As I predicted last week, the challenge wasn’t anywhere near as difficult as I thought it would be and as a result we had what I believe was a record number of participants- all of whom submitted the correct answer! The usual suspects- Andrew M., Andrew B., and Harry J.- chimed in, but they were [...]
Archive for August, 2011
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Champions League, General, Ligue 1, Serie A, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on August 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alajuelense, Alex Song, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Aston Villa, BATE Borisov, Benfica, Blackburn, Bryan Ruiz, Carlos Vela, CD Motagua, Chelsea, Comunicaciones of Guatemala, CONCACAF Champions League, David Beckham, Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboué, Europe League, Everton, Fabian Delph, FC København, FC Schalke, FC Twente, FC Viktoria Plzeň, Galatasaray, Hearts of Midlothian, Internazionale, John Pascarella, Ken Bates, Kieron Dyer, Leeds, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Lucio, Luka Modric, Maicon, Manchester City, Maxi Rodriguez, Mikel Arteta, MLS, Monarcas Morelia, Niko Kranjcar, Olympique Lyonnais, Queens Park Rangers, Rafael van der Vaart, Raul, Real España, Real Sociedad, Robbie Keane, Robin van Persie, Rubin Kazan, Salomon Kalou, Santos Laguna, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Sturm Graz, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Udinese, UEFA Champions League, UFO Sightings, Yossi Benayoun on August 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while reviewing the world’s ten best unexplained UFO sightings (in completely unnecessary slideshow format, but still)…
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – Week 23
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, First Person to Find Misspelled Tag Gets a Bonus Point, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seatle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps on August 16, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Week 22 provided eight games and one of the best chances for someone to have a perfect Pick’Em week. However, Toronto FC and Chivas USA both had “surprise” wins that none of our pickers saw coming. If not for those two upsets, Green Eggs would have been perfect, but as it happened, his other six [...]
Collective Wisdom or Mob Mentality?: ATD predicts the final Premier League table
Posted in English Premier League, EPL Season Previews, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Wild Ass Guesses on August 16, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Each year at this time we here at Avoiding the Drop stick our necks out and predict what the final Premier League table will look like. In our previous two attempts at this we’ve done surprisingly well- probably because each time one of us makes a prediction based on nothing other than “scientific homerism,” the [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Atletico Madrid, Christian Poulsen, English Premier League, FC Porto, Harry Redknapp, Jermain Defoe, Jose Enrique, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester City, Olympique de Marseille, Radamel Falcao, Robbie Keane, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Sergio Agüero, Standard Liege, Stephane Mbia, Steven Defour, Swansea, Tottenham Hotspur on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while learning how to cheat at “Rock-Paper-Scissors”…
“First is first. Second is nothing.” – Bill Shankly, OBE
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on August 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Oh my god guys. Oh my god oh my god oh my god. It’s finally here. After nearly three whole months of no Premier League action the day is finally upon us. It’s such a joyous and colorful day, I’ve been looking forward to this for so long. It’s like Christmas morning. I’m going to [...]
Season Preview: Liverpool Football Club
Posted in EPL Season Previews, Homerism, Wild Ass Guesses, tagged EPL Season Previews, Georger being Georger, Liverpool on August 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 17 wins, 7 draws, 14 losses, 58 points and 6th place after hovering near the bottom until the New Year when Roy Hodgson’s reign of horrid tactics came to an end, with King Kenny put back on the throne by benevolent owners Tom Werner and John Henry. Transfers (in): Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, [...]
Season Preview: Chelsea Football Club
Posted in EPL Season Previews, General, Wild Ass Guesses, tagged Chelsea, EPL Season Previews, Snarkers gon' snark on August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last Year’s Record: 21 wins, 8 draws, 9 losses, 71 points, second on goal differential. Transfers (in): Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht, £20mil), Oriol Romeu (Barcelona,£4.35mil), Thibaut Courtois (Genk, undisclosed), Lucas Piazon (£10.7mil, Sao Paulo, joins in January), The stress of watching Torres get hurt in meaningless international matches (priceless). Transfers (out): Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala £13.2mil), Michael [...]
