Barcelona thought last weekend’s game would be called off. It wasn’t. So, with five hours notice, they had to head to Pamplona without taking to the air. There’s video [PIES]
Coulda been you, Lynchburg [NYT Goal]
Ian Wright no longer welcome at his (better) son’s club [The Spoiler]
The nominees for the Italian Golden Trash can [The Offside]
Diego Forlan looks nothing life this [Dirty Tackle]
Inside Taylor Twellman’s head (for realz) [The Shin Guardian]
Bradford City lead the war against ticket prices even while their team fails on the pitch [WSC]
Finally:
Kickette ranks WAGs. Why are you still here? [Kickette]
Don’t forget to vote in the Foulies!
Sylvie FTW!
Funny thing about the Barca story is that after being a little shaky in the first 10 minutes of that Osasuna match, they reverted to just completely dominating. Team’s a machine.
Whoah, that Twellman interview was way more intense than I expected. I had no idea he was that hurt.
@Tno: Don’t fuck with the brain, or it will fuck with you.
SWP (better) than Wrighty? Are you on drugs?
@Tno, Yeah, Makes me not want to see Koscielny on the field for a while. Usually our trainers (seem to) suck, but with a concussion, I’m inclined to say he’s not ready to come back THIS soon. 4 days? Balls
@berg, I think he meant SWP better than Bradley Wright Phillips, who has to be bad, because what the fack is a BWP
I remember when Steve Goff reported something about the last time Twellman played that his injury was likely more severe than the club was letting on and he was going to be out months, if not more. I believe the club was saying something like a few weeks. The Revs subsequently ripped into Goff for false reporting or something like that…and Twellman never played again.
@berg-No. Better than Bradley Wright-Phillips.
That’s the thing. What are the incentives for clubs? To protect the player’s long-term health, or to rush the player back to fortify the team at position X? Especially when we’re talking about a kind of injury that is likely to manifest itself later on, rather than immediately? Players really should learn that they need to protect themselves when it comes to head injuries, because clubs sure as shit aren’t.
Indeed, Anon. Clubs honestly don’t give a fuck. Players have to look out for themselves, which inevitably gets them branded as selfish by the media (depending on the circumstances, of course)
Umlaut: phew.
Matrix for the win!
And Messiah won with a golden goal? Is that the rule at all levels of college soccer or just Div III?
Hopefully Cassano’s Golden Traschan award will lower his price tag for ‘Arry in January.
Anon, that’s one thing that should make the next few years with the NFL interesting — if the players union (or just specific players) start suing their teams for putting them back on the field with obvious concussions, then all sports teams will take notice.
@OM: I know it’s the rule for the regular season in D1. I’d imagine it’s probably the same for the postseason as well.
I posted this in another thread but Lynchburg got screwed:
http://www2.newsadvance.com/sports/2010/dec/06/final-four-run-puts-lc-soccer-program-national-rad-ar-697743/?sc_cid=LNA-NEWS-TopStories
Lynchburg also had to play in the semifinal (another overtime affair) the day before the final.
Also, thanks for posting that, Jacob.
@Pupsters: Did you expect anyone else to get the win? That’s one of the few blog polls where the people were right (other than the EPL Talk one, but executive fiat precluded the will of the people)
@Keith: I’d probably vote for Sara Carbohydrates if it weren’t for Sylvie being a Tottenham lass now. And, you know, awesome.