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Written by Daniel Mehmet
Who the cuss is the Guardian’s Dominic Fifield writing for? The golden rules of writing for online readers are: know who’s reading; write how they speak; and keep it short.
It’s a debate that’s raged on since the dawn of football, who is the best player in the world? For the last half-decade, possibly a little longer, there has only been two possible answers. You can pick Cristiano Ronaldo or you can pick Lionel Messi. Any other suggestions are quickly dismissed. But now it seems that a favourite is emerging. And he plays in the white of Madrid rather than the blue and red of Barcelona.
Those upstarts at Aberdeen FC clearly haven’t read the script. What other explanation can there possibly be, for the fact that the Pittodrie club have had the temerity to pose what is increasingly being described as a serious league title challenge to champions-elect Celtic?
With the Christmas period comes a few things that we expect to see year in year out. Food, gifts, alcohol and unpopular family members will all magically appear in front of you and we’d find it extremely odd if they didn’t. Along with all of the festive cheer comes the inevitable argument about whether football should or should not have a winter break.
According to the Collins English dictionary, a 'sleeping giant' is "an organization that has unrealized potential". When the phrase is used in football the average fan will cite several examples, and often the same clubs will come up. However, I started to wonder how fair the label is, are some sleeping giants overlooked whilst others fail to live up to the hype?
