What you missed while losing your entire day of productivity to a roguelike game…
Archive for December, 2010
You’ve all seen this, right?
Posted in Awards, Commentary, General, News, Soccer Video Games, Whimsy, World Cup 2010 on December 7, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Matty Burrows ups the ante Today FIFA released the finalists for the 2010 Puskas Awards, a.k.a., the “Goal of the Year.” The finalists are: Hamit Altintop Matty Burrows Linus Hallenius Lionel Messi Samir Nasri Neymar Arjen Robben Siphiwe Tshabalala Giovanni van Brockhorst Kumi Yokoyama I urge you not be swayed by the big names on [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Ajax, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Aston Villa, Chris Hughton, Craig Bellamy, Diego Maradona, English Premier League, FC Seoul, Fernando Torres, Feyenoord, Food That Will Kill You, Iranian National Team, K-League, Kevin Nolan, Laurent Koscielny, Leo Torres, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Martin Jol, Mike Ashley, Owen Hargreaves, Pepe Reina, Rangers, Sol Campbell, Walter Smith on December 7, 2010 | 12 Comments »
What you missed while making a nativity scene out of bacon…
WTF, Newcastle?
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Chris Hughton, English Premier League, Newcastle on December 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Across the top four tiers of English football, the record for “Most Points Scored in a Season” is held by Reading; in the 2005-06 Championship, the Royals gained 106 points from 46 games, which is pretty damn good. They did so behind the leadership of former Manchester United winger Steve Coppell, who’d been in management [...]
Bleacher Report Is Dangerous Idiocy
Posted in General, tagged Bleacher Report, Dangerous Idiots, Hate Speech, Idiocy, Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, Xenophobia on December 6, 2010 | 16 Comments »
But you knew that already. I don’t read Bleacher Report. It’s a horrendous blog with no gatekeeping. It’s horribly written and routinely butchers stories, but it does give rise to some hilarious twitter exchanges. I do however read NewsNow (because I’m a masochist in that sense and have to at least see the rumors), which I probably [...]
Coming out of the Closet with Fuse: Things you really don’t need to know edition
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, Odd Soccer News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Premier League, The Football League, USMNT, Whimsy on December 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
This week I thought I’d give you all a little break so that you don’t go into Scottish National Team overload, because except for a few random items that’s more or less what’s left in my closet after 30 weeks of this series! So, you can look forward to more SNT gear and some other [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Aston Villa, Australian Rules Drinking, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Bolton, Borussia Dortmund, Brescia, Bundesliga, Carlo Ancelotti, Catania, Chelsea, Derby County, English Premier League, Everton, FC Lorient, FC Nuremberg, Fulham, Harry Redknapp, Jerome Boateng, Johan Djourou, Joleon Lescott, Jose Francisco Torres, Juventus, Kevin Davis, Ligue 1, Liverpool, LOSC Lille Metropole, Manchester City, Mario Balotelli, Maxi Lopez, Milan Jovanovic, MLS, Moussa Sow, Newcastle, Nigel Clough, Nikola Zigic, Pachuca, Peter Crouch, Robbie Keane, Samir Nasri, Stoke City, Sunderland, Thomas Vermaelen, Tottenham Hotspur, Vancouver Whitecaps, West Brom, West Ham, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Zlatan Ibrahimović on December 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while Australia was yellow carding problem drinkers…
“It’s best that I hide my real personality. I cannot tell you what it is because I don’t want to go to prison.” – Gianfranco Zola
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Manchester City, Sunday open thread on December 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Manchester City baffles me, they truly do. From day to day, I am not sure whether I am watching a group of potential champions or a trainwreck. I am not sure that I have seen a better collection of talented players at a side in England’s top flight than this current City side. They have [...]
“What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world.” – Sepp Blatter
Posted in Off the Pitch, Weekend Open Thread, World Cup Bids, tagged Saturday open thread, SU4HRInQatar, World Cup 2022 on December 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Let’s try to forget about the USA not being given a chance to host World Cup 2022 and focus on what is now the most important thing about FIFA’s decision. The FIFA voters have chosen to hold the biggest event on their annual calendar in a country that still has ongoing major human rights violations. [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, General, Homerism, Indoor Soccer, Ligue 1, MLS, NASL, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I will start with a tip of the cap to our stalwart challenge participant, Andrew M. This week’s questions were tough- particularly the Ross County questions- and he did very well. Andrew answered seven of the questions correctly, we are currently engaged in a polite discussion about two other questions (we might both be right!), [...]
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