Ligue 1 -2009-2010

EMPortuguese wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:Rennes are famous for their academy. Not only did they bring through Gourcuff, but people like Marveaux, M'Bia...

Watch out for Lemoine as well

Damien Le Tallec

Yep the little brother of Anthony. Let's see if he can do better than his brother... not difficult actually.

Alive and Kicking wrote:There is Wiltord as well but he did fock all this year.

He has joined Marseille on loan for six months.

Cesc Soler (c) wrote:

Alive and Kicking wrote:There is Wiltord as well but he did fock all this year.

He has joined Marseille on loan for six months.

Yes, he has. I'm pretty sure he'll only play a few minutes each game. He's going to warm the bench that's for sure.

Marseille just bought Brandao from Donesk. Does anyone know things about him, except that he looks like Drogba?

I don't think he is the greatest influence for a dressing room.

Haven't seen so much of Brandao, I do remember him scoring against Celtic in the CL though.

Also what's the lastest with Govou? Some of his recent comments about his Lyon team mates are bizarre to say the least.

Govou is injured for the rest of the season, karma karma.

It's been Govou's month this month on the tabloids.

First, he got stopped by the police totally wasted after a party (2.6 grams). Then he openly criticized all his team mates, which is a very nice thing to do. Then today he broke or badly twisted his ankle and will be out for the rest of the season. What a star!

Bostjan Cesar from Marseilles to Grenoble.

One of the dirtiest CB's around, an erratic defender but a talented ball player with an excellent left foot.

The Credit Crunch Materazzi

P.S.G won 4-1 against Nancy and Lyon drew 1-1 against Rennes

This weekend results:
Valenciennes (17) 2-0 Lille (6)
Sochaux (19) 1-0 Nice (
Nantes (14) 1-1 Grenoble (13)
Le Mans (15) 2-0 Le Havre (20)
Auxerre (10) 1-1 Toulouse (4)
Paris-SG (2) 4-1 Nancy (11)
Caen (16) 0-1 Marseille (3)
Bordeaux (5) 1-0 Lorient (9)
Monaco (12) 2-2 Saint-Etienne (18)
Lyon (1) 1-1 Rennes (7)

Table:

1 Lyon 53pts
2 P.S.G 49
3 Marseille 48
4 Bordeaux 47
5 Toulouse 46
6 Rennes 43
7 Lille 43
8 Nice 39
9 Lorient 31
10 Auxerre 31
11 Le mans 30
12 Monaco 29
13 Grenoble 29
14 Nancy 29
15 Nantes 29
16 Valenciennes 28
17 Caen 26
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18 Sochaux 26
19 St Etienne 26
20 Le havre 15

Goal scorers

1 Hoarau 15
--Gignac 15
3 Cavenaghi 13
4 Benzema 12
5. Savidan 10
6. Bastos 9
--Obraniak 9
7 Chamakh 8

Lyon lost at home to Auxerre today, 0-2

Still not over the midweek CL match?


Bordeaux won yesterday, and tonight PSG-Marseille play in the Paris derby which has suddenly become even more important!!!

It's the first time for many years that this PSG-OM is so exciting.
PSG 2nd, OM 3rd
PSG can take the lead tonight.

Teams :
PARIS-SG : Landreau - Ceara, Camara, Sakho, Armand - Giuly, Makelele, Clément, Rothen - Luyindula, Hoarau
MARSEILLE : Mandanda - Mears, Hilton, Civelli, Taiwo - Cheyrou, Cana - Koné, Valbuena, Zenden - Brandao.

Very nice game !

57' PSG 1 OM 2
Zenden
Giuly
Koné

PSG playing at 10 since 55"

1-3 Canaaaaa !!!!

FT 1-3
Marseille win in Paris !

Ligue 1 is on fire now, along with Bundesliga they are back as the most balanced ones in the main leagues.

Never expected that Lyon would slip in such a spectacular fashion. Still, they are first and that means something.

Do you think Lyon will recover from this bad form?

Incredibly close at the top:

1	Olympique Lyon	28	15	8	5	53	36	-	21
2	Olympique Marseille	28	14	10	4	52	43	-	26
3	Paris Saint-Germain	28	16	4	8	52	40	-	28
4	Girondins Bordeaux	28	14	8	6	50	44	-	29
5	Toulouse	28	13	10	5	49	33	-	20
6	Lille	28	13	10	5	49	39	-	28
7	Stade Rennes	28	11	14	3	47	32	-	19

What a run-in that's going to be - 6 teams in with a chance of winning the title, or at least causing an upset or two and getting a CL spot, or disrupting someone else's title run.

Everybody 5 home & away ties, not much differences in toughness schedule. There's Marseille v Lyon on the 36th matchday (of 38 )...

One problem for Marseille is they are still in the Uefa cup, and got a positive result against Ajax last week...anyone know how their squad size/strength is? They may have to consider throwing that and focus on the league.

What is the situation with the French Cup - who will have extra fixtures? I think all the big teams are still in it, no?

France - Coupe De France
March 17
18:00 Sedan ? - ? Guingamp
20:45 Toulouse ? - ? Lille

March 18
17:00 Grenoble ? - ? Monaco
19:00 Rennes ? - ? Rodez

France - Coupe De La Ligue
Vannes - Bordeaux

Bordeaux are in the final of the French League Cup (21/5; last 2 ligue 1 weekends 23 & 30 May); Toulouse, Lille & Rennes are in still in the Franch FA Cup (QF this midweek, SF 20/21 April, Final 9 May, all single fixtures).

