Any REAL football fans here? (Page 3)

Yeah.  I was pretty happy with it at first but now, I'm not so sure.  Still it is early in the season.  I'm hoping he can start to compliment Torres quickly or at least sooner rather than later. 

Frankly, they need that two some to start producing soon.  I have a feeling that it will become a bit more difficult for Torres this year as it is his second year and teams will have a full years worth of tape on him to figure out how to defend against him.  Only time will tell.

Sort of like Auburn - Miss State ? 3-2?

You like a 1-0 Baseball score?

And so can a 0-0 or 1-0 soccer match when at any given moment something can happen.

Well,  I'm off to watch the Fire v Galaxy match tonight.  Hopefully the Fire will play better than they did when they got thumped 4-1 against FC Dallas this past Sunday. 

Shall I say hi to Posh for you guys and see if I can get Wilman Conde to take someone out at the knee caps?  Just kidding. 

WRONG!  Next issue!

Heh.  Landycakes was virtually non-existant on the pitch last night.  I almost forgot he was out there till 1/2 way through the first half. 

And I can see why they have given up 49 goals.  That one that the GK gave up against Blanco was just stupid. I had a great angle on it when it started and as soon as he came out of his box I knew it was going to be a score.  Just horrible defending.  Maybe Arena can help them out of that pickle in the off season, but for now, they will not be going anywhere anytime soon.

And I heard a rumor that Landon wanted to give Europe another go?!?!  I don't know how good of an idea that may be.  Have you heard anything?

Either that or the issue makes the sponsorship null and void and ManUre has to find a new sponsor.

Heh.  Yeah. I've had plenty of predictions rammed down my throat so I try not to make them anymore. 

Agreed.  The refs were decent.  I don't know if they showed it, or even talked about it last night, but when Blanco came off the field (sub) he didn't go to the bench.  Straight to the locker room.  He didn't even recognize the crowd.  I have a feeling he was super ticked.  Not necessarily at being pulled, but at how many times he was hit.  In the ankle.  On the shoulder.  In the head.  In the kidneys.  I know I counted at least 8-10 hits, away from the action and the eyes of the ref, that had they been seen, it would have been a foul at a minimum and a card (possibly red on one of them) at the max.  Did they say anything about it on TV?

I saw an elbow to the head WELL away from play, (Blanco was trying to get around the player to get a better position).  Blanco looked up, saw no refs were watching and kept going.  Had a ref been watching, he would have been on the floor.

Oh yeah.  Totally.

I also happen to watch him, and Rolff and McBride.  And in actuality, Blanco gets the crap beat out of him every game. 

I agree that 1/2 of his falls are dives, but he is trying to get some make up calls for when he gets absolutely mugged.

Oh, and I was talking to the wife last night, and even though he has another year on his contract (I think) I really wouldn't be surprised if he up and retires at the end of this season. 

Yeah, Brian would probably be El Capitan.  Then again, for the past few years it had been Chris Armas.  And at the beginning of this year it was CJ Brown.  Both defenders and darn good ones.

There is a fairly common rule of thumb that the capitan is on the defense as he can SEE what is going on and DIRECT from there.  Now, whether that still holds true today can always be argued.