http://nice.theoffside.com News from Nice French football team Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:11:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you who speak French and/or Portuguese or just like moving pictures, here's Adeilson's presentation. It's hard to conclude much from those four-and-a-half minutes, but his words are optimistic and honest -- It's not often you hear a guy in his presentation at a new club say he'd ... http://nice.theoffside.com/rumors/more-adeilson-and-other-transfer-bits.html There's allegedly football being played in the first part of this clip. I have my doubts. Arras 1 - 3 Nice Buts: Bellatrêche (52è) pour Arras; Ben Saada (48è), Modeste (110è), Bamogo (113è pen) pour Nice Arras: Lambenne - De Barros, Daval, Lombard, Delépine - Bellatrêche (c), Duchateau (Diarra, 99è), Luyssen (Lamourette, 109è), ... http://nice.theoffside.com/transfers/arras-adeilson.html Spellcaster!Anto: "... And when you wake up, you will think I have a full head of hair!" •Squad list for Arras:Gardiens: Letizi, Moreau Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Rool Milieux: Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Traoré Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Ozokwo, Quansah Rémy, Kante, and Coulibaly all have injury problems and Adu is suspended ... http://nice.theoffside.com/rumors/quick-news-roundup-2.html Obi-Wan Letizi wishes everyone a belated, vaguely creepy Merry Christmas. Hooray, training starts today! That means there will be something to talk about other than transfer rumors for the next couple weeks, albeit more than likely only things like "Oh, crap, Rémy's not fit yet," or "God dammit, Cyril #1 hurt ... http://nice.theoffside.com/nice-team-news/the-boys-are-back-in-town.html Happy, happy! Joy, joy! So sorry for disappearing, everyone -- holiday time means both chaos and a lot of travel for me (and a lot of other people), and I've not got time to even read about Nice right now, let alone download and watch the match. (In troubling news, the ... http://nice.theoffside.com/nice-team-news/not-dead-well-im-not-nices-dreams-of-grandeur-however-are-something-else-entirely.html [Not as scared of Baky and Ben Arfa as he looks. Probably.] •The Grenoble match will be played either a week from today or on the 17th of this month. The 10th was the league's initial proposal, but Pierre Wantiez had a fit about Nice getting an extra day of rest, ... http://nice.theoffside.com/rumors/newsie-odds-and-ends.html Singin' in the rain. Conditions were so bad that the match was postponed yesterday, and then put off again today. For what it's worth, here's the lineup that would have taken the field -- for the second match in a row, Rémy was in the squad but didn't even made the ... http://nice.theoffside.com/matches/reports/nice-grenoble-never-mind.html "So this is snow, huh? I don't get it." Gardiens: Moreau, Ospina Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Hognon, Kanté, Rool Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Jeunechamp, Traoré Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Rémy Absents: Letizi, Ozokwo (blessés), Adu, Barul, Gace, Moussilou, Quansah (choix de l'entraîneur) * * * Sorry I've not been around this week -- travel, ... http://nice.theoffside.com/nice-team-news/squad-list-for-grenoble-and-not-much-more.html Who does he think he is, Gerd Müller? ASSE 0-1 Nice But: Echouafni (20è) pour Nice St Etienne: Janot - Andreu, Benalouane, Varrault, Sauget - Machado, Hautcoeur, Dernis (Payet, 73è) - Ilan (c), Gomis (Gigliotti, 82è), Mirallas (Matsui, 64è) Nice: Letizi - Diakité, Apam, Kanté, Rool - Echouafni (c), Coulibaly (Jeunechamp, 73è), Faé, Hellebuyck ... http://nice.theoffside.com/nice-team-news/asse-0-1-nice-some-editorializing.html Second in the table, Olvier Echouafni joint-third leading scoring. Look out for flying pigs. http://nice.theoffside.com/nice-team-news/so-theres-proof-it-happened.html