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1 Take on the challenge Football should learn from Wimbledon’s use of technology. Managers should have “challenges” when they can call for replays to review decisions. It would help to eradicate mistakes and reduce cheating.  2 Kewell’s split loyalties Harry Kewell turned down the chance to stay at Liverpool, even though he is apparently a fan. Does that make him an armchair ... [link]

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Nihilism Increases Risk of Knee Injury
Published 7/8/2008 by H.U. (noreply@blogger.com) at Soccer Statistics
Times columnist and former player Tony Cascarino has called Harry Kewell a football nihilist for being injured. "[Harry Kewell] was an armchair player, spending more time off the pitch than on it." (For those who are unfamiliar with the term "armchair", it essentially when applied to a person's character denotes someone who does not care about something as much as he should care or claims to care. Cascarino is saying that Kewell spent time off the pitch - was injured - because he did not care about Liverpool football team.) You know, in all my ...

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