Fun little international legal note: apparently, Texas has jurisdiction over England. I was certainly unaware of this, but sadly the legal team representing Tom Hicks was not. Yesterday at something like 3:25 PM EST (which is something like 8:25 PM in England), Hicks put a stop to all that nonsense about Liverpool celebrating the end [...]
Archive for October, 2010
All ‘Pool’s Exes Live In Texas
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on October 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Abel Hernandez, Alexander Hleb, Arsenal, Bayern München, Birmingham City, Bolton, Chelsea, Edinson Cavani, Euro 2012 Qualification, Everton, Gary Megson, Johan Elmander, John Heitinga, KILLER JELLYFISH!, Liverpool, Manchester United, Miroslav Klose, Napoli, Owen Hargreaves, Palermo, Rafael van der Vaart, Serbian National Team, Sir Alex Ferguson, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, Tuncay, Wayne Rooney, West Brom, Yossi Benayoun on October 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while jellyfish were solving engineering problems in fluid dynamics…
Yeah, I’m saying it. Fire Bob Bradley. Now.
Posted in USMNT, tagged Bob Bradley, Fire Bob Bradley Now, USMNT on October 13, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Bob, I’ve done what I can. I’ve tried. I’ve got on this pulpit and I’ve tried to preach to the masses that your reign as USA head man has not been the abject failure that most see it as. I’ve really tried, Bob, you need to understand that. I can’t do it anymore. I just [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week I asked you a very simple questions: What do these five players have in common? Josh Wolff Brian West Ben Olsen Chad McCarty Tim Howard The answer is…
Liverpool’s Board 1-0 Liverpool’s Owners
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Martin Broughton, Tom Hicks on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We’d be remiss to not mention this today, but there really isn’t much to say that other, more informed sources haven’t already said. All told, Liverpool’s board was today granted a pretty decisive win over Liverpool owner Tom Hicks in high court by judge Mr. Justice Floyd. Essentially, the issue came down to exactly what [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Ajax, Amateur Quantum Physics, Anderson, Arsenal, Birmingham City, Bolton, Christian Gross, Colombian National Team, Dirk Kuyt, Dutch National Team, English National Team, Euro 2012 Qualification, Fabio Capello, Italian National Team, Kevin Davies, Maarten Stekelenburg, Manchester City, Manchester United, Montenegro National Team, Nicklas Bendtner, Rio Ferdinand, Serbian National Team, Swedish National Team, Toulouse, USMNT, Vfb Stuttgart, Yohann Pele on October 13, 2010 | 10 Comments »
What you missed while finding out that the universe is cracked…
Last Call: USA v Colombia
Posted in General, Homerism, Last Call, Matchday is for Homerism, South America, USMNT, World Cup 2014 on October 12, 2010 | 50 Comments »
Welcome to Last Call tonite. We are grateful to be hosting this “live” blog in conjunction with the US Soccer game tonite. Here’s the catch for me…I am not watching the game as I am at my son’s soccer practice and posting this via the WordPress app for Android. So please offer your thoughts on [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Anton Ferdinand, Athletic Bilbao, Bayern München, Birmingham City, Carlos Bocanegra, Diego Milito, Dutch National Team, Esteban Cambiasso, Fernando Llorente, Internazionale, Luka Modric, Marcus Hahnemann, Mark van Bommel, Mirko Vučinić, Players Behaving Badly, Real Madrid, Steve Cherundolo, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, USMNT on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while having fond memories of making a boot disk just to play “Dark Forces” and “Betrayal at Krondor”…
U.S. 2-2 Poland: A Recap
Posted in USMNT, tagged International Friendlies, Polish National Team, USMNT on October 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
There were lots of points to take away from the U.S. draw with Poland on Saturday. Like any draw – especially when it’s a friendly draw – there were good and bad points, and on some level the entire performance needs to be taken with a grain of salt. On the other hand, though, these [...]
MLS Pick’Em – Week 29
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelpia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC on October 11, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Major League Soccer’s regular season is only one week away from being final. However the playoff picture is now nearly set. Colorado all but clinched the last wild card spot with their draw this weekend and Kansas City’s loss. The next two weeks should prove interesting. Our Pick’Em players did well with half of us [...]
