Faramir

Thanks OMD- didn't really expect much of a Cup run to begin with, so losing wasn't too disappointing. BTW, is your email still the same? I have a story idea that I need your thoughts on...

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15.2.08
Racing CP (0) Calais (3)
Racing CP- None
Calais- Mounir Alkhatib 8,47 Guillaume Collinet 86
MOM- Mounir Alkhatib, Calais

"Mounir is a big match player," observed Gond.

"He likes the limelight," agreed Faramir. "He really makes excellent attacks when he is playing well. He left their coverage in the dust."

"It was a blanket coverage by the midfield that kept Racing off balance the entire match."

***

19.2.08
Calais (4) La Roche (0)
Calais- Predrag Sikimic 11,23-P Kim Jung-Woo 15 Filipe Morais 28
La Roche- None
MOM- Predrag Sikimic, Calais

"Nice to finally see Predrag (Sikimic) get his first goal," commented Gond.

"He has been working hard for it and finally got a break. Kim (Jung-Woo) made a superb free kick for his goal."

"That was a pretty one. How long is Filipe (Morais) out for?"

Faramir winced, "Two months. Good thing we have that midfield depth- we may need it."

OMDave

Yep. Got the e-mail and replied.

Faramir

Thanks Dave

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23.2.08
Calais (3) Wasquehal (3)
Calais- Hugo Viana 3 Thomas Heed 13 Billy Macdonald 75
Wasquehal- Abelmajid Oulmers 27,90 Mamady Sidibe 42
MOM- Abelmajid Oulmers, Wasquehal

"That win slipped away from us," muttered Gond.

"Ian (Ritchie) had an awful performance," agreed Faramir.

"We wasted a very good offensive showing- we worked hard for all our goals, then Ian gave them back on soft shots..."

"At least we earned the draw."

***

29.2.08
Calais (3) Cherbourg (0)
Calais- Mounir Alkhatib 9 Cyril Gautier 18,64
MOM- Cyril Gautier, Calais

"Nice way for Cyril (Gautier) to step back into the lineup," said a cheery Gond.

"He was more than Cherbourg could handle today- they could not keep anyone with him in their area."

"It was also a strong defensive effort. No shots on goal is a good way to have things.

Faramir

5.3.08
Gazelec (1) Calais (2)
Gazelec- Cyril Revillet 18
Calais- Cyril Gautier 33 Mounir Alkhatib 45
MOM- Mounir Alkhatib, Calais

"A good tough performance from everyone in this match. It was very rough out there..." observed Gond.

"Gazelec likes being physical in front of their home crowd and it made for a bruising match. It was a nice comeback win for us."

"Cyril (Gautier) benefitted from his work on reserves- his goal scoring touch has been excellent the last two matches."

"Good thing too- with Joao (Paralta) and Fabio (Ceschi) out for the last couple of weeks."

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8.3.08
Boulougne (0) Calais (2)
Boulougne- None
Calais- Hugo Viana 32 Fabio Ceschi 61
MOM- Hugo Viana, Calais

"Another excellent effort in a tough road match," stated Gond.

"That is the kind of effort we have been aiming for since we started here- consistent grind-it-out defensive work with just enough offense to win."

Faramir

15.3.08
Calais (5) Rodez (3)
Calais- Joao Paralta 4 Linvoy Primus 42 Guillaume Colinet 75,90 Kevin Mofid 79
Rodez- Guillaume Corti 19,84 Jean-Christophe Rouviere 64
MOM- Hugo Viana, Calais

"Despite what Carlos (Tomas) thinks, he clearly has some work to do," murmured Faramir.

"He did try to make things interesting- especially given they only had 4 shots in the match."

"At least we were able to overcome that with another good offensive effort. Chateauroux had scouts to see Guillaume (Colinet) today- they got an eyeful."

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19.3.08
Sete (1) Calais (1)
Sete- Jerome Cheyrou 90
Calais- Mounir Alkhatib 8
MOM- Olivier Labruna, Sete

"You think they might learn a lesson from this one?" wondered Gond.

"All the times that we have told them never let up- I hope they do. One moment of poor coverage and a lack of concentration by Ian (Ritchie) that left an opening. It equaled wasting a win."

"Fortunately, we have a nice margin at this point."

"True, but can't get in the habit of not getting points we worked so hard for."

