Last Year’s Record: Ten wins, nine draws, and nineteen losses saw Bolton finish 14th in the table. That’s one spot worse and two points fewer than they finished 2009-10 in. Transfers In: Marcos Alonso (Real Madrid, £2.16m); Robbie Blake (Burnley, free); Ivan Klasnic (Nantes, free); Martin Petrov (Manchester City, free) Transfers Out: Ali Al Habsi [...]
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EPL Season Preview: Bolton
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Bolton, EPL, Season Previews on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fantasy Premier League and I Know The Score: The Triumphant Return
Posted in General on August 11, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I know you’ve all been waiting with baited breath for the return of these two, well never fear because they’re back! Since our financial backing (Portsmouth FC) is in a bit of a bind right now, there aren’t any prizes other than knowing that you’re a winner! and you can make fun of the people [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, MLS, Odd Soccer News, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on August 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I know, I know, I told you I was going to give you two weeks to work on this challenge, but I changed my mind. A funny thing happened, however- a record number of you turned in your answers and most of you got the questions exactly right! Given that, I couldn’t make you wait [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Amateur Astronomy, Aston Villa, Blackpool, Chelsea, Fulham, Ian Holloway, John Spender, Mark Schwarzer, Martin O'Neill, Portland Timbers, Randy Lerner, Real Madrid, Ricardo Carvalho, Sheffield Wednesday on August 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while getting viewing tips for the Perseid meteor shower…
MLS Pick’Em – Week 20
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC on August 10, 2010 | 22 Comments »
Eight games. Eight picks. Eight correct. Congratulations to Ellis for having the first week of perfect picks this season!! We also had a seven and a couple of sixes thrown into the mix this last week as well. However, just to bring some yin to the yang there were a few of us at the [...]
EPL Season Preview: Tottenham Hotspur FC
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged English Premier League, EPL, Season Previews, Tottenham Hotspur on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tottenham Hotspur FC Last Year’s Record: 21 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses, good for 70 points and fourth place in the Barclay’s Premier League. They will attempt to qualify for the Champions League group stages starting one week from today, after tangling with Manchester City early on Saturday. Transfers In: None. Transfers Out: Sam Cox [...]
How Martin O’Neill Screwed Up My Villa Preview
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Aston Villa, Martin O'Neill, Randy Lerner on August 9, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Behind the scenes at “Avoiding the Drop”, there is occasionally some planning and forethought. One of the areas we planned out was the “Season Previews” we’ve been running (and will continue to run); unfortunately, the one I was writing on Villa is now a little bit screwed up, thanks to Martin O’Neill. Why’s that? Mostly [...]
EPL Season Preview: West Bromwich Albion
Posted in English Premier League, tagged English Premier League, West Bromwich Albion on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last Year’s Record: Finished 2nd Place in Football League Championship at 26-13-7 with 91 points (and a +41 goal differential) to secure automatic promotion to the Premier League. Key Players Missing from Last Season: Robert Koren whose contract was not renewed. New Players Added for This Season: Boaz Myhill formerly of Hull City has been [...]
EPL Season Preview: Birmingham City F.C.
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, EPL Season Previews, General, Russian Premier League, The Championship on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Birmingham City Last Year’s Record: 13 wins, 11 draws, 14 losses for 50 points and 9th place in the Premier League. Transfers (In): Craig Gardner (Aston Villa, £3.0m), Enric Valles (NAC Breda), Nikola Zigic (Valencia, £6.0m), Ben Foster (Manchester United, £6.0m). Transfers (Out): Artur Krysiak (Exeter City, free), Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna, free), Lee Carsley [...]
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