Now Valenciennes is 19th away, Metz are 18th and St-Etienne 20th.

French cup last 16 :

Paris-SG (L1) 2-1 Bastia (L2)
Sedan (L2) 2-0 Angers (L2)
Dijon (L2) 3-1 Tours FC (Nat)
Lyon (L1) 2-1 Sochaux (L1)
Bordeaux (L1) 2-0 (after extratime) Lille (L1)
Lorient (L1) 0-1 Metz (L1)
Amiens (L2) 1-1 (4-2 on penalties) Arles (Nat)
Carquefou (CFA2) 1-0 Marseille (L1)

The big surprise is the elimination of Marseille by Carquefou which is a club of the 5th division from the suburbs of Nantes and they have eliminated Nancy in the last 32.

Giant Killers then?

Have them in cup competitions all around the world

Yes they are and they are not professional players, they have a job.

May be in Uefa cup next year ?

It happened ten years ago with Nimes Olympique, they were in third Division and they were qualified for the cup winner of cup, and they won the two legs against Honved Budapest in the first round but they failed in the next round.

Thats quite an achievement. Did you see any of the Liverpool vs. Havant & Waterlooville FA Cup game earlier this season? Havant are a non-league, semi-professional team who scored 2 goals against Liverpool at Anfield, they played brilliantly but aren't top of their own league, they're actually relegation threatened

No i've not seen this match but i know that Liverpool was not good at the begining of the season, i remenber Marseille winning at Anfield and at that time Marseille was in the relegation zone, and Liverpool was lucky because they failed the 3 first matchs in the CL this year. But they were good in their 3 last games so they were qualified.

Nancy 2-1 Metz
Valenciennes 3-1 Bordeaux
Marseille 0-1 Sochaux
Nice 1-2 Lorient
Toulouse 1-1 Le Mans
Strasbourg 0-1 Lille
Auxerre 1-3 Saint-Etienne
Caen 4-1 Monaco

Aussie_Valenciennes_Fan will be happy.

Not a good result for Bordeaux, Lyon is on the way to win their 7th Ligue. Monaco was leading 1-0 at half time and see the result now. Not a good week for Marseille.

very very happy!!

Where are we now, still in the top 4 or 5?

Rennes 3-1 Lens
Lyon 4-2 Paris-SG

1 Lyon 64
2 Bordeaux 55
3 Nancy 52
4 Marseille 46
5 Nice 43
6 Le Mans 43
7 Lille 42
8 Lorient 42
9 Valenciennes 41
10 Rennes 41
11 Saint-Etienne 40
12 Caen 39
13 Monaco 37
14 Auxerre 37
15 Strasbourg 35
16 Sochaux 35
17 Lens 34
18 Paris-SG 32
19 Toulouse 31
20 Metz 18

French cup draw :

Lyon (L1) - Metz (L1)
Bordeaux (L1) - Sedan (L2)
Carquefou (CFA2) - Paris-SG (L1)
Amiens (L2) - Dijon (L2)

Rennes 0-2 Bordeaux
Saint-Etienne 4-1 Le Mans
Nice 0-0 Lille
Toulouse 0-0 Lorient
Caen 1-0 Valenciennes
Auxerre 0-1 Sochaux
Strasbourg 0-2 Monaco
Lens 1-1 Metz
Nancy 1-0 Paris-SG
Marseille 3-1 Lyon

Guess we're not gunning for Europe like I thought when I last saw the table

Valenciennes is 12th, Nice who is 5th have only 3 points more but i don't think Valenciennes can be european because there is not Intertoto anymore, and Marseille have 11 points more.

1 Lyon 67
2 Bordeaux 61
3 Nancy 55
4 Marseille 52
5 Nice 44
6 Rennes 44
7 Le Mans 44
8 Lille 43
9 Saint-Etienne 43
10 Lorient 43
11 Caen 43
12 Valenciennes 41
13 Sochaux 41
14 Monaco 40
15 Auxerre 40
16 Lens 35
17 Toulouse 35
18 Paris-SG 35
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 18

RC, have you heard anything about signing Australian defender Mark Milligan?

RC Lens have signed him. Official. But i'd like to see Lensy's view on this.

No i don't hear about Mark Milligan, i know only that Hilton will leave Lens at the end of the season and Hilton is defender.

1 Lyon 68
2 Bordeaux 64
3 Marseille 55
4 Nancy 55
5 Saint-Etienne 47
6 Nice 47
7 Le Mans 47
8 Lille 46
9 Lorient 46
10 Rennes 45
11 Valenciennes 44
12 Caen 43
13 Sochaux 42
14 Monaco 40
15 Auxerre 40
16 Toulouse 38
17 Lens 35
18 Paris-SG 35
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 19

This week end :

Lens - Sochaux
Strasbourg - Lyon
Nancy - Le Mans
Saint-Etienne - Lorient
Nice - Monaco
Rennes - Valenciennes
Caen - Paris-SG
Auxerre - Metz
Toulouse - Bordeaux
Marseille - Lille

We need to beat Rennes if we want a top half finish. I can see us drawing though.

Also Milligan's transfer isn't so 100%. He rebuffed Lens for now as he would prefer to play in England where he knows the language but if he can't find an English speaking team he will go to Lens.

I still don't hear about this transfer.

Lens 3-2 Sochaux
Strasbourg 1-2 Lyon
Nancy 1-1 Le Mans
Saint-Etienne 1-0 Lorient
Nice 0-2 Monaco
Rennes 1-0 Valenciennes
Caen 3-0 Paris-SG
Auxerre 0-0 Metz
Toulouse 0-1 Bordeaux
Marseille 1-3 Lille

1 Lyon 71
2 Bordeaux 67
3 Nancy 56
4 Marseille 55
5 Saint-Etienne 50
6 Lille 49
7 Rennes 48
8 Le Mans 48
9 Nice 47
10 Lorient 46
11 Caen 46
12 Valenciennes 44
13 Monaco 43
14 Sochaux 42
15 Auxerre 41
16 Toulouse 38
17 Lens 38
18 Paris-SG 35
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 20

Paris-SG 3-1 Auxerre
Lyon 2-2 Caen
Bordeaux 0-0 Nice
Metz 0-1 Saint-Etienne
Lille 3-2 Toulouse
Rennes 3-0 Strasbourg
Le Mans 3-2 Lens
Sochaux 1-1 Lorient
Valenciennes 1-1 Nancy
Monaco 2-3 Marseille

1 Lyon 72
2 Bordeaux 68
3 Marseille 58
4 Nancy 57
5 Saint-Etienne 53
6 Lille 52
7 Rennes 51
8 Le Mans 51
9 Nice 48
10 Lorient 47
11 Caen 47
12 Valenciennes 45
13 Sochaux 43
14 Monaco 43
15 Auxerre 41
16 Toulouse 38
17 Lens 38
18 Paris-SG 38
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 20

Nice 0-0 Lyon
Toulouse 1-1 Paris-SG
Nancy 3-0 Strasbourg
Caen 2-2 Rennes
Lorient 0-0 Le Mans
Auxerre 2-0 Valenciennes
Sochaux 0-0 Metz
Lens 0-0 Monaco

I think Lens will be relegated because it was our last chance tonight, because the two next matchs are difficult. We have to play Lille away and it's a derby and Bordeaux at home who fight for the title, Toulouse have to play Rennes away and Valenciennes at home and Valenciennes is not good away, PSG have to play St-Etienne at home and Sochaux away. And now Aruna Dindane is injuried for 6 months.