

Articles tagged with "lille-loscm"
Ligue 1 Coming to the Stade de France!
By Sam | November 23rd, 2007L'histoire s'apprête à être écrite, sort of. It was announced today by Lille OSC's official website that on the evening of 1 March 2008, Lille ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (2007.11.22)
By Sam | November 22nd, 2007Things are a bit slow club-wise during the international break (HAHAHAH ENGLAND SUCKS), so bear with me if the newsy bits are not all that ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.10.17)
By Sam | October 17th, 2007First off, I'm awfully sorry for my absence, it was due to an Internet problem, lots of school bullshit and a lot of laziness and business. ...
Goal of the Week: Round 9
By Sam | September 26th, 2007With the curtain closing on last week's round in which Juninho emerged the winner, it is with even more pleasure that I bring you this ...
The Transfer Cauldron is Boiling Once Again
By Sam | August 8th, 200708/08/08 is one year away, but some clubs decided 08/08/07 was lucky enough to go ahead and make some substantial transfers. What's more, today there ...
LILLE: Who Let the Dogs Back In?
By Sam | July 20th, 2007As the start of the season looms, it’s time for the France Offside to give you an in-depth look at each of the 20 teams ...
New Jerseys! And they aren't Ugly as Hell!
By Sam | July 4th, 2007It's a tradition, it's always impatiently awaited, it's a great way for clubs to make money. New shirts every year! Here's a quick look at ...
Bordeaux Sells Two Best Players, Expects to be Taken Seriously
By Sam | July 4th, 2007I can't say it enough: Bordeaux are super boring to watch. And hey hey whadda ya say? They just lost their two best players! Joy ...
Dhorasoo Blunders Once Again, Cissé Could Be Staying Put, Lille Start Rebuilding
By Sam | June 18th, 2007If one of you is planning a party, be sure not to invite Vikash Dhorasoo. The bitchy little midfielder, rumoured to be joining Sochaux after ...
The France Offside is not Dead
By Sam | June 16th, 2007I'm awful sorry for not posting for over a week, folks, it's a bit frantic behind my steering wheel these days. Between gearing up for ...
Matchday 38 - Talk About a Crazy Finish
By Sam | May 29th, 2007That's all, folks. Forget the fact that the first 37 weeks of the season were short of goals, that Lyon walked away with their sixth ...
Houllier Leaves Lyon, Swears that "It's not you... It's me"
By Sam | May 25th, 2007Note the lack of ampersands and dollar signs in my article. Because to me, if Jean-Michel Aulas hires a good coach, this could be a ...
A Few Quick Fixes to Keep up with the Rumours
By Sam | May 23rd, 2007- Real Madrid totally digs Samir Nasri, so much that they've made the trek to see him play a few times this season. In other ...
Florent Malouda is Player Of The Year, Entire Population of France Says "Well, duh"
By Sam | May 21st, 2007There you have it folks, there is no surprise as to who won the UNFP (Union Nationale des Footballeurs professionels) trophy for player of the ...
Matchday 37 - Marseille is in the Champions League! Suspense Still not Over Elsewhere
By Sam | May 21st, 2007First off, sorry for waiting until today to bring you this palpitating and intense piece of Ligue 1 info. Laziness, The Simpsons and the fact ...
Who's Your Player Of The Year?
By Sam | May 16th, 2007Here are the candidates: Florent Malouda, Olympique Lyonnais Johan Elmander, Toulouse FC Kader Keita, Lille OSC Seydou Keita, RC Lens Seeing as I am too lazy to write all about ...
Matchday 36 - Don't Look Now But Marseille Have Just Gone Second And Are Looking Fine
By Sam | May 10th, 2007Oh my goodness gracious me, what a twist we had this week in the table, particularly up top. Marseille benifited from Lens and Bordeaux's losses ...
Matchday 35 - All Eyes on Lens, Bordeaux, and Marseille
By Sam | May 8th, 2007So, back am I from my fantastic weekend, and I've got some juicy-ass stuff to report from everyone's favourite league. Three games left for the ...
Some Ligue 1 Briefs To Nibble On
By Sam | May 3rd, 2007-Marseille and Sochaux are in talks before facing each other next Saturday in the final of the Coupe de France, as rumours have Karim Ziani ...
Matchday 34 - Damn, It's Getting Hot In That Table
By Sam | April 29th, 2007First off, I apologize for not posting all this week, but quite simply, there was not much to report. You'd think there would be, what ...
Matchday 33- You'd Think They'd Be Bored Of Being Champions After Six Years
By Sam | April 22nd, 2007Five matches to go for everyone, and everything is possible. Except for Olympique Lyonnais not winning their sixth straight championship. Other than that, sides such ...
Matchday 32- Who needs offense? Eight goals in ten games
By Sam | April 15th, 2007Sad, really. Eight goals in approximately 950 combined minutes. Lyon's almost title-clinching win was overshadowed by the sheer boringitude of Matchday 32, which saw- get ...
Matchday 31 - PSG is breathing that much easier, more movement at the top
By Sam | April 8th, 2007The big stories in the 31st week of Ligue 1 action this were: PSG gaining a bigger distance away from the long-occupied relegation zone, Marseille ...
Matchday 30: Oh God! Could it be? Paris-SG isn't retarded anymore!
By Sam | April 2nd, 2007Yes folks, it's true. Get this: Paris Saint-Germain is no longer in the relegation zone! After a strong win over second-place Lens, PSG are back ...
Matchday 29 - Lack of total domination? What lack of total domination?
By Sam | March 19th, 2007With nine weeks remaining in the season and a ludicrously close table, both at top and bottom, every game counts. Everyone says it, but in ...
Regarde bien: Highlights from Matchday 28
By Sam | March 12th, 2007Full highlights of Lyon-Marseille can be seen here. Kaboul's goal against PSG can be seen here. Pujol's goal for Sedan can be seen here, and Keita's reply ...
Matchday 28 - Marseille almost produces another miracle, PSG is still L1-incompetent
By Sam | March 12th, 2007Only ten games to go in the season, and (geez, who doesn't say this) things are heating up quite yummily. I daresay first place is ...
France in the Champs League: Close but no cigar. Only bitter, shameful defeat
By Sam | March 8th, 2007It was a beautiful day here in Edmonton today, but it was raining in my heart. God! No more Ligue 1 reppers in the Champions ...
Matchday 27 - PSG bombs (figuratively), Saint-Étienne bombs (literally)
By Sam | March 5th, 2007Fans in France aren't big on violence. Besides PSG supporters, anyway. No, they prefer to bombard the pitch with flares and explosives in order to ...
Matchday 26 - Why win when you can draw in style?
By Sam | February 26th, 2007By that I mean Lyon's injury-time two-goal comeback to nullify Sochaux's earlier heroics Saturday at Gerland. Also happening was Toulouse humiliating Marseille, Saint-Étienne coolly beating ...









