Articles tagged with "player-news"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 1st, 2007
You didn't want to read that headline, did you? (Unless you're a Scotland or Italy fan. In which case... Well, you can ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 29th, 2007
Longtime followers of this blog are familiar with my uneasy fascination with France World Cup substitute Vikash Dhorasoo. The man activates my maternal area ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 25th, 2007
And finally some good news for France. Samir Nasri will be returning to play for Marseille this weekend vs. Sochaux. I was ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 24th, 2007
With about 3 1/2 weeks to go before that all-important game with Ukraine, I don't like seeing injuries reported for our players. Unfortunately it ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 19th, 2007
Here's the video of both of Thierry Henry's goals from Wednesday's France-Lithuania game. Two things stand out for me:
First, the service from both Hatem ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 18th, 2007
As we're all absorbing the lessons of the past two games, I thought I'd give you a little blast from the past.
Remember Bixente ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 17th, 2007
Whew. Three points.
For most of the game I was thinking it would be Scotland all over again -- domination of possession, inability ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 16th, 2007
William Gallas apparently struggled a bit in training and left practice early yesterday. Not a good sign.
And l'Equipe seems to be questioning whether Karim ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 14th, 2007
Here's a good video of the goals from yesterday's game. My favorite is the second Karim Benzema goal, which I think was the fifth ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 13th, 2007
I overslept this morning and tuned into the game in the fourteenth minute and discovered I'd missed the first two goals. (Nicolas Anelka and ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 13th, 2007
Latest news from l'Equipe is that the game is expected to be played as scheduled on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. France time. (Which, if ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 12th, 2007
This list of "possible" starters is all I'm finding in l'Equipe so far, but I think I like it:
L'équipe possible : Landreau - ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 9th, 2007
I'm out of town for the week, but before I go I wanted to leave you with a couple of good (and English-language) articles about ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 6th, 2007
After seeing the difficulty the current favored ones are having with crosses, I'm wondering what everybody thinks of the idea of playing Jérôme Rothen. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 5th, 2007
I know there's a lot of actual France-related football news I should write on instead of fluff, but I couldn't pass this one up. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 4th, 2007
How do you like our new look? Kudos to Bob and the tech guys at The Offside and World Cup Blog for all their ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 27th, 2007
This is the video of Karim Benzema's third goal at the Metz-Lyon game I was at on Sept. 15. (Look! That's me in ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 25th, 2007
Samir Nasri is one sick puppy. He's been hospitalized with "a virus" and won't even be training with Marseille for at least ten days. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 24th, 2007
Add Inter's Roberto Mancini to the long and growing list of managers upset with how Franch coach Raymond Domenech manages his players.
Inter Milan ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 23rd, 2007
I meant to write this up before I left on my trip, but I guess there's no time like the present.
There was a ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 13th, 2007
Okay France fans, altogether now. Let's put our heads together and engage in a collective primal scream of the "How the hell did this ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 12th, 2007
If you ever get a chance to attend a game in France, do it! There are about 15,000 Scotsmen running around Paris in kilts ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 3rd, 2007
So much has been going on while I've been busy elsewhere! I'm not going to go back to the A and A' games against ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 20th, 2007
Lilian Thuram, Willam Gallas and Julien Escudé have all been declared forfaitsfor this week's A and A' games against Slovakia. Escude, according to one ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 7th, 2007
No, I have not forgotten this blog! Sorry for my silence lately -- busy, out of town, distracted, etc. I will try not ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 9th, 2007
So where were you one year ago today?
Yes, it was a year ago. The World Cup final. We were all watching ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 7th, 2007
When I was reading this article, I kept looking for some Indian version of "April Fools." But it seems to be legit. Or ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 6th, 2007
You know when your chronically unemployed relative (we all have one, right?) finally lands a series of interviews? And you don't want to say ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 5th, 2007
A confession: I am generally not bothered by footy stars behaving badly.
-- David Trezeguet paying blackmail to avoid publication of questionable photos? ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 2nd, 2007
I just can't make myself write any more about transfers and transfer rumors today, so instead I thought I'd share a fun Zidane commercial. ...
