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Absurdly Random Profile of the Week: Johan Elmander
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Name: Johan Elmander
Date of birth: 27 May 1981
Place of birth: Alingsås, Sweden
Current club: Toulouse FC
Position: Striker
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Shirt number: 9
Randomness of selection: I added the number of goals scored in the four Coupe de la Ligue matches today (10), found the club who’s currently in that position in the table, then decided to [...]
League Cup: Thrills,Spills and 13 Goals in 3 Matches
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I say it way too often: Nobody cares about la Coupe de la Ligue. Well, results like the ones we witnessed today might be enough for me to reconsider that statement. While we’re still waiting for the other five matches to be played (tomorrow and thursday), the three today earned the right to be talked [...]
It’s Been a Year, Already? / Reader Feedback / Advertising!
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Oh my, I almost forgot! This week marks the one-year anniversary of my stay at the France Offside! It was on October 24, 2006 that I posted an article entitled “Hi, I’m Sam, Lyon Wins, Blah Blah Blah“. Boy, do I remember those early days. When I started, there was the ManU, Liverpool, Chelsea and [...]
Category: France Ligue 1And the Award for Creepiest Promotional 2008 Calendar Goes To…
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Olympique de Marseille. Designer clothes and young children? You won’t see that from Queen’s Park Rangers!
Goal of the Week: Round 12
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Goal of the Week on the France Offside is back after the Matchday 11 hiatus, and do I have some swell goals to pick from for you! Kim’s goal was the pick of the litter from last round, but now it’s time for this week’s contestants, in order of the opposing goalkeeper’s hair length.
Tags: France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Hatem Ben Arfa, Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Olivier Monterrubio, Rodrigo, Strasbourg (RCS)Matchday 12: Boring Draws, Nice Wins, And a Whole Lotta Bad Luck
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So there it is. Olympique Lyonnais are now more than one win’s worth of points in front of their closest competitor. Can they be caught?
Nancy and Rennes are now four points behind them after Lyon’s 3-2 win over PSG at the Parc. Hatem Ben Arfa scored a pair of goals, nice ones too, before Pauleta [...]
European Round-Up: Lyon Awakens, Marseille Rides Luck, UEFA Cupsters Kick Off
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Here’s an interesting role-change: Usually French clubs are lacking a bit of everything in the Champions League, and solid in the UEFA Cup. This week’s European fiesta had that changed around, with Lyon and Marseille winning and drawing respectively, and the UEFA Cup contenders gathering a win to go with two losses.
The big story was [...]
Absurdly Random Profile of the Week: Joseph-Désiré Job
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Name: Joseph-Désiré Job
Date of birth: 1 December 1977
Current club: OGC Nice
Position: Striker
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Shirt number: 11
Randomness of selection: Looked at the time of a song I was listening to on MySpace (Everyday Feeling by Mouthwash), added the numbers of the time (which were 9), selected the according club in the current league table [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.10.17)
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First off, I’m awfully sorry for my absence, it was due to an Internet problem, lots of school bullshit and a lot of laziness and business. But I’m back, buoyed after France’s two super wins in the EURO qualifiers. Here’s what’s making waves today.
+ This upcoming weekend, Jean-Pierre Papin is making a much anticipated return to [...]
Goal of the Week: Round 10
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We’re back with le but de la semaine here on the France Offside, where you, the reader, get to pick which goal you think tops the bunch. Olivier Monterrubio’s volley won him all the cookies last time around, but it’s time to move on and see what’s going on with the goals scored in this [...]
Tags: France Ligue 1, Geoffrey Dernis, Goal Of The Week, Karim Benzema, Kim, Lyon (OL), Nancy (ASNL), Saint-Étienne (ASSE)
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