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The 19/38’s Premier League XI
We’re officially half way through the EPL season, and god has it been glorious or what! So many narratives in only such a short time. So much Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher. Loads of wacky results that depending on how you feel either illustrates parody or mediocrity. Arsene Wenger has gone from being the butt…
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18/38’s EPL Update: Vincent Tan’s Heel Turn is Complete
18/38’s of the EPL season has come and gone, which is in fact reducible to 9/19’s for anyone keeping score or using an abacus. It’s the festive holiday season. Families are spending time with loved ones, roasting marshmallows along the fire-pit, drinking hot coco as they sing Christmas Carols joyously. Oh sorry, I got real…
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Luis Suarez; The Uruguayan Wonder
When Luis Suarez signed with Liverpool for £22,800,000 in January 2011; following his time at Ajax when he scored 81 goals in 110 matches, he and Andy Carroll were following on the footsteps of Fernando Torres’ shocking transfer to Chelsea. Together Carroll and Suarez cost nearly £60,000,000, and Andy Carroll’s transfer was at the time…
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Man City and the Pursuit of Unadulterated Dominance
Hey, did you guys know that Manchester City is good at playing this game called “Soccer”? OK that last sentence won’t be a candidate for the Subtlety HOF, but the point still stands. Manchester City have been phenomenal at home, producing the kind of football that is worthy of the talent at their disposal. They’ve collected…
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16/38’s EPL Update: You’re Getting Sacked in the Morning!
16/38’s of the EPL season has gone by (reducible to 8/19’s for the mathematicians out there), and boy are the narratives coming in with the type of fervor that’s very English Premier League. We’ve had two managers sacked in Andres Villas Boas and Steve Clarke, two managers who if anything were sacked in part because…
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The 15/38’s EPL Update
We’re 15/38’s through the EPL season, one in which narratives have been flip flopping more than a fish out of water. 4 weeks ago, I did a 11/38’s version, in which my final words “This season so far has been fucking awesome” still apply. Some call parity a sugar coating for the term “mediocrity”, almost the…
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Pep Guardiola’s Infinite Pursuit of Perfection
I am a Pep apologist. I have to be. The manager gave me my favorite football moments. From the 5-0 shellacking of Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid to the Denny Green inspired “puto amo” speech, that guy has been responsible for a lot of my happiness. Is he infallible? No. Do some of his tactics and…
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Balon d’Dooh
For years, everyone thought the Balon d’Or was a joke, a sham. It was an award mired in controversy, a shining object signifying everything wrong with FIFA and it’s president, Sepp Blatter. This year, Sepp probably thought, if you can’t beat them, join them. The deadline for this award was November 15th. National team captains…
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