Articles tagged with "lyon"
Anderlecht vs. Lyon
By Inara | August 24th, 2009Tomorrow, Lyon will be facing off against Anderlecht again for the second leg of the final round of Champions League qualification. Lyon have pretty much ...
Two reasons why you cannot predict football
By Luka | August 21st, 2009I just love reading those feel-good, rags to riches and coming of age stories (well, not really, but still, it makes for a good opening ...
Champions League Qualifying: Home Sweet Nothing.
By chris | August 20th, 2009Home games are, for some odd reason, supposed to be something of an advantage. Home field, home fans, home cooking, home sex - it all ...
1st day review
By Evilo | August 9th, 2009Here are some thoughts about the first 8 games of L1 action yesterday evening. Prospects in bold. Grenoble 0-2 Marseille OM had a dominant performance that could have ...
OMG THE SEASON IS STARTING aka Le Mans vs. Lyon
By Inara | August 7th, 2009Tomorrow marks the start of Lyon's 2009-2010 season. For the first time in a really long time, Lyon will be fighting to earn back the ...
Celtic draw Arsenal and Sporting draw Fiorentina...
By Rob | August 7th, 2009The Champions League draw for the all-new Third Qualifying Round format has thrown up a couple of massive ties in the non-Champions side of the ...
Lyon, Arsenal, Stuttgart, Panathinaikos, and Sporting CP
By Al | August 6th, 2009...our possible opponents for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League. Which one of these teams should we be afraid of? All of them? Some ...
#4 Miralem Pjanic
By Evilo | August 2nd, 20094- Miralem Pjanic (6), Lyon, AM/CM, 90, Luxemburg/Bosnia Rating : 9 C+, J. Cole Talent : An incredible touch on the ball, Pjanic is loaded with technical ...
#6 Aly Cissokho
By Evilo | August 2nd, 20096- Aly Cissokho (U), Lyon, LB, 87 Rating : 8B+, A. Cole Talent : Cissokho is a very good shutdown LB who is not afraid to go ...
#19 Yannis Taffer
By Evilo | August 2nd, 200919- Yannis Taffer (U), Lyon, Striker, 91 Rating : 9 C-, Trézéguet Talent : Taffer is a deadly scorer, a real poacher. He isn’t over physical nor ...
#27 Sandy Paillot
By Evilo | August 2nd, 200927- Sandy Paillot (U), Grenoble, CB, 87 Rating : 8.5 B-, Blanc Talent : Paillot is a tall CB who has a knack for scoring goals, especially ...
#28 Clément Grenier
By Evilo | August 2nd, 200928- Clément Grenier (U), Lyon, AM, 91 Rating : 9D-, Kaka Talent : Grenier is a very technical playmaker with a very good shot. He has a ...
#29 Anthony Mounier
By Evilo | August 1st, 200929- Anthony Mounier (U), Lyon, LW, 87 Rating : 8C, Pirès Talent : Mounier is fast, really fast and has good technique. I think he has a ...
Another Striker is Nice, But...
By Inara | July 29th, 2009Lyon are continuing their spending spree by shelling out €13m for St. Etienne's Bafetimbi Gomis (plus another €2m in incentives). His cool name and awesome ...
Peace Cup: Lyon vs. Porto
By Inara | July 27th, 2009I felt terrible that I wasn't able to put up a real match preview last night, but now that I think about it, it wouldn't ...
Peace Cup: Lyon vs. Beşiktaş (Plus Pictures!)
By Inara | July 25th, 2009I'm going to keep this short because there really isn't much to report. For some odd reason, OL have become shoddier and shoddier in updating ...
Siviglia v Juventus: Coppa di Pace
By roberto | July 24th, 2009Juventus take on Sevilla tonight in their opening match of the Peace Cup. What in Mother Teresa's name is the Peace Cup you ask? Well, twelve ...
A Delectable Luxury Import from the Land of LOSC
By John | July 17th, 2009Lyon Can Finally Fly Straight Again: OL's New Winger Swoops into Town, Hopefully to Take Us to New Heights. No, it's not a Ferrari nor Beluga ...
Transfer Talk: Maxwell to Barca, Lucio to Inter, Bobo to Keep Playing
By Daryl | July 16th, 2009Barcelona stood quietly by as Real Madrid raided the bottomless piggy bank in June, but have finally made their first move in the summer transfer ...
Have Lyon Gone Batshit Crazy?
By Inara | July 15th, 2009It was bound to happy eventually. I don't know about you guys, but after the embarrassment of last season's finish, I was dreading the oncoming ...
Transfer Talk: How Dare You, Mr. Vieira!
By chris | July 14th, 2009Patrick Vieira is a cunning bastard. Well past his prime and entering retirement territory as the ability to time a tackle has left him entirely, ...
Transfer Talk: Didn't See That Coming.
By chris | July 13th, 2009Even kit number transfers can leave us perplexed. Perhaps the strangest rumor of the day involves, once again, Michael Owen and those blokes from Manchester ...
Ze Roberto in da Hi-zouse!
By Chris | July 4th, 2009A day late on the story, as it's Independence Day weekend here in the States and I think Evan is on his winter break from ...
Transfer Talk: What's Plan F Again?
By chris | July 3rd, 2009Aston Villa, Tottenham, Fulham, Milan...Abby Clancy - what the hell is Peter Crouch's appeal? Decent targetman, but what about the aesthetics? Football's a game of ...
Karim Benzema: Welcome to Madrid!
By Lotte Cox | July 2nd, 2009As everyone has no doubt heard, Karim Benzema packed up his stuff and moved from Lyon to Real Madrid yesterday, throwing his hat into the ...
The New Season Begins
By cathal | July 1st, 2009Technically, the new season is now upon us so it makes sense to wipe the slates and start afresh. I know I haven't been posting ...
The Summer of Real Madrid Continues
By chris | July 1st, 2009Does anyone get the feeling Real Madrid is doing everything possible to make Kaka 'just one of the guys'? Or perhaps they don't like him ...
Mumble, Rumble, Jumble
By cathal | June 23rd, 2009The mercato is getting ever busier so I will round up all the bits and pieces you may have missed. Franco has already pre-empted many ...
Jérémy Clément: Young, Pretty, and Proud of his Nipples
By Lotte Cox | June 13th, 2009This is Jérémy Clément. He plays for PSG and, despite appearances, is actually an old man of 24 rather than a child of 17. Based ...
Transfer Talk: The Post-Ronaldo-pocalypse.
By chris | June 12th, 2009Everybody watch out, Fergie's swingin' a big stick. With close to €100m euros in his pocket from the impending CRTBA sale, plus whatever was in ...
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