Athletes and Trophy Cabinets

I have long held the opinion (since about grade 3, in fact) that soccer players will routinely fill out any list of hottest football (i.e. any code) players due to: their lithe, athletic build; the presence of necks (not so in other codes - yes, I mean you, Rugby Union); the lack of broken nose/jaw/cheekbone rendering their faces ever more lovely; and the strict rules players must abide by, making them charming individuals to meet, be it on the field, in a bar on a Saturday night (I speak from experience) or in Coles in your trackies.

Following my progression into adulthood (that is, the need to work for a living which led me to work at AFL games in corporate suites - cruisy job by the way) I would also add "AFL Players" to fill out the list quite substantially also. Sadly, guys such as Jason Akermanis - a walking headline as he was described today - reduce the "charm" quote with idiotic comments about homosexuals. But by and large, soccer players are the hottest of the footballers. Vanity Fair exemplifies rather nicely here:


If you weren't already... Are you excited about the World Cup?

PS: Here is a fascinating insight from Mystic Medusa re the French soccer team coach:, Raymond Domenech (also an astrologer, and an Aquarian): He has been hugely reviled for refusing to have Scorpios or Leos on his team, using Tarot to make decisions and his link with a Seventies porn star. He’s an Aquarius and he apparently gets booed by the French fans at EVERY match.

Hahaha! Fascinating!