Comments on: Alain Speaks his Mind

By: guignol

guignol — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:39:15 +0000

throughout the season i was actually a pretty big, well not fan, but at least defender of AP. but i think our horrible start in the CL, and our losing HBA, may be pretty squarely laid on his doorstep.

if not for benzema’s breaking out, this season could have been a disaster, and the credit there lies with nanar.

one of the things that has made OL a stable club is that the extended staff, masseurs, trainers, equipment people, etc. have been in place for so long. duverne and bats have got along with head coaches at OL since domenech and lacombe respectively. we’re not going to hear their side of the story, but it might be interesting.

don’t forget that perrin has already been run out of two clubs on a rail.

the effectiveness of the extended staff has been praised by other coaches, so it’s not so surprising puel would keep them. as for sonny, they played together… and besides he has supposedly been part of the staff for a while, it’s more a case of perrin having shunted him instead of puel adding him.

a last note on inara’s really very good translation: the expression is “when you want to kill your dog you say he has rabies”.

quaresma? no thanks. i’ve seen some “impressive” youtube vids of him, but they’re almost all just 3-second bits of fancy footwork, with no indication of what it accomplished… and based on the half dozen matches i’ve seen him play, my guess is it accomplished nothing at all.

there are also some nice crosses and some wicked shots, the same half-dozen over and over. pretty slim for a 7 year career… and you even get the impression that it’s the same ONE over and over: outside of the right foot, the crosses all “au cordeau”…

he’s a one-trick poney, and even in the superliga that trick doesn’t seem to work that hot. quaresma’s great reputation is one of the mysteries of our age.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:12:35 +0000

That’s funny Ronald. I was thinking exactly the same way few years ago !

By: Ush

Ush — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:11:27 +0000

Inara: I for one don’t, his wonky eyes freak me out to be honest!

By: Inara

Inara — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:19:37 +0000

No worries Ronald, I’ll have a post up on transfers tomorrow. I’ve been out of town all week, so John’s had to man the fort all alone.

(wait, you mean you don’t like waking up to Perrin’s mug every day?)

By: Ronald

Ronald — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:50:56 +0000

can someone write a story…..like any story, just as long as i dont have to keep seeing Perrin face when i search this page lol.

By: japple

japple — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:28:34 +0000

i like him more than that other portugese girl, but he isn’t coming to lyon this summer. Inter most likely.

By: andy

andy — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:22:23 +0000

Fuck that, just buy him…

By: Ronald

Ronald — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:36:52 +0000

the problem is andy, he ” appears ” to have the same attitude situation that ben arfa had last year. I’m alittle weary about him, dont get me wrong i love his skill and technique and his upside is great, but i was left wondering why Felipe Scolari would choose simao ( who wasnt in form ) over Quaresma.

By: andy

andy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:24:38 +0000

Since Ben Arfa went to Marseille, why dont lyon buy Quaresma from Porto? Porto is suspended from next years Champions League, so im sure Quaresma want to join Lyon…

He’s a world class player!

By: rougebleu

rougebleu — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:36:22 +0000

Inara, you need to do another transfer post. There has been a lot of news today. The squillaci saga is pretty much gone sevilla’s way. Bodmer isn’t going anywhere, and some news about a certain favourite sonny.