WWSM 08 Dynasty - Stade de Reims

[st.cronin]

Stade de Reims is a French football (soccer) team from Reims currently playing in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Stade Reims was the outstanding team of France in the 1950s and early 1960 and reached the final of the European Cup twice in that era.

Stade Reims plays in the Stade Auguste Delaune, which has a capacity of c. 25,000 and hosted a match of the FIFA World Cup 1938.

The players Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine are the most notable players from their halcyon days when the team guided by coach Albert Batteux faced Real Madrid twice in finals of the European Champions' Cup. Michel Hidalgo, also a player in this side, became later a European Football Championship winning coach of the French national team.


Major successes

Champions of France: 1949, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962
Coupe de France: 1950, 1958
Latin Cup: 1953 (The Latin Cup was a competition between the top clubs of France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy which was held between 1949-1957)
Coppa delle Alpi: 1977 (Coppa delle Alpi was held 1960 and 1987, featuring clubs from Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Monaco)
Trophée des Champions: 1949, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1966


Major Runner-Ups

Finalists of the European Cup of Champions: 1956, 1959
Runners up French Championship: 1947, 1954, 1963
Finalists of the Coupe de France : 1977
Finalists of the Coupe Latine : 1955

Minor Titles

Champions of France D2 : 1966
Champions of France D3 : 2004
Champions of France Amateurs : 1935
Champions of DH Nord-Est : 1935
Champions of DH Champagne : 1994

This is my first attempt at playing in France, so I'm not totally familiar with the rules and miscellany. It appears that there are two Cups, in addition to the League play:

Coupe de France, or Coupe Charles Simon, is a competition of French football clubs, open to all professional and non-professional teams. The cup is one of many inter-French club competitions that have been organised by the French Football Federation. The first competition was held in 1918.

The Coupe de France is often difficult for the bigger clubs to win, as a higher-ranked club always plays as the away side when drawn against lower-league opposition. The ties are played over one leg and played to a finish (i.e. no replays), increasing the chance of an upset if the 'lower' team plays to their best on that day. In recent seasons, several finalists (though no winners) have advanced through whilst playing in Ligue 2 or even lower in the league system, demonstrating the unpredictable nature of the competition. The frequent triumphs of smaller clubs over large also suggests that the cup is not the top priority for the Ligue 1 clubs, although the Coupe de France is considered more important than some other equivalent competitions in European countries, such as Germany and Italy.



Created during World War I, the cup bore the name of Charles Simon, a football player who died during the war.

Olympique de Marseille have won the cup the most with ten titles, Paris Saint Germain are second amoungst all time winners with seven trophies. Three players have won the cup five times: Marceau Sommerlynck (1946, 1947, 1948, 1953 and 1955), Dominique Bathenay (1974, 1975, 1977, 1982 and 1983) and Alain Roche (1986, 1987, 1993, 1995 and 1998).[citation needed]

Since 1927, the President of France has always attended the championship match and presented the cup to the winning team's captain. Gaston Doumergue was the first French president to take part in the ceremonies.



The Coupe de la Ligue, the French League Cup is an elimination cup competition organised by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The winner has qualified for the UEFA Cup since 1995. Unlike the Coupe de France, only professional clubs can qualify.



Le Trophée des Champions, the Champions Trophy is a cup organised by the French Football Federation, a match between the winners of the French Championship and the winners of the French Cup.



Our team is expected to finish in the top half, and perhaps even challenge for promotion.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Interesting that you would choose Reims, which Wiki correctly identifies as a truly great club of the past. They have struggled mightily however in the past decade or so.

I'll follow along, if only to see how Montpellier and Nimes fare. They are 2 other teams in league 2, both of them about 20 miles from where I live.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions on french football, I'm no expert by any means but should be able to answer most common questions.

[st.cronin]

After tinkering with the roster (several guys out, couple guys in), here's our roster:



| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Nat | Height | Weight | Age | Value |
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| - | Loa | Flavien Belson | D C, DM | FRA | 6'2" | 169 lbs | 20 | € 1,9M |
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| MR | | Ali Yachir | AM RC, F C | ALG | 6'0" | 169 lbs | 22 | € 1,6M |
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| - | Yth | Wilfried Sanou | AM R | BFA | 5'5" | 136 lbs | 23 | € 1,5M |
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| FC | PR | Cédric Fauré | ST | FRA | 6'2" | 167 lbs | 28 | € 800K |
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| AMC | Ine | Nabil Taïder | M LC | FRA | 6'0" | 147 lbs | 24 | € 775K |
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| S4 | Ine | Ludovic Liron | D RC | FRA | 6'0" | 167 lbs | 29 | € 525K |
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| DR | Inj | Alexandre Barbier | D RC | FRA | 5'11" | 154 lbs | 28 | € 500K |
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| S1 | Wnt | Johan Liébus | GK | FRA | 6'0" | 182 lbs | 28 | € 425K |
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| - | Inj | Sylvain Didot | AM LC | FRA | 5'9" | 138 lbs | 31 | € 375K |
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| - | Inj | Yann Kermorgant | AM/F C | FRA | 6'0" | 185 lbs | 25 | € 300K |
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| - | | Julien Ielsch | D/WB/M L | FRA | 5'8" | 145 lbs | 24 | € 250K |
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| DL | PR | Johann Truchet | D/WB RL | FRA | 5'10" | 154 lbs | 24 | € 250K |
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| - | Ret | Shiva-Star N'Zigou | AM R, F C | GAB | 5'9" | 152 lbs | 23 | € 230K |
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| - | Inj | Kossi Agassa | GK | TOG | 6'3" | 189 lbs | 29 | € 190K |
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| S3 | Wnt | Julien Féret | AM RC, F C | FRA | 6'1" | 152 lbs | 25 | € 160K |
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| DC | Inj | Philippe Burle | D C, DM | FRA | 6'2" | 187 lbs | 34 | € 120K |
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| - | Inj | Jean-Christophe Devaux | D C | FRA | 6'0" | 178 lbs | 32 | € 95K |
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| DC | Inj | Habib Baldé | D RLC, DM | GUI | 6'0" | 154 lbs | 22 | € 70K |
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| - | Fgn | Henrique | D C | BRA | 6'2" | 174 lbs | 24 | € 45K |
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| - | Lst | Zahir Zerdab | AM/F C | FRA | 6'0" | 163 lbs | 25 | € 35K |
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| S2 | Ine | Nabil Hamzi | D/WB R, DM | FRA | 5'10" | 165 lbs | 21 | € 28K |
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| FC | Inj | Bruno Rodriguez | ST | FRA | 6'0" | 174 lbs | 34 | € 24K |
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| S5 | Ine | Abdelsam Akouzar | AM L | MAR | 5'9" | 154 lbs | 25 | € 20K |
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| - | Inj | Matthieu Labbé | AM R | FRA | 5'11" | 169 lbs | 22 | € 16K |
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| - | Lst | Mathieu Inthasane | GK | FRA | 6'0" | 182 lbs | 21 | € 12K |
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| - | Inj | Basile Yehoumé | D/WB R | SEN | 6'1" | 167 lbs | 20 | € 12K |
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| - | Lst | Anatole Ngamukol | AM L | FRA | 5'9" | 138 lbs | 19 | € 10K |
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| ML | Loa | Mounir Hamzaoui | WB L | TUN | 5'7" | 152 lbs | 19 | € 9K |
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| GK | Ret | Olivier Tingry | GK | FRA | 6'0" | 174 lbs | 35 | € 8K |
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| - | Lst | Jérémy Chouard | AM L | FRA | 5'9" | 152 lbs | 20 | € 7K |
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| - | Inj | Joffrey Bertolino | AM C | FRA | 5'10" | 154 lbs | 20 | € 6K |
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| - | Ine | Clovis Kambou Sié | ST | BFA | 6'0" | 169 lbs | 26 | € 6K |
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| - | Ine | Jean-Marc Mendy | ST | FRA | 6'1" | 182 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Julien Derrien | ST | FRA | 6'0" | 180 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Philippe Pelé | ST | FRA | 6'4" | 207 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Romain Martin | M C | FRA | 5'8" | 165 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Paul Nicot | M C | FRA | 5'9" | 167 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Jean-Baptiste Gomez | M C | FRA | 5'10" | 176 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Alexandre Besnard | M R | FRA | 6'0" | 176 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Dimitri Massot | M R | FRA | 5'9" | 167 lbs | 14 | - |
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| - | Ine | Jean Monier | AM L | FRA | 5'7" | 160 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Rudy Munoz | D C | FRA | 5'9" | 165 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Maurice Baudouin | D C | FRA | 5'9" | 167 lbs | 14 | - |
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| - | Ine | Sacha Bouvier | D C | FRA | 6'3" | 202 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Marc Rocchi | D C | FRA | 6'2" | 191 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Philippe Hernandez | D RL | FRA | 5'6" | 156 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Stéphane Dja Djédjé | D L | FRA | 5'9" | 167 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Thomas Gillet | GK | FRA | 5'11" | 176 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Jean-François Anziani | GK | FRA | 6'1" | 182 lbs | 15 | - |
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| DMC | Yth | Lucas Deaux | DM | FRA | 6'1" | 169 lbs | 18 | - |
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And here's my worksheet with my first XI and second XI:


GK: Kossi Agassa
DL: Julien Ielsch
DR: Alexandre Barbier
DC: Flavien Burle
DC: Jean-Christophe Devaux
ML: Sylvain Didot
MR: Ali Yachir
AMC: Julien Feret
DMC: Flavien Belson
FS: Yann Kermorgant
SS: Cedric Faure

GK: Johan Liebus
DL: Johann Truchet
DR: Basile Yehoume
DC: Habib Balde
DC: Henrique
ML: Mounir Hamzaoui
MR: Matthieu Labbe
AMC: Nabil Tadier
DMC: Lucas Deaux
FS: Shiva-Star N'Zigou
SS: Bruno Rodriguez

Goalie Ref Hand Comm Jump

Kossi Agassa 16 12 16 15 59 1
Jean Francois Anziani 13 8 6 13 40
Thomas Gillet 10 12 6 9 37
Mathieu Inthasane 13 10 13 11 47
Johan Liebus 15 15 14 12 56 2
Olivier Tingry 14 12 13 11 50 3

DL Pos Tack Pace Ant

Philippe Hernandez 9 13 6 4 32
Habib Balde* 12 14 14 15 55
Stephane Dja Djedje 9 10 12 4 35
Johann Truchet 12 14 13 12 51 2
Marc Giraudon 12 11 14 12 49
Julien Ielsch* 13 13 15 12 53 1

DR Pos Tack Pace Ant

Alexandre Barbier* 14 13 15 13 55 1
Philippe Hernandez 9 13 6 4 32
Ludovic Liron 13 13 9 12 47
Habib Balde* 12 14 14 15 55
Johann Truchet 12 14 13 12 51
Basile Yehoume 12 14 16 9 51 2
Nabil Hamzi 12 13 13 13 51


DC Tack Jump Pos Head Str Mark Brv Team

Alexandre Barbier* 13 11 14 12 14 14 15 14 107
Ludovic Liron 13 11 13 14 14 13 14 13 105
Habib Balde* 14 13 12 15 16 13 15 14 112 3
Maurice Baudouin 11 10 10 9 6 11 7 11 75
Sacha Bouvier 11 10 9 8 6 7 9 10 70
Sofyane Cherfa 11 12 14 15 13 12 14 7 98
Jean-Christophe Devaux 12 13 14 16 16 14 15 14 114 2
Henrique 12 14 11 14 15 14 14 12 108 4
Rudy Munoz 10 6 7 12 5 9 17 9 75
Marc Rocchi 12 13 8 8 11 4 17 10 83
Flavien Burle* 12 13 14 16 17 12 16 15 115 1
Nabil Hamzi 13 11 12 11 14 10 17 12 100

AMC Pas Crea Tech Drb OTB

Nabil Taider 15 15 15 13 11 69 2
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 15 11 10 9 7 52
Romain Martin 9 10 6 6 6 37
Paul Nicot 13 10 7 7 3 40
Julien Feret 17 15 17 14 13 76 1
Shiva-Star N'Zigou 9 9 15 14 14 61
Ali Yachir 12 12 15 13 12 64
Sylvain Didot 15 15 16 15 13 74
Joffrey Bertolino 13 12 11 10 8 54
Yann Kermorgant 12 12 16 14 14 68
Zahir Zerdab 10 10 14 11 10 55

DM WR Jump Tack Sta Pos

Habib Balde 16 13 14 12 12 67
Flavien Belson 17 15 13 17 13 75 1
Philippe Burle 15 13 12 13 14 67
Nabil Hamzi 12 11 13 13 12 61
Lucas Deaux 13 13 14 14 11 65 2
Nabil Taider 15 11 8 19 11 64
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 9 9 10 4 4 36
Romain Martin 10 7 7 5 3 32
Paul Nicot 12 6 7 7 5 37

