Galaxy v. Wizards

I take it back. I was looking at the roster today and I had McDonald and Pires confused. My bad. Pires has been good. McDonald less convincing.

Maybe it's 'cause my seats are behind the goal that I never see Pires do much. But I do notice the other midfielders a lot. So it seems to me he isn't as effective.

Franklin I got to see a lot. He does try hard and man can he run fast. But he is out of position a fair amount and he lets balls past. Clearly there is a weakness in our central D and I don't see how Franklin can't be partly responsible. Don't get me wrong. I like the guy and I would start him. I just want him to get better.

I think Landon is on fire. In the games where he makes the difference he creates incredible opportunities. In games where he doesn't, he draws away defenders so Buddle and others can score.

I was there too, and agree with David we were owned in the beginning. But Pires a waste? Franklin? Nah, David musta been drinking too much, or maybe I was. I saw Pires leaving it on the grass and Franklin, while he wasn't perfect was doing his job more often than not. Buddle just getting good? Dude, he was working as usual. Landycakes is still getting too damned much credit. For the hype he's only now measuring up. Ruiz is still not 100% and it showed, but damn was I glad he got back on the pitch. Klein's save off the line made me spill my beer. Course when Cronin came out of the area, I think most of it was beginning to spill anyway, dammit, that stuff's expensive at the HDC.

Nicole, I wouldn't bother with a letter to Grahame Jones. He's very nasty to people who disagree with him -- always "I'm right and you're an idiot for disagreeing with me."

Much more fun to take your disagreements to other public forums, like this one.

LLLLLLLLOL, that would start with PHEW, too old for these late nights at the bottom of a b-day cake!

Few, glad that wasn't too much of a petty late night rant, I 'll sign onto your letter, Nicole. Laurie, I REALLY laughed at bright colored keeper standing out after I saw the clip with the whole Galaxy team staring at him running up :) !

p.s. YES, 4am. My youngest daughter had a birthday party for a friend which included a dozen 16 year old boys to only four 16 year old girls -- needless to say that left the boys extremely under-instructed (anyone who doesn't have teenagers and wants to accuse me of sexism, step up now). Actually, I think the back yard ended up IN the house. I took pity on the crew sleeping over to clean and gave them a hand...and a lecture, I'm not a saint.

I'm with ya, Diane. Grahame Jones makes me so angry with the way he always puts a negative spin on his stories about the Galaxy. I need to write him a letter.

One thing you can say about the Galaxy - they sure know how to entertain! Nothing boring at all about how we play - and no lead is ever safe...for either team! I love our guys.

P.S. Diane? Isn't it 4 a.m. where you are?

(for the sake of even the most absent minded, he’s wearing an odd color)

Thanks for the giggle. :-)

I'm not sure about the Buddle goal -- they never showed it from any angle but behind, but the commentators thought it could very well have been offside. I'm sure we'll see videos popping up soon to verify or not.

Landon's penalty looked a little soft but legit. It was not his fault that the leg was there for him to fall over. Landon may be a lot of things, but I don't consider him a diver.

Another petty annoyance from Grahame Jones tonight, and I don't know why I let his, so petty that who else cares, snipes annoy me...maybe because they get picked up and repeated everywhere? I missed the game (OF COURSE SINCE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HDNET IS) but in looking for press summaries, I kept reading the same sentence repeated about Beckham "hearing the crowd or teammates yelling that the net was empty before looking up and taking the shot." Each time I thought, every footballer on earth knows who's in the net when they receive the ball -- especially if they're staring at the keeper while marking an entire team trying to score on a set-piece (for the sake of even the most absent minded, he's wearing an odd color), and especially a player who's specialty is distribution and specifically knowing who is where when and where they're headed. Then I got to Graham's column to find that he was the original author, and my question is what's up with the bee in his bonnet? Any thoughts?

As to general insinuations that all three goals were either stolen or gifted, did anyone who saw or attended the match have a good view of the foul for Donovan's penalty or whether Buddle was offside? The only highlight I saw was the last goal -- and I say it was great fun for fans and team whether it was heavy lifting or not.

Thanks for the comments during the game, very handy for the otherwise technologically impaired!

