This week, while you’re planning to visit family (or, worse, planning for them to arrive), you’ll probably find yourself at some point wondering what it was you forgot to do. At “Avoiding the Drop”, our public service to you is to help make sure that “remember to set the DVR for Champions League matches” isn’t [...]
Archive for November, 2009
UEFA Champions League: Matchday #5 TV Schedule
Posted in Champions League, tagged TV Schedules, UEFA Champions League on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MLS Cup – Real Salt Lake v. Los Angeles Galaxy
Posted in General on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight, the MLS season comes to a close as Real Salt Lake takes on the Los Angeles Galaxy in Seattle. We’ll be chatting live during the match using CoverItLive. Join us! Click Here to access our CoverItLive event!
“I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.” – Mark Viduka
Posted in MLS, Weekend Open Thread, tagged MLS Cup, Sunday open thread on November 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
There was a bit of a lesson given yesterday in the Barclay’s Premier League. Go look at the results, and you should see it. We all talk in August about the table, who will be in the Champions League spots at the end, who could potentially break the stranglehold of the current “Big Four”, who [...]
“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.” – Eric Cantona
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread, Soccer commentary on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That was some boring international break, wasn’t it. Between major injuries in the friendlies, diplomatic tensions rising after a particularly testy set of matches, and some sort of handball incident you might have read about, this was easily the loudest two-week international break in quite some time. Now is the time when our attention shifts [...]
Fantasy Preview: Interlull Return Time
Posted in Fantasy Premier League, tagged English Premier League, Fantasy Premier League, Fantasy Preview on November 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It’s back! I’m sure you all missed me these past two Fridays and wondered who to put in your fantasy lineup, right? Anyways we’ve got a return from the international break and a pair of double fixtures this week, exciting right. Though there is some uncomfortable things we’ve got to get too in here. That’s [...]
The Long Debut of Alberto Aquilani
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Alberto Aquilani, Liverpool on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If there’s one thing I enjoyed about this international break it’s that it gave me an opportunity to ignore the fact that Liverpool is absolutely terrible. When we last left the club, if you recall, they were struggling to draw with Birmingham City at Anfield, relying on a late-match dive by Thierry Henry protégé David [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Henderson United Tigers Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, Europa League, Hyundai A-League, Ligue 1, Serie A on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Olympique Marseille v. Paris Saint-Germain (Friday) Le Classique. Capital city against provincial city. White collar against blue collar. France’s two biggest clubs (Sorry, Lyon, you might be in first place, but it’s true) face off in a- what? A mid-table clash?! It’s true, both teams are trailing such perennial “powers” as Lorient and Valenciennes. A [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Brazilian National Team, Didier Drogba, Egyptian National Team, Europa League, FAI, FIFA, FIFA Rankings, KILLER JELLYFISH!, Landon Donovan, Match Fixing, MLS Player of the Year, Nicolas Sarkozy, Roy Keane, Spanish National Team, Thierry Henry, UEFA Champions League on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while finding out that apoaequorin – a protein found in jellyfish – can actually help treat memory loss (which probably means that jellyfish NEVER FORGET SOMEONE WHO CROSSED THEM)…
You Can’t Fire The Players
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After three wins in fourteen matches- culminating in a humiliating 3-0 loss to a “rec level” Wales squad last weekend- George Burley is out as manager of Scotland. As the title of this piece suggests, you can’t place all the blame on the manager, but… It’s worth keeping in mind that it was Burley picked [...]
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