ML Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Habib Balde 14 8 9 8 9 11 59
Johann Truchet 13 9 10 9 8 12 61
Marc Giraudon 14 8 9 9 7 11 58
Julien Ielsch 15 9 11 11 9 13 68
Mounir Hamzaoui 11 11 12 7 10 14 65 2
Nabil Taider 12 13 15 11 15 13 79
Abdelsam Akouzar 15 11 9 11 9 13 68
Jeremy Chouard 15 9 8 6 7 8 53
Sylvain Didot 14 15 15 13 15 15 87 1
Jean Monier 8 10 7 4 10 10 49
Anatole Ngamukoi 14 13 9 6 8 11 61

MR Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Habib Balde 14 8 9 8 9 11 59
Johann Truchet 13 9 10 9 8 12 61
Basile Yehoume 16 4 10 7 8 8 53
Nabil Hamzi 13 10 11 9 9 13 65
Alexandre Besnard 15 8 7 5 7 8 50
Dimitri Massot 7 8 10 6 10 13 54
Matthieu Labbe 12 12 10 12 10 12 68 2
Julien Feret 14 14 17 13 15 13 86
Shiva-Star N'Zigou 16 14 9 14 9 11 73
Ali Yachir 13 13 12 12 12 13 75 1
Wilfried Sanou 13 13 8 11 9 11 65


Fast Striker Pace Acc Drb Tech Fin OTB

Julien Feret 14 16 14 17 8 13 82
Shiva-Star N'Zigou 16 13 14 15 9 14 81 2
Ali Yachir 13 16 13 15 8 12 77
Yann Kermorgant 14 13 14 16 14 14 85 1
Zahir Zerdab 13 16 11 14 7 10 71
Julien Derrien 12 11 7 7 9 11 57
Cedric Faure 14 12 10 12 15 14 77
Jean-Marc Mendy 12 9 7 8 8 2 46
Philippe Pele 14 14 6 2 8 3 47
Bruno Rodriguez 9 9 8 10 11 11 48
Clovis Kambou Sie 7 11 10 10 6 13 57

Strong Striker Jump Head Str OTB

Julien Feret 14 13 11 13 51
Shiva-Star N'Zigou 9 10 8 14 41
Ali Yachir 12 9 14 12 47
Yann Kermorgant 14 16 16 14 60
Zahir Zerdab 10 7 10 10 37
Julien Derrien 8 9 8 11 36
Cedric Faure 14 16 16 14 60 1
Jean-Marc Mendy 5 7 4 2 18
Philippe Pele 12 9 10 3 34
Bruno Rodriguez 11 14 14 11 50 2
Clovis Kambou Sie 11 13 13 13 50

[st.cronin]

Formationally we're running a wide diamond. I make a lot of tactical adjustments, and use a lot of different styles, depending on matchup and weather, but the only time I change formation is sometimes to play a 4-5-1 in the closing moments to protect a lead.

[st.cronin]

Some comments about the roster:


At goalie, 29 year old Kossi Aggassa begins the season with a serious injury, leaving us with three options. 28 year old Johan Liebus will get most of the action, with player/coach Olivier Tingry (retiring at the end of the season) as the backup. 21 year old Mathieu Inthasane has been transfer-listed, but nobody's made an offer for him yet, so I may work him in some. Assuming Aggassa comes back from his injury ok, he'd be the best long-range option on the roster.

At fullback, we will run out 24 year old Julien Ielsch on the left side, and 28 year old Alexandre Barbier on the right side. Both are more skilled defensively than offensively. In the center, the top pair will be a pair of veterans: 34 year old Flavien Burle, and 32 year old Jean-Christophe Devaux. 24 year old Brazilian Henrique will also get lots of minutes at DC, and versatile 22 year old Habib Balde will see action all over the defensive line.

20 year old Flavien Belson, on loan for the season, will be our DMC. 18 year old Lucas Deaux will be the backup; I'm curious to see how he develops. Another option at that position is 21 year old Nabil Hamzi.

On the wings, we will feature 22 year old Nigerian Ali Yachir on the right side, and 31 year old Sylvain Didot on the left side. 19 year old Tunisian Mounir Hamzaoui is being retrained as an AML, and there are quite a few other options.

Up front, 25 year old Julien Feret will lead the attack. It was his skillset that sealed the decision to play a diamond, as he's a very capable pure AMC. He should get buckets of goals and assists. 24 year old Nabil Taider will back him up.

There are two talented strikers up front, 25 year old Yann Kermogorant, and 28 year old Cedric Faure. Both are combination fast/strong strikers, and both start the season hurt - Kermogorant for 1-2 months, and Faure for 3-4 months. There's not much behind them - 23 year old Shiva-Star N'Zigou is fairly pacey, and I found 34 year old Bruno Rodriguez lying around unsigned, but those two injuries are pretty devastating.

[st.cronin]

There is an error in my last post - my top two forwards started the season with minor injuries, it was my starting wingers, Didot and Labbe, who started the season with serious injuries. Stupid neuro-pathologic malady! Anyway, this made the signing of Bruno Rodriguez fairly pointless, and also necessitated the signing of AM RLC Cédric Faivre. At the halfway point, and doing quite well:

Holders - FC Metz






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | FC Nantes | | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | +20 | 41 |
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| 2nd | | Stade Brestois 29 | | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 41 |
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| 3rd | | Stade de Reims | | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 38 |
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| 4th | | Berrichonne Châteauroux | | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 34 |
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| 5th | | SC Bastia | | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 33 |
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| 6th | | Le Havre AC | | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 33 |
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| 7th | | ES Troyes AC | | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 32 |
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| 8th | | Clermont Foot Auvergne 63 | | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 29 |
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| 9th | | En Avant Guingamp | | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 29 |
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| 10th | | Montpellier Hérault SC | | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 29 |
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| 11th | | Amiens SCF | | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 28 |
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| 12th | | US Boulogne CO | | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 25 |
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| 13th | | Angers SCO | | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 21 |
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| 14th | | CS Sedan-Ardennes | | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 20 |
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| 15th | | AC Ajaccio | | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -16 | 18 |
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| 16th | | FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin | | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 17 |
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| 17th | | FC Gueugnon | | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 17 |
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| 18th | | Grenoble Foot 38 | | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 14 |
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| 19th | | Dijon Football CO | | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 36 | -13 | 14 |
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| 20th | | Chamois Niortais | | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 41 | -23 | 8 |
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The top 3 positions get promoted to Ligue 1. Speaking of Ligue 1, here's the standings for the top French league:

Holders - Olympique Lyonnais






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Olympique Lyonnais | | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 35 |
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| 2nd | | AS Saint-Etienne | | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 35 |
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| 3rd | | Paris Saint-Germain | | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 34 |
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| 4th | | Stade Rennais FC | | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 34 |
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| 5th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 28 |
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| 6th | | LOSC | | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 28 |
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| 7th | | Olympique de Marseille | | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 28 |
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| 8th | | RC Lens | | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
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| 9th | | Toulouse FC | | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 27 |
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| 10th | | OGC Nice | | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 26 |
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| 11th | | Valenciennes FC | | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
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| 12th | | AS Nancy-Lorraine | | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 25 |
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| 13th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 24 |
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| 14th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 23 |
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| 15th | | AS Monaco FC | | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 22 |
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| 16th | | AJ Auxerre | | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 22 |
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| 17th | | RC Strasbourg | | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 19 |
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| 18th | | FC Lorient | | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 12 |
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| 19th | | FC Sochaux | | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 12 |
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| 20th | | FC Metz | | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 32 | -13 | 12 |
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[st.cronin]

In other news, we are still alive in the Coupe de France, and are matched up with fierce rivals CS Sedan-Ardennes in the next round. In the Coupe de la Ligue, we were eliminated in our first match, which was a bit of a bummer. My teams stats:

3rd in Ligue 2 Orange






| Pkd | Inf | Name | Apps | Gls | Ast | MoM | Pas | Tck | Drb | Sh T | Av Rat|
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| DL | Sus | Julien Ielsch | 19 | - | - | - | 72% | 1.93 | 0.16 | - | 7.05 |
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| FC | Ine | Yann Kermorgant | 15 (4)| 16 | 4 | 5 | 74% | 0.13 | 0.72 | 50% | 7.63 |
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| DR | | Habib Baldé | 15 (2)| - | - | - | 73% | 2.09 | 0.07 | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Wnt | Julien Féret | 15 (2)| 4 | 18 | 2 | 86% | 1.20 | 0.87 | 33% | 7.53 |
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| S5 | PR | Cédric Fauré | 14 (2)| 10 | 4 | 2 | 74% | - | 0.57 | 50% | 7.13 |
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| DC | Ine | Jean-Christophe Devaux | 13 | 1 | - | - | 72% | 2.19 | 0.08 | - | 7.08 |
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| DC | Fgn | Henrique | 12 | 2 | - | - | 70% | 2.25 | 0.08 | - | 7.17 |
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| ML | | Sylvain Didot | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 63% | 1.32 | 2.33 | 57% | 7.58 |
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| S1 | Yel | Johan Liébus | 12 | - | - | 2 | 52% | - | - | - | 7.33 |
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| MR | Ine | Cédric Faivre | 11 (2)| 1 | 3 | - | 77% | 0.98 | 0.98 | 14% | 7.23 |
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| AMC | | Ali Yachir | 11 (1)| 3 | 2 | - | 73% | 0.57 | 1.71 | - | 7.17 |
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| - | | Flavien Belson | 10 (1)| - | 2 | - | 79% | 2.46 | 0.31 | - | 7.09 |
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| DMC | Sus | Lucas Deaux | 9 (5) | - | 1 | - | 78% | 2.56 | 0.31 | - | 6.64 |
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| GK | PR | Mathieu Inthasane | 9 | - | - | - | 49% | - | - | - | 6.89 |
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| S2 | Yel | Alexandre Barbier | 8 (1) | 2 | 1 | - | 73% | 2.13 | 0.63 | - | 7.11 |
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| FC | Sus | Bruno Rodriguez | 8 (1) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 77% | 0.27 | 0.40 | 66% | 7.00 |
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| - | Ine | Philippe Burle | 8 | - | - | - | 70% | 0.80 | - | - | 6.38 |
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| - | Ine | Nabil Taïder | 7 (6) | 1 | - | - | 74% | 1.24 | 1.58 | 27% | 6.92 |
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| - | Loa | Basile Yehoumé | 5 | - | - | - | 76% | 1.40 | 0.20 | - | 7.00 |
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| S3 | Sus | Mounir Hamzaoui | 4 (6) | 1 | 1 | - | 63% | 0.37 | 1.10 | - | 6.90 |
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| - | Ret | Shiva-Star N'Zigou | 4 (1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 84% | 0.27 | 0.54 | 50% | 7.40 |
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| - | Unh | Zahir Zerdab | 3 (1) | - | - | - | 76% | - | 0.47 | 33% | 6.25 |
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| - | Ine | Nabil Hamzi | 2 (3) | - | - | - | 85% | 1.42 | 0.71 | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Fgn | Ludovic Liron | 1 (3) | - | - | - | 64% | 0.43 | - | - | 6.00 |
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| - | PR | Johann Truchet | 1 (1) | - | - | - | 67% | 0.74 | - | - | 6.00 |
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| - | Loa | Joffrey Bertolino | 1 | - | - | - | 78% | - | - | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Lst | Sofyane Cherfa | 1 | - | - | - | 67% | - | - | - | 6.00 |
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| S4 | Loa | Matthieu Labbé | 0 (3) | - | 2 | - | 77% | 1.22 | 0.61 | - | 6.33 |
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| - | Ine | Jean-Marc Mendy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Julien Derrien | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Philippe Pelé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Romain Martin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Paul Nicot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Jean-Baptiste Gomez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Alexandre Besnard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Dimitri Massot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Jean Monier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Rudy Munoz | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Maurice Baudouin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Sacha Bouvier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Marc Rocchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Philippe Hernandez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Stéphane Dja Djédjé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Thomas Gillet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Jean-François Anziani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Lst | Jérémy Chouard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Lst | Anatole Ngamukol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Req | Abdelsam Akouzar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Sus | Wilfried Sanou | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | | Kossi Agassa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ret | Olivier Tingry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Positional roundup:

Goalie: Johan Liébus has gotten the majority of the action, and has played quite well. Olivier Tingry has fought a succession of minor injuries and has not made it off the reserve squad. As a result, Mathieu Inthasane has gotten the second string work, and has not done very well. I am not sure what his contract status is, but he is likely gone from the squad at the end of the year. #1 goalie Kossi Agassa is due to return from his injury shortly.

