Articles tagged with "thierry henry"
Weekly Poll: Who Will Win Euro 2008?
By Laurie | May 9th, 2008It's time for our weekly "Who Will Win Euros" Poll. Last week's vote was close, but in the end it was Germany who won out with 18% of the vote. Italy was a close second with 17%, followed by France with 15%. Don't like those results? Round up f ...
£15million for Peter Crouch? Is Rafa Drunk?
By b-man | May 8th, 2008With Pompey continually linked with Crouchy, Rafa Benitez has decided to offer what he considers a "reasonable" price tag. Reasonable? Reasonable??? Half of that sum is pushing the boundaries of reasonable! £10million would be well over-the-top. ...
El Clásico!
By Isaiah | May 6th, 2008I know that the rumors about who is leaving and who is arriving are flying thick and fast from all over the world (should we get Anakin Skywalker Rodrigo Palacio? How about Jozy Altidore, David Villa, or Peter Parker?), but there is something much ...
Arsenal v Everton for what it's worth
By travis | May 4th, 2008Well, Man United won so the Gunners are mathematically eliminated from the title race - although no one said they were still in it. It's unfortunate that with two or three wins against the teams we dropped points against (Birmingham, Middlesborough) ...
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You'll never guess. I'll give you a hint. Plays in MLS. Has a "pop-star" wife. Made an estimated $49 million last year, of which only $12 million came from actually playing t ...
Cars of the Stars: Which Autos do Rich Footballers Drive?
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008According to Forbes.com, the average EPL player made $2.2 million last year. And what did he spend it on? Expensive toys. And it's not just the EPL guys, either. Highly-paid players all over are coughing up cash for the grownup versions of ...
Barcelona and ManU Highlight Videos, to Get You in the Mood
By Laurie | April 29th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-lTYtkN4VRc[/youtube]I am officially not taking sides in the Champions League game between Manchester United and Barcelona, because we all know what happens when I take sides. (Actually, I'm tempted to work ha ...
Champions League Semi Final Preview: Man Utd vs Barça Pt. II
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008It's no secret that second legs are almost always better. Why? Because that's when we find out who wins. And so the fireworks we were expecting from last week's first leg between Barcelona and Manchester United should all go off today. Cristiano ...
A 'Celebration' of Simulation
By Rob | April 28th, 2008Yesterday I posted a fun post about Rafa Benitez having a go at Didier Drogba for being 'Theatrical'. Over at the Liverpool Offside, they seemed to take a bit too seriously, so as a result I thought i'd post some videos of the best, the worst, the si ...
Manchester United Vs Barcelona Preview. There Will Be Goals.
By Rob | April 28th, 2008The first leg threatened to be more entertaining that it ever was, but as I said in the preview to the last game, the second leg was always, always gonna be the biggie. Excited? You damn well should be. Some of the best players in the world will not ...
Next for Thierry Henry: MLS? Or Back to Arsenal?
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008It's looking more and more like it could be one-and-done for Thierry Henry at Barcelona. Arsenal's former super-striker joined the team only last summer, but he has struggled to fit it at Camp Nou. He's usually played out of position on the win ...
Next for Thierry Henry: MLS? Or Back to Arsenal?
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008It's looking more and more like it could be one-and-done for Thierry Henry at Barcelona. Arsenal's former super-striker joined the team only last summer, but he has struggled to fit it at Camp Nou. He's usually played out of position on the win ...
Barcelona vs. Manchester United Champions League Preview
By Laurie | April 23rd, 2008Cristiano Ronaldo. Wayne Rooney. Carlos Tevez. Thierry Henry. Samuel Eto'o. Lionel Messi. And perhaps even Bojan Krkic. Any one of these names can strike fear into the heart of defenders. And there's a chance that we may see all of them to ...
Thierry Henry - A look at his underwhelming first year
By Rob | April 22nd, 2008While the world is momentarily distracted by Liverpool Vs Chelsea, most of us are more excited about the game tomorrow between Barcelona and Manchester United. I'll do a full preview soon, But first I wanted to ponder upon Thierry Henry. Once perciev ...
Recreativo Huelva - Barcelona: Saturday 4pm EST (GolTV)
By Isaiah | April 11th, 2008While El Mundo Deportivo reports that a Ronnie-to-Milan deal has been reached for €30million, the focus for the team must be on Recreativo Huelva and regaining some sort of foothold on the league title -- or at least not slipping further behind Rea ...
