Conversation with P. Locascio regarding soccer jerseys in general and football club Barcelona.<\/p>\n
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Q: Which was your first jersey and whom gave it to you ?<\/strong> <\/p>\n A: My first jersey was probably a holland jersey purch around the time of that great 1998 world cup team (Brothers DeBoer, Overmars, Davids, Bergkamp). Internet commerce was in its infancy and soccer in USA had a very low profile so jersey retail availability was limited. Nonetheless, did find and purchase the shirt. Player customization was virtually unavailable.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: If you were to give a piece of advise to the clothing manufacturer what would that be ?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: Advice to clothing manufacturers….hummm. I don’t know, be bold, interesting and\/or sophisticated (think 2012-13 Dortmund or Roma, not 2012-13 Barca) and please don’t use a plain crew collar like a tee shirt – I can get that from Fruit of the Loom.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: If you were to give a piece of advise to the name and number kit manufacturer what would that be ?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: I really love the great variation of name\/number kits in La Liga, Bundesliga, etc.. The EPL is the great exception. The exact same style in a very limited color variety makes for unfortunate jersey color combinations, is boring and, worst of all, corporate. It’s kind of the number kit equivalent of the “Being:Liverpool” TV show: Soulless and buttoned up. (I can excuse US MLS for the uniformity of name\/number kits as they feel like an “efficient” vehicle for a youngish league striving for broader appeal).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: What is the greatest challenge for your favorite team right now ?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: Barcelona: Challenge is keeping key players healthy and getting the kids experience and preparing them to continue assuming a greater role in the team. Oh, and getting someone to fill Puyol’s shoes when he retires – big shoes, though, both on and off the field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: When evaluating the club at the current moment what is more important: the legacy or the players in the current squad ? club or athletes ?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: The two are kind of related. Quality and consistent player performance this season (as in other recent seasons) may lead to a La Liga and\/or Champions League (and\/or Copa) win…which fuels the club legacy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Q & A with the Liverpool reviewer in the mixed zone Conversation with P. Locascio regarding soccer jerseys in general and football club Barcelona. Q: Which was your first jersey and whom gave it to you ? A: My first jersey was probably a holland jersey purch around the time of that great 1998 world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liverpool-fc","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idfootballdesk.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}