http://news.maxifoot.com/info-082506_80802/football-217698950935052a0.php I thought this deserved its own thread. Is this guy delusional or what ? Exactly what foreigners did they attract ? Klasnic is the only decent one. When he said they brought back players that was all PSG's doing.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Now he's talking about French teams in Europe. This guy loves to state the obvious dont he http://news.maxifoot.com/info-082507_80802/football-217706941766492a0.php
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato This is how most of French soccer fans see him: Add a leash hold by Aulas.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato France held onto Ben Arfa and Benzema but lost Nasri. But now Nasri is considered a " great player" all of a sudden in the eyes of the world after his game with Arsenal versus Real Madrid. Of course before then he wasn't a great player because he played in France. Somehow crossing the English Channel magically changes these mediocre players who play in an inferior league into great ones. go figure. Also N'Gog made a spectacular debut for Liverpool and as one of the English commentators put it, " N'Gog is overshadowing Robbie Keane" . If France can keep its quality players then thats already a big victory.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Well they lost Elmander too which he neglected to mention. I guess he doesnt care since he's not French.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato I care. I loved Elmander. Too bad he's gone to this... this... this... to Bolton.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Bottom line is that things are not all fine and dandy and he still has a lot of work to do if he wants his footpro2012 plan to succeed.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Btw, N'Gog is on the verge of pushing Robbie Keane onto the bench after scoring his second consecutive goal for Liverpool. Keane has failed to score for Liverpool.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato 06/08/2008 07:56 Foot - UEFA - Thiriez inquiet pour l'indice Préoccupé, comme à chaque début de saison, par la faculté des clubs de L1 à offrir du spectacle, le patron de la Ligue, Frédéric Thiriez, souligne mercredi dans L'Equipe qu'il y a une certaine urgence à voir les clubs français réussir de bons parcours en Coupe d'Europe cette saison. «Pour l'instant, on réussit à rester quatrièmes mais on est menacés par l'Allemagne, constate-t-il. En 2008-2009, si les résultats européens de nos clubs ne sont pas nettement supérieurs à ceux des Allemands, on repasse cinquièmes à partir de 2010-2011. La Russie et la Roumanie pourraient alors nous menacer. Or si on perdait un jour cette cinquième place, on perdrait une place en Ligue des champions ! Alors, je brandis un énorme panneau ''Danger !''» La préoccupation de Frédéric Thiriez vaut notamment pour la Coupe de l'UEFA, souvent négligée par les clubs français, «alors qu'elle compte autant que la Ligue des champions dans le calcul de l'indice». «Priorité absolue» aux coupes d'Europe cette saison, demande le patron de la LFP. Aucun club français n'a atteint le dernier carré d'une compétition européenne depuis 2004, année de la finale de Monaco en Ligue des champions et de Marseille en Coupe de l'UEFA. ''Thiriez : «Il faut du spectacle», à lire mercredi dans L'Equipe, page 2''
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Mods, could you change the title of this thread to 'Frederic Thiriez thread' please ?
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Thiriez is concerned about the level of French football. 19/09/2008 11:11 4 commentaires Foot-LFP - Thiriez s'inquiète du niveau françaisFrédéric Thiriez, le président de la LFP, a été un observateur attentif de la première journée de la Ligue des champions. Si les performances de Lyon et de Marseille ne l'ont pas effrayé, c'est plutôt le non-match de Bordeaux à Chelsea qui l'a interpellé. «Le match de Bordeaux m'a inquiété, a-t-il confié au journal 20 minutes. Il faut dire les choses comme elles le sont. La France est le deuxième pays de l'Union Européenne en population. Le 3e pays par la richesse et on est quatrième à l'indice UEFA. Mais cette place de quatrième, on va la perdre à la fin de la saison si on ne réalise pas un parcours nettement meilleur que l'Allemagne.» Les solutions pour éviter cela ? «Il faut se mobiliser. Pas seulement sur la C1 mais aussi sur la Coupe de l'UEFA qui est parfois négligée par les clubs. C'est l'enjeu majeur de la saison.» Selon Thiriez, tout cela est la condition sine qua non pour que le football devienne un grand pays de football : «Par tradition, la France ne l'est pas culturellement, comme l'Angleterre, l'Espagne ou l'Italie. Mais notre ambition, c'est qu'elle le devienne par son équipe nationale et son football de clubs.»
