It’s Oh So Quiet
By: Martha | July 22nd, 2008
See? Without Baky, we’ve got nothing to talk about!
There’s been no movement on Nice’s interest in Dindane (now heavily tipped in the media to go to England, where a lot of clubs are allegedly interested), and the Piquionne story has stalled, as well — the latest news is that he’s rejected both Lille and Rennes, and Monaco may or may not have turned down Lyon’s exchange offer (people over in Lyon-land doubt it) because they want cash, ideally the same €6.75 million they paid for the player 18 months ago. Beyond those two, most of the other rumored targets seem to be just idle speculation, so there’s nothing to do but just sit and wait for Cohen to buy someone who can score some goals. Or, at least, for him to drop some more hints so we can talk about the hints.
Away from the suddenly very boring transfer market, I found an interesting article about the new kits and their F1-style edge-to-edge advertising. I don’t know what the numbers are for other clubs, but Nice reportedly rely on sponsorship for almost 15% of their annual budget and, since most of their advertisers are relatively small (and local, as was discussed in the comments Sunday), it makes sense that they need to pile them up in order to reach the income level they need. I still think it’s terribly ugly, but I get it. City Sport left as a sponsor, and three new, smaller ones were added; if one assumes none of the new ones (Ubaldi.com, Minéa and Nasuba) were willing to pay whatever City Sport had been for their space, the eruption of tiny ads all over the place is a logical result of the turnover. Also, Minéa is a “creator of space.” I don’t know what that is, but I like it — if only they’d bought more kit real estate and had room to explain what they do, maybe across the back of the shorts …
And, finally, Baky’s set to make his OM debut against Monaco tomorrow, at the same time Nice are playing their first real test of the preseason, against Grenoble. Sigh.
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Tags: Aruna Dindane, Baky Koné, Frederic Piquionne, kits, Lens, Monaco, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, rumorsSubscribe
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“if only they’d bought more kit real estate and had room to explain what they do, maybe across the back of the shorts …”
LOL.
Have you seen Nancy’s kits? They are seriously cringe worthy.
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Martha, are you planning on doing a posting about the stadium situation ? Nice have like the worst stadium in Ligue1 and they’ve been trying to build one for years but it still hasn’t happened yet. If that stadium ever got built the budget would go up and they’d have a lot more money to spend.
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Those make me feel so much better, Inara, thank you! Good lord, that giant ink-stain on the shoulder of the white one … *shudder*
Sportboy, it’s only list of things to address, definitely — I need to do more research into the specifics, though, before I feel comfortable writing about the endless wait for the new ground. It seems like there’s been some movement lately towards a 40,000 seater, but I gather this sort of thing has happened before, and nothing’s been built.
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I know for many this will seem peculiar but I hope that if there is a new stadium, it isn’t too large or obtrusive. I’d prefer a overhaul of the existing to be honest but I doubt others will share my sentiments for old stadiums and the memories that linger within them.
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Some supporters seem to agree with you, J — I’ve read a lot of comments preferring a capacity around 20,000 to something much larger (just with better parking and, you know, modern bathrooms).
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Well the city of Nice will most definately want to potentially be a part of Euro 2016 so thats’ probably why you see the 40,000 number rather than 20,000. Strasbourg unveiled plans for a 40,000 + seat stadium and there’s no way the club could fill that regularly but they wanna build it so they can be a shoo in if France gets the Euros. So yeah I’d imagine that Nice and Strasbourg are both in the same boat here.
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a stadium of that size in either Nice or Strasbourg would have a horrible impact upon the general area and is likely only considered by business parties. Beyond them sitting at least half-empty most of the time, they would dominate the city-scape and be a environmental mess. Certainly Nice should plan to make significant upgrades but parking isn’t the answer as it will only cause greater traffic congestion and part of the charm is how it sits within the city. I don’t know where to start with Strasbourg and I think my Alsatian friends would be insane if they scarred the landscape of the area with a mass of concrete. Hopefully local governments will come to their senses before stadiums and an assortment of road systems are built.
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