Molde F.K. v. Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening (Friday) Norway’s Tippeligaen- or Eliteserien, if you prefer- is finally back from its winter break, so let’s take a look at a match that involves two American expats. The Americans are Joshua Gatt and Sean Cunningham, both of whom play for Molde. Gatt, a 19 year old striker, joined [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Your Weekend Preview: F.A. Cup Remix Edition
Posted in English Premier League, FA Cup, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, Weekend Preview on February 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Epic Swindle Version 2.0: The Fernando Torres Transfer and the Myth of Player Loyalty
Posted in General, Transfers, tagged Chelsea, Fernando Torres, Liverpool, Questionable Signings, Roman Abramovich on February 17, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Well I promised you some sort of write up on Torres and the transfer to end all transfers (until the next big one this summer). It’s been two weeks since the window closed and I’m still coming to terms with the whole situation but I think I’ve reached a point of being able to rationally [...]
It’s our anniversary.
Posted in General, tagged Anniversaries, Site news on February 17, 2011 | 13 Comments »
We started two years ago today, just four men and a dream. Today we’re seven, and growing, and we would not still be here if it were not for our commenters and contributors. Allow me to thank my co-authors for all their hard work and commitment to this space, allow me to thank you for [...]
Major League Soccer – Greed is Good?
Posted in General, MLS, News, Television Rights, tagged Bonehead Moves, ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel, TSN on February 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Last Thursday, Major League Soccer released the 2011 regular season schedule. The playoff schedule is still to be determined, and the TV schedule leaves MUCH to be desired.
The Thursday Challenge:
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on February 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I really like this week’s challenge. I think it’s pretty clever, fun, and if you figure out the answer there’s a bit more of a reward than there usually is. Given all of that, you’ll all probably solve it in about 30 seconds- but I still had fun coming up with it! Below is a [...]
A Ross County Update: Sounds good to me!
Posted in Eredivisie, Europa League, Homerism, Introductions, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Cup on February 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
You may have noticed that other than a bit of hand-wringing in my weekly match previews for Ross County I’ve remained more or less silent lately about the goings on in the People’s Republic of Dingwall, and with good reason- there hasn’t been much good news to report. Tomorrow that is going to change- sort [...]
Grasshopper Club Aarau?
Posted in Swiss Super League, tagged Financial Disasters, Grasshopper Club-Zurich, Swiss Super League on February 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Grasshopper Club Zurich is the all-time winningest (most winning?) team in Swiss football; their 27 titles over the last 125 years dwarfs the number of wins by fellow stalwarts Servette (17), FC Basel (13), FC Zurich (12), and BSC Young Boys (11). The club was home to tactical innovator Karl Rappan (the inventor of catennacio) [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, Transfers, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on February 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I almost had to begin this week answers with one of the most hackneyed phrases in the history of language, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news…” Luckily, however, I was able to recover Andrew Q.’s submission- which I had accidently deleted!- so I didn’t have to resort to that dead horse of [...]
