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No notification or anything. I only realized it when I saw the "Watch in HD" button on 401.
No notification or anything. I only realized it when I saw the "Watch in HD" button on 401.
Sweet Jesus finally. Only took Comcast two (plus) years. Any chance they've also added FSC+, even if only in SD?
That's great news, though. I don't need to tell anyone here, but I can't go overboard in describing the difference in watching anything in HD versus SD.
I don't see FSOC Plus anywhere, but everything I had read indicated they weren't planning on adding FSOC HD, so maybe something will show up. I would certainly add it for an extra $5 / month.
4-1-3-2 personnel. JK puts them in a 4-2-3-1 turning into a 4-2-2-2. Awful coaching.
That makes me feel a lot better.
Aside from those two, just Calvin Maduro at left wingback and Darren Daulton in goal.
Need to tighten up the defense still and Klinsmann and Altidore need to sit down and figure out what it's going to take to get him in the squad regularly.
Silly yellow for Dempsey, hope that doesn't hurt down the road. Why dive with 90 seconds left and a 3-1 lead?
What's his club?
Unless he was recently released, Veracruz in Mexico.
Translation: According to Wikipedia, he plays for Veracruz.
Translation: I am aware that Wikipedia is inaccurate and he doesn't play for Veracruz, but I'm not going to tell you how I know that.
I remembered him being somewhere in Mexico, I only used Wikipedia to see what club. I'm wrong, I'll own it. In fact I enjoy it on this topic, since I can't stand Ruiz, so seeing that dirtbag out of a job is enjoyable.
ESPN Deportes is suggesting that Veracruz is trying to take over a first division team for next season, or, alternatively, get serious new investment from a major Mexican firm.
Pretty amazing.
Good to see Claudio Lopez. He ended his career as a little-used sub for the Colorado Rapids. He couldn't run anymore but you could see he was the only guy on the field (for the Rapids) who knew where the ball was supposed to go. He did have a big moment by hitting a penalty to help win a playoff game.
The youth picture of Esteban Cambiasso is hilarious. As is Mark Van Bommel's (#1 pic on this page).
Warnock reminds us all why he is widely disliked by accusing Kirkland of going down too easily when hit by the Leeds fan...
An assassin AND a thief?
Mata's lethal.
Gallas has shown this season that he can bounce back from a poor game. That's the good news. The bad news is that he's been pretty awful in about 20-30% of the games he's played. For a guy who's in there for his leadership and experience, he made entirely too many rookie mistakes today. Love the passion, but that's just not nearly good enough.
Walker needs a benching. Comes off as a smart kid in interviews, but he is playing some unspeakably stupid football this year. And unlike Gallas, he's not shown any ability to come back and play better the next time. As soon as Naughton's fit again, Walker needs a time out.
-I would have really liked to see what the matchup of Chelsea's front three with Tottenham's midfield triangle would have looked like with Dembele bossing midfield. Huddlestone and Sandro just aren't strong enough on the ball to compete with Chelsea's attacking mids. The midfield battle was the game, and it was pretty much all Chelsea.
-Another whine - given that all of Spurs best moments came from Lennon down the wing, I can't help but think that with Bale running the other wing, they could have really made things difficult for the Chelsea fullbacks.
-It's not that Friedel was the problem for Spurs, but that's got to be the end of his run in goal during big games. Lloris is obviously better.
And then Rooney equalized....
I'd like to watch it again to confirm these first impressions if I have the stomach for it later. But it seemed a strikingly incoherent defensive effort, which is a bummer after they'd looked to have made some progress with that. Where was RB to alert everyone to where the line was supposed to be?
I need to get back in the loop on the goings-on these days, the Yankees rather occupied the bulk of my attention the past couple of weeks.
Stoke - Man U has been suprisingly open, Van Persie is singlehandedly destroying Stoke though. Scholes is begging for a red card.
