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You gotta think Johnson's development would have turned out better had he chosen his teams differently, right? He hasn't started club games regularly since the 2007 MLS season, when he was 23. That can't be good.
This should get you Liverpool fans fired up before the match today.
Huh?
I think he's saying it's harder to outwork your opponents now because everyone is pretty fit as opposed to the days when everyone had a cigarette in one hand and a pint in th other.
The sooner these jackasses are out of Liverpool, the better. Lots of Liverpool news today for some reason. Kuyt is out a month, too.
For puck's question, I think the issue is that some of these guys (Johnson and Beasley are good examples) consider themselves top-quality players. If you think you're good enough to play in the EPL, it's tough to sell yourself on taking a transfer to a Belgian second-division side. You're convinced that if you can just get back into form and show them what you're capable of, you'll be able to crack into the higher quality league. Beasley, for example, was a major contributor with Rangers a few years back--playing a prominent role in some big games (including the Champions League). If you've been there, you want to get back, and you might not therefore be the best judge of your own true talent level.
Switzerland-England in Switzerland should be good if the Swiss don't just defend, but they probably will. Russia-Slovakia is interesting but unfortunately ESPN3 isn't carrying it. Serbia-Slovenia, Turkey-Belgium, Croatia-Greece, Bosnia-Franca, and Norway-Portugal also seem like good games to me. Should be a fun day.
Fox Soccer Channel and ESPN 2 show English games and Fox Soccer also shows Italian Serie A games. That's probably a good place to start.
edit: Oh, and definitely catch some Champions League games next week.
www.channelsurfing.net
For those times you want a really terrible feed of Israel v. Malta.
GolTV shows La Liga and Bundesliga games. I know with Comcast when we paid for the extra sports package that included Fox Soccer Channel, we also got GolTV and a few other channels.
ESPN3 also has any games that ESPN has rights to, regardless of what they are airing on TV. For instance, the Euro 2012 qualifying games today are on ESPN3. You might be able to access it for free depending on your internet provider, just go to espn3.com and try to log in.
Advocaat isn't doing a heck of a lot better than Hiddink was. One wonders if it isn't the coach.
Outside of some Nelson Muntz "ha...ha" to France and a "will Rooney blow his stack and/or ever score a non-spot kick again?", there's just not that much to get revved up for.
I'm sure I'm wrong about that, and should feel differently...but let's get back to club play, quickly.
What do people think about Houllier? There were some message board rumors in 2006 that he might be a candidate for the USMNT job that Bob Bradley got (Klinsman and Peckerman were the other names tossed around).
I feel the opposite. There's just something special about international play for me.
I can't believe the goal that Norway scored. Also, I never knew that John Carew was Norwegian.
Also -- besides using a bookmark, what's the easiest way to find this thread? Using the search function did not work until today, and I'm not sure if it's available by manually searching the newsblog area.
Getting back to the topic -- MLS finally as a legit national game this week, with Real Salt Lake at Seattle on Thursday night. From the handful of times I've seen RSL, they appear to play some real aesthetically-pleasing soccer, probably the most memorable team I can think of. Anyone care to comment on this? Going by a perhaps crude measure of goals scored seems to confirm this, as they currently lead MLS in goals scored and were tied for first last season.
I just can't watch MLS, it's like watching high school baseball. Also, Thursday night? As in the first night of the NFL season? That is some poor planning.
MLS sets its schedule well before the NFL releases theirs. I would also tend to think that there isn't a huge overlap in the target markets for the Seahawks and the Sounders.
And c'mon, it's much better than high school baseball. It's like some level of minor league ball. I think it would be better if they didn't allow so much fouling. You already have relative trouble with first touches, passing accuracy, and all that, and you allow defenders lots of leeway in pushing the quick guys off the ball? I know Americans like tough guys, but it seems like the wrong decision aesthetically.
Yeah, but everyone knows that the NFL starts their season with a single game on the Thursday after Labor day and generally schedules a big game for that night(Last couple years it's been the reigning SB champs vs another playoff team from the year before).
EDIT: You're right that I wasn't really being fair to the level of play in the MLS. It has improved markedly over the years, but it is still just far, far below that of the South American leagues or the lesser European leagues, let alone the big 4 European leagues.
That being said, this has been the traditional opening week of the NFL for a couple of years now. Poor planning by MLS.
England are playing well tonight, comfortably within themselves. Scotland and Ireland are struggling against minnows.
Meanwhile the disintegration of Czech football continues apace. I have a Czech co-worker who I tease about this, but in all seriousness what is happening? Is this purely cyclical? And Slovakia are going great guns which must really sting.
Because my son has his first (baseball) game of the fall season that afternoon.
I'll be there no later than 9:45 or so to be in position for the Spurs match. I will most likely be there earlier, though. Do they serve breakfast or should I bagel up before coming?
Nope. It's uncontainable.
Could be worse, they could be where Bulgaria is now.
And I broadly agree with Wilson on Gerrard. He's also right about Owen, it's why all the strikers like Earnshaw who in in past years would probably have decent top flight careers are stuck in the Championship - they are not effective as lone strikers.
