Knocky in L'Equipe

[LanguedocFox]

Every morning I take a walk with my dog to the next village: very pleasant 5km along the Canal du Midi, since you ask. My wife drives over, and we have coffee sitting in the sun, then drive back.

 

So this morning, I was sitting outside the café and noticed someone reading the French sports daily "L'Equipe" - and there was our Anthony at the top of the page about English football: http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Knockaert-au-milieu-des-grands/26109. The headline reads "Knockaert among the big boys", with the subhead saying "Considered too small by Lens, and criticised when he chose to join Leicester in 2012, the Frenchman has been a success: today he plays against Chelsea in the Premier League". Brilliant!

 

If someone can explain to me how to post PDFs, I'll post the full story.

[Out Foxed]

download it and upload it to a site like zippyshare. then people can read it on their computers.

[LanguedocFox]

Mmm. Tried Zippyshare and it didn't work.

[Master Fox]

God i love our Knocky.

[Out Foxed]

Mmm. Tried Zippyshare and it didn't work.

have you put it in a rar with winzip before uploading?

[davieG]

Here's the online version but you need to register and pay 0.49 Euros to view it.

 

 

 

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Knockaert-au-milieu-des-grands/26109

[Crinklyfox]

Every morning I take a walk with my dog to the next village: very pleasant 5km along the Canal du Midi, since you ask. My wife drives over, and we have coffee sitting in the sun, then drive back.

 

So this morning, I was sitting outside the café and noticed someone reading the French sports daily "L'Equipe" - and there was our Anthony at the top of the page about English football: http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Knockaert-au-milieu-des-grands/26109. The headline reads "Knockaert among the big boys", with the subhead saying "Considered too small by Lens, and criticised when he chose to join Leicester in 2012, the Frenchman has been a success: today he plays against Chelsea in the Premier League". Brilliant!

 

If someone can explain to me how to post PDFs, I'll post the full story.

Envy.  Sounds wonderful (the walk, that is).

 

Hopefully he can adjust to the Premier League.

[LanguedocFox]

Managed it: the link is here: http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/30334085/file.html. It's in French, of course, but if anyone's interested I'll do a translation.

[LanguedocFox]

Envy.  Sounds wonderful (the walk, that is).

 

Hopefully he can adjust to the Premier League.

 

It is: I have about five different variants, all starting from my place and ending up at the café, and they're all lovely: even when it's raining or in the deep cold of midwinter.

 

I've got no doubts at all about Knocky and the Premier League: he'll take a while to adjust, no doubt, but when he does he will be brilliant.

[AmyLGK]

Managed it: the link is here: http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/30334085/file.html. It's in French, of course, but if anyone's interested I'll do a translation.

 

Please 

[Eddy Kellys Heroes]

Can you translate it into Mandarin please?

[veezeeblue]

Let´s hope he is still in the headlines tomorrow ! 

[Out Foxed]

Can you translate it into Mandarin please?

i want it in Mandem speak

[LanguedocFox]

_{Here you go: It's a bit rough and ready because I had to go out tonight, but you get the gist. Rather sad, given that he didn't play today, but he's still special'}

 

_{Knockaert among the big boys}

 

_{Considered too small by Lens, and criticised when he chose to join Leicester in 2012, the Frenchman has been a success: today he plays against Chelsea in the Premier League}

 

_{The scenario has all the elements of an American blockbuster but it is actually the story of 22yo Anthony Knockaert. When Jose Mourinho and Didier Drogba, whom he will face today at StamfordBridge, were lifting their first trophy as English champions in 2005, the native of Roubaix was leaving the Lens training centre. “They said I was too small,” says the midfielder (now 1.72m tall). “I was heartbroken. I wanted to quit football, but my father forced me to continue. Without him I would not be here today.”}

 

_{By way of Mouscron in Belgium (2005-2007), Lesquin (2007-2009) and Guingamp (2009-2012), he then became a target for Rene Girard, of French title-holders Montpellier. But Knockaert surprised everyone by rejecting the League champions to join Leicester of the English Second Division. "Many people thought I made a mistake, even some in my own family wondered what was going on in my head. But I always dreamed of playing in England. When I was ten years, I was more happy to watch Liverpool-Everton than Lyon-Marseille!"}

 

_{In just two seasons, Knockaert has "won his gamble" and made ​​his name in Britain since the famous Championship semi-final play-offs of 2013 between Watford and Leicester (1-0, 1-3) that turned on the 7th minute of time added on, when the Frenchman missed the decisive penalty. "After the match, I didn’t sleep of three days,” he confesses.}

 

_{THE FANS CRY “IF YOU SELL KNOCKAERT, THERE WILL BE A RIOT!”}

 

_{Since then, supporters of Leicester have not stopped singing his song: "lf you sell Knockaert ... You're gonna have a riot on your hands!" History will record that, one year on, it was he who brought the club back into the elite by scoring the winner against Sheffield Wednesday (2 -1, 4 April). “The wheel turns," he smiles.}

