French Football Dose: 11/2/10 and Quote of the Week
By: Thomas | November 2nd, 2009First off, we’ll have the inaugural Quote of the Week…
First Place: When asked his thoughts about the schedule changes for small Ligue 1 sides due to the Classico rescheduling, Sochaux manager Francis Gillot had this to say. “We and Boulogne are considered small. I know that we are taken for farmers. But we understand what’s going on, we’re not as stupid as we look.”
Second Place: When Jeremy Toulalan was confronted by Lyon manager Claude Puel about dribbling to much at halftime against Saint-Etienne, he began to give the typical elementary school response, “Just because you’ve never been able to dribble and don’t know how…” before being dragged away by former captain Sidney Govou.
Links to click while you watch one of the funniest youtube tributes ever (make sure the sound is on)…
1) Montpellier Chief uses Homophobic Slur to describe Benoit Pedretti. (Unprofessional Foul)
2) And the FFF are none to pleased. (Sports Illustrated)
3) Round 12: Africans in Ligue 1 (by former OM blogger Magnusson). (Goal.com)
4) Ligue 1 prepares for Financial Crisis: The repeal of the DIC. (Lens Offside)
5) Ilan is the latest Ligue 1 player to come down with H1n1. (AFP)
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I still can’t believe Toulalan said that. Will he be sanctioned by Puel? Is there a history between the two or was this simply out of the bleu (so to speak)?
Whatever happens it’s a pretty big slight on the manager and represents a direct challenge of his authority and respect in the dressing room. I know Sir Alex Ferguson wouldn’t be too happy anyway…
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I honestly don’t know that much about the situation. It would probably be best to ask someone at the Lyon Offside, Inara would probably know.
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