Best Games of 2019-20: August to October
With the new season already underway in France, and the Community Shield scheduled for tomorrow, reflections on the season that was 2019-20 need to happen now. So here is the […]
Category Archives: Features
Some more fully developed general ideas about the game from an American perspective.
10 Games in August
For the past few years, I’ve had the idea of trying to capture the story of a European season in 100 games. So between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, […]
Video Killed the Football Star?
The Club World Cup this past week included the first official FIFA use of video replay, decisively so in the first semifinal between Colombia’s Atlético Nacional and Japan’s Kashima Antlers. In fact, […]
How Stoopid is Bob Bradley?
When Swansea City visit Arsenal this Saturday, Bob Bradley will become the first American to manage a team in the Premier League. Like it or not, American fans of the game have […]
NKOTB 2: Mazz-Puel-Karanka
Last week I looked at the biggest new names in Premier League management; this week, it’s the undercard. Though Walter Mazzarri, Claude Puel, and Aitor Karanka don’t have quite the […]
NKOTHB: Pep – Mou – Tony C
With the possible exception of Manchester United’s mega-signings of Zlatan Ibrahimović, and Paul Pogba, the most exciting additions to the Premier League this season are a trio of managers. Pep […]
Ten Games in February
After letting things slide for a few months, I thought I would get back into the game and round up the ten best games of a lively February. It looks […]
Ten Games in October
October opened with a game between the last two teams in the major European leagues to not have dropped points, and ended with the return of Luis Suárez in the […]
Ten Games in September
The European season tends to hit full stride in September, with enough games played for stories to emerge that shape our expectations going forward, and this September was no exception. […]
Ten Games in August
This is a new monthly feature summarizing the ten games you should have seen from the month just past. Where possible, I will try to add links to highlights and […]
Stoopid American 