02/27/11 CET 2100 EST 1500 Stade Lille-Metropole I don't have to tell anyone how huge of match this is. A lost would virtually end our title hopes this year. A victory could send Lille in to a spiral that would see them knocked off the top spot. Luckily for us we've been playing excellent ball lately, and Lille have lost their last two encounter. To top it off we've had an extra two days rest from our european excursions. We'll still be without Lisandro, but all the attacking players seem hot right now so it shouldn't be a big blow. I'm eagerly anticipating this one. ALLEZ L'OL
if Lyon win do you still want Puel to leave ? ...and if so? Lyon beats Lille "and i hope they do" what will happen> will they be changes of heart at the Lyon camps?
Are you referring to my signature lol. I don't know really about Puel. He's a good coach, and I admire his passion. However, I always have the feeling he's not using this team's capabilities to their fullest. I'll leave it up JMA to decide what's best. Though I will change my sig if we beat Lille .
How bout not lol. Entertaining game, I feel someone is going to win this, hopefully Lyon. They are looking pretty sharp right now. Super goal from Kallstrom.
Its frustrating that every time that we get a draw or lose a game, the other contendors always seem to win their matches. At least we kept Lille from getting 3 points this time.
Yea that was the real kick in the pants Rennes OM and PSG widen the gap, we just made it easier for one of them to snag the title. I so wished that Toulalan's shot went in late in the second, he made such a great move to create space for himself, it would have been a special goal.
we took a point off the leader on their turf (what there was of it). despite a very hard-played CL match tuesday we were fresher at the end than a team that had rested nearly everyone in the europa cup. and if it wasn't for cris using up our first sub so early, i think pied would have come on at the same time as delgado, pjanic for kim for the last 10' and then the nut was well and truly cracked. puel outcoached garcia royally: on a pitch where the only way to play was direct longball counterattacking, we took that option completely away from lille in the second half and foxed them into leaving it wide open for us. sure it looked (and was) dangerous to be so close to our own goal for so long, and clearing the ball was a bit more difficult than anyone would have liked, but in the end it almost did the trick. all the other teams in the leading group won but only two of them played each other. all the big dogs will have to meet soon, and plenty of fur will fly then. so this draw simply prolonged the status quo of 5 teams neck and neck. a loss would have put us in a tough spot but mainly with regards to lille. a victory and i would have predicted OL as champion, just as i'd said they'd be champion d'automne* *with a win in the vélo