This morning may be covered in snow for parts of the US, or may be foggy and lacking of any sunny disposition, but for some reason the day is bright and beautiful. The big Derby was played on Saturday, and Robin van Persie was man of the match. Or as one person said on twitter, “Arsenal needs to start beating top quality EPL teams before they can be considered back.” Oh snap. Or as our Alumni sven tweeted “Impressive result by Arsenal. RvP’s current form is going to make his next 3-month injury that much more a bitter pill to swallow.” Oh how right he is, how right he is. Though MtnWag got a little uncomfortable watching Ateta loving all over Mr. van Persie after goal number #3. Now we know what she watches at night.
But enough about us, the rest of the weekend was pretty perfunctory. The winners won, everyone played as expected, and Grant Holt continues to impress even those from Ipswich. Then again, he was scoring against Blackburn, the Charlie Brown of the EPL.
It’s a slow football day today, and when the MLS playoffs are some of the best soccer matches today, then you can expect many of us to go looking for the Patriots/Steelers matchup. Today get ready for some Serie A to start your morning.
Oh yea, there is a second division London Derby starting at noon. A few of you may enjoy that.
(all times eastern).
10:00am Udinese vs Palermo, FSC
10:00am Fiorentina vs Genoa, ESPN3,
12:00pm QPR vs Tottenham, FSC, EPL
2:00pm NY Red Bulls vs LA Galaxy, ESPN2, MLS Playoffs
5:00pm Philadelphia vs Houston, ESPN2, MLS Playoffs
7:00pm Colorado vs Sporting KC, FSC, MLS Playoffs
This Palermo game has actually been pretty good… Udinese is cutting them open on the counter but only have 1 goal to show for it
Setting up for a good finish in Udine, home side up 1-0 with 10 to go
Wow, way to fail
Amazing play from Asamoah, his team should’ve paid him back with a goal
Some of the Serie A is surprisingly good. in a sneaky way
Udinese are legit, he’s been great but they’re not totally reliant on Di Natale anymore
@Moonshine – It’s all good. Don’t believe the naysayers.
Hate hate hate WHL’s camera angles
QPR are under siege…
Up the Spurs! I haven’t been up this early in a while.
What’s Howard Webb going to fuck up today?
Big Bid Ade has to put that in.
Let’s keep some possession please.
Kaboul+King+=Domination of the penalty area.
BOOM BOOM BOOM LET ME HEAR YOU SAY BALE!!!
BALE!!!!
BALE!!!!
Really? Not a foul?
BAE us one if the more underrated players in the prem.
Not offside apparently. Ledders with the deflected shot. Right to VdV. What’s he gonna do? Not slot it in the corner? 2-0
This is a game that will put me in a good mood for a few days.
Brad Friedel is so bored.
I want you all to know that literally the second that I turned on the Spuds match, one of the dogs threw up.
@NYKid – when I turned o n the game, mine went to the door and wanted out, and took a giant dump.
@NYK
I guess sometime too much of something sweet can make you nauseous.
Gareth Bale is a sweet treat you should not have too much of?
Scott Parker is the Michael Young of the premier league.
Lol Taarabt off at halftime. Boy he showed us why we shouldn’t have sold him.
Let’s Adebayor a goal now.
What a save
Adel Taraabt is one of the most frustrating footballers of all time
*ESPN 30 for 30 commercial guy voice*
What if I told you that a man with one knee will be the best defender in the whole country? God Save the King. Friday night at 8pm
Let’s keep some possession. VdV off in a few minutes. Sandro maybe. Probably Defoe though.
God damn it.
Bale has to do better there.
Make a damn sub Harry
That was absolutely beautiful. I think the goalscoring Bale is coming back.
That goal was one of the sexier ones this weekend… You take it, no you take it, no you take it, ok, SMASH
Scott Parker is a fucking inspiration out there.
@Tno, Not to QPR’s ankles lol
@Wac
He’s a player that your glad is on your side, and not nipping at your ankles.
Sandro, The Destroyer of Men on for Scotty. Immense performance.
Level on points with Newcastle, and Chelsea for 3rd with a game in hand. COYS
bah
MLS Tripleheader!
the Galazy already scored!?!?
What the fuck’s up with LA’s pitch and its two skidmarks?
NY’s, I mean.
I’m guessing it’s from whatever method they used to remove all the snow they got yesterday. No idea.
I wondered why there were piles of snow near the ad boards in LA.
I’d support a LA Blizzard.
Also, I still think Everton were screwed yesterday.
What happened with Everton? I only saw the City match yesterday + the halftime highlights during said City match. The Everton-Man U portion was literally 5 seconds long.
Fuck Rafa Marquez in the pants.
Does Hans Backe remember that he has a bench?
Whoah, this is shaping up to be a nice game in Philly.
so, Rafa and Juninho got RCs at the end of the match. What a fuckpants.
2-0 to KC. Colorado down to 10.
Fun Italian football fact of the day: With Cesena firing their manager today, if you include the 2 managers who were hired and fired before the season even started, there have been 20 managerial changes in Serie A in 2011.
Uh, did we just forget how to defend for 90 minutes?
Big respect to the Houston fans who made the trip to the Park last night, by the way.