So when does it mean when people halfway across the world see photos like this and immediately think of me?
What does it mean? I’ll tell you what it means.
It means: DAMN, I love this gig.
(Wait. Did I just say that?)
(Thanks, Massaer!)

If Bolton manager Gary Megson and Chelsea manager Avram Grant hadn’t come to terms that allowed Nicolas Anelka to go to Chelsea, I think I would have cried. I’m serious.
There for awhile things looked dicey. Chelsea offered a rumored £12 million. Bolton was demanding £15 million. Bolton needed him [...]

So let’s say you’re a high-quality player. You’re trying to make a good impression on a coach who hasn’t recognized your abilities. What do you do?
If you’re Philippe Mexès, you say that the team you’re trying to play for is going to lose to your arch-rivals.
“The 25-year-old thinks that world champions Italy [...]

I realized that I asked everybody else for your starting XI but never wrote out my own. So here they are. Some are purely rational, others just because I like them. My first choice is listed first, second choice in parentheses. Like I said before, I went with 4-4-2 because I [...]

I am checking Google News about five times a day for news about a Nicolas Anelka trade. Five times a day. I’m not exaggerating. I wrote up my thoughts in an article for the main page at The Offside here.
I have no idea why I want this so badly for [...]

I guess it’s that time of year, isn’t it? The time to look back at where we’ve been. Or, for our purposes, where the team (and consequently the blog) have been. So here are a few of my favorite moments and blog posts from 2007.
Favorite moments:
In theory I should probably list the [...]

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it.
To everyone else, take the day off, on us.
My favorite former bad boy, Nicolas Anelka, scored a double this weekend, and they’re pretty. In related news, Avram Grant at Chelsea is saying that nobody else will do to get them through the African Cup of [...]

As promised, a few transfer rumors to brighten your days.
There is not a whole lot of news this winter transfer season because so many players moved during the summer and it’s a bit too early for them to be getting antsy. Or at least to be getting out of their new contracts. So [...]

Just when you think he’s going to go riding quietly off into the sunset, here he comes again.
Vikash Dhorasoo is in the news this week because there’s a chance he’ll be signing with Ligue 2 team Grenoble in the winter transfer window. Or not.
Grenoble is now hemming and hawing, after earlier saying it was [...]

Oh! Look! It’s UEFA Team of the Year time! The time when we can all play fantasy manager and pick our ultimate European team!
The options this year are decidedly low on French players compared to last year. I guess this is what happens in years when you don’t make [...]