Newcastle United Scouting Thread - Ligue 1 + 2 2014/2015

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He's ready!

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He's ready!

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She's ready!

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He's...well, it's always hard to tell whether he's ready or not.

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He's...look, it's complicated, right?

Ligue 1 is back! PSG drew their first game with Reims, despite Ibra scoring his first two of the season. Monaco, with an excellent new manager in place but without James, Falcao (currently) and Riviere, are trailing at home to Lorient.

Will Luiz prove good value for his £50m? Will Marseille pip Monaco to second place? Who will play so well they'll end up facing Arsenal Tula and Torpedo Moscow next season, instead of Lyon and Rennes? Who will be Clermont's next female manager at the start of September? All will be revealed.

The Beast is being readied.

Prince Albert storming off, shaking his head. Kurzawa was good for Monaco but they looked sluggish throughout. Carvalho was awful and ended up getting sent off, Falcao scored a penalty and Lavignie got a winner for Lorient on the break. Lecomte excellent in goal for Lorient.

Abdennour concedes a second penalty in a week and Monaco trail again, 2-1 vs Bordeaux. Falcao on for the last half an hour.

Not quite as dramatic as Brandao breaking Motta's nose in the tunnel after the PSG / Bastia match though.

3-1 now!

Danijel Subašić takes over on penalty concession duties. 4-1. Monaco look awful.

so happy about monaco (and OM) situation on this season debut... especially when we don't even need to have thiago silva and zlatan with a pastore at this level : ligue 1 is back, yay !

Danijel Subašić takes over on penalty concession duties.

And again. Saved it though. Monaco have conceded four penalties in three games. Just seem to go into panic mode.

yeah, that's pretty impressive !
also funny their bus had a problem on the way so they all arrived by taxi !
thank god monaco are mediocre for now because Paris was awful against evian : cavani useless (he wanted zlatan's place but since he's had it, at the end of last season and now, he's done nothing), pastore a ghost (but he was on the wing, bad decision since he was great in the middle. hope he won't fade away for the rest of the season, until his usual goal in quarter finals of the CL !), cabaye stupid red card (I still don't understand the point of this guy. in Paris or national team...), aurier reminded me of bernard mendy (which is a bad thing of course !) and digne, who I really like usually, didn't bring anything...
only small satisfaction, our defence wasn't too bad (luiz, sirigu and especially marquinhos).
A game to forget (but somehow, it's always the case against evian... mystery !).

Yes, couldn't really tell whether it was just that they looked aimless without Zlatan or whether it was the Evian jinx striking again.

Lyon looked pretty bad vs Lens too.

yeah, lyon get worse and worse each year : there are no good/well known players left in this team !
the glory of the 00s is VERY far... I don't particularly like them but have never hated them either, even at their most obnoxious. It's just a bit sad... I hate their president though !

regarding Paris, some people may think the team plays better without Zlatan (because he monopolizes the ball, etc) but the fact is clear : 80% wins with him, 40% without...

To prove the point, Zlatan back in the team, scores three, Paris 5-0 up vs St Etienne.

PSV got Nicolas Isimat-Mirin from Monaco on loan. Is he any good? Anyone even heard of him?

He hasn't really played for Monaco but he had two fairly active seasons for Valenciennes. I've not seen him play but he was quite highly rated before his move.

I see, 79 games for Valenciennes. That's not bad experience wise for such a young player. Our whole defense is ultra young anyway, so he'll be one of the most experienced. Thanks!

Monaco are such a joke with all their stars leaving after just 1 season... and the other joke was St Etienne's gk yesterday (and still he was lucky because he should have got a red card + penalty) !

Is Monaco the western Anzhi? Spending outrageously, and a couple of years later letting all top players leave.

ManU paying € 15 million just to loan Falcao for a year though. Is that the most expensive loan ever? Shit's cray.

funny thing is that falcao leaves a team that plays the championsleague for a team that doesn't... I would have understood if it had been Real Madrid but Man U...

he joined Monaco when they weren't in the CL. He's also only played one season in the CL in his career. Maybe he doesn't care?

maybe he just doesn't like flying

I've been formulating a crazy theory over the last few years that wanting to play in the Champions League might just be a thing players say to justify moving for more money

but if it's not for "football" reasons, frankly who would want to leave in manchester instead of monaco ?? (and I doubt he gets a bigger salary in ManU than in Monaco).

eheh "to live in manchester".

Marseille with a late rally vs Bordeaux to go back to the top. Lyon still in touch and Nantes not far behind. Now PSG are hitting their stride you'd think they'll dominate but it's looking exciting for the moment.

i was quite impressed with the number of familiar highly-rated names in the french u21 squad the other week

and then u look and see that modibo maiga has 4 in 8 in the ligue

Frey is Buddhist (Soka Gakkai), and credited former Fiorentina legend Roberto Baggio as one of his spiritual mentors.[12]

somewhat implausibly, psg's annual revenue is only fractionally less than barcelona's, good work with those hard-won sponsorships

Marseille cruising 2-0 at home vs Caen with 25 minutes to go. Caen won 3-2.

