Comments on: How Do I Say This Delicately?

By: ronan

ronan — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:12:10 +0000

simpel solution for me at the back-get kleber anderson out and escude in- team for me if lyon have champions league ambitions 4-3-3 coupet,reveillere,cris,escude,grosso,toulalan,juninho,kallstrom,govou,obafemi martins,keita.How good would that be hay and you would only have to pay about 18mill init [p.s-Lyon need to start seriously looking for a replacement for the genious juninho, as he is basically 33 and retirement may soon be on the cards!]

By: Magnusson

Magnusson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:45:22 +0000

Oh and Ara, have you noticed five out of those 12 players play or have played in the Ligue 1.
BTW, Inara, if you end up using Galtier, I think you’ll send Besiktas a check for lamine Diatta to come back.
Galtier has been overhyped by us marseillais fans because he came back to help his cityy and his club when we were in second division. That makes him virtually a god in marseille.
BUt if you watch a few of his games he was just all heart really.

By: Magnusson

Magnusson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:39:59 +0000

You have no idea.
But I will definitly be happier when Niang and Bellion play together for Senegal at the African Cup of nations. If you add Bafétimbi Gomis, Elhadji Diouf, Henri and Diomansy Camara, Senegal will be unbeatable.

By: Inara

Inara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:11:58 +0000

Everyone’s been raving about Benzema this season, but David Bellion is doing really well too. Marseille must be kicking themselves for taking Mousillou and letting Bellion go to Bordeaux.

By: Ara

Ara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:23:18 +0000

And

Average of goals per game:

1 Trezeguet (Juventus Turin) 0.83
2 Benzema (Lyon) 0.79
3 Fabiano (FC Seville) 0.72
4 Bellion (Bordeaux) 0.71
5 Toni (Bayern Munich) 0.69
6 Benjani (Portsmouth) 0.67
7 De Melo (Le Mans 72) 0.64
8 Kaka (AC Milan), Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan), Totti (AS Roma) 0.63
11 Klose (Bayern Munich) 0.61
12 Adebayor (Arsenal), Messi (FC Barcelona), Agüero (Atletico Madrid), Guïza (Mallorca), Rossi (Villarreal) 0.58

By: Ara

Ara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:22:06 +0000

Classification of strikers in the five principal European championships:
1 Benzema (Lyon) – 11 goals
2 Bellion (Bordeaux), Trezeguet (Juventus Turin) – 10 goals
4 De Melo (Le Mans 72), Toni (Bayern Munich) – 9 goals
6 Benjani (Portsmouth), Klose (Bayern Munich), Fabiano (FC Seville) – 8 goals
9 Adebayor (Arsenal), Kaka (AC Milan), Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan), Totti (AS Roma) – 7 goals

HAHAHAHAHA!

By: Inara

Inara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:32:05 +0000

Thanks Corey. I’ll be sending you an email.

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:25:01 +0000

I could help you out with the Lyon reserves post Inara, I have a decent knowledge of most of the youth setup for Lyon. Let me know what you would need and I would be happy to provide it!

By: Ush

Ush — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:57:40 +0000

That is an interesting point about all the talent in the youth being attack oriented. It’s strange because when you look at the French national teams over the years, they have always had excellent defenders, excellence in every position really similarly to the Argentine national teams over the last few years.

By: Inara

Inara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:25:46 +0000

True, Ben Arfa was actually formed at Clairefontaine and came to Lyon when he was 15. Interestingly, Lyon have recently purchased three other promising young strikers to add to their collection of attacking youth talent: Stephan Ettien who hails from a local club in France (Lyon gave him a trial last year and then signed him permanently), as well as Matias Chiacchio, an Argentine signed from Lecco (in Italy), and Angel de la Tejera all the way from Mexico (ironically, his formative club is Leon). So it looks like Lyon’s scouts are looking all over the world for the next Benzema and Ben Arfa.

Though I have to say that Lyon are doing a good job with gks. Joan Hartock is a young talent (or at least was), and of course there is Remy Riou. And with Alexandre Bouchard and Jérémy Aymes, who are both prospects, at least Joel Bats is doing his job.

I keep on thinking about doing a post dedicated to Lyon’s reserves, but I don’t know much about them except a few of the players.