Back 4: Julien Ielsch has been steady at DL, leading the team in appearances. He's one of those players who seems to always have some sort of confidence issue, but with a little encouragement he's done well. Team captain Alexandre Barbier missed a couple of months with injury, leaving the DR position to be covered by Habib Baldé and Basile Yehoumé. Baldé has filled in at all positions in the back, making him a semi-regular. The top two DCs, Jean-Christophe Devaux and Philippe Burle, have also missed quite a bit of time with injury, leaving the eccentric Brazilian Henrique as a first-teamer. Henrique is probably gone from the squad after the season, as whenever he's benched for two games in a row, he complains to the media about his playing time. He has played well when called upon, though.

Midfield: Flavien Belson and Lucas Deaux have shared time at the DMC position, and probably will continue to do so - but in key games, I'm going to have to go with our loaner Belson, as to date he's outplayed our homegrown prospect. AMC Julien Féret has an astonishing 18 assists in 15 games, and probably twice as many offers to purchase him. He's been everything I hoped he'd be. At the wings, I'm still a bit unsettled - Didot has played well since coming back from injury, but on the right side neither Labbe or Yachir has done much. New signing Faivre has been ok, but I'm just not seeing much offense from those spots. As long as Feret continues to roll, its not an issue, and its not like they've played badly.

At the forward spot, Yann Kermorgrant has led the way with 16 goals and 5 MoMs, although Cedric Faure, with 10 goals, has seemed to me the more consistent of the two. I've not had to go to the backups much, but Bruno Rodriguez has 4 goals in 8 games, and Shiva-Star N'Zigou has 3 in 4 games.

We've stayed well under our wage budget, and have hardly spent a dime in transfers, but we're leaking money. The board says finances are ok, and I guess they would know. Mostly they're quite happy with my management so far, most pleased with our 4-1 smashing of rivals CS Sedan-Ardennes, and most disappointed with our early Cup departure.

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At the end of the year, I'll post more results from around the world.

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We finish the season tied for third place, and are promoted via goal differential.

Holders - FC Nantes






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | C | FC Nantes | | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 81 |
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| 2nd | P | Stade Brestois 29 | | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 71 |
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| 3rd | P | Stade de Reims | | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 64 |
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| 4th | | SC Bastia | | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 64 |
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| 5th | | Amiens SCF | | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 76 | 52 | +24 | 63 |
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| 6th | | Berrichonne Châteauroux | | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 63 |
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| 7th | | Montpellier Hérault SC | | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 63 |
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| 8th | | ES Troyes AC | | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 61 |
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| 9th | | Le Havre AC | | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 58 |
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| 10th | | Clermont Foot Auvergne 63 | | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 56 |
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| 11th | | AC Ajaccio | | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 52 | -7 | 50 |
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| 12th | | US Boulogne CO | | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 72 | -8 | 48 |
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| 13th | | En Avant Guingamp | | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 47 |
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| 14th | | CS Sedan-Ardennes | | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 57 | -5 | 46 |
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| 15th | | Dijon Football CO | | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 42 |
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| 16th | | FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin | | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 38 |
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| 17th | | Angers SCO | | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 67 | -20 | 37 |
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| 18th | R | FC Gueugnon | | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 69 | -24 | 29 |
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| 19th | R | Grenoble Foot 38 | | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 65 | -25 | 28 |
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| 20th | R | Chamois Niortais | | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 71 | -38 | 26 |
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Ligue 1:
Holders - Paris Saint-Germain






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | ECC | Paris Saint-Germain | | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 77 |
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| 2nd | ECC | Olympique Lyonnais | | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 75 |
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| 3rd | ECC | LOSC | | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 65 |
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| 4th | EC | Valenciennes FC | | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 62 |
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| 5th | EC | AS Saint-Etienne | | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 61 |
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| 6th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 60 |
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| 7th | | Olympique de Marseille | | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 59 |
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| 8th | | Stade Rennais FC | | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 59 |
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| 9th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 46 | -2 | 53 |
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| 10th | | Toulouse FC | | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 52 |
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| 11th | | OGC Nice | | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 47 | -3 | 50 |
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| 12th | | RC Strasbourg | | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 61 | -11 | 47 |
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| 13th | | AS Monaco FC | | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 52 | -3 | 46 |
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| 14th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 44 | 58 | -14 | 45 |
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| 15th | | RC Lens | | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 41 | 64 | -23 | 44 |
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| 16th | | AJ Auxerre | | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 50 | 57 | -7 | 43 |
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| 17th | | FC Metz | | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 57 | -12 | 42 |
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| 18th | R | FC Lorient | | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 53 | -6 | 41 |
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| 19th | R | AS Nancy-Lorraine | | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 44 | 61 | -17 | 39 |
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| 20th | R | FC Sochaux | | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 53 | -13 | 36 |
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Olympique Lyonnais defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue.
Olympique Lyonnais defeated OGC Nice in the final of the French Cup.
FC Sochaux defeated Olympique Lyonnais in the French Champions Trophy.

Arsenal defeated Liverpool in the final of the Champions Cup.
Celtic defeated PSV in the final of the Euro Cup.

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| Pkd | Inf | Name | Apps | Gls | Ast | MoM | Pas | Tck | Drb | Sh T | Av Rat|
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| AMC | Hol | Julien Féret | 34 (1)| 8 | 25 | 3 | 84% | 0.91 | 0.65 | 43% | 7.40 |
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| S2 | Hol | Julien Ielsch | 29 (1)| - | - | - | 69% | 1.77 | 0.07 | - | 6.93 |
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| FC | Hol | Cédric Fauré | 28 (3)| 23 | 5 | 6 | 73% | 0.04 | 0.51 | 47% | 7.19 |
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| DC | Hol | Jean-Christophe Devaux | 27 | 1 | - | - | 72% | 2.21 | 0.08 | - | 6.81 |
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| MR | | Ali Yachir | 24 (1)| 3 | 8 | 2 | 69% | 0.66 | 2.60 | 27% | 7.12 |
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| GK | Hol | Johan Liébus | 24 | - | - | 4 | 48% | - | - | - | 7.17 |
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| DL | | Habib Baldé | 23 (8)| - | - | - | 70% | 2.20 | 0.20 | - | 6.94 |
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| DMC | Hol | Flavien Belson | 23 (2)| - | 2 | - | 78% | 2.38 | 0.26 | - | 6.92 |
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| S5 | Hol | Yann Kermorgant | 22 (9)| 20 | 2 | 6 | 71% | 0.08 | 0.65 | 51% | 7.39 |
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| DR | Hol | Alexandre Barbier | 21 (1)| 1 | 1 | - | 69% | 1.71 | 0.38 | - | 6.86 |
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| DC | Hol | Philippe Burle | 20 (2)| - | - | - | 72% | 1.96 | 0.05 | - | 6.64 |
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| - | Hol | Henrique | 19 (1)| 1 | - | - | 67% | 2.46 | 0.11 | - | 6.85 |
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| - | Hol | Sylvain Didot | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 58% | 1.02 | 2.10 | 50% | 7.33 |
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| - | Hol | Lucas Deaux | 15 (5)| 1 | 2 | - | 76% | 2.41 | 0.21 | - | 6.70 |
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| S4 | Hol | Cédric Faivre | 14 (9)| 1 | 5 | - | 77% | 0.90 | 0.90 | 21% | 7.13 |
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| ML | | Mounir Hamzaoui | 14 (6)| - | 4 | - | 61% | 0.84 | 1.05 | - | 6.95 |
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| - | Hol | Bruno Rodriguez | 14 (2)| 6 | 3 | 2 | 77% | - | 0.49 | 51% | 6.88 |
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| - | Hol | Basile Yehoumé | 10 (2)| - | 1 | - | 73% | 1.16 | 0.39 | - | 6.67 |
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| FC | Hol | Shiva-Star N'Zigou | 9 (4) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 80% | 0.11 | 0.64 | 41% | 6.92 |
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| - | Hol | Mathieu Inthasane | 7 | - | - | - | 47% | - | - | - | 6.86 |
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| S1 | | Kossi Agassa | 7 | - | - | - | 48% | - | - | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Hol | Nabil Taïder | 6 (9) | 1 | - | - | 74% | 1.14 | 1.82 | 25% | 6.93 |
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| - | Hol | Zahir Zerdab | 4 (4) | - | - | - | 74% | - | 0.26 | 45% | 6.38 |
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| - | Hol | Matthieu Labbé | 2 (2) | - | 2 | - | 75% | 0.33 | 0.98 | - | 6.50 |
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| - | Hol | Nabil Hamzi | 1 (3) | - | - | - | 80% | 1.66 | 1.10 | - | 6.75 |
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| - | Hol | Sofyane Cherfa | 1 | - | - | - | 67% | - | - | - | 6.00 |
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| - | Hol | Johann Truchet | 1 | - | - | - | 67% | - | - | - | 6.00 |
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| S3 | Hol | Ludovic Liron | 0 (7) | - | - | - | 59% | 1.74 | 0.29 | - | 6.57 |
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| - | Hol | Jean-Marc Mendy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Julien Derrien | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Philippe Pelé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Romain Martin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Paul Nicot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Jean-Baptiste Gomez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Alexandre Besnard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Dimitri Massot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Jean Monier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Rudy Munoz | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Maurice Baudouin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Sacha Bouvier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Marc Rocchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Philippe Hernandez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Stéphane Dja Djédjé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Thomas Gillet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Jean-François Anziani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Jérémy Chouard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Anatole Ngamukol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Abdelsam Akouzar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Joffrey Bertolino | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | | Wilfried Sanou | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Olivier Tingry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Julien Feret is named the fans player of the year. He led Ligue 2 in assists.

Italian Serie A

Winners - Inter
Relegated - Empoli, Siena, Torino
Promoted - Chievo, Brescia, Rimini

Scottish Premier League

Winners - Rangers
Relegated - Falkirk
Promoted - Morton

English Premier Division

Winners - Aresnal
Relegated - Sunderland, Derby, Birmingham
Promoted - West Brom, Charlton, Ipswich

German First Division

Winners - HSV
Relegated - Stuttgart, Bochum, Duisburg
Promoted -Mainz, Kaiserslautern, Aachen

Spanish First Division

Winners - Real Madrid
Relegated - Levante, Almeria, Recreativo
Promoted - Real Sociedad, Celts, Malaga

[st.cronin]

We've upgraded our roster but are still considered relegation candidates, both by the media, the board, and my own frank evaluation. Here's the roster:


| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Nat | Height | Weight | Age | Value |
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| - | | Kossi Agassa | GK | TOG | 6'3" | 189 lbs | 30 | € 1,3M |
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| - | Yth | Jean-François Anziani | GK | FRA | 6'1" | 182 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Yth | Thomas Gillet | GK | FRA | 5'11" | 176 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | | Mathieu Inthasane | GK | FRA | 6'0" | 182 lbs | 22 | € 300K |
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| - | | Johan Liébus | GK | FRA | 6'0" | 180 lbs | 29 | € 2,4M |
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| - | Ine | Joffrey Marie | GK | FRA | 6'1" | 185 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Sébastien Mourlon | GK | FRA | 6'1" | 191 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Laurent Tomas | SW, D C | FRA | 6'3" | 191 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | | Alexandre Barbier | D RC | FRA | 5'11" | 154 lbs | 29 | € 2,4M |
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| - | Ine | Frédéric Cahuzac | D R | FRA | 5'7" | 154 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Yth | Philippe Hernandez | D RL | FRA | 5'7" | 160 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Slt | Ludovic Liron | D RC | FRA | 6'0" | 167 lbs | 30 | € 1,3M |
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| - | | Habib Baldé | D RLC, DM | GUI | 6'0" | 154 lbs | 23 | € 1,8M |
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| - | Yth | Stéphane Dja Djédjé | D L | FRA | 5'9" | 167 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Ine | Franck Guichard | D L | COD | 5'11" | 174 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | | Alsény Camara | D LC, WB L | GUI | 6'1" | 169 lbs | 21 | € 925K |
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| - | Ine | Maurice Baudouin | D C | FRA | 5'10" | 167 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Sacha Bouvier | D C | FRA | 6'3" | 200 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | | Jean-Christophe Devaux | D C | FRA | 6'0" | 178 lbs | 33 | € 200K |
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| - | Yth | Rudy Munoz | D C | FRA | 5'10" | 167 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Ine | Michel Ollé-Nicolle | D C | FRA | 6'1" | 185 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Inj | Marc Rocchi | D C | FRA | 6'2" | 191 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Slt | Johann Truchet | D/WB RL | FRA | 5'10" | 154 lbs | 24 | € 1,4M |
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| - | Loa | Basile Yehoumé | D/WB R | SEN | 6'1" | 165 lbs | 21 | € 675K |
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| - | Slt | Nabil Hamzi | D/WB R, DM | FRA | 5'10" | 163 lbs | 22 | € 575K |
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| - | Loa | Vincent Beduer | D/WB L | FRA | 5'6" | 143 lbs | 21 | € 30K |
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| - | Inj | Julien Ielsch | D/WB/M L | FRA | 5'8" | 145 lbs | 25 | € 2,8M |
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| - | | Marco Randriana | D/WB/M L | MAD | 5'10" | 154 lbs | 24 | € 1M |
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| - | Ine | Manuel Vasseur | D/AM L | FRA | 5'9" | 160 lbs | 14 | - |
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| - | | Mounir Hamzaoui | WB L, AM L | TUN | 5'7" | 152 lbs | 20 | € 350K |
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| - | Inj | Lucas Deaux | DM | FRA | 6'1" | 167 lbs | 19 | € 725K |
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| - | | Didier Neumann | DM | FRA | 6'0" | 171 lbs | 31 | € 850K |
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| - | Loa | Distel Zola | DM | FRA | 6'0" | 165 lbs | 19 | € 525K |
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| - | Yth | Alexandre Besnard | M R | FRA | 6'0" | 176 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Ine | Dimitri Massot | M R | FRA | 5'9" | 169 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Slt | Nabil Taïder | M LC | FRA | 6'0" | 145 lbs | 25 | € 1,6M |
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| - | Yth | Jean-Baptiste Gomez | M C | FRA | 5'10" | 176 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Yth | Romain Martin | M C | FRA | 5'9" | 171 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Yth | Paul Nicot | M C | FRA | 5'9" | 167 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Ine | Joël Bertrand | AM R | FRA | 6'0" | 176 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | Ine | Marc Besson | AM R | FRA | 5'10" | 165 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | | Cédric Faivre | AM RLC | FRA | 5'9" | 143 lbs | 27 | € 1,6M |
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| - | | Marco Ferreira | AM R | POR | 5'10" | 163 lbs | 30 | € 1,3M |
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| - | | Loris Arnaud | AM R, F C | FRA | 6'0" | 176 lbs | 21 | € 2,1M |
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| - | | Julien Féret | AM RC, F C | FRA | 6'1" | 152 lbs | 26 | € 5,75M |
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| - | Ine | David Rodriguez | AM R, ST | FRA | 5'9" | 165 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | | Abdelsam Akouzar | AM L | MAR | 5'9" | 154 lbs | 26 | € 900K |
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| - | Lst | Jérémy Chouard | AM L | FRA | 5'9" | 152 lbs | 21 | € 100K |
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| - | Yth | Jean Monier | AM L | FRA | 5'7" | 160 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | PR | Anatole Ngamukol | AM L | FRA | 5'9" | 138 lbs | 20 | € 150K |
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| - | Loa | Joffrey Bertolino | AM C | FRA | 5'10" | 154 lbs | 21 | € 70K |
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| - | | Yann Kermorgant | AM/F C | FRA | 6'0" | 182 lbs | 26 | € 4,5M |
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| - | | Zahir Zerdab | AM/F C | FRA | 6'0" | 163 lbs | 26 | € 1,7M |
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| - | Inj | Julien Derrien | ST | FRA | 6'0" | 180 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | PR | Cédric Fauré | ST | FRA | 6'2" | 167 lbs | 29 | € 5M |
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| - | Yth | Jean-Marc Mendy | ST | FRA | 6'1" | 182 lbs | 16 | - |
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| - | Inj | Philippe Pelé | ST | FRA | 6'4" | 207 lbs | 15 | - |
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| - | | Bruno Rodriguez | ST | FRA | 6'0" | 174 lbs | 35 | € 65K |
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| - | Loa | Rémi Souyeux | ST | FRA | 6'1" | 167 lbs | 24 | € 24K |
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| - | | David Suarez | ST | FRA | 6'0" | 165 lbs | 29 | € 2M |
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and my worksheet:

Goalie Ref Hand Comm Jump

Kossi Agassa 16 13 16 15 60 1
Jean Francois Anziani 13 8 6 13 40
Thomas Gillet 11 13 7 9 40
Mathieu Inthasane 14 13 14 11 52
Johan Liebus 15 15 14 12 56 2
Joffrey Marie 11 9 9 10 39
Sebastien Mourlon 12 14 6 9 41

DL Pos Tack Pace Ant

Philippe Hernandez 9 14 6 4 33
Habib Balde 13 14 14 16 57
Stephane Dja Djedje 9 10 12 4 35
Franck Guichard 11 7 14 5 37
Alseny Camara 11 17 14 11 53
Johann Truchet 13 14 13 12 52
Julien Ielsch 14 14 15 13 56 2
Marco Randriana 12 13 16 13 56 1
Manuel Vasseur 4 8 14 3 29
Vincent Beduer 13 14 12 13 52

DR Pos Tack Pace Ant

Alexandre Barbier 15 13 15 14 57 1
Frederic Cahuzac 11 8 11 7 37
Philippe Hernandez 9 14 6 4 33
Ludovic Liron 13 13 9 12 47
Habib Balde 13 14 14 16 59
Johann Truchet 13 14 13 12 52 2
Basile Yehoume 12 14 16 9 51
Nabil Hamzi 13 14 12 13 52


DC Tack Jump Pos Head Str Mark Brv Team

Laurent Tomas 7 14 5 11 12 5 14 9 77
Alexandre Barbier 13 11 15 12 14 15 15 14 109
Ludovic Liron 13 11 13 14 14 13 14 13 105
Habib Balde 14 13 13 15 16 14 15 14 114 1
Alseny Camara 17 13 11 15 15 13 13 17 114 1
Maurice Baudouin 11 10 10 9 7 11 7 11 76
Sacha Bouvier 12 11 10 9 9 8 10 10 79
Jean-Christophe Devaux 12 13 14 16 15 14 15 14 113 2
Rudy Munoz 11 7 8 13 7 10 18 9 83
Michel Olle Nicole 13 7 8 14 6 7 16 9 80
Marc Rocchi 13 14 9 9 12 5 18 10 90
Nabil Hamzi 14 11 13 12 14 11 18 12 105

AMC Pas Crea Tech Drb OTB

Loris Arnaud 11 11 14 12 16 64 2
Nabil Taider 15 15 15 13 11 69
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 16 12 11 10 6 55
Romain Martin 9 10 5 6 5 35
Paul Nicot 14 11 8 8 4 45.
Cedric Faivre 11 12 14 13 12 62
Julien Feret 16 15 16 13 13 73 1
Sylvain Didot 14 14 15 14 12 70
Joffrey Bertolino 14 13 12 11 9 59
Yann Kermorgant 12 12 16 14 14 68
Zahir Zerdab 10 10 14 11 10 55

DM WR Jump Tack Sta Pos

Distel Zola 15 11 13. 12 13 64
Habib Balde 16 13 14 13 13 69
Philippe Burle 13 11 10 9 13 56
Nabil Hamzi 12 11 14 14 13 64
Lucas Deaux 14 13 15 15 12 69 1
Didier Neumann 15 11 12 14 15 67 2
Nabil Taider 15 11 8 19 12 65
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 10 9 11 6 5 41
Romain Martin 10 7 7 6 3 33
Paul Nicot 13 6 7 9 5 40
Sylvain Didot 14 9 10 12 12 57

ML Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Marco Randriana 16 13 13 13 10 15 80
Manuel Vasseur 14 8 3 4 5 8 42
Mounir Hamzaoui 12 12 13 8 11 15 70
Nabil Taider 12 13 15 11 15 13 79 1
Cedric Faivre 14 13 11 12 12 13 75
Abdelsam Akouzar 15 12 10 12 10 14 73 2
Jeremy Chouard 15 9 8 6 7 8 53
Sylvain Didot 11 14 14 12 14 14 79
Jean Monier 8 10 6 3 9 10 46
Anatole Ngamukoi 14 13 9 6 8 11 61

MR Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Loris Arnaud 14 12 11 16 11 10 74
Basile Yehoume 16 4 10 7 8 8 53
Nabil Hamzi 12 11 12 9 9 14 67 1
Alexandre Besnard 15 7 7 5 7 7 48
Dimitri Massot 7 8 11 6 11 13 56 2
Joel Bertrand 13 4 2 1 7 7 34
Marc Besson 13 9 8 2 9 10 51
Cedric Faivre 14 13 11 12 12 13 65
Marco Ferreira 14 14 11 13 10 12 64
Julien Feret 14 13 16 13 15 12 83
David Rodriguez 13 5 8 3 7 10 46


Fast Striker Pace Acc Drb Tech Fin OTB

Loris Arnaud 14 14 12 14 14 16 84
Remi Souyeux 8 9 7 9 10 10 53
Julien Feret 14 16 13 16 7 13 79
David Rodriguez 13 14 5 5 11 3 51
Yann Kermorgant 14 13 14 16 14 14 85 1
Zahir Zerdab 13 16 11 14 7 10 71 2
Julien Derrien 12 11 7 7 9 10 56
Cedric Faure 14 12 10 12 15 14 77
Jean-Marc Mendy 12 9 8 9 9 3 50
Philippe Pele 14 14 7 3 8 4 50
Bruno Rodriguez 6 7 6 8 10 11 48
David Suarez 14 11 10 11 12 11 69

Strong Striker Jump Head Str OTB

Loris Arnaud 14 18 17 16 65
Remi Soyeux 12 12 13 10 47
Julien Feret 13 12 10 13 48
David Rodriguez 3 4 2 5 14
Yann Kermorgant 14 16 16 16 62
Zahir Zerdab 10 7 10 14 41
Julien Derrien 8 9 9 7 33
Cedric Faure 14 16 16 12 58 1
Jean-Marc Mendy 6 8 7 9 30
Philippe Pele 13 10 11 3 37
Bruno Rodriguez 9 13 11 8 41
David Suarez 11 13 13 11 48 2

[st.cronin]

At goalie: Toganian Kossi Agassa (30) started last season injured, missed half the season, played brilliantly when he came back before fading badly down the stretch. He'll get first crack at the starting job. Johan Liebus (29 yo) was one of the best goalies in Ligue 2 last season. He'll get plenty of action this year. Inthasane is just 22, but didn't play well last year, and doesn't really figure in my plans. Joffrey Marie (15) is the best prospect I've got.

Left Defense: Julien Ielsch (25 yo) was a workhorse at DL last season, playing nearly every game for my team. This year he'll share the position with Bosman signing Marco Randriana (24 yo) of Madagascar, who spent last season with Chamois Niortais. 21 yo Vincent Bedouer has been loaned in, but looks to be strictly an emergency option.

Right Defense: 29 yo Alexandre Barbier is once again team captain. He's backed up by the unhappy Johann Truchet (24 yo).

Central Defense: We've almost a complete makeover here, as two of our top three from a year ago have moved on, and 33 yo Jean-Christophe Deveaux is now a 2nd stringer. A pair of Guineans now make our top unit: 23 year old Habib Balde has been promoted to first team, and 21 year old Alseny Camara has been added from Toulouse FC.

DMC: 19 year old Lucas Deaux split time last year with a loanee, and now the job is his. His backup is 31 yo Didier Neumann, added from Montpellier Herault SC.

ML: 25 year old Nabil Tadier has been promoted to first team. There are a number of other good options here - we may be rotating as many as 4 players through this position.

MR: 21 yo Loris Arnaud is on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, and is far and away our best option here. 27 yo fan favorite Cedric Faivre will be the backup.

AMC: 26 yo Julien Feret is back at the top of the diamond. Some of his ratings have slipped a bit in the off-season, which is worrisome. 21 yo Joffrey Bertolino is the nominal 2nd teamer, but in reality Faivre or Tadier would take this position in case of a long term injury.

Fast Striker: Shivou Star N'Zigou signed with a low level French team, leaving us with 26 yo Zahir Zerdab to back up 26 yo Yann Kermorgant. Zerdab was pretty bad in limited opportunities last year, and won't see the pitch much unless things go very badly.

Strong Striker: 29 yo Cedric Faure ended up leading the team in goals last year, and I expect him to do so again this year. 29 year old David Suarez was signed on a free to back him up, and 35 yo Bruno Rodriguez is also still around.