Bud is really coming out of his shell and letting the beast out of the jungle.

Also, it'd be silly if a national team didn't take a player that can score from 60-out.

Thank you Klein, can someone say WICKS.....SOON

Just got home from the game. Amazing. In the first five minutes we were the worst team in the league and they owned us like a dominatrix. It then slowly shifted.

Our defense remains horrible. Xavier had some astounding plays and some amazing gaffs. Franklin was disappointing. Vanney played pretty well. Klein, as usual, is not really a defender. But that one save off the goal line wipes out anything bad I ever said about him.

Pires was a waste, as usual. I want Mikey back. Beckham was great, but had a few poor plays. Allen was okay, but missed a brilliant opportunity. McDonald was good tonight.

Donovan was a powerhouse. Buddle was good. He should have scored at least one more, but Hartman had an incredible save and the other hit the crossbar. So close.

Gordon continued to be good, but not great. When they brought him in for McDonald, they pushed Donovan back into the midfield. I don't really like him there and think he is far less useful in that role.

When they brought Ruiz on I was really excited just thinking about what a threat he can be. Also nice to have someone while Donovan is gone. Ruiz played well. He actually ran for a ball, so Gullit must be doing something to motivate these dudes.

Ah, first place and a strong showing against KC. I don't know how this shaky a team manages to play so well, but there it is. Good night.

we win! we win! Beckham go to England with a win and a goal! and...Landon too! oh my god! this friendly gonna be fierce and major! nice! ;D

oh yea, were in 1st place :p

see ya next game Jen

Whoa-ho-ho-ho! Loved that goal from Becks. I'm all giddy now. Sooo nice to win!!

Now off to bed. It's 12:30 my time and my meds are knocking me out. :)

Allen had a crap game tonight for sure!

nice insult to KC, I love it!

maybe goal of the week :p has to be!

Oh. My. Lord. A sixty-yard shot for Beckham!!!!!!!!!

3-1 win, nice

what a goal from beckham

Pescadito on. I think that's a mistake.

Oh. My. Lord. I can't believe KC didn't score on that. Chris Klein is a god.

We beat Hartman for once. :-)

Woohoo!!! Buddle!! 2-1!!!!!!!

I really love Ruud's willingness to experiment not just with the players but with the formation. He can say, mid-game, "This isn't working" and take steps to change it. It makes for interesting games.

Gordo for McDonald? huh wha...?

Woohoo!!! Nine for Landon!!!! 1-1!!!!

Four people on Buddle in the box, and he had no options. That's not right.

Pescadito is warming up. Hmm.

And I don't get the Allen substitution either. Is it to shore up the left side?

KC is getting to every ball a little quicker than us

pulling Franchino out for Allen?

nobody stepped up on Lopez, hate to see us a goal down. Donovan had a great chance early in the game, but Hartman has stopped a couple good chances from LA

They really need the three points tonight, with Beckham and Donovan going to Europe.

Damn, damn, damn. Goal KC.

I hate @#%$ing HDNet. But I love the style of play the Galaxy have adopted this year. Let's just hope they can win some games with it.

i'm going to die
hdnet only is going to kill me

Our defense is actually looking somewhat better.

Nothing yet, but a lot of end-to-end.

ahh its gonna take like 10 more minutes
anything yet?

This has the feel of a high-scoring game. But I think we're the more quality side.

http://sopcast.org/ Download the software and you'll be golden

download sopcast softward :)

Think we'll see Ruiz tonight?

When I click on it it just sends me to a 'this page cannot be displayed' thing
what do i do?

I've got the same, Laurie. :) HD!!

And the best part about it being pirated from HDNet? Excellent picture quality. :-)

Woohoo!!! I'm in!!!!

Okay, it's saying the game is here. Whatever show is on is ending. Let's see.

Myp2p.eu is listing a couple of streams. We'll see if they work in five minutes. http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast....

And sorry about not being around to fill in this week with your strep throat. We had to put my sweet old puppy to sleep, and it's been a rather traumatic week.

These "only on HDNet" games are such an idiotic idea.

I will also be searching for pirate links. I'll post what I find. If I find anything.