Sorry this was a little later than usual this week. Extremely busy Sunday left my head spinning and not in the right mind to write. Later is better than nothing, so where do we want to start? The latest Arsenal yo-yo? The return of Ronaldo? The New York Red Bulls playing in the MLS Cup Final? Actually let's take a second to look at our own American top flight competition. Click to continue reading...

"Pose, patience, penetration" -- Martin Tyler on Samir Nasri's second goal in Arsenal's 2-1 victory at the Emirates over Manchester United. Okay, let's get the joke out of the way right away -- that's what she said. Feel better? Me too. Actually, that's a lie. For what seems the umpteenth weekend I'm sitting here Sunday night trying to find some semblance of order in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

No way to sugar coat this one truthers. Due to a couple of weekend committments -- namely a college football game and a playoff softball game -- there was no way to curl up on the couch and dig into the Premier League this weekend. Damn. Sounds like I missed some serious goings-on -- including a Hayley's Comet-like Michael Carrick goal. Click to continue reading...

Let's play a little scenario game. Let's drop 10,000-to-1 odds on two events. Pretend it's early August and you had to pick just one. A -- TV's Jaleel White (Urkel on 'Family Matters' for non mid-90s TGIF fans) would one day make a comeback and win an Academy Award. B -- After nine rounds in the Barclay's Premier League Chelsea and Hull City would have the equal amount of points. Click to continue reading...

Here's a fun little party game -- invent your own AC/DC chorus. It's not hard, just come up with a simple phrase and channel your inner Brian Johnson. (Add the word 'fire' if you please.) For instance, toss out a phrase like -- "Take it all the way" -- and then stretch out to "Taaaaake itttttttttt (pause) alllll the way" and there you have it. Click to continue reading...

"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose." -- Bobby Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone." "If you don't give a damn, we don't give a fuck" -- Youngbloodz, "Damn" About a week ago somebody posted a comment wondering how Fox Soccer Channel selects the matches it airs. Good question, because around 12:30 the prospects of the Arsenal v. Click to continue reading...

Quick apologies and an admission before anything else. Sunday morning I missed the Chelsea/Manchester United game because of a softball game. To add insult to injury, the other team forfeited. Brilliant. It got worse later in the day when working my job there were production errors at my paper and I didn't get home until after 2 a. Click to continue reading...

A lot of time you'll hear the phrase that something was so dull it puts you to sleep. Most of the time it's a figure of speech -- like, for instance -- who actually watches paint dry? Saturday morning the second half of Arsenal's 1-0 loss to Fulham at Craven Cottage indeed put me into slumber land. One minute I'm stretched out on the couch and its around the 55th minute of Arsenal's hapless Click to continue reading...

Sunday morning I thought I knew the routine, as the script had been written so many times over the years. Watching from my couch on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, Newcastle United jumped out to a shock 1-0 lead over Manchester United at Old Trafford, only to snatch an equalizer minutes later. Click to continue reading...