Articles tagged with "saint-etienne-asse"
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 ...
Frédéric Piquionne rejects Saint-Étienne shirt, whip marks on back
By Sam | January 16th, 2007It's a rule of thumb in professional football, at least in France. When a player cleverly compares himself to a slave under the totalitarian and ...
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 ...
The Sam Awards: Here they are!
By Sam | January 12th, 2007The wait, the suspense, is over. Due to your numerous clamoring comments about needing to know the winners of the immensely sought-after Sam Awards, I've ...
Transfer Time: Strikers A Go-Go
By Sam | January 3rd, 2007Dario Srna (Croatia), Frédéric Piquionne (France), Gonzalo Vargas (Uruguay), Paulo Cesar (Brazil), Luigi Pieroni (Belgium), Bakari Sagna (France), Nilmar (Brazil), Pauleta (Portugal), Nicolas Anelka (France)... Sigh. ...
Midway Report: The Sam Awards
By Sam | December 27th, 2006At the end of 2006, it's of course the time to look back and comment on the issues that touched the soccer world. This year, ...
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 ...
My Coupe runneth over: Lyon, check. A team you've never heard of, check.
By Sam | December 20th, 2006In the Coupe de la Ligue action this week, we saw Bordeaux beat Saint-Étienne in extra time and Le Mans eliminate Sochaux on the road, ...
Hey, us Frenchies can score spectacular bicycle kick goals, too
By Sam | December 19th, 2006Christophe Landrin scored his first goal of the season, his first for Saint-Étienne, his first in the crazy atmosphere of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, and it was ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Round of 16 - League Cup
By Sam | October 25th, 2006We're down to eight teams in the cup that no one cares about. Not too many surprises, but it wouldn't be a cup day without ...
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