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 REQUESTING RAVENS: MEN IN BLAZERS FIRST ANNUAL END OF SEASON AWARDS To be announced on our forthcoming END OF SEASON pod… !!! (and we only use exclamation points in emergencies…!!!) You can send us your ravens via:Email: meninblazers@gmail.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/MenInBlazersTwitter: @meninblazers Here are the categories:
Your favorite player to watch this season and why?
Best player to hail from Nacogdoches, TX?
The three players you would most like to have round for dinner and why?
What non-football activity would be improved by Sir Ian Darke’s commentating?
What is your favorite Mario Balotelli t-shirt we never got to see?
Which player would you like by your side when the glasses fly, the pool balls are thrown, and the bar erupts in fisticuffs?
Which player is most likely to write good poetry, why and what would it read like?
What life lesson did you learn from this season and who taught you it?
If there is anything we have not asked but should have done, please insert it here
Vote early, vote often. We cannot wait to hear from you.

REQUESTING RAVENS: MEN IN BLAZERS FIRST ANNUAL END OF SEASON AWARDS

To be announced on our forthcoming END OF SEASON pod… !!! (and we only use exclamation points in emergencies…!!!)

You can send us your ravens via:
Email: meninblazers@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MenInBlazers
Twitter: @meninblazers

Here are the categories:

  1. Your favorite player to watch this season and why?
  2. Best player to hail from Nacogdoches, TX?
  3. The three players you would most like to have round for dinner and why?
  4. What non-football activity would be improved by Sir Ian Darke’s commentating?
  5. What is your favorite Mario Balotelli t-shirt we never got to see?
  6. Which player would you like by your side when the glasses fly, the pool balls are thrown, and the bar erupts in fisticuffs?
  7. Which player is most likely to write good poetry, why and what would it read like?
  8. What life lesson did you learn from this season and who taught you it?
  9. If there is anything we have not asked but should have done, please insert it here

Vote early, vote often. We cannot wait to hear from you.

Football on Mother’s Day

Americans were faced with a very difficult decision on Sunday. Either spend time with your one true love. Or pass the hours on Mother’s Day with wives, matriarchs and the like. Many chose the former, perched in front of an endless numbers of monitors tuned in to Soccer.

Here’s a story of one GFOP, Matt Steber, who tried to get away with both…

Having not missed a Manchester City game in ten years, I found myself faced with a dilemma this past Sunday. Mother’s Day. How cruel to have the final EPL day on Mother’s Day.

I decide to be a good husband and take my wife and kids to NYC for the weekend (knowing I would score big points with the wife for missing the match for her). Sunday after breakfast we made our way to the Metropolitan Museum. Little did she know that while she was admiring priceless works of art with the kids, I was watching the match on my phone. After the equalizer I moved ahead to another exhibit so I could watch more intently.

As the final shot smashed into the back of the net, I momentarily forgot that I was in the Museum, jumped off the bench and screamed into the face of a Greek statute as If I was at Etihad. Hearing the racket my family entered that wing only to find me being escorted out of the museum by security. Needless to say it was a long and quiet ride back to Philly. After two hours of complete silence in the car, my wife turned to me and said, “I’m glad your team finally won, you prick.” 

Three days and one diamond ring later, all is forgiven and the house is back to normal. I hope the security tapes never make it to YouTube.

Dear Roberto

(GFOP Curtis vents after an incredible weekend. Send your telegrams to meninblazers@gmail.com)

To Roberto Mancini and the Manchester City players,

First off, thanks for making Survival Sunday an epic day of football. What an unbelievable finish to the season.

Second, amid all the celebrations, home fireworks displays, and Boddingtons-soaked orgies… take a second to realize what you’ve accomplished this season. Man City, with your billions of dollars and elite world-class squad, you managed to (barely) beat a Man United squad with the median age of an old folks home… consisting of a retired mid-fielder, more than a few should-have-been-put-out-to-pasture players and a half blind goalkeeper.  And it took you until the very last day of the season… dramatic pause… in the final 5 minutes of stoppage time. Way to go chaps.

Maybe instead of all the celebrating, Roberto, you should be calling your squad in tomorrow to start running drills for next season.

Regards,

Curtis Pierce
a Chelsea fan in Los Angeles
A few of the footie-inspired canines GFOPs sent in to us - Didier Dogba being the clear winner. But please lend your condolences to GFOP Will Quish, whose new dog’s worrisome behavior includes an air of white supremacy and accidentally running into the backs of legs.

A few of the footie-inspired canines GFOPs sent in to us - Didier Dogba being the clear winner. But please lend your condolences to GFOP Will Quish, whose new dog’s worrisome behavior includes an air of white supremacy and accidentally running into the backs of legs.

EPL Season Finale TV Schedule

The final day of the EPL season is upon us. And finally, U.S. broadcasters have assigned channels to all ten of the matches. Prepare to venture into the farthest depths of your programming guide.

All matches start at 10:00am ET on Sunday, May 13. Which will you watch?

  • Manchester City v. QPR - ESPN2
  • Sunderland v. Manchester United - FX
  • West Brom v. Arsenal - Fox Sports Net
  • Tottenham v Fulham - FOX Soccer
  • Everton v. Newcastle - foxsoccer.com
  • Chelsea v. Blackburn - SPEED
  • Swansea v. Liverpool - FUELtv
  • Norwich v. Aston Villa - FOX Soccer 2Go
  • Stoke v. BoltonFOX Soccer Plus
  • Wigan v. WolvesFOX Soccer 2Go

Men in Blazers: 5/9 podcast

Entering the final weekend, Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini is poised to win both the battle of the minds with Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson and the Premier League title, even though he’s loath to admit it. A storybook ending for “The Little Train That (received a multi-billion dollar overhaul and) Could.” The crosstown rivals both eked out wins Sunday, but one of the victories wasn’t like the other. In this week’s pod, the Men in Blazers recap both the wins in the penultimate weekend, take stock of the battle for third and fourth place, and then bid Blackburn and their fowl farewell as the second team to cement relegation to the Championship next season.