This year has been great for other clubs than Lyon and this can only be positive. Clubs like Marseille and Paris have made some good transfers this summer and this is paying off.

Difficult to know who's going to win the league this year, it could be an of those teams: Lyon, Marseille, P.S.G, Toulouse, Rennes, Bordeaux and Lille.

The games those teams will likely drop points:

P.S.G will be playing at Toulouse next week, not an easy game.

For the 30th day Marseille will have a difficult trip at St Etienne who're 18th and would need a desperate win.

For the 31th game P.S.G will have a difficult game away at Lille (you trashed Lyon 2 times in a row two weeks ago).

The 32th game will be a very interesting Bordeaux-Lyon game.

33th Lille Marseille, Rennes-Bordeaux, Lyon P.S.G

34th Marseille-Toulouse. P.S.G Rennes,

35 Th Derby Nice-Marseille, Toulouse-Lille

35 Marseille-Lyon

38 Last game:
Toulouse-Lyon
Lille-Nancy
Caen-Bordeaux
P.S.G-Monaco
Marseille-Rennes

Difficult to tell, but Lyon have an advantage now they aren't no longer playing in Europe.

In a few weeks there'll be a few clubs safe from relagtion with nothing left to win. Those are the ideal opponents. Those still fighting relegation could be much tougher.

Absolutement uncallable.

Both Marseille and Bordeaux won:

The ligue a now looks like that:

1) Marseille 55
2) Bordeaux 53
3) Lyon 53
4) Lille 52
5) P.S.G 52
6) Toulouse 49

Lyon, Toulouse and P.S.G will play today.

Wow! Didn't realise it's so competitive at the top in Ligue 1. Will this be the first time in years that Lyon haven't won it (assuming they don't win it!)?

Come on Marseille!

2nd best stadium, best strip, and some of the most amazing fans in Europe. Come on!

nice little goal by Gourcuff yesterday

Round 31:
Auxerre 0-2 Bordeaux
Le Havre 1-2 Caen
Le Mans 2-0 Sochaux
Nancy 2-0 Valenciennes
Nice 2-0 Lorient
Toulouse 1-0 Nantes
Rennes 1-0 Saint-Etienne

Marseille 4-1 Grenoble
Lille 0-0 Paris S.G.
Lyon 2-2 Monaco

Table:
1. Marseille - 61 pts
2. Lyon - 60 pts
3. Bordeaux - 59 pts
4. Toulouse - 56 pts
5. Lille - 56 pts
6. Paris S.G. - 56 pts

Top Scorers:
19 - Andre-Pierre Gignac, Toulouse
16 - Guillaume Hoarau, Paris Saint-Germain
14 - Karim Benzema, Lyon
13 - Fernando Cavenaghi, Bordeaux
13 - Michel Bastos, Lille


Who is the better striker?

or

So Lyon finally lose their lead after 57338343 years. Anyone know the remaining fixtures for the top 3?

Lyon

Bordeaux A
PSG H
Valenciennes A
Nantes H
Marseille A
caen H
Toulouse A


Bordeaux
Lyon H
Rennes A
Sochaux H
Valenciennes A
Le Mans H
Monaco H
Caen A


Marseille

Lorient A
lille A
Toulouse H
Nice A
Lyon H
Nancy A
Rennes H


I can't see lyon winning it this season, they have to play their two title rivals away from home, plus PSG and Toulouse.

so its between marseille and Bordeaux, and i'm picking
Bordeaux because they have the easier run of games

I really hope Marseille do it. Even though the team isn't as good as the one from couple years back.

Suprised Niang isn't up with the top strikers.

Branislav Ivanovic wrote:Round 31:
Auxerre 0-2 Bordeaux
Le Havre 1-2 Caen
Le Mans 2-0 Sochaux
Nancy 2-0 Valenciennes
Nice 2-0 Lorient
Toulouse 1-0 Nantes
Rennes 1-0 Saint-Etienne

Marseille 4-1 Grenoble
Lille 0-0 Paris S.G.
Lyon 2-2 Monaco

Table:
1. Marseille - 61 pts
2. Lyon - 60 pts
3. Bordeaux - 59 pts
4. Toulouse - 56 pts
5. Lille - 56 pts
6. Paris S.G. - 56 pts

Top Scorers:
19 - Andre-Pierre Gignac, Toulouse
16 - Guillaume Hoarau, Paris Saint-Germain
14 - Karim Benzema, Lyon
13 - Fernando Cavenaghi, Bordeaux
13 - Michel Bastos, Lille


Who is the better striker?

or

I would think Gignac is a more complete player, Hoarau is only a better header. Two years ago medias were saying that Gignac had the potential to become a good player but he did fock all last season, so let's wait and see with him. Hoarau did well last year in second divition, he scored 28 goals, so it is quite a surprise to see him ranked so high only after a few months experience at the highest level.

Ray Parlour wrote:I really hope Marseille do it. Even though the team isn't as good as the one from couple years back.

Suprised Niang isn't up with the top strikers.

I think Marseille will win it this year.. they deserve it more than us...

Niang was injured for a few months so he only played 21 games but he still managed to score 8 goals. I'm sure he would be toping the list if he didn't get injured.

Cavenaghi's been injured for the rest of the season...... so the top scorer will be either Gignac, Hoarau or Benzema.

Two players have really impressed this year, Bastos (Lille) and Gameiro (Lorient). Bastos is a Brazilian offensive midfielder who has 13 goals and 8 assists, while Gameiro is a young French (21 y.o), who's played for France (-17, -18, -19) and done well in the league (8 goals).