I spent a significant amount of time reading through the FA's very detailed report on their decision to ban Luis Suarez for eight games. I would wholeheartedly advise anyone else interesting in this case to do the same, and certainly I would advise anyone to read it before commenting on the case in any forum.

One of the biggest recurring myths about Liverpool FC is that the team struggles without Steven Gerrard in the side. The media has been notorious in the past for perpetuating this myth, but as I will illustrated with cold hard facts, Liverpool actually do very well when Gerrard is not available.

I might have to be writing a bit this season. Things are exciting at the Roar and I am full of material. If anything I've been suffering the writer's block of someone with far too much to say. So fuck it, I'll start with a rave. Anything to get the gripes with FIFA (which I still have) from the top of the page and some news of this brilliant team.

The Seattle Sounders came away with another victory and carrying another injury. The 3-0 victory was a bit more than the numbers suggest, but Sagarin sees Seattle as strong against an average team at home so it wasn't unexpected. Seattle and Real Salt Lake are also the two teams with 7 wins against top 8 teams in MLS.

Better late than never I guess, my review of last season...
Five myths about where it went wrong...
1) 'Arsene's management of the team is completely inept'
You know, I might have some time for people who say this - or similar things - if they'd been saying this in January and February.

"You say what?"

No wonder he frowns all the time. Dimitar Berbatov must be wondering what he's done so wrong in his Manchester United career; while he isn't flawless nor is he immune from criticism there is something that sets Berbatov apart from the rest. He is the darling of the aesthetes and rather unorthodox for a forward, meaning he will not be appreciated by all corners as, say, Javier Hernandez.

SPACE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE Drury University will be hosting an NSCAA GK Level I and Level II course May 14-15. The NSCAA had a very successful course in St. Louis in January and plan on having the Level III either here in Springfield or in St. Louis after the College season. The St.

Great post by Neal, exploding some of the easy myths around Arsenal. And great comments everyone. I think you've hit on some interesting points. Let me add my $0.02: Mia Hamm First of all, if you don't know... now you know. Song He's unique amongst the Arsenal midfield that he's comfortable as a ball-winner.

The national team boys were gathered in Dortmund today (five of them had only to walk down the block) and they didn't waste any time getting up to all kinds of silly shenanigans. Determined to shatter any myths about German staidness whenever they are assembled, the squad hit ever greater heights of ridiculousness today.

Recently I got a chance to read Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim's book, Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports are Played and Games are Won. For those that regularly read this blog you know I enjoy statistics and looking at the break down of them when it comes to the game. Moskowitz and Wertheim take an incredibly deep look into statistics and break down many of the stereotypes of sports that most fans think of.