Hello all! I am back from the River City and ready to resume my normal duties here at ATD. Whether you like it or not you’ll now be stuck with me on a continuous basis until next spring when I return to the ancestral homeland for a cultural booster shot which will include three football [...]
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The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Commentary, General, Ross County, Scottish Football League, The Championship, The More You Know..., Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The ABCs of International Soccer
Posted in Bundesliga, Commentary, CONCACAF, English Premier League, General, Ligue 1, MLS, Russian Premier League, USMNT on August 24, 2011 | 9 Comments »
One natural and understandable outcome of the departure of Bob Bradley and the arrival of Jurgen Klinsmann has been renewed discussion of the current state of the USMNT as well as what changes Klinsmann might make and what changes he should make. With his first roster selection Klinsmann made it clear that he was going [...]
“Let me take my chances…on the Group of Death”
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Euro 2012, FIFA, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, UEFA, World Cup 2010, World Cup 2014, World Cup Qualifiers on August 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Before I begin to ramble in earnest let me state that I have only the most rudimentary understanding of FIFA’s World Cup Draw. I know that it involves certain nations being put into certain pots on the basis of their past performance and then choosing a nation from each of these pots to make up [...]
Buh-bye, Bob.
Posted in Commentary, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, USMNT, Wild Ass Guesses on July 28, 2011 | 11 Comments »
A little over an hour ago USSF president Sunil Gulati issued a press release stating that Bob Bradley had been “relieved of his duties” as USMNT coach. So, it looks like we’ve all gotten what we pretty much wanted. I don’t think anyone (here at ATD anyway) actually disliked Bob on a personal level, I [...]
This Revolution SHOULD NOT be televised!!
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, They've Fallen, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Transfers Rules and Legalese, USMNT on July 19, 2011 | 13 Comments »
There has been a lot of news coming out of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro over the last two weeks and all of it has been decidedly negative. One of the Revolution’s main supporter’s sections- The Fort- has been essentially run out of town in an attempt to create an even more fan-friendly attitude at the [...]
The 2011-2012 Ross County Kits- I was half right/wrong?!
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, Homerism, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on June 29, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I apologize for the low quality of the picture, but when you’re hijacking somebody’s Twitter feed…
The 2011-2012 Ross County F.C. Kits…maybe?
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Wild Ass Guesses on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow, at 9:30 DST (Dingwall Standard Time) Ross County F.C. will unveil its new 2011-2102 Home and Away uniforms in a photo-op/press conference at Victoria Park in Dingwall. Unfortunately for those of us here on the East Cost, that’s 4:30am EST. Despite the importance of this event, I, for one, will be sound asleep. I [...]
Not good, not good at all.
Posted in About Last Night, Commentary, CONCACAF Gold Cup, General, Homerism, USMNT, Weekend Review on June 12, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Two Yellow’s is having some “home owner” issues this morning, so it’s up to me to fire a few salvos across the bow of the U.S.S. Bob Bradley. I’m normally not one to “pile on,” but I saw too much last night that I could not ignore then and that I cannot keep quiet about [...]
Apparently a leopard CAN change its spots!
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The More You Know... on June 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Has this man just saved football in Scotland? In April and December of 2010 the Right Honourable Henry McLeish (pictured above), Former Scottish First Minister (and former professional footballer) released a two part report on the state of football in Scotland from the youth level up to the national team. The first part of the [...]
Sure, it’s only Week Nine, but…
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League on October 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
On Saturday morning at about 10:30 when I checked the BBC to find out the score of the Ross County-Dundee match and saw that the Staggies were already behind 0-1 thanks to a Matthew Lockwood penalty goal (and one that, according to all accounts, he earned fair and square) I got that sinking feeling in [...]
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