Not to put too fine a point on it, but when it rains over at the Emirates lately Noah starts thinking about building another Ark. Saturday’s rain-soaked loss to Liverpool was no exception; after a toothless attack, another injury, and another sending off, Arsenal have now drawn and lost their opening matches of the season [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Arsene Wenger and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Arsenal, Arsene Wenger on August 22, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A Ross County F.C./Mark Corcoran Update
Posted in General, Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League on August 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If Ross County manager Derek Adams was paying attention this weekend he learned a very important lesson: if you want to take points from a match you have to start “ATD’s own Mark Corcoran.” © The Staggies have played three league matches thus far in the 2011-2012 season, winning one, drawing one, and losing one. [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Alberto Aquilani, Alessio Cerci, Arsenal, Aston Villa, AZ Alkmaar, Blackburn, Bolton, Chelsea, Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Daniel Guiza, DC United, Dynamo Kyiv, English Premier League, Everton, FC Dallas, Fiorentina, Fulham, German Law, Getafe, Houston Dynamo, Javier Hernandez, Joe Cole, Jozy Altidore, Juan Mata, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Luka Modric, Manchester City, Manchester United, MLS, NEC Nijmegen, Neil Warnock, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Newcastle, Norwich, Olympic Stadium, Philadelphia Union, Portland, Queens Park Rangers, Real Salt Lake, Robbie Keane, Roberto Mancini, Samir Nasri, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Stades Rennes, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea, Toronto FC, Tottenham Hotspur, Valencia, Vancouver Whitecaps, Vladimir Weiss, West Brom, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Yann M'Vila on August 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
What you missed while Germany was disliking Facebook…
Your Weekend Preview: Divorce Court Edition
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, La Liga, League One, League Two, Ligue 1, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, The Championship, The Football League, Transfers, USMNT, Weekend Preview on August 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
New England Revolution v. New York Red Bulls (Saturday) Based on the last month or so the Revolution might want to consider adding the Latin phrase for “Finding a way not to win” to the team logo. I applauded (moderately) the signing of Milton Caraglio and the emergence of teen sensation Diego Fagundez, but I’m [...]
Out in Europe, Spending Euros: UEFA’s 2010-11 Financial Distributions
Posted in Champions League, Europa League, Financials, UEFA, tagged Europa League, Finance, UEFA Champions League on August 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Around this time every year, UEFA peels back the curtain on their finances and lets the public in on their payment structure. That means that around this time every year, we take some time to look over the info and break it down a bit (past installments are here and here). This year, UEFA’s a [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Not so easy this week… Edition
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on August 18, 2011 | 7 Comments »
No clues and no cleverness this week. Below is a list of ten clubs, your task is to a) tell me what this group represents, b) put them in the correct order, and, if you’d like to show off a little bit, c) tell me what distinction is held by each of these clubs that [...]
MLS Further Complicates the Designated Player Rule
Posted in MLS, tagged Designated Player Rule, MLS, Rules and Regulations on August 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When compared to other American sports, the Designated Player rule in MLS is fairly straightforward; we’re used to dealing with compensatory draft picks and allocation money and other arcane rules of salary cap management from our dealings with the NFL, NBA, and MLB. We’ve seen trades made to free up cap room, seen draft picks [...]
