448 1348 1549 -201
19 Stade de Reims 29 1050 479 235 336 1912 1482 +430
20 Valenciennes FC 29 1044 328 287 429 1270 1543 -273
21 AS Nancy Lorraine 26 962 328 256 378 1265 1317 -52
22 Havre AC 24 872 257 240 375 1003 1284 -281
23 Angers SCO 23 854 284 236 334 1235 1336 -101
24 CS Sedan 23 834 291 229 314 1243 1255 -12
25 Toulouse FC 22 806 256 244 306 845 966 -121
26 AS Cannes 22 748 246 194 308 985 1137 -152
27 FC Toulouse 19 678 269 158 251 1072 1031 +41
28 Rouen 19 678 233 161 284 859 980 -121
29 Red Star 19 642 168 169 305 865 1211 -346
30 Montpellier Hérault SC 18 650 206 196 248 745 810 -65
31 FC Sète 16 504 198 111 195 826 877 -51
32 FC Nancy 15 530 181 124 225 794 925 -131
33 ESTAC 14 512 140 132 240 591 835 -244
34 Stade Lavallois 13 494 157 145 192 564 658 -94
35 SC Toulon 12 452 134 128 190 454 589 -135
36 Stade Français 12 436 142 117 177 612 681 -69
37 SM Caen 11 418 125 117 176 440 563 -123
38 Stade Brestois 10 380 113 112 155 434 551 -117
39 AC Ajaccio 10 372 109 91 172 397 554 -157
40 CO Roubaix 10 344 130 83 131 550 581 -31
41 SO Montpellier 10 324 104 60 160 507 681 -174
42 EA Guingamp 7 254 82 67 105 265 320 -55
43 Olympique Lillois 7 194 97 35 62 361 255 +106
44 Fives 7 194 77 37 80 348 323 +25
45 Excelsior 7 194 75 47 72 404 388 +16
46 Antibes 7 194 65 43 86 296 387 -91
47 Le Mans UC 72 6 210 61 65 84 219 273 -54
48 FC Lorient 6 202 58 70 74 220 257 -37
49 FC Mulhouse 6 184 51 35 98 291 440 -149
50 Alès 6 184 42 44 98 251 415 -164
51 Tours FC 4 152 44 38 70 217 264 -47
52 Grenoble Foot 38 4 134 26 47 61 118 188 -70
53 Limoges 3 114 37 28 49 149 172 -23
54 Paris FC 3 114 31 29 54 150 214 -64
55 FC Martigues 3 114 27 36 51 105 165 -60
56 Angoulême 3 110 30 33 47 122 175 -53
57 RC Roubaix 3 90 26 20 44 120 188 -68
58 SC Nîmes 3 74 24 11 39 140 177 -37
59 Troyes ASTS 2 72 17 11 44 100 174 -74
60 CA Paris 2 44 13 4 27 93 127 -34
61 Chamois Niortais 1 38 11 10 17 34 42 -8
62 Paris Saint-Germain FC 1 38 10 10 18 51 67 -16
63 FC Gueugnon 1 38 8 14 16 27 46 -19
64 Avignon 1 38 7 6 25 30 80 -50
65 FC Istres 1 38 6 14 18 25 51 -26
66 Aix 1 38 6 8 24 48 95 -47
67 Colmar 1 34 12 7 15 61 78 -17
68 Lyon OU 1 34 11 9 14 52 78 -26
69 Béziers 1 34 9 6 19 38 77 -39
70 Châteauroux 1 34 8 7 19 31 59 -28
71 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 1 20 3 6 11 15 35 -20
72 Club Français 1 18 5 3 10 43 50 -7
73 Hyères 1 18 4 4 10 22 29 -7
kabbott
17-01-2010, 08:11 PM
So far it's BB Bob 6:2 kabbott
HT at Bordeaux:
Girondins de Bordeaux 1:0 Olympique de Marseille
A goal just on the stroke of half-time by Chamakh which should havebeen disallowed for an unfair challenge by Chamakh on the Marseille keeper Mandanda. Marseille will have to start playing now.
BB Bob
17-01-2010, 09:27 PM
It's never about the scores, mon ami!
I didn't watch it, but it finished Bordeaux 1 OM 1.
A result which is pleasing and unsatisfactory at the same time, I guess!
BB Bob
18-01-2010, 08:20 AM
Ten-man Bordeaux survive late onslaught to draw
The game of the weekend was certainly not short of talking points as Bordeaux took the lead thanks to a Steve Mandanda own-goal before having Marc Planus sent-off. OM pressed home their numerical advantage to level through Benoît Cheyrou but they couldn't get a winner.
Dimanche 17 janvier 2010
Girondins de Bordeaux / Olympique de Marseille : 1 - 1
As expected, Mamadou Niang returned to the starting line-up for the visitors as Marseille came looking for only their fifth ever league win at the Stade Chaban-Delmas. However, neither side was able to stamp their authority on proceedings in a scrappy opening to the game.
Slowly, Bordeaux took control, and Yoann Gourcuff asked the first question of OM goalkeeper Mandanda, although his shot from outside the box was easily held. Midway through the first-half, Wendel sent in a curling shot that was again saved comfortably by Mandanda.
Save for a long through ball that Cédric Carrasso raced off his line to clear just in front of Niang, the visitors created next to nothing in the opening period. Meanwhile, Bordeaux's full-backs were a constant threat, just as Didier Deschamps had suspected before the game.
Own-goal
However, when the home side did take the lead just before the interval, the goal came from an unlikely source. Michael Ciani, a commanding presence all night in central defence, came bounding out from the back and continued unchallenged down the right hand side. Both Marouane Chamakh and Mandanda went up to contest Ciani's cross, and the Moroccan striker's force caused Mandanda to knock the ball into his own net.
Bordeaux were dealt a blow shortly after the restart, when their own France international keeper, Carrasso, seemed to hurt his calf taking a kick-out. After attempting to carry on for a few minutes, he came off to be replaced by Ulrich Ramé, the veteran making only his second league appearance of the season.
Red card
The game then changed decisively on the hour mark, as Laurent Blanc's side were reduced to ten men. Mathieu Chalmé's slack pass let in Niang just outside the area, and the Senegalese striker was clearly brought down by Planus. Planus was not the last man, but referee Laurent Duhamel immediately brought out the red card.
