Articles tagged with "michel-platini"
The ramblings of a madman (Blatter, not me.)
By Rob | July 10th, 2008Sepp Blatter has described footballers on long-term contracts as "like modern slavery". I'll let you read that back. Players like C-Ron, earning Millions of pounds ...
UEFA Cup's Delusions of Grandeur
By chris | July 7th, 2008In an attempt to get out of the shadow of their much smarter, more handsome and successful older brother, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup ...
Good News/Bad News for Cardiff City
By Daryl | March 15th, 2008First the good news: Though the English FA isn't keen to let Cardiff City represent them in the UEFA Cup, Michel Platini is not so ...
Michel Platini Wants to Give Refs Extra Eyes
By Daryl | January 17th, 2008Not literally. He's not planning some weird bionic implants. But with so much at stake in seemingly every football match, there's a definite clamour for ...
Premier League to Platini: Keep Your Nose Out!
By Daryl | November 28th, 2007UEFA head honcho Michel Platini has spelled out some home truths for English football and why the England national team is currently useless, all without ...
Report: G14 and UEFA kiss and make up
By Bob | November 7th, 2007Just when we thought that the G14 group of rich football clubs was heading for a showdown with UEFA boss Michel Platini over the future ...
G14 Threatening Champions League Boycott
By Bob | November 2nd, 2007The big clubs that call themselves the G14 are quite ok suckling the golden cow known as the Champions League each year. UEFA boss ...
Michel Platini determined to change the Champions League
By Bob | August 28th, 2007You can't fault Michel Platini for trying. The UEFA boss is eager to bring change to the Champions League and to diversify the pool ...
The New President of G-14 (aka Aulas vs. Platini)
By Inara | May 15th, 2007Word on the street is that Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas will be elected president of the G-14 tomorrow. Consisting of the 18 most powerful ...
Platini Proposes changes for Champions League Qualifying
By Bob | March 14th, 2007UEFA president Michel Platini hasn't been on the job very long and he is already ruffling some feathers (odd expression, isn't it?). Platini ran ...
Platini: The More Referees the Merrier
By Bob | February 14th, 2007Good news for all of the students who skip their homework to spend all day reading The Offside. We are here to tell you ...
Wenger: Platini Won't Deliver
By Trent | January 29th, 2007And welcome to the job, Michel! Brand-spankin'-new UEFA president Michel Platini has promised to rejigger the Champions League playoff system which would have the ...
Changes might be coming to the Champions League
By Bob | January 26th, 2007Some of you might be wondering why The Offside did not come out with a public endorsement for a candidate in the race for UEFA ...
'Tis the Season for Football Peace
By Bob | December 27th, 2006There is something about this time of year that leads people to put away their differences and to extend the olive branch of peace. ...
Platini: Henry Should've Left Arsenal
By Trent | November 5th, 2006No, up yours. French legend Michel Platini, who is jockeying to become the next head of UEFA, has weighed in on Thierry Henry's decision ...
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