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At the halfway point of the 08-09 season, we find ourselves in the danger zone:

| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Olympique de Marseille | | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 50 |
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| 2nd | | AS Saint-Etienne | | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 37 |
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| 3rd | | Toulouse FC | | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 36 |
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| 4th | | Olympique Lyonnais | | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 35 |
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| 5th | | LOSC | | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 34 |
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| 6th | | OGC Nice | | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 32 |
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| 7th | | Stade Rennais FC | | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 30 |
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| 8th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 30 |
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| 9th | | FC Metz | | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 30 |
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| 10th | | Paris Saint-Germain | | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 29 |
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| 11th | | Valenciennes FC | | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 24 |
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| 12th | | AJ Auxerre | | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 23 |
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| 13th | | RC Strasbourg | | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 22 |
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| 14th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 21 |
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| 15th | | Stade Brestois 29 | | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
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| 16th | | Stade de Reims | | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 42 | -16 | 16 |
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| 17th | | FC Nantes | | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 15 |
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| 18th | | RC Lens | | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -13 | 14 |
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| 19th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 27 | -14 | 11 |
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| 20th | | AS Monaco FC | | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 37 | -17 | 9 |
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| Pkd | Inf | Name | Apps | Gls | Ast | MoM | Pas | Tck | Drb | Sh T | Av Rat|
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| - | Sus | Alexandre Barbier | 20 | 1 | - | 1 | 68% | 1.87 | 0.05 | - | 6.60 |
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| - | Yth | Alsény Camara | 19 (2)| - | 4 | - | 66% | 1.84 | 0.16 | - | 6.67 |
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| - | Yel | Julien Féret | 17 (2)| 5 | 4 | 2 | 85% | 1.04 | 0.91 | 43% | 7.11 |
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| - | Inj | Habib Baldé | 16 | 1 | - | - | 69% | 1.96 | 0.14 | - | 6.69 |
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| - | PR | Cédric Fauré | 15 (2)| 7 | 5 | 1 | 78% | 0.21 | 0.56 | 46% | 6.94 |
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| - | Ine | Loris Arnaud | 14 (2)| 1 | 3 | - | 60% | 0.67 | 1.85 | - | 6.75 |
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| - | | Nabil Taïder | 14 (1)| 1 | 1 | 1 | 68% | 1.99 | 1.15 | - | 6.80 |
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| - | Yel | Lucas Deaux | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 82% | 1.98 | 0.24 | - | 6.71 |
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| - | | Yann Kermorgant | 12 (3)| 7 | 2 | 2 | 70% | - | 0.47 | 43% | 6.87 |
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| - | Slt | Kossi Agassa | 12 | - | - | - | 43% | - | - | - | 6.83 |
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| - | Yel | Marco Randriana | 10 (1)| - | - | - | 71% | 2.28 | 0.20 | - | 6.64 |
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| - | Yel | Julien Ielsch | 9 (2) | - | 1 | - | 72% | 1.67 | 0.42 | - | 6.82 |
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| - | | Johan Liébus | 8 | - | - | - | 50% | - | - | - | 7.00 |
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| - | | Jean-Christophe Devaux | 6 (3) | - | - | - | 75% | 1.64 | - | - | 6.33 |
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| - | Unh | Nabil Hamzi | 6 (2) | 1 | - | 1 | 73% | 1.97 | 0.99 | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Yth | Bruno Rodriguez | 6 (1) | - | 2 | - | 79% | - | - | - | 6.43 |
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| - | Unh | Zahir Zerdab | 5 (6) | 1 | - | - | 78% | 0.94 | 0.19 | 31% | 6.45 |
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| - | Ine | Cédric Faivre | 5 (5) | - | 1 | - | 71% | 1.07 | 1.52 | - | 6.80 |
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| - | Inj | Abdelsam Akouzar | 4 (4) | - | - | - | 62% | 1.06 | 2.11 | - | 6.75 |
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| - | | Distel Zola | 4 | - | - | - | 78% | 3.96 | - | - | 6.50 |
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| - | Inj | David Suarez | 3 (7) | - | - | - | 72% | 0.20 | 0.40 | - | 6.30 |
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| - | Ine | Didier Neumann | 3 (5) | - | - | - | 76% | 4.30 | 0.25 | - | 6.75 |
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| - | Unh | Ludovic Liron | 2 (2) | - | - | - | 75% | 0.77 | - | - | 6.25 |
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| - | Loa | Rémi Souyeux | 2 (1) | 1 | 1 | - | 72% | 0.44 | - | - | 7.33 |
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| - | Yel | Mounir Hamzaoui | 1 (2) | - | - | - | 46% | 0.58 | 1.17 | - | 7.00 |
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| - | | Mathieu Inthasane | 1 | - | - | - | 57% | - | - | - | 6.00 |
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| - | Loa | Joffrey Bertolino | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.00 |
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| - | Loa | Vincent Beduer | 1 | - | - | - | 37% | - | - | - | 5.00 |
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| - | Slt | Johann Truchet | 1 | 1 | - | - | 70% | - | 1.00 | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Inj | Marco Ferreira | 0 (1) | - | - | - | 95% | - | - | - | 7.00 |
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| - | Ine | Manuel Vasseur | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Frédéric Cahuzac | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Sébastien Mourlon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Marc Besson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Laurent Tomas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Michel Ollé-Nicolle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Franck Guichard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Joffrey Marie | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | David Rodriguez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Ine | Joël Bertrand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Jean-Marc Mendy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Inj | Julien Derrien | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Philippe Pelé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Romain Martin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yel | Paul Nicot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Jean-Baptiste Gomez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Alexandre Besnard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Dimitri Massot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Inj | Jean Monier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Rudy Munoz | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Maurice Baudouin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Sacha Bouvier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yel | Marc Rocchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Philippe Hernandez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Stéphane Dja Djédjé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Thomas Gillet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Yth | Jean-François Anziani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Lst | Jérémy Chouard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | PR | Anatole Ngamukol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Loa | Basile Yehoumé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Req | Thomas Broich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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I've added a few players on loan to help out the midfield - German Thomas Broich, Paraguyan Julio Dos Santos, and Frenchman Aimen Demai. We're still alive in the French Cup as well. Attendance has been pitiful, and finances are bad, but a stadium expansion which I didn't realize was going on is just finished, so maybe things will pick up on that front. Goal #1 is to STAY UP.

[st.cronin]

We do, in fact, barely hold on:

Holders - Olympique de Marseille






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | ECC | Olympique de Marseille | | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 79 |
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| 2nd | ECC | Stade Rennais FC | | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 37 | +41 | 73 |
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| 3rd | ECC | Toulouse FC | | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 72 |
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| 4th | EC | AS Saint-Etienne | | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 68 |
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| 5th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 65 |
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| 6th | | Olympique Lyonnais | | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 63 |
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| 7th | | OGC Nice | | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 62 |
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| 8th | | Paris Saint-Germain | | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 58 |
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| 9th | | FC Metz | | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 58 |
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| 10th | | LOSC | | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 58 | -3 | 58 |
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| 11th | | Valenciennes FC | | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 58 |
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| 12th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 50 |
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| 13th | EC | RC Strasbourg | | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 56 | -15 | 43 |
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| 14th | | AJ Auxerre | | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 42 |
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| 15th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 36 |
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| 16th | | RC Lens | | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 55 | -23 | 35 |
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| 17th | | Stade de Reims | | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 70 | -26 | 33 |
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| 18th | R | Stade Brestois 29 | | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 55 | -19 | 31 |
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| 19th | R | FC Nantes | | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 60 | -27 | 29 |
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| 20th | R | AS Monaco FC | | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 43 | 78 | -35 | 27 |
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Around the world:
Roma beat Chelsea in the European Champions Cup final.
Manchester United beat Barcelona in the EURO Cup final.

France:
RC Strasbourg wins the Coupe de la Ligue.
Paris Saint-Germain wins the French Champions Trophy.
RC Strasbourg wins the French Cup.

England:
Liverpool wins the English Premier Division.
Charlton, Middlesbrough, and Ipswich are relegated.
Sunderland, Derby, and Cardiff are promoted.
Tottenham wins the FA Cup.
Arsenal wins the English League Cup.
Arsenal wins the Community Shield.

Germany:
FC Bayern wins the German 1st Division.
Cottbus, Hannover, and Rostock are relegated.
Dortmund wins the German Cup.
Werder Bremen wins the German League Cup.
Koln, Stuttgart, and Bochum are promoted.

Italy:
Inter wins Italian Serie A.
Livorno, Parma, and Sampdoria are relegated.
Messina, Mantova, and Torino are promoted.
Atalante wins the Italian Cup.
Inter wins the Italian Super Cup.

Scotland:
Celtic wins the Premier League.
Motherwell is relegated.
Falkirk is promoted.
Rangers wins the Scottish Cup.
Celtic wins the Scottish League Cup.
Dundee wins the Scottish League Challenge Cup.

Spain:
Real Madrid wins the Spanish First Division.
Betis, Osasuna, and Malaga are relegated.
Granada, Levante, and Hercules are promoted.
Sevilla wins the Spanish Cup.
Real Madrid wins the Spanish Super Cup.
Burgos wins the Spanish Federation Cup.

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2009/2010 Preview

Goalkeeper: 30 year old Johan Liebus of France has emerged as the clear #1 keeper for the squad. He's consistent and durable, and a very strong ball
handler. Kossi Agassa, from Togo, is the backup for now. Liebus signed a new contract in the offseason through 2012. Agassa's deal runs out at
the end of this year. I'm unsure of what to do with him - he's played brilliantly at times, but in both seasons he's seemed to lose focus down the
stretch. 23 year old Frenchy Mathieu Inthasane is also still around. We have a new feeder club: Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, in Russia. I may send Inthasane to the soviet for a spell, see if he can impress me. There are a couple of decent looking prosects on the youth squad, but nothing too interesting.

Fullback: 29 year old Frenchy Alexandre Barbier has held down the right side of the defense for two seasons, as well as serving as team captain. On the
left side, 26 year old Julien Ielsch was re-signed. He fought off a job challenge from 25 year old Madagascar native Marco Randriana last season.
Randriana is still around, and again figures in my plans. Also in the mix is Ibrahim Kargbo of Sierra Leone, added from Dutch club Willem II. Kargbo has
great pace, and is said to relish the big matches. 22 year old Frenchy Basile Yehoume is still around as well, although he hasn't been able to break into
the first team.

Centreback: 22 year old Guinean Alseny Camara led the squad in appearances last season, and was generally quite solid. Like Ielsch, he is a good team player who does not relish the big matches. Also from Guinea, co-captain Habib Balde is one of my best young players (22). He's a good team
player, with a high work rate, very consistent, with no real weaknesses. We have added 2 23 year old Frenchmen; Anthony Losilla, solid in the air but
slow, and Jean-Christophe Vergerolle, a good team player who relishes the big matches. 35 year old Jean-Christophe Devaux has been released.

DMC: 20 year old Lucas Deaux played very well last season. He's an aggressive tackler, and very athletic. Once again he'll be backed up by 32 year old Didier Neumann.

Wings: 26 year old Nabil Tadier got most of the action on the left side last year. He's very athletic, although prone to picking up cards. He'll be pushed by 23 year old Moussa Sow, added as a Bosman signing. On the right wing, we've added 24 year old burner Seid Khiter, who I've got high hopes for. 28 year old Cedric Faivre is also still around - he filled in at all four midfield
spots a year ago.

AMC: 26 year old Julien Feret had a disappointing debut in Ligue 1, after being our player of the year my first season. He'll get first crack at the
AMC position.

In general I may look to strengthen my midfield with loanees, as I did a year ago.

Forwards: Cedric Faure is 30, has led the team in goals the last two seasons, and has in general been my best and most consistent performer. He'll once again be the top man up top. Yann Kermorgant has departed for Portugal, so we have added 25 year old Nicolas Raynier, from Amiens SCF. He's got great skill, and I've high hopes for him. 30 year old David Suarez was a huge disappointment last season, but he's still around and may contribute. Bruno Rodriguez has retired. To replace him, I've signed
30 year old Mamadou Bagayoko of Mali.

We are expected to again bravely fight off relegation.

[st.cronin]

Several players have apparently "boomed" in the offseason - Nabil Tadier, Marco Randriani, and Julien Feret. AS Nancy-Lorraine is offering 2 million Euros for Randriani! Additionally, I've managed to land some good talent on loan for the season. My loanees:

DMC Omar Benzerga, from LOSC. 19 years old, probably won't have much of a role here. He's really just an emergency option, to be honest.

DRC Garry Bocaly, from Olympique de Marseille. 21 years old, no real weaknesses, tremendous team player. Can fit in at fullback, central defense, on the wing. Might be our best player.

DC Romain Bregerie, from Girondins Bordeaux. 22 years old. An aggressive aerial demon.

DC Dorian Dervite, from Tottenham. 20 years old. Good in the air, but poor football intelligence and injury prone. May not get much run, as we're suddenly quite deep on the back line.

FC Lucas Jutkiewicz, from Everton. 21 year old Polish big striker, will get a look.

