The Archive
All articles ever written to the site. View by category or by date below.
|
All articles ever written to the site. View by category or by date below.
Quick About
Proper Shaped Balls is a site that aims to give a fans perspective on Toronto FC and the sport as a whole from a mainly lighthearted and at times humorous angle, though don’t rule out the odd rant. Articles, stories, blogs and match reports will appear at random with no set frequency though expect match reports to often arrive late. Read More»
-----------------------------------------------
All the goals of 2011
-----------------------------------------------
-
Follow
My TFC Record
W 17 | D 11 | L 4
-----------------------------------------------
I really miss the football
EDITORIAL
With everything gone a little quiet in the western front, with the western front being the TFC training camp, I thought I'd take a minute to go off on a little rant about everything I am beginning to dislike about football at the other side of the pond -- the football I grew up watching, supporting, following and loving. Maybe more than ever the way it is being covered -- scandal, gossip and rumour upon scandal, gossip and rumour -- has left me longing for the return of the MLS and in particular, TFC, to get my football fix and to watch games without the circus and sideshow that has become part and partial of following the Premier League. Maybe for a while the indepth, hyper-analysis, gossip loaded coverage was interesting, amusing and entertaining, but the way it is going and the depths to which it is sinking, has been losing patience altogether.
Unless you seen the Manchester United, Liverpool game on Saturday you would never have known a game took place. There was little to no mention of the result afterwards or any talk of the performance by either team. Not even the referee got a look-in this week. No, unless you seen the game take place you would have assumed that both teams turned up at Old Trafford, lined up for a handshake and then went home again.
Read more»
All editorials»
-----------------------------------------------
The nutmeg
The nutmeg is delivered two, three, and if you're lucky, four times a week at random and is a non-to-serious look at the beautiful game beyond the boundaries of BMO Field and across the pond. Read More»
-----------------------------------------------
Twitter
-----------------------------------------------
Links
-----------------------------------------------
Search
-----------------------------------------------