Team Focus: Uncertain Future for Lorient as Gourcuff Era Comes to a Close
by Andy Brassell
at lundi, avr. 7 2014 17:07
Saturday evening’s draw with Evian Thonon Gaillard was Lorient’s season in a nutshell; not without merit but ultimately, deeply unsatisfying. “We didn’t deserve this point,” said coach Christian Gourcuff afterwards with some bluntness. “We were scared of playing i...
Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders
by Martin Laurence
at jeudi, mars 1 2012 17:51
The art of defending can come in many forms. It can be made into a simple one, as it is at clubs such as Stoke, with the 'put head/body in way' approach paying dividends in the most part, though the classic all-round defender is lost to many these days. With defensive partnerships meaning that one p...
Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage
by Martin Laurence
at vendredi, déc. 30 2011 21:18
As we approach 2012 the only players in Europe's top 5 leagues who aren't enjoying the festive break are plying their trade in the Premier League, so in the meantime we analyse the best XIs at the halfway stage of the season elsewhere.First up we look across the channel at France's Ligue 1, where PS...
WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for August
by Paul McKinnon
at mercredi, sept. 7 2011 09:40
Ligue 1 All Star Team, Season 2010/11
by Paul McKinnon
at jeudi, juin 2 2011 10:11