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

[RPCB]

About time.

Now for the great man to take the job.

Zidane won’t have Ronaldo to make him look good.

 

[Planet14]

Now for the great man to take the job.

 

[Zidane98]

Great stuff!

 

[bradfisher14]

Anyone figured out how to watch this season yet? So annoying that it's not on bein anymore

 

[chef]

Anyone figured out how to watch this season yet? So annoying that it's not on bein anymore

You have to row a boat atm, which is annoying. But it's worth it I've been enjoying watching the Strasbourg kids slowly develop into a pretty cracking team

 

[bradfisher14]

You have to row a boat atm, which is annoying. But it's worth it I've been enjoying watching the Strasbourg kids slowly develop into a pretty cracking team

I was lucky enough to watch them against PSG a couple years ago. Fans were awesome.

 

[Zidane98]

Anyone figured out how to watch this season yet? So annoying that it's not on bein anymore

The story was Bein / DAZN signed a joint deal. Bein were then not happy with that deal, however it looks to have just been resolved:

Report: beIN puts pen to paper on Ligue 1 media rights contract

It seems that the broadcasting drama French football found itself in during 2024 had been solved when DAZN and beIN Sports stepped in with a last minute rights deal - but this wasn’t entirely the

insidersport.com

Shouldn't be too long before you can watch on Bein or DAZN in Australia.


In the meantime, get your paddles out!

 

[Zidane98]

I was lucky enough to watch them against PSG a couple years ago. Fans were awesome.

In Strasbourg? I love the place. Have family there, may even move there once my kids have grown up. Fans are very passionate and protective of the club. In the dark days Strasbourg dropped out of professional football for a short period of time, went into liquidation, started again in divvy 5 and got back to Ligue 1.


If you go back visit Kronenbourg brewery, visit Riquewehr (one of the few villages left standing that weren't annihilated by the Nazis in WW2) and visit the Voges mountains.


I honestly prefer Alsace to Paris although I am obviously biased haha

 

[Zidane98]

You have to row a boat atm, which is annoying. But it's worth it I've been enjoying watching the Strasbourg kids slowly develop into a pretty cracking team

Please pm your most reliable places for rowing a boat! Some of the ones I use routinely stop mid game, or somehow defeat my blockers in web browsers haha

 

[bradfisher14]

In Strasbourg? I love the place. Have family there, may even move there once my kids have grown up. Fans are very passionate and protective of the club. In the dark days Strasbourg dropped out of professional football for a short period of time, went into liquidation, started again in divvy 5 and got back to Ligue 1.


If you go back visit Kronenbourg brewery, visit Riquewehr (one of the few villages left standing that weren't annihilated by the Nazis in WW2) and visit the Voges mountains.


I honestly prefer Alsace to Paris although I am obviously biased haha

Nah this was in Paris. The game where Neymar got sent off for diving. I loved Paris so much, but would love to explore more of France soon. Planning to head over early next year. I'll get this on the list for sure.

Please pm your most reliable places for rowing a boat! Some of the ones I use routinely stop mid game, or somehow defeat my blockers in web browsers haha

I'd also love this PM regarding nautical navigation.

 

[CURVE]

Does France really exist north of the Millau Viaduct because I've heard rumours.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Maty Ryan started for Lens last night after his transfer from Roma earlier in the week. Kept a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Angers (admittedly didn't have much to do), and enjoyed the RC Lens home atmosphere.

 

[Zidane98]

I'm not sure the long term relationship with Blueco can work.

Rightly it wrongly most of the fanbase view Blueco as owners who put the interests of Chelsea ultimately ahead of RC Strasbourg.

 

[chef]

Sad the ultras can't even enjoy them having a good season. They'll come around eventually.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Interesting article about Strasbourg in the NYT. Mainly about Liam Rosenior.

Inside BlueCo’s Strasbourg: Fan protests, Chelsea loan stars and Rosenior’s sky-high ambition

The Ligue 1 club are not the easiest to manage but their young English coach is carving a formidable reputation this season

www.nytimes.com

I have sympathy for the ultras here - I really don't like the multi club model in football. Your club loses some of its identity when it becomes part of some global sports conglomerate/private equity firm's profit model. There'll be benefits, they're getting good young Chelsea players on loan. But I'm not sure it will always be win-win in their dealings with the bigger English club.

 

[Zidane98]

Interesting article about Strasbourg in the NYT. Mainly about Liam Rosenior.

Inside BlueCo’s Strasbourg: Fan protests, Chelsea loan stars and Rosenior’s sky-high ambition

The Ligue 1 club are not the easiest to manage but their young English coach is carving a formidable reputation this season

www.nytimes.com

I have sympathy for the ultras here - I really don't like the multi club model in football. Your club loses some of its identity when it becomes part of some global sports conglomerate/private equity firm's profit model. There'll be benefits, they're getting good young Chelsea players on loan. But I'm not sure it will always be win-win in their dealings with the bigger English club.

It's not just ultras that have an issue with Blueco either.

 

[chef]

Hopefully they can all end up enjoying the decent football season Strasbourg is having and the great young squad(youngest in all of Europe) that has been put together. One of the few financially stable clubs in the league too.