Gunners in the Lock-up
I was so tired finishing my post Sunday night that I forgot to talk about the magnificent game between league-leading Arsenal and Roberto Martinez’s new look Everton. Fortunately, lots of […]
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Sunday Reflections
Winter has come to Wisconsin this weekend. I watched three games Saturday and one on Sunday: Manchester United – Newcastle United, Liverpool – West Ham United, the Major League Soccer […]
World Cup Reading for January
Upcoming: World Cup Book Club A quick update on coming plans: starting in January, I’ll be kicking off a World Cup Book Club feature reviewing some relevant football books you […]
MLS: 3 Games Left
Or, They’re Showing That on Television? I know, I know. You want to talk about the amazing World Cup play-off between Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, or France’s triumphant comeback […]
Designing Football
Back after awhile away with a variety of design-related material involving football and other athletic logos. I’ll be back this weekend with some more MLS notes, and early next week […]
MLS Playoff Primer
Now that the World Series is over, American sports fans turn their attention to the MLS Play-offs. Right? I mean, what else could distract them at this time of the […]
Hammers and Nails
You know the old saying that, when you’ve got a hammer, everything looks like a nail? It certainly seems relevant for recent accounts of West Ham’s new strikerless system. Since […]
Poke in the Eye
Well, the first post-Mourinho Classico has come and gone, and it was a game with little to complain about. Tactical surprises from both sides, though by far the more dramatic […]
Animated Play
I’ve updated my Aston Villa post to include an account of Sunday’s game against Tottenham, so go back and check it out. But today I wanted to highlight some amazing […]
Aston Villa without Benteke
Probably no Premier League team has had as difficult a start as Aston Villa. They have already played away to Arsenal and Chelsea, while hosting Liverpool and Manchester City with […]
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