“We Are Mental and We’re Barmy…”
At the end of August 2012, whilst on a family holiday in Cornwall, I pieced together my views on the turgid 2-1 win over Vancouver. Upon my return to hashtagHQ, […]
Tag Archives: Portland Timbers
Portland Timbers 2 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps – Review
I ♥ the Cascadia Cup. I get a lot of people asking why I, a born-and-bred Newcastle United fan, follow the Portland Timbers. Most of the time, I re-route them to […]
Pre-Game Build Up – Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps
For us exiled Timbers… here are some pictures, direct from the motherland… @rebekahpdx @rayterrill @aka_scooby @williamconwell @manofletterspdx @highme @Tammywarber @westsiderctid @Spassvogel @TimbersKen @jonferrey @TimbersFC by Jessica Spiegel @CJ__Smith @theaxepdx
New York Red Bulls 3 – 2 Portland Timbers – Review
Picture by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Let’s get it out of the way. The referee blew his whistle before the goal went in the back of the net. A technicality, sure, […]
Toronto FC v Portland Timbers – Preview
It’s the big one. The battle to define all battles. A fight to the death. Godzilla v Mothra. It’s 3 o’clock, school’s out, your classmates have gathered outside the gates, […]
The Trojan Horse versus Rickett-y Cricket
(June 16, 2012 - Source: Victor Decolongon/Getty Images North America) I began my dissection of the Dallas draw last Sunday, as usual, by gathering statistics together and looking where we’d improved […]
Portland Timbers v FC Dallas – Preview
As outlined in my previous post, we’re not looking too good at the moment. Win-less in 5, we’ve scored 1/5th of the goals our opponents have put past us. That […]
Do Portland create the “right” chances?
Image from Mitchell Dyer Photography We’re on a 5 game losing streak. We’re still without a win under Gavin Wilkinson. Our last goal came over 300 minutes ago, a Kris […]
The Future King of Portland(?)
Kris Boyd, the SPL’s all-time leading goal scorer, cut a frustrated figure at the final whistle of Portland’s recent MLS Regular Season defeat to Chivas USA. In the 21 games […]
John Spencer v. Gavin Wilkinson
At this juncture, I thought it’d be interesting to see how Gavin Wilkinson’s team is performing against John Spencer’s. It’s a bit earlier than I’d have expected to pass judgement, […]
