Macca

"We've got to get our structures right ." (They won't listen to me) "It's all about the process ." (We need to be proper robots) "We need to put some scoreboard pressure on ." (We're getting smashed) "Our key performance indicators are down " (We can't get the ball) "We need to get games into the list" (We need to bring in some experienced talent to replace these no-hoper's)

Crikey's 'Cards' , that read like a 'Near death experience' . Think I'll stick to the exercise bike or designated bike route's around Melbourne . Not interested in being 'Taken out' in a hurry I don't wear 'lycra' . I think the 'Authorities' would shoot me if that happened .

Current 'Table' .....http://soccernet.esp...-league?cc=3436 Everton have a chance to maintain their excellent form and my 'Hammers' have a tough one at home against the 'Gunners' . Match of the round is probably Newcastle vs Manchester United . Vital game for both teams . Here's a podcast preview with Colin Murray ... http://www.bbc.co.uk...sts/series/5lfd Click on any team for further news , information and fixtures ... Saturday, October 6, 2012 21:45 EST Manchester City v Sunderland 00:00 EST Chelsea v Norwich City 00:00 EST Swansea City v Reading 00:00 EST West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers 00:00 EST Wigan Athletic v Everton 03:30 EST West Ham United v Arsenal Sunday, October 7, 2012 23:30 EST Southampton v Fulham 01:00 EST Liverpool v Stoke City 01:00 EST Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa 02:00 EST Newcastle United v Manchester United

The Orioles win through ! Gotta feel a bit of sympathy for Texas and Atlanta today . All over in a flash ... Baltimore will now play the Yankees on Monday (AEST) . Elaine will be happy !! We've all seen the latest 'throw back' logo of the Orioles but how 'bout this 'Beauty' from the mid 60's ... Frightening !

'Blood , Sweat & Tears' won a Grammy for this huge 1969 hit . Quite an uplifting song . From 'Wiki' ... Macca 60's 10.6 [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4iNw1Hvcu8

Certainly a controversial call . That did not appear to be a deliberate 'No attempt' (so to speak) . It was a late call as well . Considering it was the first ever 'One-off' elimination wild-card game , that call will definitely be remembered for the wrong reasons . Anyway ....St Louis advance and will now meet Washington at home on Monday (AEST) Here's the 'Wiki' explanation ... http://en.wikipedia....nfield_fly_rule

Bobby Valentine gone ! It's been an awful year for the Red Sox ... Looks like Foxtel are covering all or most of the playoffs but OneHD may only be replaying the games (one day later?) . Anyway , for those without Foxtel , ESPN Radio will broadcast live coverage of all the playoffs . Here's a link ... http://espn.go.com/espnradio/ Schedule for the first 2 days ..... All times AEST... Saturday, October 6 (One-off elimination games) 7.00 AM St Louis at Atlanta 10.30 AM Baltimore at Texas Sunday, October 7 (1st games of the Divisional playoffs) 9.00 AM Oakland at Detroit 12.30 PM Cincinnati at San Francisco

Good win to the Rams . St Louis now go to 3 and 2 . That is an interesting division ! Here's the week 5 games and a podcast preview from Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal . They do a quick review of last weeks games and try to guess the lines for this weeks games (with a touch of humour thrown in) ... http://espn.go.com/e...play?id=8450119 FRI, OCT 5 10.20 AM Arizona 3 (4-1) at St. Louis 17 (3-2) OneHD MON, OCT 8 4.00 AM Miami (1-3) at Cincinnati (3-1) 4.00 AM Green Bay (2-2) at Indianapolis (1-2) Fox3 4.00 AM Baltimore (3-1) at Kansas City (1-3) 4.00 AM Atlanta (4-0) at Washington (2-2) 4.00 AM Cleveland (0-4) at NY Giants (2-2) 4.00 AM Philadelphia (3-1) at Pittsburgh (1-2) OneHD 7.05 AM Seattle (2-2) at Carolina (1-3) 7.05 AM Chicago (3-1) at Jacksonville (1-3) 7.25 AM Tennessee (1-3) at Minnesota (3-1) 7.25 AM Denver (2-2) at New England (2-2) OneHD 7.25 AM Buffalo (2-2) at San Francisco (3-1) 11.20 AM San Diego (3-1) at New Orleans (0-4) OneHD & ESPN TUES, OCT 9 11.30 AM Houston (4-0) at NY Jets (2-2) ESPN ·Bye: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay

It's all about the team, HG No , seriously , it was a fine achievement by Cabrera . What the hell happened to your White Sox ? My Red Sox had a shocker 161 million for very little return ...

