French Football Weekly

Reims and Repeat

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's been three rounds of Ligue 1, the 8emes of the Coupe de France, and Kris, Jez and Phil have the restart of European completition to look forwa...

Missed Opportunities

01 Feb 2023

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The Coupe de France 16emes were followed by a round of league games in which none of the top teams managed a win. Kris, Jez and Phil round up all the ...

Thou shalt not take Zidane's name in vain

19 Jan 2023

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PSG have had another setback losing to Rennes, so Kris and Jez discuss whether we have a title race, and if so, who's in it. There were also some big ...

Angers Management

04 Jan 2023

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Happy New Year! Kris, Jez and Phil are joined by Tom (@WYSAF1 on Twitter) to discuss the two rounds of Ligue 1 action after a shortened Christmas brea...

World Cup Final - No, You're Crying...

20 Dec 2022

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So near, so far. Kris and Jez try to stay positive after France lost to Argentina on penalties. Happy Christmas, everyone.

World Cup Pod - the Final Countdown

15 Dec 2022

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France are through! Kris and Jez review the semi-final against Morocco and look forward to the final against Argentina.

World Cup - Crossing yes, gloating no

13 Dec 2022

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France beat England to set up a tasty semi-final against Morocco. Kris and Jez are all over this...

World Cup - Poles Apart

07 Dec 2022

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France are through to the quarter finals after beating Poland 3-1. Kris and Jez are reassured after the last group game, and look forward to the next ...

World Cup - Reserves fail to take their chances

02 Dec 2022

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Deschamps' multiple changes ended the group stage on a low note - although Tunisia are happy. Kris and Jez sigh their way through that one, and look f...

World Cup Pod - Griez the Man

30 Nov 2022

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France have already booked their place in the next round with a win over Denmark. Kris and Jez review that, and look forward to today's final group ga...

World Cup Pod - 51 not out

24 Nov 2022

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France won their opening match 4-1 against Australia, and Olivier Giroud stepped into the Benzema-shaped breach to score a brace and equal Thierry Hen...

World Cup Preview Pod - the Two Hernandezes

22 Nov 2022

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Kris and Jez preview France's first game against Australia, covering player absences, likely formation and tactics, and hopes for the tournament as a ...

Half-Time Report

15 Nov 2022

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It's halfway - ish - in Ligue 1 and 2 as Christmas is coming early what with the World Cup and everything. Kris and Jez look at where things stand in ...

Here we Gigot again

11 Nov 2022

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Kris and Jez are still talking about the weather, but manage to cover some football as well. Is there life in Ajaccio? Can Lens keep going? Was the Ol...

The Rise of Fall of the House of Tudor

02 Nov 2022

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Kris and Jez are suffering from the weather and the clocks changing, so try to cheer themselves up by looking at all the happenings in French football...

Happy Feet

25 Oct 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up an interesting week in Ligue 1, focussing on Lyon and Lille. In Europe, usually the women do better than the men but this ...

Nobody at the reins at Reims

21 Oct 2022

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Kris and Jez round up the action in Europe and Ligue 1, and, well, there have been some leadership changes...

Gifted and in demand

10 Oct 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up a week of European and Ligue 1 action, looking at the promoted sides, Lyon's managerial issues, PSG's moodswings, and much...

Misunderwhelming

03 Oct 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the Ligue 1 action, Europe, and the WCL draw, also our fears for Nantes and Strasbourg...

To Die For...

20 Sep 2022

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Kris and Phil are joined by Big Boss Andrew Gibney to discuss Lille and everything that's happened in Ligue 1 and Europe over the past couple of weeks...

On the Beers with Andy Delort

13 Sep 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the opening round of the European competitions and the weekend's Ligue 1 action

And on to Europe...

05 Sep 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil have two rounds of Ligue 1 to look at - more red cards, more ups and downs, and did *you* think Wahi meant that?

Magnificent Seven

30 Aug 2022

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Kris and Phil round up game four and the draws for the European competitions. Kris turns out to be a closet Majorca follower and Phil has some things ...

No defence, just vibes

22 Aug 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil look at goals, sendings-off, and much more besides

Pick a number, any number

15 Aug 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up round 2, and a week in which Monaco might be unhappy already, and PSG might be an unhappy camp already. Also, the promoted...

Hitting the Ground Running

08 Aug 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil look back at the opening game in Ligue 1 - 34 goals! Featuring a bicycle kick from Messi, Aaron Ramsey making new friends, and the ...

2022.08.03 Ligue 1 is back!

03 Aug 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil are joined by special guest Adam Virgo - ex-pro and current commentator for BT, Sky, ITV and others - for a look forward to the upc...

Mbappe Stays

24 May 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the last week of Ligue 1 - Europe, relegation, play-offs, PSG's new approach to player-management, OL winning their 8th Wo...

