Apart from being the lionheart that every team needs a lesser known fact about Lampard is that he has an IQ of 150 which puts him right up there with other Bill Gates and other such geniuses.Really.

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I started writing this as a reply to the comments in the last match reaction, but I figured this discussion worthy of its own posting, and what better format to use than my infamous Versus feature.
The theory here is that one of these two players will be starting next to Dejan Jakovic when the Canadian returns from hernia surgery. Click to continue reading...

You know that rule which states that if you take off your shirt for a yellow it's an automatic, non-negotiable yellow? Of course you do, and the great lot of you probably aren't professional footballers. Simon Vukcevic either forgot that he was sitting on a yellow or has an IQ of 1, which would also [. Click to continue reading...

Les Girondins stock is incredibly high because Laurent Blanc whose footballing IQ must make him the Albert Einstein of the sport has fashioned a team in which "eleven players think the same thing at the same time."

The French Ligue threw up so many surprises last season. Lyon's uninterrupted reign was finally ended and Guingamp won the Coupe De France.

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Gee...thanks Chad.
Chad Barrett the person might be a cool guy. Chad Barrett the player though? I hate him. Today he was outmuscled and outplayed time and time again by a rookie and his reaction to getting beaten was by fouling the player. He's arguably the league's worst finisher, and I'm starting to think his soccer IQ is worse than my grandmother's. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to the boys and girls at Metrofanatic for pointing this in my direction.

Shep Messing joined the fledgling podcast Four in the Back to share his thoughts on the Red Bulls. And boy, did he ever.

Here are some of his more memorable quotes:

- "This is like trying to turn around the titanic.

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One thing I try to do in my never-ending quest for understanding is read about other sports. Basketball currently holds some interest because they're wrestling with similar issues at the moment. To whit, this quote from a recent chat at Baseball Prospectus. Yeah, a basketball chat at Baseball Prospectus.

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Crash and burn: The Columbus Crew's Danny O'Rourke earns a second yellow Sunday for tripping the Galaxy's Landon Donovan shortly before the end of the 1-1 game.

This is getting old.

The Galaxy have now scored more than 60 percent of their goals this season - seven - in the final 15 minutes of a game and are 0-1-6 when conceding the first goal.

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Really Stupid Commentary, Part I
So because I'm apparently completely inept with a computer - I keep telling everyone, but they don't believe me - I spent the day unable to log on to BigSoccer.
So instead, in between dealing with the contractor who showed up at the house 1) with an incredibly hot mid-20's female "helper" in the tightest pants I've ever seen in my life and 2) stinking of booze, I looked at some other soccer websites. Click to continue reading...

Move over Ben Franklin. Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci, too.  There's a new man joining the brethren of genius.

According to the Daily Star, Frank Lampard has recorded one of the highest IQ scores ever. Dr. Bryan English conducted intelligence tests on the entire Chelsea squad, only to find out Super Frank was, in fact, smarter than he was.

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