Articles tagged with "marseille"
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 ...
Okay, but still
By Sam | October 30th, 2006I recently ranted against the stupid stadium regulations as to "pyrotechnic devices" and how they in no way intice supporters to cut back, but an ...
Matchday 11 - Home advantage the real story
By Sam | October 29th, 2006Lens 1-0 Auxerre kicked off the day, and Lens pleased their fans by offing rivals AJA thanks to a fine goal by Demont on 62 ...
Hi, I'm Sam, Lyon wins, blah blah blah
By Sam | October 23rd, 2006Hi offsideateers, welcome to my branch of the wonderful website that is The Offside. The French Ligue 1, otherwise known as the race to second ...
Diouf: Not So Fast, Ribery
By Trent | October 12th, 2006Marseille chairman Pape Diouf says that Arsenal has in fact not secured the first option rights to French midfielder Franck Ribery, and that Ribery will ...
Ribery to North London?
By Trent | October 8th, 2006Does anyone else out there, when they hear Franck Ribery's surname, think of the Grateful Dead song "Sugaree"? Yeah, well, I don't, you ...
Barthez the Human Adventure is Looking for a Human Adventure
By Bob | August 8th, 2006Fans of the bald headed, chain smoking, goal wandering France keeper Fabien Barthez are rejoicing today at the news that he wants to play for ...
Ribery, Equalite, Fraternite
By Bob | August 7th, 2006What is it with the players who played for France in this year's World Cup? First there is William Gallas not showing up for ...
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