

Articles tagged with "claude-puel"
Lyon Get Their Asses Whupped
By Inara | October 5th, 2008These 3-0 losses are starting to turn into a yearly ritual. A humiliating one. The game was so bad that Lyon's official website posted a ...
Build Your Own Team: Part III
By Inara | August 20th, 2008A new coach, several new players, new tactical systems...so I figured it was time for another team building exercise. I can't resist this picture. It's Lyon ...
Transfer Gossip
By John | August 19th, 2008Lens Reserve and France U18 LB Thimothee Kolodziejczak Well, as the transfer window nears, Lyon look to bolster their defense as well as move out some ...
Lyon vs. Lorient Preview
By John | August 16th, 2008Benzema celebrates after scoring Lyon's only goal in last year's 2-1 loss to Lorient. This week, Lyon travel to Brittany to face FC Lorient at Le ...
Benzo on the Upcoming Season
By John | August 9th, 2008Lyon's favorite son and patron saint of goal-scoring, Karim Benzema expressed his feelings about the upcoming season in a recent interview in L'Equipe. Karim speaks ...
Frederic Piquionne is Lyonnais, No One Really Cares
By Inara | July 31st, 2008Right. So Frederic Piquionne is a Lyon player. He was nabbed for €4.5m on a four year contract from Monaco. Everyone is excited. Really. *tumbleweeds* Or maybe ...
Lyon Continue Their Pillage of Lille
By Inara | July 28th, 2008Just when Lille fans thought that Lyon was done plundering their club of their most valuable assets, it turns out that Lille's club doctor, Emmanuel ...
Oh That Eto'o Rumor
By Inara | July 26th, 2008I wasn't planning a post on Lyon's supposed interest in Samuel Eto'o because I thought that these rumors would have blown away by now, but ...
The "Rock of Gibralter" In Lyon.
By John | July 22nd, 2008My second favorite signing of the season- and I'm sure Cris' favorite- was realized on Monday. John Mensah is officially Lyon's new left-center back. ...
Transfer Rumors and Tidbits
By John | July 21st, 2008Although we've all been waiting for the eventual signing of The Rock, John Mensah -which should happen today, Monday- there are other smaller happenings in ...
Photo of the Day: Is This What They Call Team Building?
By Laurie | July 17th, 2008A lot of European teams are heading back into training. Step one? Bonding with their new teammates. And in some cases, their ...
Tignes: The Deal So Far + Pictures
By Inara | July 10th, 2008As most of you probably know, Lyon have started their pre-season training at Tignes, a ski resort in the Alps on the Italian border. Lyon ...
Mini-Transfer Update
By John | July 9th, 2008Nothing major to report on the transfer front. Most of the info from Inara's last transfer post is still up to date. Here's the latest: ...
The Ben Arfiles: Hatem Ben Arfa trained today!
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008As he announced, Hatem Ben Arfa was present and trained with his teammates (or maybe not. I'm not sure how to call them) while Claude ...
The Ben-Arfiles*: OL vs. HBA? It is ... ON!
By Magnusson | June 29th, 2008[*= The Ben Arfiles is the name I'm gonna give all the articles on Hatem Ben Arfa until his situation is sorted out. The name ...
Lyon Aren't Being Very Friendly
By Inara | June 27th, 2008Just the other day, the LFP published the summer schedule of friendlies for both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs. Nearly all of them will ...
Latest on the Transfer Front: MEGA Post
By Inara | June 24th, 2008The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to the original sources like I normally do, but ...
Finally, Puel Has Arrived
By John | June 19th, 2008After several weeks of waiting, one of the least suspenseful signings of the summer has been realized. Former Lille LOSC and Monaco manager Claude ...
Managerial Prospects: Pick Your Poison (Poll)
By Inara | May 31st, 2008Yesterday I wrote about how Alain Perrin will probably be sacked. Today, let's go over the possibilities for the guy who will be Lyon's ninth ...
Lille vs. Lyon (Champions League Warm Up)
By Inara | March 1st, 2008Tomorrow, Lyon will be playing my second favorite French team, otherwise known as Lille. As matches go, this is one of the tougher ones to ...
LILLE: Who Let the Dogs Back In?
By Sam | July 20th, 2007As the start of the season looms, it’s time for the France Offside to give you an in-depth look at each of the 20 teams ...
Who Will Replace Houllier?
By Inara | May 25th, 2007The options aren't as endless as one would hope. While there are quite a few interested parties, Aulas prefers someone who speaks French, or at ...
Just Shut Up, Please
By Inara | May 16th, 2007As the transfer window approaches, Lyon is quite possibly the only club, with the exception of Chelsea, where the speculation surrounding the manager is greater ...









