On the Eve of the new Season...

summers charge is only 5 bucks.. i'd go but my mother in law is here, the baby and the two year old..its tough to say "I'm outta here!!!!!!!!!!"


hmmm


actually think this is a big game for the US.

hutch wrote:
summers charge is only 5 bucks.. i'd go but my mother in law is here, the baby and the two year old..its tough to say "I'm outta here!!!!!!!!!!"

You would if you had a sack…..

Frank wrote:

hutch wrote:
summers charge is only 5 bucks.. i'd go but my mother in law is here, the baby and the two year old..its tough to say "I'm outta here!!!!!!!!!!"

You would if you had a sack…..

oh god you're back.


No, I go out plenty…this wasn't going to work.

And here I was excited for the second match!  This match has been incredible….

Netherlands-Germany


Can't both teams lose?

Got to listen to the TalkSport pregame on the way to work this morning.  England fans crack me up.  They're so nervous and they have every right to be - this is exactly the type of game they can fuck up. 

I still think 2-0 to England, but the call-ins were highly entertaining this morning.

They could have done a whole lot better with this:

Frustrated Bob Ley Tasked With Explaining Concept Of Europe To ESPN Viewers
JUNE 21, 2012 | ISSUE 48?26


BRISTOL, CT?Assigned to provide commentary over SportsCenter's Euro 2012 highlights Tuesday night, ESPN anchor Bob Ley was forced to explain first the existence of Europe to the show's audience, a daunting task that clearly frustrated him. "You know how we say the U.S. is a country? Well, Europe is many countries put together, and people live in them just like people live here," said Ley, rushing through his script as England and Ukraine played on screen, and failing to make it through even a brief overview of the continent's history or why it was relevant, much less who Wayne Rooney is or why it was good that the ball bounced off his head at the end of the field. "Over by where the Red Sox play is some water called the Atlantic Ocean, and on the other side of the water is Europe? Okay, let's just leave it at that. I've probably lost most of you by now." Ley then went on to highlights of the Sweden-France match, simplifying things by just calling the two foreign nations the "Blue Jays" and the "Expos."

good lord did Italy school England..

Particularly enjoyed Pirlo's chip. He was magnificent the entire game.


I got to say every tournament is just the same conclusion: England just plain sucks. Did they have a midfield?

I enjoyed that…

england's offense fell apart everytime they got the ball in the 2nd half. they couldn't complete passes, hardly even dribble the ball. disappointing game.

while england's passing was indeed bad, i enjoyed all the scoring chances in the game.  could have been a high-scoring game.  pirlo's penalty was bad-ass. 

for how long has the riff from Seven Nation Army been the default chant at european games?  seems like fans are singing it at every game, after each goal.  is there anything behind this, other than the fact that it's a catchy riff?

sweetcell wrote:
while england's passing was indeed bad, i enjoyed all the scoring chances in the game.  could have been a high-scoring game.  pirlo's penalty was bad-ass. 

for how long has the riff from Seven Nation Army been the default chant at european games?  seems like fans are singing it at every game, after each goal.  is there anything behind this, other than the fact that it's a catchy riff?

yeah, was that the Italian supporters? It kinda sounded like a mexican mariachi band version which made no sense…

it made me smile hearing it..

If that game was a boxing match. It would been a win by tko for Italy at halftime.

The silver lining is we won't be put through the humiliation of being ripped apart by Germany.

What I can't understand is the country that boasts the most exciting club league in the world produces such crap at the national level. Maybe we should be grateful for all the foreigners in the EPL after all.

United not scoring in pre-season….maybe we do need RVP after all…

you should play hartlepool

After thoroughly enjoying cutting the chord and switching MLB to all online in 2012, I was thinking of doing the same for EPL and Champions league this year.  Too bad it's not every match nor is there an Android app for foxsoccer2go.

This is where MLB went right - build your own ecosystem, where EPL licensed it out, in the states at least. 

I say this because this morning I've foregone my second monitor at work and added a 24inch LED attached to a nettop instead.

Let the season begin.

directv has every game, and i believe there is a vulkano app for android

godsshoeshine wrote:
directv has every game, and i believe there is a vulkano app for android

First, If I could reach through this screen…..

Second, I'm really looking to cut the chord from pay-tv bundles and go internet À la carte, which, but for sports I would have done years ago.

As much as I like RVP and welcome him, I think a center back or holding center mid would have been a better purchase.