All season long, Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have been harping on one figure: £100 million. That’s the amount that they need to raise in outside investment for their plans to continue. Perhaps not coincidentally, it’s also the amount of money that the Royal Bank of Scotland says Liverpool’s debt needs to be [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Wait ‘Til We Get Our Money Right
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Club Takeovers, Financial Disasters, George Gillett, Liverpool, Rhône Group, Tom Hicks on March 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Avram Grant, Blackburn, Bundelsiga, Cleveland Browns, David Beckham, English National Team, Everton, Fabio Capello, FC Nuremberg, Fernando Torres, Franz Beckenbauer, German National Team, Gonzalo Higuain, Hertha BSC, Hibernians, Hull City, Jermaine Beckford, LA Galaxy, Landon Donovan, League One Player of the Year, Leeds United, Lionel Messi, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nicklas Bendtner, Phil Brown, Portsmouth, Rafa Benitez, Rene Adler, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Ross County, Scottish Cup, Tottenham Hotspur, Wayne Rooney on March 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while the Browns were acknowledging that random college kids might be better than some of their star players…
“I used to go missing a lot – Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Germany.” – George Best
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on March 14, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Don’t forget that Daylight Saving Time has started, so move your clocks up an hour this morning if you didn’t do it last night. Due to DST starting here three weeks before it starts in England, the match start times are a bit wonky until they make the move. You will notice, though, when the [...]
“The one thing that tackle wasn’t was high and dangerous.” – Andy Gray
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on March 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
It’s clear what the situation is now. MLS has twelve days to save it’s 2010 season. I’ve written about this situation before, and my thoughts haven’t changed other than to say that I have a feeling that I’ve finally wrapped my head around why the owners are holding on to their business model. It’s clear [...]
Breaking down Europe’s tightly contested leagues
Posted in Ligue 1, tagged AJ Auxerre, Girondins de Bordeaux, Ligue 1, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Olympique de Marseille on March 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If you take yourself back a year ago at this time, you might remember that pretty much every major league in Europe had their title basically settled. Germany was a tight race till the last day, but everyone else was pretty well settled a month or two before it all ended. Things are different though [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Scottish Cup Quarterfinal Edition!!!
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, Homerism, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ross County F.C. v. Hibernian F.C. (Saturday) Good news: despite a midweek loss to Raith Rovers, County have matched their point total from last year in twelve fewer matches. Bad news: the loss dropped them into third on goal differential and they lost ground on league leaders Dundee F.C.. Good news: this weekend’s quarterfinal Scottish [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Not that glad to be back edition
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week I’d like you to find the names of the pair of people- one a footballer, one not- to which each clue refers. “Name” can mean first, last, nicknames or some combination of them. Note: Not all of the spellings are “perfect,” so just settle down. Good luck. 1. An American Transcendentalist and an [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Burnely, Comunicaciones of Guatemala, CONCACAF Champions League, English National Team, English Premier League, Europa League, Financial Disasters, I'll Tell You What I'd Do With $150: Two Chicks at the Same Time, Kaká, Lille, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manuel Pellegrini, Marathon, MLS, Olympique Lyonnais, Pachuca, Peter Storrie, Portsmouth, Rafa Benitez, Real Madrid, Sol Campbell, Stoke City, UEFA Champions League, UNAM Pumas on March 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while finding the worst possible way to spend that $150 you won at the casino…
Last Call
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call on March 10, 2010 | 74 Comments »
I’m begging for submissions for our new author slot. That submission period will end on 14 March 2010. So please, if you’re interested in writing for us, please submit a column or whatever you come up with to avoidingthedrop at the gmails. Thanks. We’ve got our first four entrants in the Champions League quarterfinal field. [...]
