Season preview

By: Christoffer | August 7th, 2009

Well the season is about to get underway for Lés Monegasques, and after a terrible mercato(As Richard demonstrated in his latest post), we can only hope for the best this season. Hopefully we will get a player or two though. We have a lot of talent on our team but we lack a midfield general and a goal-scorer. We were close to getting Savidan but he unfortunately retired, and we are still looking for that midfield general. Those two things is what in my opinion will keep us away from the battle for the top 3 spots. Cause we actually have a lot of talent on this team, as seen when the top 50 Ligue 1 prospects came out. We had Djamel Bakar, Cedric Mongongu, Frederic Nimani, Malaury Martin, Nicolas Nkoulou, Lukman Haruna, Yohan Mollo and Juan Pablo Pino. That is 8 prospects on the top 50 list, which means that we are one of the teams with the most prospects, and that clearly shows that we have the talent to succeed. But we just lack to the things I said. A midfield general and a goal-scorer. As of right now we might have found the midfield general. That is Eduardo Costa from Sao Paulo. He is a true leader and he plays with a lot of heart, but let’s not get our hopes high after all the failed transfers we have gotten this mercato. But as of now we got what we got, and coach Lacombe will try to make the best of it. He have proved to be great working with talents, and maybe he will make our talents explode onto the stage this season. But as of now that is wishful thinking. My prediction for our team right now is that we are a “team of the future” and if we can keep our talents for a year or two we will be in the battle for top 3 soon. But for right now if we don’t make a move in the transfer market we will in my opinion end as the 7th place in the league. That is not a bad position, but with our history we should be able to get higher than that. But let’s hope that we will surprise everyone this season and maybe come out with a spot in the Europa League. Let’s see! The season starts tomorrow against Toulouse!