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Player(s) of the Year, Baby
By: Inara |
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The nominees for Ligue 1’s Player of the Year have just been announced today. While it’s no surprise that a Lyon player should be among the four nominated, this season, there are two!
Awarded by the UNFP (Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels) each season, players all across France vote for who they think was the best [...]
Category: Ligue 1
Tags: Florent Malouda, Jeremy Toulalan, Juninho, Karim Benzema, Ligue 1, Ligue 1 MVP, Lyon, Mahamadou Niang, Michael Essien, Player of the Year, UNFP, WendelMarseille Offer Samir Nasri for Hatem Ben Arfa!!!!!
By: Inara | 19 Comments
Normally, a rumor like this aren’t worth the paper it’s written on. But when L’Equipe gets involved, that means that something is afoot between the Rhone and the French Riviera.
Word is that Marseille would be willing to exchange Samir Nasri for Hatem Ben Arfa. It’s unclear if it would be a straight swap or [...]
Fabio Grosso Bitchslaps a Player, Plus Other Lyon Nuggets
By: Inara | 9 Comments
Fabio Grosso’s week isn’t getting any better. Last weekend, he was verbally abused by Strasbourg coach Jean-Marc Furlan for being a “piece of macaroni shit.” Today, during Lyon’s 2-2 draw against Caen, Grosso was sent off, the third Lyon player to be red carded this year. Apparently, Grosso – who had already received a yellow [...]
Category: French Cups (CdL, CdF, TdC), Friendlies, Jean-Michel Aulas, Ligue 1, Match Results, OL Féminines, OL Land/New Stadium, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Transfers Tags: Caen, CdF, Challenge de France, Clement Grenier, Decines, Dubai, Evian, Fabio Grosso, FFF, French Cups (CdL, French Cups (CdL, CdF, TdC), Friendlies, Jean-Michel Aulas, Jose Pasqualetti, Karim Benzema, LFP, Ligue 1, Match Results, Michel Forissier, Miralem Pjanic, OL Féminines, OL Ladies, OL Land, OL Land-New Stadium, OL Land/New Stadium, Player News and Rumors, Sedan, TdC), Team News and Rumors, Transfers, Transportation, Yannis Tafer, Yoan GouffranLyon vs. Caen
By: Inara | 35 Comments
It’s been a few weeks since I busted out with a match preview. Sorry about that. Blame it on a combination of laziness, work, and a random bout of the flu. I know that I’ve done a fair bit of ranting on this blog in lieu of constructive posts, so here’s me trying to get [...]
Perrin: “I sleep just fine, thanks”
By: Inara | 20 Comments
Alain Perrin on the atmosphere surrounding him at the moment:
“It doesn’t stop me from sleeping. We’ll see what happens at the end of the season. The president said he’d make a decision after the last league match (against Auxerre on May 17). Regardless, my departure has been the main topic all season. But I [...]
Transfers that make NO sense
By: Inara | 28 Comments
There are days when I wake up in the morning, read the news, and say WTF.
Today was such a morning.
Can someone please explain to me why Lyon are offering to extend Gregory Coupet’s contract? It’s already until 2010, and Aulas wants to make it longer? He’s 35 now, and while he still has [...]
Grosso-Gate
By: Inara | 6 Comments
Fabio Grosso doesn’t have many admirers in France. Lyon fans don’t think he’s good enough for the club while non-Lyon fans don’t like him because he’s that Italian from the World Cup. Even the media like picking on him, as they spend a lot of time criticizing his performances and overly scrutinizing his falls as [...]
Category: Team News and RumorsRaymond Was Young Once…
By: Inara | 11 Comments
I admit that I have a rather unhealthy obsession with Raymond Domenech. Even if his decision making is suspect, his tact is nonexistent, and his best quality is his amazing ability to piss people off, I just can’t help liking him. Maybe it’s because everyone else hates him, or maybe it’s because he’s a Lyon [...]
Are Lyon Bad Parents?
By: Inara | 24 Comments
It’s a difficult question for any club wanting to be more successful. Do they trust in their academy graduates, or do they spend money on bringing in young players of slightly more established quality?
Lyon, eager to join the elite group of European superclubs, have in recent years veered towards the latter. And who can [...]
Rant of the Day: Lyon Are…Shittastic!
By: Inara | 19 Comments
Remember the game that Lyon barely won against Valenciennes? Well, two weeks and three games later, Lyon prove that they can play even more fantastically shitty. Hell, they make it look easy!
So if you’ve been wondering why I haven’t been around the last week or so, it’s because Lyon have been embarrassing themselves lately, and [...]
Tags: Alain Perrin, Bernard Lacombe, CdF, Cris, Fred, French Cups (CdL, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jean-Michel Aulas, Jeremy Toulalan, Kader Keita, Karim Benzema, Ligue 1, Lyon, Match Results, Metz, Rennes, Sidney Govou, TdC)
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