Thoughts Before Wed....

Well first off, wtf happened yesterday... jesus. Well I can tell you one thing.. Eric Wynalda's facebook was surely the reason why we played so well haha. But first, hats off to the boys.. they showed that we really do know how to play footy, and that we could finally score during the run of play.

But lets get down to brass tacks. Now that we got in on the slimmest of margins and attaining the least amount of points possible to get a bid into the second round, we get to face the best team in the world. I'm not going to say we can't pull this one out of our, yup, but we have just as much of a chance to beat Spain as we did to qualify for the mini knockout stage. But lets look at the bright side--> We get to play 2 more games against teams that aren't in our region, Charlie Davies showed that we can actually effing work to score a goal (though it was really ugly.. it counts the same on the score board), and Rossi's going home while we're still playing. I'm excited to see what we can pull off against Spain, one thing's for sure... I'm gunna be eatin me some buffalo chicken wings during the game. Well after the most useless post in the history of posts on the blog I'll leave you with this.....

On a Brighter Note..

At least we didn't let a goal up like this today....

6 Match Ban for Drogba

Remember this?? So yea, Drogba was banned for 6 matches for berating the ref after that controversial champions league game. Personally I think this was one of the greatest flip-outs of all time. But not better than Cantona destroying someone in the front row:

Elephant Soccer!!!

I just came across THIS, I couldn't get the vid on here but that link should do it. Next I want to see them riding TIGERS... THAT WOULD BE SICK!

Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim = Problem for the EPL

For those of you who don't know who this guy is, he's the new owner of the super spending club Manchester City. The same dude is trying to buy Chelsea, now normally I don't really care when teams get bought out because usually that means there will be more money, and more money usually means better players. But where the problem lies is, where will he spend more of his money. If he lands Chelsea there's going to be a sever conflict of interest. Who gets more money for transfers? What happens if both managers want to bring in the same player? There are so many things that could come up and if he favors one team the other is getting the proverbial shaft. I think its stupid and should somehow be restricted.

Thoughts?

TOTTENHAM - MANU FA CUP GAME LIVE CHAT/BLOG TOMORROW AT 12!

NSR: No Pants Subway Ride '09

Had a couple friends run into this on the subway last week......I'm mad I missed it:


FYI: WE ARE HOSTING A LIVE CHAT ROOM TOMORROW AROUND 12PM FOR THE MANU - TOTTENHAM FA CUP GAME, SO IF YOUR WATCHING THE GAME WHY NOT JOIN IN SOME OF THE BANTER AS WELL.

Eddie Who?

I honestly forgot all about Eddie "Grown Ass Man" Johnson, and the fact that he was still playing somewhere over in England.

But apparently someone hasn't forgotten about him and his non-goalscoring ways, and they've written an update on how he is struggling to catch up to the level of the game in England.

WTF happened to this guy?? He used to be the shit when it came to US Soccer, the 'next big thing,' and so quickly he has become the soccer equivalent of Ryan Leaf(look it up, he blew it big time).

Hopefully he can make a Mickey Rourke like comeback and turn it around, because god knows the US can use as many good strikers as it can get right now since Bob Bradley doesn't want to play Jozy for some reason.

What do you think went wrong in the development of the "Grown Ass Man?"

FYI: WE ARE HOSTING OUR FIRST EVER LIVE CHAT ROOM DURING THE MAN UNITED - TOTTENHAM FA CUP GAME THIS SAT STARTING AT 12PM.

Bad Refereeing: '78 World Cup Sweden Vs Brazil

Oh man is this a good one. Back in the 1978 World Cup Brazil was playing Sweden and Zico scores as in extra time as time is running out but the ref disallows the goal saying that time ran out. WHO DOES THAT! Man this ref should thank every god ever, basically just adopt polytheism, for getting out of that stadium without getting killed let alone seriously injured.

