A Scholes red card and a Balotelli wink, and they will be talking about that semi-final for days and days. The stories coming out of United-City yesterday: It was a victory for City supporters more than anything else. That’s a sentiment I can get behind. [Yahoo!] City “wanted it more”. I always find this take [...]
Archive for April, 2011
“Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you’re 80-20 sure of winning it.” – Ian Darke.
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on April 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
“All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.” – Mitchell Thomas
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on April 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I found myself thinking the other day during the second leg of Spurs-Real Madrid that this particular campaign, 2010-11, has been rather mundane and by the books. Underwhelming, I guess, is the best word for it. Now, I’m sure that supporters of Manchester United and Barcelona are probably over the moon with this season, probably [...]
Your Weekend Preview: My Taxes Have Been Done For Months! Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League on April 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ross County F.C. v. Partick Thistle F.C. (Saturday) After taking home their second ALBA Challenge Cup trophy in the last five years County must turn their attention to league play and improving their hopes of remaining in the SFL First Division. Hopefully the form they displayed in dominating a Queen of the South team that [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Cruel and Unusual Edition
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on April 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This week’s challenge is a little bit different and a lot harder. Sure, I threw in a few soft ones to keep you from giving up, but the rest are just plain mean-spirited. For each question I’m going to give you one piece of information which that is not at all football-related and you are [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Carlo Ancelotti, Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Colorado, Cool Astronomy Stuff, Copa America, Danny Fiszman, Diego Chara, FC Schalke, Fraizer Campbell, Guus Hiddink, Harry Redknapp, Heurelho Gomes, Internazionale, Japanese National Team, Jeremy Mathieu, Leonardo, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester City, Marcello Lippi, MLS, Portland Timbers, Raul, Real Madrid, Real Salt Lake, Rory Delap, Schalke, Stoke City, Sunderland, Thomas Schaaf, Toronto FC, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League, Valencia, Werder Bremen on April 14, 2011 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while living inside a black hole…
A Not-So-Brief Look at Player Migration
Posted in Transfers, tagged Transfers on April 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Since 2005, the Professional Football Players Observatory has been putting out two reports a year: the “Demographic Study of Footballers in Europe” in January and the “Annual Review of the European Football Players’ Labour Market” in August. Those two reports are probably really interesting and fascinating looks at their subject matter (raw player data regarding [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in General, MLS, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we finally had a good week challenge-wise! Not only did we get FIVE responses- Kevin N., Andrew B., Big Mak, Andrew M., and Pat W.- but they clearly put some effort into their answers. As a result there are several correct answers that I hadn’t thought of on my own, and that’s great. Join [...]
MLS Pick’Em – Week 5
Posted in General, MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps on April 12, 2011 | 25 Comments »
Well, well, well, well…draw, draw, draw, draw. Yes that is correct. Four draws out of nine games played in week four of Major League Soccer 2011. Unfortunately for those of us playing Pick’Em, nobody picked more than three draws for week four. However, Ryan and Kevin did manage to put together a combination of draws [...]
