jamie_trecker

No chance you will be writing on the wonderful Croatia win eh?

I am mad because Boca Juniors were eliminated last night in Brazil but I am pumped up because of the Euro 2008 competition, and I hope that Holland wins playing beautiful futbol. and I also hope that Italy loses in the first round. But how are you? your health? A big hug to you!

PS are you in Chicago? or somewhere in Europe?

Thank you for your good wishes. The tumor was benighn, thank goodness. I'm back home trying to relax and rest.

Well, that wasn't so horrible.

Eddie Johnson shoots like he has a pancake on the end of his leg.

Spain should be ashamed of themselves.

We've got two guys who can play at that level, it appears. And one needs a shitload of experience, and the other wasn't playing

I think I was just expecting a 4-0 or worse blowout, so it seemed okay.

Hey, bro!
Hope yer feelin' better! Any chance we'll ever see you over at the 'Rama?

Why thank you Sir! Best of luck to DU as well.

There is no doubt in my mind that Dundee United will play one of their best games of the season against Celtic. Some say they have nothing to play for, but those people are wrong and don't know the club or their manager.

They are playing for a sense of justice and trying to right some wrongs and I expect them to come out guns blazing making Celtic play at their highest level for some time in order to raise the third league title in a row and cementing surely one of the best comebacks in Scottish history.

St. Mirren held Rangers to a 3-0 win, which means Celtic are +4 going into Thursday's game. To me that means if Celtic win, the title is theirs since I would be SHOCKED if Aberdeen let in five goals when they have a chance of securing more cash in the final league standings and play spoiler to their greatest enemy.

With the recent passing of Tommy Burns, I think the team will be overcome with emotion in this game and hopefully they will lift the trophy in his memory. Do it for Tommy should be the motto, just as Motherwell did it for O'Donnell by sealing UEFA Cup qualification and honoring his memory.

You know Celtic has stumbled and effectively given Rangers two league titles since the SPL's inception. Now should be the time Celtic clinches it on the last day.

What a finish to the season though.

By the way, it seems the Celtic/Motherwell charity game could be a sell out. Another great story for Scottish football.

I do hope Dundee United plays Mack the Knife over the tannoy in Burns' honor like some of the other clubs did over the weekend. It should be a good match and I pray a fair one for ours and for the Rangers game as well.

I would love to say I'm shocked and surprised by what took place today but I'm not.

Regardless to whether people believe or do not believe in the new terminology of "Celtic paranoia" (which of course is said to dismiss and downplay actual grievances of which there are a plethora of cases to point out in which actual bias is proven), there is also another side to this whole thing assuming there is no bias.

That side being that the officials in the SPL are piss poor.

You know personally because you write about and follow games in CONCACAF region and know that they also have notoriously bad officials, but I have yet to see things as bad as what seems to go on in the SPL on a semi-regular basis without referees suffering any consequences.

Rangers fans always blame "paranoia", or say "it will always even out" or "that's just the way it goes" but that's not going to help Dundee United win a UEFA Cup spot now is it?

So saying there wasn't any actual underhandedness (many of course believe there was) McCurry should clearly be reviewed and taken off SPL matches. There is a difference between one fuck up, and missing a penalty, a head butt, a punch to the face, an clearly onside goal all in one game.

Not to mention its ONE game out of many this year where he has been appalling.

But of course, I expect the SPL to do nothing and maybe the Laptop Loyal will try to downplay how absolutely horrific and unexplainable that entire game was in the media in the next week to come.

I have never seen a manager react like Levein did tonight, and it will be interesting to see what the fallout will be.

I can only hope they blow the Cup final and the League for some sense of justice.

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Honestly, I wonder if its a genetic characteristic or ability to learn sometimes because my Grandfather has that same trait where he will read 5 or 6 at a time like I do. Really, I have so many interests I like to go after them all at the same time I guess. I can always keep track of them all, so there isn't really a downside to the way I read now.

Out of curiosity, do you know the specifics between the USA games and the reason why they've been taken off ESPN for the most part and played on Fox?

Did US soccer make a TV deal with FSC or something? Because, I've not found much information on why this happened. The result is of course that it restricts the number viewers of the USA team making the switch to a non-standard channel.

As we know from Hockey's struggle...ESPN is the key to acceptance, and only the Mexico games seem to make it on there recently. Although i see they may broadcast the Ingerlund game on classic.

I may still go to the Euros, I'm currently finishing my uni degree and will be done over the summer and I wanted one last long trip abroad before jumping into real life. The problem is that when it comes down to it, I'd rather see Celtic than the Euros, and I'll be able to see Croatian League games and some other UK matches when I'm abroad in August after the tournament.

2010 sounds like it will be interesting. At this point I may be going with one of my buddies who grew up playing ODP with Dempsey and EJ, because I'm not sure how many other people I know will go. Is it still an actual possibility they move it or is it mainly talk?

China's having severe problems with the Olympics but that will still be going ahead, I wonder if FIFA are waiting to see how that pans out before gambling on South Africa being ready in 2 years.

Done! Thanks, man!
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Thanks so much for commenting on my blog - I think you're right 100%. I guess when I put them up I didn't necessarily realize that they would: 1) go all up at once and 2) be all so public. I'm used to just putting stuff up on my own page and it was really crazy/overwhelming seeing everything up on the front page. HOWEVER - I'm glad that you gave me the heads up, for real.

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hi, ojaeflow said I should probably introduce myself to you. I'm Lan, one of the new guys on shotgun. Just thought I would say hello and that you are doing an excellent job!

Dood, where ya been??