Cheyrou sent the resultant free-kick narrowly wide, but OM now sensed the game was there for the taking, and Deschamps responded by taking off right-back Laurent Bonnart and throwing on an extra attacker in Hatem Ben Arfa.
As the game moved into the final fifteen minutes, Bordeaux were holding firm, and Deschamps threw the dice one last time, sending Mathieu Valbuena on for holding midfielder Edouard Cissé.
Moments later, and OM were almost level. A corner from the left was headed goalwards by Niang, but Benoît Trémoulinas was on hand to clear off the line. There were then shouts for a penalty when Brandão appeared to be held back in the area.
Pressure pays off
However, with the pressure becoming ever greater, it was no surprise when the equaliser did arrive on 81 minutes. A Fabrice Abriel free-kick from the right was headed on by Brandão into the path of Cheyrou. The 28 year-old midfielder controlled on his chest before volleying acrobatically past Ramé.
Bordeaux's ten men were then forced to put up with a barrage of pressure in the dying minutes. Lucho almost scored after playing a one-two with Niang, but his low shot from just inside the box was saved by Ramé. Valbuena then hit a snap shot from the edge of the box that flashed inches wide of the post, before Niang saw an effort blocked just in front of goal by Ciani.
Despite the pressure, there was to be no winner for Marseille. In the circumstances, the hosts will be far the happier of the sides with the draw, as OM remain a considerable eleven points behind the defending champions, albeit with a game in hand.
1f9e
BB Bob
18-01-2010, 08:20 AM
Ligue 1 P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 20 14 2 4 +20 44
2 LOSC Lille Métropole 20 11 4 5 +20 37
3 Montpellier Hérault SC 20 11 3 6 +2 36
4 Olympique de Marseille 19 9 6 4 +10 33
5 Olympique Lyonnais 20 9 6 5 +7 33
6 AS Monaco FC 20 10 3 7 +4 33
7 AJ Auxerre 20 9 6 5 +4 33
8 FC Lorient 20 9 5 6 +10 32
9 Stade Rennais FC 20 8 6 6 +6 30
10 Paris Saint-Germain 20 8 5 7 +11 29
11 Toulouse FC 20 8 4 8 +5 28
12 Valenciennes FC 20 8 4 8 +2 28
13 RC Lens 20 7 6 7 -5 27
14 AS Nancy Lorraine 20 8 2 10 -5 26
15 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 19 8 2 9 -6 26
16 OGC Nice 20 6 4 10 -13 22
17 AS Saint-Etienne 20 5 4 11 -14 19
18 Le Mans UC 72 20 4 4 12 -14 16
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 20 3 6 11 -20 15
20 Grenoble Foot 38 20 1 4 15 -24 7
kabbott
20-01-2010, 04:15 PM
It's Coupe de France time this side of La Manche too at the weekend so the Ligue matches are taking place midweek.
Last night St. Etienne were at home to Rennes. An utterly dreadful match. ASSE got a point after offering nothing in the first half and only a little better in the 2nd. Hard times the other side of the Pilat hills.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
21:00 AS Saint-Etienne 0 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 Girondins de Bordeaux
19:00 RC Lens Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 FC Lorient Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 Olympique de Marseille Le Mans UC 72
19:00 OGC Nice AJ Auxerre
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco FC
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard LOSC Lille Métropole
19:00 Toulouse FC AS Nancy Lorraine
21:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale Valenciennes FC
Big test for Lyon as they come across a good footballing side in Lorient. Should be interesting.
kabbott
20-01-2010, 07:11 PM
Would you Adam and Eve it? Talk about a game of two halves.
HT Lorient 1:0 Lyon
Lyon were utterly transparent again for 45 minutes. After Lorient scored after about 30 minutes, Puel took Pjanic off and put Gomis on, and Lyon went 4 4 2. I can only assume that there were a few hairdryers flying around in the Lyon dressing room at half-time because, in the second half, Lyon came out and played one of their best halves of the season.
Lorient still had a few chances, but Lloris was at his superb best to keep everything out. Toulalan is getting back to form and ran himself into the ground. Delgado was very good again. He holds on to the ball very well and uses it intelligently too. Kallstrom, who, for me, has had an awful season, scored two crackers. The second one was slightly the keeper's fault 'cos he was out of position, but it was a very cheeky shot from right out on the byline. Lopez was good, not his best match but he got his goal. Gomis put himself about up front and that made a huge difference. Lots of one-touch football and movement and smiles.
FT Lorient 1:3 Lyon
kabbott
20-01-2010, 07:14 PM
All the scores bar one:
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
21:00 AS Saint-Etienne 0 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
Week 21 - Wednesday, January 20, 2010
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 1 - 3 Girondins de Bordeaux
19:00 RC Lens 0 - 1 Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 FC Lorient 1 - 3 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 Olympique de Marseille 2 - 1 Le Mans UC 72
19:00 OGC Nice 0 - 1 AJ Auxerre
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 0 - 1 AS Monaco FC
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
19:00 Toulouse FC 0 - 0 AS Nancy Lorraine
21:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale Valenciennes FC
BB Bob
20-01-2010, 07:48 PM
Blimey - maybe Montpellier are the real deal! Great result for Lyon too - Lorient are playing some great stuff at the moment. It'll be interesting, too, to see how Lille come back from the first defeat in a while.
Is Reggie being touted to take over in Paris yet? It can't be long, surely.
Meanwhile, another grim night on the Côte d'Azur as mes aiglons struggle again.....
kabbott
22-01-2010, 07:46 PM
French Coupe matches this weekend. This is the 4th round draw. Some of those matches won't be played since a number of 3rd round ties haven't yet taken place, which, I presume, will be taking place this weekend or during next week at the latest. If St Etienne get rid of Lorient, which is far from certain, they'll be up against Villefranche-sur-Saône (Div 4 or 5) which is half an hour's drive up the autoroute north of Lyon. That could really be an interesting derby.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
20:45 Saumur - Stade Rennais FC
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010
- Toulouse FC - Pontivy ou Brest
- Saint Louis Neuweg ou Sochaux - Le Mans UC 72
- Vannes OC - Grenoble ou Montpellier
- Boulogne Côte d'Opale - Colmar ou Lille
17:00 Quevilly - Angers SCO
17:45 Girondins de Bordeaux - AC Ajaccio
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010
14:30 Mulhouse - EA Guingamp
17:45 Paris Saint-Germain - Evian
20:45 AS Monaco FC - Olympique Lyonnais
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
- Compiègne ou Lens - Olympique de Marseille
- AJ Auxerre - St Ouen Aumône ou Sedan
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010
- Thiers ou Nancy - Plabennec
- Villefranche - St Etienne ou Lorient
GodstoneEagle
22-01-2010, 08:07 PM
Any surprises on the cards kabs?
kabbott
22-01-2010, 08:35 PM
Any surprises on the cards kabs?
