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 [...]
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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 »
Your Weekend Preview: USA!! USA!! USA!! Edition
Posted in Champions League, CONMEBOL, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, MLS Pick'em, Ross County, South America, Transfers, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ross County F.C. v. Kilmarnock F.C. (Saturday) The undefeated Staggies’ final preseason match will be the only one in which they will face an opponent who are as good or better than they are, Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock F.C.. This match should tell the County players and staff two things: How much they have [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Avoiding The Drop Signs First Player
Posted in Financials, General, Homerism, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Transfers on July 5, 2011 | 15 Comments »
After several days of intense negotiations and at an expenditure of several hundreds of pounds, ATD F.C. has signed its first player- pacey midfielder Mark “Coco” Corcoran. For the duration of the 2011-2012 season Avoiding the Drop will be Corcoran’s “Matchday Programme Sponsor” as he competes for Ross County F.C. in the Scottish First Division. [...]
Mexican Standoff: A New American in La Liga Mexicana
Posted in News, Transfers, USMNT, tagged Americans Abroad, Damarcus Beasley, Mexican Primera Division, Puebla F.C. on June 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It’s been a hectic summer in the world of football, with the Gold Cup that we just experienced, the Women’s World Cup going on as we speak, and the Copa America set to begin this Friday. If that doesn’t capture your fancy, there’s always the U-17 World Cup and the Euro U-21 Championship – also [...]
SPL or BUST!! An Updated Ross County Off-Season Update
Posted in General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Transfer Rumors, Transfers on June 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It has been over a month since the Ross County F.C. closed out the 2010-2011 SFL First Division season with a 3-0 victory over Cowdenbeath F.C. that not only guaranteed that the Staggies would remain in the First Division, but also condemned Cowdenbeath to the relegation playoffs and eventually demotion to the Second Division. Within [...]
Dipping My Toes into the Mill Pond
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Euro 2012, FA Cup, General, Homerism, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Premier League, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Turkish Super Lig, UEFA, UEFA Cup, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifiers on May 10, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Under normal circumstance I refrain from getting involved in transfer speculation and the rumor mill here on ATD in anything but the most light-hearted manner. At worse, I might report on what the rumors are around a given player or club, but I’m always careful to state that, in the end, they are only rumors. [...]
The 2010-2011 Ross County F.C. Season Review
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Cup, Transfer Rumors, Transfers on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Given all of the rumors swirling around the players, the manager, and Ross County F.C. as a whole at the conclusion of the 2010-2011 season the temptation is to look forward, to become preoccupied with what might happen rather than to analyze what has happened. I am not going to ignore all of these rumors [...]
The Commenter Survey: Part Deux
Posted in About Last Night, ATD Dropcast, Bundesliga, CONCACAF Gold Cup, English Premier League, First Timers, Football Shirts, General, Gold Cup, Guest Post, Indoor Soccer, La Liga, League One, League Two, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Ligue 1, MLS, MLS Pick'em, News, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, The Championship, The Football League, The More You Know..., The Weekend Wrapup, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Transfers Rules and Legalese, Trivia, USMNT, Weekend Preview on April 21, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’d like to begin by thanking everyone for their patience with the long delay between the publication of the first half of the commenter survey results and this, the second half of those results. Normally this would be the place where I made some sort of humorous excuse for why this has happened, but the [...]
A Not-So-Brief Look at Player Migration
Posted in Transfers, tagged Transfers on April 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Since 2005, the Professional Football Players Observatory has been putting out two reports a year: the “Demographic Study of Footballers in Europe” in January and the “Annual Review of the European Football Players’ Labour Market” in August. Those two reports are probably really interesting and fascinating looks at their subject matter (raw player data regarding [...]
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 [...]
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