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * French National - Wednesday 19th March 2008********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2007/8 Table============================================= ================================================== =Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st Calais 29 11 2 2 51 19 10 4 0 33 10 69 2nd Niort 29 8 4 2 23 13 7 4 4 22 17 53 3rd Racing CP 29 11 2 2 28 14 3 7 4 18 23 51 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4th Laval 29 8 5 1 21 11 6 4 5 20 22 51 5th Wasquehal 29 8 3 4 26 21 6 4 4 25 21 49 6th Dijon 29 9 2 3 25 16 4 4 7 28 31 45 7th Bourg-Péronnas 29 6 5 4 36 29 5 4 5 23 22 42 8th Martigues 29 6 3 6 27 28 6 3 5 27 31 42 9th Gazélec 29 8 2 5 26 15 3 6 5 23 28 41 10th Le Mans 29 8 3 3 32 25 3 5 7 19 24 41 11th Boulogne 29 6 4 4 21 14 5 2 8 19 29 39 12th Viry 29 8 1 6 28 28 3 2 9 11 29 36 13th Rodez 29 5 6 3 26 20 4 1 10 20 31 34 14th Cherbourg 29 5 1 9 22 29 4 6 4 22 22 34 15th Louhans 29 2 5 7 18 25 7 1 7 25 30 33 16th Paris FC 29 6 4 5 22 18 3 1 10 17 31 32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17th Sète 29 2 8 5 18 21 5 1 8 20 25 30 18th Brest 29 4 3 7 27 27 3 5 7 23 30 29 19th Valenciennes 29 6 6 2 23 17 0 4 11 6 26 28 20th La Roche 29 3 3 8 15 22 1 4 10 11 33 19 </pre>

Faramir

22.3.08
Louhans (2) Calais (4)
Louhans- David Landreau 41 Yoann Tapella 78
Calais- Cyril Gautier 63,66,79 Hugo Viana 73
MOM- Hugo Viana, Calais

"Excellent comeback in the 2nd half. Cyril (Gautier) really became a beast," offered Gond.

"He had good chances in first half too- but Jerome Alonzo played a sensational half. Once we got that first goal, he seemed very deflated and didn't play well the rest of the way."

"Baptiste (Laflueriel) did a great job in starting the offense- after subbing on."

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28.3.08
Calais (3) Dijon (0)
Calais- Hugo Viana 15 Mounir Alkhatib 25 Joao Paralta 33
Dijon- None
MOM- Hugo Viana, Calais

"Ok, first step accomplished- promotion makes everyone happy," cheerily commented Barry Gond.

"I know I am happy," said a pleased Faramir. "Still, let's finish out as Champions of National."

"Hugo Viana was great again today."

"A little too good actually- Monaco is scouting him heavily and I really want to keep him."

***


"I was afraid of that, Monaco wasn't the only one scouting Hugo Viana- Bordeaux will pay his minimum fee release."

"We knew going in the chances of keeping him might be slim..." replied Gond.

Faramir

2.4.08
Racing CP (1) Calais (1)
Racing CP- Paul Orr 6
Calais- Tiago Mota 85
MOM- Tiago Mota, Calais

"We didn't play very well in that one," lamented Gond.

"No, but at least we were able to split the points. We need to get them going to close out the season on a strong note."

"How long is Mounir (Alkhatib) out for?"

"Three months- we may have him back for next season..."

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5.4.08

Bourg-Perronas (3) Calais (2)
BP- Didier Carlier 38-P Benoit Vaslin 48 Sylvain Joseph 72
Calais- Hugo Viana 29 Joao Paralta 33
MOM- Joao Paralta, Calais

"That was my fault- I have to take the blame for this loss," sighed Faramir.

"The one time we don't dress a 2nd keeper- and Carlos Tomas makes a terrible decision to earn a redcard," grumbled Gond.

"It could have turned out a lot better, still the boys played hard."

***

Faramir sighed, "Well, that's two down..."

Gond replied, "Losing Thomas (Heed) will hurt, but Hugo Viana is a much bigger loss to us. Who bid his minimum fee release?"

"Le Havre."

"Still, we do have depth in the midfield. We might be ok."

"We will have over another 1 Million from the sale of both of them. I expect we will be able to find some replacements."

Faramir

12.4.08
Calais (5) Niort (2)
Calais- Tiago Mota 22,61,67 Filipe Morais 57 Kim Jung-Woo 63
Niort- Capi 43 Ousmane Bangoura 45
MOM- Tiago Mota, Calais

"Tiago Mota picked a very nice time to get hot," said a pleased Gond.

"He is finally proving what a good scorer he is," agreed Faramir. "Filipe (Morais) also showed why we might not miss Hugo Viana and Thomas Heed as much- AND he doesn't have a minimum fee release on his contract."

"I saw some more scouts out there today, do you know who they were looking at?"

"The word was that they were scouting Kim Jung-Woo today. They got to see him playing well."

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18.4.08
Laval (3) Calais (0)
Laval- Pascal Berenguer 10-P Sylvain Prat 15 Gregory Riou 57
Calais- None
MOM- Dai Xianrong, Laval

"I thought the redcard on Thomas (Kleine) was uncalled for," lamented Gond.

"Me too. The penalty was bad enough- but to give him a redcard on a push? It wasn't even a hard push..."

"They took advantage of having us a man down- even if we had played perfectly the loss would have been likely after the penalty was converted."

"That's how I saw it too- we had little chance against them when they are playing that well."

