UEFA Champions League
Under Siege
By: Richard |
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No not the shity Steven Seagal movie but what happened to us in the Bernabeu. After watching the game a second time I believe the loss fairly belongs with Deschamps underestimating Madrid. In what universe do you start Abriel over say Ben Arfa, Valbuena, hell even Kabore? Now in my last post I said I [...]
Category: UEFA Champions LeagueNever Tell Me the Odds
By: Richard | 7 Comments
Hello to everyone I’m Rich and new to The Offside. Introductions aside lets get down to business and talk about the upcoming match at the Bernabeu. I follow both teams pretty evenly but I desperately want to see Marseille come away with points on this trip. Lets face it, if we want to keep our [...]
Riberys next move – an Olympique de Marseille perspective
By: Daniel Phan | 8 Comments
Since we are ripe in the midst of the transfer season, I thought it would be interesting to provide a quick commentary on the possible destination of a former Olympique de Marseille son: Franck Ribery.
Since his good showing in the 2006 World Cup, Ribery has continued to blossom in his creative midfield role, going from [...]
Drogba-to-Marseille prospect returns in cyclical fashion
By: Daniel Phan | 14 Comments
It’s intriguing, or rather not – to hear of speculation surrounding the ‘imminent’ return of Didier Drogba to the Vélodrome.
You may ask “Why the pessimism? My answer is simply that it has been a reoccurring scenario that comes and goes in periodical cycles as frequent as Berlusconi makes the Italian tabloids – each instance teasing [...]
Sylvain Wiltord is Marseillais…
By: Magnusson | 4 Comments
Yesterday around noon, Nino Wiltord arrived at the Commanderie for the traditional medical visit and an hour later, he was on the pitch for the first practice session of his Marseille career.
The french veteran came in free of charge from Rennes for the next six months after Guy Lacombe decided not to use him anymore [...]
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By: Magnusson | 7 Comments
Out of the long list of strikers we could have bought, Gerets, Anigo and Diouf decided on brandao after a whole week of negociations with Henrik Larsson. Once the swede decided he was too old for our challenge, Brandao, who made it known through his agent that he was going to bounce to brazilian [...]
Santos Mirasierra sentenced…
By: Magnusson | 10 Comments
On October 1st, before we lost the game to Atletico madrid, some of our fans were attacked by the Spanish Police because of the banners set up by the “Ultras” that same afternoon. Their reason was that it is forbidden to have skulls and bones insignae on banners in Spain. Problem is , they didn’t [...]
Mandanda’s Hologram.
By: Magnusson | 4 Comments
Jan from the Bundesliga Offside sent me a link to this video of Steve Mandanda at one of the Adidas stores in Marseille. This is part of a marketing campaign of Adidas who will be featuring the two bigger youngsters in their portfolio, Mandanda and Benzema. The two players or rather their holograms will be [...]
Heads held high…
By: Magnusson | 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 [...]
Category: UEFA Champions LeagueHere we go again…
By: Magnusson | 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 [...]
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