AMRC/FC Lebohang Mokoena, from Schalk. 22 year old South African. Blazing speed, ok skills.

AMC Miralem Pjanic, from FC Metz. 19 year old Bosnian, giving me ridiculous depth at the AMC position. Very skillful player.

And my notebook, with top XI and second XI:

GK: Johan Liebus/
DL: Ibrahim Kargbo
DR: Garry Bocaly/
DC: J.C. Vergerolle/
DC: Anthony Losilla
DMC: Lucas Deaux/
AMC: Nabil Taider
ML: Marco Randriana/
MR: Julien Feret
FS: Seid Khiter/
SS: Mamadou Bagayoko

GK: Kossi Agassa
DL: Habib Balde/
DR: Alexandre Barbier
DC: Alseny Camara
DC: Romain Bregerie/
DMC: Nabil Hamzi
AMC: Miralem Pjanic/
ML: Cedric Faivre
MR: Nicolas Raynier/
FS: Moussa Sow
SS: Cedric Faure/

Goalie Ref Hand Comm Jump

Kossi Agassa 16 13 16 15 60 2
Jean Francois Anziani 13 9 7 13 42
Christian Deschamps 11 10 3 9 33
Thomas Gillet 12 13 8 9 42
Mathieu Inthasane 14 13 14 11 52
Johan Liebus 15 16 15 12 58 1
Joffrey Marie 12 9 9 10 40
Sebastien Mourlon 13 15 6 9 43



DL Pos Tack Pace Ant

Ibrahim Kargbo 13 15 15 15 58
Philippe Hernandez 10 15 7 6 38
Habib Balde 13 14 14 16 57
Stephane Dja Djedje 9 10 12 4 35
Franck Guichard 12 9 13 7 41
J.C. Vergerolle 13 13 10 14 50
Alseny Camara 11 17 14 12 54
Julien Ielsch 14 14 15 13 56 2
Marco Randriana 13 14 16 14 57 1
Manuel Vasseur 4 8 13 4 29



DR Pos Tack Pace Ant

Ibrahim Kargbo 13 15 15 15 58
Alexandre Barbier 15 13 15 14 57 1
Romain Bregerie 12 12 13 13 50
Frederic Cahuzac 12 9 10 8 39
Philippe Hernandez 10 15 7 6 38
Garry Bocaly 17 14 16 17 64
Habib Balde 13 14 14 16 57
Rodrigue Caro 8 11 10 5 34
Basile Yehoume 12 14 16 9 51
Nabil Hamzi 14 14 12 14 54




DC Tack Jump Pos Head Str Mark Brv Team

Ibrahim Kargbo 15 9 13 14 17 16 15 10 109
Laurent Tomas 7 14 6 11 12 5 14 9 78
Anthony Losilla 12 14 15 15 16 14 17 14 117
Alexandre Barbier 13 11 15 12 14 15 15 14 109
Romain Bregerie 12 16 12 16 17 15 15 14 117
Garry Bocaly 14 13 17 12 16 12 16 17 117
Habib Balde 14 13 13 15 16 15 15 14 115 1
J.C. Vergerolle 13 15 13 16 17 15 16 15 120
Alseny Camara 17 13 11 15 15 13 13 17 114 1
Maurice Baudouin 11 10 9 9 7 11 7 11 75
Sacha Bouvier 12 12 10 9 10 10 11 10 84
Dorian Dervite 14 16 12 14 18 15 15 8 112
Samir Moreau 10 9 9 7 6 3 14 8 66
Rudy Munoz 11 8 8 13 9 10 19 9 87
Michel Olle Nicole 14 8 9 15 8 8 17 9 88
Marc Rocchi 13 14 9 9 13 6 18 10 92
Nabil Hamzi 14 12 14 12 16 12 19 13 112
Alain Ayee Ayi 9 13 9 10 13 5 12 10 81

AMC Pas Crea Tech Drb OTB

Alain Ayee Ayi 11 11 10 10 5 47
Nabil Taider 16 16 16 14 12 74
Sebastien Camara 12 11 10 8 9 50
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 14 11 11 10 7 53
Romain Martin 8 10 5 6 5 34
Paul Nicot 14 10 8 9 5 46.
Cedric Faivre 12 13 14 13 14 66
Morgan Le Bris 9 9 8 7 5 38
Julien Feret 17 16 17 14 14 78 1
Lebohang Mokoena 10 9 13 14 14 60
Nicolas Raynier 12 12 15 14 14 67
Joffrey Bertolino 15 14 13 12 9 63 2
Miralem Pjanic 14 17 17 14 12 74
Stephane Choplin 6 5 6 5 4 26

DM WR Jump Tack Sta Pos

Ibrahim Kargbo 11 9 15 16 13 64
Anthony Losilla 12 14 12 15 15 68
Garry Bocaly 17 13 14 16 17 77
Habib Balde 16 13 14 13 13 69
Nabil Hamzi 13 12 14 15 14 68
Alain Ayee Ayi 11 13 9 6 9 48
Omar Benzerga 16 9 15 12 13 65
Lucas Deaux 14 13 15 15 12 69 1
Didier Neumann 15 10 12 13 15 65 2
Matthieu Jacques 9 4 7 4 1 25
Nabil Taider 16 11 9 20 13 69
Sebastien Camara 12 9 10 5 3 39
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 10 9 11 8 5 43
Romain Martin 10 6 7 7 3 33
Paul Nicot 14 6 7 10 6 43

ML Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Ibrahim Kargbo 15 11 13 16 8 14 77
Habib Balde 14 8 9 9 11 11 62
Alseny Camara 14 9 8 9 10 11 61
Julien Ielsch 15 10 12 12 11 14 74
Marco Randriana 16 14 14 14 11 16 85
Manuel Vasseur 13 8 4 5 6 8 44
Mounir Hamzaoui 11 12 13 8 11 15 70
Matthieu Jacques 13 1 6 2 4 4 30
Nabil Taider 12 14 16 12 16 14 84 1
Cedric Faivre 14 13 12 14 13 13 79
Jeremy Chouard 15 9 8 6 7 8 53
Cedric Lambert 10 11 3 3 8 9 44
Jean Monier 7 10 7 3 9 10 46
Anatole Ngamukoi 14 14 10 7 9 12 66
Moussa Sow 16 13 10 15 12 11 77

MR Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Ibrahim Kargbo 15 11 13 16 8 14 77
Garry Bocaly 16 12 11 15 12 15 81
Habib Balde 14 8 9 9 11 11 62
Rodrigue Caro 10 6 10 6 8 10 50
Basile Yehoume 16 4 10 7 8 8 51
Nabil Hamzi 12 11 12 10 10 14 69
Alexandre Besnard 15 8 8 5 8 7 51
Dimitri Massot 7 9 12 7 12 14 61
Joel Bertrand 13 5 3 2 8 8 39
Marc Besson 12 10 9 3 10 11 55
Cedric Faivre 14 13 12 14 13 13 79
Morgan Le Bris 13 7 9 5 9 8 51
Marco Ferreira 13 13 10 13 9 11 69
Julien Feret 14 14 17 14 16 13 88
Seid Khiter 15 15 13 15 14 13 75
Lebohang Mokoena 13 14 10 14 9 10 70
Nicolas Raynier 15 14 12 14 12 14 81
David Rodriguez 13 6 8 4 8 10 49


Fast Striker Pace Acc Drb Tech Fin OTB

Julien Feret 14 16 14 17 8 14 83
Seid Khiter 15 15 15 15 12 15 87
Lebohang Mokoena 13 17 14 13 12 14 81
Nicolas Raynier 15 12 14 15 14 14 84
David Rodriguez 12 12 6 6 11 4 51
Moussa Sow 16 16 13 13 13 15 86
Stephane Choplin 17 16 5 6 7 4 55
Mamadou Bagayoko 11 14 13 16 14 15 83
Julien Derrien 12 11 8 8 11 11 61
Cedric Faure 13 12 10 12 15 14 76
Lukas Jutkiewicz 11 8 12 11 15 10 67
Jean-Marc Mendy 12 9 9 10 10 4 54
Philippe Pele 14 13 7 3 8 4 49
David Suarez 13 10 10 11 13 12 69

Strong Striker Jump Head Str OTB

Julien Feret 14 13 11 14 48
Seid Khiter 7 9 11 15 42
Lebohang Mokoena 8 11 9 14 41
Nicolas Raynier 13 13 16 14 56
David Rodriguez 4 5 3 4 16
Moussa Sow 11 12 12 15 50
Stephane Choplin 2 4 4 4 12
Mamadou Bagayoko 18 18 16 15 67
Julien Derrien 10 10 10 11 41
Cedric Faure 14 16 16 14 60 1
Lukas Jutkiewicz 15 17 16 10 58
Jean-Marc Mendy 7 9 8 4 28
Philippe Pele 13 10 11 4 38
David Suarez 11 13 13 12 49 2



I've added a second affiliate, Real Oviedo in Spain. Inthasane has been loaned out to them, joined by Basil Yehoume and Didier Neumann. David Suarez was asked to go as well, but he refused.

[st.cronin]

Note that with all these additions, only four players in the top XI are carried over from a year ago: GK Liebus, ML Randriana, AMC Taider, and MR Feret. Randriana was a bench player.

[st.cronin]

Halfway through the 09/10 campaign:

Holders - Olympique de Marseille






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1st | | Olympique Lyonnais | | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 38 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2nd | | Olympique de Marseille | | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 37 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3rd | | Toulouse FC | | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 35 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4th | | LOSC | | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 33 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 33 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6th | | AS Saint-Etienne | | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 29 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7th | | Paris Saint-Germain | | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 28 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 28 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 27 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10th | | Stade Rennais FC | | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 27 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 11th | | AJ Auxerre | | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12th | | Stade de Reims | | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 24 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13th | | ES Troyes AC | | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 24 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 14th | | Istres | | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 24 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 15th | | RC Lens | | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 22 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 16th | | RC Strasbourg | | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 21 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 17th | | OGC Nice | | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 21 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 18th | | Berrichonne Châteauroux | | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 39 | -18 | 15 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 19th | | Valenciennes FC | | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 44 | -22 | 13 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 20th | | FC Metz | | 19 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 39 | -26 | 9 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[st.cronin]

I've been more active on the transfer market this season than ever before:



| Date | Person | From | Fee |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Raynier, Nicolas | Amiens SCF | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Khiter, Seïd | RC Lens | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Kargbo, Ibrahim | Willem II | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Vergerolle, Jean-Christophe | En Avant Guingamp | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Losilla, Anthony | Cannes | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Sow, Moussa | Stade Rennais FC | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Bagayoko, Mamadou | FC Nantes | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.7.2009 | Bocaly, Garry | Olympique de Marseille | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.7.2009 | Benzerga, Omar | LOSC | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.7.2009 | Pjanic, Miralem | FC Metz | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.7.2009 | Jutkiewicz, Lukas | Everton | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.7.2009 | Mokoena, Lebohang | Schalke | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.7.2009 | Dervite, Dorian | Tottenham | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7.7.2009 | Brégerie, Romain | Girondins Bordeaux | Loan |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13.8.2009 | Hansen, Martin | Liverpool | € 35K |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8.11.2009 | N'Diaye, Cheikh | Free Transfer | Free |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | Total | | € 35K |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | | |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|







| Date | Person | To | Fee |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Truchet, Johann | CS Sedan-Ardennes | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Liron, Ludovic | Nîmes | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Kermorgant, Yann | Vit. Guimarães | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Devaux, Jean-Christophe | Free Transfer | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Akouzar, Abdelsam | Free Transfer | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.7.2009 | Zerdab, Zahir | Free Transfer | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 19.7.2009 | Inthasane, Mathieu | Real Oviedo | Loan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 20.7.2009 | Yehoumé, Basile | Real Oviedo | Loan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 20.7.2009 | Neumann, Didier | Real Oviedo | Loan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7.8.2009 | Ielsch, Julien | Charleroi | Loan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 26.8.2009 | Suarez, David | Chamois Niortais | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 26.8.2009 | Agassa, Kossi | CS Sedan-Ardennes | Loan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 27.8.2009 | Chouard, Jérémy | Real Oviedo | Loan |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6.12.2009 | Kargbo, Ibrahim | Free Transfer | Free |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | Total | | € 0 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | | |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



I've added two young goalkeepers, and loaned Aggaso out to a Ligue 2 squad. Also, Ibrahim Kargbo turned out to be a disaster - playing badly, not showing up for training, etc. So he was outright released. This leaves me a little thin on the left side.

[JetsIn06]

Loving this so far.

Hey, are you doing your worksheets by hand or is there a way to do it automatically?

[st.cronin]

Thanks!

Yeah, the worksheets are all done by hand - I do it in notepad.

