Phenoms Taking Their Names Off The Market

It's just the cool thing to do, apparently. Two of the biggest names in world football 25 and under in Samir Nasri and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were supposed to go up for auction this summer, with The Artist Formerly Knows As G14 with be clamoring to ...

Marseille Offer Samir Nasri for Hatem Ben Arfa!!!!!

Normally, a rumor like this aren't worth the paper it's written on. But when L'Equipe gets involved, that means that something is afoot between the Rhone and the French Riviera. Word is that Marseille would be willing to exchange Samir Nasri ...

Marseille/Lille Match Video

Marseille - Lille 1-3 Resume Championnat Ligue 1 butsenvoyé par sorkaa ...

5th Division Amateur Side Carquefou's Dream is Over, and I Blame Myself

I swear, I am never, ever again watching another game. Every team I have rooted for in the last two weeks has lost. Every one. In Champions League, I rooted for Arsenal, Roma, Fenerbahce and Schalke. In MLS games last weekend I rooted for San J ...

MORE Injuries, Plus Marseille Want Hatem Ben Arfa (Hahaha)

This has got to be the worst year for Lyon in terms of injuries. Important players keep dropping like flies, right when things are getting crucial. Last weekend against Marseille, Jeremy Toulalan and Fred were both carried off the pitch within th ...

MORE Injuries, Plus Marseille Want Hatem Ben Arfa (Hahaha)

This has got to be the worst year for Lyon in terms of injuries. Important players keep dropping like flies, right when things are getting crucial. Last weekend against Marseille, Jeremy Toulalan and Fred were both carried off the pitch within th ...

Drogba Says France's Problems Can be Fixed with New Stadiums

If you build it, they will come. "It" being a new stadium, of course. Or so says Chelsea and Ivory Coast superstriker Didier Drogba. He believes that if the French put money into new stadiums, they'll have better success at keeping their young ...

Daily Dose 04.05.08

What will Juande Ramos do this summer? (SoccerLens) Gregory Coupet sort of says sorry (Marseille Offside) Why the Championship is more American than the Premiership (EPL Talk) Watching footy in Saudi Arabia (Gramsci's Kingdom) The cup tied rule i ...

The Second Battle of the Olympiques: Marseille vs. Lyon

This is it, guys. The clash of the titans, the SuperClassico, the game of the year. But whatever you call this match, it's France's two biggest teams facing off against each other in what is sure to be an electric encounter. Marseille vs. Lyon ma ...

What the f*ck just happened? The Carquefou edition...

See eight days ago, we were 2008's team. With nly one defeat in three months and the best record in France, we seemed unstoppable, we were still looking great in three different competitions. First the Ligue 1 where we were looking mighty with eight conse

Instant classic at the Bollaert

Sunday's clash between Lens and Marseille turned out to be one of the most exciting affairs of the drab season. In a comback reminiscent of the recent St. Etienne classics the Lensois stromed back from certain defeat and once again proved they can be

FIFA 08 Tourney - need your info

There are 4 teams that are basically MIA. I need an answer regarding your participation by Monday at 5pm. If not, I will dip into the list of replacements. REMEMBER PEOPLE - If you want in this tourney, pick one of the below teams. If their use

Round of 16 First Leg Wrap-up

Anderlecht 0-5 Bayern Munich Wow. This always looked like a lopsided tie, but I didn't expect this. With ten goals in their last two European matches, and five different scorers in today's match, Munich is starting to look like the favorite everyone wa

The UEFA Cup "league table"

I got to thinking last night about different ways to talk about the 16 remaining teams in the UEFA Cup. Which side really is the favorite? What has their form been like? I decided it might be interesting to look at the last 16 UEFA Cup teams as a leagu

Marseille 2-1 PSG, Master of our domain...

How long this match was! It took an eternity for us to win this game. The tension was at its highest when Alain Cayzac stepped on the pitch to go salute his supporters. I diddn't see a provocation there but apparently everyone else did. Oh well! So the m

Funny things about Rennes-Marseille

Whilst I was watching Rennes-Marseille, I was surprised by the large amount of trivia that the commentators were talking about. So I decided to have a little look of my own on what was strange in this game that happened only one day short of a year after

Sour grapes still make wine

After a 3-0 win against Martigues in the Coupe de France, it was back to Ligue 1 and business as Marseille came to Brittany. In fact, it was exactly 364 days since Marseille had won 2-0 for the 20th match of Ligue 1 2006/07 at Rennes, with goals from Ciss

D-2, There's no need to worry...

Okay. Apparently nobody is expecting us to win Tuesday night at the Vélodrome against Liverpool. I get it, they seem super strong, they have world class players and we once again will have to face a lot of injuries. Maybe not alot but some crucial one

Fred is "Injured" and Other News

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, Fred still hasn't recovered from the slight knock to his muscle from last Friday and won't be part of the squad that travels to Caen. He might not even travel to Glasgow. Raise your hand if you didn't see that one coming

Even Closer To Relegation?

Toulouse and Nancy square off today in their 16th match of the season. A Toulouse victory could bring Lille even closer to relegation zone. Toulouse is currently 17th in the table with 17 points. Lille and Marseille each have 18 points, but Lille is hig

Lille/Marseille Match Video

Lille Breaks Marseille's Winning Streak

Last Saturday Lille broke Marseille's two match winning streak. OM came into the match after a UEFA CL match loss against Besiktas. Line-ups: LOSC Sylva Béria Plestan Rami Emerson Lichsteiner Makoun Chedjou Obraniak Youla Kluivert Subs: You

Nancy 2-0 LOSC: La rage de réussir

Les Dogues gained another loss this Ligue 1 season. They faced a confident and high ranking nancéenne side. Line-ups: Nancy Bracigliano Chrétien André-Luiz Puygrenier Sauget Berenguer Gavanon Malonga Hadji Kim Fortuné Subs: Malonga by Dia

Marseille 3-1 Metz, with Turkey in sight...

What a great game on ourend! Marseille controlled the game from start to finish and Metz never stood a chance. We knew Metz was gunning for us and we never really doubted we were going to win. What a difference two weeks can make. It all started against

The nightmare that is our Ligue 1 season continues...

Mamadou Niang scores at the 9th minute his second goal this week, Ronald Zubar at the 31st and Laurent Bonnard finishes at the 51st. Normally that would mean a great night for us and a 3-0 victory. But nothing went our way last night at the Bonnal Stadium

So close....

Marseille and Porto gave us one of the more pleasant games of this matchday (not as pleasant as Arsenal's display but hey! those games happen once a year). The game was not an offensive festival but how great both teams played is a testament of the qualit

If My Predictions Are Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right

When it comes to football, I consider myself a Vulcan in a human being's body. I'm logical, level headed, and can tend to be pretty condescending when it comes to discussing the game. However, when applying this same Vulcan-esque level of wit and logic

Let's not get ahead of ourselves....

I know all eyes will be on us after the game we offered football fans everywhere a few weeks ago at Anfield. Everybody will be looking for us to confrim that result and some people may even put us as favorites against Porto tomorrow night in Marseille. Gr

The wild Vagner Love rumor...

According to Tutto Mercato, the first name Eric Gerets gave his new bosses when he took over at the Commanderie was that of brazilian phenom Vagner Love. The 23 year-old who's tied to CSKA Mocow until 2011 and who had a more than impressive Copa America

Short term pain for long term gain?

It's hard to have a season-long view of rotation when the team plays in such a disjointed, insipid and uninspired manner. Perhaps we'll be looking back to September/October as the month where we trod water while others burnt out, but the fact is, that