Olympique Lyonnais Cafe

[sl7vk]

hehehe forget booing i say they pull a "roma fans" and chuck flares at whomever pisses them off lol just kidding roma fans are great and doing that will probably get the fans banned but it would be some decent retribution selling him for 35 mil is a mistake chelsea can afford more i mean they offered 60mil for sheva

Roma can eat a dick as far as I'm concerned....
After screwing Auxerre out of Mexes, they can't buy or sell players anymore.... Classic. You reap what you sow in life.

[Looper121]

If that disgusts you, look at this: http://www.goal.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=75686&progr=12

Essien Pleas With Abramovich
7/24/2005 3:38:00 PM
Lyon midfielder Michael Essien has pleaded with Roman Abramovich to get his wallet out and bring him to Chelsea.

The French champions are refusing to let the Ghanian international leave for less then their valuation, which according to the 22-year-old is now £35m.

Chelsea have previously had offers of around £18m rejected.

Essien told the News of the World: "I have the feeling Lyon will not sell for anything less than £35m.

"My last hope is Abramovich. It is he who has to make the decision. I hope he will meet their demands.

"I cannot see myself staying at Lyon - no way.

"I don’t even want to think about it. It is now in the hands of Abramovich."

Yep, that's pretty piss poor all the way around. What a douchbag.

[Forza_Italia]

Roma can eat a dick as far as I'm concerned....
After screwing Auxerre out of Mexes, they can't buy or sell players anymore.... Classic. You reap what you sow in life.
i said the fans not the team if the the board does something incredibly stupid you shouldnt take it out on the fans i know alot of roma fans who were pissed off becuase it was stupid when they signed mexes

[sl7vk]

Trophée des champions - Lyon-Auxerre: les équipes probables (http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/050726/1/8k5y.html)

[Allez Lyonnais]

Essien sure is a crybaby little b***h aint he ? If Chelsea play Lyon in the Champions League I want the Lyon home crowd to treat this guy like he deserves to be treated. Booed unmercifully.

I have to agree with that. ;)

[peruytu]

Carew is on FIRE!!! :eek:
What the hell happened to him!?!? Every time I check out Lyon scores, his name is on there with a bunch of goals like in his Rosenborg days.
What is it about Lyon that awaken this player from this long sleep?

[Forza_Italia]

Carew is on FIRE!!! :eek:
What the hell happened to him!?!? Every time I check out Lyon scores, his name is on there with a bunch of goals like in his Rosenborg days.
What is it about Lyon that awaken this player from this long sleep?
surrounding a player with proven champions can do that sometimes

[peruytu]

surrounding a player with proven champions can do that sometimes

Hmm Roma and Valencia dont fit in this category?

[Forza_Italia]

Hmm Roma and Valencia dont fit in this category?
have roma and valencia won their leagues 4 times in a row

[sl7vk]

have roma and valencia won their leagues 4 times in a row

repped.

[peruytu]

have roma and valencia won their leagues 4 times in a row

Roma is Roma and Valencia is Valencia... not the greatest of teams, but not terribly bad either. They are NAME teams with alot of NAME players, players good enough to carry/support any good striker.
Saying that Carew is better now because of his new team mates might be part of it, but not entirely true. Something must have happened in Lyon that triggered something in Carew, and thats what i'm trying to figure out. Could it be that he couldn't cope with the preassure of playing in two BIG club teams? Not that Lyon is a small club, especially now... but certainly not as big a name as Roma or Valencia.

[Breakwood]

I dont know much about Valencia or Roma but the recent success of Carew could have somthing to do with the quality of the wingers who can cross the ball to Carew and he can easily out jump many defenders to reach the ball.

[sl7vk]

I havent been posting here because I'm still upset about the John Carew signing. I cant believe Houlllier is so enamored with this guy. Houllier made some bad singings at Liverpool so this could be another one. I cant believe he thinks this guy is the savior when I dont think he's scored more than 13 goals a season ever. He looks like a big tall stiff to me. Well at least he wanted to come there I guess.

Hmmmm....
I hate to say I told you so about Carew.... But I will anyways Sportboy... :D
Trophée des champions: Lyon domine facilement Auxerre (http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/050727/1/8kqo.html://)
A hattrick, a penalty earned, and a goal called back for offsides. This guy is an animal.

[lefutur]

Hmmmm....
I hate to say I told you so about Carew.... But I will anyways Sportboy... :D
Trophée des champions: Lyon domine facilement Auxerre (http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/050727/1/8kqo.html://)
A hattrick, a penalty earned, and a goal called back for offsides. This guy is an animal.

holy sh!t!

someone in that organisation is a GENIUS!!!

[fishbiproduct]

A hattrick, a penalty earned, and a goal called back for offsides. This guy is an animal.

Someone ("nishlas") from l'OLweb forum posted a video of
the goals on his blog:
http://carew09.skyblog.com/11.html
(bottom of the page, "video AJA-OL", it's 11Mb)

[lefutur]

Someone ("nishlas") from l'OLweb forum posted a video of
the goals on his blog:
http://carew09.skyblog.com/11.html
(bottom of the page, "video AJA-OL", it's 11Mb)

wow. he does it all and he's fast as a mofo.

[nicephoras]

Hmm Roma and Valencia dont fit in this category?

Roma doesn't fit into the "champion" category, no.

[nicephoras]

i hate when players do that it just makes them seem like babies, i mean they are the EMPLOYEES of the team and when you are on a contract you should have to honour it or face severe penalties like the rest of the working world

While I'm actually not in favor of buying Essien from Lyon, that's pretty stupid. Most employees are on contract, for one, and are also free to talk to other employers about job opportunities. Essien has honored his contract in every respect, so what's the problem.

Now, of course, if you think he's a whiny bitch for wanting to go to Chelsea, that's a different issue. ;)

[ilv2]

lol Essien further endears himself to Lyon supporters:

http://www.football365.fr/depeches/story_179906.shtml

Lyon : Essien a refusé de jouer contre Auxerre
27 juillet 2005 - 20 h 46 -

Convoqué par Gérard Houllier pour affrontrer Auxerre, Michaël Essien a refusé de participer au match et a suivi la rencontre des tribunes. Jean-Michel Aulas, également présent au stade Abbé Deschamps, ne cèdera pas son joueur à Chelsea à moins de 45M€.

Jean Michel Aulas (président de Lyon)
« Michael est dans un cycle infernal, il n'a pas voulu jouer. On ne lâchera pas, sauf si Chelsea s'aligne sur la proposition qu'il a faite pour Steven Gerrard (45 M€). S'il y a de l'argent pour Gerrard, il y en a pour Essien, qui est plus jeune. Quand on a de l'ambition on ne peut pas laisser partir un des meilleurs joueurs d'Europe. Nous allons discuter avec les agents d'Essien dès ce soir pour lui proposer un contrat doré, qui fera de lui un des joueurs les mieux payés de France, et dans quinze jours on en parlera plus, ça va l'aider à surmonter son coup de blues. »

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you know, considering he's such a whiny prat, i'm glad he's not going to Utd.

[Forza_Italia]

While I'm actually not in favor of buying Essien from Lyon, that's pretty stupid. Most employees are on contract, for one, and are also free to talk to other employers about job opportunities. Essien has honored his contract in every respect, so what's the problem.

Now, of course, if you think he's a whiny bitch for wanting to go to Chelsea, that's a different issue. ;)
actually he is still on contract with lyon and i consider him a whiny bitch because he is whining and will not play to his full ability if he does not get a transfer if you ask me it wouldnt matter who the player was or where they want to go actions like essiens just annoy people and piss of the fans of the team he leaves even more