I'll have to give it a bit of a think tomorrow. As you may or may not know, French football beyond Ligue 2 (and you could almost say beyond Ligue 1) is almost non existant for most people including the sports press. The ''National'' (= Div.3) and then the CFA1 (=Div. 4) and CFA2 (=Div. 5) are amateur leagues.
philsick
22-01-2010, 08:44 PM
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kabbott
23-01-2010, 09:34 AM
The French Coupe fixture list is very complicated.
3rd round:
Saturday 23rd:
Grenoble v Montpellier
Colmar (CFA) v Lille
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (DH) v Sedan (L2)
Compiègne (CFA) v Lens
St Louis Neuweg (CFA2) v Sochaux
Pontivy (CFA) v Brest (L2)
Sunday 24th:
Thiers (CFA2) v Nancy
St Etienne v Lorient
1f58
kabbott
23-01-2010, 09:39 AM
4th round matches:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
20:45 Saumur 0:4 Stade Rennais FC
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010
15:00 Beauvais (Nat) - Agen (CFA2)
17:00 Quevilly (CFA) - Angers SCO (L2)
17:45 Girondins de Bordeaux - AC Ajaccio (L2)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010
14:30 Mulhouse (CFA) - EA Guingamp
17:45 Paris Saint-Germain - Evian (Nat)
20:45 AS Monaco FC - Olympique Lyonnais
kabbott
23-01-2010, 09:46 AM
As for surprises, in the 3rd round, Compiègne to beat Lens is a fair shout. Colmar have also been known to create an upset in the past, so who knows?
As for 4th round matches, Bordeaux are resting 4 players at least. The hot-blooded Corsicans of Ajaccio will be up for this. There could be yellow and red cards flying around. It would be a big surprise if Bordeaux lost ...
Now Evian to beat PSG is a real possibility. La crise is never far away at PSG, and they won't be looking forward to this. Kombouaré, I don't think, will put too many youngsters in here, it'll probably be his strongest line-up.
kabbott
23-01-2010, 08:10 PM
Results in:
3rd round:
Saturday 23rd:
Grenoble 3:2 Montpellier
Colmar (CFA) 0:0 Lille Colmar win 10:9 on penalties
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (DH) 0:3 Sedan (L2)
Compiègne (CFA) 0:1 Lens
St Louis Neuweg (CFA2) 0:1 Sochaux
Pontivy (CFA) 0:1 Brest (L2)
kabbott
23-01-2010, 08:17 PM
4th round results:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
20:45 Saumur 0:4 Stade Rennais FC
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010
15:00 Beauvais (Nat) 3:0 Agen (CFA2)
17:00 Quevilly (CFA) 1:0 Angers SCO (L2)
17:45 Girondins de Bordeaux 5:1 AC Ajaccio (L2) (Cavenaghi hat-trick)
Plus another result that I missed:
Raon-l'Etape (CFA) 0:1 Vésoul (CFA)
kabbott
23-01-2010, 08:22 PM
Hope you had a cheeky flutter on Colmar, Ed!
GodstoneEagle
23-01-2010, 08:26 PM
:eek:
kabbott
23-01-2010, 08:33 PM
[QUOTE=kabbott]As for surprises ...Colmar have also been known to create an upset in the past, so who knows?
QUOTE]
:p
kabbott
24-01-2010, 07:39 PM
Final Coupe match of the weekend. Dreadful atmosphere as usual at Monaco.
HT
Monaco 0:1 Lyon
Boumsong got a header literally seconds before the HT whistle. Deserved so far.
The draw for the next round has already been made. It'll be the winners of this away to Bordeaux.
kabbott
29-01-2010, 08:23 PM
Loads of football midweek, but I didn't really keep up with it for three reasons.
1) Lyon got knocked out of the 1/4 finals of the French League Cup in pathetic fashion.
2) I was obviously more interested in what was going on "back 'ome".
3) There were 3rd and 4th round French Cup games and 1/4 final League Cup games going on at the same time, and a lot of people didn't really know who was playing who and in what competition. Evidence of this comes in the following results of the French League Cup 1/4 final results I got from somewhere and which, I think, are wrong!?!?
Quarter-final - Wednesday, January 27, 2010
17:00 FC Lorient 1 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 EA Guingamp 0 - 1 Toulouse FC
20:45 Olympique de Marseille 2 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
Quarter-final - Tuesday, February 02, 2010
18:45 FC Girondins de Bordeaux CS Sedan
I'm pretty sure Bordeaux have already qualified for the semis ... I'm lost.
kabbott
29-01-2010, 09:00 PM
While I get my head together, this happened tonight in Ligue 2, and Clermont's rollercoaster ride continues:
Friday, January 29, 2010
20:00 SC Bastia 1 - 0 FC Metz
20:00 Clermont Foot 0 - 3 CS Sedan
20:00 Nîmes Olympique 2 - 1 Dijon FCO
20:00 RC Strasbourg 2 - 0 AC Ajaccio
20:00 Tours FC 0 - 3 Stade Lavallois
20:30 Angers SCO 0 - 0 Havre AC
20:30 SM Caen 1 - 1 Châteauroux
20:30 FC Istres 1 - 0 FC Nantes
Saturday, January 30, 2010
20:00 Vannes OC - EA Guingamp
Monday, February 01, 2010
20:45 Stade Brestois - AC Arles Avignon
kabbott
30-01-2010, 06:10 PM
This weekend's Championnat matches. No time for choosing winners etc. Brother-in-law and family have stopped off until tomorrow and we've got some lovely "blanc" flowing to go with the oysters etc and a pokey rouge to go with the cheese that's come down from the Alps.
