Articles tagged with "player-news"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 30th, 2007
During the season when you'll find most football players sunning themselves on exotic beaches, our guy Lilian Thuram has been spending time promoting peace ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 29th, 2007
Did you know that former Bleus goalkeeper Fabien Barthez shares a birthday with former Denver Broncos' dual-Super Bowl winning quarterback John Elway? Okay, it's ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 26th, 2007
When everybody finally signs a contract, transfer season will at last be over and you will be able to breathe again. Nope, sorry, we're ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 22nd, 2007
Let's get right down to the latest and greatest rumors. Since it's Friday, though, and I'm feeling lazy, I'm not going to try to ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 19th, 2007
First, a quick update on the players we've already talked about. Thierry Henry? We'll talk about him in a second. David Trezeguet? ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 16th, 2007
Barney Ronay of Guardian Unlimited has given us a very funny satirical piece on the Thierry Henry transfer. Or non-transfer. Whatever.
(For ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 14th, 2007
Rumors, rumors everywhere. I love transfer time, because you can spread all of the gossip you want and nobody ever holds you responsible when ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 12th, 2007
Okay, I have a few free minutes this morning, so I thought I'd fill you in on what I'm reading about transfers for a few ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 11th, 2007
I keep meaning to sit down and write up a post or two on the most recent transfers and transfer rumors. (Preview: Ribery ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 9th, 2007
Did anybody else think Nicolas Anelka seemed perhaps a little distracted during Wednesday's game? He had good reason. It seems our Nico took ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 8th, 2007
So much talent. So much skill. So few goals. That's the sad story of three of the four halves of the past ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 8th, 2007
Normally I won't run two beefcake-type photos in a row. And normally I try to keep things here at least somewhat soccer-related, because I ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 30th, 2007
My guess for the lineup. (And yes, I'm mentally stuck in 4-4-2.)
———————————-Nicolas Anelka — Djibril Cisse———————————-
———Florent Malouda —- Claude Makelele —- Lassana ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 29th, 2007
I'll admit to not being as familiar as I should have been with Stade Rennais striker Jimmy Briand. As penance I'm reading lots of ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 28th, 2007
I stumbled on an interesting Senegalese article this weekend about upcapped call-up Bakary Sagna. (Original article in French is here. Amazingly comprehensible Google-translated ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 27th, 2007
I'm in the process of writing up a post on Jimmy Briand and translating an interesting article from Senegal on Bakary Sagna. Both are ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 24th, 2007
I've been put off writing this because... Well, honestly, it's because my heart is completely shattered. No Patrice Evra on the list. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 21st, 2007
David Trézéguet hasn't had a whole lot to smile about in the past year, but this weekend was an exception. (Click on the ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 19th, 2007
It's transfer time again, and the rumor mill is buzzing. A number of our French guys are in demand, largely because of their ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 18th, 2007
Ukraine on June 2, Georgia on June 6. These games are important. They count. It would be extremely nice if we ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 16th, 2007
Ludovic Giuly hasn't played for the France National Team since before the World Cup. Why is that?
Rumors have been circulating for awhile ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 11th, 2007
Take a look at the photo. Do Thuram and new French President Nicolas Sarkozy look like the newest, bestest buds or what?
I ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 4th, 2007
From the Evening Times:
Leading pundits from across the UK were asked to compile a top 50 Champions League goals for a TV special this week.
And ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 3rd, 2007
Franck Ribéry , the Marseille winger/midfielder everybody wants in the upcoming transfer period, has reportedly dumped his agent, Bruno Heiderscheid, claiming he had ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 2nd, 2007
In spite of getting attacked by irate drunken fans last weekend after Nantes played Rennes, former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez says he's still not ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 29th, 2007
Poor Fabien Barthez. Wasn't it just four or five months ago that we all (or...well...me, at least) had our fingers crossed for new ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 27th, 2007
I'm on my way out the door for the weekend, but I just had to share this photo and point you to Inara's OL ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 26th, 2007
It's April!
What does that mean, you ask? Well, it means that the transfer rumor mill is running full speed ahead. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 24th, 2007
The real reason I'm happy to see this news (first reported here late last year) is that it gives me the chance to devote a ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 23rd, 2007
I loved the title to this article about Bleus and Lyon player Sidney Govou: "I Like Women a Little Round." Is ...
