It’s a big day on Merseyside It’s derby day in Liverpool, and that match bookends a pretty good schedule in the Barclay’s Premier League today. The late match sees Spurs home to Aston Villa in what should be a cracking contest. It’s a good television day, today, so if you need a footy fix before that [...]
Archive for February, 2010
“It’s a tense time for managers. They have to exhume confidence.” – Gary Lineker
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on February 6, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Personal Notes on a Rivalry
Posted in English Premier League, Whimsy, tagged English Premier League, Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside Derby on February 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“Liking both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel is like supporting both the Israelis and the Palestinians.” – Rob Gordon Tomorrow is a pretty big day for both the red and blue halves of Liverpool. It’s the day when, after losing 2-0 at Goodison, Everton travels the long 794 meters between the two stadiums for the [...]
Playing the early relegation odds
Posted in English Premier League, General, tagged Bolton, Burnley, English Premier League, Hull City, Portsmouth, Sunderland, West Ham United, Wigan, Wolverhampton on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last season you might remember that I took a look at the odds the bookmakers were putting on teams getting relegated from the Premier League, and while we’re still far from being able to really tell who’s going down to the Colaship, I thought it’d be interesting to check the odds out. When I wrote [...]
Your Weekend Preview: With Fun Facts that are actually interesting edition!
Posted in Champions League, Confederations Cup, English Premier League, Europa League, Ligue 1, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, Swiss Super League, The Championship, Turkish Super Lig, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Newcastle United F.C. v. Cardiff City F.C. (Friday) Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that some of the most interesting football in England this season has been taking place not in the Premiership, but in the Championship? At least eight teams are still in the promotion race, and maybe as many as fifteen depending [...]
Your IRN-BRU Player and Manager of the Month- with bonus “Fun Fact!”
Posted in Awards, Homerism, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Whimsy on February 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Swimming the Channels – “We’re negotiating”
Posted in Swimming the Chanels, tagged Swimming the Chanels on February 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It seems the theme of this week’s media aggregate post is “We’re negotiating.” The major television carriers seem to be trying to figure out what to make of this new landscape we’re about to be thrust into. It’s clear the major players moving forward in America in terms of broadcasting soccer will be ESPN, Fox [...]
The Thursday Challenge: 33% Geographical Edition
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on February 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Welcome. Please find a seat, the test will begin shortly. 1. What do these cities have in common? -Sandviken -Mar Del Plata -Palo Alto -Sapporo 2. What Scotsman played 9 matches (scoring 7 times!), for the Azzurri?
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Ajax, Andrey Arshavin, Arjen Robben, Arsenal Victimes, Balram Chainrai, Chinese National Team, Damarcus Beasley, FA Cup, Fulham, Fun With Political Ads, Guus Hiddink, Harry Redknapp, Jermaine Defoe, John Terry, Joleon Lescott, Leeds United, Liverpool, Luis Suarez, Manchester United, Milan Jovanovic, Owen Hargreaves, Portsmouth, Roda JC Kerkrade, Stuart Pearce, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League, Wayne Bridge on February 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What you missed while the New Orleans coroner election was getting ugly…
Last Call is the cure for the Winter blues
Posted in General on February 3, 2010 | 39 Comments »
This is Vanessa Perroncel. If you’re not familiar with that name, I’m not surprised. She’s really only been in the news for the last 10 days or so, since the revelations came out regarding England and Chelsea captain John Terry. Supposedly, Terry slept with lovely Miss Vanessa while she was paired up with another England [...]