Well it's all settled . The AL division winners are the Yankees , Detroit and Oakland whilst the NL division winners are Washington , Cincinnati and San Francisco . The 2 wild-cards from each league are Baltimore and Texas (AL) and St Louis and Atlanta (NL) The 2 wild-cards from each league will play a one-off game to decide who advances to the divisional playoffs . Both games are on Saturday (our time) with the first game being St Louis at Atlanta (7.00 AM) followed by Baltimore at Texas (10.30 AM) . Both games are on Fox1 . OneHD might be covering the games as well though their scheduling is a bit haphazard ! The divisional playoffs kickoff on Sunday (our time) with Oakland at Detroit and Cincinnati at San Francisco . On Monday (our time) the Yankees start their campaign at either Baltimore or Texas whilst Washington play their 1st game at St Louis or Atlanta . Higher placed seeded teams play away for the 1st 2 games of the best of 5 divisional playoffs , whilst playing their last 3 games at home . Great to see Oakland make it through . Washington and Baltimore are 2 other teams that have done very well this year .

Terry Callier is a jazz musician and singer from Chicago . This song is sampled from Deodato's 'Summer of Spirit' . Quite a haunting and impressive effort with terrific vocals . Macca's jazz 4.7

Tomorrow's game 10.20 AM Arizona (4-0) at St. Louis (2-2) OneHD I'll post the full week's games later tonight or tomorrow . Just a heads up on the TV games though . Fox3 4.00am Monday -Green Bay (2-2) at Indianapolis (1-2) OneHD 4.00am Monday - Philadelphia (3-1) at Pittsburgh (1-2) OneHD 7.15am Monday - Denver (2-2) at New England (2-2) ESPN & OneHD 11.15am Monday - San Diego (3-1) at New Orleans (0-4) ESPN 11.30am Tuesday - Houston (4-0) at NY Jets (2-2) Some good match-ups but still no Vikings on the tele 'cfh' !

10 wins should get a team a berth in the playoffs you'd reckon . The only NFC teams I'm now prepared to say are 'shoe-ins' for the playoffs are the 49ers and Atlanta . My team has got it's issues and as ya said , the NFC North and the NFC West teams play each other which might allow a 2nd team to get through from the NFC East . The AFC is a little different . Baltimore , New England , Houston and probably San Diego should win their respective divisions . The Chargers schedule isn't too tough and they are playing well (apart from a poor one against Atlanta) . Denver's schedule gets a lot easier soon but they play the Chargers in San Diego in a couple of weeks . That could be a 'Season definer' ! Your blokes are in a big game on Friday (our time) . It's possibly a must win but I reckon you can do it . Arizona keep winning but they're no world beaters . And 'cfh' , your Vikings have got a real opportunity in the next 4 games - vs Tennessee , @ Washington , vs Arizona , vs Tampa Bay . Some winnable games there . Or is it 'One week at a time' !? The Bengals are another team that could scoot away - next 2 are vs Miami then at Cleveland .

Dallas just continue to turn the ball over . Some of it is just pure bad luck but there's a recurring theme with the Cowboys . They can't seem to able to put it together enough for a prolonged series of games . The Bears were good today but they were gifted some very easy points . As ya said , Romo with 5 picks is just not good enough . Lot's of pressure from the Chicago defence but at some stage Romo has to come into the category of 'He is what he is' . I fully expect the Lions to come good at some stage in our division . Wins within the division will be hard earned . It could be that 2 teams get through to the playoffs but there's no guarantees (esp with the NFC West doing very well as a whole)

Those Eagles know how to win a close one ! The Giants had their chances and could have won it in the end . 3 pass interference calls in Manning's last drive tipped the advantage from one side to the other . 'Icing' the kicker could have backfired for Andy Reid ! McCoy was excellent and Vick had a good game . The NY Giants are 0 - 2 against their division rivals now . In such a tight division that could be a decisive stat . Important wins to the Rams , Vikings and the Redskins . Minnesota in particular are in great form (grrrrrr). The 'Niners' flexed their muscles . Ditto New England and Houston . San Diego and the Bengals are both 3 and 1 and looking good . Arizona continues to find ways to win and the Falcons pulled one out of the fire . Denver had a big win and are not out of it . Peyton's numbers were very good - 30/38 for 338 yards and 3 TD's . Bill Simmons describes Peyton's arm as a 'Noodle arm' . Bit harsh and I wonder if he'll try and 'Smooth the waters' in his column later in the week The NFC West is now sitting at 11 and 5 with the nearest best division being the NFC East with 9 wins and 6 losses . The best AFC division is a tie between the AFC North and the AFC South (both at 7 and 8) . With so many good and very good teams about and with quite a few others that are 'hot and cold' you'd take any sort of win . 8 games this week have been decided by a touchdown or less . We could get another one tomorrow . Should be a ripper game between the Bears and Dallas . Just can't bring myself to support either team ! A tie is a remote possibility and that would be my ideal result

Phew ! I'll take any sorta win in this League . So many twists and turns . Hey 'cbh' , does this mean we have to 'barrack' for Dallas tomorrow ? It's just doesn't seem right !

