What you missed while Londoners were welcoming their new parakeet overlords…
Archive for May, 2011
“The substitute is about to come on – he’s a player who was left out of the starting line-up today.” – Kevin Keegan
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on May 15, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Quite a day for the city of Manchester yesterday, wasn’t it? Manchester United claimed their 19th league title, while arch-rivals Manchester City defeated Stoke City to claim their first trophy for 35 years as they won the FA Cup. Of course, that means we will have a Manchester derby at Wembley in August when the [...]
“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts.” – William T. Sherman
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged rumors, Saturday open thread on May 14, 2011 | 9 Comments »
To start today, good luck to both Manchester City and Stoke City as they do battle for the FA Cup at Wembley. I anticipate a terrific match and fully expect that it will live up to the billing of a Cup final. Now, to the point of today. At this time of year, usually either [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Madchester Edition
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, Eredivisie, Europa League, FA Cup, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Weekend Preview on May 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
New England Revolution v. Vancouver Whitecaps (Saturday) It was made public earlier this week that the Revs are still looking for another player- and it will be the club’s first Designated Player!! I have only two words to say about this- HURRY UP!! Don’t get me wrong, the last few player acquisitions (Lekić and Feilhaber) [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Andre Ayew, Andrea Pirlo, Ashley Young, Aston Villa, Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Carlos Tevez, Celta Viga, Chivas USA, Edin Dzeko, English National Team, FC Schalke, FFF, Frankfurt, Harry Redknapp, Howard Webb, Internazionale, Javier Morales, Jermaine Jenas, Joe Cole, La Liga, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Manuel Neuer, Marcelo, Marcos Mondaini, Nikica Jelavic, Olympique de Marseille, Penguins!, Pepe Reina, Queens Park Rangers, Rangers, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Real Salt Lake, Rob Green, Roberto Mancini, Salamanca, Sergio Busquets, Shinji Kagawa, Sir Alex Ferguson, Stoke City, Sulley Muntari, Sunderland, Taye Taiwo, The FA, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA, West Ham on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while learning everything you can about how emperor penguins hold their breath…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Kicks Antonio Cassano In Head
Posted in Serie A, tagged AC Milan, Antonio Cassano, Rodney Strasser, Taekwondo, Zlatan Ibrahimović on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I mean, there’s not really any other way I can put that, is there? I think he’d ostensibly say that he’s celebrating Milan’s scudetto win, but I can see Zlatan (who has a black belt in taekwondo, in case you didn’t know) doing the same thing if they lost, which means it’s just as likely [...]
The Thursday Challenge: If at first…
Posted in General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, The More You Know..., Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup Qualifiers on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No time for a wordy preamble this week- I’ve got people to see (I have no friends), things to do (nap time), and places to go (if only…)! So, you kids have fun and don’t make too much noise, your mother is still sleeping.
Parity, Poor Play, and Down Seasons: Your 2010/11 Premier League
Posted in English Premier League, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, World Cup 2010 on May 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
At first I wanted to write a sort of counter argument to Georger’s piece about how he wants to see United win the title, my argument was that everyone has been so poor that nobody should win the title, but ultimately when I began to flesh out the idea I realized that my argument was [...]
Sometimes Sleep is More Important
Posted in Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Football Shirts, Guest Post, Homerism, MLS, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on May 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For several weeks I’ve been promising you the beginning of a new regular Monday feature and that is still going to happen- just not today. Good ol’ Fuse spent a great deal longer fulfilling his familial obligations (belated Mother’s Day, brother’s birthday, visiting dad in the hospital/rehabilitation center) this weekend and there just wasn’t enough [...]
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