ronaldo a point shaver?

i don't know why else you would catch a ball going for your forehead. If ronaldo didn't go down so GD easily all the time, than he would get a lot more decisions, you think he would have figured that out by now, and he presumably has. Even still, he seems more content to just give up on a play when he feels he's been fouled, and that puts a lot of pressure on the ref to then instantly give the decision. Messi on the otherhand, will get kicked all day long, and let the play run out, and allow the ref to pull the play back to where he was originally fouled, a far more efficient and pleasing on the eye strategy.

but honestly, its tough to like and root for the collective united. especially ferguson, he really is a kid in a candy store. they've got some outstanding players. players i'd love on my squad, evra, park, anderson, tevez. but the amount that they bitch and whine is second to none. maybe those 2000s yankees a la roger clemens. but rio ferdinand is right up there with ferguson on that one.

Anyway, Man U 1- Man city 0. man of the match was SWP for me. what a joy to watch he is, and he gets kicked just as much, if not more than ronaldo week in and week out, and takes it like a man.

Its nice to finally see xavi getting all of the praise he deserves, but "one of the best in the world?" He really hasn't done that dramatically different from the last few years, has he? and as for henry on barcelona, well... yeah, it doesn't really work does it? I wanted to believe that he could fit in at barca, and he can at times, but the match is always going to be an odd one. little intricate passing has never been his forte, but rather that infamous dragback move that he patented along the left appears to be the only useful trick he has left in the bag. It's not that he's really lost a step, because it doesn't appear that he has, it only appears that Henry's game is better suited for england, for a number of reasons.

he's basically forced to play on the left wing, albeit always close to the pentaly area, and he's not really a winger. granted he can deliver that low hard ball right across the face of the goal with the best of them, that just isn't barca's style, and they would probably be better served leaving him on the bench when they have both iniesta and messi, (not to mention hleb) to support Eto'o.

and yes, come on arsenal! a little luck never hurt anyone did it. but we've been on the wrong end of that 2-1 game one too many times, so its a great win. but lets see if we can sustain any kind of form, before we get all carried away.
RVP is man of the match, who else?
stay classy nick/ piston fans

romanian politics (check the video).

this took place last week, i guess they are parlimentary candidates. the first thing the guy says in the video is, "you have the face of a bidet" and then... whoosh, what if biden did that to palin?!

http://www.ziare.ro/stirivideo.php?m=vizualizeaza&id=347

champions

first, this is from a b-sun, i used to be roch, blogger...

In the last two years, Markakis has quietly blossomed into the best right fielder in the American League, and there really isn't much point in debating it. (Vlad Guerrero might be more feared, but Markakis is the better overall player, and his best years are in front of him, not behind him.) Did you know he got on base 283 times in 2008? That was the most in the league, more than league MVP Dustin Pedroia and Indians All-Star Grady Sizemore. He was third in the league in runs created with 123 (a somewhat confusing statistic you can read about here), trailing only Sizemore and Josh Hamilton, and third in on-base percentage. Batting average, home runs and RBIs have become an antiquated way of measuring a player's value. The best compliments you can make about Markakis is that he's pretty darn good at not making outs, and he plays exceptional defense. There isn't much else you can ask from a baseball player...

and markakis had a horrible august/september, but hey, that kind of comes w/ the territory. so lets just fucking resign him already.

chelsea at bordeaux w/ it all on the line tonight. i'm putting my streak on the blues to get the job done. but i was snapped again last night by zenit. thought those ruskies would muster up a win, but when you are taking your best player off w/ 30 mins to go, (arshavin), it must be time for some caviar.

as will cottrell and i correctly observed, niklas bentdner is always going to be more effective as a sub, for whatever reason, and he gave arsenal a bit of breathing room, and more reason to focus on the upcoming clash w/ chelsea. which hasn't been the cleanest game in the past couple of seasons, so this weekend could be interesting. especially depending on what chelsea do tonight. new poll q coming.

adorable local news

that's your news?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/23/massachusetts.piano/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

looks like a couple of umass-harwich "students" probably rough rider alum, finally thought of that timeless haloween prank they'd been craving all those years. only it came about 6 years and 3 weeks too late.

what the hell are these streakers doing? just some on suck it up and win it already.

banana, trick of the day

so whawt did you guys think of that last poll question? pretty weak huh? its about time for a new one in FBB also, to be frank*.

We had our first snow of the year, on friday. woopdie doo. i can't help but miss new orleans now. this was my fav time of year there anyway. with those chilly nights where it might drop down to a frosty 40 degrees, living in some poorly constructed house that its cold as shit it even though the heat is turned all the way up. yeah, thats what i miss.

tough times for arsenal. just not good enough. no longer are we dominating games and not getting results, but we're actually on the wrong end of the drummings for a change. i guess it really doesn't matter all that much in the end, but its been pretty painful to watch at times. no worse than this past saturday's second half. oh well, there's always europe.

and what an idiot that jfulk guy is. please pick the panthers. that was a proverbial choke in every sense of the word. i wonder how thorough espn is checking and making sure that everyone is only using one email address and not their little brother's or sister's, which I for sure would have done if i was still at home, or had any brother's and sisters. i mean if your gonna just give away 1,000,000 like that, its worth a shot.

my streak sits at 8, and i'm not touching MNF w/ a ten foot pole. lets just hope that people keep being idiots and thwarting themselves.

the orioles gave up 869 runs last year, thats a lot of runs

thanks a lot england

walcott going down with an injury, just what i need. i watched the second half of england germany. england were the better team, i'll just leave it at that. but with all the debate over the midfield, i think michael carrick may be their answer, (or at least part of the answer). He's really cemented himself in the United midfield this year with Scholes being out long term. He's finally putting in the performances we saw from him at spurs. His passing is immaculate, on either foot, and he's not short on confidence even when it comes to finishing these days, (if you saw the goal at stoke).

So then, with that said, what is your England Midfield, or starting 11 for that matter.

Mine is a 4-5-1 of sorts, w/ Terry, Ferdinand, at the center, A.Cole at left back, M. Richards or Glen Johnson at right back). And sorry Frank, but as much as I love you I think you're the guy who's gotta miss out. so it goes, Downing on the left, Barry and Carrick in the middle, Wright-Phillips on the right, and Gerrard going wherever he needs to in support of Rooney, or even Agbonlahor, who is really, really pacey. And put David Seamen back in goal.

that's twice now...

..that arsenal have gotten their ass kicked in this young premiership season. i can't remember being so dominated in a match in the past 2 years in the prem, let alone in the same month. first from stoke, and now by villa, and at home no less? i'm not gonna write about how its time to question wenger, and how arsenal are the weakest of the "big 4," because maybe it is, and obviously, they are. But what I will say is that this is the least amount of faith I've had in a Henry-less team, who lack leadership, and who's best player, (clearly Fabregas) is incapable of changing the game on his own. Cesc is just about the only guy on the field that I can trust out there, aside from Clichy and Sagna. I just honestly don't like what Wenger is putting out on the field right now, end of story.

And as far as Bendtner, I've always thought that he's better suited to come off the bench, but Wenger almost has to play him now, because he's in their as much to defend on corners and set plays and win headers as he is to be a striker, which is a joke. I obviously prefer Vela, but thats another smurf in an already smurf filled team.

Man U, Chelsea, and even Liverpool look to be cruising, looks like its time weather the domestic storm and to look to Europe.

Rangers playing with emotion already ted? I didn't realize that reg season hockey was such a big deal. Oregon 55 Arizona 45. Houston 70 Tulsa 30. those could pass as basketball scores.