- 08:40 AM
- 12/22/24
I hear ya, garfield. Good thing Ronny rested himself so he could be fresh for a second-rate Danish outfit in a meaningless group-stage Champions League game. And yet I record my best week ever and crack the weekly top 3 for the first time, thanks to a defence that includes bargain-basement Sheff Utd and Fulham wasters. Unsustainable...
posted by skronk at 01:01 PM on October 18, 2006
Shoreditch United has been reborn as Inter Hoxton, sporting a fresh new kit and a can-do attitude. Rah!
posted by skronk at 05:56 PM on July 23, 2006
Thanks for the tables and such, gspm. 'Til next season...
posted by skronk at 05:52 PM on May 09, 2006
There's still plenty of competition for the last two Champions League places, so to speak...
posted by skronk at 02:25 PM on April 28, 2006
Week 32: 61 points, first place Week 33: 3 points, the opposite of first place
posted by skronk at 02:46 PM on April 18, 2005
It was a dark day when my sports station of choice cut Jim Rome short for the insufferable Kornheiser ("Kornhole") show. Blah.
posted by skronk at 05:44 PM on July 17, 2002
I'm pretty ambivalent about the remaining draw, though Armenian blood precludes me from supporting anything Turkish. To see Korea win convincingly and without scandal would be neat, I guess.
posted by skronk at 05:11 PM on June 24, 2002
"Yeah, those are the breaks," Reyna said. "But we're not going to cry like the Mexicans did. That's the game of soccer. We had other chances."
posted by skronk at 10:06 PM on June 22, 2002
Another Rivaldo here. I remember taking one of these several years ago, and I ended up being David Platt. Reconcile that.
posted by skronk at 12:00 PM on June 20, 2002
US v Germany: Should Arena keep the same line-up as the Mexico game? The overhaul after the Poland debacle worked wonderfully, though I realize some of it was necessary given injuries and such. Masteoni deserves another start, in my opnion. Found this rather amusing ... Michael Davies at ESPN noted that prior to the start of the Mexico match, the U.S. team appeared confident "Despite the crushing, crushing dual blows of losing Jeff Agoos and Frankie Hejduk." Ummm, the loss of Agoos was "crushing"? The Hejduk loss I can understand, but I see nothing but positives coming from the absence of Agoos. What was up with that weird "I got hit with a battery from the crowd"-type gesture that Agoos made before he went off in the Poland game, anyway?
posted by skronk at 11:24 AM on June 19, 2002
Speaking of The Guardian ... I'm no big fan of Cobi Jones, but giving Marquez (the Mexican captain) a 10/10 match rating mostly because of his desperate, vicious assault on the Jonester after all hope was lost is a little ridiculous (though that may be the point, I suppose): "What with his silly hair and face that's made for kicking, the Mexicans didn't appear to like the cut of young Master Jones' jib too much and concentrated on causing the American substitute as much bodily harm harm as possible when it became apparent their World Cup number was up. Their skipper led by example, launching himself through the air, planting his foot in Kobi's backside before following through with a spectacular Guadalajara kiss into the side of the head. An outrageous challenge. Well, it would have been if he'd done it to anyone else."
posted by skronk at 09:48 AM on June 17, 2002
Spofi EPL FFL
A minor quibble, but Drogba scores a hat-trick, adds an assist, and is everyone's Man of the Match. Still, he gets only a +1 bonus? The +3 goes to Essien, which is weird, but even stranger is +2 to Terry. Two defensive-minded players get more bonus points than a rampant Drogba, and for what? Repelling the mighty Watford attack?