Faramir

26.4.08
Calais (3) Le Mans (0)
Calais- Cedric 9 Predrag Sikimic 24 Tiago Mota 47
Le Mans- None
MOM- Kim Jung-Woo, Calais

"Unlikely yes- but we are Champs!" pronounced Faramir.

"It was a great way to win the title. Playing a fine match in front of our home fans."

"Ian (Ritchie) really deserved MOM honours- that was his finest match for us this season. They outshot us 14-7, but he was brilliant today."

"Not only that, but we nailed down the title without many of our best players."

"We do have quite a bundle out at the moment- Mounir (Alkhatib), Hugo Viana, Joao Paralta, Thomas Heed and Baptiste (Lafleuriel)."

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2.5.08
La Roche (0) Calais (4)
La Roche- None
Calais- Kim Jung-Woo 4 Tiago Mota 9 Fabio Ceschi 62 Guillaume Colinet 71
MOM- Fabio Ceschi, Calais

"They were very dispirited- especially after our two quick goals," mentioned Gond.

"No surprise there, they have already clinched relegation- they were just playing out the string today and it showed."

"It was an easy win, but I still liked the spirit the boys showed."

"Their execution was very good again."

Faramir

10.5.08
Calais (3) Brest (0)
Calais- Tiago Mota 11 Kim Jung-Woo 54 Guillaume Colinet 90
Brest- None
MOM- Kim Jung-Woo, Calais

"We didn't even miss a beat when Filipe (Morais) was sent off at 8 minutes," observed Gond.

"That was a poor call- I have protested his suspension, but I really doubt they will overturn the ruling."

"Kim (Jung-Woo) has really blossomed once he was out of the midfield holding role- he is much more an offensive player than I thought."

"Yes, I noticed that as well- I guess he was a bit miscast in that role and just needs the freedom to play forward."

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17.5.08
Martigues (1) Calais (7)
Martigues- Eric Baert 24
Calais- Joao Paralta 21,47,66 Fabio Ceschi 25,73 Tiago Mota 72-P,82
MOM- Joao Paralta, Calais

"That was a fine way to close out a successful season," grinned Barry Gond.

"Pretty spectacular offensive explosion- especially in the second half," agreed Faramir. "Everyone is off until the first week in June. You and I will go over scouting reports- hopefully Allye will be in touch soon..."

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * Calais Racing UFC - Saturday 17th May 2008********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2007/8 Senior Club Stats============================================= ================================================== =No Name Apps Gls Con Pens Asts Yel Red MoM Av R--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alkhatib, Mounir 30 17 0 0 12 0 0 7 8.30 - Baudouin, Johann - - - - - - - - ---- - Blanc, Guillaume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- - Brown, Kevin 23 (11) 1 0 0 5 4 0 1 7.38 - Cameron, Colin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- - Carmo, Ricardo 5 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 - Cedric 15 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.33 - Ceschi, Fabio 17 (3) 10 0 0 5 0 0 1 7.75 - Colinet, Guillaume 1 (11) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.08 - Colinet, Philippe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 - El-Bawi, Durgham 10 (3) 2 0 1 (0) 2 0 0 0 7.15 - Faure, Sébastien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- - Ferro, Julien 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 - Gautier, Cyril 4 (1) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.80 - Guillou, Sébastien - - - - - - - - ---- - Heed, Thomas 24 (2) 8 0 1 (1) 4 2 0 1 7.58 - Hugo Viana 33 10 0 0 22 3 0 5 7.97 - Joly, Laurent 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.25 - Jordi Prats 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 - Kim Jung-Woo 17 (1) 7 0 0 10 0 0 3 7.67 - Kleine, Thomas 37 2 0 1 (1) 2 4 1 0 7.51 - Lafleuriel, Baptiste 7 (10) 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 7.24 - Macdonald, Billy 18 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 7.17 - Mäkelä, Antti 40 2 0 1 (1) 6 1 0 0 7.30 - Mofid, Kevin 27 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7.19 - Morais, Filipe 14 (1) 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 7.40 - Moreau, Richard - - - - - - - - ---- - Nuno Sousa 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.67 - Paauwe, Cees 23 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 7.22 - Paralta, João 21 (11) 19 2 0 5 1 0 4 7.97 - Perrin, Cyrille - - - - - - - - ---- - Phillips, Justin 11 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 7.91 - Primus, Linvoy 20 (5) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7.48 - Ritchie, Ian 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 6.53 - Rodrigues, Thomas - - - - - - - - ---- - Sandjak, Jérémy - - - - - - - - ---- - Schmitt, Olivier 6 (7) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.23 - Sikimic, Predrag 22 8 0 2 (2) 3 0 0 1 7.73 - Tiago Mota 29 19 2 1 (1) 4 0 0 4 8.00 - Tomás, Carlos 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.29 - Vincent, Arnaud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- </pre>