Footbaliista Archives for December 2006

Quickie EPL Thoughts

Footbaliista @ 06:02 PM EST
Unfortunately, I had to work today. I did catch the first half of most of the games. All in all, not too bad. Chelsea 2 Fulham 2 Phenomenal result for Fulham…appalling result for Chelsea. When it comes to the backline, Chelsea seems to be truly missing Click to continue reading...

EPL Holiday Mayhem Continues.

Footbaliista @ 05:00 PM EST
Blog entries to come this weekend. Click to continue reading...

Brief Review of Some Boxing Day Games

Footbaliista @ 10:09 PM EST
Unfortunately, I had to work today, but I had an opportunity to catch a couple games. Chelsea 2 Reading 2 ‘Oops!' Deserved point for Reading. Blackburn 1 Liverpool 0 McCarthy punished Liverpool for not taking advantage of several goal-scoring opportunit Click to continue reading...

Random EPL & Liga Hodgepodge

Footbaliista @ 07:11 PM EST
Barcelona 1 Atletico Madrid 1 Bogey effect as per usual. Still, a rather bad game. Boca Juniors agree 13m Gago fee with Real Madrid Ah crap, I was hoping he'd go somewhere else. Since he is an Argentine player, I still wish him all the luck at Real Madri Click to continue reading...

Blog Stats III

Footbaliista @ 11:22 PM EST
Blog Stats = Search terms used to find my blog. Here are a few from the past few days: carlos tevez why is he so crap for west ham OK, I'm rather, well, surprised by this question. Sure, he hasn't scored any goals for them, but he has created many goal-sc Click to continue reading...

Hodgepodge

Footbaliista @ 12:36 PM EST
 Did anyone have the misfortune of watching Espanyol v Real Madrid  (0-1) like I did? That was painful to watch. The last few minutes were entertaining though. According to the Portuguese press, Atletico Madrid are also interested in Miguel Veloso. West Click to continue reading...

1.00PM Entry

Footbaliista @ 01:09 PM EST
The Gago-Real Madrid saga appears to be over. Thank goodness. Real just didn't agree with the amount asked by Boca. Any thoughts on who might fork over such a large sum for the talented midfielder? Or, will Macri and Co be forced to lower their asking pri Click to continue reading...

HAH!

Footbaliista @ 10:35 AM EST
I predicted another South American victory at the FIFA World Club!  I wake up this morning to find this article headline: Internacional sink Barca in final I look forward to the replay! Click to continue reading...

Blog Stats II

Footbaliista @ 09:05 PM EST
Thanks to WordPress, I can view the search engine terms people used to find my blog. Here are a few questions some folks have put into their search boxes: why did Dowie leave charlton Dowie did not leave Charlton, reader. He was fired by the Charlton boar Click to continue reading...

Weekend Semi-Wrap

Footbaliista @ 08:03 PM EST
I had to work today so I didn't watch much (although I did follow the games thanks to BBC live text). Just some quickie thoughts I had on a few of the results: Arsenal 2 Portsmouth 2 What a wasted opportunity for Arsenal and Portsmouth. #3 was up for grab Click to continue reading...

Champions League!

Footbaliista @ 07:10 PM EST
EARLY PREDICTIONS/THOUGHTS  Liverpool v Barcelona I truly can't see Liverpool winning at all. Then again, who knows? This might turn out to be another classic. Lille v Man Utd I know very little about Lille…so I'm not sure about this draw. Roma v Lyo Click to continue reading...

Maybe it’s just me.

Footbaliista @ 10:55 AM EST
But I can't wait for January. Click to continue reading...