Cissokho’s Redcarpet Homecoming

Yeah, I think everyone agrees that Govou will sit. He's probably better off the bench anyway, as we've seen time and again with the NT.
But unless we get another starting striker, there shouldn't be any accomedation problems, just Kallstrom sitting.

Oh and if people think one of Govou,Makoun and Ederson will be dropped I pick Govou each time-ederson and makoun have to start each game.

I think we defo need a cb to complete the line up some one like Apam,Bassong,Sarr,Tamas. Pandev behind lisandro would be fantastic,it does seem as though Lyons interest in Pandev is real,the two questions are 1.Will Lyon step up there interest an have a bid accepted. 2. Will Pandev accept cominh here. Personally I think Chamakh would be best,I think most likely will be Gomis.
Lloris
Clerc-Tamas-Boumsong-Cissokho
Toulalan-Makoun
Ederson Bastos
Pandev
Lisandro

that is class(still a bit iffy about the CBs)

if Lyon play with that foormation 4-3-3 and those players im sure they will become like the 06-07 season where they actually had a chance to win the UCL it actually took me a long time to bleive that Roma knocked us out im still wondering how iot happen we had top class quality players we had like 5 strikers

Loris
Clerc-Cris-Boumsoung-Cisohko
Toulalan-Makoun
Ederson
Govou Bastos
Lisandro

and it would be much better to just get a back-up for licha, not another great striker, because then we can utilize the players we have and not have to make quality players give up playing time

or ederson back with toule and makoun and govou up at RW

I hope Makoun doesnt sit, him and Toule are solid. Between Ederson and Govou i think Govou should sit even though he does have a higher stature in the club. Its true that since there are so many players they will push eachother and fight for the spots though which is good.
I would like to see a 4-3-3 with ederson on the right and bastos on the left, last season when 4-3-3 was used we were undefeated other than the second barcelona game i believe.

Either Govou, Ederson, or Makoun will have to sit, and i think thats good, might bring some fighting spirit into players like Govou. We will also be able witt sp much depth so rotate the players alot, which will be good before CL games..

John;Yeah,the second one would be great.

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Looks like it might finally be over.

Theo: I made a mistake the first time, but the second is a sweet line-up. And put Kallstrom in for Ederson off the bench and move Eder to RW for Govou.

Lloris
Reveillere-Bassong-Boumsong-Cissokho
Ederson-Toulalan-Makoun-Bastos
Lisandro-Remy/Pandev
What happened with the Remy transfer?

I think its better to have too many players for now than not enough. Let them compete a bit for the starting 11 and then we'll either sell a few or loan them out come winter. Mounier should be loaned out immediately though, he's not necessary to our plans.

John,You can read my thoughts!?

John;You forgot Bastos.Put Bastos instead Ederson and Ederson instead Kim.

Forgot about Bastos:

-----------lloris
----clerc-cris-boumsong-cissokho
govou-toulalan-makoun-bastos
-----------ederson
-----------lisandro

Also, I'd like to see either Ederson/Kallstrom behind the striker in a 4-4-1 to see if that would work and accomodate our midfielders.

-----------Lloris
---clerc-cris-boumsong-cissokho
govou-toulalan-makoun-ederson
-----------kallstrom
-----------lisandro

Why I'm not crazy about having another striker that won't sit on the bench: Govou/Makoun/Ederson would have to sit, and that's not going to happen. I say just get a good #2 ST. If we still aren't strong enough offensively after with this squad and in the 4-3-3, then I say get another #1 striker to play alongside Lopez next year. Also, I'm not crazy about a 4-4-2 either because our the center of our defensive line is our achilles heal, and we would need to stregthen that first. Mounier must be loaned!

If we really play with a 4-4-2 than at least two of our midfield players have to go because we have about 12 MF players.Even if we play with 4-5-1 we have to much.If we play with 4-4-2,who would you pick for the formation?Because Makoun,Toule,Ederson,Bastos and Govou all have to play in my opinion.And there are also Delgado, Pjanic, Mounier...Someone must go if Pandev really comes here.But I think that we dont need another world-class striker,all we need is one or two back up strikers.

4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1....sorry

If Pandev comes Puel would surely play a 4-4-2 formation. He's already said it would be either 4-4-3 or 4-4-1-1 with maybe some other formations thrown in depending on the situation.

Benzema would have lost his desire, just as he did the last part of last season, we are now a better team than we was. If pandev arrives, we will play a 4-4-2, and that would be great.

