Yeah, well, my Masters thesis is finished, just in time for another WCQ cycle, so I now have
time to do some blogging (as if anyone is still listening to my mindless blather after 2 years of
silence).
Well, so we got 3 points tonight against St. Lucia so I guess I should feel happy about
that.
With a couple of upcoming Friendlies (Macedonia on Nov 14 & Poland on Nov 18), and with a break
in my Masters happening right now (oh, how convenient), I finally have chance to to write a proper
blog post that isn't a summary of my Twitter stories.
Yeah a lot has happened lately. First Begovic, then Jacob Lensky (and thank you, Stephen Hart,
for publicly expressing your disappointment).
Once again, we have been royal screwed by CONCACAF officiating. FFwd 2 minutes in and see how
Honduras won the game.
Not even a questionable call.
Unfrigginbelievable.
I don't have much more to say at this point other than expect my posts to trickle and be
sporadic for awhile. This week I began a 2 year Masters program and with a fulltime job, a 5 year
old and 2 year old...well. Needless to say something has got to give and it's looking like the
Footie Fool is it right now.
A roundup of some stories today of interest to Canadian soccer fans.
- Some Canadian Guys Writing About Soccer have uncovered speculation that Simeone Jackson will be
leaving Gillingham for the Championship and signing with Leicester City for a tidy sum of
cash.
- Duane at the 24th Minute is reporting that Tomasz Radzinski is doing his best Energizer bunny
impersonation and staying at FC Lierse in Belgium 2nd Division for at least 2 more years.
Good news for us basic cable types. We won't have to resort to watching the Canada Honduras
quarterfinal Gold Cup game on our 10 inch netbooks. Sportsnet says they will be carrying the game
live on all Sportsnet channels for us to enjoy in all its full screen glory.
Rogers Sportsnet will broadcast Canada's quarter-final match this Saturday, July 18 from the
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
A Sportnset story today about the injury situation among MNT players ahead of Saturday's
quarter-final Gold Cup draw against Honduras has me feeling a bit on edge.
"Yes we do (have a lot of injuries)," (Stephen) Hart told Sportsnet.ca on Tuesday. "I am going
to have to wait on the medical staff.
Portsmouth keeper Asmir Begovic was on Full-Time on The Team 1040 last night to state pretty
unequivocally that, while he was approached by Bosnia, Canada is where his future lies.
"I'm happy to stay with Canada, that's where I see my future... I've been approached by Bosnia.
There were talks.