The Morning After: Injury Report
By Isaiah | April 10th, 2008The injuries just keep right on coming, that's for sure. Do we have a quota we have to fill or something? The biggest news is that Andres Iniesta has a slipped meniscus, which could require surgery either now or at the end of the season, depending on ...
Barcelona 1 - 0 Schalke: YAY...a Toure Edition
By Isaiah | April 9th, 2008So I just spent somewhere in the 20+ minute region writing up what wasn't too bad a post, certainly evolving into something worthwhile anyway, and then somehow the browser decided that it wanted to go to the previous page and I lost everything. That' ...
Thierry Henry: the one-and-done of Barcelona?
By Isaiah | April 8th, 2008So now that Soccernet has deemed it worthy to weigh in on the matter, I think The Barcelona Offside should also go ahead and get into the mud. There's a certain Thierry Henry being mentioned as a potential summer transfer away from Camp Nou (to Totte ...
Thierry Henry: the one-and-done of Barcelona?
By Isaiah | April 8th, 2008So now that Soccernet has deemed it worthy to weigh in on the matter, I think The Barcelona Offside should also go ahead and get into the mud. There's a certain Thierry Henry being mentioned as a potential summer transfer away from Camp Nou (to Totte ...
Thierry Henry may go Where?????
By Richard | April 8th, 2008The past few days have seen the name of Arsenal legend, Spurs killer and current Barcelona forward Thierry Henry thrown around in the gossip column. It appears that Barcelona, after just one year, could be looking to move the Frenchmen this summer wi ...
Growing Up Thierry Henry (Reebok Ad)
By Laurie | April 7th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=udgFhiLepgg[/youtube] This is kind of a cool ad/video from Reebok, in the up-close-and-personal mold of last year's "Impossible Is Nothing" Adidas ad campaign. The subject is Barcelona and France striker Thierr ...
Frank Rijkaard's Leather Couch
By Sam | April 7th, 2008Simon Kuper has a superb interview in today's Financial Times with Barcelona's Dutch coach. Frank's comment about Lionel Messi -- whom we shall not see this week due to injury -- illustrates Rijkaard's sensitivity toward his players and to the ...
The Ultimate QF Second Leg Preview
By Rob | April 7th, 2008So its nearly upon us. The excitement as 4 more teams dreams of reaching Moscow are cut short and they go home to ponder Rome next season. 4 teams will advance to be one step closer to be being crowned kings of Europe. Will there be any upsets? Maybe ...
Quote of the Day: On Designated Players and Deep Pockets
By Laurie | April 6th, 2008"If they want to get a designated player, I certainly can take the lead on that. Let's go get Ronaldinho. I'll pay him $25 million a year and put him in a movie." -- Joe Roth, Hollywood guy and part-owner of the new Seattle MLS expansion club, ...
Reminder: Barcelona and Man U giveaways
By Ian Rose | April 4th, 2008Just a little reminder about our backpack and sackpack giveaway. If anyone is interested in winning Barcelona or Man United gear, you need to send in your picks to podcast[at]theoffside.com before the games kick off. The contest is closed, after ...
Schalke 0 - 1 Barcelona: HUUUUUYY edition
By Isaiah | April 1st, 2008Well, folks, I'm happy to be wrong here. I predicted we'd draw 1-1 and goddamn did we get close to drawing or losing, but somehow came out on top. I got home from work in what turned out to be the 10th minute of the rebroadcast and was immediately gr ...
Real Betis - Barcelona: Saturday 3pm EST
By Isaiah | March 28th, 2008In a world obsessed with little orange globes being thrown at metal circles 10 feet in the air by amateurs (that would be my world), there comes a ray of shining hope: Real Betis hosts FC Barcelona. I just had to rewrite my entire opening to this pos ...
Faux International Week!
By Isaiah | March 26th, 2008[Updated version] Eight Barcelona players have been called up to play for their national sides in friendlies this week. Spain has called upon Puyol, Xavi, and Iniesta to play Italy and Zambrotta. I'm sure they'll slide in hard against each other. ...
Episode 16: International Friendly Day
By Ian Rose | March 26th, 2008It sounds like a rather ridiculous holiday, like Love Day from the Simpsons, but no, Wednesday is going to be jam-packed with international football, and this week on the pod, we take a little break from the club football scene to take a look at some ...
RED BULLS v. BARCELONA - AUGUST 7th
By Dave Martinez | March 18th, 2008This will be the I TOLD YOU SO post. RED BULLS v. BARCELONA - AUGUST 7th DC Game mysteriously moved for nothing? I think NOT! Of course it was moved for Barcelona!!! They will need their rest after chasing Henry and Ronaldinho up and down the fie
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