Blame it on me, why not. Just trying to make up for my epic fail of not getting the post up, but to be honest, my sister (who is living with me currently) is approximately 8 7/8 months pregnant, and er, wanted some goddam dinner and I mean right goddam now. So dinner was made. [...]
Archive for March, 2010
last call – oh shit, it’s wednesday
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call on March 31, 2010 | 135 Comments »
MLS Pick’Em – Week 2
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Major League Soccer, MLS Pick'em on March 31, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Week 1 of Pick’Em saw Bluesfan and Epiblast come away with six, count ‘em six, correct picks, and take the early role as leaders. Congratulations to them! This week’s games begin on Thursday, which is April Fool’s Day for those of us in the USA, and may or may not figure into how the results [...]
Champions League Preview: Internazionale v. CSKA Moscow
Posted in Champions League, tagged Champions League, CSKA Moscow, Internazionale on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I guess the biggest item concerning this tie is who’s coming out party is it? Milos Krasic, the talented young CSKA midfielder who leads the Muscovites in scoring, or Wesley Sneijder, the awesomely skilled Inter midfielder who almost single-handedly destroyed Chelsea in Inter’s last set of CL matches. One would assume that the coaching matchup [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in League One, League Two, Ligue 1, MLS, The Championship, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on March 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As I said last week, there were no “right” answers to the challenge and it wasn’t necessarily possible to “finish” the challenge. Despite this, all those who submitted their answers did quite well. I’d like to give a special mention to first timer Luka and our very own Mags. It will come as no surprise [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arjen Robben, Aston Villa, Bayern München, BMO Field, Bolton, Chelsea, Chung-yong Lee, Danny Webber, Deco, Edwin van der Sar, English National Team, Fabio Capello, FC Schalke, Fluminese, Girondins de Bordeaux, Hermann Hreidarsson, Internazionale, James Milner, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, Manchester United, Mario Balotelli, Martin O'Neill, MLS, Newcastle United, Olympique Lyonnais, Owen Coyle, Portsmouth, Rafa Benitez, Randy Lerner, Steven Gerrard, The Championship, Toronto FC, UEFA Champions League, Wayne Rooney, Weird World War II Reenactments on March 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while building a to-scale World War II village that also doubles as a set for your weird doll-on-doll photoshoots…
Champions League Preview: Bayern Munich v. Man United
Posted in Champions League, tagged Arjen Robben, Bayern München, Manchester United, Tom Henning Ovrebo, UEFA Champions League on March 30, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The sexy showdown today gives us four-time competition winners Bayern Munich against three-time winners (why John Terry? why?) Manchester United. United have to be happy with this draw. No offense to Bayern or the French outfits, but avoiding Barcelona, Inter, and Arsenal until the final is outstanding. This matchup will of course bring back memories [...]
Champions League Preview: Lyon v. Bordeaux
Posted in Champions League, tagged Girondins de Bordeaux, Olympique Lyonnais, UEFA Champions League on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Only two countries had two teams qualify for the quarterfinals. One of them was, perhaps obviously, England; the other was (considerably less obviously) France. Spain, Italy, and Germany (all of who are ranked higher than France on UEFA’s coefficient table) each only sent one representative…but France managed to send two. From a coefficient standpoint, then, [...]
Take the Money and Rhône
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, George Gillett, Liverpool, Rhône Group, Tom Hicks on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last Wednesday, Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow got to do something he hasn’t gotten to do in awhile: bring good news to the players. With Steven Gerrard frustrated with the tactics after the loss to Manchester United and Fernando Torres publicly clamoring for more players, Purslow was able to come to the Liverpool squad and [...]
