Toure is reminding me more and more of Berbatov these days, floating around looking disinterested and then every so often taking a scalpel to the opposition. But yeah, that was a remarkable goal.

Exasperation. Although your use of “exacerbation” did amuse me.

Yes, mank you.

God is Love (Get it in Writing) by Jeremy Clarke. Not in print, hard to find. Definitely defies genre, and is a clever book.

I was 14 when the first movie came out, grade 9. What we knew about it we knew from a couple of trailers and, if memory serves, from a few advance articles in Starlog magazine. It played at the Meadowlark Cinema in Edmonton - now long gone - a place with a wonderful screen that could handle Panavision movies. When…

And, as long as you continue to restrict your viewing to old episodes of Caillou, you’ll continue to not hear one Republican say this. The rest of us will have to just live with hearing them every goddamn time the news is on, and often when it isn’t.

I’ve seen people blaming Van Gaal for this, but yeah, none of his managers showed much faith in him.

No, there were playoffs, and then another season. We live where is likely North of you, and there is a large indoor facility, full-size turf field and a couple of smaller fields, one with turf, one hard court. Kids that level play a half-field game, 8v8 or 9v9, and the indoor season goes form October to March. So,…

When my older kid was the same age and I was his coach he was a wandering keeper, drove parents on the other side of the field batshit crazy. Last game of the season, down 2-1 with 2 minutes to go and we need a draw to get into the playoffs. He comes very deep to receive a throw-in only 5 yards from the goal line,…

I won’t be putting any money on United making it any great distance in the Europa League, either. Especially if De Gea picks up sticks come the new year.

A kid I coached did this once. I apologized to the opposing coach when the game was done, then told the boy not to do it again as long as he played for me. Sure enough, he didn’t, but I watched him do it again about a year later for a different team.

Me, I was picturing the end of PRINCESS BRIDE.

But it’s about spending that money to get into the Champions League. No access to that if they pull a QPR.

You’re one point closer to Chelsea. As poor as Villa have been, they’re still only 9 points back.*

The thought makes me cry tears of joy.

I was just being pedantic and in my raving loony monster editorial mode. I believe “had” makes more sense, because the team no longer exists, though.

Chet Morton, in the meantime, is slow as fuck. And kinda dense, too.

Liverpool fan here: Liverpool will do WHAT with their defence now?

Funner fact: “had” is probably a more appropriate word. Unless you wrote this from the back seat of a Delorean. Or inside a TARDIS.

I also don’t see another northern sport. Is no minor community cable channel carrying the Grey Cup today?