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Pathetic…..
By: Jay |
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All that can be said is that it has been very painful watching Lens play football this season. After losing our best players and two coaches many thought Jean-Pierre Papin would turn things around and it still may be so, but heretofore he has done a dreadful job and wednesday’s draw with Caen was [...]
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Mangane out against Caen
By: Jay | 1 Comment
Tommorow’s makeup game against Caen will be played without prized Senegalese international Kader Mangane . Since this matchup was slated for the 6th week of league play and Mangane had not yet joined RC Lens at the time he cannot therefore participate tommorow.
Vitorino Hilton is still recovering from surgery and is not yet ready [...]
Category: Team NewsStalled progress?
By: Jay | 1 Comment
Just as the Lens faithful thought the club had turned the proverbial corner disapointment returned to the Stade Felix Bollaert on Saturday. Not to say that the match was a total debachle, indeed the Lensois showed some resilience and fought back to capture a point after being down early.
Marama Vahirua slotted home the first [...]
Category: Team NewsYounis Mahmoud to Lens and other goodies…..
By: Jay | 2 Comments
As oil prices near record highs, and France’s public railways remain waylaid by striking workers whilst Pakistan’s democracy teeters on the brink of disaster, its nice to know that the holiday season beckons and always seems to bring with it a bit of hope for our troubled planet no matter how short lived that may [...]
Category: Team NewsKhiter to the rescue
By: Jay | 3 Comments
Lens came away with three points for the third straight match and finds itself in good form lately. Tonight’s clash at Ligue 2 champions Metz was undoubtedly an exciting encounter. Regardless of Jean-Pierre Papin continually featuring an inferior lineup by burying the likes of Kanga Akale and Razak Boukari deep on the bench [...]
Category: Team NewsSweet déjà vu
By: Jay | 3 Comments
In a repeat of last year’s heroics this year’s less than stellar Lensois pulled another miracle against Saint Etienne. In order to thoroughly appreciate tonight’s victory one must have seen last year’s memorable clash in late January when coming out of the halftime break the blood and gold found themselves down 3-0 but somehow [...]
Category: Team NewsBlog is back
By: Jay | 3 Comments
After a rather long absence I have returned to documenting our beloved Lensois. A long and arduous relocation saw me without internet access for over a month. Much has happened at Lens since my last post. Sorry to say much of the news has been negative. Last sunday’s loss to Rennes at [...]
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