Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Dhorasoo left on a free transfer and he was only a starter for half of his last season. They have the best midfield in Ligue 1 now with Essien, Diarra, Malouda, Govou and Juninho.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Coupet out for up to 3 months. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=315325&cc=5739
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe I dare to say that they will win the title. Too much depth and quality. Now battling on the CL front might be detrimental but they'll pull it off. iougs-
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe I dare to say that they (Lyon) will win the title easily. How about that ? iougs-
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe This could be their last title because their are Juninho to Arsenal and Malouda to Inter rumors floating around. If they lose those midfield guys then the team will suffer greatly next year.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Last year, you would have "dared" say that Monaco would have been runaway winners... It's a long long season...
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Just wait til Lyon gets their injured players back. Lyon will win Ligue 1 by 10 points.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe They dont have as much money as Real Madrid, Barca, Man U, Chelsea, Milan, Juve, etc. but they do currently have the highest budget of all the French teams. I would say the reason they have done so well is that they have the best owner in France and they have made a lot of good decisions as far as bringing in the right players. Their youth academy is also oustanding. Lyon have also benefited from PSG and Marseille's inability to be consistantly good.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Quelle equipe, NICOLAS PUYDEBOIS 23 ans ANTHONY REVEILLERE 25 ans LAMINE DIATTA 29 ans JÉRÉMY BERTHOD 20 ans FLORENT MALOUDA 24 ans MAHAMADOU DIARRA 23 ans MICHAEL ESSIEN 22 ans JÉRÉMY CLEMENT 20 ans PIERRE-ALAIN FRAU 24 ans NILMAR 20 ans BRYAN BERGOUGNOUX 21 ans rentré en cours de jeu JOHANN TRUCHET 21 ans SYLVAIN IDANGAR 20 ans 1 match=20 min/1 but YOHAN GOMEZ 22 ans Quand je voit les jeunes qui ont: BERGOUGNOUX, HIMA,CLEMENT,BERTHOD, HATEM BEN ARFA... ça va aller loin Mais Lyon a pas SAMIR NASRI 17 ans (joue pour L'OM) le meilleur prodige de ligue 1. Touché ball... il ressemble a un grand joueur Français Il suffit de voir 1 match pour savoir qui c'est Si y'a une personne pour traduire en Anglais Merci D'avance
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe They got Nilmar from Brazil so that means any team could have had him.Your right though their young talent is far superior to PSG's, Marseille's and even Monaco's youngsters. Lyon must have the best scouts especially to trump everyone to get Nilmar like they did. Why can't PSG go into South America and find a Nilmar type. I'm sure theres plenty down there just waiting to be discovered.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe I am proud to have the "infogrammes" Lyon shirt. Those guys know how to run a football club. iougs-
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Salut, M. iougs Don't know if you had read this article (it's a month and a half old), but yes, L'OL is definitively the best run club in France: http://www.cahiersdufootball.com/article.php?id=1670&t=3
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe The problem is now they're gonna get more attention and the pressure on the players will rise. Hopefully, success will not go to the heads of the players or management. And yes, I agree with the article, they need to win some big games in Europe to go a step further. Who is in charge of recruiting there ? Bernard Lacombe, right ? iougs-
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Quote from the article "La politique de Jean-Michel Aulas est, sans doute, tout simplement rationnelle, responsable et conséquente, mais elle paraît relever du pur génie dans l'océan d'incohérence et de bêtise que ses homologues n'ont cessé d'alimenter." Translation : Aulas' policy, obviously, is simply rational, but it looks like pure genius in comparison with the sea of stupidity and disorder that the other managers have drown in. Can't say better. Lyon, simply said, is the first cleverly run team in the history of french soccer. Aulas took brit teams (like MU or Arsenal) as a model. Lyon is run like a business affair, and not like a unreasonable, violent, endless mess (someone said "Marseille" ?). (Monaco is something special, since it's not in France.) When Aulas started his system, some 10 years ago, he was constantly bashed as a cold-hearted businessman, who cares only about money and has no real passion for soccer. Today, if I am not mistaken, Lyon is the only team in France that has an even balance. All others lose money. To be complete, I must add that the current right-wing government helped a lot : 2 years ago, it issued tax cut for soccer players. It helped to bring big (and expensive) names on ligue 1 rosters. I'm soooo happy to pay more taxes, if it can bring more millionaires in France. Well, maybe not.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Randy, can you just change "Lyonnaise" with "Lyonnais" and we are in business ... iougs-
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe This wont work. The soon to be 4 time champs deserve a subforum. CASE CLOSED.
Re: Olympique Lyonnaise Cafe Ah well, I kinda like the "e" on there. Has grown on me. I even stitched the "e" onto my Lyon Scarf...