As Major League Soccer gets ready to kick-off the 2011 season, in addition to our annual Pick’Em competition the crew here at Avoiding the Drop have put together a roundtable of items for the upcoming season. Read on after the jump to get a glimpse into our keen insights, prognostications, and wild speculations.
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Major League Soccer – Round Table – Day 1
Posted in MLS, Roundtable, tagged Baseless Guessing, MLS Roundtable on March 15, 2011 | 6 Comments »
EPL Season Preview: Liverpool Football Club
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Baseless Guessing, Blatant Homersim, Idiocy, Liverpool on August 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 18 wins, 9 draws, 11 losses, 7th place on 63 points. Transfers In: Jonjo Shelvey (£1.7mil Charlton), Milan Jovanovic (Free, Standard Liege), Joe Cole (Free, Chelsea), Danny Wilson (£2mil Rangers), Fabio Aurelio (Free, released by LFC than re-signed), Christian Poulsen (£4.5mil Juventus). Transfers Out: Phillip Degen (Loan, Stuttgart), Yossi Benayoun (£5mil Chelsea), [...]
EPL Season Preview: Blackburn Rovers
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Baseless Guessing, Blackburn Rovers, Season Previews on August 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 13 wins, 14 losses, 11 draws, 10th place on 50 points. Transfers In: Mame Biram Diouf (on loan from Man Utd). Transfers Out: Steven Reid (West Brom, free). Season Outlook: Blackburn might be the least changed side at this point. For better or for worse I suppose. This isn’t a team that [...]
A Look Back At My 2009/2010 Predictions (or: I’m An Idiot, Ask Me How)
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Armed Chimps, Baseless Guessing, Eating Crow, Nick Nolte, Predictions on May 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So a hearty congratulations are due to Spurs for locking up a Champions League spot for next season. I would say locking up fourth, but they’re still alive for third as Arsenal’s late season slide continues. Lucky for them they have Fulham at the weekend, and Fulham have nothing to play for with the Europa [...]
The Future of Liverpool Football Club: Part II
Posted in English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, tagged Baseless Guessing, Jose Mourinho, Juventus, Liverpool, Manuel Pellegrini, Rafa Benitez, Real Madrid on April 27, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The second installment in my little series about the future of Liverpool focuses on Rafa more than LFC itself. Ever since the Americans came in, Rafa has had a bit of a tumultuous relationship with the club’s brass. Part due to Rick Parry being incompetent, part due to the owners being morons and thinking Klinsmann [...]
The Future of Liverpool Football Club: Part I
Posted in English Premier League, Football Shirts, Transfers, tagged Arda Turan, Baseless Guessing, Dammit Liverpool, Milan Jovanovic on April 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »
At this point it is safe to assume that Liverpool will not be qualifying for next year’s Champions League. It has been clear for a few weeks that they were behind the eight-ball big time, but with the latest draw at the weekend, coupled with City romping again; it looks to likely be over. Spurs [...]
