Archive for October, 2011
The Friday Funny
Posted in Friday Funny, Refereeing on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Thursday Challenge: Cub Reporter Edition
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last week, for the Centenary Edition of the Thursday Challenge I blasted one into the upper 90 and left all of you goalkeepers flatfooted and cursing at your back line like an over-caffeinated Peter Schmeichel. This week I’ve dialed it back and given you what most refer to as a “sitter,” or, if you’re my [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Jose Mourinho, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Sir Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while occupying Sesame Street…
Untapped Resources
Posted in English Premier League, Youth Soccer, tagged Arsenal, Gediom Zelalem, Manchester City, Raul Mendiola on October 5, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Youth recruitment for English clubs is highly competitive. Between the myriad of other clubs and career choices out there, it’s very difficult to find and sign the next best thing to your team, particularly when you’ve got to identify that player’s talent at a very young age. It’s one thing to find Wayne Rooney when [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, La Liga, Serie A, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’ll admit it: I actually sat and waited for midnight to arrive last night hoping that nobody would submit an answer, much less a correct answer. It’s never my goal to keep a clean sheet with these challenges, but given that last week’s challenge was the 100th that I’ve created it was kind of nice [...]
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – (International Mini) Week 29
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged ESPN2, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps on October 4, 2011 | 14 Comments »
After taking a week off from the Pick’Em, Sculptor returned for week 28 and once again emerged victorious. This week however, she did have to share the throne with Green Eggs as they both picked eight correctly. To see how close (or far away) you were to the leaders, read on.
“Apparently it’s my fault that the Titanic sank.” – Ian Holloway
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on October 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
So I have a confession to make. I did not watch a lick of soccer today. That’s right, I skipped the Merseyside Derby. I had a rough Friday and due to sleeping in a bed that was 84% cat dander I woke up at seven and consumed a truly heroic amount of Benadryl, knocking me [...]
