Articles tagged with "team-news-and-rumors"
Back to Business: Lyon vs. Rennes
By John | October 4th, 2008Jean-Alain "Lowers the Boum" on Jimmy in last year's 2-0 win over Rennes. After taking one point away at Bayern this week, Lyon get back to ...
Bayern vs. Lyon Lineups, Viewing Options
By Inara | September 30th, 2008Allez Lyon!!! Lyon: Lloris Reveillere - Cris - Bodmer - Mensah Juninho - Toulalan - Makoun Govou - Fred - Benzema Bench: Vercoutre, Boumsong, Kallstrom, Ederson, Piquionne, Mounier, Keita Bayern: Rensing Oddo ...
Bayern vs. Lyon Preview
By Inara | September 29th, 2008Since Lyon have only one point so far - from a home game at that - it's crucial that they walk away with at least ...
A Look Into Referee Favoritism
By Inara | September 28th, 2008In light of the recent accusations that Lyon get favored by arbitration and the brouhaha over video replays, I thought I would post the results ...
Lyon vs. Nancy, Or: Pretending not to care about Bayern
By Inara | September 26th, 2008Claude Puel says that the only game he's thinking about is tomorrow's game against Nancy, but we all know he's lying because next Tuesday is ...
Fred Interview
By John | September 26th, 2008One of my least favorite subjects- aside from ethnic cleansing, and life threatning diseases- is Lyon's resident brat, Frederico Chaves Guedes Fred. Fred recently ...
Injury Updates
By John | September 25th, 2008News is slow and I felt like writing about something, so I thought I'd bring everybody up to speed on OL's injuries, since this weekend ...
Do Lyon Have Goal Scoring Woes?
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Lyon vs. Le Havre AC
By John | September 19th, 2008Ahhh, hopefully we can have a slight respite from the recent Franco-Italian war that has errupted in our comments section of the post-Lyon-Fiorentina CL ...
Time to Get Serious: Lyon vs. Fiorentina
By Inara | September 16th, 2008Time really flies, huh? It feels like only yesterday when Lyon had once again shot themselves in the foot against Manchester United. And remember those ...
Juninho scores TWO free kick goals in one match
By Inara | September 13th, 2008I guess he's not as old as some people thought. Seriously, I don't understand why people even bother debating on who the best free kick ...
Lyon vs. Nice
By Inara | September 13th, 2008Sorry that this match preview is so late, but I've been on vacation for the last two weeks, and John, who has kindly been covering ...
Down, but Not Out... Well, Not for Long at Least.
By John | September 8th, 2008As everyone's probably already heard, Fabio Grosso went down in the 18th min of Italy's 2-1 win over Cyprus. Fabio left the game ...
The Real Derby
By John | August 30th, 2008One derby down, one to go. Sunday Lyon will be traveling to Le Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to take on A.S. St. Etienne in the second ...
The Draw
By John | August 28th, 2008The UEFA Champion's League Trophy. The UEFA Champion's League group stage draw took place today at 12:00 EST. Lyon are in Group H, and drew: ...
What is this HIDEOUS creature?
By Inara | August 27th, 2008If you're like me, you might have been wondering why there was a strange beast wandering around the pitch at the end of the Grenoble ...
Short Transfer Post
By John | August 26th, 2008Well, after 30 appearences and 7 goals for Lyon, It looks like we finally found a buyer for the "Blank Czech," Milan Baros. Phyeeeeew!!!! It ...
Mini Derby: Lyon vs. Grenoble
By Inara | August 22nd, 2008This season is unusual in that for the first time in 45 years, Lyon will have derbies with two different teams. Even more unusual is ...
Yes, Lyon Also Spend Money on Their Women
By Inara | August 21st, 2008So far in this transfer window, Lyon have spent nearly €60m on incoming players. They are surely in the top five when it comes to ...
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 ...
International Time Again
By Inara | August 13th, 2008Several players have been called up for international action next week. For many countries, this is the last opportunity to get things sorted before World ...
Finally, Lyon vs. Toulouse
By Inara | August 10th, 2008Forgive this abbreviated match preview, but I'm in the middle of trying to find a new apartment, so things are a bit chaotic in my ...
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 ...
Sneak Peak Benzema Screenshots from FIFA 09
By Inara | August 4th, 2008I already posted about how Karim Benzema's face will be gracing the cover of the eagerly anticipated FIFA 09 video game (he and Wayne Rooney ...
It's Back to Business: Bordeaux vs. Lyon
By Inara | August 1st, 2008I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've actually missed writing up match previews. It's been over two months since Lyon's last competitive match, which ...
The Police Officer Speaks
By John | August 1st, 2008Lyon's backline patrolman Cris has given a candid interview about former teammate Hatem Ben Arfa. Even though Inara wrote an excellent "cathartic" piece ...
Lyon's Official 2008/2009 Team Photo
By Inara | July 29th, 2008Have no fear. That background will eventually be photoshopped and replaced with something else. (Click to enlarge). Thanks, Jo!
Reason #2986 that Jeremy Toulalan is so awesome
By Inara | July 28th, 2008Excuse this blatant excuse to pimp Jeremy Toulalan some more, but I can't help myself. Thanks to the amazing detective powers of Jennifer, we now ...
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