What,shin pads that cover the side of the calf? Besides,it's not only on the pitch when we see these players. The one posted showing him in training, wearing short socks will be seen by many.
OK, I know very little about sportsball but even I know that your socks cover your shin pads and therefore cover your shins and your calves...
Out of countless members of Cycle Chat, there only seems to be one person having a hissy fit over it... i expect the world's population won't be that bothered, if they even notice it.
We also have to remember that Sterling likes to go down quite often,so the sponge man will be coming on to use his magic spray,then when he rolls down those socks!!!!
Some kid in Azerbaijan wll be sat watching the match and see it and say "Hell mum,have you seen what this f..kwit has tattooed on his leg"?!
When did you first learn of this footballer's tattoo, if it wasn't from the daily mail article you linked to?
What hate?! I'm on about his tattoo,not him. That tattoo could be on any public eye footballer or whatever and i'd still point it out.
I was in the shop when he had it done and thought blimey,that's a bit over the top.
No one will see it as he will have knee high socks on FFS
Crikey, a confluence of sportsball and fashion - that's possibly about as far from my areas of knowledge as it is possible to get. But in schools football/PE around here (which it the bit I actually encounter, albeit from as great a distance and with as little involvement as possible, other than buying the sodding kit when my kids lose it!) knee-length socks are the ones required. And I did do a search
There's a few shots of him in training with his calves on show, but in matches he seems to wear socks with suitable decorum to satisfy the most prim.