Don't give a monkeys if Lyon lose at this very moment. I'll change my mind come tomorrow evening.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 Toulouse FC
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole RC Lens
19:00 AS Monaco FC OGC Nice
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine FC Lorient
19:00 Stade Rennais FC Grenoble Foot 38
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Olympique de Marseille
Week 22 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
17:00 AJ Auxerre AS Saint-Etienne
17:00 Valenciennes FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain
kabbott
31-01-2010, 09:00 AM
More later, but dropped points for Bordeaux, Marseille slip up against Montpellier and plenty of bad stuff (again) from naughty Nice fans at Monaco who are slowly but surely going up the Ligue.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
19:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 0 - 0 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 1 - 3 Toulouse FC
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 1 - 0 RC Lens
19:00 AS Monaco FC 3 - 2 OGC Nice
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 1 - 0 FC Lorient
19:00 Stade Rennais FC 4 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
21:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 2 - 0 Olympique de Marseille
Week 22 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
17:00 AJ Auxerre AS Saint-Etienne
17:00 Valenciennes FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain
21b8
BB Bob
31-01-2010, 02:23 PM
Sorry! A bit distracted this week! You wouldn't have thought there were enough people in Monaco to pick a fight with, but somehow there always seems to be trouble between the two teams.
Important game at the Gerland tonight. The coaches must be under pressure there, eh?
kabbott
31-01-2010, 02:45 PM
It was pretty one-sided from the pictures I saw. It all spilled over onto the pitch. From what I could see, the Nice ultras found one Monaco ultra who didn't seem to get too much help from the police either. I'm not sure what the FFF will think of this.
As for tonight, this will be Puel's last chance as far as the fans are concerned. If they don't win against a very poor PSG team at the moment it's because the players will have "lâché" Puel as they put it over here. The fans will find it hard to forgive Aulas if he decides to keep Puel on if there is anything other than a victory tonight.
GodstoneEagle
31-01-2010, 03:46 PM
Bordeaux managed to ruin my accumulator to the tune of £300 yesterday :(
kabbott
31-01-2010, 08:08 PM
HT Lyon 0:1 PSG
Things are looking really bad down here.
BB Bob
31-01-2010, 08:26 PM
Bordeaux managed to ruin my accumulator to the tune of £300 yesterday :(
Les connards....
BB Bob
31-01-2010, 08:26 PM
HT Lyon 0:1 PSG
Things are looking really bad down here.
Courage mon brave....
kabbott
31-01-2010, 09:13 PM
FT Lyon 2:1 PSG
Commentators were going on about a reconciliation with the fans. I don't think so. Unless the effects microphones around the ground were switched off, I didn't think there was much of an atmoshere inside the ground even after the second Lyon goal and at the final whistle.
Lyon were utter tripe in the first half, incapable of stringing two passes together. The only positive point was that they were only one goal down at HT.
Lyon didn't really come out all guns blazing either. The turning point came when Sakho was red-carded for a tackle on Gomis who was through on goal and about to enter the penalty area. PSG lost it from then on, Lyon raised their game but it was far from champagne football. Gomis got the first from 1 metre out after a corner and a slight lack of marking at the far post. Cris got the second with a lobbed header after a fortunate Lissandro flick-on from a poor free kick. 3 points in the bag. That's about it. Lyon are going nowhere.
Other side notes. The PSG fans were parked in two different stands to stop them fighting each other!
I saw some more pictures of the Monaco v Nice game. There was a real pitch invasion at the end. The Monaco bloke who got a beating was actually a steward. Very unsavoury stuff.
kabbott
03-02-2010, 04:23 PM
Boring, I know, mais la vie continue ici. French League Cup results between last week and last night. I don't know why, but I forgot there was a match on over here last night.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
17:00 FC Lorient 1 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
19:00 EA Guingamp 0 - 1 Toulouse FC
20:45 Olympique de Marseille 2 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
18:45 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 0 CS Sedan
The first semi final is being played tonight.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
20:45 Toulouse FC - Olympique de Marseille
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
FC Lorient - FC Girondins de Bordeaux
kabbott
03-02-2010, 04:30 PM
There's also an interesting French Cup game on between Villefranche-sur-Saône and St Etienne. This is a real derby match in fact with Villefranche (Div 5 I think) only half an hour's drive north of Lyon up the autoroute. The ground only holds a few thousand and there'll be as many police in and around the ground because ticketless St Etienne fans are expected to turn up as well as a few Lyon "fans" keen on supporting Villefranche. I hope this doesn't turn nasty. If St Etienne lose, more heads will roll.
philsick
06-02-2010, 08:15 AM
The inconsistancy continues .chateauroux 1 clermont 3
Up to 10th and 5 pts off nimes in 3rd.
kabbott
06-02-2010, 07:12 PM
All the results from yesterday's Ligue 2 matches. Nantes are in freefall.
Friday, February 05, 2010
20:00 AC Ajaccio 0 - 2 Angers SCO
20:00 Châteauroux 1 - 3 Clermont Foot
20:00 Dijon FCO 1 - 1 FC Istres
20:00 EA Guingamp 2 - 2 Tours FC
20:00 Stade Lavallois 1 - 1 SC Bastia
20:00 CS Sedan 3 - 3 RC Strasbourg
20:30 Havre AC 0 - 1 Vannes OC
20:30 FC Metz 3 - 1 Nîmes Olympique
20:30 FC Nantes 1 - 4 Stade Brestois
Monday, February 08, 2010
20:45 AC Arles Avignon - SM Caen
kabbott
06-02-2010, 07:13 PM
Ligue 2 table:
Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 SM Caen 22 13 7 2 35 17 +18 46
2 Stade Brestois 23 13 6 4 36 20 +16 45
3 Nîmes Olympique 23 10 5 8 27 29 -2 35
4 FC Metz 22 9 7 6 27 25 +2 34
5 Havre AC 23 9 6 8 26 23 +3 33
6 Stade Lavallois 23 7 11 5 31 26 +5 32
7 Tours FC 23 7 10 6 31 29 +2 31
8 AC Arles Avignon 21 8 7 6 25 24 +1 31
9 AC Ajaccio 23 8 6 9 25 23 +2 30
10 Clermont Foot 23 8 6 9 28 28 0 30
11 Angers SCO 22 8 6 8 24 24 0 30
12 Vannes OC 23 7 8 8 29 32 -3 29
13 FC Nantes 23 7 7 9 27 34 -7 28
14 RC Strasbourg 23 6 9 8 30 32 -2 27
15 CS Sedan 22 6 9 7 28 30 -2 27
16 Dijon FCO 23 5 11 7 26 28 -2 26
17 Châteauroux 23 6 8 9 31 35 -4 26
18 EA Guingamp 23 5 10 8 23 27 -4 25
19 FC Istres 23 5 8 10 18 32 -14 23
20 SC Bastia 23 4 5 14 20 29 -9 17
kabbott
06-02-2010, 07:17 PM
And today in the Championnat, strange result from Grenoble and another one from PSG. I don't know how long Kombouaré has got left. The Parisian fans were cheering Lorient in the 2nd half.
