Can Barcelona maintain Catalan pride at home or will Real Madrid manage to make it six straight? Who will get sent off first?
I Haven’t Disappeared: Some Football Notes and Football Open Thread.
My deepest apologies for my recent lack of posts. I have been working a difficult schedule fulfilling the last classes of my contracted guest lecture assignment and it has been grueling. Most of my keeping up with events has been through the use of mobile devices and I don’t feel comfortable posting from a tablet …
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Some Football (Soccer) Notes and Open Soccer Thread
Apologies for my absence the past two weeks. I was guest lecturing for English classes out of town at some of the public schools as a native language speaker. It’s a great program and has been a rewarding experience talking about such things as the National Park System, pulled pork, boiled crawfish, Johnny Cash, Langston …
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Football (Soccer) Notes and Open Thread
Any thoughts on Bob Bradley becoming the first American to manage a team in the English Premier League? Certainly no love lost between him and Jürgen Klinsmann. I think he’s got a point. Aaron Ramsey can’t catch a break. Is Tite finally the coach the Brazil Men’s National Team Needs? It’s beginning to look that …
Football (aka Soccer) Notes and Open Thread
Apologies for my absence last week. Here goes! Does anyone know if Sam Allardyce holds the record for shortest tenure as a coach for a national team? Chelsea stopped the bleeding yesterday, but is it enough? Manchester United seemed like they may have started to turn things around, but the Stoke game wasn’t exactly convincing. …
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Football Notes September 17th
Before I start, let me first address those of you – and there were a few of you last week – who feel compelled to post comments criticizing the existence of posts about football – and I hasten to point out that it has been called football much longer than gridiron football. I have been …
Football Notes Open Thread
So the transfer season is over until January. Which teams do you think came out ahead? Christian Pulisic: is he the real deal? Discuss. I’m watching the Manchester Derby. As an Arsenal fan I don’t have a dog in this hunt, but I do like to José Mourinho get his knickers in a twist. Grow …