NSR: Kobe Bryant Sells You Ankle Insurance

A lot of people playing against Christiano Ronaldo should look into buying some of this insurance.

Bad Refereeing: The Greatest Dive in The Universe

For this weeks Bad Refereeing, I'am proud to bring you what I consider the greatest dive in the universe. This is just too good to not watch over and over again. I understand the team being mad at the ref, but why not try to destroy the linesman as well? Instead of correcting the ref he sat there with his flag up his ass doing nothing.

Ultimately I think it's only fair that this ref and the diving player be drawn and quartered or publicly humiliated in some fashion. I think that's the only way those players will be able to move on from that game without taking their anger out on some random person and killing him.

A Video Compilation of Chad Barrett Missed Finishes

This video comes to us courtesy of Scaryice over at Climbing the Ladder, and I'm really left speechless by some of these misses. I mean I knew Barrett was an awful finisher (reminder: his job is to finish) but this video basically sums it up so even the most soccer illiterate person can realize how bad some of these are............so please enjoy, and if you have small children in the room you might want to tell them to leave or to avert/cover their eyes:

My Tribute To Ray Hudson And His Color Commentating Greatness.

So I was watching the Real Madrid - Barca game(which was anything but a classico) on Gol TV today and thought that not enough people appreciate Ray Hudson's "enthusiasm" for the game, or as I call it..........all around craziness. So in honor of Ray's over the top announcing, I present a video to the uninitiated so they can gain the same appreciation for him that I currently hold:

Week 6 MLS Recap........What The Hell??

Maybe its just me, but what the hell is going on in MLS so far this year? The highly touted uber-team DC United has been playing more like Derby County recently, and last years MVP Luciano Emilio looks about as dangerous as a wet sponge..........here's some other things that are puzzling MLS fans and happened around MLS this week:

Somebody Break Up The Crew: Honestly nobody saw this coming...........the Columbus Crew are 5-1 and looking down and laughing at everybody from the top of the MLS standings. If anybody tells you they predicted this they are lying and you should kick them in the privates......But seriously the Crew are playing good soccer and Schellotto looks as good as ever even after all those off season rumors he didn't want to be in Columbus this year. The Crew have a chance to go to 6-1 this week as long as they score a goal because god knows San Jose couldn't score even if the other team had no one in net............Oh yeah and how about Moreno's flying scissor kick assist to Robbie Rodgers this past week.......Ray Hudson's head probably exploded when he saw it:

Beckham Bends It Like...............Beckham: Just a note to the RSL defense, there are some people in this league that you really shouldn't be leaving open at the top of the box and in a perfect world they wouldn't leave anybody open. But if your going to leave somebody open from 20 yards out, don't let it be someone who is world famous for swerving the ball into the upper 90's of numerous goals throughout his career. Ruud Gullit must be thanking the heavens above that his team can score more than two goals every game because his defense outside of Sean Franklin is a disaster area guaranteed to give up at least a goal per game............so instead of watching their futile attempts at defense, feast your eyes on Beckham doing what he does best:


Westward Bound: You hear that?? That's the sound of Eastern Conference teams celebrating every time they have to play a Western Conference team as the Western Conference is just plain awful this year. The fact that the last place team in the Eastern Conference right now, DC United, would only be two points out of a playoff spot right now is just plain sad. Hopefully the Western Conference can get it together for the good of the league because right now none of them deserve a playoff spot.



Crapitol Hill: Things are not good down in DC right now as they are playing listless, uninspired soccer right now and are languishing as the bottom of the Eastern Conference table. There is simply no reason for a team with so much talent on the roster to be playing so awfully. Their game against Colorado was downright awful on Sunday, and its hard to see them turning it around against Chicago this Thursday mostly because Chicago is on fire(haha I meant that) and because they have had made DC their proverbial Bee-otch in recent years(see last years playoff match-up and everyone before that).......Hopefully DC can call upon some help from their new sponsor, and get Herbie the Love Bug to play for them and score some goals.