Cracker Island Celebration! Lesser Footy Week teh Second

Man, I have been enjoying the fuck out of this new Gorillaz jam on SiriusXMU (and not just because of the hilarious title):

Back to bidness, NBC’s “hostage taking FOAR Peacock” thankfully only lasted one week.  We get a normal teevee slate, led off by Very Disappointing Everton away to assdick Slippy G’s cunt-alicious Villa (7:30, USA).  Both teams could really use a point, and I think that’s what they’ll both gets.  Wishful thinking on my part, surely.  But signing Onana has given me hope for the first time since 2008.  Yes we can! (raising fist).  UPDATE – Onana is only on the subs bench, so I now expect a nil-1 defeat.  Like if the Dems made Obama they 2008 VP candidate, fuckin’ cracker-ass crackers!

Five in the 10:00 window, and maybe the hostage ain’t all the way freed yet – USA is televising the snuff film of City of Men home to yeah right’s Cherries.  Yes, both are on three points.  No, this will be nothing like an equal, or even competitive matchup.

Two decent streaming choices – Fulham away to Wolves and The King’s Afrikan Water Pistols hosting Un-Foxy Footy (10:00, Peacock).  Mighty Whitey looked worthy of their moniker Week One, ending the media slurping of the Redshite (for now, at least).  But Wolves have their backs to the wall, and will be a tough out, I suspect.  I think Leicester are in a lot of trouble, maybe even more so than I predicted in the pre-season thread (14th this season, possibly relegated next – that is the short version of what I predicted).  We will see if the Gooners can keep their momentum going – they looked very much the Top Four contender against Palace – but they sure as fuck have fooled us before.

Praise Beesus (hey there, Dok!) welcome Men Untied for a proper Spotlight Dance (12:30, NBC).  Most sane supporters understand that Erik ten Hag needs time for a complete gut-and-rebuild job, but zero out of six to start (against the likes of Brighton and Brentford) and folks will get jumpy.  Maybe another Draw in order here?

Sunday Funday is a USA doubleheader, with the Robins Hood hosting Fronk’s Hammers (9:00), followed by the tasty treat of the Yid Army invading Chelski (11:30) – which, as Litre is too shy to remind us – is actually in Fulham.  West Ham are the desperate/wounded animal of these four, after City of Men ran a training ground exercise in the hammers’ home opener.  These are the kind of away fixtures they need to win in order to be more than a “once in a blue moon” European contender.  The first real London Derby of the season will be intense, though I am supposed to start the journey to Ontario around noon – so likely will have to listen on the radio.

Speaking of that, we will stop in Columbus for the night (hotel room with HippoSpawn’s cat, that should be interesting) before crossing the border tea time on Monday.  She starts grad school for vocal perfomance at Western Ontario this fall, and I am properly proud of her accomplishments and bravery to live in another country.  Sadly, I won’t have time for a Maple Imaginary Pals meetup this time, as I need to get back ASAP.  But I will surely drive up again within the next nine months, and schedule sommet then.

Does London, ON have a Harry’s Bar?  Inquiring minds want to noe!

Enjoy the fixtures, Scotchy will be along to preview tonight’s PROPER FITBAW! – so you only get one round of my garbage today.