

Just a video: Messi’s goal vs. Mexico
El Tri had no answer for this chippy little goal from Messi (about :45 sec in). The cross caught Leo in stride and he finishes cooly.
Thanks for 101 Great Goals for the find.
USA-Argentina Messi Liveblog
By: Matt |I was excited to tune into ESPN Classics this evening and find myself in front of a USA-Argentina Friendly? Any squad that includes Messi is sure to deliver a few moments of brilliance. This network has really stepped it up in terms of footy coverage, and is soon reinventing itself as ESPN3, an offset of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
dos santos & messi clips
By: Matt |
This is the Leo Messi blog of yore, but I’ll have to give it up to another Barca attacker who had the game of his young career last night. Giovanni Dos Santos had, oh a couple of goals… like 1, 2 or 3.
Meanwhile is Messipotamia…
Joe [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Messi’s payday
By: Matt |
When deep-pocket teams like Inter and Chelsea come sniffing around your homegrown phenom, it’s time to start thinking about breaking open that brightly colored Catalan checkbook and stepping up to the table. A “quickest to 99″ status [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Step away from the Bridge
By: Matt |As the summer quickly approaches, the EPL tends to become a bit like a middle school cafeteria in it’s propagation of nasty rumors. “omg, did you see who Drogba is flirting with?” “Jose just passed a note to Adriano Galliani, tehehehehe” “C-Ron is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
The First Coming of the Messi-ah
By: Matt |
Why hello TheOffside – nice to finally be on you.
Welcome to the brand-new, fresh-out-the-box, player blog for everyone’s favorite Argentine playmaker, Lionel Messi!
Unfortunately, the birth of this blog comes at a terribly time (as many births do), and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Team News

Giles Barnes Stars in the Best Thing The West Brom Blog Has Ever Produced - Plus A World XI That Manages To Include A West Brom Player!
The West Brom Blog had dreams once, then it watched Sky Sports News for five consecutive hours - it's never been the same since. Now ...
Feb 03, 2010 | Read this article...
Barcelona 3, Valladolid 0 (Who wants to play on ice?)
Seriously. I have never seen so many people fall on a pitch before. It wasn't just the players from Barcelona, Valladolid players too were slipping ...
Jan 24, 2010 | Read this article...
Daily Dose: January 7th, 2009 2010
An Indonesian fan with pace and dribbling but poor finishing skills. Community building in El Salvador. (Never Captain Nicky Butt) These players...so hot right now. (Soccer Training ...
Jan 07, 2010 | Read this article...
El Clasico Afterparty: Xerez 0 - 2 Barcelona
A success! Triumph! Complete obliteration of the enemy! Victory has been snatched from the jaws of hair gel and unnatural tan skin. Hail the all ...
Dec 03, 2009 | Read this article...
Who said Ibra hates the big games?
After all the hype for todays massive El Clasico, the game never quite reached the heights that maybe we all hoped it would do. Not ...
Nov 29, 2009 | Read this article...
Out of Trouble and in to the Deep End, Athletic 1 - 1 Barcelona
As Manuel Enrique Mejuto González blew his whistle full stop to signal the end of the match and the beginning of the mass procession out ...
Nov 22, 2009 | Read this article...
The Appeal of Hating a Great Footballer
Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would ...
Nov 07, 2009 | Read this article...
The Offside 100: 2000-09, THE RESULTS!
Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players ...
Nov 07, 2009 | Read this article...
The Offside 100: 2000-09
As I let you know back when I posted up this year's FFT100, I'm a bit of a junkie for lists. They are utterly meaningless, ...
Nov 04, 2009 | Read this article...
The Ultimate Battle of Youth Vs Experience
A little while back, Chris mused up this post, in which he built a dream team of current players who are all under 25. And ...
Oct 10, 2009 | Read this article...





