Articles tagged with "hatem-ben-arfa"
Two Three Pieces of Good News
By Inara | May 5th, 2008
If any of you are keeping up with the U17 Euro Championship, France defeated Ireland 2-1 in the tournament opener, thanks to goals from Lyon ...
"Hugo is Perfect," Secret Stealing Italians, and the End of Spa Week
By Inara | May 2nd, 2008Be still my heart. Gregory Coupet has designated Nice's Hugo Lloris as his perfect successor. Geez, what more proof does Hugo need of my Lyon's ...
Episode 21: Paris is Burning
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008No, film buffs ... we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, ...
Marseille Offer Samir Nasri for Hatem Ben Arfa!!!!!
By Inara | April 28th, 2008Normally, 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 ...
Transfers that make NO sense
By Inara | April 23rd, 2008There are days when I wake up in the morning, read the news, and say WTF. Today was such a morning. Can someone please explain ...
Rant of the Day: Lyon Are...Shittastic!
By Inara | April 16th, 2008Remember the game that Lyon barely won against Valenciennes? Well, two weeks and three games later, Lyon prove that they can play even more fantastically ...
MORE Injuries, Plus Marseille Want Hatem Ben Arfa (Hahaha)
By Inara | April 8th, 2008This has got to be the worst year for Lyon in terms of injuries. Important players keep dropping like flies, right when things are getting ...
Tidbits: Benzema Injured, Transfers, and Internationals
By Inara | March 24th, 2008For your perusal, the latest news out of Lyon: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karim Benzema injured his knee last night against PSG. A scan revealed that he had twisted it ...
Ben Arfa vs. Squillaci
By Inara | March 22nd, 2008Right after I wrote up a post about how mature Hatem Ben Arfa is and how he's a humble guy who never badmouths his team, ...
Hatem Ben Arfa is Also Ready to Commit His Future to Lyon
By Inara | March 21st, 2008Now that Karim Benzema and Jeremy Toulalan have extended their contracts, Jean-Michel Aulas is turning his attention to another one of Lyon's young talents. Hatem Ben ...
Bodmer Receives First NT Call Up!!!!!!!!!
By Inara | March 20th, 2008The sense of justice in this world has prevailed. Mathieu Bodmer, one of the best young French midfielders out there, has finally received what he ...
Karim Benzema and Jeremy Toulalan Extend Their Contracts!!!!!!!!
By Inara | March 7th, 2008Life is good. How can it not be when two of Lyon's most important players - in fact the most important players - commit several ...
Not Again! Manchester United 1 - 0 Lyon
By Inara | March 5th, 2008I really don't want to write a post match review (notice how I tend to avoid doing those for games that Lyon lose?), but I ...
Aftermath: Arrests, Lasers, and Very Expensive Players
By Inara | February 22nd, 2008Normally I do an extensive post match review of all Champions League games, but lab has been crazy. Forgive me? In lieu of a review ...
What Ged Sez: Houllier on ESPN SportsCenter
By Inara | February 14th, 2008This interview is actually a couple of weeks old, and I kept on meaning to post it, but better late than never, right? Janusz Michallik, ...
The Benzema and Ben Arfa Rumors Spiral Out of Control
By Inara | February 12th, 2008You would think that Lyon have reincarnated versions of Pele and Maradona the way clubs are acting these days. It's honestly getting ridiculous and downright ...
Lyon Sign EDERSON and BOUMSONG (plus other transfer news)
By Inara | January 29th, 2008With only three days left in the transfer window, Lyon's mercato is wrapping up, and as far as I know, these two are the last ...
Winning Makes Me Feel Good
By Inara | January 24th, 2008It feels like forever since the last time Lyon not only won a game, but did so with a clean sheet. The last three Lyon ...
Let's Get Things Rollin' Again
By Inara | December 28th, 2007Hello, my lovely readers! Sorry about the extent of my absence - I ...
Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa Can't Leave Until Lyon Win the Champions League
By Inara | November 20th, 2007Jean-Michel Aulas is a man with many plans. He has a plan to stamp brand OL all over the world. A plan to make Lyon ...
How Come I Didn't Know That Cris Has a Twin?
By Inara | November 14th, 2007I realize that I can't expect to know everything about my beloved Lyon players (though it's not for a lack of trying). But you would ...
So CUTE!
By Inara | November 12th, 2007Don't you want to just hug these guys forever? Stolen from the Marseille Offside.
The Clash of the Olympiques (Lyon vs. Marseille)
By Inara | November 10th, 2007After a heart pounding week of Champions League action for both Lyon and Marseille, they will now face each other in a clash of the ...
Milan Baros Told To Get Married As International Duty Beckons
By Inara | November 9th, 2007~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to Karel Bruckner, the coach of the Czech Republic NT, all the trouble Milan Baros has been getting into recently (which include getting into ...
Samir Nasri back on French National Team...
By Magnusson | November 8th, 2007Raymond Domenech gave his list of players that will play against Morocco and Ukraine a little later this month. The good news for Marseille is ...
Holy Shit! Now That Was a Beautiful Game!!!
By Inara | November 8th, 2007From now on, I'm going to stop making predictions. In my match preview, I was expecting a drab 1-0 scoreline. Umm, obviously I was off. ...
"The 10 most exciting young talents in world football"
By Inara | November 1st, 2007Posted by 101greatgoals.com, this is their list of the world's best young talents. Normally I don't post stuff like this, but Lyon have two players ...
The Lillois Save the Day!
By Inara | October 31st, 2007First of all, apologies to anyone who decided to watch the first 75 minutes of Lyon's Coupe de la Ligue match against Caen. If you're ...
Pauleta 2 - 3 Lyon. Boring? I don't think so.
By Inara | October 29th, 2007Today's game between French heavyweights PSG and Lyon was a slap in the face of L1's goal drought. Ninety minutes of goals, near misses, off ...
Goal of the Week: Round 12
By Sam | October 28th, 2007Goal of the Week on the France Offside is back after the Matchday 11 hiatus, and do I have some swell goals to pick from ...
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