Onward With the Premiership! Sabado Open Thread

King Hippo - February 13, 2021February 12, 2021

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The fixtures continue to roll, fast and furious. You get straight-up quadruple-headers today and Sunday, and a double dip on Monday. Very nice for the TV viewer. We start things with a battle for 3rd position, incumbent Foxes taking on the delightfully free-falling Redshite (7:30, NBCSN). Like all good-hearted folk, I

Your Tuesday Internet Talk Open Thread – 20210209

ballsofsteelandfury - February 9, 2021February 1, 2021

Welcome back! Since Game Time Decision has gracefully offered to take up the weekly comment recap posts that I used to do in Eventual Balls Thoughts, I am taking over the Tuesday Open Threads until BeerGuyRob comes back and Temptation Island finishes. In today's installment, I want to give you

Instant Non-Hippo Thoughts – Post Superb Owl Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - February 8, 2021February 7, 2021

Ye Olde Hippo decided to boycott this year's game for one reason or another. Maybe he knew that Brady would win and he didn't want to be subjected to the never-ending dick-slobbering that would ensue. It's funny because I thought that RTD was the one that was trying to cut

Placeholder of Placeholder Threads – now with more half assery!

King Hippo - February 7, 2021February 7, 2021

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To recap yesterday - Everton Are Magic! Two good matches on NBCSN - Wolves/Foxes now, City and the Shite next up. Watch them both, not much else happening in sportsball today. I only found out this week that Ron Perlstein wrote THREE MOAR books in the vein of Nixonland, all representing the rise of

A Most Excellent Lesser Weekend Awaits! (Sabado Open Thread)

King Hippo - February 6, 2021February 5, 2021

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Good day, y'all. YES, as a matter of fact, I do still plan to boycott the Superb Owl. Thank God I am a Lesser enthusiast, as we get a full, bona fide near-quintupleheader today (and a quaddie tomorrow). Good matchups, too. Damn, I originally read the schedule as FIVE full time

A Blissfully Jumbled Prem Table – Sabado Open Thread

King Hippo - January 30, 2021January 29, 2021

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We are closing out January 2021 this weekand, and nothing in the Premiership is certain. Ole Gunnar's Devils looked to have all the momentum...until they lost at home to (still) Ded Fookin' Last Team Knifey midweek. At home, no less. Now, Pep's City are back on top, with a game in

Your Tuesday Internet Talk Open Thread – 20210126

ballsofsteelandfury - January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

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Game Time Decision has gracefully offered to take up the weekly comment recap posts that I used to do in Eventual Balls Thoughts! In exchange, and in light of the fact that Temptation Island is returning in February and will be airing on Tuesday nights, I will be taking

The Greatest of Pretend HonoUrs – Lesser Sabado Open Thread

King Hippo - January 23, 2021January 22, 2021

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In the Pretend Year of Our LAWD 2081, I achieved the crowning achievement of my life (Pretend or otherwise). Ground is breaking on 140,000 seat Bernard Gilkey Park. That's right, second new stadium of my long Pretend Man City tenure, and they's naming it after ME. Hey, at least now I can't

Back To 24/7 Footy Manager – Teh New Normal?? Open Thread

King Hippo - January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

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Despite continued outbreaks, postponements, and cancellations (both Everton and my Shitty Wolves will be unexpectedly off this weekend) - the Premiership marches on. Sort of. But losing the fixtures I care about this weekend, and seeing the FITBAW post-season schedule get all used up...well, thunderfuck reality. It's back to MOAR

Kicking Off the Strangest FA Cup and Wild Card 1 of 6 Bitches! Combo Thread

King Hippo - January 9, 2021January 8, 2021

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Good day, imaginary peoples. It's REALLY here. The day we gets a TRIPLEHEADER of Wild Card, Bitches! action. And it happens again tomorrow! We just needed a world-wide pandemic to make it real. [slaps #NuAIDS on the ass, HARD!] But first, we have a wacky Lesser Morning, with pretty much every match on

I Hate 2021 Already Lesser Footy Thread

King Hippo - January 2, 2021January 1, 2021

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Just. Fuck's sake. Start the new year with a home loss to David Moyes. Fuck everything. Anyway, the show must go on. Bielsa against Mourinho will make for quite the contrast in style/philosophy (7:30, NBCSN). Not setting my alarm, but as an old...I know I will be awake for it. Go

Welcome To First Hangover of 2021! Lesser Footy Thread

King Hippo - January 1, 2021

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Fuck you, wake up already. That vomit ain't safe to have during slumber. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGEmFpitjYw We can has Derby! Fronk's Hammers (sounds DIRTY!) travel to Fortress Goodison to face Hippo's Toffees (12:30, NBCSN). A win would bring Everton to within ONE lousy point of assdicks Liverpool and we must not let Dour (Formerly) Ginger