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They have averaged 30-32k crowds in recent years. Anyone what they expecting on sunday?
Peadar
14/07/2004, 12:09 PM
Anyone what they expecting on sunday?
13-15K max.
tiktok
14/07/2004, 12:17 PM
i saw a post somewhere saying they're only going to open up enough sections of the stadium to give a 10,000 capacity, so I'd imagine they're not even expecting that many
methinks they'll be outsung
Check out Nantes forum on left top corner (http://www.fcna.fr/)
tiktok
14/07/2004, 6:45 PM
sad reflection that 64% of the fans who bother to post on the forums can't be bothered to go, going on forums here, you'd imagine as a group they'd be among the more motivated sections fans.
facing a small attendance
DolansWaistcoat
14/07/2004, 7:07 PM
My brother says they played man u in the CL a few years back and beat them 2-1 in Nantes,anyone know if thats true.I know they have played in the CL fairly recently and that they finished sixth last year in the french prem.
It is a pity that there fans won't bother coming out to watch them against us,but lets hope that no matter how many turn up that they'll be booing at the end of the game just like the biys in Malmo and Nec. :D
tiktok
14/07/2004, 7:17 PM
My brother says they played man u in the CL a few years back and beat them 2-1 in Nantes,anyone know if thats true
Not sure, but even if it is they on managed to draw 3-3 with Sligo Rovers in '97, I think I'll concentrate on that result
DolansWaistcoat
14/07/2004, 7:35 PM
Lol,ya i'll have to agree with ya there,focus on the sligo game. but if we manage to beat Nantes then it'll be the team that beat man u in the Cl group stage in 2002 not the team that drew with sligo in '97 that i'll be shouting to the barstooler's about City beating. :D
De Town
14/07/2004, 7:47 PM
was it not a 1 all draw with man u. i think van Nistelrooy scored a peno in the last minute to get a draw.
DolansWaistcoat
14/07/2004, 8:14 PM
Probably was so,typical of the man u scum with a last minute peno.If City got a 1-1 over there i'd be delighted. :cool:
thecorner
15/07/2004, 1:20 AM
score was 1-1 with united winning the game at old trafford 5-1
They finished 6th last year, thats 3 points ahead of Marseille who beat Newcastle in Uefa Cup Semi if you need english comparison.
Inter Toto 2003
3rd round: Nantes (FRA) - Wil (SWI) 2-1 3-2 Nantes 5-3 on agg
Semi Final: Nantes (FRA) - Perugia (ITA) 0-1 0-0 Perugia 1-0 on agg
Final: Perugia (ITA) - Wolfsburg (GER) 1-0 2-0 Perugia 3-0 on agg
French League:
2002-03 - 9th, 2001-02 - 10th, 2000-01 - 1st, 1999-2000 - 12th.
CL 2001-02
1st Group Stage: (won group)
Nantes - PSV 4 - 1
Lazio - Nantes 1 - 3
Nantes - Galatasaray 0 - 1
Galatasaray - Nantes 0 - 0
PSV - Nantes 0 - 0
Nantes - Lazio 1 - 0
2nd Group Stage: (last in group)
Peadar
15/07/2004, 10:04 AM
with united winning the game at old trafford 5-1
Crap! We'll have to win 6-1 at home so :D
The FourFiveOne will need to be reversed to a OneFiveFour :D
Not sure, but even if it is they on managed to draw 3-3 with Sligo Rovers in '97
Wow! Remember Sligo Rovers!?!
Whatever happened to them?
They had a Cup final a few years ago and no one has heard of them since.
Don't suppose the Showgrounds has improved any bit over the years.
James
15/07/2004, 10:33 AM
Don't suppose the Showgrounds has improved any bit over the years.
actually it has, main stand now looks the job from last time i was up there
its bigger then donie forde from memory and the roof actually covers all the seats ..(imagine that!)
new west stand (http://www.sligorovers.com/development/new%20stand/western_stand_project.htm)
check out the video clip of it. v nice sligo
nd on further investigation its shown how progressive sligo actually is.. with a new training facility under developemtn also
http://www.sligorovers.com/development/development/development_news_march.htm
an all weather training facility of their own.. we shud be so luck in cork
sullanefc
15/07/2004, 10:57 AM
Probably was so,typical of the man u scum with a last minute peno.If City got a 1-1 over there i'd be delighted. :cool:
Van Nistelrooy in the 93rd minute. Wouldn't it be sweet if City did the same :D
Peadar
15/07/2004, 11:24 AM
we shud be so luck in cork
Could it be that they've spent so much on facilities that they can't afford decent players?