Chamakh would be best-aerial ability-he wouldnt join Lyon.

Sorry for writing the same comment three times. This blog isnt working properly.

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Bayern will hold their star player. Why hadnt we did the same? It would have been much better to have Benzema than give that much money for solid players.

pandev>love>chamakh

kubi:
CHAMAKH;PANDEV and VAGNER LOVE :D
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Bayern wont give their best player. Why have we give our? Keeping Benzema would have been much better than give that much money for solid players like Pandev.

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Bayern will hold their star player. Why didnt we hold our? Keeping Benzema would have been much better than give that much money for solid players.

Dror,We will probablly play with just one striker because our midfield is so strong that if we even play with five in the midfield there wouldnt be space for all of our players(Ederson, Delgado, Govou, Makoun, Toulalan, Pjanic, Mounier, Bastos, Grenier, Bodmer, Källström).So or Licha or Pandev wouldnt play.And I would always pick Licha over Pandev.Im sure that the striker we will buy will be a back up for Licha.

back up for Licha?
Pandev wouldn't come here to sit on the bench, he's class, not even sure Licha is that much better.

http://goal.com/en/news/11/tra...
I am not a real fan of this guy but as an back up for Licha he would be very good.The only problem,the 19mil are way to much.

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yup. hopefully we will be able to see lisandro play. anyone have any news on potential ST we are following?

looks like piquionne will start against bestikas

http://www.goal.com/en/news/22...

Aleksander,I think they will but Im not sure.

Will all of our new signings play at the peace cup?

Ederson and Cris are naturalised.
There's not limit for African(Mensah) players

You do know that Huntelaar being in Marseille was a ruse? A hacker hacked La Marseillaise, who first reported Huntelaar being in Marseille, and it spread like wildfire. Very funny as you'd think big media like L'Equipe and France Football would check their sources instead of just quoting a local paper.

I think Huntelaar is a hair away from signing with Stuttgart. What I don't understand is that supposedly Huntelaar rejected any possiblity of coming to Lyon when the first rumors arose, but then he was in Marseille a while after that. Wonder what that was about?

Yeah I remember- I think it was you Jao- mentioning that about Cris some time ago, but I can't find any info on it.
So, we're actually over the limit now with six, and we'll be at five when Anderson leaves. That means we can't bring in anymore non-EU, unless Mensah leaves, bec all of the other players are integral parts of the team and I don't see us getting rid of Delgado.

lefutur: i agree that Piquionne did do very well against Lens. If i didnt watch him play last season then i would have thought he was a pretty smart striker from this one game.
Im not a proponent of Vagner Love, from what i have seen him play he looks to be at the same calibre as piquionne or worse! We should get Negredo or Huntelaar from Real since they need to sell them anyway. Negredo is 17mil i think adn that would be niiiice

Ederson will be naturalised by the end of the year. Cris has a Portuguese passport.

Yeah, the limit's five. So we're at the limit now and will be one under after Cleber leaves.
About Kleber, I don't know if OL are going to meet the 15mill pricetag of Cruzeiro. Last I heard their final offer was 8mill. Maybe know with striker options dwindling, negotiations will open-up again.

John,I think that Cris is naturalised because he played 5+ years in France and Ederson also.That leaves 4 non-EU players and i think the limit is about 4-5.

i'm not that impressed by W. Love. I havent watched him much lately but he always seemed like a second rate brazilian striker to me. i think i would prefer Kleber over Love.

did anybody else think that Piquionne was fairly good against Lens? He's a good option as a 3rd striker me thinks.

Yes, but he's partly been here that long because no one else will pay his wages and he's not going to a lesser club for less pay just have a foreign adventure. But I'm glad that a CFA player of his calibre will probably his whole career at the club.
Hopefully Clerc does the same, but probably won't. Plus we have Gassama in the wings so I won't be to upset with that eventual departure.

Does anyone know what formation Love primarily plays in at CSKA? It just occured to me that neither Lisandro nor the the two striker we were after- Remy/Gignac- play in a 4-4-2, a few may have never played in the formation. Wagner's too expensive.
We should get Gameiro or Bobo as a back-up and call it day, bec the alternatives are just too expensive/not available.
Also, I hear Fred is on his way to Sevilla.

It is much for a player like him. On the other hand, he is playing his whole career in Lyon and thats rarely in football, so its not so undeserved.

We have six non-EU players, seven if you count C.Anderson who should be on his way out:Lisandro, Delgado, Bastos, Ederson, Mensah, Cris, and C. Anderson
What's the limit?
Also, Govou's contract it up this year, so he'll either have to take a paycut or move on. That's too much money, even though I love Sid.

