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The French elections

Michel de Vacri I’m no Macron fan. He has no political experience, formed his own party En Marche, and therefore no affiliation, no representation in the Assemblee Nationale. This was an election for the traditional right to win and surely would have done so had Fillon stood down after the [...]

April 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/a dream becomes a reality

It was only a month ago that the Fulham play-off challenge seemed to stutter after losing at home to Wolves. Since then we have won 5 out of 6 with some notable away scalps at Norwich when reduced to 10 men and Huddersfield yesterday. To go one down and then beat them 4-1 in a febrile atmosphere is [...]

April 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Nice update

Michel De Vacri There was a possibility that yesterday if the results went our way OGM NIce would be top of the Ligue Une. Sadly league leaders Monaco beat Dijon 2-1 with a late goal from Falcoa though we won 3-1 over Nancy. We are certain of third place, the first such finish for 41 years , and [...]

April 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Day in Nice

Michel de Vacri It’s good to see Monsieur Robert back in Nice with his Godson and his mother. Yesterday I was their tour guide. We started in the Cours Saleya market and shopping for food and various other domestic chores. After a late breakfast a la francaise of a baguette and croissants we [...]

April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Nice times

Michel de Vacri It’s been such fun to see our friends from the Rust here. Yesterday I took time out to watch France play a friendly against Spain which we lost 2-0. The game was noticeable for the use of video evidence which resulted in the referee disallowing a Griezmann goal and allowing a [...]

March 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Bienvenue National Rust

Michel de Vacri It takes more than Brexit, the July 14 terrorist attack and the slump in the pound to prevent the spring trip of National Rust to my city. I was delighted that not only Alice, Daphne, Nancy and Robert with his two p/as Grania and Polly were coming here but also Lavinia and Simon to [...]

March 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Leeds 1

The match will be remembered for a moment of controversy when Neeskens Kebano’s shot struck the underside of the Leeds bar and appeared to land over the line( the video highlights suggested it did) but the referee did not award a goal. I will examine this in greater detail but first the match [...]

March 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

3 attacking midfielders of whom you may not have heard but you will

Federico Bernardeschi Stefano Ursolini Last night Federico Bernardeschi hit a 25 piledriver of a free kick into the corner of the Borussia Munchengladbach net for Fiorentina who won their away Europa league tie 1-0. Aged 22 with 9 international caps he is not just an established talent but I would [...]

February 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Rennes 2 NIce 2

Michel de Vacri Nice are now in 3rd place in Ligue Un and it looks like the title race will be fought out between Monaco and PSG. Not that we fans are bitter or disappointed as our President said we would be happy to stay in the race as long as possible and to play in a European competition. We [...]

February 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Mumbai

Yesterday we left Jaipur at 5.45 am for Mumbai. We were told we would see the slums made famous in Slum Dog Millionaire and although I did see the customary hovels by the roadside my first impression was of a modern, thriving city of skyscrapers and office blocks. The traffic was horrendous but as [...]

December 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

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