Articles tagged with "jean-michel-aulas"
Your Weekly Dose of Jean-Michel Aulas
By Inara | December 3rd, 2007On allegations that Milan Baros might be making a January move... "I have not received an approach. But I am a little bit deaf right now ...
The Battle for TV Rights II: Aulas Ups the Ante
By Inara | November 29th, 2007The last time I brought this topic up, Jean-Michel Aulas was demanding that the French league receives a substantial increase in TV rights. The current ...
Aftermath: What's in the Press
By Inara | November 28th, 2007The draw against Barcelona last Tuesday has reawakened Lyon's spirits, and for the first time in two months, people are beginning to have hope of ...
Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa Can't Leave Until Lyon Win the Champions League
By Inara | November 20th, 2007Jean-Michel Aulas is a man with many plans. He has a plan to stamp brand OL all over the world. A plan to make Lyon ...
A Dose of Jean-Michel Aulas
By Inara | November 19th, 2007On Milan Baros saying that he will explore other options this January: "Milan must explain himself. His words are faster than his thoughts. A lot ...
There were two Olympiques...
By Magnusson | November 11th, 2007What a game! Seriously one of the best games yet this year. I don't care that we won and that we could've scored more. Lyon ...
There can only be one Olympique...
By Magnusson | November 10th, 2007Great! Just what we needed! The heavyweight of the Ligue1 if ever there was one. L'Olympique Lyonnais will be receiving L'Olympique de Marseille in what ...
The Clash of the Olympiques (Lyon vs. Marseille)
By Inara | November 10th, 2007After a heart pounding week of Champions League action for both Lyon and Marseille, they will now face each other in a clash of the ...
Milan Baros Gets Political and some other stuff
By Inara | November 1st, 2007Milan Baros, who hasn't been seen in a Lyon kit for several weeks now, is apparently involved in a row with the Civic Democrats, the ...
Media Make a Mountain from a Molehill...As Usual
By Inara | October 24th, 2007You can imagine my befuddlement when I opened my inbox yesterday morning and saw dozens of google alerts informing me of Lyon's determination in signing ...
Lyon Would Like You to Know...
By Inara | October 12th, 2007Unlike most clubs, when Lyon officially deny things, it's probably true. Today, Eurosport asked themselves why Lyon felt the need to publish three official notices ...
Assorted News Bits
By Inara | October 10th, 2007~~~~~~~~ I take back what I said about the away kits. The gold kit is fast becoming a favorite, whether paired with red or dark blue ...
Please, No More Race Car Analogies
By Inara | October 8th, 2007OL president Jean-Michel Aulas refers to Lyon as a "Formula 1" race car. So did Gerard Houllier, who said the key to managing Lyon was ...
Crisis? What Crisis?
By Inara | October 6th, 2007There have been several rather fatalistic comments made by OL players in the past few days ("Lyon are the poorest team in the Champions League," ...
The Battle for TV Rights
By Inara | September 26th, 2007Jean-Michel Aulas has a lot of jobs. He's the president and main shareholder of Olympique Lyonnais, and has been so for 20 years. He's also ...
2006/2007 Financial Results
By Inara | September 25th, 2007Today, OL Groupe published information on the club's economic situation for the 2006/2007 season. And naturally, it's tres tres positive. If you want to read ...
It's Getting a Little Hot Under the Collar
By Inara | September 23rd, 2007Surprisingly - and unfortunately - Lyon were held to a 1-1 draw by Lille - at home. I expected the scoreline to be in Lyon's ...
The Perrin Chronicles: Part I
By Inara | September 21st, 2007Alain Perrin has got to be wondering what just hit him on the head. Here he is, in what is supposedly the easiest coaching job ...
Press Conferences, Practice, and Whatnot
By Inara | September 18th, 2007Less than 24 hours to go before what promises to be one of the most stressful 90 minutes of my life. I've already done a ...
Derby Time!!!
By Inara | August 25th, 2007Since I've started writing for this blog only last April, I've never had the privilege of covering a derby. I plan to go all out ...
Fred Wants to Leave
By Inara | August 15th, 2007While Fred is comfortable with the team and with the city, he feels unappreciated by Aulas. He also wants a raise, which Aulas doesn't really ...
Kongo Kim Sees Red
By Inara | August 12th, 2007The always unflappable Kim Kallstrom lost his temper against Toulouse, a team which has recently become Lyon's bête noire. After he was red carded and ...
OL Toulousified: Elmander 1 - Lyon 0
By Inara | August 12th, 2007Saturday's game was all about the Swedes. Johan Elmander has once again proved to be Lyon's undoing, but this time he had help from fellow ...
Rebuilding Lyon's Formula 1 Car: 2007-2008 Season Preview
By Inara | August 3rd, 2007One of Jean-Michel Aulas's favorite analogies is comparing Lyon to a Formula 1 car, one that is capable of shifting gears to cope with all ...
Fred Returns, Valencia is a Pain in the A$$, Nino Wins
By Inara | August 1st, 2007I confess that I wasn't expecting Fred to come back today. I really thought he'd present another lame excuse like "I have to feed my ...
Sidney Govou is Not an Alcoholic (and other assorted quotes from this month)
By Inara | July 29th, 2007~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Several people have told me [Gerard Houllier] had spoken ill of me to foreign clubs, that I liked to party and was an alcoholic." - ...
The Fred Polemic
By Inara | July 26th, 2007Everyone's favorite temperamental striker is playing hooky and trying to avoid coming back to Lyon. The latest on the Fred situation is that he is ...
Jean-Michel Aulas, You Are Mighty!!!!
By Inara | July 9th, 2007Jean-mimi, YOU ARE MIGHTY Marseille president Pape Diouf ranted to L'Equipe about the complicated signings of Zenden and Cisse from Liverpool. According to Diouf, Aulas (who ...
Now It's Malouda's Turn...
By Inara | July 6th, 2007I've always thought that Florent Malouda was smarter than Eric Abidal. Malouda is level headed, reasonable, logical, and can grasp the obvious. That's why I ...
Weekend Tidbits
By Inara | July 6th, 2007* Lyon's new kits will be revealed this upcoming Monday. The home kit isn't going to change, just the away and Europe kits. Here's a ...
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