At one point in this competition, the staff of this fine blog were a veritable Oracle of Delphi when it came to making correct picks. Sadly, that point was the first week. Since then, we’ve witnessed an overthrow of the status quo that’s not been seen since…I don’t know, the French Revolution? This week’s results [...]
Archive for April, 2009
MLS Pick’em: Week 5 Results
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on April 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Celtic, Chivas USA, Crystal Palace, Emmanuel Adebayor, Europa League, Filippo Inzaghi, Harry Redknapp, Kasey Keller, Manchester United, Prisoners Covered in Excrement, Rangers, Robin van Persie, Seattle Sounders, Sir Alex Ferguson, Torino on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while finding new ways of not getting deported…
Your very brief weekend review
Posted in Weekend Review, tagged English Premier League, FA Cup on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So I had a rather busy weekend, what with work and all, but I still managed to watch my fair share of footy and pay attention to what else happened all over the leagues, its late on Sunday night, but I’m here to bring you your updates on what went on all over Europe and [...]
“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” – Longfellow
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on April 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m not going to lie. I’ve been out all night, and thus, this post is being written very early Sunday morning before I actually try to sleep for a bit. What’s on telly today? The following, and as usual, all times EDT. In progress – Lokomotiv Moscow v. Zenit St. Petersburg (Russian Premier League) – [...]
Heavy sanctions from UEFA in match-fixing case
Posted in News, tagged Match Fixing on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Macedonian side FK Pobeda have been given an 8-year ban from all UEFA-sponsored competitions, and club President Aleksandar Zabrcanec and player Nikolce Zdraveski were given lifetime bans from the game. Pobeda were accused of fixing a match against FC Pyunik in the first round qualifying of the 2004 Champions League competition, over two legs. There [...]
“Liverpool can be very lonely on a Saturday night, and it’s only Thursday” – Paul Angelis
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, FA Cup, La Liga, MLS, Serie A, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, that was a week, wasn’t it? Let’s review: Harry Kalas and Mark Fidrych passed away on Monday. Tuesday, Barcelona advanced to the Champions League semifinals with a 1-1 draw in Munich. Also on Tuesday, Chelsea advanced to the semi-finals, in a game that will go down in history as one of the most entertaining [...]
Another week of those pesky EPL picks
Posted in Wild Ass Guesses, tagged English Premier League on April 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So another weekend is upon us, and more EPL picks are to be made. Lets just get right down to it, no time this week for stories of late 90′s tv shows. I went 6-4 with, yet again, the score of the Arsenal game right, thats 3 weeks running, I’m impressed with myself. JJF3 went [...]
About Last Night: “Late Is Better Than Never” Edition
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andy Gray, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fox Soccer Channel, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, Pirate Bay is Landlocked, Rafa Benitez, Sir Alex Ferguson, UEFA Champions League, Xabi Alonso on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while mourning the end of an era…
The REAL Season Starts April 19th
Posted in Whimsy, tagged Amateur Soccer on April 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
All of you hooked on your fancy “Premier Leagues”, “Champions Leagues”, and “Europa Leagues” pay attention: the real games start this Sunday at 5:00. You can’t watch them on FSC or ESPN360, either; in fact, I’m not sure there’re even bleachers pitchside to sit on. It doesn’t matter, though, because the people playing these games [...]
MLS Pick’Em Week 5
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on April 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »
So here we go with yet another week of picks, last week you would have been better off just picking draws, but then again thats a pretty boring way to make your picks, so don’t be boring. I somehow came out on top last week with a whole 3 correct picks. As you can see, [...]
