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July 3rd, 2008

Domenech Stays, France Is Disappointed

By: Corey | Comments 3 Comments

The LFP announced what most French football fans had already suspected today, that Raymond Domenech would stay on as boss under certain conditions. He tentatively had the job for another 3 games, with matches against Austria on September 6, Serbia on September 10, and Euro 2008 rivals Romania on October 11. These three matches are [...]

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July 2nd, 2008

The Short Lived Summer Transfer Saga

By: Corey | Comments 1 Comment

So while most leagues are awash with transfer rumors and some big name deals in the works that turn into transfer sagas that span the entire summer, France remains pretty quite. With Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, and Marseille quietly going about their work with some solid but not spectacular deals, it was to be another off-season [...]

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June 24th, 2008

The G-O-U Connection

By: Corey | Comments 15 Comments

So it may seem like a stretch here, but with the signing of Yoann Gouffran from Caen and the loan of Yohann Gourcuff from AC Milan, Bordeuax will look to prosper from the GOU connection. Of course Gouffran is a forward/winger and Gourcuff is a central midfielder, but the two signings look to have put [...]

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June 18th, 2008

End of an Era for France

By: Corey | Comments 12 Comments

So after being humiliated at the European Championships yet again, we now see that the national squad will be undergoing significant changes. It seems logical that Domenech will be fired, hopefully with a Marie Antoinette style guillotine execution in front of the Parisien crowds. Both Bixente Lizarazu and Marcel Desailly both supported the idea of [...]

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June 13th, 2008

How Do You Say???

By: Corey | Comments 5 Comments

How do you say fire Domenech in French? Does not matter what language, he is rubbish and has ruined our EURO campaign. Feel free to trash talk here.

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June 5th, 2008

A Flurry of Activity in Ligue 1

By: Corey | Comments 5 Comments

Hey everybody, I am back. As Sam has come back to action I thought I would too, as I have nothing to do at work so posting keeps me occupied. I want to discuss some of the activity in the transfer market which is already pretty hot and heavy before the European Championship even starts! [...]

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June 1st, 2008

Games To Watch Next Season

By: Sam | Comments No Comments

Ah, the new schedule. Who knew that something so simple as mixing and matching twenty different names thirty-eight times could spark so much discussion and debate. Here’s what’s what in terms of the 2008-2009 fixtures.
Day 1 is on 9 August. Nantes jump back onto the scene and take on Auxerre to begin. Bordeaux look to [...]

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March 20th, 2008

Domenech Releases France Squad

By: Corey | Comments 10 Comments

Ohhh boy, here is Ray Ray’s new squad list, all the possible player he will evaluate to take to the EURO this summer, because late season form does not seem to matter to much to him. Curious choices include leaving David Trezeguet out yet again, which looks likely to continue past the EURO, and the [...]

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March 19th, 2008

Coupe de France: You Say Barnsley, I Say USJA Carquefou

By: Sam | Comments 2 Comments

Everyone knows that every year there’s that one lower-division club that makes a mockery of a few bigger names in the domestic cup, wherever it may be. French fans usually name Calais or Lyon-La-Duchère, or Monceau-Les-Mines as we saw last year. But hey, hey, what do you say- We’ve got a new David on the [...]

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March 12th, 2008

All That Talent?

By: Corey | Comments 8 Comments

Everyone seems to know about Benzema and Ben Arfa at Lyon, Nasri and Valbuena at Marseille, even Menez and Gakpe at Monaco. What people dont know though is that Ligue 1 has so much more to offer in terms of talent then just these few youngsters. Yeah, thats right, lots and lots of young talent [...]

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