Thursday, January 19, 2012

Apocalypse Now

I don't know if it's a good sign for the sport or not, but for three consecutive weeks soccer has provided Sports Illustrated's "Sign of the Apocalypse" .

The young lady who made her wedding dress out of Manchester City jerseys was featured in the January 9, 2012 issue, and in the last post on this blog. Then a week later the editors thought it apocalyptic that of 29 new 50-pence pieces recognizing Olympic sports issued by the Royal Mint, one featured soccer and explained the offsides rule on the reverse side.

And finally, the current edition dated January 23, 2012, contains this "sign":
In order to learn how to "best reach each player," the coach of top-division German soccer team Hannover 96, Mirko Slomka, asked his players to fill out a survey about their sexual interests, with 128 questions ranging from their erotic preferences to their most intimate fantasies.
Must be working. At the midpoint of the Bundesliga season, Hannover is in 7th place of 18 teams

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