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

[Zidane98]

Lorient going down

 

[Upstart Swan]

Metz almost certainly will be in a relegation playoff, most likely against Les Verts, St-Étienne

 

[Zidane98]

Didier has lost his mind. Les Bleus should never need to select players from the Saudi oil league.

 

[Zidane98]

Final Standings



A season of stagnation under Blueco for us at Strasbourg.

 

[chef]

Final Standings


A season of stagnation under Blueco for us at Strasbourg.

They've finished 15th twice in the last 3 years, 13th isn't the worst.

It's a long term project, peeps thinking it's a quick fix need to chill.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Lyon qualify for the Europa League after looking like relegation possibilities earlier in the season.

 

[RossFC]

 

[Jatz]

Bloody hell, that's awful.

 

[Upstart Swan]

A cautionary tale on the dangers of allowing US investment firms and other instruments of finance capitalism to take over your football club.

 

[CURVE]

An excellent win by Marseille this morning away at Lyon, after Balerdi received two yellow cards in the first five minutes, Marseille scored in the 82nd minute to win 3-2 and remain level with PSG and Monaco at the top of the table.

 

[Zidane98]

Could get big money deals in ME, China, India etc but choosing to slug it out 4th divvy in France. Credit to the bloke.

 

[chef]

Big win for Strasbourg over Marseille.
Read somewhere they are the youngest team in the big 5 leagues, fun to watch too.

 

[Zidane98]

What a team back In those days. Built without oil money too.

 

[Zidane98]

Big win for Strasbourg over Marseille.
Read somewhere they are the youngest team in the big 5 leagues, fun to watch too.

We are young. Last season started well too then went south. Hopefully can keep it up this season.

Far too many Blueco project players though, our future is uncertain. The fanbase is still mostly against Blueco at this point in time.

 

[chef]

We are young. Last season started well too then went south. Hopefully can keep it up this season.

Far too many Blueco project players though, our future is uncertain. The fanbase is still mostly against Blueco at this point in time.

Strasbourg is one of the French teams that's future isn't uncertain, most are in financial struggle but not them. They have a clear plan and a top manager to guide them.

Yeah it involves a lot of youf but they are pretty good youf. Nanasi is close to the signing of the season, what a player.

As always only wins bring the fans around.

 

[RPCB]

What a team back In those days. Built without oil money too.

7 league titles in a row.

For comparison, PSG have won 4, 3 and 3 league titles in a row. With oil money.

TIL. In the 1992/93 season, Marseille won the league title but were stripped of the title because of bribery. No league title was awarded that season and PSG finished second.

From Wikipedia: “No winner was declared for the 1992–1993 season. The LFP allotted the title to Paris Saint-Germain but owners Canal+ refused it. The TV chain feared the reactions of their subscribers in Provence and threatened to withdraw from football completely if the title was awarded to PSG.[citation needed] Ultimately the LFP decided that the 1993 title would remain unattributed. Canal+ refused to allow the club to participate in the following season's Champions League after Marseille's exclusion by UEFA.[6]”

Imagine the outrage if that happened now, especially with PSG finishing second.

 

[Planet14]

TIL. In the 1992/93 season, Marseille won the league title but were stripped of the title because of bribery. No league title was awarded that season and PSG finished second.

Titus O'Reilly just did a podcast on Marseille's owner which covered this if you are so inclined. Hell of a story.

 

[RPCB]

Titus O'Reilly just did a podcast on Marseille's owner which covered this if you are so inclined. Hell of a story.

Thanks mate. I’ll have a listen to it.

 

[Zidane98]

On the TV rights situation - family member spoke to Bein last month and they were told Bein were "hopeful" of getting Ligue 1 rights this season. Subsequently purchased Bein connect year round deal.


That's now apparently changed to "Bein won't be telecasting Ligue 1" this season in Australia. Family member not happy!


Surely Optus could snap up the rights now for a knock down price? We are 1/6th into the season and with no other serious bidders surely Optus can grab themselves a bargain rights deal. Seems Mbappe leaving has seen demand drop right off for the rights.

Either that or I will join up with a bored 25 year old border, start our own streaming service and bid 50k for Ligue 1 streaming rights this season haha

 

[peasantbruh69]

Does anyone know if there are better/more affordable ways to watch this in France? Seems like dazn at 40 euros per month is the only option.

 

[Zidane98]

Does anyone know if there are better/more affordable ways to watch this in France? Seems like dazn at 40 euros per month is the only option.

I have had limited success with vpn access from a family member who has a bein account in France (they have the rights in France). Bein only has the big games though, usually 2 per week. Other 6 are on DAZN.

Quite absurd they haven't got the rights for Bein Australia as well.

 

[DBAH0]