The first weekend of 2009 lacks the lustre you might be hoping for. The English Premier League takes the weekend off to get some FA Cup action in. You know they're still celebrating the new year in Italy so no Serie A either. And the Bundesliga takes the whole month off, leaving La Liga to give us our premium soccer fix. They definitely deliver with a couple of matches, and they took the liberty to space em out which is always nice. Valencia vs. Atletico Madrid Saturday, 4pm EST Here is a great...

You may know me as the host of The Hardcore Footy Show on Hardcore Sports Radio, but you most likely know me as the brunt of James Sharman's Portuguese bashings on the occasional podcast. Either way I am very happy to be the newest member of The Footy Show blog team. I'm not sure what hazing rituals these guys have, but hopefully it's nothing worse than watching Honduran division two soccer for an extended period of time. I'll add another opinion to the Champions League conversations...

Happy Tuesday footy folks, Kristian Jack back with you to give you 13 of the many thoughts that popped in my head over the weekend. 1. We know Hull are third and we know they've done incredibly well so far but unless you've watched a bulk of their games you may not know that this team is the hardest working team in the league. Seeing overachievers work incredibly hard and beat talented underachievers is something I enjoy in all aspects of life. 2. When I was a teenager I loved Dwight Yorke...

Wow! Now that is what I call an entertaining weekend of footy! I love the game at the moment, just love it. Before you call me to task, that's not just because Liverpool are tops ok! Here goes. Wazza eying 100 at Goodison (Everton vs Man Utd) Can you believe it's been six years since Wayne Rooney made his debut with Everton? Here we are now, he is one shy of one hundred career goals, and by darn, he's at Goodison! The Toffee faithful have let The Roon hear it over the years since he joined...

Happy Monday footy folks, Kristian Jack back with you to give you 13 of the many thoughts that popped in my head over the weekend. 1. We truly continue to blessed with great games live on The Score Television Network. Sunday's had it all - sendings off, penalties missed and scored, injuries oh and yet another Tottenham loss. Juande Ramos is the luckiest man in football right now. 2. Lets get one thing straight. One of those teams who played in that game on Sunday is going down. I know its only...