I reckon the Rams will win tomorrow . Wouldn't it be ironic if Seattle lose the game on a dubious call Here's Bill Simmon's 'Grantland' column on tomorrow's games ... http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8435690/welcome-elaborate-chat

Interesting story behind this Beatles song ... The Ballad of John and Yoko - Wiki Macca's 60's 10.5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_MLSv6DYI

Yeah , great win to the Spurs . Gareth Bale's goal was a beauty . Only got to watch the highlights but noticed that Tottenham held on to that 3 - 2 lead for about 40 minutes . United had their chances by the sounds of things . That breaks a long drought at Old Trafford . Dempsey looks like being a very handy acquisition as well .

Matches this weekend ... The Gunners hosting Chelsea kicks things off in a classic London derby (on at a fan friendly time as well) . Everton and West Brom have a chance to stay in the top 4 . Man City , Liverpool and Newcastle are all playing away from home and won't want to drop points . Manchester Utd host Tottenham in another excellent match-up and we finish things off on Tuesday morning (5.00 AM) when the Hammers are at home to QPR in another London derby . Here's the standings ... http://soccernet.esp...-league?cc=3436 Saturday, September 29, 2012 21:45 EST Arsenal v Chelsea 00:00 EST Everton v Southampton 00:00 EST Fulham v Manchester City 00:00 EST Norwich City v Liverpool 00:00 EST Reading v Newcastle United 00:00 EST Stoke City v Swansea City 00:00 EST Sunderland v Wigan Athletic 02:30 EST Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur Sunday, September 30, 2012 01:00 EST Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion Tuesday,, October 2, 2012 05:00 EST Queens Park Rangers v West Ham United

Ravens too good . Cleveland made 'em earn it and could have tied the game late . Didn't notice the refs

Good one JJ Here's a blast from the past Dutch band 'Focus' with 'Hocus Pocus' . Hadn't heard it in years until it was used in an advert for the World Cup in South Africa (2010) . Huge hit back in the day . Yodeling meets rock Macca's 70's rock 10.4 [media=]

Week 4 ... Bill Simmons and cousin Sal's podcast on this weeks games . http://espn.go.com/e...play?id=8421270 9 divisional games this week . SNF and MNF again provide 2 really good match-ups . Quite a few other vital games including San Francisco at the Jets , New England at Buffalo and Minnesota at Detroit . All up , most of the games have a lot of interest . And 'Hipster' , that's good news re the referees . FRI, SEPT 28 10.20 AM Cleveland 16 at Baltimore 23 OneHD MON, OCT 1 3.00 AM Carolina (1-2) at Atlanta (3-0) 3.00 AM New England (1-2) at Buffalo (2-1) OneHD 3.00 AM Minnesota (2-1) at Detroit (1-2) 3.00 AM San Diego (2-1) at Kansas City (1-2) 3.00 AM Seattle (2-1) at St. Louis (1-2) 3.00 AM San Francisco (2-1) at NY Jets (2-1) Fox2 3.00 AM Tennessee (1-2) at Houston (3-0) 6.05 AM Cincinnati (2-1) at Jacksonville (1-2) 6.05 AM Miami (1-2) at Arizona (3-0) 6.05 AM Oakland (1-2) at Denver (1-2) 6.25 AM New Orleans (0-3) at Green Bay (1-2) OneHD 6.25 AM Washington (1-2) at Tampa Bay (1-2) 10.20 AM NY Giants (2-1) at Philadelphia (2-1) OneHD & ESPN TUES, OCT 2 10.30 AM Chicago (2-1) at Dallas (2-1) ESPN ·Bye: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh

FRI, SEPT 28 10.20 AM Cleveland (0-3) at Baltimore (2-1) OneHD Divisional rivals go at each other . The Ravens played the Pats in SNF so they don't get a lot of rest . Hopefully the Browns can take it up to them and we get a close one . I'll post the rest of the week 4 games later tonight ...

Next week they host Miami then they're @ St Louis , vs Buffalo , @ Minnesota . They could realistically be 5 and 2 or better after that stretch of games . They had a poor start last season but I'm fairly sure they won 7 of their last 9 games . (incl wins over San Fran , @ Philadelphia and Dallas) . All up they've won 10 of their last 12 . There's nearly always a team or 3 that come from nowhere to make the playoffs . Obviously a teams schedule plays a big part and the strength of their division is a big factor . The numbers suggest it's all about Arizona's defence .