General 2010-2011 Ligue 1 Discussion [R]

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  1. AfrcnHrbMan

    AfrcnHrbMan Member

    Jun 14, 2004
    Philly
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I thought I would start the thread off for the new year as the TdC is on today. As I type OM and PSG are locked in a PK battle for supremacy.
    The match left be a bit:
    [​IMG]
    but it's nice to see the ligue up and going again.

    By the way...Lucho Gonzalez worst pk ever? Mandanda has made to real quality stops, great shotstopper that one is.
     
  2. Catel

    Catel Member

    Dec 18, 2006
    Lyon, France
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    This season Lille OSC ftw ! :cool:
     
  3. SportBoy333

    SportBoy333 Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    I have to admit that the lack of transfer activity has me less excited about this season. I hope things dont get even worse in the next years.
     
  4. AfrcnHrbMan

    AfrcnHrbMan Member

    Jun 14, 2004
    Philly
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    The team didn't get as dismantled as I thought it would, and they picked up Sow. I'd be happy if they could make a deep run into europe. .

    This is just a bad year all around for transfers. Other than Man City no one is making any real big moves.
     
  5. Tsigalko

    Tsigalko Member

    Jun 14, 2006
    Club:
    Olympique de Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    Sweden
    I think this summer is the start of teams facing the economic realities of recession in Europe (and the rest of the world). All these teams running on deficits and racking up debt simply isn't sustainable. I actually think in the long run Ligue 1 will be better off as the clubs generally are run more responsible and low budget than in many leagues. Now with quite a few new stadiums and renovations in their way, hopefully Metz, Nantes & Strasbourg getting back to the big show I think the league could rise to new levels, well in a perfect world anyways.
     
  6. maturin

    maturin Member

    Jun 8, 2004
    I'd like to see some predictions for the season. Here are mine.

    1. Marseille
    2. Lyon
    3. Bordeaux
    4. Monaco
    5. Lille
    6. Montpellier
    7. Rennes
    8. Paris
    9. Lens
    10. Toulouse
    11. Saint-Etienne
    12. Sochaux
    13. Auxerre
    14. Lorient
    15. Nice
    16. Valenciennes
    17. Nancy
    18. Caen
    19. Brest
    20. Arles
     
  7. Catel

    Catel Member

    Dec 18, 2006
    Lyon, France
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    1. Lille
    2. Marseille
    3. Lyon
    4. Bordeaux
    5. PSG
    6. Lorient
    7. Valenciennes
    8. Rennes
    9. Monaco
    10. Toulouse
    11. Auxerre
    12. Lens
    13. Sochaux
    14. Montpellier
    15. Nancy
    16. Brest
    17. Caen
    18. Saint-Etienne
    19. Nice
    20. Arles
     
  8. SportBoy333

    SportBoy333 Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    Damn you ! I do not want to see Nice and St. Etienne relegated.
     
  9. AfrcnHrbMan

    AfrcnHrbMan Member

    Jun 14, 2004
    Philly
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    1. Lyon
    2. Lille
    3. Marseille
    4. Bordeaux
    5. Auxerre
    6. Paris SG
    7. Rennes
    8. Monaco
    9. Lens
    10.Montpellier
    11. Sochaux
    12. Lorient
    13. Valenciennes
    14. Nancy
    15. Toulouse
    16. St. Etienne
    17. Caen
    18. Nice
    19. Brest
    20. Arles
     
  10. SportBoy333

    SportBoy333 Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    L1 budgets for this year according to FranceFootball.

    http://news.maxifoot.com/info-120716_100803/football.php

    Lyon 150m
    Marseille 140m
    Bordeaux 80m
    PSG 80m
    Lille 55m
    St. Etienne 55m
    Monaco 53m
    Rennes 45m
    Auxerre 40m
    Nancy 40m
    Lens 40m
    Sochaux 40m
    Toulouse 40m
    Lorient 35m
    Montpellier 33m
    Caen 31m
    Valenciennes 30m
    Nice 30m
    Brest 23.5m
    Arles 18m
     
  11. N. Platini

    N. Platini Member

    Jan 31, 2006
    Londres
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    The opening games today :

    Auxerre - Lorient
    Lens - Nancy
    Lyon - Monaco
    Marseille - Caen
    Nice - Valenciennes
    Paris S.G - Saint-Etienne
    Rennes - Lille
    Sochaux - Arles
    Toulouse - Brest
     
  12. Tsigalko

    Tsigalko Member

    Jun 14, 2006
    Club:
    Olympique de Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    Sweden
    Nice to finally be able to sit down and watch some league football again.

    Some last minute predictions:

    Auxerre - Lorient 1:1
    Lens - Nancy 2:0
    Lyon - Monaco 3:1
    Marseille - Caen 2:0
    Nice - Valenciennes 0:0
    Paris S.G - Saint-Etienne 1:1
    Rennes - Lille 1:1
    Sochaux - Arles 1:0
    Toulouse - Brest 1:0
     
  13. N. Platini

    N. Platini Member

    Jan 31, 2006
    Londres
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Caen leading Marseille 0-1 :D

    I saw some of the first half highlights , Caen were looking really good . :eek:
     
  14. Tsigalko

    Tsigalko Member

    Jun 14, 2006
    Club:
    Olympique de Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    Sweden
    caen could be winning 4-1 easily, pathetic performance by om.
     
