It’s difficult to properly contextualize how incredibly angry the CAF made the sporting public yesterday. The decision handed down regarding disqualifying the Togo national team from the next two African Cup of Nations is mystifying and ridiculous. The tournament should now be considered as completely second-level, as it’s clear the organizers and governing bodies are short-sighted, corrupt [...]
Archive for January, 2010
“Next time I’ll maybe learn to dive, but I’m not a woman.” – Thierry Henry
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“A game is not won until it is lost.” – David Pleat
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on January 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »
It’s a newsy notes kind of morning, because quite frankly, there’s so much going on right now it’s hard to just talk about one thing. I cannot even believe this, but the CAF has banned Togo from the next two African Cups for withdrawing their side after the horrendous terrorist attack on them in Angola. [...]
Europe Calling
Posted in USMNT, tagged Eddie Johnson, Freddy Adu, Kenny Cooper, Landon Donovan, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, USMNT on January 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The vaguely increased profile of MLS (thanks, David Beckham!), plus the U.S. showing in the Confederations Cup showing last June, means that many of the top players on the U.S. national team went from being hidden talents to scouted commodities over the last season. While some might say that the loss of talent to Europe [...]
2010 MLS Shirt Review: Eastern Conference
Posted in Football Shirts, tagged Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, DC United, Kansas City Wizards, MLS, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union on January 29, 2010 | 20 Comments »
One of my favorite things about a new season starting, aside from the fact that we get to see games, is that there are usually new shirts that release. With the MLS season rapidly approaching, I thought I’d take a look at what was coming out for each team and take the opportunity to take [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Weather Report Edition
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, FA Cup, Football Shirts, Indoor Soccer, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, South America, Transfers, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on January 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Hull City A.F.C. v. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (Saturday) This week’s relegation battle is between two teams who need to get their acts together quickly if they hope to remain in the EPL next year. Portsmouth are a lock to go down, but the next six teams are separated by only three points, making wins extra [...]
Swimming the Channels – A football/media aggregate
Posted in Swimming the Chanels, tagged ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Channel Plus, MLS, Setanta, Sky, swimming the channels, World Cup 2010 on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A continuing look into the world of football on television. Let’s get to it, shall we? Sky3D is coming to England – Sky will be launching their own 3D/HD channel starting with a preview, which will be this Sunday’s Manchester United-Arsenal clash at the Emirates. I feel like I’m behind on this 3D phenomenon. I [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit! Edition
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on January 28, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Apparently my foray into medieval history was not appreciated. Fine. Let’s give linguistics a try, shall we? Name a club or national (notice that I did not say it had to be “international”- that’s a clue, folks, a clue!) team associated with each of the languages (all of the excerpts are identical) shown below. Obviously, [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Aston Villa, Bolton, Burnley, Carling Cup, Copa Italia, Craig Bellamy, Crystal Palace, Fan Violence, Financial Disasters, Gökhan Inler, KILLER JELLYFISH!, Manchester City, Manchester United, Neil Warnock, Nigel Reo-Coker, Owen Coyle, Portsmouth, Thomas Vermaelen, Udinese, Victor Moses on January 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while a jellyfish was hovering over Norway…
Last Call – We’re Late Again, We Should Be Punished
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call on January 27, 2010 | 62 Comments »
Sorry about that, lads and lasses. Kind of a busy time around the old ATD HQ. At any rate, I haven’t had one chance to see anything today other than the APPLE IPAD GREATEST THING EVER OMG NEED ONE RIGHT NOW WHERE CAN I GET IT?!?!?!?! Right, pardon me. Have fun in comments, sorry for [...]