Week 23 - Saturday, February 06, 2010
19:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 0 - 2 Montpellier Hérault SC
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 5 - 0 AJ Auxerre
19:00 RC Lens 2 - 1 Le Mans UC 72
19:00 OGC Nice 1 - 1 LOSC Lille Métropole
19:00 Paris Saint-Germain 0 - 3 FC Lorient
19:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1 - 1 AS Nancy Lorraine
21:00 Stade Rennais FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Week 23 - Sunday, February 07, 2010
17:00 AS Saint-Etienne AS Monaco FC
17:00 Toulouse FC Olympique Lyonnais
21:00 Olympique de Marseille Valenciennes FC
20c9
kabbott
06-02-2010, 07:24 PM
St Etienne scraped through by the skin of their teeth against Villefranche-sur-Saône (Div 5) after extra time and penalties in a midweek French 4th round (I think) tie. Here are all the results of matches which had been snowed off a couple of weeks ago:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
20:45 Saumur 0 - 4 Stade Rennais FC
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010
17:00 Quevilly 1 - 0 Angers SCO
17:45 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 5 - 1 AC Ajaccio
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010
14:30 Mulhouse 0 - 1 EA Guingamp
17:45 Paris Saint-Germain 3 - 1 Evian
20:45 AS Monaco FC 2 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
19:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 1
a.e.t.
3 to 0 CS Sedan
19:00 Vannes OC 4 - 3
a.e.t. Grenoble Foot 38
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010
18:00 Colmar 1 - 2 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 2 Plabennec
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2010
18:00 Villefranche 2 - 2
a.e.t.
1 to 3 AS Saint-Etienne
18:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 3 - 0 Le Mans UC 72
kabbott
06-02-2010, 07:27 PM
The next round of Cup matches is midweek. It's the last 16.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2010
- Lens ou Marseille - Toulouse ou Brest
- AS Saint-Etienne - Vannes OC
- Beauvais - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
18:15 Boulogne Côte d'Opale - EA Guingamp
20:00 Quevilly - Stade Rennais FC
20:45 Vesoul - Paris Saint-Germain
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
19:00 AJ Auxerre - Plabennec
20:45 Girondins de Bordeaux - AS Monaco FC
kabbott
07-02-2010, 10:10 AM
This was a great result for everybody except Bordeaux. I don't know if Bordeaux were really that bad, but the Rennes goals were excellent. Marveau is turning on the style ATM.
21:00 Stade Rennais FC 4 - 2 Girondins de Bordeaux
kabbott
07-02-2010, 10:10 AM
Ligue table:
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 23 15 3 5 +20 48
2 Montpellier Hérault SC 23 14 3 6 +7 45
3 LOSC Lille Métropole 23 12 5 6 +20 41
4 Olympique Lyonnais 22 11 6 5 +10 39
5 AS Monaco FC 22 12 3 7 +6 39
6 AJ Auxerre 23 11 6 6 +1 39
7 Stade Rennais FC 23 10 7 6 +12 37
8 Olympique de Marseille 21 10 6 5 +9 36
9 FC Lorient 23 10 5 8 +10 35
10 Toulouse FC 22 9 5 8 +7 32
11 Valenciennes FC 22 9 5 8 +4 32
12 AS Nancy Lorraine 23 9 4 10 -4 31
13 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 22 9 4 9 -5 31
14 RC Lens 23 8 6 9 -6 30
15 Paris Saint-Germain 23 8 5 10 +6 29
16 OGC Nice 23 6 5 12 -15 23
17 AS Saint-Etienne 22 5 5 12 -15 20
18 Le Mans UC 72 23 4 4 15 -18 16
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 23 3 7 13 -24 16
20 Grenoble Foot 38 23 2 4 17 -25 10
BB Bob
07-02-2010, 11:55 AM
I've been away this weekend so missed all of the results. Bordeaux starting to look a bit wobbly eh? And what price Montpellier for le championnat. Now, if only OL can string a few results together.......
Oh, and what price Nantes for the National!!!!!!
Clapham Grand
07-02-2010, 01:58 PM
Have Stade Brestois been in Ligue 1 before?
Adrock
07-02-2010, 02:21 PM
And today in the Championnat, strange result from Grenoble and another one from PSG. I don't know how long Kombouaré has got left. The Parisian fans were cheering Lorient in the 2nd half.
crazy scenes at the parc, all the banners taken down at half time...PSG have one of the best squads in the league but consistently underperform.
kabbott
07-02-2010, 04:00 PM
Have Stade Brestois been in Ligue 1 before?
Yes since I've been in France but a fair while back. I'll check for you.
kabbott
07-02-2010, 06:28 PM
Woeful again from Lyon. It's a miracle they didn't lose. Well played to St Etienne who hammered Monaco who had been playing well recently.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
17:00 AS Saint-Etienne 3 - 0 AS Monaco FC
17:00 Toulouse FC 0 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
21:00 Olympique de Marseille Valenciennes FC
kabbott
07-02-2010, 06:42 PM
Have Stade Brestois been in Ligue 1 before?
Right, here's a little bit of recent history. Brest were in Ligue 1 for all of the 80s bar 1 year (86-87 IIRC). In spite of having loads of excellent young players, they were relegated at the start of the 90s, and then worse still was to come. Due to financial problems :eek: they were demoted to the French 3rd Division and even ended up in the National, which at that time was the equivalent of Div 4. Then things changed around and they started climbing the Ligues again, the most famous when they regained their Ligue 2 spot in 2004 thanks mainly to a young rising star by the name of Franck Ribéry. Since then they been in Ligue 2 without doing anything special but without being in real danger either. Looking through a list of former players, they have had some very good ones such as a certain David Ginola, who, like him or hate him, was very talented.
HTH
Famous players (admittedly most aren't known outside France, with 1 or 2 exceptions, but most of these were French internationals.)