Hitting every branch on the way down

16 May 2022

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Game 37 is done! The bottom three are the bottom three, and have Marseille screwed up their Champions' League chances? Kris, Jez and Phil round it all...

Canaris have a Blas

11 May 2022

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After two rounds of Ligue 1 and the final of the Coupe de France which saw Nantes win the trophy for the fourth time, Kris and Jez mull over all the a...

A confused man in a cupboard

25 Apr 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up *two* Ligue 1 rounds, PSG's 10th title win, the Women's Champions' League, and the upcoming Europa Conference League fixtu...

Parties being pooped

20 Apr 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil are here for a roundup of game 32 and the European games, and a preview of the midweek round 33 - stand by for our predictions goin...

FFW Pod: Just Inconceivable

12 Apr 2022

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Kris and Phil look at the battle at the bottom in Ligue 1 and he European games.

2022.06.04 - Inside the sofa

06 Apr 2022

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After an international break, Women's Champions' League and game 30 of Ligue 1, Kris, Jez and Phil have a lot to get through. Is it a good idea to giv...

2022.03.21 - Ben Yedder's Smile

21 Mar 2022

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PSG have had another nightmare, and Kris, Jez and Phil are here to look at that, the rest of the last round of Ligue 1, and European qualification bef...

2022.03.14 -Wave of Major Deflation

14 Mar 2022

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Soooooo, that happened. Jonathon Johnson and Matthew Gooding join Kris, Jez and Phil to discuss PSG, as they crash out of the Champions' League again.

2022.03.07 - Consequences

07 Mar 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the Coupe de France semi-finals and game 27 of Ligue 1 - are PSG all that without Mbappe? What is the Dupraz effect? How b...

2022.02.28 - Big Yellow Taxi

28 Feb 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up two weeks of French football, including Ligue 1, Europe, and forward to the Coupe de France semi-finals. PSG blip, referee...

2022.02.14 A little bit of love

14 Feb 2022

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2022.02.08 - Many many goals

08 Feb 2022

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the last round of Ligue 1, the upcoming Coupe de France quarter finals, and the tragic death of David Crossan.

Falling Giants and Bouncing Minnows

31 Jan 2022

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2022.01.10 - Any Tenuous Link

10 Jan 2022

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Happy New Year! Kris, Jez and Phil are here to round up the Coupe de France 16emes, and the 70% of Ligue 1 that happened at the weekend. Monaco have c...

2021.12.23 - Bonnes Fetes a Toutes et a Tous...

23 Dec 2021

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Phil and Jez get together for a Christmas pod to round up the 9th round of the Coupe de France, game 19 in Ligue 1, and the standings at the halfway p...

2021.12.15 - Messy at the Bottom

15 Dec 2021

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Kris and Jez have a look at the bottom of the Ligue 1 table where it's all getting a bit fraught in the run up to Christmas. There's one more round be...

2021.12.09 : Good week, Bad week...

09 Dec 2021

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The FFW team are dropping like flies but Kris and Phil are here to cover two rounds of Ligue 1 that saw a lot of movement in the table, the first mana...

2021.11.29 Qualified Qualification

29 Nov 2021

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Kris, Phil and Jez round up game 15 in Ligue 1 and game 5 of the various European fixtures as four of the French teams have qualified already, one's i...

2021.11.22 - A Very Chilly Thierry Henry

22 Nov 2021

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Kris, Phil, and (for a while) Jez look back at an international break that saw France qualify for the World Cup, a red-card-heavy round of Ligue 1 gam...

2021.11.08 - It's Complicated

08 Nov 2021

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Kris and Phil round up the last round, Europe, how the various European competitions fit together, Saint Etienne finally winning a game, and more. Nex...

2021.11.01 - Of a French Persuasion

01 Nov 2021

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Kris, Jez and Phil take a look at the bottom of the table, as results at the weekend featured comebacks, long-range strikes, unexpected wins, and appa...

2021.10.25 - A Full Fruit-Basket

25 Oct 2021

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Kris and Phil are on their own this week to round up an un-classic Classique and Nice's last-minute comeback against OL, as well as St Etienne's ongoi...

2021.10.18 - Goal of the Season, early contenders

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It was a cracking round of games that Kris, Jez, Rich and Phil have to round up featuring boatloads of goals, some absolute worldies, and red cards al...

2021.10.11 - Two games of two halves

11 Oct 2021

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After France won the Nations' League, Kris, Rich, Jez and Phil gloat about / analyse the semi-final agains Belgium and final against Spain.

2021.10.05 - Good Week, Bad Week

05 Oct 2021

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Several teams had a weird week over the European games and the League games at the weekend. Kris, Jez and Phil are here to round up the Rhone derby, L...

