Comments (0)

Phew, PSV narrowly wins 3-2 against Sparta Rotterdam

We did it! That was probably in the minds of Fred Rutten and the PSV players on a tough exciting away match. It is absolutely official, we have broken our own club undefeated streak record, and with what kind of fashion as well. Sparta Rotterdam players were robbed off a day

Comments (17)

Abandon Ship- This Boat is Sinking

This season is going down. Fast. Full review after the jump. The ironic thing about this game is, more or less what Ferrara said- unlike the Bordeaux disaster, we didn't play all that terribly, yet still lost 2-0. That doesn't change the fact that today was still, an utter disappointment. Losing

Comments (3)

Full Time: Chelsea 3, Arsenal 0

Five points clear of Manchester United. Eleven clear of Arsenal. Miles ahead of Liverpool. To quote original gangsta turned family film guru Ice Cube: "... today was a good day." That's nine points out of possible nine against our traditional top-four rivals -- quite a change from last season where we

Comments (50)

Live Blog: El Clasico

El Clasico time. Join the liveblog and join us as we discuss the game as it happens. Real Madrid vs. Barcelona El Clasico

Comments (1)

Viral Vids: Top 10 Red Bulls Goals Of 2009

Thanks to Climbing the Ladder for the vid.

Comments (0)

A long hard winter ahead

Wolves were deservedly beaten by Birmingham at Molineux on Sunday on a day that we looked all over a relegation team. Blues were the better team. they looked more organised, more solid, more confident and more capable than a Wolves team who are possibly the worst team in the division

Comments (0)

FA Cup Third Round; Royals drawn against Liverpool

"Number 32, Reading, home to..." I held my breath. "...number 21, Liverpool." Brilliant. Remember this Scousers? See you at the Madejski in January. Ta!

Comments (0)

Reading 1-2 Derby

Yet again, for a countless time this season we squandered a lead and ended up losing. There was talk that we could perhaps pick up some good form in the run-up to Christmas after finally breaking the home hoodoo last week against Blackpool, but it wasn't to be. We were on

Comments (4)

View at the Half: Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0

Boy, are we lucky to have a player like Didier Drogba!? I was getting ready to write that Arsenal had roughed him up and were getting under his skin, but then, a moment of magic from Booboy Ashley Cole and a nice shinned finish by Drogba put Chelsea ahead. Ashley

Comments (3)

Barnsley 4-1 Plymouth, and so it should stay.

[caption id="attachment_72" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Why, oh, why did this have to happen?"][/caption]Football doesn’t always go like it should. The headline for this game is definitely the events of the 58th minute, which prevented the game ever reaching the 59th minute. We’ve got to look at whether blame should be apportioned,

Comments (0)

Time to Rebuild

Now the offseason has officially begun. The MLS Cup has gone to Rimando for his amazing work against both us and LA. Without him, RSL would not have won. But that is just me complaining about the fact we did not win in what should have been our year. Since we

Comments (8)

Arsenal-Chelsea Match Thread

Lineups are in: Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Traore, Fabregas, Song Billong, Denilson, Nasri, Eduardo, Arshavin. Subs: Fabianski, Rosicky, Vela, Walcott, Ramsey, Silvestre, Eboue. Chelsea: Starters: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Essien, Lampard, Joe Cole, Anelka, Drogba. Subs: Hilario, Ballack, Malouda, Zhirkov, Paulo Ferreira, Deco, Kalou. In two hours we'll

Comments (4)

Gutted

Wow. Wow. Not for a second did I think it could possibly be that bad. When your team gets two men sent off and gives away two penalties, you'd be forgiven for thinking that your team was the dirtiest of the two teams by quite a distance, however I'm sure examining Cassano's

Comments (0)

The 212th Merseyside Derby: Liverpool v. Everton, 11.29.09

Liverpool: Reina Johnson-Carragher-Agger-Insua Mascherano-Lucas Kuyt-Gerrard-Aurelio Ngog Bench: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Riera, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos, El Zhar, Skrtel Everton: Howard Hibbert-Yobo-Distin-Baines Pienaar-Heitinga-Fellaini-Bilyaletdinov Cahill-Jo Bench: Nash, Saha, Gosling, Yakubu, Neill, Coleman, Baxter

Comments (94)

Catania v Milan

Comments (3)

Xavi speaks out before the Clásico: "Real Madrid has a lot of nerve"

Ha! You thought I'd let you have a quiet, relaxing morning before the Clásico? You were wrong! This morning, Spanish newspaper El País published a long, engaging interview with our very own Xavi Hernández. Sit back and enjoy as Xavi speaks about awards, Busquets, the Spanish NT, how "Real Madrid has

Comments (0)

Bologna-Lazio Preview

I missed the first half of last week’s match against Inter, but it was a lot of what was to be expected: Bologna creating some chances and taking some shots, but ultimately tiring out against the more experienced and talented Milan team. There were some good plays, and I

Comments (1)

I couldn't think of a title, so there.

[caption id="attachment_301" align="alignleft" width="268" caption="Palermo"][/caption] Chievo Vs Palermo Today we host a team that honestly should be doing much better than us, but despite the Obvious difference in level, they only managed to get 2 measly points above us up till now, and let me remind you they aren't getting easy games

Comments (4)

Lazio - Bologna

Lazio will be looking to end their remarkable winless streak with a good result over lowly Bologna tomorrow in a game where both sides need to prevail. With the derby fast approaching, this our last chance to get a shot of adrenalin to the arm and there can be few

Comments (0)

A Poem of Encouragement for the Newly-Waived Evan Brown, Lamar Neagle and Michael Fucito

Happy belated Thanksgiving to all Seattle Offside readers. With luck, you have survived the holiday with your nearest and dearest like I have: without stabbing anybody. Or even better, without even wanting to stab anybody. Or at least without wanting to stab anybody until the visit

Comments (2)

Arsenal-Chelsea Preview

Chelsea Position: 1st, 11-0-2 (33 points, +25 goal differential) Recent Form: LWWWW Away Form: 4-0-2 Last Meeting: Arsenal 1-Chelsea 4 (5/10/09) Well, it's here. The big one. The London derby game that will go a long way to determine the league title this season. A Chelsea win would put us 11 points back, albeit with

Comments (0)

I leave you with this

In preparation for the game of the year tomorrow, let us joyfully sing together the anthem of the greatest football team on planet Earth. Tot el camp és un clam som la gent blaugrana Tant se val d'on venim si del sud o del nord ara estem d'acord, ara estem d'acord, una bandera ens agermana. Blaugrana al vent un

Comments (0)

Valencia-Mallorca

I am a little frustrated as my preview got deleted by mistake but since I had Valencia winning this game 2-1 and the boys from Palma ended up earning a hard fought draw in a game they probably should have lost, lets look at the game and its overall importance

Comments (4)

Cagliari-Juventus

For a game involving a team that is expected to contend for the Scudetto versus one still looking to find its identity, this weekends match in Sardinia quietly has the buildup of a game in which quite a bit is on the line. There is good reason to think this way

Comments (1)

Matchday 15: Saturday Highlights

LOSC Lille 4-0 Valenciennes FC Lille completely dominated Valenciennes to continue their surge up the table lead by a brace from Gervinho. The dribble leading to the second goal was classic for the Ivorian striker, who also had two exceedingly easy chances that went begging. The assistant referee "injury"