Articles tagged with "player-news"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 19th, 2008
A few updates for our France boys:
Lassana Diarra has burned his bridges with Arsenal and journeyed on to Portsmouth. This I don't get. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 15th, 2008
Reader Glatisant asked if we have news about our favorite rightback Willy Sagnol. Coincidentally, guess what just appeared in my inbox? A ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 14th, 2008
So when does it mean when people halfway across the world see photos like this and immediately think of me?
What does it mean? I'll ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 12th, 2008
If Bolton manager Gary Megson and Chelsea manager Avram Grant hadn't come to terms that allowed Nicolas Anelka to go to Chelsea, I think I ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 11th, 2008
So let's say you're a high-quality player. You're trying to make a good impression on a coach who hasn't recognized your abilities. What ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 10th, 2008
I realized that I asked everybody else for your starting XI but never wrote out my own. So here they are. Some are ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 5th, 2008
I am checking Google News about five times a day for news about a Nicolas Anelka trade. Five times a day. I'm not ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 31st, 2007
I guess it's that time of year, isn't it? The time to look back at where we've been. Or, for our purposes, where ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 24th, 2007
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it.
To everyone else, take the day off, on us.
My favorite former bad boy, Nicolas Anelka, scored ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 20th, 2007
As promised, a few transfer rumors to brighten your days.
There is not a whole lot of news this winter transfer season because so many players ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 18th, 2007
Just when you think he's going to go riding quietly off into the sunset, here he comes again.
Vikash Dhorasoo is in the news this week ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 14th, 2007
Oh! Look! It's UEFA Team of the Year time! The time when we can all play fantasy manager and pick our ultimate ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 6th, 2007
King Franck?
I don't know the story behind this photo, but it's apparently part of some ad campaign. Babelfish translates this ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 5th, 2007
I can't vouch for the authenticity of this one because it's showing up in only one place, but sports.iAfrica.com says that Lionel Charbonnier and Christian ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Dec 3rd, 2007
This is technically Inara's area, not mine, but it made me happy so I thought I'd share.
How many times have Lyon and France ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 29th, 2007
There is NOTHING going on in France NT land these days, aside from a few transfer rumors. (But not nearly as many as last ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 27th, 2007
So who else besides me thought that rightback Willy Sagnol would die with "Bayern Munich 4 Life" tattooed across his body?
He's played there ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 19th, 2007
L'Equipe lists two possiblities for the start of the Ukraine-France game on Wednesday:
The first is:
4-2-1-2-1 with François Clerc, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas and ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 19th, 2007
To cap off a great weekend, Willy Sagnol finished his first full ninety-minute game with the Bayern Munich reserves this weekend since his knee injury ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 17th, 2007
Three thoughts after watching this video:
1) This really was a brilliant, high-energy game that would have been lovely to watch if I ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 16th, 2007
Lord, what a frustrating game. Watching it was like driving a Porsche that's in desperate need of a tuneup. You know what it ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 15th, 2007
L'Equipe is saying that Jérémy Toulalan may play tomorrow. Oy. Look at this picture from the fff site. Does this look ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 14th, 2007
You know why I love Managerial Musical Chairs at the club level? Because with every new rotation, Raymond gets a whole new set of ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 13th, 2007
Did you know that if you google the words "Trezeguet Domenech Snub" you get 1980 hits? And that's just in the English speaking press. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 12th, 2007
I always hold my breath after the club games the weekend before internationals as I wait to see who's gotten injured. This week is ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 9th, 2007
So do you think it means something that all three Ukrainian strikers are named "Andriy"? (At least that's what the fff website says.) ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 8th, 2007
I have to dress up and go to a stupid charity dinner, so I don't even have time to format this properly, let alone write ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 6th, 2007
You know how much I look forward to list days? More than game days. That's how much. Games days are stressful. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 5th, 2007
Good news, France fans! Thierry Henry and Eric Abidal both played in Barcelona's "convincing" win over Real Betis. It looks like Henry, especially ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 2nd, 2007
William Gallas did a webchat recently for Arsenal.com. In English, no less. (Love those English interviews.) It's a long one, and full of ...