2021.09.27 - Not Flashy

27 Sep 2021

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A full house of Kris, Jez, Rich and Phil to round up game 9, the upcoming European games, and a nod to to the Coupe de France and Ligue 2.

2021.09.23 - Turpin Trending

23 Sep 2021

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It's been a while, but Kris, Rich and Phil look back over rounds 6 and 7 of Ligue 1 and the European matches in between. We look at the main questions...

France Debrief: Griezmann - oh man!

08 Sep 2021

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Kris, Rich and Jez debrief les Bleus' September international break. After two matches it looked like it was going to be a post-mortem but, after the ...

2021.09.01 - Bow to the narrative

01 Sep 2021

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As we trundle into an international break, Kris Rich and Phil round up game 4 in LIgue 1, the European draws, key transfers, and the upcoming set of W...

2021.08.23 - Ligue 1 kicks off for real...

23 Aug 2021

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After an eventful weekend, Kris, Jez, Phil and Rich get together to round up all the Ligue 1 action, including goals, red cards, bottles, pitch invasi...

2021.08.17 - OL crisis earlier than expected...

17 Aug 2021

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34 goals in the second round of Ligue 1, with comebacks, red cards, players being sent to train with the reserves, managers doing their previous clubs...

2021.08.09 - A Very Messi Business

09 Aug 2021

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Ligue 1 kicked off at the weekend and there were goals, comebacks, arrests and more. Also, a small matter of Lionel Messi leaving/etc Barcelona. Kris,...

2021.08.04 - KO, JO, we Go-Go-Go again

04 Aug 2021

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We're back! Kris, Jez, Phil and Rich - the band is back together. Mere minutes after the end of last season, when Lille beat PSG to the title and PSG...

2021.06.30 - Swiss Roll, French Toast

30 Jun 2021

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Well, that went badly. Kris, Jez and Phil look back at the loss on penalties against Switzerland, issues throughout the tournament, and the many eleph...

2021.06.23 - Top of the Group

24 Jun 2021

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The Group of Heck is over, and Kris and Jez have a late-night meet-up to review Portugal 2 - 2 France which put France top of the group as Germany als...

2021.06.21 - Key changes, and farewell Philou

21 Jun 2021

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Game 2 and things are a bit problematic; Kris, Jez and Phil look back over a 1-1 draw with Hungary, and the build-up to the key final game on Wednesda...

2021.06.16 - No Nonsense Vibes

16 Jun 2021

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Game 1 is done! Kris, Jez and Phil analyse France 1 - 0 Germany - the selection, the system, the silkiness... Also Hungary's crumble against Portugal ...

2021.06.09 - A suave Brazilian sporting director

09 Jun 2021

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The season is over and the Euros are about to begin! Kris, Jez and Phil look backwards, forwards and sideways at the standings, managerial changes, tr...

2021.05.24 - Lille are Champions

24 May 2021

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After a chaotic final day, Kris, Jez and Phil round up the final standings - Lille win their first title since 2011, PSG are pushed to second place, N...

2021.05.20 - SPECIAL - FFW meets Angus Torode

20 May 2021

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Kris and Jez are joined by a special guest for a very special pod - Angus Torode joins the lads to discuss his career. They also look at the France te...

2021.05.17 - Down to the Wire

17 May 2021

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The penultimate round of Ligue 1 was a simultaneous round of chaos. Kris, Jez and Phil try to remember what happened as there were developments at bot...

2021.05.10 - Blaze of...

10 May 2021

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As the season burns to a close, Kris, Jez and Phil look back over PSG's exit from the Champions' League, complications in Ligue 1, promotions from Lig...

2021.05.04 - Kinglosers

04 May 2021

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It's been a very busy week, and Kris, Jez and Phil have a special guest to talk about PSG's performances in both domestic and European competition - M...

2021.04.26 - Lille keep going

26 Apr 2021

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It's been a week. Kris, Jez and Phil look back over the weekend's action, the cup, admin, the WCL and everything else.

2021.04.19 - Away Goals Rule

19 Apr 2021

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Quiet weekend, wasn't it? Kris and Phil look back over a sometimes baffling week, in which both PSGs can thank the away goals rule for their progressi...

2021.04.12 - Motorcycles and Helicopters

12 Apr 2021

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PSG beat Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champion's League Quarter Finals, all the top four won, we have two fourth-tier teams in the Coupe de F...

2021.06.04 - Super Samedi

06 Apr 2021

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We had a little international / Easter break of our own, so Kris, Jez and Phil have a lot to round up this week. France drew with Ukraine and beat Kaz...

2021.03.22 - Just time to go to the shops

22 Mar 2021

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Game 30 of Ligue 1 saw some movement at the top, as Lille lost unexpectedly to Nimes, and PSG won away at Lyon. With the top and bottom of the table (...

