Official 2024/25 Uber Eats Ligue 1 / French football thread

[Upstart Swan]

Depends where it happened. Liverpool didn't face any punishment against us a few years ago cause it happened on the way to the stadium, not inside.

Looks like you're right. I'm paraphrasing the L'Équipe article: The Ligue 1 Disciplinary Committee has ruled that as the incident occurred away from the stadium, OM have no responsibility for the actions of those fans. Another media site, 20 Minutes, speculates that the replay will go ahead at the Vélodrome in front of fans.

Incidents OM-OL : la commission de discipline se déclare incompétente

La commission de discipline de la LFP ne prend aucune sanction contre l’OM

 

[chef]

 

[Zidane98]

What's going on with "the chook" chef ? Thierry seems displeased.

 

[Zidane98]

Lyon being relegated would be highly damaging to a club of its size.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Lyon being relegated would be highly damaging to a club of its size.

I think it will depend on what kind of owner John Textor turns out to be. If he's a good owner, ie passionate about the club, wants success and is willing to spend money to get it, then I think they would bounce back up pretty quickly.

If he's a bad owner who just sees OL as an asset-rich investment, then I think you're probably right. Maybe suffer a similar fate to St Étienne, struggling to get out of Ligue 2, and then when they do, struggling to stay up.

 

[Zidane98]

Nice lose their unbeaten run

 

[Zidane98]

Haha nice

 

[Zidane98]

Beast mode activated!

 

[chef]

Good night for Blueco with Strasbourg having a 3-1 win too. One loss(to PSG) in their last 9 games.

 

[chef]

 

[Zidane98]

Good night for Blueco with Strasbourg having a 3-1 win too. One loss(to PSG) in their last 9 games.

Yes, looking good.


There is unrest in the fanbase over the sale of Sels though. Should do a job at Forest, will be keeping an eye on him.


What do you make of Santos? Seem to do bugger all at Forest.


Is he a genuine future Chelsea player or just a Blueco investment to make a quick buck?

 

[chef]

Yes, looking good.


There is unrest in the fanbase over the sale of Sels though. Should do a job at Forest, will be keeping an eye on him.


What do you make of Santos? Seem to do bugger all at Forest.


Is he a genuine future Chelsea player or just a Blueco investment to make a quick buck?

I guess it was Sels choice, not sure you can deny a stalwart the chance of a life time. The fans need to be realistic.

Santos is a gun(in under age footy internationally), he'll have the same impact as Gabriel imo. Hes part of Chelsea's long term planning.

 

[chef]

 

[Zidane98]

Haha I seen that.


Maccas is not a big name in France at all. I remember in Paris there's only about 10 of them. Whereas in Melbourne they're every 2 blocks pretty much lol.

 

[Zidane98]

Table update



PSG running away with it again. Yawn. Disappointed with our form lately. Sels leaving has hurt.

 

[Upstart Swan]

FC Nantes sliding down into the relegation zone. Owner Waldemar Kita's response of course is to change the manager again.
Number of managers Nantes has had since Kita bought the club in 2007 - 19! 19 managers in 16 years. There's your template on how to destroy a proud club.

 

[Zidane98]

 

[chef]

Yeah hes season was over a few weeks back, hes bee back at Cobham since he got injured.

Nice to see Santos flourishing.

 

[Zidane98]

Beast

 

[Upstart Swan]

Beast

And a big turnaround from earlier in the season when he had just 2 goals in the first 12 games. I think he went 10 games without scoring.

 

[Zidane98]

What the? VAR told the referee to review the Rd card as a clear & obvious error and still didn't overturn.

 

[Upstart Swan]

What the? VAR told the referee to review the Rd card as a clear & obvious error and still didn't overturn.

I don't blame the referee, that Kalimuendo is such a great actor!

Metz should be able to successfully appeal any suspension you'd think.

 

[Zidane98]

I don't blame the referee, that Kalimuendo is such a great actor!

Metz should be able to successfully appeal any suspension you'd think.

I think you can blame him in this case. Was told by VAR that the red card was an obvious error, reviewed the footage on the screen and somehow still decided the red card he brandished should stand!


The suspension will obviously be overturned because no reasonable person can honestly say there was any violent conduct in that incident. But very concerning that the referee didn't overturn it after watching the replay.

 

[Zidane98]

League table with 2 rounds left



Table with 2 rounds left. Brest look qualified for CL which is huge for themselves. We're probably safe but not a good season for us with plenty of fan discontent around Blueco.

 

[Zidane98]

Ooh la la