Articles tagged with "france"
New Team mate, look alike?
By Jake | September 6th, 2008Just to make a little post, since we haven’t seen much De Rossi news as of late, although later a post (By Michele or myself) ...
Everton sign Saha
By Rob | August 29th, 2008Everton have taken constantly-injured Manchester United striker Louis Saha off thier hands in another undisclosed fee transfer. The Toffees who had added worryingly little to ...
Who still plays with a 3-5-2? Auxerre, that's who.
By Nick | August 26th, 2008In Ligue 1 nowadays, unless a team is severely rocked by injuries, it is quite the trend to play with a defending line of 4. ...
Finally, what you've all been waiting for...
By Nick | August 26th, 2008Come on, admit it, the Ligue 1 party here at The Offside would never have been complete without the only Ligue 1 team to have ...
Djibril Cissé Deserves His Second Shot at the Premiership
By Daryl | August 20th, 2008Great news for lovers of pacy Frenchmen with silly haircuts and two broken legs: Djibril Cissé is heading back to the Premier League. Cissé's current club ...
Daily Dose: 08.19.08
By chris | August 19th, 2008Stuff to read while you call the cops for a noise disturbance at a kindergarten....... Argentina's women's team pays tribute to the Spanish men's basketball team. ...
Grenoble and Marseille Make Ligue 1 Interesting Again
By Daryl | August 18th, 2008We told you the omens were good for a more open Ligue 1 title race this season. Lyon can't have it all their own way ...
Advantage Bordeaux for 2008/9?
By Daryl | August 3rd, 2008Even Lyon fans might have to admit that their team's dominance of Ligue 1 is getting silly. They've won the last seven French titles. Which ...
Louis Saha?
By j | July 27th, 2008The rumour mill is alive and well and seemingly without conscious. Reports begin to circulate, with news sources quoting each other and of-course, the team, ...
Petit Louis in Paris....?
By Come | July 27th, 2008So Paris is been looking at another french international now (18 caps, 4 goals), Louis Saha from Manchester United. The 30 yeas old striker is very ...
Fréderic Piquionne?
By j | July 24th, 2008Le Parisien is reporting that PSG is considering making an offer on Monaco Striker Fréderic Piquionne. The twenty-nine year-old has a consistently shown a notable ...
Djibril Cissé
By j | July 23rd, 2008More of the dirty-little rumour than fact at this stage but the Daily Mirror is reporting that Mark Hughes is preparing a bid on disgruntled ...
Claude Makélélé arrives!!!
By j | July 21st, 2008The new chapter in Claude Makélélé's Football career is about to written as he has signed with the club after five years with Chelsea. The ...
the story of Jimmy Briand is far from over
By j | July 20th, 2008To those unfamiliar with PSG's courtship of Stade Rennais extraordinary young Striker, Jimmy Briand, lets just say the last efforts fell perilously short. While the ...
closing in on Claude Makélélé
By j | July 19th, 2008The saga of Claude Makélélé is appearing to be near a climatic scene with terms between Chelsea and PSG being worked out. There is still ...
more on Ludovic Giuly move
By j | July 18th, 2008In an update to the glorious move to bring Ludovic Giuly to PSG I've been shifting through a series of interviews and press conferences ...
the saga of Claude Makélélé
By j | July 17th, 2008In the realm of off-season sagas, the Claude Makélélé situation is heartiest of dramas. The on-again, off-again romancing of the thirty-five year-old French national continues ...
Draw with NK Zagreb/ Vive le RMC
By Richard | July 16th, 2008Monaco continued its preseason program today with a friendly against NK Zagreb of Croatia: AS Monaco 2 (Nene 56pen, Bakar 68) NK Zagreb 2 (Mujdza 11, Parlov ...
Offside Odds and Ends: Cannavaro and Ballack and Facebook, Oh My
By Laurie | July 16th, 2008Finding stuff for a blog like this is a little like shopping at garage sales. Occasionally you strike gold, like a mint-condition "How the ...
Transfer Tracker
By Takis | July 11th, 2008Olympiacos has been busy as usual in the transfer market. Below is a detailed look at the imports and exports completed by the club in ...
FIFA 09 - FIRST LOOK - Platform Specific Options
By Dave Martinez | July 3rd, 2008UEFA Euro 2008 looks to be only an appetizer leading up to the grand unveil of FIFA 09, which will be PLATFORM SPECIFIC. Wii Players Rejoice. And ...
Why the French Want 6+5
By Laurie | June 23rd, 2008FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter met with several French football figures this week. The topic? Sepp's controversial 6+5 proposal. The result? ...
The Offside EA Euro 2008 Early Group Results!
By Dave Martinez | June 20th, 2008First off, great job to everyone involved. The tournament has hit the road running, and the majority of games have already been played. ...
Euro 2008 Disaster
By Inara | June 20th, 2008I've totally been avoiding writing about this because part of me still believes that it's only a nightmare...But man, out of the eleven OL players ...
Euro Watch: 6.10
By Jack | June 10th, 2008Euro 2008 is off to a rousing start. Rousing? Well, at least Greece lost. The first round of games have been completed, so let's take ...
French Supercup to be Held in the US?
By Inara | June 1st, 2008According to Le Progres, the French Football Federation wants to hold the French Supercup (also known as the Trophée des champions) in the United States. ...
South American Euros
By Lugo | May 24th, 2008In this day of the official birth of the south american union I'll take the occasion to make the list of (confirmed or potential) representatives ...
The Bundesliga at the Euros
By Jan | May 22nd, 2008Will make its' presence felt in numbers - whether it'll be on the bench or on the pitch. A total of 65 players from the ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 24
By Daryl | May 22nd, 2008In Episode 24 of the Offside Podcast, Ian interviews Stuart Fuller, author of the Fan's Guide to European Football Grounds. They talk about the joys ...
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