News: General 2011-2012 Ligue 1 Discussion

I don't care that you are jealous because even when Lyon dominated french football, the media attention was always on Marseille and PSG, that you are envious because Lyon never made a performance in CL that allowed them to reach the heart of french people, that you are envious because you see Lyon on the decline and PSG back to the top.

I don't give a shit about it all. You don't say that Leonardo or anybody else should hang himself. That's all. There is nothing that can make it acceptable.

 

Sure sounds like you don't

 

Looks like Marvin Martin is inching closer to Lille. Hazard is an impossible player to replace especially when you dont have an unlimited budget so in that case Marvin Martin is a decent alternative. You cant really expect them to do better much better than that. I wonder what happens to Boudebouz now. Maybe OL will have to settle for him if they miss out on Martin. I think OL was hoping to get them both in a package deal and they may not want them individually.

 

PSG vs Chelsea at Yankee Stadium in July. First soccer match at the new Yankee Stadium. You just cant buy that kind of buzz or publicity. French teams have failed to generate any buzz even close to that and that includes pre-Qatar PSG. Finally French teams are waking up and trying to market abroad and of course it took foreigners (Qatar's) to do it since the French have no vision. When OL won 7 titles in a row were they able to arrange a match like this ? Nope. Just a bunch of matches in Asia that got little hype. A HUGE missed oppertunity for them when they had so much sucess yet did little to promote their brand. PSG under Capitol Colony were just as bad in terms of marketing and branding. OM same thing. They never play, market, and promote outside of France and its costing them. Leave it to the non French to show the French the way !

 

You're right I was a bit harsh. Also OL sold 2 big players to Chelsea ( Essien & Malouda) and I'm sure Chelsea would have agreed to play a friendly match with them to "return the favor" so to speak, so its strange to me it didnt happen. You and I may not like all this "team whoring" where clubs are playing all over the globe, but football is so different know than it used to be years ago. Its too global now and there's no going back. Either get with the times or get left behind. You can scoff at this if you want, but google "Chelsea PSG Yankee Stadium" and look at all the pages upon pages of hits that come up. PSG doesnt even have to win 1 title yet to generate more buzz than any previous French team did. Maybe its not fair but its reality. Again, it looks like the French need others to help show them the way in terms of promoting and marketing football in the modern era. I dont just wanna pick on OL because OM and PSG pre QSI were just as bad at it.

 

Portugal and Holland are smaller countries with less money so I'm not sure what more they can do these days. Its too bad the younger generation out there doesnt even know Ajax used to be a big club. There's a rumor that Man City and Lille will play the first match at Lille's new stadium in exchange for selling them Hazard and thats great if its true. Thats the kind of thing OL should have done back when they were selling all those players for huge dollars. Very good publicity.

 

OM think they are getting Marvin Martin. http://www.foot01.com/equipe/marseille/l-om-place-ses-pions-dans-le-dossier-martin,88585
Lille have more money than you AND Champions League football. It's over, Sardines.

 

Mourinho knocks Ligue 1

http://news.maxifoot.fr/info-158152_120513/football.php

What an azz. Kaka is hardly one of the great players anymore so playing in France isnt a huge step down. Ligue 1 has a lot of crappy, low budget teams but you never know who's going to win it unlike La Liga where the same 2 teams destroy everyone. Not to mention L1 is much more financially healthy. La Liga is going to collapse under massive debt. F this guy. He'd take PSG's money in a second to manage them.

 

thats typical mou trash talks everyone... he takes jobs he knows he will win....

 

Well Auxerre is in L2. Pretty crazy because they were in the Champions League 2 years ago. This is a club I dont really like but Im not going to gloat. They either will come right back up or remain in permanent purgatory like Lens and Nantes. Small town, small budget, small fanbase, so I wouldnt be surprised if they see the National before they see L1 again if ever.

 

Yeah if he said Benzema or Higuain were too enough for France then I might agree with him and I wouldnt complain since those guys are in their primes but a 30 yr old Kaka come on now.

 

maybe mou doesnt want to hate his ego, while discussions are going on behind closed does between real and psg

 

MHSC are going to be worthy champions even though I'm not a huge fan of them. That win against Lille yesterday in the dying minutes is what true champions are made of.

 

I'd prefer him at Juve, and they are looking for a striker. He can be the next Trezegol!!

 

chelsea has enough players... and too star stranded and full of ego's .. idk why everyone is so fixated on epl.. there is bayern munich.. there is also juve and milan could use his services