

Articles tagged with "lorient-fclbs"
Goal Of The Week: Round 16
By Sam | December 4th, 2007Twenty-eight goals to choose from, and but three chosen. Pity, pity. But that's the way it is here for the Goal of the Week, and ...
Ow
By Sam | August 5th, 2007A knee in the face isn't usually pleasant. Exhibit A: Lorient captain Ulrich Le Pen getting clocked by his own goalkeeper in a Saturday match ...
LORIENT: I'm Sorry, I Didn't See You There
By Sam | July 21st, 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 ...
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 ...
Goals of the season: 4) Fred, Lyon
By Sam | May 31st, 2007February 10, 2007. Stade Gerland, Lyon. 6th minute, vs Lorient. A long clearance from keeper Grégory Coupet found Brazilian striker Frederico Chaves Guedes, aka Fred, who controlled the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Matchday 25 - PSG wake up, OM take their place on the crap seat
By Sam | February 20th, 2007Lyon impressively came from behind to win at Lille, Paris spanked Nancy 3-0 away from home, and Barthez made his big fat return to Marseille, ...
Matchday 24 - Lyon decide they don't like losing, finally do something about it
By Sam | February 11th, 2007Matchday 24 in Ligue 1 set itself apart from other weekends this season, that being because of the 31 goals scored, Lyon snapping their pesky ...
Matchday 23 - Marseille and Paris hate each other to a draw, Lyon sucks once again
By Sam | February 4th, 2007This weekend's matches were overshadowed by the big, bad, OM-PSG, like they tend to be. However, Lyon made a valiant effort to work their way ...
Matchday 22 - Lyon winless in four, football gods laugh at sport gamblers
By Sam | January 28th, 2007I'm running out of oh-so-slick titles to suggest that Lyon's current winless streak is completely unexpected, thought-provoking and very funny. So yeah, this time, it ...
Matchday 21 - Pigs fly, Pope converts, Lyon loses two in a row
By Sam | January 25th, 2007Which of the above three statements is the most credible? I don't know for sure, but if you asked me a month ago, it'd been ...
Transfer Time: Baros hopes the third time's le charme with Lyon
By Sam | January 22nd, 2007Just as both my index fingers suddenly come down with injuries (bagel slicing, you know), Lyon and Bordeaux go and decide to get active with ...
Matchday 20 - Lyon manages to lose against Toulouse
By Sam | January 14th, 2007O God, how the mighty have fallen! Olympique Lyonnais, leader of Ligue 1! Humiliated! With a slender lead of 14 points over second place, got ...
Matchday 19 - Lyon doesn't win. No, I mean it
By Sam | December 23rd, 2006It's been done by Toulouse, Rennes and Real Madrid. Monaco, now. That's the prestigious club of clubs (oooh) that have managed to not lose against ...
Matchday 19 - Cissé gets haircut, scores
By Sam | December 22nd, 2006Well what, you didn't expect him to keep the same hair for more than two games, did you? For his third game in bleu et ...
Matchday 18 - Business as somewhat usual
By Sam | December 18th, 2006Gotta love that picture! This weekend, one match was on everyone's mind. THE big 'un, the newest 2nd-place team, Racing Club de Lens was welcoming ...
Matchday 17 - Djibril is back, Paris isn't
By Sam | December 10th, 2006Saturday was a big night at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, for many reasons. The home leg against Monaco has long been a feisty tradition in ...