Claude Barrabé
Gérard Buscher
Roberto Cabanas
Joël Cloarec
Patrick Colleter
Bernard Ferrer
David Ginola
Thierry Goudet
Sergio Goycochea
David Grondin
Vincent Guérin
Stéphane Guivarc'h
Bernard Lama
Paul Le Guen
Ronan Salaün
Yvon Le Roux
Claude Makélélé
Corentin Martins
Bernard Pardo
Pascal Pierre
Franck Ribéry
Clapham Grand
07-02-2010, 10:38 PM
merci Kabbott!
GodstoneEagle
07-02-2010, 11:59 PM
big names in there!
kabbott
12-02-2010, 05:01 PM
Last 16 of the French Coupe was played midweek:
Boulogne Côte d'Opale 1 - 0 EA Guingamp
Beauvais 1 - 4 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Quevilly 1 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
Vesoul 0 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain
AJ Auxerre 4 - 0 Plabennec
AS Saint-Etienne 2 - 0 Vannes OC
Girondins de Bordeaux 0 - 2 AS Monaco FC
One more game to be played:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
RC Lens - Stade Brestois
22a5
kabbott
12-02-2010, 05:03 PM
merci Kabbott!
Why the interest in Stade Brestois?
kabbott
12-02-2010, 05:10 PM
Ligue 2 matches this weekend. Clermont's has been called off. They've had loads of snow over the last couple of days. We're not too far from there but we got away with a relatively light sprinkling this week.
Friday, February 12, 2010
20:00 Angers SCO - AC Arles Avignon
20:00 SC Bastia - Dijon FCO
20:00 Clermont Foot Postponed AC Ajaccio
20:00 FC Istres - Stade Lavallois
20:00 Tours FC - FC Metz
20:30 SM Caen - EA Guingamp
20:30 Nîmes Olympique - Havre AC
Saturday, February 13, 2010
17:30 Stade Brestois - Châteauroux
19:00 Vannes OC - CS Sedan
Monday, February 15, 2010
20:30 RC Strasbourg - FC Nantes
BB Bob
12-02-2010, 07:39 PM
Some dodgy old results in the week there, kabbott. And Bordeaux's poor run of form continues......
Must give you a bit of confidence if only les Gones can string something together?
I am off to France next week, so looking forward to picking up some gossip first hand. I haven't even had time to read l'Equipe over the last few weeks!
BB Bob
12-02-2010, 07:39 PM
.. (bis)
kabbott
12-02-2010, 08:38 PM
Some dodgy old results in the week there, kabbott. And Bordeaux's poor run of form continues......
Must give you a bit of confidence if only les Gones can string something together?
I am off to France next week, so looking forward to picking up some gossip first hand. I haven't even had time to read l'Equipe over the last few weeks!
Yeah, le Président is getting rather cheesed off about stories linking him to thr future job of coach of the national team. As usual the FFF have made a right cock-up by saying they will announce the name of the future national coach around April time, thus before the end of the Championnat and before the start of the World Cup!. Chamakh's future club, Arsenal or Liverpool according to press over here is also disturbing life down in Bordeaux. At the moment it would appear that Bordeaux are not coping verywell with the pressure at all. I can't see Lyon capitaling on the situation to be honest. They're not showing any form whatsoever. I would go as far as to say that their level of football is bordering on the embarrassing!
Lissandro might come back to some form. He's due a goal or two. Buy that's about it, I'm afraid. Allez Montpellier! :eek:
kabbott
13-02-2010, 05:33 PM
Ligue 1 this weekend and, for some, already under way.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 AS Monaco FC Olympique de Marseille
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine Paris Saint-Germain
19:00 Valenciennes FC OGC Nice
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais RC Lens
Week 24 - Sunday, February 14, 2010
17:00 AJ Auxerre Stade Rennais FC
17:00 FC Lorient Toulouse FC
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux AS Saint-Etienne
kabbott
14-02-2010, 08:02 PM
Saturday, February 13, 2010
19:00 Le Mans UC 72 0 - 0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19:00 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 1 Boulogne Côte d'Opale
19:00 AS Monaco FC 1 - 2 Olympique de Marseille
19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC 1 - 0 Grenoble Foot 38
19:00 AS Nancy Lorraine 0 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
19:00 Valenciennes FC 2 - 1 OGC Nice
21:00 Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 0 RC Lens
Week 24 - Sunday, February 14, 2010
17:00 AJ Auxerre 1 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
17:00 FC Lorient 1 - 1 Toulouse FC
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux AS Saint-Etienne
kabbott
14-02-2010, 08:04 PM
It's HT at Bordeaux.
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 2:1 AS Saint-Etienne
If you thought Darren's free kick was struck hard, you want to see the St Etienne one scored by Sakho just before HT. I hope I can find something on YT tomorrow. ASSE aren't out of this game yet!
