Brendan Dunlop - All Comments

re: Olympic de-tox oday on The Hardcore Footy Show

Pierre in Toronto — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:03:55 GMT

Hmmmm,, How about Setanta US/Carribean selling their assets to Fox Sports and closing shop last night at 12:01am?

Fox will start a new channel with all the assets names something like Fox Soccer Plus! Only available in US

Setanta Canada is not affected.

re: Champions League Wednesday Preview

Pierre in Toronto — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:50:02 GMT

I have Bayern to win by 2 or more, 2 or 3 total goals scored in game and a few bets on other game but dont want to jinx it!! hahahaha

re: Champions League Wednesday Preview

ShowMeGunner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:38:49 GMT

Arshavin hasn't been having nearly as good of season as he did towards the end of last year, and the Gunners haven't been relying on him to carry the goal scoring weight yet they're still winning. (minus Chelsea and ManU) With the FA cup, Arsenal have had the weekend off and plenty of time for Wenger to get the side ready.

P.S. The Gallas&Verm pair was exposed when they would track forward. SO Maybe, just maybe, Sol will be more defensive minded and help cover Fabianski.

re: Champions League Quarter-finals Preview

Brendan Dunlop — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:15:45 GMT

may explain why neither of them came through

re: Champions League Quarter-finals Preview

Pierre in Toronto — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:44:37 GMT

Well Dunlop! I think this is the first time we are on the same side for picks!

Good luck

re: Close out the winter transfer season on THFS

Pierre in Toronto — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:43:50 GMT

(From Gareth Wheeler - Toronto Sun) Reports have surfaced Manchester United will land in Toronto on their summer tour. TFC GM Mo Johnston confirms there have been talks, but the situation is complicated this year schedule-wise because of the World Cup

re: Close out the winter transfer season on THFS

Pierre in Toronto — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:55:02 GMT

Also, about this John Terry news storm!

Imagine if he would have signed at Man City last year when he was offered a shit load of money to move to Eastlands and then this story would have came out! Ouch!!

It makes you scratch your head if he really didn't go because of his loyalty to Chelsea??

re: Close out the winter transfer season on THFS

Pierre in Toronto — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:51:15 GMT

I'm betting that Sergio Aguerro will be confirmed as a new arrival in the Barclay's Premier League today.

re: Bundie's back baby on The Hardcore Footy Show

ShowMeGunner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:10:27 GMT

Talking about parity. Ligue 1 newcomers Montpellier are sitting second in the table ahead of Marseille and Lyon. Go figure

re: Tragedy and transfers today on THFS

Ghett0 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:36:21 GMT

BAHAHAHAHA! Patrick Viagra!

re: Tragedy and transfers today on THFS

Ghett0 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:18:17 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong, but FIFA **TRIES** to keep things civil. They don't pit Serbia and Bosnia against each other too often. Ideally, I don't like to see politics and sports influence each other, but in some circumstances, it's unavoidable.

(For those of you who aren't all that up on your International News, Serbs and Bosnians aren't exactly pals. They've been trying to extinguish each other for hundreds of years, and by "Extinguish", I am putting this conflict quite lightly. Generally accepted Genocide would be a bit more appropriate.)

re: African Nations Cup tragedy...should it go on?

Lance in PG — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:34:37 GMT

Does FIFA actually have to approve continental confederation decisions? I honestly don't know, but at least the cover of that book suggest that the continental confederations pretty much handle their own business for their own championships.

The Angolan Federation definitely knew of the risk in Cabinda. It was only a few years ago when the place was ridden with civil war. It's obvious to me that any government on the continent knew and from what I read from various sources, the CAF had rules in place saying that teams had to fly to Luanda.

Even though I agree with the CAF asking Togo why they drove, they have been complete assholes with how they have handled the aftermath. The absolute least they needed to do was delay the tournament for a couple days. Instead, they are almost pretending this never happened.

re: African Nations Cup tragedy...should it go on?

Ghett0 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:04:25 GMT

It's bring rise to a few interesting points of interest. I'm certain FIFA has been criticized in the past for playing favorites to the most prosperous of nations in who they choose to host their International level competitions.

So, they OK one of their events (albeit, not one of their marquee ones) in a country that is not exactly the crown in the AFrican jewel, and it blows up brutally in their faces. I wonder if anyone at FIFA was even paying attention or had the slightest idea of what the social realities were in Angola when they OK'd this deal.

I'm not one to condone pleading ignorance to wash one's hands clean of blood, but they are caught in quite the pickle. Either they were too ignorant to know better, or they DID know that there were rebel insurgents in the area and didn't prepare / warn the teams sufficiently.

Personally, I think ignorance is the real culprit here. I hope the tournament goes on without a hitch just so it doesn't tarnish the name of Angola or Africa any further.

But, with the World Cup around the corner and a compressed club season and Champion's League / Europa cups to deal with, it must be REALLY TEMPTING to walk away right now for many of these players, and I doubt their respective clubs would complain if they did.

re: African Nations Cup tragedy...should it go on?

Lance in PG — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:13:22 GMT

According to ESPN, Togo is going to play. Apparently it was the Togolese Government who told the team to come home, but the players agreed to stay in Angola. They have Thomas Dossevi ripping the CAF for not at least postponing their first match so they can bury their dead and giving them little to no support.

re: African Nations Cup tragedy...should it go on?

Lance in PG — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:22:17 GMT

I didn't get the impression that the CAF was pointing a blame finger at Togo. They asked the question before it was known that three men had died. I can't blame the CAF for asking the question, especially if they are accurate in saying that they have regulations that all teams must fly to the African Cup of Nations. I admit that one of my first thoughts was, "Why the hell is Togo driving in an area they know is full of separatist rebels?" That's not to blame them for being attacked, but I don't think you can form an opinion about the situation without asking the question.

I don't think the tournament should be cancelled unless we see more teams withdraw, and on the condition that the CAF and Angolan Federation move all games scheduled for Cabinda to other locations in safer areas of Angola. If it takes FIFA forcing that to happen, so be it. It may be a logistical nightmare, and require delaying the tournament by a few days, but they deserve to deal with that for scheduling games in Cabinda to begin with.

I will also say well done on pointing out the ignorance about discussing the World Cup in relation to this tragic circumstance. I've read a lot of ignorant fan comments to the tune of "If this happens in Angola, what's going to happen in South Africa?". The question I have for the ignorant, is what civil war ceasefire (that is only 3-4 years old) is South Africa under right now? That's right: NONE! Angola has been fighting the Cabinda separatists for years. I wasn't shocked to read such drivel from ignorant fans, but for a guy in Phil Brown's position to utter such garbage is shameful.