

Articles tagged with "french-ligue-1"
Battle of the Acronyms as France Prepares for a Strike
By Laurie | October 7th, 2008Striking is as French as baguettes, and a source of much French angst and humor. When our readers were chatting recently on the France ...
Pascal Feindouno: Mercenary on a Mission
By chris | September 25th, 2008Pascal, current winger/forward for St. Etienne and one of their better players, is essentially holding his own club ransom. With the Asian transfer window still ...
The European Weekend
By chris | September 20th, 2008After kicking off the Champions League & UEFA Cup, Europe goes back home and hasn't left us wanting, giving us some very big and very ...
Renato Civelli nearly drowned...
By Magnusson | September 20th, 2008Renato Civelli (24) was not at practice on Friday morning. But he had on hell of an excuse. On thursday while he was out fishing ...
Heads held high...
By Magnusson | September 18th, 2008I like to watch our games once they're over. I usually watch them again when I want to review the performances just because sometimes I ...
Here we go again...
By Magnusson | September 16th, 2008The first thing that came to mind when the information came down that we would be facing Liverpool was disappointment at first since we already ...
How to break a thirty-year curse...
By Magnusson | September 12th, 2008It's been thirty one years since the last time we won against Bordeaux. The 1977-1978 season to be exact and since then we lost 17 ...
Our players and the holy month of Ramadan...
By Magnusson | September 3rd, 2008On monday morning, around the world started the holy month of Ramadan for many muslims. the ninth month of the calendar is believed to be ...
Tyrone Mears and the Mercato is done...
By Magnusson | September 1st, 2008British right-back Tyrone Mears came on loan from Derby County (English First Division) this morning for the traditionnal medical visit and was then officially included ...
Catch-up time...
By Magnusson | August 31st, 2008A lot has happened this week. It's pretty much time to get y'all updated on what is going on at the Commanderie real quick. Mamadou ...
A mourning Marseille team beats Le Havre.
By Magnusson | August 28th, 2008It was supposed to be a happy reunion for Marseille players such as Steve Mandanda and Mamadou Niang. Both players have been formed at Le ...
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 ...
Let's get this started....
By Magnusson | August 9th, 2008It's finally here. No, not the olympics but the Ligue 1 debut. Marseille will be facing Rennes at Rennes knowing that it's been a while ...
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 ...
The case for Djibril Cissé...
By Magnusson | July 24th, 2008If there has been one player who hasn't said a word since the beginning of the seaosn it is Djibril Cissé. After having been left ...
Tuesday, slow news day...
By Magnusson | July 22nd, 2008A lot has happened in the last four days. Once Bakary Koné was signed from Nice, Pape Diouf told the press that the Mercato was ...
Hatem Ben Arfa and Djibril Cissé already fighting...
By Magnusson | July 16th, 2008If asked which one of our players had the biggest ego, I'm pretty sure most people would answer either "Djibril Cissé" or "Hatem Ben Arfa", ...
Baky Koné is very close...
By Magnusson | July 16th, 2008President Maurice Cohen gave Pape Diouf and his Marseille counterparts an ultimatum stating that if Marseille didn't give them what they were asking for on ...
Saturday morning MEGA update...
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2008I promised myself I wouldn't make this a habit but a lot happened this week IRL (In Real Life for all you World of Warcraft ...
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By Dave Martinez | July 11th, 2008Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
The last Ben Arfile: Hatem presented to the press...
By Magnusson | July 2nd, 2008So, after a few days of doubt, Hatem Ben Arfa is offically a Marseille player. After having proved numerous times in a very short period ...
The Ben Arfiles: Ben Arfa is a Marseillais, again.
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008This time I can assure you it's done. Both clubs came to terms of agreement with the help of the juridic commision of the LFP ...
The Ben Arfiles: Hatem Ben Arfa trained today!
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008As he announced, Hatem Ben Arfa was present and trained with his teammates (or maybe not. I'm not sure how to call them) while Claude ...
The Ben-Arfiles*: OL vs. HBA? It is ... ON!
By Magnusson | June 29th, 2008[*= The Ben Arfiles is the name I'm gonna give all the articles on Hatem Ben Arfa until his situation is sorted out. The name ...
Breaking News: Ben Arfa transfer annuled...
By Magnusson | June 28th, 2008I think this is the first time I've been litterally been shocked by a "Communiqué". At around 11.25pm tonight, my RSS Feed went insane once ...
C.R.E.A.M Get The Money, Hatem...
By Magnusson | June 28th, 2008If you're anything like me, you want to know what's holding up the Ben Arfa transfer and more importantly why a club so eager to ...
Ben Arfa this easily? Too good to be true...
By Magnusson | June 27th, 2008You have to give credit to Jean-Michel Aulas, he never disappoints. Never. While everyone agreed that the Hatem Ben Arfa transfer was super easy and ...
Samir Nasri, still a Marseillais...
By Magnusson | June 26th, 2008So wednesday was the official start of the season and every player was at the Commanderie except for the internationals who were still recovering from ...
New uniforms unveiled...
By Magnusson | June 26th, 2008As any other team in the world, Marseille has brand new uniforms for this season and they are changing a bit from last season's. First ...
Pape Diouf: "They hate each other? It's hardly news..."
By Magnusson | June 20th, 2008I was watching last night's 100% Euro with Pape Diouf as a guest - Sidebar, for anyone wondering, Estelle still hasn't talked about the proposal. ...








