Lyon

[yosemite sam]

What the he'll has happened to them?
Used to have very good players,regularly in Champions League and in top 4 in the league.
Currently sitting bottom,after being beaten at home from Clermont Foot,who were bottom of the league.

 

[Diego Maradona]

Owners Have sold all assets. All very sad, a good well run club that might not recover from this.

 

[Socrates]

I thought they had a lot of debt?

 

[prenzlauerbear]

Sold their best two players in Castello Lukeba and Bradley Barcola without replacing them.

Filled the team with a pile of dross. Their best defender is an Irish guy who couldn't get on the bench for Crystal Palace.

There are shades of David Murray/Craig Whyte with Aulas happy to pass the club off to John Textor.

Doubt they'll go down, though.

 

[Hooty]

Paul Le Guen: Ramenez-le a la maison.

 

[venturablue]

Hiring Grosso will turn out to be a huge mistake this season. If he wasn't an ex player he wouldn't have got the job.

 

[Diego Maradona]

Hiring Grosso will turn out to be a huge mistake this season. If he wasn't an ex player he wouldn't have got the job.

Nobody wanted the job, they didn’t have much of a choice

 

[GovanFrontLoyal]

I worked and lived in the South of France and my boss was a Lyon fan since he could walk, everyone else was Marseille daft except him. Hes absolutely gutted at the state they are in. From solid top 4 and good jollies in Europe to a fuckin mess with no assets - as they’ve all been punted.
Shame too, other than the “festival of lights” shite they seemed a very well run club.

 

[FFGR1972]

It’s neither here nor there and it was a friendly but they were fucking awful at Murrayfield when they played Man U

Lacazette didn’t run once

 

[HMS.Temple.Garden]

At one time they were one of the very best clubs in world football for a period.

they were truly a football machine until a change at the top and they have abandoned everything that made them what they were!

Their youth system was a real envy for a period as well.

 

[SuperGers07]

Hope they go down, Ajax as well in Holland but i see they’ve just sacked the manager tonight.

 

[ClockworkOrange]

At one point they were that good that Paul le Guen had them winning trophies.

 

[UlsterScotGer]

Fond memories of the stadium from Euro 2016, seems crazy they’re in that mess.

 

[Run DMB]

Seems crazy how far they have fallen.

 

[SG 8]

That Juninho was probably the best set piece taker I have seen.

 

[ElCamino]

I thought they still had some good players, ie. Tolisso.

 

[D11FYY]

That Juninho was probably the best set piece taker I have seen.

By a country mile for me too. I know people say Chilavert etc but someone in the modern day putting them in as frequently. Used to buzz watching the Champs League highlights and Lyon got a free kick

 

[venturablue]

Nobody wanted the job, they didn’t have much of a choice

I simply don't believe he was the best they could have got. They knew they were going to struggle this season after selling Castello Lukeba and Bradley Barcola without replacing them. It was an appointment to please the fans because he was popular with them as a player.

 

[D11FYY]

Crazy but it’s football it swings in roundabouts look at Bordeaux too, some of the Spanish teams Deportivo La Coruna which is in the Primera league one under La Liga2

 

[Wolverhampton Town]

They never recovered from the DaMarcus Beasley goal. All downhill after that.

 

[HamiltonJungleBear]

Online article in the Guardian today about their implosion. Explains the situation in detail. Sorry, can’t post it.

 

[Andrew webb]

They never recovered from the DaMarcus Beasley goal. All downhill after that.

Brilliant