Scotland U16 v. England U16 (Friday) After the recent triumphant victory of Scotland’s U21 team over the Netherland’s U21 team I thought I’d go ahead and push my luck by previewing this “Victory Shield” match between Scotland and England. This tournament was first played in 1925, but it only became an annual event in 1990. [...]
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Your Weekend Preview: Thanksgiving Aftermath Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on November 25, 2011 | 2 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 [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Copa America Edition
Posted in CONMEBOL, English Premier League, General, MLS, Serie A, South America, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on July 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Brazil v. Paraguay (Saturday) Have you seen the hairstyles on the Brazilian players? I’m pretty sure Robinho thinks he’s a dark-haired version of Johnny Bravo- but I digress. I have little doubt that Brazil will win this match, but based on what I saw from Paraguay in the World Cup last summer it may not [...]
The 2011 Droppie Awards: The Results
Posted in Awards, Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, The Droppies, The Football League, Whimsy, World Cup 2010 on June 7, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Statistically speaking, every group of people is probably going to contain a few idiots- except, apparently, among the readers, commenters, and voters here at Avoiding the Drop. While pouring over the results of this year’s voting I often found myself thinking, “Really? You voted for him?!” Upon reflection, however, I realized that I was reacting [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Pretty Sweet Internationals Edition
Posted in CONCACAF, CONCACAF Gold Cup, General, Gold Cup, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
New England Revolution v. F.C. Dallas (Saturday) It was announced late this week that New England’s Marko Petrovic has had season-ending knee surgery- will this be enough to force the Revolution to go out and get the play-maker and/or goal scorer that they so desperately need to compete in MLS? No, it probably won’t. I’m [...]
Parity, Poor Play, and Down Seasons: Your 2010/11 Premier League
Posted in English Premier League, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, World Cup 2010 on May 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
At first I wanted to write a sort of counter argument to Georger’s piece about how he wants to see United win the title, my argument was that everyone has been so poor that nobody should win the title, but ultimately when I began to flesh out the idea I realized that my argument was [...]
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. [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Fifth Time is the Charm! Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, CONCACAF, CONCACAF Champions League, English Premier League, Eredivisie, Europa League, General, Homerism, Ligue 1, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ross County F.C. v. Falkirk F.C. (Saturday) Finally, something went right! Tuesday, at the fifth attempt, the Ross County-Queen of the South match was finally played to completion and justice was done- the Staggies were victorious! The victory moves the club three points clear of the relegation zone with two matches left to play in [...]
Defending The Truth…and My Turf
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, News, The More You Know..., The Weekend Wrapup, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifiers on March 29, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Some of you may have noticed on your own or as a result of a link in our “About Last Night” feature yesterday that there was a “racist incident” during Sunday’s friendly match between Brazil and Scotland at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. Specifically, that a banana was thrown onto the pitch in the direction of Brazilian [...]
“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 [...]
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