What you missed while being eaten from the inside by tiny worms with teeth…
Archive for July, 2011
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – Week 17
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, ChivasUSA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, FIFA Women's World Cup, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, USWNT, Vancouver Whitecaps on July 5, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Week 16 was a big week of MLS draws. Six of the nine games ended in draws. So if you picked a lot of winners, you were a loser this time out. However, KC Gunner saw it all coming and was tops this week with seven correct picks. Read on after the jump to view [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Avoiding The Drop Signs First Player
Posted in Financials, General, Homerism, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Transfers on July 5, 2011 | 15 Comments »
After several days of intense negotiations and at an expenditure of several hundreds of pounds, ATD F.C. has signed its first player- pacey midfielder Mark “Coco” Corcoran. For the duration of the 2011-2012 season Avoiding the Drop will be Corcoran’s “Matchday Programme Sponsor” as he competes for Ross County F.C. in the Scottish First Division. [...]
A Bit on that RSL-NE Red Card
Posted in MLS, tagged Controversial Refereeing Decisions, MLS, New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake on July 5, 2011 | 12 Comments »
That right there was the third minute of last night’s Real Salt Lake-New England match. What you see is Benny Feilhaber (who is legally in an offside position as he received the ball directly from a goal kick) streaking through on goal, appearing to get tangled up with RSL defender Nat Borchers, and going down. [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alan Pardew, Ali Al-Habsi, Argentine National Team, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, AS Saint-Étienne, Benfica, Blaise Matuidi, Bolivian National Team, Bolton, Brazilian National Team, Brian Perk, Carlos Tevez, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Chicago Fire, Chilean National Team, Chivas USA, Colombian National Team, Colorado Rapids, Columbus, Controversial Refereeing Decisions, Copa America, Costa Rican National Team, David De Gea, DC United, Ecuador National Team, Fabio Coentrao, FC Dallas, Georginio Wijnaldum, Harry Redknapp, Houston Dynamo, Kevin Keen, Kevin Nolan, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Luka Modric, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mexican National Team, Milan Jovanovic, MLS, Nat Borchers, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Newcastle, OIympiakos, Paraguayan National Team, Paul Scholes, Peruvian National Team, Peter Ridsdale, Petr Cech, Philadelphia Union, Plymouth Argyle, Portland Timbers, Rafael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Soony Saad, Sporting Kansas City, Steve Clarke, Steven Gerrard, Sunburn Sucks, Tally Hall, Tottenham Hotspur, University of Michigan, Uruguayan National Team, Venezuelan National Team, West Ham, Wigan on July 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while discovering that your definition of “waterproof” and “sweatproof” is vastly different from that of the asshats who make this crap…
“Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven’t had fourteen pairs in my life.” – Brian Clough
Posted in General, Weekend Open Thread on July 3, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I didn’t watch any games today. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’m off to Vancouver this afternoon and have been packing – and watching cartoons. I did spend a solid three hours watching Sportscenter repeats so I got to actually see Aguero’s nice goal. And a ton of Bob Lee talking about a blue [...]
“Our current financial situation means that if we want to buy, we have to spend.” – Kevin Keegan
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on July 2, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Avast and ahoy. And probably some other terms that aren’t really appropriate in this context, it’s one in the morning, cut me some slack. Your friendly neighborhood Georger here and I will be taking over the weekend duties henceforth – it seemed like a good idea at the time – so welcome aboard. We’re a [...]
Your Weekend Preview: The New England Revolution Don’t Get It! Edition
Posted in Champions League, Europa League, General, Homerism, League of Ireland, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, USMNT, Weekend Preview, Western Mass Pioneers on July 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Western Mass Pioneers v. New Hampshire Phantoms (Friday) There’s nothing like hot PDL-Northeast Division action, is there? This weekend sees the second place Pioneers (who have two games in hand over first place Portland) face the second-to-last place New Hampshire Phantoms at historic Lusitano Stadium in Ludlow, MA. The Phantoms are one of the older [...]
