Articles tagged with "marseille"
Our own private little Derby...
By Magnusson | August 29th, 2007The PACA (Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur) region is in the south East of France. It's not only the location of the french Rivieira but also ...
Why I haven't posted in forever/Why Caen really is playing atrocious footy....
By Chris | August 25th, 2007I wholeheartedly apologize to any of the regular readers of this fine, fine blog. I have not posted in what seems like an eternity. I ...
A match for the ages....
By Magnusson | August 24th, 2007On the eve of the 1998/1999 season, Marseille was without the shadow of a doubt the big favorite to win the championnat. We had just ...
Let's get this started...
By Magnusson | August 4th, 2007Before even playing a single official game this season, Marseille has been creating an incredibble buzz this offseason and l'OM is seen as the first ...
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 ...
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 ...
These devils wear Adidas...
By Magnusson | August 1st, 2007Marseille has new uniforms and I like them for once. The home jersey is just the Adidas #1 template that teams such as Chelsea's new ...
Jean-Michel Aulas, You Are Mighty!!!!
By Inara | July 9th, 2007Jean-mimi, YOU ARE MIGHTY Marseille president Pape Diouf ranted to L'Equipe about the complicated signings of Zenden and Cisse from Liverpool. According to Diouf, Aulas (who ...
Anfield Banter: the new stadium, JP, Bells, El Nino, Rick Parry, Titi Camara, & more Q talk
By Brian | July 8th, 2007* The 'final' plans for the new stadium could be revealed as early as tomorrow and will definitely be revealed by July 25th, when they ...
Anfield Banter: Bells & kids (hmmm... that's a scary thought)
By Brian | July 6th, 2007* It looks as if West Ham will be getting Craig Bellamy for the very generous price of £9m. We were hoping to just ...
Weekend Transfer News: Gignac, Chalmé, and More
By Julien | June 23rd, 2007Groupe Sporever's Mercato 365 reports that Lille has a backup plan for a potential André-Pierre Gignac negotiation failure. Auxerre, and Toulouse are also attempting to ...
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 ...
Whither Ribery?
By Martha | May 8th, 2007The rumors about Franck Ribery's possible departure from Marseille have been in the air EVER since his fantastic display at last summer's World Cup, and ...
Pape Diouf Would Like to Return Lyon to Italy
By Inara | May 4th, 2007Unless you're a history buff, you probably aren't aware that Lyon and its surrounding region (the Rhone-Alpes) once belonged to Italy. It was controlled by ...
A Name to Remember: Samir Nasri
By Bob | March 20th, 2007Now that Zizou has hit the retirement circuit the media's search for the "Next Zinedine Zidane" has begun in earnest. The current recipient of ...
Is there a less athletic looking footballer than Franck Ribery?
By Bob | March 16th, 2007Seriously, if you were picking sides at the local park and you didn't know who Franck Ribery was would you even think about picking him? ...
Come on, Ribery--All the Cool Frenchmen Are Doing It
By Trent | January 6th, 2007Dear M. Frank Ribery: Are you French? Are you a blossoming football star? Looking to leave France and land at a big club? ...
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 ...
Matchday 16 - Lyon roars still
By Sam | December 3rd, 2006Le Mans hosted Lyon in the inaugral match of the weekend, and wouldn't you know it, Lyon walked away with a yawn-tastic 1-0 win. Le ...
Highlights from Matchday 15
By Sam | November 27th, 2006Troyes 1-1 Marseille Bordeaux 1-0 Saint-Étienne (Long video) Lille 1-1 Monaco Lorient 1-3 Sochaux Nice 2-2 Sedan Le Mans 1-1 Lens
Matchday 15 - Whoa, whoa, status quo
By Sam | November 27th, 2006Not a terribly exciting and goal-filled week (I'm noticing a pattern here), Matchday 15 provided us with the anticipation of next week (I'll get to ...
Lyon would like you to shut up
By Sam | November 27th, 2006Jean-Michel Aulas, president of Olympique Lyonnais, would like you to know that David Trezeguet, Nicolas Anelka or Frédéric Piquionne will not be signing with Lyon. ...
Matchday 14 - Lyon avoid embarassment
By Sam | November 19th, 2006Not particularly high-scoring or exciting, Matchday 14 provided some interesting results that made the top 10 that much more close. Marseille FINALLY won after five ...
Ribéry ain't going nowhere
By Sam | November 17th, 2006After much speculation and media-influenced babbling, the newly sidelined Franck Ribéry has once again written in stone that he will stay in Marseille, at least ...
They've been waiting for this since I was about two years old
By Sam | November 16th, 2006Do the names "Bernard Tapie" or "Valenciennes Football Club" ring a bell? Probably not. Does the sentence "Marseille won the Champions League in 1993, only ...
Cissé back soon
By Sam | November 15th, 2006Marseille's medical crew and the hospital where Djibril Cissé was operated have scheduled the Shaquille O'Neal of football's return for early December. He's been training ...
Marseille prepares city-wide suicide-fest
By Sam | November 14th, 2006If not something worse. OM's favourite butt-ugly midget, Franck Ribéry, while training with Les Bleus leading up to Wednesday's France-Greece, came down with a nasty ...
Matchday 13 - Can you say "no surprises"?
By Sam | November 12th, 2006My goodness, what are Marseille up to? Five losses in a row is bad for a team at the bottom of the table, so what ...
Matchday 12 - The lion has fallen! Temporarily!
By Sam | November 5th, 2006Now here is a day out of the ordinary. Lyon was handed there first loss, Marseille buried their head a bit more into the sand, ...
Cissé to Marseille for 4 years?
By Sam | November 1st, 2006French international striker Djibril Cissé, on loan to Olympique de Marseille from Liverpool for the remainder of the year, could be dealt to the french ...
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