While preparing this week’s column I discovered that I was missing one of the items (the 2009-2010 Scotland change socks) that I had planned on featuring. As disconcerting as that was I steeled myself and decided that I would soldier on. However, as I continued with my writing I discovered something even more troubling…
Archive for December, 2010
Coming out of the closet with Fuse: Panic.
Posted in Football Shirts, Homerism on December 13, 2010 | 15 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Akron Zips, Andy Carroll, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Bayern München, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Chris Hughton, Cleveland Winters Suck, David Moyes, English Premier League, Everton, Exeter, Fulham, Jens Keller, Kevin Nolan, Liverpool, Louisville Cardinals, Manchester City, Manchester United, NCAA College Cup, Newcastle, Plymouth Argyle, Rio Ferdinand, Sam Allardyce, Stephen Hunt, Steven Pienaar, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Vfb Stuttgart, West Brom, West Ham, Wigan, Wojciech Szczesny, Wolves on December 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
What you missed while driving for an hour and a half through the snowpocalypse…
“I don’t like to see players tossed off needlessly.” – Andy Gray
Posted in Refereeing, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Refereeing, Sunday open thread, Tackling on December 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I wanted to give a bit of Footy 101 today to those of us who read us who might be trying to learn the game. For those of you just here for the television schedule, it’s below the jump as usual. I wanted to talk a bit about tackling and what you hear on the [...]
“Zero-zero is a big score.” – Ron Atkinson
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Bahrain, FIFA, Qatar, Saturday open thread, Saudi Arabia, Sepp Blatter, World Cup 2022 on December 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
So as it turns out, the 2022 vote on Qatar might also include Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Why, you ask? Well, it’s entirely possible that Qatar will not have the infrastructure in place to actually hold the World Cup in 2022, and FIFA’s head idiot, Sepp Blatter, says that the region may have to pitch [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Everything is probably postponed Edition
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, Ligue 1, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, Swiss Super League, Weekend Preview on December 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ross County F.C. v. Partick Thistle F.C. (Saturday) With all of last weekend’s First Division matches postponed due to snow/frozen pitches, the situation remains the same for the Staggies- a win and they could move up fifth place. The only change is that they will be facing a slightly better club this week in Partick [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Random Awards Edition
Posted in Awards, English Premier League, General, Indoor Soccer, League One, League Two, Ligue 1, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, The Football League, The Scottish Cup, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 9, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Unlike last week, I’ve never met any of the players involved in the questions below, never mind had tea with them! Last week’s questions were, no doubt, a bit Dingwall-centric, so I’ve gone out of my way to cast my net a little wider this week. That being said, they aren’t necessarily any easier. Finally, [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, AJ Auxerre, Ajax, Alan Pardew, Andy Carroll, Arsenal, Bayern München, CFR Cluj, Chelsea, Claus Bo Larsen, Crisiano Ronaldo, Everton, FC Basel, FC Utrecht, Fun on eBay, Jerzy Dudek, Leicester City, Liverpool, Lucas Leiva, MŠK Žilina, Newcastle, Olympique de Marseille, Partizan Belgrade, Paul Gascoigne, Real Madrid, Roma, Ronaldinho, Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, Steven Pienaar, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League on December 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while making a $66,090 profit on your antique Rolex…
Last Call – HO HO HO
Posted in Last Call on December 8, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Welcome to Wednesday’s Last Call! We hope this evening finds you well. The Champions’ League group stages are finished and we now know who will be in the knock out stages. However, the draw is not until next Friday, which gives everyone here at ATD a chance to speculate and ponder the “best” and “worst” [...]
Hope for Chile and Marcelo Bielsa
Posted in South America, tagged Chilean National Team, Marcelo Bielsa on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every team at the World Cup had their own tactical variation. According to FIFA’s report, most teams dabbled in 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2, with the odd 4-5-1 thrown into the mix on occassion. One team – Chile – eschewed most of those current en vogue formations in favor of a hybrid 3-3-1-3 formation that created a [...]
