Mesut Ozil releases his beast. Images: Getty Images via Daylife
When we saw this image of Mesut Ozil in training with new club Real Madrid a couple of weeks
ago, we have to confess that once the initial squeaking had died down in the Kickette office, we
were slightly bewildered.
As connoisseurs of footballing bodies, we are rarely exposed to tubby little torsos; something
like this being rather more our in comfort zone.
The time has come to revisit our roots. And our roots are tethered to the shifting sands of the
Egyptian Nile, where the first haiku mocking an athlete was engraved into a tablet that later came
to be known as the Bosetta Stone. Okay, so maybe we made that last part up. And maybe these haikus
are made up.
By Eric Beard
Fulham fans are a lively bunch. You don't hear too many people bashing the way Fulham goes about
with their business. So when the 20,000 Cottagers chanted "Disgrace to the Premier League" about
Mick McCarthy's Wolverhampton Wanderers, there was reason behind the gesture.
Lionel Messi got hurt in a game against Atletico Madrid. I never seen so many people on twitter
freak out over an athlete getting injured. It was like he died or something.That being said I have
discovered two types of Barcelona fans: those who were fans before Messi and those who were fans
after.
