Your Matchday 37 Lesser Footy Open thread: The Penultimate match

Wakezilla - July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

Hello Sports fans! We've got a lesser footy double header on the menu today. But first, a quick thought about yesterday's Manchester United/ Chelski match. All week, leading up to yesterday's game, many rival fans of United have been pissing and moaning about United getting the VAR decisions and penalty kicks. I've

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXIII

ballsofsteelandfury - July 20, 2020July 18, 2020

It's the start of another week. Hopefully you all had a good weekend. Congratulations to monty this seems strange to me for guessing correctly the hidden theme to Sexy Friday! There will be another hidden theme next Friday. *** The Week in DFO Here are the things I read in

Your Thursday Lesser Footy Open thread: Get back to work!

Wakezilla - July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

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Hello sports fans and work procrastinators! We have a Lesser Footy Double header today. Game 1A: Continental Europe Bowl (1PM EST) A YUGE match for both clubs. Leicester needs to keep pace with Chelski, who won yesterday. The Foxes have 1 win from 6 league outings and lost to Chelski in the FA

Major League Lacrosse Season preview

Game Time Decision - July 15, 2020July 14, 2020

Much like the other major sports trying to force their way through the whole Covid thing, so too are the field lacrosse leagues. To me the big difference is that they are both doing the whole "season" in a tournament style with a very shortened regular season and then single

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 6

ballsofsteelandfury - July 14, 2020July 13, 2020

This week... A South Park character just might be the second-best player on the #1 team in the competition: A Crow gets a new phone: and the St. Kilda Saints St. Kilda Saint: Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Thankfully, there were no off-field issues to report this week, so we can really just

Your Monday Afternoon Matchday 35 Lesser Footy Open Thread: Change is in the Air

Wakezilla - July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Hello sports fans, degenerate gamblers and people who want to procrastinate! Today's 3PM EST game is the lesser footy match of the week. We've got Satan's favoUrite team, the Manchester United Red Devils, taking on Daniel Craig's favoUrite team, the Southhampton Saints. Before I break this game down, I'd like to pull

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXII

ballsofsteelandfury - July 13, 2020July 11, 2020

It seems that North American sports leagues think the only way to get back to playing is by doing mini-tournaments. The MLS's mini-tournament is going hilariously wrong. First, the reigning league MVP, Carlos Vela of LAFC, decline to play. Next, FC Dallas as a team withdrew from the tournament

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 5

ballsofsteelandfury - July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

This week... Schedule? What schedule? The Cats didn't fuck up a momentous occasion and there are no more unbeaten teams left in the competition Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was yet another interesting week. Remember how last week the AFL issued the schedule for Rounds 6 and 7? Well, the COVID-19 situation in

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXI

ballsofsteelandfury - July 6, 2020July 5, 2020

Eventual Balls Thoughts today turns 21! While that's usually a momentous occasion in a young post's life, the truth is that Eventual Balls Thoughts has been drinking for years. This reminds me of Young Balls and how early he got started with the drinking. Balls' parents were very good

Your So Happy It’s Thursday Before July 4th Holiday Open thread

ballsofsteelandfury - July 2, 2020July 2, 2020

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Good evening, all! Your normal evening thread host, Beerguyrob, is off somewhere in British Columbia celebrating the end of the school year. That means you get me today and tomorrow. I did check with the authorities and they told me in very clear terms that I could not

25 Questions About…

ballsofsteelandfury - July 1, 2020June 27, 2020

This magnificent piece of brilliance: Thanks to Senor Weaselo's posts, I am ALL IN on Marble Racing. My chosen team, Balls of Chaos, seem to be the St. Kilda Saints of the marble world. Those of you familiar with the AFL know exactly what I'm talking about. Let me first

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 4

ballsofsteelandfury - June 30, 2020June 29, 2020

This week... We had 10,000 fans in attendance in Queensland We have an early Mark of the Year candidate and there is only one unbeaten team left in the competition Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was an interesting week. Off the field, the positive test that forced the postponement of the Essendon-Melbourne