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French Football 2018/19

BobP

Memri Fan
Vieira's Nice have the 3rd best defensive record in Ligue 1, but are 2nd last in terms of goal scored.
 

Rumour

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To underline their slump, Monaco have lost nine of their last 12 games in Ligue 1, as many as they lost across the previous 73. Excitement and romanticism aside, Henry has changed little during his 14 games as coach and, after just three wins, even that initial promise has disintegrated. Hope generated in beating fellow strugglers Caen and Amiens, thanks to a Radamel Falcao free-kick and brace of penalties has proven misplaced, as performances again melted away this week.

Henry has come to personify the atmosphere at Monaco. His obvious frustration paired with a sense of desperation came to the fore this week when he criticised his team after the dire 3-0 loss at Lyon. “Without desire, it is difficult to win. Without showing depth, it is difficult to win,” Henry explained, expanding on a previous claim that his “players are unintentionally refusing to play” due to a crippling lack of confidence.

The increasingly morose Monaco vice president Vadim Vasilyev, who, is alleged to personally pocket 10% of all transfer profits that the club makes according to Mediapart, insisted the club “didn’t bring [Henry] in as a fireman, he is here for the long term, not the short term.” However, Henry’s gloomy persona does not hint at long-term thinking, with the manager often losing his cool. “Like in the second half in Madrid, three-man midfield, Golo on the left,” he told Youri Tielemans during the Montpellier defeat. “How many times do I have to say … in English, in French, what else do you want?”

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Performances have been verging on the inept as well as naive and disjointed; Tielemans, for example, surrendered possession 34 times during the loss to Guingamp while centre-back Jemerson’s form, especially in the conceding two late goals to Montpellier, has been disastrous. This, however, is only partly down to Henry. Despite doing so expertly beforehand, former coach Leonardo Jardim could not regroup after this summer’s latest exodus of talent, while former Chelsea sporting director Michael Emenalo’s recruitment has lacked direction, the signing of emerging talents in the past such as Thomas Lemar, Benjamin Mendy and Bernardo Silva have been replaced by seven-figure sums for raw teenagers barely ready for the first team.

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Henry insisted he was “not thinking of the winter transfer window” but those above him certainty are with Cesc Fàbregas, Michy Batshuayi and Gary Cahill all linked this week and the former Arsenal forward admitting “we play to survive, we do not play for anything else”. This week perennial Ligue 1 caretaker coach Franck Passi, previously standing in at Lille regularly at Marseille, was added to Henry’s coaching staff. Perhaps a sign that Vasilyev foresees a change.
From the Guardian - things definitely not looking up for Henry, his managing days at Monaco seem increasingly numbered :(
 

NieThePiet

Loves Overhyping Our Rivals
Guinamp had three pens in a half against PSG, scored two and now PSG is out of the cup (only the Carabao Cup Version).
 

Tir Na Nog

Changes Opinion Every 5 Minutes

Country: Ireland
The last four teams are Monaco, Bordeaux, Guingamp and Strasbourg. Henry would a decent chance to get a trophy here.
 

Tir Na Nog

Changes Opinion Every 5 Minutes

Country: Ireland
Fabregas starting on his debut for Monaco, they're 1-0 down with 20 mins gone vs Marseille.
 

Tir Na Nog

Changes Opinion Every 5 Minutes

Country: Ireland
Are you watching, mate? How is Henryball feeling like?

Not really, mostly watching the Betis-Madrid game.

From the little I did see, it seems like Monaco are letting Marseille dominate possession and hoping to hit them on the break. Not sure if this is because Marseille are the better team or if it's Henry's philosophy but they go in level at the break.
 

NieThePiet

Loves Overhyping Our Rivals
Monaco is playing great for an away game against Marseille.

Should have been the lead for them now.
 

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