France

What About Jérémy Menez?

With all the other young players getting all the attention, Jérémy Menez has kind of gotten lost in the shuffle. (It doesn’t help that he plies his trade in Italy.)
But he’s improving mightily at Roma this season and even got a start in the ultra-important Champions League match today (Tuesday) against Bordeaux. And fed Totti a ... [read]

Titi Gets a Hat Trick (Video)

I’m a couple of days late with this, but it’s worth the wait.
Thierry Henry is having a good year this year, as evidenced by this hat trick against Valencia over the weekend. Yes, a hat trick. At 31. (All of them are good, but the first one in particular is vintage Henry.)
It’s funny — when ... [read]

Odds and Ends to Fill Our Downtime

Since there is nothing going on in the NT season in December, here are a few odds and ends about our players to fill these cold, dark days. We’ve touched on some of these over on the Offside Main Page, but some of you don’t read that (although you should.) And in this blog I can present them ... [read]

The Real Next Zidane: The Enzo Video

The music may be a bit melodramatic, but the skills are…kind of eerie, to be honest.
This would, of course, be Enzo Zidane, eldest son of Zizou and Veronique. I know the video isn’t new, but I’d never seen the skills in this context before.

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Happy Thanksgiving, and Some Lizarazu

Happy Thanksgiving to all our US readers.
And if you’re not in the US, Thanksgiving is kind of like…like Christmas, except you give “thanks” instead of presents. Or, if you prefer, it’s where we gorge ourselves on food to celebrate shamelessly taking land from an indigenous people.
Or something.
But at any rate, enjoy the holiday or non-holiday, ... [read]

Franck Does Some Serious Pink

Why does it not surprise me that our Franck is a pink boot pioneer?

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Let’s Talk About the Game

I think we need to discuss last week’s game before we move onto more interesting stuff. Like, say, Gallas’s autobiography.
First off, the biggie: What did you think about Steve Savidan?
I thought his energy level was a breath of fresh air. He’s waited a long time for this, ... [read]

Watching France-Uruguay? Leave Streams and Comments

I am finding noplace to watch this game legitimately in the states, but Myp2p has lots of streams listed. Let’s hope some of them work.
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=24161&part=sports
If you find one that’s working particularly well, leave a link in the comments for the rest of us to click on.
And if you’re watching the game, leave comments! It’s ... [read]

Big Pat is Back - One from the Archives

Some said big Pat was too old in 2006. Togo found out otherwise, on the wrong side of a Vieira-led 2-0 drubbing.
Highlights with Crowd Noise:

Longer Highlights with French Commentary:

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