Europe
The Post. The Post. The Goddamn Post.
By: chris |
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Final weekend, AIK lead IFK Göteborg atop the Allsvenskan table by a lone, solitary, unloved point. AIK play, you guessed it, IFK Göteborg in Gothenburg; Charlie Kaufman could hardly have scripted this better. With matters level at one late on (4.10 post-jump), Stefan Selakovic of IFK unleashes the most audacious left footed curler from the [...]
Category: EuropeIs This Really Rafa’s Fault?
By: Dave Martinez | 21 Comments
This was the face that told the story, as Liverpool was stunned at Craven Cottage yesterday, taking a 3-1 loss with them into their Champions League clash against Lyon this Wednesday. (So much for that Manchester United revival, huh guys?)
The loss thrusts the spotlight back on Rafa Benitez. But is such scrutiny deserved? [...]
Oleksandr Kucher Enters The Diving Hall Of Fame
By: chris | 5 Comments
[101 Great Goals]
When Dr. Paul Morris laid out the ways and means of diving, giving referees the necessary tools to catch the culprit (failure thus far), he forgot two very, very important indicators:
i. The delay between perceived foul and the criminal going to ground.
ii. The “look back”. We’ll call this The Morten Gamst Pedersen (below).
Oleksandr [...]
Category: EuropeFatal Bosnian Riot Ends In 8 Arrests – Of Cops.
By: chris | 3 Comments
Things tend to get a bit dicey in the bowels of Eastern European hooliganism, but even this is a bit much to swallow as true. Over this past weekend there was a bit of extracurriculars before the Sarajevo – Siroki Brijeg match which tragically resulted in the death of Vedran Puljic, a Sarajevo supporter. The [...]
Category: EuropeEnding The Career Of An Opponent On Live Television? Bad Idea.
By: chris | 6 Comments
[101 Great Goals]
Don’t Scandinavian footballers realize they have these crazy new inventions called televisions and from these televisions we can see pretty much damn near anything that happens on the field of play for 90 minutes? Mad, I know, but true.
After yesterday’s subjective goal mouth regulations we get word of a “horror tackle” in [...]
Category: EuropeThere’s No Cheating In Football!
By: chris | 9 Comments
[101 Great Goals]
Oh wait.
This is Kim Christensen. Kim is a goalkeeper for IFK Goteborg. Kim is also in a lot of trouble. Because, you see, Kim has a problem with this whole “regulated goal mouths” thing and he feels his goal should be just a wee bit smaller than the other guy’s. This will [...]
Category: EuropeThe Questionable Editing of a Funny Highlights Reel
By: Rob | 2 Comments
So there are highlights from todays Russian Premier League match between Saturn and Spartak Moscow. Seems like quite a run of the mill match (the highlights are finished within a minute) with Saturn running out 2-1 winners. The clip claims to show All The Goals, which in a very real way, it does. But as [...]
Should They Stay Or Should They Go?
By: Rob | 23 Comments
So after all the hoo-ha about Eduardo’s stumble and fall, this weekend bought up a few more similar incidents (inevitably) that made me question the keeper’s role in all this. I mean, although Eduardo clearly dived, he wouldn’t have had the chance had Boruc stayed up on his feet, made himself big and stopped any [...]
Sheva and Nine Other Reputation Ruining Transfers
By: Rob | 4 Comments
So Shevchenko has finally ended his Chelsea nightmare and rejoined Dynamo Kiev. Once the most feared striker in the world, he never really made an impact at Chelsea, which is a shame because it has tainted his once fearsome reputation, and he seemed to deal with the whole situation with some dignity.
Regardless, there is [...]
Stumble and Fall: What punishment should Eduardo get?
By: Rob | 15 Comments
First off, hello. I’m Rob and I’ll be here to enjoy the weekend with you. You might know me from the Champions League Offside, or The Premier League Offside, either way, a big hello.
By now you will all have seen Eduardo’s little tumble against Celtic in the Champions League midweek. The controversy from that [...]
Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, ban, Celtic, Champions League, cheat, Croatia, dive, Diving, Eduardo, Europe, refereeEastern European Fans Strike Again.
By: chris | No Comments
Inside the stadium, outside the stadium – it matters not to fans of Eastern European football. Where there’s a crime to be done, a protest to be made, they’ll be there. While Red Star Belgrade fans were busy making trouble for the Czech police before their fixture, Dinamo Bucharest fans got busy making trouble for [...]
Eastern European Football Is Back; Or, 150 Arrested.
By: chris | 4 Comments
Football is back, which means fans are back. Eastern European football is also back, which means Eastern European football fans are back. And this means European policeman have much work to do.
One of those clubs whose fans make more noise these days than the football team is Red Star Belgrade. One half of what might [...]
Pick Your 2009/10 Champions: Prem, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Eredivise
By: Daryl | 41 Comments
To be 100% honest, I’m not a big fan of pre-season predictions. There’s no form to base things on, and the result is usually a lot of people arguing over things that haven’t happened yet. So we decided not to go big with predictions, like doing a final table 1-20 or anything like that.
Instead, Chris [...]
Category: Europe2009-10 European Football Season Start Dates
By: chris | 8 Comments
Reminder
Perhaps it was the explosive start off the blocks to the transfer season before settling into a silent slumber, but it seems big time club football is still ages and ages away. But strangely enough, it’s precisely the opposite. Both the Champions and Europa leagues are already in full swing while Switzerland was first off [...]
Alessandro Rosina Feels The Love
By: chris | 3 Comments
Roughly two years ago, Alessandro Rosina was all the rage on the peninsula. His dribbling, running, tenacity, circus midget size and male-pattern baldness endeared him to men, women and children alike. His nickname, Rosinaldo, was both self-explanatory and deserved. Any team would’ve been chuffed to bits to have him. The lone star on a once-great [...]
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