Quick News Roundup
By: Martha | August 28th, 2008
A back we just might finally get to see this weekend. Maybe.
Apologies for the light posting this week, I’m mid-travel and probably won’t be able to get a preview up, either. Things’ll settle down next week, though, just in time to get stressed out over the trip to Lyon.
Meanwhile, some odds and ends ahead of Valenciennes.
•Less than 24 hours after his fantastic performance against Auxerre, Yahia’s departure was being discussed. Understandably, the guy wants to play more, and is willing to move to do so — according to Ricort, there are a few clubs in L1 interested, so Alaeddine could be on his way out on the weekend. One wonders, though, why in the world they’d sell him and hold on to Cid and Gace, unless the price is obscenely high (unlikely) — anyone got any thoughts, beyond utter madess?
•After several weeks of assuring us that a new striker would arrive before the transfer window closed, the club are now saying they might not bring anyone in after all. This is not, however, because there’s no one in their price range who’s willing to come to Nice — never that — but, rather, because of the concern about cramping the style of the kids in the team who need to play. Look, I’m all for playing and developing youth, but there’s never anything wrong with adding a grizzled veteran who can a)set an example, and b)get the job done when the chips are down. That possibility, however, seems fainter and fainter.
•Oh, and Moussilou’s still around, and the club are losing patience. Said Ricort (via Google Translate), “The problem with Matt, there is too much difference between what he says and what it does.” (What he does right now is hang around and make money for, well, hanging around.)
•Cyril #1 and Hognan were back in training on Tuesday, albeit it working on their own, but the club claims they could be available for Saturday’s match. Ben Saada, however, will definitely miss the game. Dammit.
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Tags: Alaeddine Yahia, Chaouki Ben Saada, Cyril Rool, links, Matt Moussilou, Nice Team News, Roger RicortSubscribe
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Valenciennes are rubbish away from home, you should get 3 points. It would make the Lyon game quite mouth-watering.
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I was afraid to say it out loud Richard, but I’m definitely thinking about the hilarious and awesome possibility of going to Lyon a point off the top. (Of course, since Nice managed to keep a clean sheet and win away last week, it’d be only fitting for them to turn around and return the favor to Valenciennes, thus destroying the dream of playing in a proverbial Top of the Table Clash.)
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Wait, what’s wrong with Ben Saada? We need him really badly for next weekends highly important match against Burkina Faso. Please tell me its a minor knock and not a serious injury. I haven’t heard anything about this… Thanks Martha.
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Remember when you said this:
Sixth place, just a point off of first — mark down the date, kids, we’re unlikely to see this sort of table again any time soon. ?
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Rami, he twisted his ankle right after performing really well as a sub against Le Havre and missed the following two matches. Happily, he made his return today (off the bench) — looks like he’ll be ready for the Burkina Faso match!
Third, Jennifer! THIRD! I have to screecap the table right now, before the Sunday matches are played …
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