Bielsa teams in the 2nd half of the season :(

Happy for Jibe that OL are doing so well, Lacazette back and Fekir looking sweet. Like Anthony Lopez in goal as well.

Also nice to see ex Dortmund striker Lucas Barrios freed from China and starting to play well since the winter break.

Noticed Bastia have been on a tear since they got rid of Makelele.

PSG lost 3-2 away at Bordeaux earlier so the tanbe is as follows

Lyon P28 57PTS
PSG P29 56PTS
Marseille P28 53PTS

Marseille host Jibe's Lyon tonight

(c) Steve MANDANDA
Jérémy MOREL
Benjamin MENDY
Rod FANNI
Brice DJADJEDJE
Florian THAUVIN
Dimitri PAYET
Alaixys ROMAO
Giannelli IMBULA
André-Pierre GIGNAC
André AYEW

1Anthony LOPES
3Henri BEDIMO
13Christophe JALLET
22Lindsay ROSE
23Samuel UMTITI
24Corentin TOLISSO
12Jordan FERRI
21Maxime GONALONS (c)
10Alexandre LACAZETTE
11Rachid GHEZZAL
18Nabil FEKIR

Thought Batshuayi might get the start for OM but Gignac gets the nod

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frantic start. lacazette misses one-on-one with mandanda

gignac off the post

ball over the line/not over the line?? not given. 30 secs later morel of OM sent off, mass confrontation, stuff being thrown onto pitch.

zero zero huff and puff

OM two down at home to Lorient within 15 minutes, equalise, Lorient score immediately, equalise again Lorient score two. 3-5 with Ayew getting two for Lorient.

A week behind but finally watched Lyon's 2-2 draw with St Etienne, could be the 2 ponts dropped that costs them the title cos they should have been 3 or 4 up before they eventually got the opener then quickly proceeded to concede a penalty (converted) and had a man sent off. Was a really great performance and Fekir was again outstanding.

Eheh so good to watch OM sink... Since their defeat at home against Paris !
No champions league for them next season !
I hope Paris will take the leader seat back this afternoon (and that OL will lose !)

6-1 Paris. Boom ! Goal average difference with Lyon reduced to -2 in one game. Smooth

how the fuck did rennes afford €21m on an unproven brazilian winger in 2000? reminiscent of denilson to betis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Severino

They bought this guy in the same week for €12m as well.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Turdó

Never great when Wikipedia lists your spell at a club as 2001-2003, Games:? Goals:?

Gallic shrug the very least they could have managed

answer they are owned by the son of francois pinault, this presumably being the reason why he hasn't been so spendthift lately

ridsdale perhaps the more apt comparison

Interrogé il y a quelques semaines par le Mensuel de Rennes, l’international brésilien était revenu sur les raisons de son échec. « Au départ, je devais jouer à l’Olympique de Marseille. J’avais même parlé à l’entraîneur de l’époque, Abel Braga. Rennes a finalement doublé l’offre. Ce n’était pas ma faute.

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gignac to tigres is cool

love my pumas shirt so fuck him tho

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Having lost Payet, Thauvin, Imbula, Gignac, Ayew, Morel and Fanni in addition to Bielsa it's surprising Marseille can field a full team but they are trouncing Troyes 4-0 atm.

Lassana Diarra, who has been without a club since last summer, scored the terrific second one.

3rd and 4th were pretty sweet too.

http://footyroom.com/stade-malherbe-caen-0-4-lyon-2015-08/

disgusting goals

finally watched the weekend's highlights. ooh fekir!!! The other chaps goal was laughably good as well.

finally beating Monaco for the first time in ligue 1 in like 8 years was pretty sweet for PSG (and 3-0 in their stadium even better !).
after 4 games, Paris has 4 wins, 7 goals for, 0 against.
nice season start !

psg were so dominant vs monaco, could have had 5 or 6 goals tbh. Ibra looked good and Matuidi was immense, again!.

yeah, Matuidi keeps improving, that's quite amazing. at some point someone dribbled through 3 guys and I thought it was Marco or something be it was Blaise !
great start for Di Maria too. fantastic passing for Lavezzi.

PSG will be champions in about an hour and half, with eight games to go. Would have won earlier had they turned up in the last two league games.

Marseille are substantially worse this season, as are St Etienne, arguably. Lyon, who are the second best team in the league on form, are 32 points behind. Monaco will probably finish second but have shipped out most of their better players and rely on a creaking Vagner Love for goals. There have been some interesting cameos from teams like Angers and Caen this season but it is evidence of the weakness of the league rather than any real depth. It is difficult to see how things can go on as they are but idk what could possibly change things.

Currently seven nil up away from home with over half an hour to play. Zlatan just scored a ten minute hat trick.