  15. N. Platini

    N. Platini Member

    Jan 31, 2006
    Londres
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Yeah . In the first half highlights I saw Caen were having lots of chances .

    Our game was a typical match of PSG in previous seasons .. Lots of chances , leaving it late to secure the win . It's great to have domestic football back :D
     
  16. guignol

    guignol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    i think herbman hit it right on the head. i would have put bordeaux lower but despite losing to montpellier i felt they showed quality.

    arles? at least they have nice away uniforms... even if pink is going out of style.
     
  17. N. Platini

    N. Platini Member

    Jan 31, 2006
    Londres
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Yeah I thought Arles' away jersey looked cool .
     
  18. cweimers

    cweimers Member+

    Mar 5, 2010
    DC
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Could anyone tell me where I should be going for online coverage of Ligue 1? My stateside soccer sources barely cover France, if at all. It's bad enough I can't see it on TV, I'd at least like to see highlights, articles, etc... French or English, doesn't matter.
     
  19. AfrcnHrbMan

    AfrcnHrbMan Member

    Jun 14, 2004
    Philly
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    FSC just picked some Ligue1 matches!! I don't know what the coverage will be like once La Liga and the Prem start though...Also if you can get TV5 they show a premier match a week. Most of my online news I get from Ligue1 website (french or english), Francefootball.fr, Lequipe.fr, maxifoot.fr (to a lesser extent). Also of course your home team site(That would be OLweb.fr you as well ;)). Highlights are little harder to come by, I've been trying for a while to get a steady weekly highlight show capped. The rest is off internet streams unfortunately.
     
  20. guignol

    guignol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    in english, the guardian had a decent blog by ben lyttleton two seasons ago, but only occasional articles last year albeit very good ones... and not a single word on french football so far this season, but it's worth dropping by to see if they get anything going.

    the LFP has a decent english version of their site.

    in french l'équipe is the revered standard. france football is actually a sister publication and the two sites carry much of the same content. they both do minute-by-minutes for all L1 matches...

    but for that i prefer live365. foot365 also do good match recaps and have a less staid approach than the preceding. football.fr i find useless: a forum dominated by mindless adolescents, and the site's own analyses sometimes make you wonder if they really took the time to watch the match or are just advancing their own a priori.

    for truly original, insightful and intelligent analysis, my favorite is les cahiers. don't let their sometimes sidesplitting diaporama fool you: when it comes to being serious they are the best.

    finally maxifoot newsbriefs is an inclusive, unobtrusive no-frills quick reference for stories. that's what i consult at work!
     
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  21. AfrcnHrbMan

    AfrcnHrbMan Member

    Jun 14, 2004
    Philly
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I don't regularly read les cahiers du foot but I'll agree it's great.
     
  22. SportBoy333

    SportBoy333 Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
  23. Nanbawan

    Nanbawan Member

    Jun 11, 2004
    Haute Bretagne
    Club:
    Stade Rennais FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Watching a picture of a Brest player there...

    [​IMG]

    They are sponsored by Malo ? LOL ! This dairy company is actually located - well, not a surprise there - in Saint-Malo, at the other end of the Breton peninsula (and my almost hometown as well). Bah, let's say it's still Brittany...

    Anyway, welcome back Stade Brestois ! :)
     
  24. SportBoy333

    SportBoy333 Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    I'm not an OM hater but Niang and Ben Arfa's behavior is making me hate that team. I know its early but I think I can safely say they will not repeat as champion this year. Then it turns out they cant afford Luis Fabiano so they have to go to plan C or whatever. I havent even mentioned the idiot fans in the stands who chant for Drogba when he has zero chance of joining this team. Wow, there are so many things to hate about this club and I havent mentioned the ownership/president yet. What a completely worthless club.
     
  25. guignol

    guignol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    it's obviously off limits saying such things in the OM forum but i'm grateful for a chance to spout off in turn.

    when i came to france OM was THE club, and i was living between avignon and martigues* which is OM country... but except for their europe runs i just had to root against them (ASM in those days). their fans were all so cocky and at the same time so fickle... and of course they always got all the breaks, going so far as making their own when necessary.

    but they were no more likeable when they were bad. in their joke years at the beginning of this century they had ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN players come in and out without sticking. and all the time no one down there would admit that OL were a better club!

    of course now that they're good again, the overweening pride that never left is being exagerrated in true marseilles fashion. like JPP saying last year's squad was the greatest a french club had put together since the days HE played at OM (conveniently forgetting that OM only won the CL once he had left them for milan)... sure they ended up champions, but only due to the points they took off us in close matches, and we sure didn't feel we had our best squad ever... the essien/diarra/tiago/juni teams were about 4 cuts above!

    and for a squad that was their best ever they sure are quick to cut it up. don't get down on niang so fast: if he had been offered the contract he wanted he would have stayed for sure; it's OM management that didn't care about keeping him. cheyrou? throw him on the pile! bonnart? ditto! brandao? taiwo? kone? abriel? all garbage. change everything! grab the headlines about getting luis fabiano... or not. and about HBA leaving. or not. or maybe yes. whatever.

    just like they threw the man who finally got their management on the rails into the garbage.

    sure, there are other clubs run even worse. but at least they don't look down their nose at everyone else season after season.

    * i remember pathetic martigues fans chanting when their team was getting drubbed in D1: "martigues! marseilles! ensemble on vaincra!" dollars to doughnuts we'll see the same loyalty behind arles-avignon in a few weeks.
     

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