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato i wonder if he's been reassured by the french clubs nice showing in the UEFA cup so far...
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Il me fait bien marrer ce tocard. C'est sur, la France n'est pas un pays de foot, mais je ne vois pas ce que l'equipe nationale et les clubs d'aujourd'hui pourront faire de mieux que celles du passe' rien que depuis l'apres guerre, il y a eu Kopa, Reims, Bastia, les Verts, la bande a Platoche, Marseille et les piqures a Tapie, le Paris de canal+ avant sa degringolade, la France a Zizou, et pour l'espace d'une saison, Monaco. Alors si eux n'ont pas reussi a convertir les francais de footix en fervent footeux, je ne vois pas en quoi Aulas, Domenech ou Diouf (et encore moins Bordeaux) y arriverons. It just doesn't work. If there's one thing in common among the big 3 leagues, it's the fact that the same teams (more or less) that were on top 50,60,70 years ago are the same ones winning cups now. when it comes to France, it's a whole different story. What France needs is get some clubs on top, and make sure they stay there, and not have such a volatile league, that like Toulouse one year you are almost in the C1, and the next you struggle for your life in L1. The league can't play favorites and give away wins to the big clubs. So the responsibility falls on those big clubs that can't manage themselves, and instead lose to Auxerre or Lorient. Who, with all due respect, should be in L2. At least Lille Lyon or Le Mans have viable plans. As club owners, they should make sure that if people don't want to come to the old stadiums to look at your crappy players, instead at least they to to a new comfortable stadium where side activities can amuse them more than watching the players on field.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato Probably but its way early in that competition and they havent reached the group stage yet. Need to get all 4 teams to win this round first to get there.
Re: Thiriez is content with the mercato The same ones mostly were atop years ago but all you need now to reach the top is a foreign owner with deep pockets to take over and France doesnt allow that. If they did then someone could buy a team like PSG and in a few years they'd be at the level of the bigger foreign clubs.
To be quite fair, I believe the quality of play in the league is actually up, though the very top teams have not improved that much. Consequently, French clubs have struggled in the Champions League, whereas they are having success, as we've seen, in the UEFA Cup. That's my explanation, anyway.
We have to be honest here , our league sucks . We simply can't compete with the EPL , Serie A , La Liga and even Bundesliga . It's it strange that Fiorentina who was Italy's 4th best team last season almost beat Lyon in France who were our champions ? Playing Bodmer and Boumsong in Ligue 1 might work(lack of any real class striker in our league) but in the CL it's a step up , and they looked average and lost . Bodmer isn't even a friggin CB ! It's amazing how someone crap like Boumsong is prefered to Cris but that's another story , What I'm trying to say is that the 4th , 3rd best teams in any of them leagues I mentioned can beat Lyon . Bordeaux were pretty pathetic at Chelsea , Marseille was the only ones who put in a decent performance but still lost at home (poor defending )... Our league isn't attractive , Cisse would rather play at Sunderland than play with Marseille .. that says it all .
I was not arguing against the reality that L1 sucks. I was merely saying it was even worse in previous seasons, so hey, it's an improvement.
I thought it was the responsibilty of the guy who this thread is about, to try do things to make it so things dont suck as much. I mean he just got re-elected didnt he. I heard that he is in Aulas's back pocket so to speak, but if he really were then how did he manage to get re-elected since I think you needed approval from the majority of club presidents. I know he cant do anything about the dcng and the high taxes but there has to be something more he can do besides increasing the tv contracts. The new stadiums will be positive but wait until when or if they are buit to earn points for that.