The AVB Derby: Live-Blogging Spurs-Chelsea

Disclaimer: I'm a Tottenham fan. Have been for a while. My views will, therefore, be somewhat slanted.

Pre-game (day before) thoughts: Liking our chances against Chelsea ok. Most notably, John Terry is going to be out, and I can't imagine that there is a ton of depth on that defense. What I'm most interested to see is the battle in the midfield. Chelsea, who I've seen a fair amount of this season, works a very fast, finesse based game. Spurs have that ability with Bale and Lennon, but the remnants of their midfield choices seem to have   more of a 1994 Knicks sort of feel. Sandro might not be good at much (things like, you know, SOCCER), but he's very physical, and I don't know how much of a beating the smaller Chelsea mids will be able to take. Dembele is equally strong, but actually possesses some skill, and Dempsey can tackle with the best of them. The back line seems like it will be solid, though I'm not sure if Vertonghen will be fast enough at left back to hold off the speedy wingers. And who knows who is gonna start in goal. I'm confident of some result, not sure it's a win.

Immediately pre-game: Welp, so much for that. Bale is out, his lady having gone in to labor (or labour, potentially also the Labour Party) immediately before the game. Dembele is out with an injury. Replacing them are Huddlestone, who shows flashes of competence in a sea of mediocrity and doesn't possess any of Dembele's skill, and Sigurdsson, who has looked pretty much lost this season and has found himself glued to the bench for the beginning of most games. Friedel in goal: the man is solidly 80 years old, but I still feel WAY more confident with him than with Lloris. Let's see how this goes.

Kick-off: My fantasy team has locked (this game features Hazard from Chelsea and Dempsey from Spurs), and we're off.

The Tim Tebow Hater's Argument For Tim Tebow

NOTE: This post proceeds off of the assumption that the Jets have Tim Tebow, rather than trying to justify trading for him in the first place. Given that they traded for him, we all knew this day would come.

Lest ANYONE be confused, I don't like Tim Tebow. The hype is all sorts of misplaced, as he's not good at the one thing that, ostensibly, he's supposed to be good at in his capacity as an NFL quarterback: throwing a football. He's a perfectly good running back; if he was to be installed at that position, he'd be the best white running back since Mike Alstott (one good season from Peyton Hillis, who has been singlehandedly trying to kill my fantasy team, notwithstanding). So why am I about to expend serious time and energy arguing that my beloved Jets should immediately install Tim Tebow as their starting quarterback? The answer is twofold: