Goals (Rémy’s) and Excuses (Mine)

By: Martha | 3 Comments

Where is the blogging?!
Sorry for the lack of posts, folks, I’ve been corralled into doing my civic duty on a jury, an obligation which we’ve been told could last at least through the end of next week. So, since they cruelly expect me to pay attention in court rather than fiddling with my laptop, my [...]

Category: David Ospina, Loïc Rémy, Nice Team News, matches

Tags: Coupe de la Ligue, David Ospina, Loïc Rémy, matches, Nice Team News, OGC Nice

Le Mans: Le Preview (More or Less)

By: Martha | 8 Comments

You like, ladies? You should see me with my armband.
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Cid, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Kanté
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Ozokwo, Rémy
Absents: Apam, Traoré (blessés), Rool (suspendu), Asamoah, Barul, Moreau, Moussilou (choix de l’entraîneur)
Ok, I have a question. Cyril #1 gets a one-game suspension for the red [...]

Category: Nice Team News, previews

Tags: Cyril Rool, Emerse Faé, Habib Bamogo, Le Mans UC 72, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, previews

A Virtual Purge

By: Martha | 4 Comments

Look at that face — it’s positively awash with guilt.

I thought I was over the Lyon match, but I just watched the Inside documentary at ogcnice.tv and am once again deeply depressed, albeit what I suspect is a very girly way — the rage is gone, and now I’m just really, really sad for all [...]

Category: Frédéric Antonetti, Maurice Cohen, Nice Team News, reports

Tags: Frédéric Antonetti, Lyon, Maurice Cohen, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, referees, reports

That Sucked, and This Won’t Help

By: Martha | 3 Comments

I’m traveling and working and won’t be able to get a report up until Tuesday (which is probably just as well, since if I wrote it now, you’d get a long piece comparing Italian and French referees, mixed with a lot of mooning over Cyril #1 and being sent off on principle), but until then [...]

Category: Cyril Rool, Maurice Cohen, Nice Team News, reports, video

Tags: Cyril Rool, Lionel Letizi, Lyon, Maurice Cohen, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, reports, video

Lyon: What Passes for a Preview

By: Martha | 95 Comments

Don’t make me call your mother, punk.
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Cid, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Rémy
Absents: Apam, Moreau, Traoré (blessés), Jeunechamp (suspendu), Asamoah, Barul, Moussilou, Ozokwo (choix de l’entraîneur)
Read ‘em and weep, kids: No Apam. Yikes. I realize the team were without him for the [...]

Category: Cyril Rool, Ederson, Loïc Rémy, Nice Team News, Onyekachi Apam, previews

Tags: Chaouki Ben Saada, Cyril Rool, Ederson, Hugo Lloris, Loïc Rémy, Lyon, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, Onyekachi Apam, previews

Is it Saturday Yet?

By: Martha | 3 Comments

Cyril #1 and his arms: Both happy to be back.
Apologies for the lack of posts, but there’s nothing freaking going on, apart from the official site failing to keep up with the schedule they made for ogcnice.tv. The one change there is that we can now pay €50 for access to the site for the [...]

Category: Cyril Rool, Ederson, Frédéric Antonetti, Nice Team News, Onyekachi Apam, links

Tags: Alaeddine Yahia, Coupe de la Ligue, Cyril Rool, Ederson, Frédéric Antonetti, Gilbert Stellardo, links, Matt Moussilou, Nice Team News, Onyekachi Apam

Remygol v Malta

By: Martha | 3 Comments

The baby Bleus made easy work of Malta yesterday, demolishing them 5-0 to stay in contention for a spot in the playoff for a place in the U-21 finals. The first goal was scored after just five minutes by none other than Loïc Rémy, who happened to be in the right place at the right [...]

Category: Loïc Rémy, Nice Team News, video

Tags: Bleuets, Les Blues, Loïc Rémy, Nice Team News, video

Heading Out Old Qatar Way

By: Martha | 5 Comments

As promised, Joseph-Desire Job is headed to Qatar: He’s been sold to Al Kharaitiyat, a club whose official website has been suspended, apparently for failure to pay hosting costs. I hope that’s not a sign of how good they are about paying salaries. Even more strangely, the team doesn’t appear in FIFA’s table of the [...]

Category: Cyril Rool, Nice Team News, transfers

Tags: Al Kharaitiyat, Cyril Jeunechamp, Cyril Rool, Joseph Desire-Job, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, Qatar, transfers

Quick News Roundup (There’s Nothing Going On)

By: Martha | 1 Comment

“Forget that medal, we give you flowers!”
If your club’s not buying or selling a superstar or sending players to Big Name European National Teams, international breaks are almost entirely bereft of items of interest. The Nice players not on international duty are busy training (there’s a very boring video proving this at the official site), [...]

Category: Cyril Rool, David Hellebuyck, Frédéric Antonetti, Nice Team News, Olivier Echouafni, links

Tags: Chaouki Ben Saada, Cyril Rool, David Hellebuyck, Frédéric Antonetti, Joseph Desire-Job, Lilian Laslandes, links, Matt Moussilou, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, Olivier Echouafni, Patrick Baru, Traoré

Nice 2-0 Valenciennes

By: Martha | 10 Comments

Nice 2-0 Valenciennes
Buts: Bamogo (52è), Rémy (85è) pour Nice
Expulsion: Tiéné (31è) à Valenciennes
Nice: Letizi - Diakité, Apam, Kanté (Cid, 84è), Jeunechamp - Echouafni (c), Faé, Hellebuyck - Traoré (Ben Saada, 26è), Rémy, Bamogo (Modeste, 76è)
Valenciennes: Penneteau - Ducourtioux, Bisevac, Rafael (c), Tiéné - Saez, Sanchez, Mater (M. Traoré, 46è), Danic (Bangoura, 60è) - Audel, Pujol [...]

Category: Baky Koné, Frédéric Antonetti, Loïc Rémy, Nice Team News, Olivier Echouafni, matches, reports, transfers

Tags: Alaeddine Yahia, Baky Koné, David Hellebuyck, Frédéric Antonetti, Habib Bamogo, Lens, Loïc Rémy, matches, Nice Team News, OGC Nice, Olivier Echouafni, reports, transfers, Valenciennes