 

_{So close to his dream, the Ch'ti [Northerner] very nearly missed his Premier League debut. Six days before facing Everton (2-2), he was walking with the aid of crutches (he had a sprained ankle). Back in training on Thursday, and in the team on Saturday, he started the move that led to his team’s first goal. But his slip, on the right side, helped Leighton Baines to make the second Toffees goal. "I was trying so hard to catch him that I lost my footing,” he explains. “In the Premier League, the slightest mistake will cost you.”}

 

_{The fixture list has not helped the Foxes either. After Everton, they travel to Chelsea today, then welcome Arsenal next Sunday. But he loves it: “If you had said to me five years ago, at Lesquin, that I would play at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, Mourinho and Drogba... I realize how lucky I am to be here. It’s fantastic.”}

 

_{And as happiness never comes alone. Knockaert, who was married earlier in the summer will also become a dad at the end of the year.}

[Danno]

I was standing in the queue at the ground next to his wife and dad before the game. Very decent i must say.

[TOMBlcfc]

I was standing in the queue at the ground next to his wife and dad before the game. Very decent i must say.

Don't get any ideas Theodore, I know what you're like!

[Tielemans63]

I was standing in the queue at the ground next to his wife and dad before the game. Very decent i must say.

 

 

What about his wife?

[Danno]

What about his wife?

Pregnant

[Voll Blau]

 

_{THE FANS CRY “IF YOU SELL KNOCKAERT, THERE WILL BE A RIOT!”}

 

 

[ScouseFox]

"THE WHEEL TURNS" he smiles

yes tony

[Soar Fox]

I love him.

[ScouseFox]

probably in my top 5 leicester players ever. haven't a clue how you can support leicester and not f ucking adore this kid

[sphericalfox]

_{Here you go: It's a bit rough and ready because I had to go out tonight, but you get the gist. Rather sad, given that he didn't play today, but he's still special'}

 

_{Knockaert among the big boys}

 

_{Considered too small by Lens, and criticised when he chose to join Leicester in 2012, the Frenchman has been a success: today he plays against Chelsea in the Premier League}

 

_{The scenario has all the elements of an American blockbuster but it is actually the story of 22yo Anthony Knockaert. When Jose Mourinho and Didier Drogba, whom he will face today at StamfordBridge, were lifting their first trophy as English champions in 2005, the native of Roubaix was leaving the Lens training centre. “They said I was too small,” says the midfielder (now 1.72m tall). “I was heartbroken. I wanted to quit football, but my father forced me to continue. Without him I would not be here today.”}

 

_{By way of Mouscron in Belgium (2005-2007), Lesquin (2007-2009) and Guingamp (2009-2012), he then became a target for Rene Girard, of French title-holders Montpellier. But Knockaert surprised everyone by rejecting the League champions to join Leicester of the English Second Division. "Many people thought I made a mistake, even some in my own family wondered what was going on in my head. But I always dreamed of playing in England. When I was ten years, I was more happy to watch Liverpool-Everton than Lyon-Marseille!"}

 

_{In just two seasons, Knockaert has "won his gamble" and made ​​his name in Britain since the famous Championship semi-final play-offs of 2013 between Watford and Leicester (1-0, 1-3) that turned on the 7th minute of time added on, when the Frenchman missed the decisive penalty. "After the match, I didn’t sleep of three days,” he confesses.}

 

_{THE FANS CRY “IF YOU SELL KNOCKAERT, THERE WILL BE A RIOT!”}

 

_{Since then, supporters of Leicester have not stopped singing his song: "lf you sell Knockaert ... You're gonna have a riot on your hands!" History will record that, one year on, it was he who brought the club back into the elite by scoring the winner against Sheffield Wednesday (2 -1, 4 April). “The wheel turns," he smiles.}

 

_{So close to his dream, the Ch'ti [Northerner] very nearly missed his Premier League debut. Six days before facing Everton (2-2), he was walking with the aid of crutches (he had a sprained ankle). Back in training on Thursday, and in the team on Saturday, he started the move that led to his team’s first goal. But his slip, on the right side, helped Leighton Baines to make the second Toffees goal. "I was trying so hard to catch him that I lost my footing,” he explains. “In the Premier League, the slightest mistake will cost you.”}

 

_{The fixture list has not helped the Foxes either. After Everton, they travel to Chelsea today, then welcome Arsenal next Sunday. But he loves it: “If you had said to me five years ago, at Lesquin, that I would play at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, Mourinho and Drogba... I realize how lucky I am to be here. It’s fantastic.”}

 

_{And as happiness never comes alone. Knockaert, who was married earlier in the summer will also become a dad at the end of the year.}

 

I didn't realise that Knocky is a Ch'ti!   Angggh?

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11acaq_welcome-to-the-sticks-bienvenue-chez-les-ch-tis-trailer_creation