

Nice Team News
Newsie Odds and Ends
By: Martha |[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, so it could be pushed [...]
Squad List for Grenoble (And Not Much More)
By: Martha |“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)
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Sorry I’ve not been around this week — travel, family and Thanksgiving seriously cut [...]
ASSE 0-1 Nice + Some Editorializing
By: Martha |
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 - Bamogo (Modeste, 58è), Mouloungui [...]
So There’s Proof It Happened
By: Martha |Second in the table, Olvier Echouafni joint-third leading scoring. Look out for flying pigs.
ASSE: Sorta a Preview
By: Martha |My squad is how big? No shit!
For the first time since Frédéric Antonetti was a svelt 20-year-old, he’s got a full squad to choose from: No suspension, no injuries, no personal crises, no nothing. Everyone is fit and ready to go — what luxury!
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Hognon, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, [...]
International Roundup + Some Hellebuyck
By: Martha |I watched most of the Colombia-Nigeria match which ended 1-0 to the home team, with Apam going the full 90 for Nigeria, and Ospina in Colombia’s goal for the second half. Though the first half was sort of even, it was one-way traffic towards the Nigeria goal for the entire second half. Nigeria were severely [...]
Nice 2-1 Nantes
By: Martha |“With my head, bi- boss! I scored with my head!”
Buts: Bamogo (20è), Mouloungui (80è) pour Nice ; N’Daw (8è) pour Nantes
Nice: Letizi - Diakité (Jeunechamp 83è), Apam, Kanté, Rool - Echouafni (c), Faé, Hellebuyck - Bamogo (Coulibaly, 86è), Modeste (Ben Saada, 73è), Mouloungui
Nantes: Alonzo - Pierre, Moullec, Mareval, Gravgaard - N’Daw, Capoue (Keseru, 83è), Da [...]
Yes, We Have No Ba-Rémys
By: Martha |Despite his admirable, 21-year-old’s confidence (which is about 15 years more developed than it was in the picture on the left), Rémy in fact did not recover in time to make the squad for tomorrow’s match. Bugger. There rest of the list is entirely as expected:
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Hognon, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, [...]
More on Créteil + Bit of News
By: Martha |“This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
I managed to find the Créteil match and, while I’ll spare you a full report (I can hear the sighs of relief from here), I’ve still got some reactions to offer on a handful of newbies/youngsters/Habibs.
•Ospina reads the game really well — he’s almost never surprised by [...]
A Pair of Reports, One More Thorough Than the Other
By: Martha |The number of times this man yelled “HABIB!” against Lorient: 419.
Report the First
Alright, so, the Lorient game. Ugh. Fantastic to play like that and get three points, but still — ugh. The goal was a stroke of luck, a failed clearance that ended up at Chouf’s feet with the keeper down, and which he rolled [...]






