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Thursday September 2nd 2010

Wednesday Backpasses: One for the road?

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Heads up, you lushes. Sudanese player given 40 lashes for drinking [ONTD_FB]
ESPN does a national team ranking thing with Nate Silver. It’s no Power Poll, but it’ll do [ESPN]
This is just creepy, I think [Dirty Tackle]
This is too, but in a completely different way [PIES]
Becomes? MLS has always been sensitive to criticism [When Saturday Comes]
And now you’ll know the rest of the story. Toothbrush man unmasked [The Run of Play]
Second division pissing match! [Match Fit USA]

Finally:
Everton’s unspellable signing bemoans the fact that Liverpool isn’t a party town like he’s used to [Off The Post]

8 Comments for “Wednesday Backpasses: One for the road?”

  • Sarah says:

    Jeepers, Ribery jumping out at me like that would give me nightmares for the rest of my life.

  • Georger says:

    Wow most of the people over there are taking the “it’s the law, obey it or get out” approach. Didn’t realize we weren’t allowed to criticize other country’s policies all of a sudden, guess the Germans were just seventy years ahead of the curve.

    /soapbox

  • Georger says:

    Also, why is it okay for a ferret that’s into freaky bondage stuff to flash me while he’s drinking, but if I do it, I’m not allowed to go to a high school football game again?

  • Anonsters says:

    Because you’re not as cute as the ferret.

  • Dan says:

    I think livejournal comments are programmed out of the box to be absurd.

    And as for the MLS sensitive to criticism article, it’s touched on in the comments but that Washington Freedom ad is 100% poking fun at the Redskins, and has nothing to do with MLS.

  • hockalees says:

    Those poor girls in that Ribery commercial are probably going to be scarred for life. Which is fitting, I guess.

  • ü75 says:

    Dan-While I saw the first comment in the WSC piece and have no reason to doubt its veracity, the knee-jerk tendencies of MLS (And US Soccer) responding to criticism in general are correct.

  • Dan says:

    I would agree with that statement, but to tie the Freedom’s ad to the MLS I think is baloney (and would give the Freedom too much credit). Those in the DC area can attest to the absurdities coming out of the Redskins right now — banning signs, blaming all their issues on the press, etc.

    To sum up, screw the Redskins.


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