This is the first saturday I've had Fox Soccer and it's awesome. The one downside to soccer in HD (which is obviously a gamechanger) is looking at Jon Walters stupid face in HD.
Meanwhile, in Russia: Dynamo Moscow have vowed to crack down on the fans who shot players with paintball guns during a training session in protest at the side's worst-ever start to the season.
So, really, it's all a matter of perspective.
"When I came here, they had two points from eight games!"
"No, Harry! No. THREE points from eight games. Three points. Let's try again."
"When I came here, they had twee points from eight games."
"Not quite, but that's progress."
"That was my Woy Hodgson impression. Tell me it wasn't triffic. Go on, tell me!"
"Harry, please. Let's try to focus here. Again: three. points. from. eight. games."
"Alright, then. Answer me this. Why they getting rid of Mark Hughes, anyhow? The man's a top, top manager. Top class."
"That's not what we're here to..."
"Honestly! Two points from eight games, that's a disaster. But three? Three points you can build on. Why not give the lad a chance?"
"Oh, you almost had it! Three points from eight games, Harry?"
"Too right."
First, the actual game:
--My heart sank a little when they announced the lineup. No Bale? No Dembele? No Adebayor? No BAE? Ugh. That was not good right off the bat.
--My impression being there was that the first half was pretty even. The Cahill goal you could see coming from the very second it touched Gallas' head. What a horrible clearance that was and I expect better from a cagey vet like Gallas. Other than that, Spurs created as many chances and the game was finely balanced. Dempsey and Sigrudsson, however, were really terrible in the first half. Huddlestone played well so, in the first half, it was the loss of Bale that really hurt. Chelsea don't look like a team that is going to handle pace well and Bale would have been perfect for this game.
--The second half started perfectly of course. Spurs were pressing and played with much more tempo. Sigurdsson moved out to the left and was much better though Dempsey still sucked. Huddlestone took over all the set piece duties and was brilliant at it. After the second goal, though, Spurs just shut down. Vertonghen and Huddlestone were both gassed and, while they still had the energy to get forward and create chances, they both lost their desire to track back. Vertonghen just doesn't have the endurance to play left back for 90 minutes. He was really good the first half, and, just like the United game, completely lost all ability to defend in the second. Spurs will be much better when he can play CB and Naughton or BAE can play LB.
--As for the atmosphere...Spurs fans were very quiet almost the entire game. Maybe the lack of Bale and Dembele depressed everyone from the start or whatever. It didn't help that I was in the tourist group section with a lot of Chinese tourists that were just checking out the scene. I was the loudest person in my section and I'm not a vociferous person at all.
--In other soccer stuff, I watched England and Poland at a pub and, while a lot of people showed up top watch it, no one seem to care that much. That was weird. I was able to buy a copy of When Saturday Comes at a news stand and even bought a few packs of Football cards.
--In general UK news, a Tory big wig had to quit because he called a cop a "pleb" and a "moron" in one of the weirdest political scandals I've ever heard of. And no one in England seems to take the Scotland referendum seriously. The response on tv was either smugness or jocularity or a combination of the two.
Vertonghen's inability to maintain his effectiveness for 90 minutes is troubling for a player of his age.
"Pleb" was the word that torpedoed Mitchell's career (and the one he never expressly denied uttering). It certainly didn't help that the Chancellor was caught trying to ride in First Class on a Standard ticket earlier on Friday.
It was quiet right from the get-go, though, and the crowd noise shut down with the team after they went up 2-1. I admit I expected more. Even David Ginola didn't get much of a reception when they trotted him out at half time.
"Pleb" was the word that torpedoed Mitchell's career (and the one he never expressly denied uttering). It certainly didn't help that the Chancellor was caught trying to ride in First Class on a Standard ticket earlier on Friday.
I think it was the wicker basket on the handlebars on his bike that did him in!