2021.03.15 - A Twist in the Tale

15 Mar 2021

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Oh ho ho ho ho. When OL drew at Reims and Monaco and Lille played out a goalless draw (sorry about that everyone) it looked like PSG were in the box s...

2021.03.09 - The Coupe Runneth Over

09 Mar 2021

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It was enjoyably chaotic in the 16emes of the Coupe de France with late goals, penalty shoot-outs, cupsets, smoke-bombs, red cards and Kylian Mbappe s...

2021.03.01 - So, that just happened...

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Julien Stephan has resigned from Rennes, Jacques-Henri Eyraud has left Marseille, Jorge Sampaoli is coming in, Bordeaux could be up for sale and their...

2021.02.22 - Compare and Contrast

22 Feb 2021

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France's European teams had differing fortunes, as the title race looks ever more like a four-way fight. Kris, Jez and Phil review PSG's comprehensive...

2021.02.15 - Who Blinks First?

15 Feb 2021

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the Ligue trouser of the Coupe de France 32emes where there were three 'upsets', before moving on to the weekend's Ligue 1...

2021.02.08 - Comebacks and Chaos

08 Feb 2021

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With two rounds to cover, Kris, Jez and Phil aren't short of things to talk about in a week that's also seen two managers depart, the TV deal finally ...

2021.02.01 - Late Winners

01 Feb 2021

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After some surprising results, 2/3 of the team are giddy with glee - Kris, Jez and Phil focus on the bottom of the table, Lorient's shock win against ...

2021.01.26 - Bordeaux-ing on the Ridiculous

26 Jan 2021

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Game 21 saw some big scores, including in the derby as Lyon won 5-0 away at Saint-Etienne. Birthday boy Kris is joined by Jez and Phil to round up all...

2021.01.19 - Last-minute winners and January silverware

19 Jan 2021

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The 'season-opening' Trophee des Champions saw PSG beat OM on a cold and foggy January evening, and game 20 saw some interesting table developments. K...

2021.01.11 - January is autumn

11 Jan 2021

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We're halfway through the Ligue 1 season and Lyon are the champion d'automne, ahead of PSG and Lille. Kris, Jez and Phil round up two rounds of games ...

2021.01.04 - Happy New Calendar Year

04 Jan 2021

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Tuchel out and Poch in at PSG, Domenech in at Nantes - Kris, Jez and Phil look back at the managerial changes over Christmas and the current table sta...

2020.20.21 - Santa's Lille Helpers

21 Dec 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up rounds 15 and 16 and look at how that impacts on the table.

2020.12.14 - Words and Actions

14 Dec 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil look back over a really busy week. We've lost Gerard Houillier, seen PSG follow Basaksehir off the field in response to racist lang...

2020.12.07 - Committee of Wise Men

07 Dec 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil look back over game 5 in Europe and the 13th round of Ligue 1, including Vieira's departure, some other potential departures, fog, ...

2020.11.30 - Managerial hotplate

30 Nov 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil look back over a worrying 4th game in Europe with the French teams not massively impressing, and a confusing round 12 in Ligue 1. D...

2020.11.23 - Notgoodenoughness

23 Nov 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up a confusing weekend of results, with Monaco coming from 2-0 down to beat PSG, Brest adding to Saint-Etienne's woes, a goal...

2020.11.19 - International Breakthrough

18 Nov 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil review the international break, with the men's senior team getting through to the final four of the Nations' League, the U21s toppi...

2020.11.09 - League of Talents

09 Nov 2020

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After ten games of Ligue 1 - more or less - Kris, Jez and Phil round up the weekend's action, the quality you can see even at the bottom of the table,...

2020.11.06 - Who Ate All The Payet?

06 Nov 2020

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Kris and Jez are on their own this week to discuss a fairly problematic Champion's League round, as well as the Europa League, Ligue 1, and the recent...

2020.10.29 - European Action and Lockdown V2.0

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A newly Twitterless Kris is joined by Jez and Phil to look back at the second round of the Champions' League, the weekend's league action, contrasting...

2020.10.22 - Nouvelle Vague

22 Oct 2020

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The Champions League started badly for the French contingent, so Kris, Jez and Phil look back over 1 point from 3 matches and some late goals that did...

2020.10.15 - Adhere to your guidelines

15 Oct 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil look back over the international break, including two Nations' League games, and discuss Giroud's 100th cap, formation changes, and...

2020.10.07 - Brassier to Brest, and other stories

07 Oct 2020

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up game 6 of Ligue 1 including PSG's 6-1 win against Angers, the FFW derby as Metz won 3-1 against Lorient, and a slightly st...

2020.10.0 - Awaiting the FFW Derby

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We missed last week because reasons, so are back to round up game 5, what Lyon and PSG are up to, the Champions League draw, French team announcement,...