Well, here we go. I have to admit, I’m underwhelmed about the start of this season. It’s been a fairly nondescript Summer season in terms of the clubs, with most of the news coming out shading towards the “bad” category. The league implemented two rules that will have immediate impact on how the clubs do [...]
Archive for August, 2010
“Confidence is not very high at the moment.” – Alan Shearer
Posted in English Premier League, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on August 14, 2010 | 7 Comments »
EPL Season Preview – Everton FC
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged EPL, Everton, Season Previews on August 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last year’s record: 16 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses, good for 61 points and 8th place. Transfers in: Magaye Gueye (from Strasbourg, fee undisclosed, name to be made fun of), Joao Silva (from Club Desportivo das Aves, fee undisclosed), Jan Mucha (from Legia Warsaw, free) Transfers out: Lukas Jutkiewicz (to Coventry City, fee undisclosed), [...]
EPL Season Preview: Liverpool Football Club
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Baseless Guessing, Blatant Homersim, Idiocy, Liverpool on August 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 18 wins, 9 draws, 11 losses, 7th place on 63 points. Transfers In: Jonjo Shelvey (£1.7mil Charlton), Milan Jovanovic (Free, Standard Liege), Joe Cole (Free, Chelsea), Danny Wilson (£2mil Rangers), Fabio Aurelio (Free, released by LFC than re-signed), Christian Poulsen (£4.5mil Juventus). Transfers Out: Phillip Degen (Loan, Stuttgart), Yossi Benayoun (£5mil Chelsea), [...]
Your Weekend Preview: By the time you read this I’ll be on vacation.
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, General, Homerism, Ligue 1, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Cup, USMNT, Weekend Preview on August 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ross County F.C. v. Falkirk F.C. (Saturday) I know it can’t last, but it’s becoming very difficult to keep my “Staggie Fever” in check. The club went undefeated and unscored upon in the preseason (which is what should happen), has played three cup matches (in two different cups) and won all of them, and they [...]
EPL Season Preview: Aston Villa
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Aston Villa, English Premier League, Season Previews on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last Year’s Record: 17 wins, 13 draws, and 8 losses gave the Villans 64 points and sixth place. Transfers In: None. Transfers Out: Barry Bannan (Blackpool, free); David Bevan (Walsall FC, free); Wilfred Bouma (Unattached); Marlon Harewood (Blackpool, free); Andy Marshall (Unattached); Stephen O’Halloran (Coventry, free); Nicky Shorey (West Brom, £1.62m) Season Outlook: A week [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Argentine National Team, Aston Villa, Benfica, Bob Bradley, Celtic, Chelsea, Club Takeovers, Craig Bellamy, Diego Maradona, Fulham, Harry Redknapp, Internazionale, James Milner, Juan Sebastian Veron, Kenneth Huang, Liverpool, Manchester City, Mario Balotelli, Neymar, Ramires, Santos, Star Wars, Stephen Ireland, Sunderland, USMNT on August 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What you missed while wishing the original ending for “Return of the Jedi” had remained intact…
EPL Season Preview: Blackburn Rovers
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Baseless Guessing, Blackburn Rovers, Season Previews on August 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 13 wins, 14 losses, 11 draws, 10th place on 50 points. Transfers In: Mame Biram Diouf (on loan from Man Utd). Transfers Out: Steven Reid (West Brom, free). Season Outlook: Blackburn might be the least changed side at this point. For better or for worse I suppose. This isn’t a team that [...]
The Thursday Challenge: By the time you read this I’ll be on vacation!
Posted in General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on August 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I thought I’d given you all a difficult challenge last week and you made a mockery of it, forcing me to have to come up with a new one this week when what I’d really like to be doing is thinking about the mini-vacation I’m about to embark upon. Fine. Try this on for size.
Last Call – Football!
Posted in Last Call on August 11, 2010 | 29 Comments »
Welcome to another Wednesday edition of Last Call. This week starts with football, football, and football. It is an exciting time of year for all kinds of football fans. The NFL pre-season starts tomorrow. The English Premier League starts on Saturday. (They do call it football there.) And the NCAA football season is just around [...]
