Articles tagged with "ligue-1"
Metzy mess and Thomert grabs two.
By Shazback | August 28th, 2007Now, I know I'm late. Damn late. But stick with me, because Rennes won, and won with class. You've got to know when you were wrong, ...
Derby Time!!!
By Inara | August 25th, 2007Since I've started writing for this blog only last April, I've never had the privilege of covering a derby. I plan to go all out ...
They're in quite a Metz.
By Shazback | August 25th, 2007Rennes are going to be hosts to Metz later today, so let's see what any Rennes fans can expect from the game. Metz are not ...
Do it the Rennes way : start late
By Shazback | August 21st, 2007Hi. I'm Alexandre Lyon, and I go by the alias of Shazback. I'm going to blog rennes.theoffside.com, and keep you up with all the latest ...
PSG 0-0 Metz
By Come | August 20th, 2007In my last post, I was saying that the team needs to find the net soon. But it seems that Paul le Guen's players still ...
Kongo Kim Sees Red
By Inara | August 12th, 2007The always unflappable Kim Kallstrom lost his temper against Toulouse, a team which has recently become Lyon's bête noire. After he was red carded and ...
OL Toulousified: Elmander 1 - Lyon 0
By Inara | August 12th, 2007Saturday's game was all about the Swedes. Johan Elmander has once again proved to be Lyon's undoing, but this time he had help from fellow ...
Numbers: Competitive Balance within Europe's Top 5 Leagues
By Jan | August 8th, 2007The German subdivision of Ernst & Young publishes a yearly study that takes a closer look at the financial situation of the Bundesliga. While it's ...
Numbers: Competitive Balance within Europe's Top 5 Leagues
By Jan | August 8th, 2007The German subdivision of Ernst & Young publishes a yearly study that takes a closer look at the financial situation of the Bundesliga. While it's ...
A Winning Start
By Inara | August 5th, 2007Lyon achieved a comfortable 2-0 victory over Auxerre in their first league game of the season (match pictures at the end of the post). For ...
Auxerre vs. Lyon
By Inara | August 4th, 2007The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! August 5, 2007 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 3:00 PM Eastern Time (21:00 in France) Pre-match info: Lyon begin ...
Caen-Nice RESULTS IN THIS POST
By Chris | August 4th, 2007I will keep people updated on the match as I watch the simulcast. If other teams score, I will probably do that too. Caen 0 - 0 ...
Extra! Extra! Civelli is going back home...
By Magnusson | August 3rd, 2007When we were just getting familiar with the idea that Marseille was done with its (very tight) mercato, and that the only thing really missing ...
Rebuilding Lyon's Formula 1 Car: 2007-2008 Season Preview
By Inara | August 3rd, 2007One of Jean-Michel Aulas's favorite analogies is comparing Lyon to a Formula 1 car, one that is capable of shifting gears to cope with all ...
The Marseille-Strasbourg axis...
By Magnusson | August 2nd, 2007Assistant coach Dominique Cuperly, Mamadou Niang, Habib Bèye, Salim Arrache, Leyti Ndiaye, Mehdi Sennaoui, Manuel Dos Santos and Pascal Johansen. We might want to add ...
2006-2007 Recap, Or: What Went Wrong With Lyon
By Inara | August 2nd, 2007With the start of Ligue 1 only three days away, I thought I would post my long overdue post-season analysis of 2006-2007. What follows is ...
2007/2008 Ligue 1 Season Calendar
By Julien | June 19th, 200704/08/2007 Lille Lorient 11/08/2007 Metz Lille 15/08/2007 Lille Sochaux 18/08/2007 Le Mans Lille 25/08/2007 ...
Happy 20th Anniversary, Mr. Aulas
By Inara | June 15th, 2007June 15, 1987 - A young businessman and engineer takes over as head of Olympique Lyonnais, a sleepy provincial club which boasted only a single ...
Lyon's Pre-Season and 2007/2008 Schedule
By Inara | June 15th, 2007It's not entirely fixed yet, but so far, Lyon's schedule this summer looks pretty busy. If you're a Les Gones fan near any of these ...
A Bedtime Story
By Inara | June 3rd, 2007I came across this old blog entry the other day, and though it's from April, it's still quite relevant. The author, Tuttofoot, wrote a humorous ...
Lyon Go to St. Tropez on Vacation
By Inara | May 22nd, 2007And no, their season is not yet over. They still have one game left to play this Saturday against Nantes. But since Lyon won the ...
Utter Destruction and Lions Jumping Through a Ring of Fire
By Inara | May 9th, 2007Just all in a day's work for the perennial French champions. Lens were hoping to take advantage of Lyon's recent malaise to get three very ...
An "Exceptional" Surprise
By Inara | May 8th, 2007Lyon's "Formula One" car has lately morphed into a Formula 3000, and the supporters are not happy. Not only have Lyon not been winning, but ...
The Attackers Curse
By Inara | May 7th, 2007I was never one to believe in curses, but after watching the injuries pile up by the day, I'm convinced that someone has a voodoo ...
Jeremy Toulalan Wants to Give Us Pleasure
By Inara | May 4th, 2007When I first read the title of this google translation, I thought that Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan was considering a career as a hustler (that ...
Milan Baros Suspended for the Rest of the Season
By Inara | May 3rd, 2007The LFP's Disciplinary Committee met today to examine whether Milan Baros was racist when he pinched his nose in a "you smell" gesture" towards Rennes ...
Lyon FINALLY win in Style
By Inara | April 28th, 2007After a dismal run of five games, Lyon got their act together in order to properly celebrate their sixth title. Celebrating after the match. This time, ...
OMG RAY! or, Lyon and Raymond Domenech are having an affair
By Inara | April 26th, 2007Instead of harping about how awful Lyon has been lately, today I'm going to take a trip back in time to when Lyon was still ...
Proof that Lyon ISN'T utter crap
By Inara | April 24th, 2007It's been an altogether depressing week for Lyon fans. Right now, the UEFA Champions League semifinals are going on, but Juninho & Co. can only ...
Hungover Lyon celebrates sixth title with another scoreless draw
By Inara | April 22nd, 2007Because nil-nil is so in right now. In their last five matches, Lyon have only scored ONE goal, and that was in their win against ...
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