September 2, 2010 by Kevin
Once again Major League Soccer has had a weekend of “surprises”. As Two Yellows pointed out last weekend, this is an exciting league because any team can win any game. Not a single person picked Kansas City to defeat Los Angeles, even KCGunner Wizard only picked “his” team for a draw. However, we still have a pretty good rate at picking on a weekly basis, with the weekly winner usually getting 60% or better. That held true this week as well, with four of our pickers getting five games correct. On the other end of the spectrum, there were three of us who probably should’ve just skipped this week as we only got one a piece. Read on after the break to see which end you were on…
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Posted in General, MLS Pick'em | Tagged Los Angeles Galaxy, Houston Dynamo, Seattle Sounders, New York Red Bulls, Chicago Fire, Real Salt Lake, Columbus Crew, Colorado Rapids, Fox Soccer Channel, Chivas USA, Toronto FC, Kansas City Wizards, New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, FC Dallas, San Jose Earthquakes, D.C. United, Telefutura | 12 Comments »
September 2, 2010 by Fuse
I bet TY can explain this picture to you...
If you’re a regular around here you know that its been a rough week for Ol’ Fuse. Normally, I’d take that out on all of you by giving you a nearly impossible task to complete over the next week. But not this week. I just don’t have it in me. So, after the jump I’m going to get all “kinder and gentler” on you… Continue Reading »
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September 2, 2010 by Magnakai Haaskivi
Posted in About Last Night | Tagged Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackpool, Jose Mourinho, Europa League, English National Team, Sir Alex Ferguson, Lazio, FIFA, Fernando Torres, Spanish National Team, Mauro Zarate, Arsene Wenger, Roque Santa Cruz, Paul Scholes, Vicente del Bosque, Gianlugi Buffon, Alberto Aquilani, Rafael van der Vaart, Owen Hargreaves, Amateur NASA Stuff, Mikel Arteta, Joe Hart, Alan Curbishley, Jonathan Woodgate, Richard Kingson, Shrewsbury Town, Fabio Quagliarella, Liechenstein National Team | 2 Comments »
September 1, 2010 by Kevin
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the scariest, the most electrifying, and the most outrageous thing ever! Your eyes will not believe what they see, your ears will not believe what they hear, and your mouth will not believe the things it says. No I am not talking about this week’s Last Call. I am talking about the BCS and it’s rating system. College football begins “for real” this weekend. Who are your picks for number 1? Who gets screwed by the BCS? What’s your solution for an alternative? In other sporting news, Manny Ramirez is now a White Sox and the Dodgers will continue their downward spiral courtesy of the soon to be (?) ex Mr and Mrs McCourt. Maybe they should have called Tiger, his went so quick and easy. (Insert your own innuendo/joke here:_________________) Maybe MLB will finally realize that Mark Cuban isn’t such a bad guy after all.
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September 1, 2010 by Kevin
As college football season begins in earnest this weekend, it will get all the hype that goes with it. However, NCAA college soccer also begins this weekend, at least for me. What follows are some of my thoughts as well as some questions that I am hoping that you, our readers can answer and share your thoughts on as well.
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Posted in General, Homerism, Off the Pitch, Youth Soccer | Tagged Houston Dynamo, Danny Cruz, UNLV, Mario Sanchez, Chicago Bears, NCAA | 3 Comments »
September 1, 2010 by Magnakai Haaskivi
Posted in About Last Night | Tagged MLS, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan, Blackburn, Internazionale, English Premier League, UEFA, Michael Kightly, Spanish National Team, Kansas City Wizards, Ryan Babel, Philipp Lahm, Mark Schwarzer, Wolverhampton, Adidas, Carles Puyol, Vuvuzelas, Rafael van der Vaart, Lucas Leiva, Mexico Primera Division, Armand Traore, Carlton Cole, Squids Have Feelings Too, Season Ticket Sales, Tom Cleverley, Ivelin Popov, Marco Branca, Peter Vermes | Leave a Comment »
August 31, 2010 by Magnakai Haaskivi
Posted in About Last Night | Tagged Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, USMNT, West Brom, Sunderland, Stoke City, Fulham, Internazionale, Serie A, English National Team, Cristiano Ronaldo, La Liga, FC Schalke, Bologna, Javier Mascherano, Robinho, Dutch National Team, Sevilla, Bob Bradley, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Portuguese National Team, Luis Fabiano, Damarcus Beasley, Roy Hodgson, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Besiktas, Mario Gomez, Robbie Keane, Mikel Arteta, Sporting Gijon, Bayern München, AS Monaco, Ricardo Quaresma, Realistic Virtual Dating, Paul Scharner, Asamoah Gyan, Rennes | 5 Comments »
August 30, 2010 by Magnakai Haaskivi
How do you say "go eat a bag of dicks" in Catalan?
All told, it’s been a pretty interesting summer for Barcelona. After Inter redefined defensive tactics specifically to counter their wide-open attacking style of play, Barcelona came into the summer with only the La Liga championship under their belt. The club then saw most of their players go to South Africa and play well for Spain in a winning World Cup campaign, where they again had to overcome tactics that seemed specifically designed to stymy their play style (I’m looking at you, Switzerland); when you factor in their treble in 2009-10, it’s been a hell of a couple years for the Catalan side on the field.
Off the pitch, though, it’s a bit of a different story. Back in July, it was revealed that Barcelona have a bit of a money problem, and that that problem prevented them from paying player’s wages (or, as it happens, from re-signing Dani Alves). Like any club, Barcelona decided that they needed to cut costs to deal with their financial crisis. Unlike other clubs, Barcelona decided that the easiest way to cut costs was to incessantly tap up their transfer targets to get them at cut rates.
And all this only a year after former president Joan Laporta famously exclaimed “We make Ballon d’Or winners; others have to buy them.”
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Posted in La Liga | Tagged Barcelona, Dodgy Transfers | 14 Comments »
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Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: The Old Firm, Part One
August 30, 2010 by Fuse
I’ve put off this part of my collection for as long as I could.
These items (and the Celtic items I will cover next week) were purchased- for the most part- in the early, reckless stage of my collecting. Put another way, this was when I was interested in getting as much as I could, as cheaply as I could, and for as little as I could. In the case of these three Rangers shirts, I like the look of all of them (one of them is one of my all-time favorites from an aesthetic standpoint), but you’re not likely to see me wearing any of them.
I’ve spoken in general terms about why I don’t like the Old Firm, but there is a very specific reason why Rangers Football Club gets under my skin. It’s not the singing of sectarian songs (The Famine Song, for example) during derby matches as that can often be the work of a few “bad apples,” no, it this: Continue Reading »
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Introductions, Off the Pitch, Scottish Premier League | 8 Comments »