like most champions league match days, i’ve spent my most of my evening watching the glut of games recorded on my DVR over the course of the work day. i love champions league group play, so much quality football my brain wants to explode. i decided to round out my evening by watching the arsenal-olympiakos […]
Month: September 2009
“el niño” comes of age
It is, often times, hard to argue how great a player actually is. But amongst those who follow the game closely or infrequently, it’s one of the the most common debates in the sport. Who is a great player? Who is the greatest player? These are the questions we ask ourselves all the time, week […]
round up #6
boatloads going on in the world of football lately. the champions league group stages have started up, the leagues are all in full swing, and even mls is reaching the point in the season where it gets fairly entertaining and interesting. here’s a small taste of what i found interesting over the last week or […]
delusions of a liverpool fan
i’ve brought up my buddy milky in other posts, as he is one of the people i converse with the most about the world of soccer. his passionate following of liverpool often makes for lots of fun, as any time there is a provocative anti-liverpool story on the net i’ll send it to him for […]
awful adebayor
honestly, i’ve written more this season about adebayor than i even care to think about. at this point, i would almost rather not talk about him anymore. he probably loves every bit of the reactions and press that he’s getting for all of his antics. so, let’s get one thing straight about emmanuel adebayor: he […]
round up #5
time for another quick glance around the world’s football landscape. reina plays down liverpool’s title chances – soccernet.com i honestly would love to see liverpool finally end their 20 year wait for their 19th english top flight championship, for two reasons: 1) it would put an end to this mundane run of manchester united and […]
man city vs. arsenal: a closer look
so tomorrow the premier league resumes play again after this past week’s exciting round of world cup qualifiers. and the surprising marquee match up for this saturday pits ambitious manchester city against the side many expected them to unseat from the top four this season, arsenal. both sides are off to flying starts this season […]
making (dangerous) examples
well, well, well… it looks like fifa and uefa finally grew a pair. the world governing body has been threatening for years that they would be clamping down on various activities in the game, but never really doled out any tough love for those that infringed upon these prohibited practices. first it was hooliganism, next […]
BREAKING NEWS: rolfe moving to denmark
It’s not that often that I happen across some exclusive, breaking news from the other side of the pond. Just know that to bring you the latest and great here at wrong side of the pond, I’ll do whatever it takes, ruin as many people’s lives, so long as I can make a name for myself as […]
Wrong Side of the Pond 