kabbott
15-02-2010, 11:31 AM
Final result of the weekend.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
21:00 Girondins de Bordeaux 3 - 1 AS Saint-Etienne
kabbott
15-02-2010, 11:32 AM
Ligue 1 table:
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 24 16 3 5 +22 51
2 Montpellier Hérault SC 24 15 3 6 +8 48
3 LOSC Lille Métropole 24 13 5 6 +22 44
4 Olympique Lyonnais 24 12 7 5 +11 43
5 Olympique de Marseille 23 12 6 5 +14 42
6 AJ Auxerre 24 12 6 6 +2 42
7 AS Monaco FC 24 12 3 9 +2 39
8 Stade Rennais FC 24 10 7 7 +11 37
9 FC Lorient 24 10 6 8 +10 36
10 Valenciennes FC 24 10 5 9 +1 35
11 Toulouse FC 24 9 7 8 +7 34
12 AS Nancy Lorraine 24 9 5 10 -4 32
13 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 23 9 5 9 -5 32
14 Paris Saint-Germain 24 8 6 10 +6 30
15 RC Lens 24 8 6 10 -7 30
16 AS Saint-Etienne 24 6 5 13 -14 23
17 OGC Nice 24 6 5 13 -16 23
18 Le Mans UC 72 24 4 5 15 -18 17
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 24 3 7 14 -26 16
20 Grenoble Foot 38 24 2 4 18 -26 10
kabbott
15-02-2010, 11:33 AM
Ligue 2 results:
Friday, February 12, 2010
20:00 Angers SCO 3 - 1 AC Arles Avignon
20:00 SC Bastia 3 - 4 Dijon FCO
20:00 Clermont Foot Postponed AC Ajaccio
20:00 FC Istres 0 - 2 Stade Lavallois
20:00 Tours FC 1 - 1 FC Metz
20:30 SM Caen 2 - 0 EA Guingamp
20:30 Nîmes Olympique 1 - 1 Havre AC
Saturday, February 13, 2010
17:30 Stade Brestois 2 - 1 Châteauroux
19:00 Vannes OC 0 - 2 CS Sedan
Monday, February 15, 2010
20:30 RC Strasbourg - FC Nantes
kabbott
15-02-2010, 11:34 AM
Ligue 2 table:
Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 SM Caen 24 14 8 2 37 17 +20 50
2 Stade Brestois 24 14 6 4 38 21 +17 48
3 FC Metz 24 10 8 6 29 26 +3 38
4 Nîmes Olympique 24 10 6 8 28 30 -2 36
5 Stade Lavallois 24 8 11 5 33 26 +7 35
6 Havre AC 24 9 7 8 27 24 +3 34
7 Angers SCO 24 9 6 9 27 26 +1 33
8 Tours FC 24 7 11 6 32 30 +2 32
9 AC Arles Avignon 23 8 8 7 26 27 -1 32
10 AC Ajaccio 23 8 6 9 25 23 +2 30
11 CS Sedan 23 7 9 7 30 30 0 30
12 Clermont Foot 23 8 6 9 28 28 0 30
13 Dijon FCO 24 6 11 7 30 31 -1 29
14 Vannes OC 24 7 8 9 29 34 -5 29
15 FC Nantes 23 7 7 9 27 34 -7 28
16 RC Strasbourg 23 6 9 8 30 32 -2 27
17 Châteauroux 24 6 8 10 32 37 -5 26
18 EA Guingamp 24 5 10 9 23 29 -6 25
19 FC Istres 24 5 8 11 18 34 -16 23
20 SC Bastia 24 4 5 15 23 33 -10 17
237d
kabbott
16-02-2010, 02:40 PM
Tonight Champions' League (1st leg)
Lyon v Real Madrid
On current form Lyon should get battered. But ... for example, last year at the same stage, Lyon held their own at home in the first leg as they did against Man Utd the year before, before getting hammered in the 2nd leg. Lyon are unbeaten in the Champions' League against Real Madrid in the group phase at least: 2 home wins and 2 away draws in the middle of the noughties. Since then Lyon's team has gone downhill whereas Real have got better.
So I'm going for a 3:2 win for Lyon, others are talking of a 1:4 scoreline with worse to come in the return leg.
Here's an article about the game:
http://www.ligue1.com/coupeEurope/LC/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=15453
Cris: ‘We’re ready’
Despite being faced by the awesome attacking machinery of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and possibly former Lyon hit-man Karim Benzema, Lyon are confident they can maintain their undefeated record against Los Merengues when the Spanish side hits the Stade Gerland for the first leg of their round-of-16 UEFA Champions League clash on Tuesday night. Live scoring from 20:45 CET.
Lyon will have history in their favour when they take on the might of Real Madrid as the Champions League begins its knockout phase after a two-month break.
Les Gones are undefeated against Real, having won 3-0 and 2-0 when the Spanish giants travelled to France in the group phases of the 2005-06 and 2006-07 campaigns and recording draws on their subsequent trips to the Bernabeu, form that Lyon can draw confidence from.
Cris: 'We're ready'
Lyon captain Cris, who will be charged with the task of containing the illustrious Real attack, which has scored 11 goals in its last four La Liga outings, definitely doesn’t have stars in his eyes.
"Madrid are among the best three teams in Europe and feature great players like Benzema, Kaka and Ronaldo," the Brazil central defender said. "But we’re ready."
Ronaldo in form
Nonetheless Los Merengues are currently in strong form, just two points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after notching a 3-0 win over Xeres where their goalscoring prowess was in full force. Brazilian ace Kaka set up a double for the world’s most expensive player Ronaldo, who is justifying his immense price tag with a steady flow of goals – 11 in 13 league matches and six in his four appearances in the Champions League.
Hints of old Lyon
While Lyon’s 1-0 win over Lens on Saturday night might be modest in comparison, Claude Puel’s men showed a tenacity and perseverance in securing the three points, coupled with a knack for scoring late goals, that was reminiscent of the imperious Lyon that won seven consecutive Ligue 1 titles and made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in three consecutive seasons.
Claude Puel can count on a full-strength line-up for the clash but could opt to play midfielder Jérémy Toulalan in central defence, a role the France international has played on several occasions this season, in place of international team-mate Jean-Alain Boumsong, in which case youth product Maxime Gonalons, who famously scored Lyon’s winner in Liverpool in the group phase, would take on holding midfield duties.
Benzema appearance?
The main injury concern for Manuel Pellegrini’s Real has been former Lyon star Karim Benzema, who sustained a groin injury last week and has been doubtful for the return to Gerland. The France striker’s recovery has progressed well however and Benzema has been named in the squad and could make an appearance as a substitute.
Probable teams:
Lyon: Lloris; Réveillère, Cris (c), Boumsong (or Toulalan), Cissokho; Toulalan (or Gonalons), Makoun, Källström; C. Delgado, Govou, Lisandro
Real Madrid: Casillas (c); Arbeloa, S. Ramos, Albiol, Marcelo; L. Diarra, Xabi Alonso, Granero, Kaka; Higuain, C. Ronaldo
BB Bob
19-02-2010, 12:10 PM
Jean II Makoun - so good they named him twice?
kabbott
19-02-2010, 02:43 PM
So that's the Coupe de la Ligue up to date. Pathetic competition. The top Ligue 1 sides only play a couple of rounds, are seeded so they don't meet before the semis, and everyone at the LPF wonders why nobody cares (attendances, TV ratings etc). Take two out of the top 3 (OL, OM and Bordeaux) and you've got your "finale de rêve".
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
20:45 Toulouse FC 1 - 2 a.e.t. Olympique de Marseille
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
20:45 FC Lorient 1 - 4 FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Final - Saturday, March 27, 2010
Olympique de Marseille FC Girondins de Bordeaux
kabbott
19-02-2010, 02:47 PM
There was also one outstanding match in the last 16 of the Coupe de France this week. Here's a recap of all the results.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2010
18:15 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 1 - 0 EA Guingamp
19:30 Beauvais 1 - 4 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
20:00 Quevilly 1 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
20:45 Vesoul 0 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
19:00 AJ Auxerre 4 - 0 Plabennec
20:00 AS Saint-Etienne 2 - 0 Vannes OC
20:45 Girondins de Bordeaux 0 - 2 AS Monaco FC
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
20:00 RC Lens 2 - 1 a.e.t. Stade Brestois
... which leaves us with the following quarter final fixtures:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
RC Lens - AS Saint-Etienne
AS Monaco FC - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Quevilly - Boulogne Côte d'Opale
AJ Auxerre - Paris Saint-Germain
kabbott
19-02-2010, 02:53 PM
As for this weekend, here is the Ligue 2 programme and another chance for Clermont to rise further up the table.
