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from Reuters Soccer Blog:
What next for pampered players — overcoats?
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blame the late, great Keith Weller of Leicester City.
He started the trend for "cold-weather clothing" when he pulled on a pair of white tights one winter's day in the 1970s.
He did not know it at the time, but that began the wimpish drift towards gloves, hats and now the ridiculous snoods, or neck warmers, being worn by the likes of Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor, and most fetchingly, Marouane Chamakh of Arsenal in the last few weeks.
At this rate, with winter now drawing in, they will be turning up and playing in overcoats by Christmas.
Things have deteriorated a long way since Weller's heyday.
Players have been wearing gloves for years -- some, bizarrely with short-sleeved shirts.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Tevez provides sweet headache for Maradona
Carlos Tevez has quickly gained the love of supporters wherever he has played, first at Boca Juniors, then Corinthians, now in the Premier League, with his never-say-die attitude added to considerable ball skills.
On Monday in Buenos Aires, he played as if he were facing Brazil in the World Cup finals and not Canada in a friendly. He chased and harried for 70 minutes, laid on the second goal in a 5-0 win for Maxi Rodriguez, passed to Angel Di Maria for his celestial third goal of the night and got on the scoresheet himself.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
We predict the worst … you show us how it’s done
It seems like ages since we last managed a proper weekend programme* but at last, here we are, with an all-singing, all-dancing snow-free extravaganza, with the dubious attraction of Arsenal v Man Utd's traditional handbags at 10 paces highly competitive fixture being shown in 3D at select boozers across the land.
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