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Archive for September, 2011
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Ajax, Anders Lindegaard, Andres Mendoza, Arsenal, Bayern München, Benfica, Bob Bradley, Chelsea, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, CSKA Moscow, David De Gea, David Moyes, Dimitar Berbatov, Dimitri Payet, Dinamo Zagreb, Egyptian National Team, English National Team, Europa League, Everton, FC Basel, FC Dallas, FC Sion, Harry Redknapp, Houston, Internazionale, Liverpool, LOSC Lille Metropole, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mikel Arteta, MLS, Napoli, NASA Stuff, Olympique Lyonnais, Oţelul Galaţi, Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steven Caulker, Swansea City, Tauro, Toronto FC, Tottenham Hotspur, Trabzonspor, UEFA, UEFA Champions League, UNAM Pumas, Villareal, Yossi Benayoun on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, Eredivisie, General, League One, League Two, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, The Championship, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome back! It’s been kind of a weird and slow week around these parts and I was beginning to worry that there would be no answers submitted- especially as I have had to prepare this post about 12 hours ahead of time in order to make sure it was done in time. Harry, J. came [...]
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – Week 26
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC 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, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps on September 13, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Last week I touted our ability to pick at close to 50%. Perhaps I should have knocked on wood (tapped my head) after writing that because this week didn’t help to validate that claim at all. Only one of our pickers, the tardy Sculptor was able to get five correct picks and reign as the [...]
Fuse’s Worlds Collide
Posted in English Premier League, General, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on September 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »
As I’m sure you know, every once in a while an event happens where different aspects of your life unexpectedly come into contact with one another. This can sometimes be bad- as George is explaining to Jerry in the picture above (“Independent George” can never come into contact with “Relationship George”)- but sometimes this confluence [...]
Striker Manager – Private League Season in Review
Posted in General, Soccer Video Games, Whimsy, tagged Private League, Striker Manager on September 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Earlier this summer we offered up a taste of the on-line game Striker Manager. At the same time, we started a private league for our Avoiding the Drop clan within Striker Manager. This weekend saw the end of the season for our private league. Read on after the jump for a summary of the season [...]
“Sports suck.” – Georger
Posted in General, Weekend Open Thread on September 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I am way too pissed to write anything of substance right now. Horrible sporting day. Jamie Carragher has no business starting for anything other than a pub team anymore. Charlie Adam showed why I was really nervous about selling Meireles. The Stoke groundskeeper should be drawn and quartered. Denard Robinson can kiss my ass. Brian [...]
“Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.” – Paul Ince
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on September 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Now that Serie A has kicked off, with a rousing 2-2 draw between Milan and Lazio (I had to leave right after the fourth goal so I have no idea if that rousing assessment is actually on point but the first four goals were quite solid – remember when Italian clubs played defense?), all the [...]