Yeah, the plan was never to use him as a LB, but Naughton, BAE and Kaboul are hurt and the attempt to play Bale there was a disaster. He's very good for the first 45 minutes, and then he just loses it. BAE and Naughton should both be back next week so hopefully Vertonghen can go back to CB where I think he can be one of the best in Europe.
That said, when Adebayor came on it was so much easier for Spurs to get the ball near the box as he's just a much better target for the midfielders. I hate saying this since Defoe works so hard and has been effective, but Adebayor is better and needs to be playing from the first minute. I was just really impressed by how much heart Defoe showed.
Thud isn't mobile or direct enough with the ball at his feet to be the link man through the middle of the park like Dembele is. And that's fine; different players have different strengths. Thud's is his range of passing and ability to distribute the ball to the wings during transitions. Given that, I felt playing Dempsey/Sigurdsson wide left was a mistake. Both those guys will tend to drift into the middle where they can influence the game more and get into scoring positions with late runs. That meant Thud just had Lennon as his sole outlet on the flanks, and it was easier for Chelsea to protect against that ball when they only had to worry about one side of the pitch.
I would rather have seen one of the Dempsey/Sigurdsson pair start in the middle, behind Adebayor up top (also a better target than Defoe for Thud's longer passes). Either Townsend or Defoe should have been on the left. I like Defoe in that spot because he has the pace to trouble the fullback, and playing outside forces him to get his head up (he played another terrific reverse ball to Sigurdsson after cutting in from the left - reminiscent of when he played Bale in, leading to Dempsey's winner against United).
If there's some reason Adebayor still can't go a full 90, then Defoe up top and Townsend wide left would have been my preference. You could see the Chelsea defense collectively s**t themselves every time Lennon picked up the ball and was able to run at them. Townsend's pace and ability to beat a man off the dribble would have provided a similar threat from the other flank and played to Thud's strengths by giving the big fella a second reliable target for diagonal balls from deep. He's also good on the right and would have been able to swap sides with Lennon to keep Chelsea off balance.
I was there 8 days. The rain wasn't too bad, I thought. The worst of the rains came at night so I would've missed any deluges.
So, when does it start getting embarrassing that no one in Serie A can beat Juventus?
Is Allegri still managing Milan? They could be in the relegation zone at the end of Saturday!
Torino--solidly midtable. I'm feeling good about their chances of sticking this season.
Meanwhile, in Germany, Freiburg only a point behind Dortmund...
Genoa have sacked former Juve manager Luigi de Canio for...some reason. Is falling behind Torino (albeit only on goal difference) really so much of a mark of shame that they had to drop the axe?
The Bundesliga is amazingly tight after the top three. The mighty Hamburg could've gone 4th with a win over Stuttgart, but alas they got nothing from what looked like a home banker and remain rooted in mid-table at 10th. Come on, Hamburg!
FTFY.
I didn't know you were here!
I didn't think it was that bad, but it's entirely possible it was different in different areas.
Not only did Genoa sack Di Canio, they didn't tell him. He found out from a journo when he showed up at training this morning.
Are we still on for watching some football Saturday morning at Kinsale's? I'm game if others are.
Of course! I have to show off my retro 1961 Tottenham FA Cup jacket.
I actually looked at all the retro West Ham stuff when I was over there but none of it grabbed me. But I will be wearing the new shirt I bought, fear not.
Entirely possible. This was in Surrey, right next to the Thames. Richmond, Kew, Kingston area.
Historically, I don't think Serie A teams need much of a reason to sack a manager. They just do it as a way of life.
The difference in attitudes between Serie A and EPL about this are striking. I assume this is because in Italy the DFO has a lot more power than in England?
And its ubiquity tends to reinforce its cultural acceptance.
Wait a minute. I don't follow Serie A much but they are noticeably more aggressive about booting managers out than EPL teams? It's not like being an EPL manager is a long term job. Six managers are new to their clubs this year and two others have taken over this calendar year. Damn.
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