Articles tagged with "lyon"
Players Called Up For International Duty
By Inara | August 17th, 2007Naturally any announcement dealing with the France National Team is of concern to Lyon. But not as much as it used to. Unlike last season, ...
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 ...
Lyon Contemplate Judas Heinze Bid
By Inara | August 14th, 2007
Gabriel Heinze wants to go to Liverpool. Manchester United don't want to sell to Liverpool. Cris will be out for six months. Lyon desperately need ...
Our Players Are Dropping Like Flies
By Inara | August 13th, 2007The battle for first place has only just begun, but Lyon are already in the midst of a serious injury crisis. The latest soldier among ...
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 ...
Benzema Extends Contract
By Inara | August 10th, 2007Karim Benzema has extended his contract with Lyon until June 30th, 2012. This is wonderful news for OL fans because he's seen as Lyon's long-awaited ...
Don't Forget the Ladies
By Inara | August 9th, 2007I'm ashamed to say that in the 140 posts I've written for this blog, I haven't devoted a single one to OL Féminines. I did ...
Toulouse vs. Lyon Preview via Bad Puns
By Inara | August 7th, 2007Since my posting will be sporadic during the next few days, I thought I would reward (or torture) all of you with an early preview ...
Transfer Bullshit News
By Inara | August 6th, 2007
Despite the fact that Ligue 1 has already started, absurd rumors still continue to circulate around the Gerland. Most of them are unworthy to be ...
El-Hadji Diouf "Interested" By Lyon
By Inara | August 6th, 2007Ewww. Apparently ex-Liverpool flop, chronic spitter, and possible wife beater El-Hadji Diouf is interested by the prospect of playing for Lyon. Diouf, who plays for Bolton, ...
A Winning Start
By Inara | August 5th, 2007Lyon achieved a comfortable 2-0 victory over Auxerre in their first league game of the season (match pictures at the end of the post). For ...
Auxerre vs. Lyon
By Inara | August 4th, 2007The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! August 5, 2007 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 3:00 PM Eastern Time (21:00 in France) Pre-match info: Lyon begin ...
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 ...
2006-2007 Recap, Or: What Went Wrong With Lyon
By Inara | August 2nd, 2007With the start of Ligue 1 only three days away, I thought I would post my long overdue post-season analysis of 2006-2007. What follows is ...
Coupet Out Injured for Four Months
By Inara | August 2nd, 2007Lyon and France goalkeeper Gregory Coupet ruptured a ligament during training today. According to the official website, he will be undergoing surgery next Monday. The ...
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 ...
Abidal Doesn't Have to Do Laundry Anymore
By Inara | July 31st, 2007Now that Eric Abidal is safely ensconced at Barcelona, with no chance of ever returning to Lyon in the near future, he felt safe enough ...
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 Milan Baros Conspiracy
By Inara | July 28th, 2007When will the football gods lay off? It's not even that Milan Baros goes looking for bad luck. Misfortune just finds him. Who else out ...
Can Lyon Make it Six out of Six?
By Inara | July 27th, 2007Tomorrow is Ligue 1's traditional season opener, the Trophée des Champions, otherwise known as the French Supercup. It pits the winner of the league against ...
Updates and Tidbits
By Cesar | July 27th, 2007I wish there was more to say, but it's been a slow time for our lads out in pre-season training. - Hildebrand and Alexis, two ...
POLL - Jose Antonio Reyes: Yay or Nay?
By Inara | July 26th, 2007Now that Jerome Rothen has signed a contract extension with PSG (who didn't see that coming a mile away?), Lyon's remaining LW track is Jose ...
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 ...
Valencia Throw in Morientes for Kallstrom while Lyon Eye Reyes
By Inara | July 23rd, 2007I have a sneaking suspicion that Valencia coach Quique Sánchez Flores read my testimonial to Kim Kallstrom because I think of no other explanation for ...
Lyon 3 - 1 River Plate
By Inara | July 19th, 2007!!!!!!!!!!! That was the best Lyon game I've seen in a long time. And to think it was only a friendly! River Plate only needed a ...
There's a New Sheriff in Town...
By Inara | July 17th, 2007Say hello to Lyon's new captain. In honor of this occasion, I thought I would take this opportunity to do a profile on Cristiano Marques ...
Squillaci Will Be Okay!!!
By Inara | July 17th, 2007The football gods must have heard my prayers because I woke up to the wonderful news that Sebastian Squillaci's probable ligament damage in his right ...
Bayern Munich is the German Lyon
By Inara | July 16th, 2007Not only do they both piss all over their domestic competition, rob their league of the best talent, and have the most money, but they ...
Hey Lyon, Wake the %#$@ Up
By Inara | July 16th, 2007Lyon lost to Reading today. Reading. You know, that team that placed eighth in the EPL, that just got promoted from the Championship? The team ...
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