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March 03, 2012
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Liverpool today, man what a disappointment! They dominated Arsenal, took the first lead and just were not able to finish about half a million easy chances, including Dirk Kuyt's poor PK. RvP showed that you cannot give him even a sniff at the net because he will bury you.
I just do not see why we paid GBP20M for Stuart Downing. Yes he's fast and can get behind the fullbacks but his crosses never find their mark and when he gets close to goal with the ball he passes 99 times out of a hundred rather than shooting. And he shoots all the time from 20-30 yards out, always high and sometimes wide.
posted by billsaysthis at 02:34 PM on March 03, 2012
Like so many sports pages, the Boston Globe knowingly employs a troll for the purpose of ad views: "How could we all have been fooled? It's pretty clear now that Theo Epstein and Terry Francona were doofuses. They didn't know what they were doing."
posted by yerfatma at 10:49 PM on March 03, 2012
dflem, I particularly like the look his wife shot him after he shouted that.
posted by steelergirl at 12:29 AM on March 04, 2012
Liverpool today, man what a disappointment! They dominated Arsenal
Not a fan of either club, but I did feel a bit for Arsenal, getting one back against the run of play. Something every other club has been doing to them in the last few seasons.
posted by owlhouse at 04:17 AM on March 04, 2012
"Who do you think you are? I AM!" Pete Weber, championship bowler, can't decide on a catch phrase.