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[ZoltaR]

Troussier sans trac pour sa 1ère au Vél’ 10/12/2004
Philippe Troussier affirme ne ressentir aucun trac avant de s’asseoir pour la première fois sur son banc au Stade Vélodrome, samedi : «Vu de l’extérieur c’est sûrement un rendez-vous important, mais moi je suis sur le rectangle vert, au ras des pâquerettes en bas du terrain, j’écoute le bruit du moteur. Je souhaite que la machine puisse fonctionner et j’essaye de le mettre en loge ce qui est autour. Je sais qu’il va y avoir du monde, que le public va être présent, qu’on va avoir un bon soutien mais ma mission est de trouver les arguments pour que cette équipe de Marseille puisse ramener les trois ponts».

Troussier without pressure forhis first time at the Velodrome.
Philippe Troussier says he doesn't feel any pressure as he will seat for the first time on the velodrome stadium bench on saturday: " seen from outside the staff, that must be an important "rendez-vous", but I am on the pitch, down to the ground, listening to the engine's sounds. I hope the motor will work properly and i try to forget what's around. Iknow there's gonna be a lot of people, that the crowd will support us, my mission is to manage the team to bring the three points".

[ZoltaR]

Lyon-OM complet en trois jours 10/12/2004
Gerland affiche déjà complet pour Lyon-OM. Il n’aura fallu que trois jours pour écouler toutes les places du choc du vendredi 17 décembre (21h).

Lyon-OM sold out in three days
Gerland stadium is already sold out for Lyon-OM. It only took three days to sell all the tikets for the match on fryday the 17th of december (21h GMT+1).

[ZoltaR]

Liza invité de "Vivement dimanche" 10/12/2004
Bixente Lizarazu est l’invité principal dimanche de l’émission de Michel Drucker «Vivement dimanche» sur France 2 (13h45 et 19h10). L’occasion de revivre le brillant parcours du Basque de l’OM et de mieux découvrir sa personnalité grâce à des témoignages de ses proches.

Lizarazu invited to "vivement diamanche"
Bixente Lizarazu is the main guest of the Michel Druker's France 2 broadcast " vivement dimanche" on sunday. A way to review the brillant pathway of the OM Basque and to re-discover his personality through interviews with some of his felows.
( don't know if vivement dimanche is broadcasted on TV5, maybe..for our foreign supporters...)

[ZoltaR]

OM-Auxerre : Lachuer plus qu’incertain 10/12/2004
Yann Lachuer n’a toujours pas repris l’entraînement. Il était encore absent de la séance de jeudi. Blessé au pied (gauche), il a passé des examens qui n’ont révélé aucune fracture. Il est toutefois peu probable qu’il fasse le déplacement à Marseille, selon la presse bourguignonne.

OM-Auxerre : Lachuer out?
Yann Lachuer still don't have come back to training. he was still missing on thursday. As his left foot hurted him, he passed medic. exams that didn't show anything improtant. however, it is unlikely that he could play the game at Marseille acording to the bourguignon press.

[ZoltaR]

Beye : «Troussier est très différent de Perrin»
Philippe Troussier est présenté comme un entraîneur rigoureux. «Il est pointilleux sur tout», confirme Habib Beye.
Ses méthodes et sa personnalité sont-elles pour autant à rapprocher de celles d’Alain Perrin ? «Non, pas du tout», répond le Sénégalais. «Si je devais énumérer leurs différences, il me faudrait écrire un livre ! Avec Troussier, c’est beaucoup mieux. Pour moi, en tous les cas. Je ne parle pas du fait de jouer ou pas, mais seulement des hommes».

Beye: " Troussier is very different from Perrin"
Troussier is known as a straight coach "he is very concerned of any details" confirmed habib beye.
Could his method and his personnality been compared with Alain Perrin's ones either? "NOt, At all",answears the senegal player. "If i had to numerate all the differences, i could write a book! With Troussier, it's much better. For me anyway. I don't talk about the fact of playing or beeing sub, but about mens personalities."

