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Apparently it's not going to be in Bordeaux, unfortunately. Seems he asked for guarantees regarding this transfer window and the next one, and the new owners are not going to give them. This sucks big time for a Bordeaux fan like me: - I was thrilled to have Henry as a coach, he knows so much...

Much better game than his first one, which seems weird considering the fact that he had to face Rony Lopes, a better opponent than last week (he was against Gradel in Toulouse, who's a decent player but clearly not a monster). Bordeaux had the possession for quite a while, and he didn't have to...

20 per game when you're an offensive player who tends to dribble and cross/get assists a lot isn't such a huge deal. Messi lost 24 balls against Valladollid. And 19 against Alaves. Dembele lost 20 against Valladollid, 22 against Alaves.

I didn't say our teams we just as good, I said they were probably not significantly worse. And that it's quite hard to tell. But apparently everyone here is an amazing pundit on that matter. As for the Palencia's transfer, he's coming in as sub, and should play something like 10 games, barring...

Gosh, where in hell did I pretend I was "better" than the UEFA ranking ? I merely said that a 5th grader equation (that's not an insult, that's a fact: it's basically a cross-multiplication) applied to it was a very inaccurate way of evaluating the level of a league. But if you think you've got...

You're telling me you have no way of knowing if a team is good or not, besides judging from its direct opposition ? Like, you're watchung sunday league football, one team's doing good, and you're instantly thinking "thos guys should be pros !". Alright, stick to your numbers then, it's probably...

You do realize it's a very inaccurate way of telling a team's strenght, right ? My whole point wasn't even to say that Dijon is superior to Las Palmas. My whole point was: 1) The best way to know the actual level of a league is to watch is. If you never watch it, you have absolutely no...

I agree. But BBZ's post about all the other teams in the league still stands. Unless you can prove that teams ranked from 6th to 20th place in LA Liga are far superior to the teams at the same rank in France, I don't really understand why stats shouldn't be compared because La Ligue 1 is a...

I heard he had trouble finding his marks at the beginning as a pundit, happy to hear he ended up as one of the good ones ! Haven't seen much of him on sky, but all of his interviews are quite fascinating, and everyone who knows him says he watches football scarily often, being able to talk about...

Yeah, because as we all know, Las Palmas and Deportivo are tough cookies to crack, so scoring against them is ten times harder than scoring against Toulouse or Caen. And you should know, because you're watching Ligue 1 every weekend and know a lot about the defenders in those teams. I'm very...

Funny that such a pathetic mess happens on such a legend's thread.

Heard 2 different versions so far: - A pretty serious newspaper said that Henry want to be certain the club is going to recruit at least 3 players for a total amount of 30 million euros before signing his contract - an inside source says he doesn't really care about transfers, he wants to work...

Plus, iirc there's a new tax law in Italy that basically allows for pretty insane net wages. So I'm not sure english teams can really offer more than italian teams now.

It's getting bigger and bigger: Henry might become Bordeaux' new coach.

I was mostly kidding. But Deschamps did find a way to use both his very high atheltic qualities (he's a 1on1 beast in that aspect), which maximized his defensive value, and his great eye and talent for passing, which made him absolutely vital for France's offensive plays. I'm pretty sure Pep...

When did Deschamps move to Manchester ?

At 19, Lacazette was scoring his first goal in Ligue 1. Mbappe already scored 30 of them, lifted the world cup, scoring in the final, a bit more than a year after playing the CL semi finals (during which he scored too) and winning the league with Monaco. I don't really see where you're going...

They're trying to be Paris' second team, but they're struggling. There are actually 2 teams based in Paris (other than PSG) in professionnal football. Both playing in Ligue 2: Paris FC, and Red Star. The most popular one is actually Red Star, they have a whole hype working for them (most of the...

Funny enough, when he signed for Marseille, his first few months were terrible. Their coach back then (none other than Marcela Bielsa) said he'd become the best left back in the world someday, and many journalists and experts thought he was joking. Not many people believed in him at the time...

Since Sabaly is still injured, Palencia started the game against Toulouse today (2-1 defeat). He was horrible defensively. And not particularly useful with the ball.