Posted by Creaven on August 20, 2009 under England, Premier League | 
“Purgatory is kind of like the in-between one. You weren’t really shit, but you weren’t great either. Like Tottenham.”
That’s what Colin Ferrell’s character, a likeable child killer, tells Brendan Gleeson’s character, another likeable killer, as the two hitmen contemplate death in one of the funniest movies of 2008, “In Bruges.” After watching the scene, all football fans think to themselves, “THAT’S SO TRUE! Tottenham is stuck in purgatory!”
Since the Premier League’s inception, Spurs have finished between 8th and 12th place 11 times in 17 seasons and they’ve never finished higher than 5th and lower than 15th. They’re always a candidate to go to heaven — errr, I mean qualify for the Champions League — but they always fall short.
Will this season be different?
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Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League, Giovani Dos Santos, Gomes, Harry Redknapp, Jermain Defoe, Ledley King, Liverpool, Luka Modric, Manchester City, Manchester United, Peter Crouch, Robbie Keane, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Tottenham, Vedran Corluka, Wilson Palacios
Posted by Creaven on August 15, 2009 under England, Premier League |
My favorite soccer league is less than four hours away from kicking off. Before it’s too late, I thought I would give my predictions on how I think the final table will look. In nine months, this will either be evidence of my soccer brilliance or it will give readers evidence that this site should be changed to “StupidSoccer.com.” I’m afraid the latter might be more likely.
To the predictions…
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Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Chelsea, English Premier League, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Stoke, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Ham, Wigan, Wolves
Posted by Creaven on July 15, 2009 under Europe, United States, World |
On June 26, Cristiano Ronaldo completed a $132 million transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid. In strict business terms, Real Madrid bought an asset from another business in hopes of improving its own product. No government, federation or league was going to stand in the way of what Real Madrid thought was a smart business decision.
One day earlier, in New York City, the capital of capitalism, an annual experiment in socialism took place — the National Basketball Association draft. Though the Los Angeles Clippers are arguably the worst franchise in the history of American sports, they were awarded the first selection after another miserable season. A bad team was being rewarded in the hope it would become a better team; Ayn Rand would have barfed in disgust.
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Tags: Aaron Ramsey, Barack Obama, Blake Griffin, Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, FIFA, John McCain, La Liga, Major League Baseball, Manchester City, National Basketball Association, National Football League, Seire A, Tottenham