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Archive for December, 2008


The Thing About Govou

Here’s the thing about Sidney Govou: He is maddeningly inconsistent. He alternates between absolute invisibility and moments of sheer brilliance. He’s like the French Landon Donovan.
And then, just when you’re ready to throw him off the roof, he comes up with something like this (from yesterday’s Champions League game [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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