We need as many "regional" clubs as possible :D
Van Nistelrooy in the 93rd minute. Wouldn't it be sweet if City did the same :D
No it wouldn't be sweet because that would mean that our run of clean sheets in Europe would be over.
sullanefc
15/07/2004, 11:41 AM
Yeah, but we'd beat them 5-1 at the cross anyway :D
DolansWaistcoat
15/07/2004, 11:54 AM
let's not get carried away 4-1 will do us at the X. ;)
Team Ranking (http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/trank2005.html)
Nantes 39th
City 216st
tiktok
15/07/2004, 1:50 PM
"What the hell are Nantes up to?
I just saw on their website (As usual!) that a Nantes selection that will include their experienced defender Pascal Delhommeau and new signing Julio Caceres (Won't play against us as his registration has yet to go through!) will play a benefit match (Reseach against cerebral tumors!) against fellow French 1st Division side Stade Rennes on Saturday 17th at 6 p.m. That's right ... about 24 hours before the City game! Either they are very cocky, very good, or very unimpressed with Intertoto matches!"
a case of underestimating us I wonder??? :eek:
sullanefc
15/07/2004, 1:54 PM
"What the hell are Nantes up to?
I just saw on their website (As usual!) that a Nantes selection that will include their experienced defender Pascal Delhommeau and new signing Julio Caceres (Won't play against us as his registration has yet to go through!) will play a benefit match (Reseach against cerebral tumors!) against fellow French 1st Division side Stade Rennes on Saturday 17th at 6 p.m. That's right ... about 24 hours before the City game! Either they are very cocky, very good, or very unimpressed with Intertoto matches!"
a case of underestimating us I wonder??? :eek:
Lets hope its a bruising encounter and they sustain lots of injuries to key players :)
Peadar
15/07/2004, 2:07 PM
Lets hope its a bruising encounter and they sustain lots of injuries to key players :)
Or that there's a big fat benefit dinner with gallons of wine afterwards and all the players get tanked up :D
nantes smallest league crowd last season was just over 26000. they have lost about half of their first team from last season, including pretty much all of their strikers. that said, they probably have the strongest youth academy in france, so don't expect any young guys to be a pushover either. gonna be tough. a 2-1 defeat would not be the end of the world, but i'm hoping for a 1-1
City Hero
15/07/2004, 2:55 PM
If this charity game is on saturday night, I take it that City won't have access for a training session at any stage that evening.
...a case of underestimating us I wonder??? :eek:
Well eventhough Malmo played their best available team they clearly underestimated City & didn't treat too seriously - don't why didn't just play fringe players then... They paid the price too.
Nijmegen clearly prepared properly & didn't underestinate City but didn't do them much good either.
Be surprised if Nantes underestimate City as they've surely seen the results to date.
Peadar
15/07/2004, 3:38 PM
Be surprised if Nantes underestimate City as they've surely seen the results to date.
Worse thing for us could be if they play youth players who want to impress. We're better off against first teamers who're out for a pre-season friendly and before they know it they're trailing 0-3 :D
kevincronin2000
16/07/2004, 10:26 AM
Any city fans going to the nantes -v- stad rennes friendly match saturday evening at 6pm or are we going on the beer.
DolansWaistcoat
16/07/2004, 3:36 PM
They've some fcukin cheek if they've organised a game for the day b4 our one.I hope we flippin kill the c**ts if thats the case. :mad:
Although a score draw would be very acceptable and when they come to the cross the 12th man that is the shed will get us through(with a little help from the 11 superstars on the pitch). :)
tiktok
16/07/2004, 7:08 PM
Part of an exchange with a French boy on Citynet
Here is the players [the squad that was announced-tiktok] you may see on sunday :
Radic, Grondin, Thébaux – Drouin, Fae, Da Rocha, Capoue, Berson, Quint, Savinaud, Toulalan, Ahamada, Glombard, Hadjadj, Guillon, Stinat, Leray et Paillères.
So that should be the starting line-up : [Grondin is goalie, ahamada upfront, reverse to how we'd have it - tiktok]
____________Ahamada______________
__Quint_________________Da Rocha___
_________Fae_____Toulalan__________
____________Berson_________________
__Stinat__Guillon___Drouin___Leray____
____________Grondin________________
Really, you'll have a chance. Our defence is incredibly unexperienced for this game : Stinat and Leray never played a single minute in a professionnal match, Drouin played 10 matches in his beginning career, and Guillon, 19 matches.
Berson is a typical defensive midfielder, just in front of the defense. It is the only role he ever had in Nantes : pick the balls and starting the movements. When he is in good condition he is truly the basis of our game (but that did not happen really often during the two last seasons).
They've rested a few players too that would be considered first team, especially the goalie and a few defenders, most of their attacking options went over the summer, though they rate DaRocha and Quint highly. Could be a pretty empty stadium with the Rebel army roaring our boys on, hope it lifts them to come home with something.
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