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Team Focus: Uncertain Future for Lorient as Gourcuff Era Comes to a Close

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Team Focus: Uncertain Future for Lorient as Gourcuff Era Comes to a Close 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

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Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders 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

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Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage 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

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WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for August While Paris St Germain stole the summer headlines with an influx of big-money signings, the WhoScored ratings back up the idea they’ve yet to gel as a side. None of their players make our Ligue 1 XI for the month gone by, while surprise front pair Montpellier and Lyon supply two apiece. Champi...

Ligue 1 All Star Team, Season 2010/11

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Ligue 1 All Star Team, Season 2010/11 There’s a lot more variety to our Ligue 1 All Star XI than the previous two leagues, with as many as eight different clubs supplying players. Champions Lille have, unsurprisingly, the most players in the XI, with a total of three. The big shock is the omission of Eden Hazard, France’s Pl...