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September 20th, 2008

Renato Civelli nearly drowned…

By: Magnusson | Comments 2 Comments

Renato Civelli (24) was not at practice on Friday morning. But he had on hell of an excuse. On thursday while he was out fishing near the Calanques, the centre-back got thown by a huge wave into the water and nearly drowned. It was revealed by Eric Gerets yesterday that even though he got out [...]



September 18th, 2008

Heads held high…

By: Magnusson | Comments 3 Comments

I like to watch our games once they’re over. I usually watch them again when I want to review the performances just because sometimes I get owverwhelmed and don’t have enough distance to be objective when I first watch it. I usually let it sink in before I watch it again but this Tuesday’s game [...]

September 16th, 2008

Here we go again…

By: Magnusson | Comments 1 Comment

The first thing that came to mind when the information came down that we would be facing Liverpool was disappointment at first since we already drew them last year. Then fear took its place since noone forgot how humiliating our last confrontation at the Vélodrome went down. Liverpool blew past us as if we were [...]

September 14th, 2008

NIKE ad featuring Ben Arfa and Valbuena…

By: Magnusson | Comments 1 Comment

I just saw this ad featuring the two Marseille players and Phillippe Mexès. This ad is part of a series on the theme of “Take it to the next level”. I like it.

Category Category: Players
September 12th, 2008

How to break a thirty-year curse…

By: Magnusson | Comments 4 Comments

It’s been thirty one years since the last time we won against Bordeaux. The 1977-1978 season to be exact and since then we lost 17 times and drew Bordeaux 5 times on their home turf. There’s no way their official title of “Bete Noire” is far from being exagerated.
Even though we’ve managed to bring a [...]

Category Category: French Ligue 1


September 3rd, 2008

Our players and the holy month of Ramadan…

By: Magnusson | Comments 2 Comments

On monday morning, around the world started the holy month of Ramadan for many muslims. the ninth month of the calendar is believed to be the month when Angel Gabriel was given the Quran and later gave it to the Prophet Muhammad. In France, there are a little less than 6 million practicing muslims and [...]

September 1st, 2008

Tyrone Mears and the Mercato is done…

By: Magnusson | Comments 1 Comment

British right-back Tyrone Mears came on loan from Derby County (English First Division) this morning for the traditionnal medical visit and was then officially included in the roster. The 25 year-old Brit will come in as a potential back up for Laurent Bonnart who was the only player without an official one yet. This just [...]




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