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Made it out to practice this morning. Sat with Mike Frank and Sean Mele, who had some great insights, and then Tim O'Malley and Anna Hickey (yes, THE Anna Hickey) from Scout sat next to me. Talked to Tim pretty much the last hour...great guy. Anna is very sweet, very down to earth. No tackling...

Saw this on another Irish site, so I thought it would be great to see what everyone got for Christmas, Irish-related or not. Here's my corny-ass answer: This was my daughter's first Christmas where she could actually understand somewhat what was happening. Like an idiot I got her something she...

Why did I check this thread??? I'm recording the game while watching Sesame Street w my daughter lol. Dude, Joe Hart has been playing like crap for quite a while now. Crazy to see how his game has fallen off. Confidence for a goalkeeper is everything. Negredo and Navas were awesome signings for...

RVP is a beast, no doubt, but he fell off towards the end of the year, as he had a pretty long scoring drought near the end of the year. He also had MUCH better teammates and didn't have to create as many chances as Bale did. A great year, but not better than Bale IMO. As far as La Liga, the...

Curious to know who you think he is better in the EPL. Bale took an otherwise slightly average Tottenham team and took them to the brink of the Champions League. He Baled them out time and time again with often breathtaking, spectacular goals, many times out of absolutely nothing. There was a...

Boyd was actually on the "big boy" roster for the qualifiers, training with the #1 team, and Klinsman made an agreement with the clubs that he wouldn't take players for both the qualifiers AND the Gold Cup, so that leaves Boyd out. Now, you can make an argument that Boyd shouldn't have been on...

So I'm on break for a couple of months, and other than some short mini-vacations, I've been in town. I usually am on campus daily, whether it is to work out or eat lunch with my wife who works on campus, before picking up my daughter from daycare after her nap. Seen some football related things...

What are you talking about??? That time, when Arbelloa grabbed his arm and Neymar went down clutching his shin in agony as if all 11 Spaniards fell on him and started kicking his shin...I thought the poor guy was going to die. And I've watched almost every game of this tournament; that was only...

Even if Spain loses, it means very little in the grand scheme of things as far as their era ending. Everything possible is going in Brazil's favor, for reasons I stated in a post above. And Europeans just don't win major tournaments in South America, and vice-versa (Brazil, for all their...

I get this, I really do. I disagree completely as I think they are a joy to watch, but I get why you would think that, and there are times when I watch them that I get frustrated myself when they don't attack north and south. But seriously, as you probably know, A LOT of it has to do with how...

Penalties!!!! Both teams hit the post in the extra time. Spain finally started to dominate, but ran out of time. Italy looked completely gassed at the end, but they played a helluva game. I HATE this crap!

Extra time. Whoever plays Brazil is going to be DRAINED. The oppressive heat plus the oppressive humidity, plus these 2 teams going at it with all the pressure that comes with it, plus extra time? And then they have to chase the Brazilians around the field, coming off an extra day's rest...

No doubt...huge hole in our line-up without him. 0-0 at the half. Iker playing out of his mind, plus some really suspect finishing by Italy are the only reasons it's scoreless. Spain with a couple of good chances as well, but both off the mark. Also, LOL at the Brazilian fans, who have been...

Get back to work lol...

Spain getting worked right now. My fears about this team are being realized. Really poor in defensive midfield and in the back.

No, it's gonna be a game. Pirlo makes a HUGE difference, and Spain's defense can be had. Should be fun (providing we beat/tie Nigeria tomorrow...not a done deal at all).

USA baby lol. I root HARD for my Yanks, so I was good with it (kind of lol)... Spain-Italy or Spain-Brazil (or both?) is ging to be AWESOME. It's tournaments like these that get me thrugh the dog days of summer...

First off, the USA played some very attractive soccer and actually held the ball longer than Spain in the first half, which is pretty dang insane. But really, Spain created far more chances and it actually could have been a lot worse. But still, I was impressed with the American team's attitude...

Just got word that tomorrow Irishsportsdaily.com will be unveiling a new feature called ISD Intel. It will be like their Recruiting Notebook (always a great read, but comes out on Saturdays so not as many people read it), but I believe it will have some team info as well. Tomorrow's should be...

We can't sleep on Honduras...they have some talent and can play. Their speed could give our back line some major fits...