2012-2013 Ligue 1 Match Thread [R]

nothing really (except maybe steed). they looked good for lots of matches last year too, especially at the start. what was missing was the regularity and for that we still need to wait and see.

one thing's for certain: even with the players sold the team is no worse than last year.

 

he started hot but against ajaccio his back was already bothering him. in any case he's been playing on the right so this gives lacazette a chance to get some time.

 

good first half for you guys, carraso with a great save after grenier's shot
wanna see a replay of the disallowed goal
edit: everyone is saying that it clearly passed the line so the outcome of the game could have very well been different
anyways it was going to be tough and bordeaux gave space and time for you guys to climb back and lyon didn't take it, lots of possession and ton of shots compared to us, good news is that 1st place is not far away and OM play PSG next week

 

THAT, and not trèsmouligasse's but en bois is what broke our back.

mistaken offsides calls i can handle, but that buntwipe getting a wild hair up his yazoo to make such an atrocious call on something that gets whistled about once a decade i just can't accept. even duhamel was embarrassed.

 

not as dangerous as monzon though. that guy is horrible (at least he's looked horrible almost every single minute i've seen him in a lyon shirt).

 

and monzon eaten alive by corgnet to set up the equalizer.

 

at home for sure, especially in the rain. you can say the synthetic turf is the same for both teams but one of them practices on it every day and plays matches on it 20 times a year, the others only twice.

 

nah, not a bad little lob but nothing to write home about. a very flat match all around. vercoutre with nothing to do but box out a couple of corners, but his kicking game was horrible. bisevac-lovren never put to any real tesy, but kept the area clean. rvr never in trouble but a couple of balls over the top much too long and a couple of crosses to the fourth post... dabo good, gonalons too, covered their zones well, brought it forward, won at least a dozen each and lost very few none for max i think). malbranque again the consummate pro: the turntable, and his set pieces one corner and one FK brought the only real danger in the first half. lisandro combative in an inhabitual spot, gomis beat continually on balls in the air (but as i said, verocutre wasn't hitting him either), briand poor, lacazette disastrous. the subs were serious in closing down the match though, and we got a few chances in the closing minutes.

all eyes on bilbao now.

 

+1! and i say it all the more sincerely because i was a consummate doubter!

he has a couple of little moves that last night max was copying perfectly!

the other big satisfaction has been dabo. if monzon wants to get more than crumbs of pitchtime he's going to have to play about 3 or 4 times better than he has so far.

 

no, and no bastos (remember bastos?) either.