That’s right, boys and girls: it’s that time again. The wheat has been separated from the chaff, the cream has risen to the top, and what we have left is eight groups of four teams and more games than you can possibly watch in the middle of the week. Working against you this year is [...]
Archive for September, 2009
UEFA Champions League Group Stage Preview: 9/15/09
Posted in Champions League, tagged AC Milan, APOEL FC, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Beşiktaş JK, Chelsea, FC Porto, FC Zürich, Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Maccabi Haifa, Manchester United, Olympique de Marseille, Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League on September 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Better to Know a Champions League Group: Group D
Posted in Champions League, tagged APOEL FC, Atletico Madrid, Champions League, Chelsea, FC Porto on September 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The group stage of the Champions League starts tomorrow, you probably know some of the big names involved obviously, but who else is involved and do they even have a chance at advancing? Over then next couple of days we’ll find all that out. Chelsea From: England Last Season: 25-8-5, 83 points. 3rd place in [...]
Better to Know a Champions League Group: Group C
Posted in Champions League, tagged AC Milan, Champions League, FC Zürich, Olympique de Marseille, Real Madrid on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The group stage of the Champions League starts tomorrow, you probably know some of the big names involved obviously, but who else is involved and do they even have a chance at advancing? Over then next couple of days we’ll find all that out. AC Milan From: Italy Last Season: 22-8-8, 74 points. 3rd place [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Biotech Violins Rock, Chelsea, Diego Forlán, Eduardo, English Premier League, George Burley, Homegrown Players, Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, Scottish National Team, Sir Alex Ferguson, UEFA on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while your biotech violin was kicking the crap out of Stradivarius…
Better to Know a Champions League Group: Group B
Posted in Champions League, tagged Besiktas, Champions League, CSKA Moscow, Manchester United, VfL Wolfsburg on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The group stage of the Champions League starts tomorrow, you probably know some of the big names involved obviously, but who else is involved and do they even have a chance at advancing? Over then next couple of days we’ll find all that out. Manchester United From: England Last Season: 22-5-4, 71 points. Champions in [...]
Football Cup Primer: The UEFA Champions League
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged Football Cup Primer, UEFA Champions League on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the start of the Group Stage of UEFA’s Champions League. Whether you qualified automatically for this round or had to play through qualifiers to get here, this is the start of the big money round for the most prestigious tournament in club soccer. But what is the Champions League? How did it get [...]
Better to Know a Champions League Group: Group A
Posted in Champions League, tagged Bayern Munich, Bordeaux, Champions League, Juventus, Maccabi Haifa on September 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
The group stage of the Champions League starts tomorrow, you probably know some of the big names involved obviously, but who else is involved and do they even have a chance at advancing? Over then next couple of days we’ll find all that out. Bayern Munich From: Germany Last Season: 16-6-6, 54 points. 2nd in [...]
“I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.” – Brian Clough
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Movies, Sunday open thread, The Damned United on September 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
These two fine gentleman are Brian Clough (left) and Don Revie (right). Don Revie is the legendary manager of the true glory days of Leeds United, the late 1960′s into the mid-1970′s. His teams were known as a physical lot, the kind of side that would make you pay for it worse on Monday morning [...]
7 Things I Hate About Soccer
Posted in Commentary, General, Whimsy on September 14, 2009 | 13 Comments »
That’s right, seven things, not ten. This isn’t about making a nice, “round” list, it’s about things that drive me crazy in the game I love. Things that, if I ever become omnipotent, I will end with great haste and force.
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