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Dirk Kuyt, by Francisco Goya?
Published 3/12/2009 by nate (noreply@blogger.com) at oh you beauty
Quick pop in. I can't believe I haven't linked Run of Play before (I blame my laziness, but it could also be ignorance), but I adore this post about Kuyt. Long story short, Kuyt = Goya paintings. I can't do it justice by summing it up. It's poetry. His face would make Dora Maar squirm in her chair. He lumbers around the pitch like Igor, eager to please but shunned by fleet-footed teammates. Yet he scores goals. Benítez defends him using the 21st century discourse of efficiency. I extol him for playing as if in a Goya painting. Kuyt is ...
Arshavin makes my head hurt
Published 3/9/2009 by Brooks at Dirty Tackle
... Then, when prompted with what one can do with a Blackberry, suddenly Nicklas Bendtner is the only person on the planet who either has a Blackberry or emailing capabilities. And since when can you only use email to ask someone how they’re doing? I just — AHHHHH! I think my brain is eating itself!
Oh, and: I’m pretty sure that was a total burn on Nicklas Bendtner. Haha, who doesn’t hate that guy?
[Source: Sam Levenback via Run of Play]
FD Guest Lecture: Roots Like Brutal Beards
Published 3/8/2009 by Bethlehem Shoals (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
[image] Today's Guest Lecturer is Brian Phillips, the mind behind The Run of Play . Soccer enthusiasts no doubt already hail Brian and his work; if you don't know the first thing about the sport, be advised that RoP is the closest FD gets to a sister site. Or blood brothers across time and space. Earlier: The ...
What's your name again?
Published 3/3/2009 by noreply@blogger.com (The Beautiful Game) at The Beautiful Game
... More ads Your Ad Here [image] Soccer buddies 101 Great Goals BBC Football Center Holds It Daily Mail The DCenters du Nord EPL Talk FourFourTwo Futbolita Goal.com Goal! NY Times Goal Seattle Goff: The Soccer Insider Guardian Kickette The Kin of Fish MLS Rumors Off the Post The Offside The Offside Rules The Original Winger The Run of Play Sanford's Soccer Net Soccer Blogs Soccer By Ives Soccer ...
Top 10 Soccer Bloggers
Published 2/24/2009 by The Gaffer at EPL Talk
... Brian Phillips. Run Of Play is like one of those independent Brit bands that few people have heard of but has a strong underground following and knows how to bang out a tune. Brian Philiips is definitely an up-and-comer and one to watch out for with his delightfully designed website, intelligent topics and hidden gems strewn throughout its pages. ...
Five Best Mainstream Football Bloggers Of 2008
Published 12/19/2008 by Richard Whittall at Soccerlens.com
... a good writer is still hard to find.
Other sites are catching up though, providing more blogs and improved reader interaction. Just how long the mainstream football media can lord it over the rest of us remains to be seen, but for now mainstream bloggers are still among the best on the Internet, an encouraging sign for professional hacks everywhere. Here are five mainstream bloggers who stood out in 2008.
I’d like to thank Soccerlens award-winners Run of Play’s Brian Philips and Sport is a TV Show’s Fredorrarci for their help ...
Sharp as the Razor in Jamie Carragher's Hand!
Published 11/2/2008 by Zach Dundas (noreply@blogger.com) at Eleven Devils : A Football Blog
skip to main | skip to sidebar Eleven Devils : A Football Blog Sunday, November 02, 2008 Sharp as the Razor in Jamie Carragher's Hand! Zounds. Run of Play has a hot new look. Posted by Zach Dundas at 10:48 AM [image] 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Blog Archive ▼ 2008 (133) ▼ November (2) Sharp as the Razor in Jamie Carragher's Hand! The Definition of Pain ► October (17) Golden ...
Extra Time: European Football’s Battle With The Time Zone
Published 8/19/2008 by Richard Whittall at Pitch Invasion
... AM. Games are watched over coffee, eggs, toast, and bacon. Traditionalists will wait an agonizing hour or two at the local pub eyeing the flat screen until beer can be served, but most of the time, matches are enjoyed at home in the quiet of a Saturday morning. For this reason, European soccer in Canada and the US tends to be a more solitary affair. The sobriety of the dawn helps reveal the game’s many idiosyncrasies. It’s hard, for instance, to imagine something like Brian Phillip’s Run of Play getting written in the haze of a laddish, ...
No Other Blog Would Pose This Question…
Published 8/1/2008 by Dave at Dave's Football Blog
... Panthers Carry Six Receivers? Robbie Keane Moves to Liverpool for £19M Carolina Means Business With This Whole Power Running Game Man United Pays £32M to End Tevez Saga Kolo Touré Has Malaria: Where's Bill Gates When You Need Him? Recent Posts No Other Blog Would Pose This Question… They’ve Got Really Big Balls, Ha Ha NFL Scouts Would Like to Chat With Craig Waibel Richard Branson Will Give Us a World Champions League Link: The Run of Play on Ray Hudson Link: US ...
BLOGGER INTERVIEW! :: The Run of Play
Published 6/4/2008 by Zach Dundas (noreply@blogger.com) at du Nord
... I've spent a lot of time trying to work out how much I need to cover the news and how to set the balance between more abstract or conceptual posts and posts that rely on more conventional argument and opinion. I go through phases when I feel like I need to cover every transfer story and phases when it seems okay to spend a week ignoring the rest of the soccer world and writing strange fantasias about the email autoreply system at Arsenal. I've probably felt more free to do the latter as the ...
Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament
Published 2/11/2008 by Daryl at World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
... Was outstanding in Egypt’s semi-final win over Cote d’Ivoire, denying Didier Drogba several times. Was also rock solid in the final. Carlos Kameni is worth a mention, his seemingly endless string of reflex saves in the final drawing this brilliant description from The Run of Play’s Brian: “It’s unreal. He looks like Iker Casillas crossed with Optimus Prime.” Angola’s Lamá also produced plenty of impressive reflex saves, but had a vampire like aversion to crosses. Though Al-Hadary wasn’t as flashy he ...
