How Are We Doing? Saturday Morning Footy Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - April 20, 2024April 17, 2024

Teh Hippo asked me to fill in this weekend as he is driving to the Great White North. Considering he's from North Carolina, that could just as well be Virginia. Anyhow, I've got some things on my mind after this week's Champions League Quarterfinals Second Legs: Real - Man City should

Summer of Soccer 2024

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ballsofsteelandfury - April 18, 2024April 17, 2024

This summer is going to be a very special summer. We have not just one, not just two, not just three, but FOUR major tournaments happening! In this post, I will break everything down for you and invite you to write team previews. *** The Schedule The above graphic looks best if you

Schadenfreude Footy Nirvana Open Thread

King Hippo - April 13, 2024April 12, 2024

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I just have no idea how anything could be more magical than waking up from Thursday's nap to Redshite nil - Lesser Falacons 3. No, I am not taking the return leg for granted. But HOLY SHIT, is that ever funny. And Everton won't even disappoint me until Monday, so here's

Chasing Glory (Holes?) Saturday Open Thread

King Hippo - April 6, 2024April 5, 2024

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Down the stretch they come, like they say in horsey racing. Or maybe I am thinking of the Houston 500?? Anyway, all three Title contenders have away fixtures this weekend. We start with City of Men traveling to Olde London Towne to meet Crystal Palace (7:30, USA). This one feels the

Saturday Preliminaries Thread

King Hippo - March 30, 2024March 29, 2024

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Everton have been playing dreadful footy since the calendar flipped to 2024, but hey - at least I caught wind of another beautiful woman (Giulia Bould, of BBC Merseyside) who shares my Toffees life sentence. At least we've built ample character these last few years! And thank Mother of Fuck, we

Marching On With Lesser Footy

King Hippo - March 2, 2024March 1, 2024

I keep forgetting to draft these until I am so deep into #FridayBrain that I can't really formulate coherent thoughts. That's ok, footy has been filled with entropy of late anyway. No need to try to make any sense of it. No 7:30 fixture AGAIN. This is starting to get on

February’s Last Saturday – Open Thread

King Hippo - February 24, 2024February 23, 2024

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There is footy, though no early-birder. But a reasonably full day, given that the schedule gets fuckety for the Cursed Caribou Cup tomorrow (hopefully Chelski will be ROCKIN' for a certain dog supporter). Four in the 10:00 window, with USA showing Villa against the Robins Hood. One never knows what to

Pre-Owl Footy Thread

King Hippo - February 11, 2024

I have literally fuckall to say, but feel free to post here. I posted Hot Bayern Girl because she must be sad today. The only excuse for Arsenal's frequent use of their banana kit? If it had "Bluth's Original" as the shirt sponsor.

Half-Arsed Saturday Thread

King Hippo - February 10, 2024February 9, 2024

You know how some weeks, you wonder if it would be even theoretically possible to give less of a shit? That is Hippo today. And last night, when I wrote this slop. Apologies in advance. Early Bird Special is Everton getting its shit pushed in by City of Men (7:30, USA). I

Premiership and Afrika – Togetherness Saturday

King Hippo - February 3, 2024February 2, 2024

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There being no NFL whatsoever, a man is grateful for a full EPL slate, along with the conclusion of the Afrikan Euros' Flacco Eight. Details? Here are a sparse few. Everton is your wake and bake, home to Spurs (7:30, USA). Richarlison returns to Goodison again, he will get a nice

A Bored Murrika Turns Its Eyes to AFRIKA Open Thread!

King Hippo - January 27, 2024January 27, 2024

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Ugh, another dead/sunless Saturday. No NFL, no Prem. Just more stupid FA Cup ties, including the one I hope Everton loses to Martin Prince's Lutes (10:00, ESPN+) - because it's all hands on deck to keep hold of 17th position in the table. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B61XAN2Ujw Fortunately, the wonky coverage of BeIn has us covered,

Void Remains, Week Two

King Hippo - January 20, 2024January 19, 2024

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Count down the hours until Scotchy heralds in our last full NFL weekend. Oy. Another weird Prem weekend, two fixtures per day. Arsenal will likely disembowel Palace for the early risers (7:30, USA), followed by a broadcast network-televised slap fight between Robins Hood and Praise Beesus (12:30, NBC). Only one watchable game