PART FOUR Today we present the fourth and final installment in a multipart series of articles focused on some of the financial problems facing football leagues across the world- especially those in smaller countries. By the end of the series it will become clear that many of these financial problems are the result of a [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Is This the Future of Football? Part Four
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, Financials, General, Homerism, League of Ireland, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Swiss Super League, The Football League, They've Fallen on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Your Weekend Preview: Crabby Author Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, La Liga, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, South America, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifiers on November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Houston Dynamo v. Los Angeles Galaxy (Friday) Let’s go Dynamo! That’s right, I’m not only glad David Beckham has to miss England’s friendly with Brazil (see below) to play in this match, but I also want him to lose! Again, nothing against him personally (well, okay, maybe…), it’s more that I just don’t like the [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Algerian National Team, CAF, Cerro Porteno, Chivas USA, Copa Sudamericana, Egyptian National Team, FIFA, Fluminese, Internazionale, Jermaine Defoe, Liga de Quito, Lionel Messi, Lucas Leiva, Nani, Osasuna, Preki, Rio Ferdinand, River Plate, Sir Alex Ferguson, Swine Flu, Weird Phobias, World Cup 2010 Qualifiers on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while dealing with your paraskevidekatriaphobia…
The Club World Cup is Coming!
Posted in FIFA, tagged Club World Cup, FIFA on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s never a slow news cycle with FIFA. Today, just when we’ve collectively started to accept the interlull, FIFA has prepared a present for us: The Club World Cup draw. Okay, so it’s not a great gift; on a soccer scale, this is somewhere above “fruitcake” and somewhere below “ugly sweater without a gift receipt”. [...]
The Thursday Challenge: So, you think you’re creative?
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s challenge was a bit dark…and then the week’s events conspired to make it downright depressing and not a little uncomfortable. So, I’m going to lighten things up this week and give you a challenge that you can’t get wrong! Your task is to put together a team of eleven* players who, based on [...]
Can You Hear the Lahms Screaming?
Posted in Bundesliga, tagged Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Philipp Lahm on November 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
“Top teams in the Champions League have first-class players in seven, eight positions – we don’t. Other clubs have a system, a philosophy, and buy the players accordingly. We don’t. It’s not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.” The team this quote references is having a rough go of things [...]
Is This the Future of Football? Part Three
Posted in General on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today we present the third in a multipart series of articles focused on some of the financial problems facing football leagues across the world- especially those in smaller countries. By the end of the series it will become clear that many of these financial problems are the result of a century and a half old [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, South America, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s events at Hannover 96 of the Bundesliga have cast a pall over the already morbid subject matter of this week’s challenge, so I’m going to keep it short and sweet. Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) Celtic F.C. (Scotland) Perugia Calcio (Italy) NK Zadar (Croatia) Arsenal F.C. (England) Motherwell F.C. (Scotland) S.L. Benefica (Portugal) Associação [...]