[iougs]

Maybe Liza will talk about his current situation with OM and his "lack of form" on Drucker ???

iougs-

[om4ever]

another defeat at Lyon and we will drop down to 6th or 7th :mad:

[ZoltaR]

another defeat at Lyon and we will drop down to 6th or 7th :mad:
i'm really disapointed by this first half of the season and i'm not confident in the future....
We're wondering what's gonna happend here during the mercato...

[om4ever]

i'm really disapointed by this first half of the season and i'm not confident in the future....
We're wondering what's gonna happend here during the mercato...


don't expect good things.

it seems that we will miss europe next season.

[SportBoy333]

There are rumors that Pedretti and Lizarazu will be leaving next month because Troussier doesnt have any plans for them in his system.

[om4ever]

70' Lyon 1 - 1 OM

[om4ever]

Robert Louis-Dreyfus: "Philippe Troussier is a man of challenge, it is the first trainer to have said to me that the base of the players was good and that it did not need reinforcement. It is very rare."

Does that mean l'OM won't bring new palyers in January?

[ibreak4coffee]

70' Lyon 1 - 1 OM

Not a bad result. I'd take a draw against Lyon any day, especially with the inconsistent play we've displayed so far this year.

[om4ever]

first half of season has gone...

19 Matches
8 Wins
5 Draws
6 Loses


10 points behind the leader (Lyon).

Now we're 5th of table. May drop down the 6th or 7th if Bordeaux or Sochaux won tomorrow. :(

[ZoltaR]

Jubilé Weah : Des stars à la pelle 21/12/2004
L'ancienne gloire du foot international George Weah, qui organisera son jubilé le 11 juin prochain au Vélodrome, a commencé à dresser la liste de ses prestigieux invités pour fêter sa fantastique carrière. Interrogé par le quotidien France-Soir ce mardi, il explique que ses amis seront «trop nombreux, ils ne pourront pas tous jouer».
Parmi les noms cités, on note la présence des ses anciens coéquipiers à Milan, Maldini, Baggio, Davids ou le ballon d’or 2004 Shevchenko. Dans le désordre, on retrouve également Vieira, Ronaldinho, Henry ou Raï et rayon olympien, Didier Drogba est dans la liste pour un retour au Vel’. Côté entraîneurs, le Libérien espère la présence d’Arsène Wenger, Luis Fernandez ainsi que Fabio Capello. Du beau monde à voir à Marseille en juin.
E.J
www.om.net © 2004

[om4ever]

Busy January for Marseille

Marseille could be off-loading several members of their squad in January's transfer window.

The South Coast club will probably be making lots of changes to their personnel with several fringe players heading for the exit door.

Defender Johnny Ecker has had contact with Nice and his former Lille team-mate Sylvain N'Diaye is interesting Nantes after failing to earn a place under new boss Philippe Troussier.

Bastia are leading the chase for former Leeds United loanee Lamine Sakho and Laurent Batlles :eek: is in talks with Toulouse, the club where he started his career.

A three-and-a-half year contract offer is on the table for Batlles and could be offered the chance to stay at the club until the end of his career.

Centre back Philippe Christanval is thought to be interesting Southampton.

On the incoming front, l'OM are in the market for a target man.

Lens' Dagui Bakari, Bayer Leverkusen ace Dimitar Berbatov, Borussia Dortmund's Jan Koller, Mickael Pagis of Strasbourg and Pierre van Hooijdonk, currently with Fenerbahce, have all been linked.

South African agent Rob Moore has reportedly offered Troussier two players he worked with at South Africa - Porto star Benny McCarthy and Arminia Bielefeld's Delron Buckley.

www.planetfootball.com

It would be so stupid if they sold Batlles. :mad:

[hangthadj]

It would be so stupid if they sold Batlles. :mad:


Ugh...couldn't agree more.

[xfactor857]

Anyone know anything about this Gai Yang kid in the Marseille youth system?

[Rima067]

Is my translation correct that Troussier keeps stating he does NOT want to bring anyone in January.


Is anyone else NOT pleased with this?

[ZoltaR]

the staff say that there won't be any new player unless some move before.
like fiorese or battles who are anounced respectively in england and in toulouse...
the fans would have liked the staff to buy at least one striker and one offencive mildfielder.....little bit desapointing.