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The blog is coming to you live from London today. That's right, the heart of it all. The birthplace of footie, the cradle of the Prem and all that. I'm hoping that by tipping my toes in (metaphorical) holy waters, I'll be reborn (again, metaphorically) and this communing with all things footie-related will only take my powers of fantasy soccer prognostication to a new level. Wishful thinking
Sorry about the lack of a Live Chat today but I missed out on the fact that there was no early match today. We're in Tampa with my wife's sister and brother-in-law and it is a perfect beach day (sunny and 80 degrees F without a cloud in the sky) so the Live Chat for the afternoon matches isn't going to happen.
My line-up is Gomes, Verm, Bale, Hutton, BFDB, Modric, Arteta, AJ, FloMal, Drogs, and
Alternate title, "In Praise of Well Chosen One-Gamers". From the BBC's live commentary:Liverpool goal: Old Trafford is stunned into silence as Liverpool take the lead through a Fernando Torres header. Steven Gerrard plays in Dirk Kuyt down the right and the Dutch international delivers a teasing cross that a completely unmarked Torres heads home.Manchester United goal: Wayne Rooney equalises,
As Neal talks about knock-out tournaments Stateside, we have to offer our congratulations to Fulham and Liverpool for advancing to the Europa League Quarter finals. In particular, Fulham's overturning a 1-3 deficit by beating Juventus 4-1 today at the Cottage is a great achievement.
And what a goal-scoring return for Clint Dempsey!
The Twitterverse is, um... atwitter!
Clint Just scored
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It used to be that the Men's NCAA College Basketball Tournament here in the US was my favorite sporting event of the year. And for so many reasons...imagine all the drama of the FA Cup packed into 3 consecutive weekends in March. Throw in the fact that the weather here on the East Coast of the US is generally getting nice just about now and you have a great excuse to take some time off of work
