If you are a regular reader of mine you can’t have failed to have noticed I have been writing less. There are two strands to this, a general malaise has overtaken me, there has literally been too much Sporting KC this summer. Fans that I stand with at games have commented on this, that the week or twice weekly games in the heat have been a grind. Throw in blogging, podcasting, going to practice, watching reserve games, posting to much on Big Soccer, Tweeting, Facebooking the odd Radio Show, press conferences, the odd interview, and taking pictures and I hit a saturation point that demanded that I step back a long way and think about what I really want to do.

The reality is we don’t get paid for this kind of gig, and essentially for me now this means less coverage. Burned out, I just needed to take a wee break and go to games and not think about what I was going to write or say but simply watch and become a fan again rather than a mock columnist pretending to be a journalist. It has been nice. No press passes, no mics, no cameras, none of it – just me and the game I love watching again. It has been fun … you can have too much of a good thing.

I’ve opted for the low thrills approach. Buy my gear, buy my tickets, go to games, watch games, swear at referees, go home, think about blogging, ignore it till I come up with something real to write …

… therein lies the rub. I literally have nothing much to say.

The team has no obvious weaknesses aside from depth. Kamara and Bravo are scoring and if they are not there are goals coming from many players, the midfield are dominating, creating and defending, the defense is solid, Jimmy Nielsen isn’t being peppered anymore and we have our stadium. We are in a position in the league standings where we should be gravely disappointed if we do not make the playoffs. All the moving parts are in place, the team has the capability to win the MLS Cup because they can beat anybody in MLS on their day … and they can lose to the fucking Richmond Kickers and trigger a period of rage and writers block in yours truly that can only be eclipsed by the poor hire of a pansy ass German as the USMNT coach. This does not want to go away … I need a silverware shaped cure.

So to summarize the entirety of my Sporting KC thinking for this entire season:

- Auvray kinda blows
- Myers has his last Chance
- Besler needs to come big
- Cesar is shit and his head is tiny.
- Omar Bravo is going to be great
- Teal is a star all of a sudden?
- Sweet we beat Chivas USA
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- Who is this French dude from Wrexham and Portugal? Collin?
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- God dang isn’t this trip over yet?
- Yes
- Ok the stadium ruled, the result sucked, that referee also drew air inwards at great velocity.
- Yeah baby, we beat the tectonic plate pressure build up and then rapid violent release team.
- Oh god its hot and I’m ignoring the game playing Sporting Trivia
- Oh god its hot and I’m ignoring the game playing Sporting Trivia
- Oh god its hot and I’m ignoring the game playing Sporting Trivia
- Oh god its hot I’m done with the trivia.
- Oh god its hot
- Oh god its hot
- Oh god its hot
- Oh god its hot gan doon the toon.
- Oh god its hot
- Teal Bunbury has been possessed by Herman Munster boots.
- Chance Myers is no longer Reserve Team Jesus but is walking on water for the first team.
- Auvray is shit and is gone
- Cesar is now THE shit despite his tiny head.
- Collin is so awesome he can wear speedo and be cool. He is cooler than Hasselhoff.
- SETH SINOVIC WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!! YOU ARE AWESOME WHILST MALNURISHED LOOKING!!
- Zusi says Power of Grayskull and gets super powers before games!! But just in his legs.
- FC Dallas and Seattle are stupid fat meanies.
- I think we will make the playoffs
- This weather is awesome, Beckham is still great, Landon Donovan looks like Leisure Suit Larry
- I am worried this team can’t cope under pressure.
- I am worried that we have a lack of players with playoff experience.
- DC United are a dark horse to corn hole us the hard way. Jody Foster and a pinball machine? Worse than that. We need to wrap this up before the last game before Charlie Davies dives us out of the playoffs or Eastern Conference title or De Rosario or god forbid Josh Wolff pops up and kicks us in the dangly bits in stoppage time.

I like the rest of you am basically sitting, and hoping that we make it and that if do that we don’t fold as soon as we play ‘a decent team’. Of course some things never change:

- Michael Harrington is working on his step over move.
- Diop is still smiling.
- Seattle are in the US Open Cup Final … and it is being played in Seattle instead of at …