the poster child

on January 28, 2010February 1, 2010 by D.J. Switzer

the development and current state of the modern game is often the subject of intense criticism from media and fans. they say they fear that there is too much money in football these days (obviously, these fear mongers have never been to the US… we would love for there to be more money in soccer over here). […]

round up #13

on December 29, 2009November 7, 2015 by D.J. Switzer

a busy christmas schedule has my mind spinning, wondering what to write about and what to leave out. i’ve watched a lot of football, and talked about even more… although my family probably would have preferred a different subject matter to dominate my holiday plans. oh well, they should know better by now, right? and, as […]

the decade that was – part 2

on December 21, 2009April 8, 2013 by D.J. Switzer 2 Comments

Now for part two of my review of the last decade — and my apologies about being a few days late — whereI review and weigh in on the biggest stories of the 2000’s in the world of football. Thanks to all who read the first installment where I shared my choices for the Best […]

the decade that was – part 1

on December 20, 2009December 25, 2009 by D.J. Switzer 4 Comments

it’s that time of year where everyone starts reflecting back on the year that was, and 2009 has certainly been a fun one as far as the football world is concerned. but we get the added benefit this year in that it’s the end of a decade, one where we’ve had some incredible stories and […]

the pepe problem

on December 15, 2009January 19, 2012 by D.J. Switzer

In most cases, it would be safe to assume that spending $370 million in a summer will land you a good deal of talent. It would also normally be safe to assume that you could build a pretty solid starting eleven from scratch with that kind of money. As a matter of fact, it wouldn’t […]

clásico conundrums

on November 24, 2009November 29, 2009 by D.J. Switzer

you would think that most of the world’s soccer eyes would be cast upon european competition this week. and with so many intriguing plot lines for champions league match day 5, it would be normal to think that way (my favorite: will liverpool be able to pull off another european miracle and keep their hopes […]

goodbye robben, hello ribery?

on August 28, 2009August 28, 2009 by D.J. Switzer

after spending the type of money this summer that even bill gates would find exuberant, real madrid were bound to offload some high profile names to help “balance” the books. it’s long been expected that los merengues would start the firesale with their small army of expensive dutch players, but who among them would leave […]

this changes EVERYTHING

on August 9, 2009August 13, 2009 by D.J. Switzer

i have to start off this post by saying sorry to my buddy, milky. you see milky is the most die hard liverpool supporter i know. while there is no doubt that milky likes the ladies, i woudn’t take the bet that he would not have unholy relations with gerrard, torres or carragher if the […]

round up #2

on July 20, 2009July 24, 2009 by D.J. Switzer 2 Comments

i’ve been a busy boy the past week, so i haven’t had much time to do any writing. so here’s a quick news round up to make up for it… cristiano ronaldo is right. it’s over for the premier league – telegraph an interesting piece by the telegraph’s mike norrish, who makes a case for […]

round up #1

on July 12, 2009July 12, 2009 by D.J. Switzer

in what i think will become a semi-regular posting, i’d like to present the first edition of the “round up.” we’ll quickly take a look around a few short news stories that i found interesting, but don’t have a whole lot to say about… yet. we’ll sell cesc… for £40m – the sun in an […]

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