Articles tagged with "rumors"
No Dindane for You!
By Martha | August 19th, 2008Nice are still shopping for the mythical New Striker about whom we keep hearing but, if the latest reports can be believed, their list of ...
Weekend Thoughts
By Nick | August 10th, 2008These summer weekends can often seem long and tedious to the average calcio fan, full of meaningless friendlies and ridiculous transfer rumors, but luckily ...
Le Havre: Le Non-Preview
By Martha | August 8th, 2008Sorry for the semi-absence this week, I've been traveling and have only now settled in once place (for a while), so there sadly won't be ...
Birthday Wishes
By Nick | August 7th, 2008Everyone's been asking me what I want for my birthday tomorrow and I've got no idea what to tell them. I have plenty of books ...
Getting Down to Business
By Nick | August 6th, 2008Hello all, I'm Nick and I'll be taking over the Toro blog. First off I want to thank Daryl and Chris for letting me take over ...
Weekend Reading Material as We Wait for the Lille Match
By Martha | August 2nd, 2008Given the expression on Chouf's face, I'm going to guess Ospina's French is still pretty bad. Could someone please explain what's going on with Cedric Kanté? ...
Odds And Ends as Nothing Happens
By Martha | July 31st, 2008The white ones don't look bad from the back, particularly when they're in a grand setting and say "Rool." The team were officially presented to supporters ...
Nice 3-3 ASSE (Plus Some Transfer Chatter)
By Martha | July 27th, 2008First half: Letizi Diakité-Yahia-Kanté-Jeunechamp Echouafni-Fae-Traoré Remy-Modeste-Bamogo Second half: Ospina Diakité-Hognon-Cid-Rool Echouafni (Adu, 82rd)-Fae-Traoré Bamogo (Quansah, 76th)-Remy-Ben Saada Goals: Remy (45th pen, 62nd)
Nice 2-1 Grenoble (Plus Some Newsie Bits)
By Martha | July 24th, 2008First Half: Letizi Diakité-Hognon-Kanté-Jeunechamp Echouafni-Fae-Helebuyck Rémy-Modeste-Bamogo Second half: Ospina Jeunechamp-Yahia-Cid-Rool Fae-Hellebuyck-Traoré-Ben Saada Modeste-Rémy Goals: Modeste (22nd), Rémy (44nd) Nice; Flac
The Humberto Suazo rumors were fake...
By Magnusson | July 23rd, 2008A few moments ago, our reader Alex left a comment saying taht he reads mexican newspaper El Norte every day and that the Monterey paper ...
It's Oh So Quiet
By Martha | July 22nd, 2008See? Without Baky, we've got nothing to talk about! There's been no movement on Nice's interest in Dindane (now heavily tipped in the media to go ...
Tuesday, slow news day...
By Magnusson | July 22nd, 2008A lot has happened in the last four days. Once Bakary Koné was signed from Nice, Pape Diouf told the press that the Mercato was ...
Hello Baky!
By Magnusson | July 18th, 2008The soap of the summer (incredibly short by other season's standards) is finally over and done with. Bakary Koné and Nice came to an agreement ...
Hatem Ben Arfa and Djibril Cissé already fighting...
By Magnusson | July 16th, 2008If asked which one of our players had the biggest ego, I'm pretty sure most people would answer either "Djibril Cissé" or "Hatem Ben Arfa", ...
Counting Down to the Official Bye-Bye Baky Post (+ a Friendly)
By Martha | July 16th, 2008As Magnusson has already reported, things started moving again last night between Nice and OM (what with July 15 being Maurice Cohen's designated Transfer Witching ...
Mysterious Nigerian Forward revealed
By James | July 15th, 2008From the clues in Shawn Mitchell's post, Is it Ibezito Ogbonna? He's Nigerian, 25, and played for Hapoel Tel-Aviv. He was 10 goals in 31 games in ...
Rehashing the Rehash
By Martha | July 14th, 2008So, Baky's back and everything's pretty much the same as it was last week: He's training with his teammates, is still a Nice player, and ...
The "Drogbathon" is in full effect...
By Magnusson | July 12th, 2008A group of incredibly commited supporters (led by the 24 year-old Mathieu Gomila aka "Kain34") decided to see if the marseillais fans across the world ...
Another Loss, Another Signing: Gabriel Cichero
By Dave Martinez | July 12th, 2008So this theory has gone from a comical hypothetical to a head slapping reality: Every Bulls loss seems to result in some International signing. This ...
Saturday morning MEGA update...
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2008I promised myself I wouldn't make this a habit but a lot happened this week IRL (In Real Life for all you World of Warcraft ...
Newsie Odds and Ends
By Martha | July 10th, 2008•Get used to me posting random pictures of Cyril #1. •Things are bad with Koné -- as I said in the comments last night, when player ...
No Kidding - Diego Jimenez is a Red Bull
By Dave Martinez | July 8th, 2008Ladies and Gentlemen, left back may have just been filled. With a left foot. Young Mexican Diego Jimenez, former starter for Tecos and the Mexican ...
Putting a Presidential Foot Down (Nicely, Of Course)
By Martha | July 8th, 2008I put off posting this morning on the foolish assumption that something would be resolved on the Baky Kone front by early afternoon, my time. ...
Things Get Quietly Ugly, Or: Even More Less Baky
By Martha | July 7th, 2008
Nice flew out to Vichy last night. They'll spend the next week there, lounging in the hot springs, training and playing their first friendly, scheduled ...
Baky Not Gone Yet; Ospina On His Way
By Martha | July 4th, 2008After the reports last night than an agreement had been reached between Marseille and Nice, I expect to wake up this morning and read that ...
The Highest Highs, The Lowest Lows
By Dave Martinez | July 2nd, 2008There we were, watching the Bulls masterfully control the tempo of the game, on the road, against a dangerous Chivas squad. Before you can ...
Its Gabriel Cichero, Not Innes
By Dave Martinez | July 1st, 2008Like a dope, I thought Osorio was thinking of trying out Chris Innes again for that left back spot. I definitely ruled out the ...
The Ben-Arfiles*: OL vs. HBA? It is ... ON!
By Magnusson | June 29th, 2008[*= The Ben Arfiles is the name I'm gonna give all the articles on Hatem Ben Arfa until his situation is sorted out. The name ...
Henry staying on the MLS radar
By akeem | June 26th, 2008French striker Henry spent this past weekend with his good friend and compatriot, NBA star Tony Parker, cruising the Big Apple and playing in the ...
All The Bull - 6/24
By Dave Martinez | June 24th, 2008Here are some of the more interesting Red Bulls tidbits that have slipped through my ever typing fingers: + Do you know we are playing ...
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