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Surprised I didn't find a thread for this one already. Didn't see much of any of the matches, but was glad to see that Mo helped Egypt qualify for only the fourth time, the first since Russia 2018. And that England qualified (the first UEFA team to do so) without too much trouble. In any case...

BTW, gotta say that I'm OK with the team managing the games of the two kids, Brunicke and Kindel. Harrison was off vs the Ducks, Ben was off last night. Just wish it had been the other way around because I really wanted to see Ben play. Oh well. 🤷‍♂️

Pens promptly got blown out, 6-1, in the return of Mike Sullivan to the PPG. Then on Tuesday, they lost 4-3 to the Ducks in their season opener after a stupid penalty by Parker Wotherspoon (delay of game) with less than two minutes to go in the game. But I got to go to the Crypto.com arena in LA...

First home game is a 4-3 win over the Isles. Geno with 1+2, Sid scored, Harrison Brunicke got his first NHL goal and Justin Brazeau makes it 3 goals in 2 games by scoring the game winner with about 5 1/2 left.

And wouldn't you know, the Pens go out and shut out the Rags, 3-0. Justin Brazeau scored twice, both off Malkin assists, while Blake Lizotte scored the third. The last two were ENs. Arthur Silovs had a shut out, stopping all 24 shots. And the teens, Kindle and Brunicke, looked comfortable and...

Opening night vs the Rags and our old coach, Mike Sullivan. Two teens on the roster (so clearly not a Sullivan-led team) in forward Ben Kindle (this year's first round pick) and defender Harrison Brunicke (second round pick last year). But still a team led by the Big Three (you know who) for the...

Where I get to share my occasional thoughts on this team in transition. And where occasionally others may come and comment (though to be clear, any and all are welcome).

Matchday #2 in the Champions League today

Matchday #6 wins for Brentford (beating Man U is getting to be a good habit for them); Brighton (over Chelsea; how happy was I to see that?!); City (helped by TWO own goals by Maxime Estève for Burnley); Sunderland (!), who just keep plugging away and getting results; Villa (quadrupling their...

Just be patient. It's West Ham, after all. They've been pretty hard on managers since Moyes' second spell. No reason to suspect, with this squad, that will change.

Matchday #6 fixtures are as follows

Last weekend there were a fair number of draws (including the big match, Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City), while Fulham, Man U (!), Palace, Leeds and my Reds (2-1 in the derby) won. Villa scored their first goal (referenced above), Wolves and the Hammers continue to struggle, and Sunderland is...

And here's the fourth round draw Arsenal v Brighton&Hove Albion Grimsby Town v Brentford Liverpool v Crystal Palace Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur Swansea City v Manchester City Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea Wrexham v Cardiff City Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham

Third round results Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Grimsby Town Brentford 1–1 (4–2 p) Aston Villa Crystal Palace 1–1 (4–2 p) Millwall Swansea City 3–2 Nottingham Forest Barnsley 0–6 Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley 1–2 Cardiff City Fulham 1–0 Cambridge United Lincoln City 1–2...

Best story of the day: Jordan Larsson scored his first-ever CL goal (for Kobenhavn), 24 years to the day that his father Henrik scored his first-ever CL goal, for Celtic. Jordan's face lit up when the reporter told him that news in the post-match interview, and Jordan said his parents were at...

Benfica lost to Qarabag 3-2 in the Champions League, sacked manager Bruno Lage, and brought back (after 25 years) Jose Mourinho. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cx2pjg4563lo

So after Matchday #1, the teams at the top (+4 on GD) are Frankfurt, PSG and Sporting. Frankfurt with 5 goals is top. The bottom clubs, then, are Kairat, Atalanta and Galatasaray, all at -4 GD

And today's match results Brugge all over Monaco Kobenhavn and Leverkusen draw Frankfurt trounce Galatasaray City eased to a 2-0 win over 10 man Napoli (from 26' on after Giovanni di Lorenzo got a red for DOGSO. de Bruyne was subbed off as a result, disappointing many. And 50 goals in 49 CL...

Today's fixtures

In yesterday's fixtures, comfortable wins for Inter, Bayern and the holders, PSG. Olympiacos drew (0-0) with new boys Pafos while Slavia Prague lost a two goal lead to draw with Bodo/Glimt, 2-2. And then there's Liverpool, who so far this year can't do anything easy. Scored two goals in the...