Dave’s Football Blog

There’s a lot of stuff I don’t get the opportunity to blog these days, so in honor of our guy Carlito finally opening up his account at Old Trafford last Sunday… wait, why am I celebrating the fact that Manchester United scored?

Never mind. Here are some goodies from around the web that you might have missed in the last week or so:

• NFL players really don’t move around very much. (Pens Blog)
• Why is Rafa Benitez trying to fix what ain’t broke? (Have You Ever Been to Liverpool?)
• How is Association football better than Rugby football? (Who Ate All the Pies)
• Rugby star thinks union is going soft, encourages son to play league. (Scrumbag)
• Oh, and the AFL is getting soft, too. (Fox Sports Australia)
• The WAC hates the haka. (With Malice)
• “Thierry and Ruud smoke about twenty a day.” (QuirkyNews)
• An explanation for Kerry’s All-Ireland dominance. (Green and Red)
• Sydney is tapping Ireland for talent once again. (Fox Sports Australia)
• Brazil is finally embracing women’s football. (Goal)
• Chaos in Canada? Say it ain’t so! (The Offside)
• Polish soccer fans are mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. (Pitch Invasion)
• It’s the New Nou! (Who Ate All the Pies)
• There’s a 78% chance this site will be abused by NFL bloggers. (Sports Club Stats)
• These footballs are awfully quiet. (24dash)
• These soccer podcasts are not. (The Offside)
• And you have to find the podcasts, because the newspapers just don’t care… (USA Soccer Spot)
• …and the TV pundits don’t know squat. (Fair Challenge)
• Look, Carolina Panthers fans — it’s Reggie Howard! (Charlotte Observer)
• These two guys probably shouldn’t sit together. (850 the Buzz)
• Football is better for you than jogging. So is dancing, which I do because I suck at football. (Science Blog)

Finally, my favorite quote of the week comes from The SSW, Robert Weintraub’s new weekly feature for Deadspin, which attempts to glean what the army of ex-jocks that make up the NFL punditry is thinking every week.

Who is laughing harder, Marty Schottenheimer or Jose Mourinho?

I’m expecting the LaDainian Tomlinson-Didier Drogba pity party to commence any day now.