2012-2013 Ligue 1 Match Thread [R]

lefutur · Nov 18, 2012

KellanF said: ↑

N'Jie is fast!
Click to expand...

ok. no kidding. you can see his run at 1:58 here:

guignol · Nov 19, 2012

there's a new dance craze at work this morning...

everyone's doing the yoyo!

SportBoy333 said: ↑

Click to expand...

SportBoy333 · Nov 19, 2012

guignol said: ↑

everyone's doing the yoyo!
Click to expand...

Everyone except Raymond Domenech.

KellanF · Nov 20, 2012

All I know is that they need to get N'Jie a jersey with his name on the back...

guignol · Nov 21, 2012

KellanF said: ↑

All I know is that they need to get N'Jie a jersey with his name on the back...
Click to expand...

he's making the trip to prague, so i think he'll hav eone there!

KellanF · Nov 25, 2012

14-4 total attempts, and none on target for us. Yech.

guignol · Nov 26, 2012

KellanF said: ↑

14-4 total attempts, and none on target for us. Yech.
Click to expand...

and still no name on he jersey for n'jie!

lefutur · Nov 26, 2012

Looks like Garde got his tactics all wrong for this one. The way Toulouse plays us it was going to be a battle regardless at their stadium. Malbranque seemed to playing left wing and was a non-factor until he was eventually dropped back to midfield to make room for n'jie when he came on after Toulouse scored in the second half. He and the other youngsters looked better equiped to challenge the faster, more motivated Toulouse players and Lyon looked close to scoring until Toulouse countered and made it 2-0. Reveilliere seemed to be really sorely missed in the second half because it seemed like Garde opted for a 3 man backline in order to push up into Toulouse's half. Lisandro also would have been useful as a second striker option or on the wing.

lefutur · Nov 26, 2012

I'm concerned about the mid-week fixture against OM this wednesday coming after a brutal 3-0 defeat with our starting 11 (without Lisandro and Bastos though). I think Garde will need to be really smart about who he decides to line up against Marseille, weighing in factors such as freshness, sharpness, and whether some of the youngsters deserve their chance to start in a big L1 matchup.

guignol · Nov 26, 2012

i think pride will come to the fore.

i hope so anyway!

KellanF · Nov 28, 2012

1-0 after three minutes

guignol · Nov 28, 2012

2-0 at HT

KellanF · Nov 28, 2012

Remy had an incredible save. And we're looking good to go top.

KellanF · Nov 28, 2012

Gomis hat trick! Velodrome looks really empty. Especially for a derby.

StarrMatthieu · Nov 28, 2012

RED FOR FANNI

soooo crappy of a rightback how the hell did he get call ups in the past! lmao
Raymond Domenech was a real crackhead thinking hes a world class rightback

StarrMatthieu · Nov 28, 2012

big win for Lyon nice smackdown just what the doctor ordered

lefutur · Nov 28, 2012

I have a feeling I'm going to be watching the highlights to this game over and over.

Maybe more times than I've watched this:

guignol · Nov 28, 2012

StarrMatthieu said: ↑

big win for Lyon nice smackdown just what the doctor ordered
Click to expand...

what a coincidencee! that's exactly what i was telling people at work all day! that it's time for a SMACKDOWN!

to show 'em who's raoul!

SportBoy333 · Nov 28, 2012

That was great. I was pulling for OL because they are a club that actually has a vision of what they want and they know what they are trying to do and the other guys are just a clueless, disorganized mess.

StarrMatthieu · Nov 28, 2012

lefutur said: ↑

I have a feeling I'm going to be watching the highlights to this game over and over.

Maybe more times than I've watched this:

Click to expand...

made it too bbc america also yesterday !

SportBoy333 · Nov 28, 2012

Is that part of OM's grand plan to get people outside of France insterested in their brand, Joey barton press conferences with fake accents ?

Samora · Nov 28, 2012

that was a fake accent? guess being a student of french develops more linguistic tolerance

guignol · Nov 29, 2012

Samora said: ↑

that was a fake accent? guess being a student of french develops more linguistic tolerance
Click to expand...

it's not fake or even affected or intentional. he's been living with people who speak english like that for months, and is answering questions spoken that way, it just naturally rubs off.

lefutur · Nov 29, 2012

guignol said: ↑

it's not fake or even affected or intentional. he's been living with people who speak english like that for months, and is answering questions spoken that way, it just naturally rubs off.
Click to expand...

come on. do brits that live in america start speaking with an ameeericannn accent after a few months?

guignol · Nov 29, 2012

lefutur said: ↑

come on. do brits that live in america start speaking with an ameeericannn accent after a few months?
Click to expand...

they do. you don't notice it because it still sounds more british than american to you, but on the phone their friends in blighty will think they sound american.

my kids usually have lyonnais accents but coming back after 6 months in the states they got complimented on their french... because people didn't realize they were native speakers. And theough my wife doesn't normally have a provencal accent herself (she mostly grew up in the suburbs of paris) i can immediately know when she's on the phone with her family... peuchere!