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Govou is earning about 4.5mil.I also think that its way to much for a player like him,Benzema was earning 4.8mil here and Juni 4.6mil.That means that he has the bigest salary momentaly in the team.

shite, Govou is earning way too much

I thought Govou was still at the club, the he must still get more than 4m.

Yes Ronan, but they deserved that money with their plays for the club. They hadnt earned that in their first year.

Juninho,Govou and Benzema were all earning more than 4mill

Govou,Juninho and Benzema all earned more than Vagner Love

Vagner Love is a solid player, but he is too expensive and wants a huge salary. Its better to pay 20mil for Remy than 16mil for Love.
Lloris
Reveillere-Bassong-Boumsong-Cissokho
Ederson-Makoun-Toulalan-Bastos
Remy-Lisandro

Apparently Love has wages of €3.5million per year, Lopez our highest earner is getting €2.5million - so could pose a real problem. I see this as a no goer

Ive changed my mind about Vagner Love-sure he is small but he will give us his silkky samba skills,him and a CB and we are done.(Piquionne is 6"2-sumthing different from Vagner and Lisandro)

Vagner Love has apparently said he was interested in playing for Lyon... could be an interesting option.
How many non-EU players do we have now?
I have to say I lost track of who has become french and who hasn't.

Reminds me of Tevez & Mascherano transfers to west ham. At least Fenerbache have some pedigree in Europe. Good for Champions League.

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Did you ever wonder if those mistakes made by our CB's were not due to the defense-minded game Puel was asking the players to play?. As if Toulalan and Makoun's position lower down were disturbing our CB's?

Just a thought...

He better become a Thuram now.

Ha, Inara - that's exactly what I thought judging from the photo. Bastos' comments seem quite enthusiastic at least.

I'm pretty sure Benzema will go on to prove that he is one of, if not the very best striker in the world at Real. It used to annoy me how much people dismissed him because 'he was only playing in the French League', bullshit! He banged in tonnes of goals in the champions league against quality teams. I think he's a better player than Ronaldo, who is pretty overrated in my opinion - in some games he will be one of the most useless and pathetic players on the field - not one of the marks of the best player in the world IMO.

Also, other than signing with Lyon, Cissokho also announced today that he wants to play for France. An added bonus. Hooray!

Just back from the Real game, Rovers are my local club. I got photos of Benz, I'll put them up tommorow. He was there best player by far!

Lol kubi, that pissed me really off aswell, but Benze rewarded Real Madrid with the only goal of the match! Great debut for him, man of the match :D Allez Benzema

yeah, my comment was referring to everyone writing on this blog, not just you ^^

Dror,nearly everyone on this blog was writing that we need a CB,so I just suggested If we gonna buy one who is a possibility.

im watching the real madrid-shamrock game and the commentators are idiots and they keep calling benzema huntelaar. its pissing me off, every time benz does something great they go.. HUNTELAAAR!
i miss benzema.. nobody would ever get his name wrong if he were here

were than even reports of Lyon being interested of buying a CB or you guys just have this hobby of throwing around names of CB's you like? :P

http://maillots.frenchwill.fr/...
Hahahahahaha...How old was he here?18-22?
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It looks like Milan has lost his reputation as big club?I mean Sevilla wanted 30mil for Fabiano and they could offer just 14mil.What a shame.
For the CB-I was thinking someone like Ignashevitch,Kolodin,Gamberini or Hangeland would be a good option!?

Cissokho got number 20. Wasnt that Revs number?

yeah Ederson is #10. he asked benz for the shirt number when he left.

So now Bastos is our number 7, means ederson will get 10...? Then our next striker will probably get 8?

My mistake: I just read that Juve had already said they were covered at LB with De Ceglrie and Molinaro, so forget my reasoning.

Kubi: to me, Juve are trying to steal him, because there was an interview in L'Equipe where someone from management made a statement to the effect that Juve have never contacted his agent and they are not going to pay for a 31yr old player, bla, bla, bla. Yet at the same time, there are those persistent Trez-to-Milan-for Oddo rumors, and Oddo is like 2-3years older than Grosso? So, hopefully they are just playing games and/or maybe someone else will come into the picture. Don't know what happened with Parma. Someone has to want him! He played very well in the ConfCup from what I heard.

I wonder what will happen with Grosso. Since Juventus dont want him anymore but he looks like he wants to go there. Maybe he will go to Napoli