http://asse.theoffside.com News from Saint-Étienne French football team Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:21:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello again, loyal readers... I apologize for not posting earlier but sometimes your personal life can get in the way of your other duties. I just wanted to take the opportunity to give you an update of the derby and the next match against Nancy. The derby: ASSE 0 - 1 OL (Gomis ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/the-derby-and-what-followed.html The Saint Etienne blog is back! My name is Ben and I will be writing for the Saint Etienne Offside as of today. With the derby coming up, we have a lot on our plate, so let's jump right in. First, to get you in the right mood for the ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/just-in-time-for-the-derby.html Time to get this blog going again. That was a bit of a long break - sorry about that, my wife gave birth to our first child towards the end of 2008 and I have been quite busy since then! It's a boy, so I intend to bring him up ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/where-were-we.html That's more like it. Out of the relegation zone, and a superb goal to boot: Thank you, Mouhamadou Dabo. I doubt we'll see a better goal all season. Hopefully, following the UEFA Cup win against Tel Aviv last Thursday, this will enable Les Verts to get their season back on track. ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/st-etienne-1-psg-0.html Well that's it I think, the start of the new season is now officially a disaster for St Etienne. Five games, four defeats and only two goals scored has left les Verts in the relegation zone, pretty much the exact opposite of where pre-season expectations had placed them. (Not quite ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/caen-2-st-etienne-0.html Not sure if this is one of St Etienne's worst ever starts to a season, but it is now officially really bad. Three defeats in the first four games. Sheesh. And the team has failed to score in each of those defeats. Not looking good so far. Yet more poor defending ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/st-etienne-0-lyon-1.html Right then, it's Hapoel Tel Aviv. Not a name to set the pulses racing, but a decent team with plenty of experience in Europe. St Etienne will need to be on good form to progress - but they will be glad to have avoided teams like Hamburg and Feyenoord. Olympiakos ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/uefa-cup-draw.html It's a big week for St Etienne. The draw for the UEFA Cup takes place at 13h on Friday. This will provide Les Verts with their first opponents from outside France in 26 years (unless you count the Intertoto Cup in 2005). Then, on Sunday, le derby against Lyon. St Etienne, ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/pre-lyon-round-up.html Some clubs would be glad to get this many supporters at a normal game, let alone at a training session. So come on, les Verts, how about a decent performance against Lyon to give the fans something to shout about? http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/a-good-crowd.html Dear oh dear. Another away game, another defeat. This was not the best way to prepare for next weekend's crucial derby clash with Lyon. Was last season's fifth place a false dawn? The match report on the club site makes it sound as if St Etienne had plenty of possession, but ... http://asse.theoffside.com/team-news/le-mans-1-st-etienne-0.html