I generally go to Nevada Smiths because I am too lazy to go uptown, but I would consider heading up to Kinsale.
Edit: I just read some comments on Kinsale that said they don't serve alcohol before noon? Can anyone confirm that, because Nevada Smiths does or at least did last year. What's the point of getting up early on Sat morning to watch soccer if you can't get drunk while you do it?
They are always relying on a "golden generation" coming through, and it sometimes happens that those who would have garnered that mention for Czechosolvakia happen to be Slovak.
Except former Yugoslavia, apparently that can be subdivided endlessly and still have good national teams.
Does MLS set the schedule? I assume ESPN is the driver here.
He make a fan want to speak Swiss
Wie heisst du? Liebschen, mein Mannschaft, dein Mannschaft...
Shaqiri Shaqiri
No Ronaldo. Also the goal they gave up was on a terrible misplay by Eduardo, surprising giving how good he was in the WC.
Incidentally, great stat: the attendance at Hampden tonight is greater than the entire population of Liechtenstein. Yet the score is 1-1.
Have your people talk to her people.
She could even get Eros Ramazzotti to do backup vocals.
Gutted for the Liechtensteiners. All 789 of them.
Edit: I am now watching what channelsurfing says is "Argentina vs. Spain." I have no idea as to the level/significance of this game, though, and they're speaking Spanish so the announcers aren't helping me any.
(okay, I'll stop asking stupid questions now)
Spain are 50/50 first choice/reserves. Reina would arguably be their 3rd choice keeper, for example. And Argentina would always be fired up for this game playing against it's former colonial master and all.
Seems like Spain is running mostly backups on their defense, though, and Xavi didn't start.
Presumably they wanted to give lots of players 45 mins so as not to upset the clubs, and so they've spread things out over both halves.
I'm upset they didn't get more goals against Andorra, since GD might be useful down the road, but Russia's loss to Slovakia really opens the door up, I think, for them to play for a group win instead of a 2nd place scrum.
Frankly, just coming by this thread fairly regularly is a pretty good start. It's the best place for discussion I've found yet - probably because it has none of the usual idiocy that comes with football commenters. Some of the folks here are very very smart, and have a lot of good things to say, plus no one is going to make fun of you for asking questions.
Scotland are at the top of their group right now. If you can believe it.
One great stat from that game: the size of the CROWD was larger than the entire population of Liechtenstein.
It's much too early to be talking about driver's seats. A lot will happen over the course of the next 13 months.
On the other hand, Sean Johnson was pretty great against the Galaxy. He's looking like a really good goalie, once he gets more confidence.
Vasco da Gama! Prince Henry! Luis De Camoes can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating!! Your boys took a hell of a beating!!
EDIT: I should point out, I hold no candle for Queiroz. I don't rate him at all. But he did do a good job at the World Cup, and clearly he's not responsible for the current disaster because he's not in charge right now.
It will be interesting to see if the new, transfer-improved Schalke can rise from the depths of losing to Hannover at home.
And in other Bundesliga news, I will unfortunately be out of town and miss Bayern/Werder...go Green (especially against the Evil Empire).
Lastly, Everton really do need at least a point at home against the English Evil Empire, no?
:-(
Also, "former Chelsea star"? Wasn't he at Stamford Bridge for like a month?
You, sir, have offended my honor. *gloveslap*
[Granted, few-week period where Pepe's made a couple horrible errors may not be the best time to bring this up.]
Please don't. Saves me the stigma of being the only one.
Michael's nephew (Brian's son) Mads will be making his debut for Denmark soon, which will make the Laudrups a three-generation national team family (Michael and Brian's father Finn played quite a few games for Denmark).
Best of luck to him.
According to wikipedia, Mads is Michael's son and Brian's nephew. It also says he's got a younger son Andreas who also has been often capped at the youth level for Denmark. Finally apparently Brian's son Nicolai also plays, but not as well and played soccer while attending North Carolina Wesleyan here in the states.
Chicharito Hernandez of Manchester United and Mexico is another member of the three-generation club.
TUQUE, it's relatively slim pickings today. Chicago-Toronto and Brazilian Serie A tonight (and one Copa Sudamericana match), an early round of the Copa del Rey in Spain, the South African league, and some lower division action in the Nordics.
First good game will be Friday afternoon when Hoffenheim play Schalke in the German league.
Are there any others?
Paolo Maldini's son has done well in the Milan youth setup, but is only 15 or so.
Tottenham Chutzpah!
There's a story going around that Enzo Zidane may choose to play for Spain (where he lives) rather than France, should he have the opportunity.
The Damned United was pretty alright, though.
Pretty new to following the EPL, but Blue Moon is analogous to, say, a film about Miami Heat fans. No one wants to see that. Plus, can you imagine sweaty slo-mo Carlos Tevez in IMAX? Not safe for the little ones.
RB: Yeah, it's an old joke. Usually gets dusted off whenever the fixtures around Yom Kippur come up.
Freddy Adu needs to latch on with Castillo's agent.
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