Olympique Lyonnais Cafe II [R]

[guignol]

and now, for an important announcement!

http://www.olweb.fr/index.php?lng=fr&a=24138&pid=101002

sonny anderson (if you don't know who i'm talking about, either read up or clear out, after all this is OL CAFE!) is retiring. the qatari championship just doesn't blow his skirt up anymore, and he's coming home.

home isn't goiatuba, brazil. it's not barcelona or monaco. home is lyon. his family still lives here year round. and now he's coming back to OL, in a position not yet decided but one to which he'll bring something special, like he always has.

"i'm part of this club. i'm part of the family. i feel like i've always been here...

"the president took a big risk buying me for the price he did, not knowing how i would adapt, and, don't forget, i was injured at the time. that gesture, and that confidenc in me, touched me deeply...

"i've always belonged to this club, and i always will. i've had some fine moments elsewhere, but lyon will always be the club of my heart."

[Allez]

does this say that Sonny Anderson will come back to Lyon? next season?

[lefutur]

Here's another article on Sonny in English:

http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/march/2/sonny-anderson-to-retire-from-professional-football

[guignol]

does this say that Sonny Anderson will come back to Lyon? next season?yes, but not to play! this has been planned ever since he left for villareal.

[guignol]

last night on the local channel they had a report on russia-brazil that was fun to watch.

juninho is a real character. first of all, all the time cris was talking about his chances for going to germany juni's having the mick with a sheet of paper, first pretending to polish his head, then poking holes in the paper and putting it on like a mask, all the time fred and lacombe (they're all piled into the back of a moscow cab, the OL cameraman's in front) are trying not to crack up and cris is oblivious to it all... when he sees it he'll be furious! btw, his french is getting better and better.

juni's french is pretty good, and in his jocular interview he says that for the first time in his career, he was sitting on the bench praying he wouldn't be put in the game (it was -15°!!)

[guignol]

well, besides the kudos for tiago cum dig at essien i pasted into the OL-PSV thread, we're all over the fiver today!

Shouldn't Liverpool fans be singing "You'll never work
again" to a manager who invited Big Cup elimination by dropping his
best player in the first leg and trying to scab a 0-0? ... And,
most staggering of all, is the man who's masterminding Lyon's
swashbuckling progress the same Ged Houllier who was run out of
Anfield two years ago for being narrow-minded and boring? Or is
Rafael Benitez that Ged Houllier in disguise?

but even more comical:

Paul Le Guen's first job as Pope's O'Rangers manager will be to lure
Lyon keeper Gregory Coupet to the club. :rolleyes:

this rumor comes from SkySports. http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=369591&CPID=14&clid=&lid=11&title=Coupet+keen+to+follow+Le+Guen

greg's big problem is he's such a candide with the press. he probably answered a leading question with some innocuous remarks about the atmosphere at the celtic-OL match, how much he likes PLG, and voila!

[Breakwood]

Another 4-0 victory for Les Gones, at home to Metz in Ligue 1 play. Malouda opened the scoring in the 13th minute, and the score was doubled 3 minutes later by John Carew. Flo added his second in the 33rd minute, and Muller added the teams 4th in injury time.

[lefutur]

Another 4-0 victory for Les Gones, at home to Metz in Ligue 1 play. Malouda opened the scoring in the 13th minute, and the score was doubled 3 minutes later by John Carew. Flo added his second in the 33rd minute, and Muller added the teams 4th in injury time.

good. carew needed a goal.

[guignol]

good. carew needed a goal.the inside poop is that his recent effectiveness corresponds to a boost in morale from getting his family moved into a new house in lyon, and having a real home life instead of just an executive suite.

[lefutur]

Well if Fred scores goals when he has a new kid then why not with a new house?

[guignol]

there were four players whose wives had babies this week! besides fred there was müller (who scored against metz) abidal and caçapa.

[lefutur]

there were four players whose wives had babies this week! besides fred there was müller (who scored against metz) abidal and caçapa.

well Muller scored too. Im seeing a pattern.

[Allez]

so should we encourage players to have more babies?

[Breakwood]

so should we encourage players to have more babies?

Imagine how good Juninho would be if his wife had a baby! He is allready the best on free kicks but if his wife had a baby I could see a hat trick from free kicks for him. :D

[lefutur]

I think its partly because they're happy to have a new baby but also the gut reaction is "sh*t I have an extra mouth to feed...better get me some money!"

[guignol]

Now here's a match i would have liked to see today at 3pm, problem is we have basketball practice...

CFA
OL 2 - Monaco 2

Gardiens : Riou, Vercoutre
Défenseurs : Réveillère, Caçapa, Benhamida, Diatta, S. Paillot, Faussurier
Milieux de terrain : Pedretti, Clément, Thomas, Beynié
Attaquants : Govou, Benzema, Bettiol, Mounier

[Breakwood]

Now here's a match i would have liked to see today at 3pm, problem is we have basketball practice...

CFA
OL 2 - Monaco 2

Gardiens : Riou, Vercoutre
Défenseurs : Réveillère, Caçapa, Benhamida, Diatta, S. Paillot, Faussurier
Milieux de terrain : Pedretti, Clément, Thomas, Beynié
Attaquants : Govou, Benzema, Bettiol, Mounier

Wow, that side could probably qualify for the UEFA cup if it played in Ligue 1.

[SMSM]

i am just wait lyon - milan match ..fred pleas show all fan in world what yiu have classic skills :)

[SMSM]

Gardiens : Riou, Vercoutre
Défenseurs : Réveillère, Caçapa, Benhamida, Diatta, S. Paillot, Faussurier
Milieux de terrain : Pedretti, Clément, Thomas, Beynié
Attaquants : Govou, Benzema, Bettiol, Mounier

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any very good talent !i dont know any think abute him ?

[guignol]

Gardiens : Riou, Vercoutre
Défenseurs : Réveillère, Caçapa, Benhamida, Diatta, S. Paillot, Faussurier
Milieux de terrain : Pedretti, Clément, Thomas, Beynié
Attaquants : Govou, Benzema, Bettiol, Mounier

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any very good talent !i dont know any think abute him ?

rémy riou is GK for france U-18, and was european champion last year. the other GK is also from lyon, joan hartock). rémy vercoutre is the A team backup, he was on loan to strasbourg last year but two years ago he did excellent work filling in for an injured coupet, including a couple CL matches. NB: OL's goalkeeper coach is joel bats... enough said.

sandy paillot and romain beynié and grégory bettiol are also key figures on the U-18 euro champs. beynié also played a few CL minutes against rosenborg this year.

OL's youth teams are very well organized and professional, and since they're always competing in big tournaments, win junior championships, and go far in the gambardella cup, they get to play as much or more in the Stade de France than the big boys! that helps players develop real mental and moral strength.