Joke of the week

The current joke of the week award goes to Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan*.

(*-the name Landon Donovan comes from the Latin for "If you need four goals from the penalty spot against Guam, I'm your man but don't expect me to show up at all against anyone half way decent.")

Landycakes, as he is derisively referred to, came out in the press this week and declared that his club were the "giants" of Major League Soccer.

This came after Donovan's side were humiliated by Toronto FC for only the Canadian team's second away win in its two-year history.

Here are the last three overall regular season finishes for the 'giants' of MLS...

2007: 11th of 13
2006: 9th of 12
2005: 9th of 12

This year, they are tearing it up at tied for 10th of 13.

Though in fairness to Donovan, being in Los Angeles has probably afflicted him with Lalasitis. One site describes the pathology as: a chronic infectious disease, caused by a excessive hyperbole, delusions of grandeur, and cognitive dissonance, usually verbal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any club or team in MLS that Alexi Lalas is General Manager of [presently, the Los Angeles Galaxy]. In fact the disease was named after footballer, Alexi Lalas. Symptoms first appear in brain, mouth, genitals, and nerves.

Lalas has declared Los Angeles as MLS' 'Superclub.'

As great as he is at self-promotion, it's too bad that he's a crap at his actual job. The last two teams he's general managed have been garbage. The previous one left town during his tenure.

I fully expect hype machines Donovan and Lalas to be hired consultants on the new Phoenix Cardinals' 'giants of the NFL' campaign.

Or by ESPN.