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Swans fan here. The criticism is not that Bradley was hired. It was the poor way in which Guidolin was let go. Follow guys like Matt Barroccu to figure out the state of Swans fans. edit: this guy https://twitter.com/lmscreamer

Nasri would change the complexion of the team. He could dance circles around the Atomic Ant. He's mercurial for sure but I think a lot of it is the shitty French treatment of certain types of Frenchmen (to put it delicately).

Usually a promotion/relegation system is created from the bottom up. A select few endowed teams want to break away from a league and the concession is that they have to allow some way for the teams left behind to fight their way to the new league. Since the American situation is backwards with...

bit of a necrobump, but I don't even bother with picking ETFs and use Betterment. It makes fractional shares easier, does tax loss harvesting & will adjust the dollar cost averaging to better track the target allocation. Same goes for Wealthfront, there's little differences IMO (small difference...

From the Guardian, the Canadian national team is complaining about having less benefits than the US national team in MLS even though three top markets are in MLS.

See correction, my fault. I wasn't paying attention to the minutes on the side.

Edit: I was wrong, MLS's timeline says foul on Frank at 90+4'

Is Lampard behind McNamara because McNamara is slower than Harrison? If not, then I wonder why we shouldn't switch Lampard & Pirlo so that Lampard can cover up some of the youngster's mistakes tracking back. Also, Lampard's delivery in the derby to Harrison to set up the sealing Villa goal was...

We may just have to be a team that sags in the middle and hits from the wing with Montero & Barrow. We at least have some sharp spears in the front in Llorente & the incoming Baston.

Lampard tried his butt off to get that back line organized all game. Hats off to him but it's also clear he is extremely frustrated at the lack of marking across the back line. RJ getting torched again and again was painful to watch. Jack's lack of situational awareness is a minor blemish on...

I think it's the new owners initially thinking "oh yeah he's good we can use that cash to build the team back up to a consistent mid-table team." Someone's going to have to remind them that we tried that, sent Gylfi to Tottenham where they didn't know how to use him, got him back and he's going...

Another non-fiction book is "The Righteous Mind" by Jonathan Haidt, which is required reading for anyone who does political discourse. It's a strong book on why it can be so hard to convince others (or even yourself) that they (you) are wrong, especially when the topics are subjective. For...

As a Swansea fan, I think Everton should've paid more, like 15. Ashley is a rock. I know age is worrisome but just the next 3 years of Ashley would improve any defense in the Premiership. I'm also happy the Toffees didn't since Ashley can stay on a Welsh team as the Welsh captain :D

I'll pop in as I remember them, but two that spring to mind are "Birds Without Wings" by Louis de Bernieres and "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. Edit: Birds without Wings is historical fiction around when Turkey turned to religious violence. The point of view is an idyllic town...

“Listen, it’s not always going to be puppy dogs and ice cream football games,” Mastroeni said. “There’s going to be some bombs thrown in these things. ^-- what in the hell does "puppy dogs and ice cream football games" mean?

While at the Tommy McNamara Trollin Bar, one in our party said "$16 for a gin & tonic? That's cheap compared to the $12 for a Heineken!"

One in the hand's worth two in the bush, as they say. I think in the East you can't expect anyone to get more than 1.5ppg the rest of the way. In the West, the top 3 will probably put up a higher average (5 in 3 at least).

Iraola at defensive midfielder with Pirlo and Lampard up top solidified the shape of the back 4. I know who is the MVP but as a byproduct of this match we may have solved our back 4 shape by having Iraola support them in what's almost a back 5.

Agreed, played tall and strong and locked down the center in the 2nd half. He even made easier jobs for Iraola & Brillant by covering their weakside when the ball was on the right.

I agree that NYCFC is focusing in the boroughs (cynically, I consider it part of the strategy to get a stadium in the boroughs). I'm just saying that American youth soccer in general is upper middle class suburban so it does make some sense to look to the suburbs at least for the early round of...