[st.cronin]

Final standings:

Holders - Olympique Lyonnais






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1st | ECC | Olympique Lyonnais | | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 80 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2nd | ECC | Toulouse FC | | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 71 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3rd | ECC | Olympique de Marseille | | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 70 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4th | EC | Paris Saint-Germain | | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 69 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5th | EC | Stade Rennais FC | | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 65 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 64 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 62 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8th | | LOSC | | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 61 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9th | | AS Saint-Etienne | | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 59 | -3 | 53 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 52 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 11th | | ES Troyes AC | | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 51 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12th | | RC Strasbourg | | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 57 | -1 | 51 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13th | | AJ Auxerre | | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 47 | -10 | 45 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 14th | | Stade de Reims | | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 55 | 70 | -15 | 44 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 15th | | Berrichonne Châteauroux | | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 56 | 76 | -20 | 40 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 16th | | RC Lens | | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 54 | -7 | 39 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 17th | | Istres | | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 71 | -30 | 35 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 18th | R | OGC Nice | | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 63 | -28 | 34 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 19th | R | Valenciennes FC | | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 75 | -33 | 32 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 20th | R | FC Metz | | 38 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 76 | -43 | 22 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



A bit of a disappointing season in my eyes, but we're exceeding the expectations of the media and the board.

[st.cronin]

And a look at our team at the end of the season:

14th in Ligue 1 Orange






| Pkd | Inf | Name | Apps | Gls | Ast | MoM | Pas | Tck | Drb | Sh T | Av Rat|
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Loa | Julien Ielsch | 38 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 80% | 4.16 | 1.50 | 33% | 6.95 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Alsény Camara | 37 (1) | - | 8 | - | 65% | 2.41 | 0.05 | - | 6.76 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Garry Bocaly | 35 (1) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 71% | 2.33 | 0.34 | - | 6.94 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Cédric Fauré | 33 (2) | 18 | 2 | 3 | 75% | 0.07 | 0.48 | 50% | 6.83 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Loa | Basile Yehoumé | 32 | 2 | 7 | - | 70% | 2.03 | 0.09 | - | 7.09 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Nabil Taïder | 31 (4) | 2 | 6 | - | 77% | 1.21 | 0.72 | 32% | 6.71 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Slt | Didier Neumann | 31 | 3 | 18 | - | 71% | 1.65 | 0.03 | 33% | 7.23 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Loa | Mathieu Inthasane | 30 (1) | - | - | - | 55% | - | - | - | 7.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Habib Baldé | 27 (4) | - | 2 | - | 72% | 1.54 | 0.29 | - | 6.74 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Mamadou Bagayoko | 27 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 63% | - | 0.36 | 49% | 7.30 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Lucas Deaux | 26 (2) | 1 | 1 | - | 73% | 2.92 | 0.40 | 39% | 6.82 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Julien Féret | 26 (2) | 2 | 5 | - | 66% | 0.94 | 1.44 | 43% | 6.89 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Johan Liébus | 24 | - | - | 6 | 49% | - | - | - | 7.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Lst | Jérémy Chouard | 23 (3) | 2 | 9 | 2 | 67% | 0.88 | 0.04 | 44% | 7.31 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Anthony Losilla | 23 (3) | - | - | 1 | 71% | 1.90 | 0.22 | - | 6.69 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Marco Randriana | 22 (5) | 3 | 6 | - | 65% | 1.33 | 1.12 | 45% | 6.96 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Wnt | Kossi Agassa | 22 | - | - | - | 34% | 0.10 | - | - | 6.68 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Miralem Pjanic | 19 (2) | 1 | 3 | - | 82% | 0.88 | 0.44 | 33% | 7.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Alexandre Barbier | 18 (4) | - | - | - | 63% | 1.96 | - | - | 6.64 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Jean-Christophe Vergerolle | 18 (1) | - | - | - | 69% | 2.00 | 0.05 | - | 6.63 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Martin Hansen | 13 | - | - | - | 49% | - | - | - | 6.77 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Nicolas Raynier | 12 (10) | 1 | 3 | - | 67% | 0.54 | 1.55 | - | 6.73 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Moussa Sow | 8 (10) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 70% | 0.78 | 1.12 | 46% | 6.89 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Seïd Khiter | 8 (9) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 78% | 0.20 | 0.50 | 57% | 6.76 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Cédric Faivre | 5 (12) | - | - | - | 62% | 0.62 | 0.86 | - | 6.76 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Int | Lebohang Mokoena | 4 (6) | 1 | 3 | - | 80% | 0.16 | 0.16 | 53% | 6.90 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Nabil Hamzi | 3 (4) | - | - | - | 76% | 1.84 | - | - | 6.57 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Marco Ferreira | 2 (4) | - | - | - | 65% | - | 1.46 | - | 6.50 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 1 (6) | - | - | - | 66% | - | - | - | 6.43 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Anatole Ngamukol | 1 (2) | - | - | - | - | 0.79 | 1.58 | - | 7.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Int | Cheikh N'Diaye | 1 (2) | - | - | - | 56% | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Romain Brégerie | 1 (1) | - | - | - | 80% | 4.67 | - | - | 7.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Sébastien Mourlon | 1 | - | - | - | 51% | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Lauri Dalla Valle | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Int | Mohammed Shawky | 1 | - | - | - | 83% | 1.00 | - | - | 6.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Mounir Hamzaoui | 0 (1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Cédric Lambert | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Alain Ayée Ayi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Rodrigue Caro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Stéphane Choplin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Matthieu Jacques | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Morgan Le Bris | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Samir Moreau | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Sébastien Camara | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Christian Deschamps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Manuel Vasseur | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Frédéric Cahuzac | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Marc Besson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Laurent Tomas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Michel Ollé-Nicolle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Franck Guichard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Joffrey Marie | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | David Rodriguez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Joël Bertrand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Julien Derrien | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Philippe Pelé | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - | Hol | Paul Nicot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Jean Monier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Rudy Munoz | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Maurice Baudouin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| - | Hol | Omar Benzerga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Notes:

Ielsch spent the season on loan in Belgium. It looks like he played well.

Camara did not take a step forward in his second season with the club. He'll be back, and he's still young.

Bocaly, on loan from Olympique Lyonnaisse, is actually the French U-21 captain. He played very well for the most part, mostly playing DR, but also DMC and DC. Would love to get him for the long term, but probably not realistic at this point.

Faure led the squad with 18 goals. His contract is up, and at 30, will not be invited back. He had a good run with us.

Yehoume spent the season on loan in Spain, and played quite well. He's out of contract and won't be asked back.

Taider was expected to take a step forward, but didn't. He was very inconsistent.

Neumann and Inthasane both spent the season on loan in Spain, neither fits into my plans at the moment.

Balde continues to hold down the DL position - he's fought off all sorts of competition there. He can play anywhere on the back line, so even if he's not a star, he's somebody I want to keep around.

Bagayoko was second on the team in goals. He was only signed for one year, and won't be back. He's a good player, but he's a 30 year old striker.

Lucas Deaux was solid at DMC. He's a bit limited, but he's still only 21, so there's some upside.

Julien Feret, like Taider, was expected to improve, but didn't really play any better. He had some injuries down the stretch. At 27, time is running out if he's going to be a star.

Johan Liebus emerged early on as the clear #1 goaltender. He's signed through 2012.

Chouard was one of several players who spent the season in Spain, playing for Real Oviedo. He's not likely to ever play for Stade de Reims.

Losilla was a rotation player at DC, and was ok at times.

Marco Randriana did play pretty well, although he had some issues with injuries. He'll be back.

Kossi Agassa was loaned out to a Ligue 2 side, and is soon to be out of contract.

Pjanic was one of my loaners, and actually played quite well, emerging as my favorite at the AMC position. I'm going to see if I can get him for the long term. FC Metz has a contract with him through 2012. He has a good relationship with Taider.

Barbier was pushed out of the lineup by Bocaly, and really struggled as a reserve. He's 30 years old now.

Vergerolle was in the mix at DC but never really got going last year. I expect more from him in the future.

Martin Hansen was signed away from Liverpool. He's 19, Danish, and considered to have lots of potential. He played well at times, but also struggled with minor injuries.

Nicolas Raynier backed up Feret at the MR position. He was ok, I may expand his role next year.

Moussa Sow struggled with injuries and never really got into the groove. He's got loads of promise - he'll be back next year, and there's room for him to emerge at the striker position.

Seid Khiter also struggled with injuries. Like Sow, he'll be back next year, and will be expected to step up.

Faivre was a reliable backup in the midfield. He probably won't ever be a starter for us.

Mokoena was loaned in for depth, and was rarely called upon.

Hamzi is now out of contract. I never did find a role for him.

Marco Ferreira was signed a year ago, but has had some serious injuries, and has never had any impact. He'll be let go.

Jutkiewicz was a loaner who turned out not to be needed.

Ngamukol is a generic young winger, now out of contract. He got into a couple of games when the injuries piled up, but really isn't needed.

Cheikh N'Diaye is a 25 year old Senegalese goalie, that I picked up when Hansen and Liebus both had injuries. He has some promise.

Bergerie is another loaner who turned out not to be needed.

Mourlon is one of my young goalies, who got into a Ligue game when there was no other option. He doesn't really have much promise.

Dalla Valle is a young Finnish striker I picked up from an Italian team. He looks good, and he's just 18.

Mohammed Shawky is an Egyptian DMC I picked up from Middlesbrough. Him and Dalla Valle I forgot to register, so they weren't able to play Ligue games.

Hamzaoui is a generic young winger, now out of contract.

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Champions Cup:
Chelsea over Inter in the final.

Euro Cup:
Ajax over PSV in the final.

England:
Arsenal wins the Premier Division.
Portsmouth, Cardiff, and West Brom are relegated.
Ipswich, Sheffield U, and Middlesbrough are promoted.
Chelsea over Bolton in the FA Cup final.
Man U over Arsenal in the English League Cup final.
Liverpool over Tottenham in the Community Shield.

France:
FC Nantes, AS Nancy-Lorraine, and Stade Brestois 29 were promoted.
AS Saint-Etienne over Olympique de Marseille in the French Cup final.
Stade Rennais FC over Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de la Ligue final.
RC Strasbourg over Olympique de Marseille in the Champions Trophy.

Germany:
Dortmund wins the 1st Division.
Aachen, Bielefeld, and Kaiserslautern were relegated.
Hannover, Hoffenheim, and 1860 Munchen were promoted.
Leverkusen over Frankfurt in the German Cup final.
FC Bayern over Leverkusen in the German League Cup.

Italy:
Milan wins the Serie A.
Catania, Brescia, and Mantova are relegated.
Ascoli, Siena, and Empoli are promoted.
Juventus over Lazlo in the final of the Italian Cup.
Inter over Atalanta in the Italian Super Cup final.

Scotland:
Celtic wins the Premier League.
Falkirk is relegated.
Livingston is promoted.
Motherwell over Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup final.
Hearts over St. Mirren in the Scottish League Cup final.
Ross County over East Fife in the Challenge Cup final.

Spain:
Real Madrid wins the 1st Division.
Hercules, Espanyol, and Granada are relegated.
Gimnastic, Numancia, and Malaga are promoted.
Real Madrid over Barcelona in the Spanish Cup final.
Real Madrid over Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup final.
Cartagena over Logrones CF in the Spanish Federation Cup final.

World Cup 2010 is starting, I'll have info on that soon.

[st.cronin]

Note: My signing of Mamadou Bagayoko gets noted as the LIGUE 1 SIGNING OF THE SEASON. Bagayoko is also selected as the fans player of the year. He was great in the first half of the season, invisible in the second half. My choice for poy would have been Garry Bocaly.