Friday, February 19, 2010
AC Ajaccio 20:00 SM Caen
Châteauroux 20:00 Vannes OC
Havre AC 20:00 FC Istres
FC Nantes 20:00 SC Bastia
CS Sedan 20:00 Angers SCO
RC Strasbourg 20:00 Clermont Foot
AC Arles Avignon 20:30 Tours FC
Dijon FCO 20:30 FC Metz
Stade Lavallois 20:30 Nîmes Olympique
Sunday, February 21, 2010
EA Guingamp 15:00 Stade Brestois
kabbott
20-02-2010, 10:36 AM
Last night's Ligue 2 results:
Friday, February 19, 2010
20:00 AC Ajaccio 2 - 0 SM Caen
20:00 Châteauroux 0 - 0 Vannes OC
20:00 Havre AC 2 - 1 FC Istres
20:00 FC Nantes 3 - 1 SC Bastia
20:00 CS Sedan 2 - 2 Angers SCO
20:00 RC Strasbourg 1 - 1 Clermont Foot
20:30 AC Arles Avignon 1 - 2 Tours FC
20:30 Dijon FCO 0 - 1 FC Metz
20:30 Stade Lavallois 0 - 0 Nîmes Olympique
Sunday, February 21, 2010
15:00 EA Guingamp - Stade Brestois
Ligue 2 P W D L GD Pts
1 SM Caen 25 14 8 3 +18 50
2 Stade Brestois 24 14 6 4 +17 48
3 FC Metz 25 11 8 6 +4 41
4 Havre AC 25 10 7 8 +4 37
5 Nîmes Olympique 25 10 7 8 -2 37
6 Stade Lavallois 25 8 12 5 +7 36
7 Tours FC 25 8 11 6 +3 35
8 Angers SCO 25 9 7 9 +1 34
9 AC Ajaccio 24 9 6 9 +4 33
10 AC Arles Avignon 24 8 8 8 -2 32
11 CS Sedan 24 7 10 7 0 31
12 Clermont Foot 24 8 7 9 0 31
13 RC Strasbourg 25 7 10 8 -1 31
14 FC Nantes 25 8 7 10 -6 31
15 Vannes OC 25 7 9 9 -5 30
16 Dijon FCO 25 6 11 8 -2 29
17 Châteauroux 25 6 9 10 -5 27
18 EA Guingamp 24 5 10 9 -6 25
19 FC Istres 25 5 8 12 -17 23
20 SC Bastia 25 4 5 16 -12 17
104f
philsick
20-02-2010, 09:57 PM
Think clermont will have to wait till next year for promotion;)
kabbott
21-02-2010, 11:09 AM
Think clermont will have to wait till next year for promotion;)
They'll be happy with mid-table mediocrity. :rolleyes:
What would we give for that?
Back to Ligue 1. Great result for ASSE last night (and, indirectly speaking, Bordeaux, and Lyon and Marseille if they win their respective games today).
Week 25 - Saturday, February 20, 2010
Postponed Girondins de Bordeaux AJ Auxerre
19:00 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 1 - 3 Le Mans UC 72
19:00 Grenoble Foot 38 0 - 1 Valenciennes FC
19:00 RC Lens 3 - 0 AS Monaco FC
19:00 OGC Nice 1 - 0 FC Lorient
19:00 AS Saint-Etienne 1 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain 1 - 0 Toulouse FC
Week 25 - Sunday, February 21, 2010
17:00 Olympique de Marseille AS Nancy Lorraine
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Olympique Lyonnais
21:00 Stade Rennais FC LOSC Lille Métropole
kabbott
21-02-2010, 11:13 AM
It looks like 2 out of the 3 to be relegated are already there. ASSE and Nice could still be dragged into it if Le Mans start picking up points. The rest seem pretty clear of trouble, for the moment.
P W D L GD Pts
1 Girondins de Bordeaux 24 16 3 5 +22 51
2 Montpellier Hérault SC 25 15 3 7 +7 48
3 LOSC Lille Métropole 24 13 5 6 +22 44
4 Olympique Lyonnais 24 12 7 5 +11 43
5 Olympique de Marseille 23 12 6 5 +14 42
6 AJ Auxerre 24 12 6 6 +2 42
7 AS Monaco FC 25 12 3 10 -1 39
8 Valenciennes FC 25 11 5 9 +2 38
9 Stade Rennais FC 24 10 7 7 +11 37
10 FC Lorient 25 10 6 9 +9 36
11 Toulouse FC 25 9 7 9 +6 34
12 Paris Saint-Germain 25 9 6 10 +7 33
13 RC Lens 25 9 6 10 -4 33
14 AS Nancy Lorraine 24 9 5 10 -4 32
15 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 23 9 5 9 -5 32
16 AS Saint-Etienne 25 7 5 13 -13 26
17 OGC Nice 25 7 5 13 -15 26
18 Le Mans UC 72 25 5 5 15 -16 20
19 Boulogne Côte d'Opale 25 3 7 15 -28 16
20 Grenoble Foot 38 25 2 4 19 -27 10
GodstoneEagle
21-02-2010, 12:09 PM
I will be in Avignon next year from Feb - May so who should I follow? ACAA, or who is the nearest L1 team I can watch?
:)
philsick
21-02-2010, 01:43 PM
I will be in Avignon next year from Feb - May so who should I follow? ACAA, or who is the nearest L1 team I can watch?
:)
Marseille or montpellier are probably closest,but still a bit of a journey.Out of those two cities,marseille is more edgy,if you like that kind of thing.Montpellier is more upmarket and the nightlife is good.Both clubs doing ok as well,although marseille would expect more i suppose.
kabbott
21-02-2010, 06:20 PM
Sunday, February 21, 2010
17:00 Olympique de Marseille 3 - 1 AS Nancy Lorraine (Niang=hat-trick)
17:00 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0 - 4 Olympique Lyonnais (Bastos=hat-trick, Lisandro)
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