billyhaisley
Billy Haisley
billyhaisley
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I don't see how laughing at idiots on the field and acknowledging that they're idiots for running out on the field is inconsistent. Read more

Ah, I forgot that that was Arbeloa. Arbeloa and Casillas...aren't the best of friends. Read more

But that's the chicken vs. egg conundrum that makes it so interesting. Did Mourinho drop Casillas because he saw that he wasn't that good or did being dropped and constantly shit on ruin Casillas's confidence, making him not good? Read more

Mostly injuries, but losing your best player every year will eventually wear on you. They'll be fine when everyone comes back, but they aren't going to be challenging for the league title like in years past. Read more

Yeah, I think the French league is considerably worse than the top three of the EPL, La Liga, and the Bundesliga. Real Madrid and Barcelona at least know they have to try every weekend or else the other will take a points lead. PSG don't have anyone even off the pitch to fear every year. (The every year part is Read more

Well thanks. Next time you can bypass certain Arsenal fans and tweet right at me. I'll probably ignore it, too, though. Read more

I've said it before, but it's probably worth saying again: you can't have it both ways, saying the country's lower-tier clubs would be uncompetitively terrible, yet there's a threat Toronto would get kicked down by Edmonton. Read more

It's true that this was definitely spurred on by MLS owners. That raises another interesting point about which owners are most influential. Read more

Which one is it: do NASL teams suck so terribly that there's no point in bringing them up a level or is their presence in the league such a threat that they might send the Red Bulls down? The rest of your argument just denies the impact of basic market principles that seem to work fine in just about every other sector Read more

Not just harder, it most likely makes it impossible. The best—and admittedly faint—hope for promotion and relegation in the U.S. is for U.S. Soccer to authorize it for leagues outside MLS. MLS could still nominally keep it's first division status until teams in the top promotion-relegation league became obviously Read more

I put another version of the video in there, but whether she's better than the Pirates kid is up to you. Read more