[st.cronin]

World Cup Group Stage:

Holders - Italy / Hosts - South Africa






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
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| 2nd | Q | Colombia | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | Egypt | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
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| 4th | | Serbia | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
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| 2nd | Q | Sweden | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | South Korea | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Ivory Coast | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
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| 2nd | Q | Paraguay | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | Greece | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Senegal | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1st | Q | Holland | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
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| 2nd | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
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| 3rd | | Cameroon | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Australia | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | Brazil | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
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| 2nd | Q | Czech Republic | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | Mexico | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Iran | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | Argentina | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
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| 2nd | Q | France | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | Japan | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Costa Rica | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | Germany | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
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| 2nd | Q | U.S.A. | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | South Africa | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Chile | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
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| 2nd | Q | Denmark | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
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| 3rd | | Ghana | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Saudi Arabia | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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[st.cronin]

Worksheet, top XI and second XI:

GK: Johan Liebus
DL: Julien Ielsch
DR: Habib Balde
DC: J.C. Vergerolle
DC: Anthony Losilla
DMC: Mohammed Shawky
AMC: Miralem Pjanic
ML: Marco Randriana
MR: Julien Feret
FS: Moussa Sow
SS: Cheick Diabate

GK: Cheikh N'Diaye
DL: Gregory Vignal
DR: Alexandre Barbier
DC: Alseny Camara
DC: Nivaldo
DMC: Lucas Deaux
AMC: Nabil Taider
ML: Cedric Faivre
MR: Seid Khiter
FS: Peter Levenkrands
SS: Nicolas Raynier

Goalie Ref Hand Comm Jump

Jean Francois Anziani 13 9 7 13 42
Christian Deschamps 13 12 4 9 38
Thomas Gillet 12 13 7 9 41
Martin Hansen 12 15 11 10 48
Mathieu Inthasane 14 13 13 11 51
Johan Liebus 16 17 15 12 60 1
Joffrey Marie 12 10 10 10 42
Sebastien Mourlon 13 15 7 9 44
Bernard M'Vila 12 11 9 8 40
Cheikh N'Diaye 15 15 11 15 56 2


Liebus, 31, returns as the top goaltender. My workbook says N'Diaye, 24, should be the #2 goalie. I may loan Hansen out. Inthasane is under contract for another year; he will likely be shipped off to Spain again. There are 6 U18 goalies - I should probably get rid of at least two.


DL Pos Tack Pace Ant

Habib Balde 13 14 14 16 57
Alseny Camara 12 17 14 13 56
Stephane Dja Djedje 9 10 12 4 35
Franck Guichard 13 10 13 7 43
Julien Ielsch 15 14 15 13 57 1
Marco Randriana 13 14 16 14 57
Manuel Vasseur 5 7 13 4 29
J.C. Vergerolle 14 13 10 14 51
Gregory Vignal 14 14 13 14 55 2

Gregory Vignal, 28, is a defensive minded player I signed on a free. My plan for now is to have him and Ielsch split time.

DR Pos Tack Pace Ant

Habib Balde 13 14 14 16 57 1
Alexandre Barbier 15 13 14 14 56 2
Frederic Cahuzac 12 10 10 9 41
Rodrigue Caro 8 12 10 5 35
Nabil Hamzi 14 15 12 14 55

I'm a bit thin over on this side - for now I'm planning on moving Balde over to the right side (not his natural side), and have him and Barbier split time.


DC Tack Jump Pos Head Str Mark Brv Team

Alain Ayee Ayi 9 13 9 10 14 5 12 10 82
Habib Balde 14 13 13 15 16 16 15 14 116
Alexandre Barbier 13 11 15 12 14 15 16 14 110
Maurice Baudouin 11 10 9 9 7 11 7 11 75
Sebastien Biancarelli 8 9 7 5 8 9 13 15 74
Sacha Bouvier 12 12 10 9 10 10 11 10 84
Alseny Camara 17 13 12 15 15 14 13 17 116 2
Nabil Hamzi 15 12 14 13 16 12 19 13 114
Florian Langlois 12 9 10 10 5 7 18 10 81
Anthony Losilla 13 15 15 15 17 15 17 14 121 1
Samir Moreau 11 10 10 8 8 5 15 8 75
Rudy Munoz 12 9 9 14 10 11 19 9 93
Nivaldo 14 14 14 17 15 15 15 12 116 2
Michel Olle Nicole 14 9 10 15 10 8 18 9 93
Marc Rocchi 14 15 10 10 14 7 19 10 99
Laurent Tomas 7 14 6 11 12 6 14 9 79
J.C. Vergerolle 13 15 14 16 17 16 16 15 122 1

Vergerolle and Losilla, both 24, will start the season as the top centerbacks. I've transfer listed Camara, as he's been a bit disappointing, and I'm a bit over my wage budget. Nivaldo is a Brazilian I signed for cheap, he'll serve as the primary backup.

AMC Pas Crea Tech Drb OTB

Alain Ayee Ayi 11 11 10 10 5 47
Sebastien Camara 12 11 11 9 10 53
Kevin Carnot 10 10 7 2 3 32
Stephane Choplin 6 5 6 5 4 26
Lauri Dalla Valle 15 17 16 14 14 76
Cheick Diabate 11 11 14 15 15 66
Cedric Faivre 12 13 14 13 14 66
Julien Feret 17 16 17 14 14 78
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 13 10 12 11 7 53
Nabil Hamzi 13 10 15 12 10 60
Matthieu Jacques 6 4 7 1 2 20
Seid Khiter 13 15 15 15 15 73
Morgan Le Bris 9 9 8 7 5 38
Paul Nicot 15 11 9 9 6 50.
Miralem Pjanic 14 17 17 14 13 75 1
Nicolas Raynier 12 12 15 14 14 67
Nabil Taider 16 16 16 14 13 75 2

I was able to land Pjanic on transfer, after some arduous negotiation. Taider will also back up at DMC and ML.

DM WR Jump Tack Sta Pos

Alain Ayee Ayi 11 13 9 7 9 49
Habib Balde 16 13 14 13 13 69
Alseny Camara 15 13 17 15 12 72
Sebastien Camara 13 9 11 7 4 44
Kevin Carnot 9 6 8 5 3 31
Lucas Deaux 14 13 15 15 12 69 2
Jean-Baptiste Gomez 11 9 12 9 6 47
Nabil Hamzi 13 12 15 15 14 69
Matthieu Jacques 9 4 7 7 1 28
Anthony Losilla 13 15 13 16 15 72
Paul Nicot 15 6 8 11 7 47
Mohammed Shawky 16 12 15 18 15 76 1
Nabil Taider 16 11 9 20 14 70

Shawky's attributes are impressive, and he's fresh off the World Cup stage. If he doesn't pan out, Deaux is still around, and Taider is an option as well.

ML Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Habib Balde 14 8 9 9 12 11 63
Alseny Camara 14 9 8 9 12 11 63
Cheick Diabate 11 15 11 15 11 15 78
Cedric Faivre 13 13 12 14 13 13 78 2
Julien Ielsch 15 10 12 12 12 14 75
Matthieu Jacques 13 1 6 2 4 4 30
Cedric Lambert 11 12 4 4 9 9 49
Peter Levenkrands 18 11 12 13 14 11 79
Marco Randriana 16 14 14 14 12 16 86 1
Moussa Sow 16 13 10 15 12 11 77
Nabil Taider 12 14 16 13 16 14 85
Manuel Vasseur 13 9 4 5 6 9 46
Gregory Vignal 13 8 12 11 11 12 67

This job is Randriana's to lose. He played very well at times last season.

MR Pace Drb Pass OTB Crea Cross

Habib Balde 14 8 9 9 12 11 63
Joel Bertrand 13 7 5 3 9 9 46
Alexandre Besnard 15 8 8 6 8 8 53
Marc Besson 12 11 9 4 11 12 59
Rodrigue Caro 10 7 10 7 8 10 52
Camille Cartier 13 8 2 5 8 11 47
Cedric Faivre 13 13 12 14 13 13 78
Julien Feret 14 14 17 14 16 13 88 1
Nabil Hamzi 12 12 13 10 10 15 72
Seid Khiter 15 15 13 15 15 13 86 2
Morgan Le Bris 13 7 9 5 9 7 50
Dimitri Massot 7 10 12 8 12 14 63
Nicolas Raynier 15 14 12 14 12 14 81
David Rodriguez 12 7 10 5 10 10 54

Khiter was signed a season ago to play up top, but never emerged. He'll back up and challenge Feret for time on the right side. Feret may also play at the AMC spot in certain situations - in the past, he's done his best work there.

Fast Striker Pace Acc Drb Tech Fin OTB

Daniel Besson 12 17 7 6 11 7 60
Stephane Choplin 17 16 5 6 7 4 55
Lauri Dalla Valle 13 14 14 16 16 14 87
Julien Derrien 13 12 8 9 11 12 65
Cheick Diabate 11 9 15 14 15 15 79
Julien Feret 14 16 14 17 8 14 83
Seid Khiter 15 15 15 15 12 15 87
Sekou Kouakou 13 14 8 6 11 6 58
Peter Levenkrands 18 18 11 12 14 13 86 2
Philippe Pele 14 13 7 3 9 4 50
Nicolas Raynier 15 12 14 15 14 14 84
David Rodriguez 12 12 7 8 12 5 56
Moussa Sow 16 16 13 13 13 15 86 1

Sow ia an AML/FC, and can be used in a variety of ways. He wasn't healthy much last year, but if he stays fit, he'll be a semi-regular. Levenkrands, a 30 year old Dane, was signed on a free. Khiter and Raynier are also good options.

Strong Striker Jump Head Str OTB Fin

Daniel Besson 2 2 3 7 11 25
Stephane Choplin 2 4 5 4 7 22
Lauri Dalla Valle 14 12 12 14 16 68
Julien Derrien 10 10 12 12 11 55
Cheick Diabate 20 19 20 15 15 89 1
Julien Feret 14 13 11 14 8 48
Seid Khiter 7 9 11 15 12 54
Sekou Kouakou 7 7 3 6 11 34
Peter Levenkrands 10 12 10 13 14 59
Philippe Pele 13 10 12 4 9 48
Nicolas Raynier 13 13 16 14 14 70 2
David Rodriguez 5 6 4 5 12 32
Moussa Sow 11 12 12 15 13 63

Cheick Diabate, 22 years old from Mali, was picked up cheaply. He looks to be a monster in the air, and may be a big star for me. Dalla Valle is just 18, and may be loaned out.

[st.cronin]

World Cup Update

2nd Round:

Italy 1, Sweden 0
Portugal 2, Columbia 0
England 3, Turkey 1
Holland 2, Paraguay 0
Brazil 2, France 1
Argentina 3, Czech Republic 0
Germany 2, Denmark 0
Spain 1, USA 0

Quarterfinals:


England 2, Portugal 0
Italy 1, Holland 1 (Italy wins penalties)
Spain 1, Brazil 0
Argentina 3, Germany 1

Semifinals:


Spain 1, England 0
Argentina 3, Italy 0

Finals and 3rd place:
Argentina 3, Spain 0
Italy 1, England 0

[st.cronin]

Lauri Dalla Valle has been loaned out to Kaiserslautern, a German 1st Division side. Hopefully he gets significant playing time. I've listed both backup goaltenders for loan - whichever one gets taken first, the other I'll keep around.

Johan Leibus is named team captain for the second year running, with Feret as assistant captain.

When good players are available cheap, there's usually a reason - and my DMC Shawkey is already making noises about wanting to move to a bigger club. You've played ONE game for us! You're not going anywhere! Well, his morale remains good, despite his media manipulations, so he'll stay in the lineup.

I've been keeping the wage bill at about half the budgeted amount, but the last two seasons I've increased it quite a bit, and right now we're over by @ 300,000 Euros/year. This has the finances a bit shaky, so the board has gone out and found us a parent club from the Spanish 1st Division.

Last bit of news, Garry Bocaly has returned to Stade de Reims for a second season on loan! This shores up our DR position, as well as providing cover for DMC and DC, and makes our team in general look a lot stronger.

[st.cronin]

Midway through the 2010-2011 season:

Holders - Olympique Lyonnais






| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Paris Saint-Germain | | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 40 |
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| 2nd | | Olympique Lyonnais | | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 39 |
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| 3rd | | Toulouse FC | | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 39 |
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| 4th | | Olympique de Marseille | | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 37 |
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| 5th | | LOSC | | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 32 |
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| 6th | | Girondins Bordeaux | | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 31 |
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| 7th | | RC Lens | | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 30 |
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| 8th | | Stade de Reims | | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 26 |
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| 9th | | Le Mans UC 72 | | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 26 |
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| 10th | | AJ Auxerre | | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 26 |
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| 11th | | Stade Rennais FC | | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 25 |
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| 12th | | AS Saint-Etienne | | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 23 |
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| 13th | | AS Nancy-Lorraine | | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 23 |
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| 14th | | Stade Brestois 29 | | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 22 |
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| 15th | | ES Troyes AC | | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 21 |
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| 16th | | Stade Malherbe de Caen | | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 20 |
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| 17th | | RC Strasbourg | | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 20 |
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| 18th | | FC Nantes | | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 18 |
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| 19th | | Istres | | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -18 | 10 |
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| 20th | | Berrichonne Châteauroux | | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 43 | -31 | 8 |
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Diabate leads the squad with 13 goals (Lovenkrands second with 10).
Diabate and Feret are tied for the lead with 5 assists.

Diabate, Liebus, Lovenkrands, Feret, Ielsch, and Pjanic are the top regulars, with average ratings over 7.

Shawkey was shipped out to Derby fairly early - the combination of his drama plus weak finances necessitated the move. He's been replaced with a young Frenchman, Herold Gouton.