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A football season can be a long, arduous affair. Wholesale Nike Shoes China . Practice after practice, meeting after meeting, film session after film session. The days run together and any break from the tedium is much appreciated. In the 2012 season, the Toronto Argonauts had a class clown. Cornerback Ahmad Carroll kept things loose with his razor-sharp sense of humour. If you saw a player laughing so hard that he was on the verge of tears and you asked why he was busting a gut, the answer was usually one word: "Carroll." Then, on October 17th, with the season more than half over and the daily repetition making the day-to-day grind even tougher, a life force unlike any other in the CFL was unleashed on the club. The Argos signed Adriano Belli. Belli was known as a talented, yet sometimes dirty player on the field. His well-deserved off-field reputation was as a person who would do anything to get a laugh. Anything. Head coach Scott Milanovich says that last years arrival of the man known as The Kissing Bandit came at a key time. "Certainly Bellis arrival last year was well-timed" Milanovich told TSN.ca. "At the time, we were struggling and we needed a little levity." Coincidence or not, Bellis added life to the locker room came at the same time the team started to show signs of life as a contender. It lost Bellis first game, then ran off five straight wins en route to a Grey Cup championship. Does the team have a comedic go-to guy this season? In a word, no. "I dont know that you can replace an Ahmad Carroll or a Belli" continued Milanovich. "I dont know if we have that guy, but weve got some guys who, behind closed doors, can at least take a stab at it." Multiple players pointed the finger at members of the linebacking corps as the guys to keep things loose. Robert McCune, Jason Pottinger and Marcus Ball all received more than one mention as the class clown. The latter didnt mind being cited one bit. "Its very important to have a guy to loosen up the load a little bit" said Ball, the teams top defensive player a year ago. "You have meetings most of the work day, youre out here (at practice) battling with big, strong guys, and when coach is yelling at you, you need someone to loosen you up, so those guys help out a locker room and help brighten the day." Who does Ball feel provides the most comic relief? "I dont think its one" continued the linebacker, "I think weve got a handful of guys who can light the locker room up. Khalif (Mitchell), myself, Pottinger and McCune, hes the sleeper." James Yurichuk was with the B.C. Lions a year ago, missing out on the Carroll/Belli experience. Another member of the linebacking corps, Yurichuk was also pointed out as someone who breaks up the monotony of daily routine. That was news to him. "I didnt know they thought about me like that" said the native of Brampton, Ontario. "I always thought it was Pottinger, a.k.a. Dr. Evil, taking on that role. Its a grind out here, so whatever youre able to do to loosen things up and keep spirits high, its good overall for the team. I just try to be myself within the lines and if they laugh, they laugh." Offensive lineman Jarriel King is another newcomer, who added his own sense of humour when asked about how he felt about his teammates. "I got tired of them very early. I stay away from a lot of the guys, Im a loner" deadpanned King, before talking about how important it is to keep things loose. "We just have fun a lot" King told TSN.ca. "Thats the best thing you can do during a long season like this. With bodies aching and everything, you just have to come to a common ground and just have some fun. As much as you would think that we do stay away from each other (away from the locker room), we kind of do stay together. Its the camraderie, but we joke around a lot." 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I dont know about the performance but its really sexy.While Arrivabene does not expect Ferrari to end its seven-year wait for a title, he has reiterated his demand for at least two grand prix triumphs this season.Im just realistic, he said. Nobody has the magic to change things when things are unchangeable.We applied certain modifications that in our opinion are quite interesting. With that, I dont want to say we are going to win the world championship, but for sure we are committed at least to win two races.The most striking features of the car are the elongated nose and heavily revised sidepods, and technical director James Allison said they have made a very useful leap in both the car design and the engine.No one ever said Formula One was supposed to be easy, Allison added. It will be a very stiff challenge to win races in 2015, but we have made good steps forward over the whole car, and we hope that this work will translate into a notable step forward in our fortunes.It is hoped the arrival of Vettel, who woon four straight world titles from 2010-13, will also rejuvenate the team. Nike Shoes From China. There is a change in colour for me so its a new experience, but the car looks beautiful, Vettel said. I cant wait to go on track and see how it feels.There is a lot of change going on, a lot of new people in new positions including myself, and it always takes a bit of time to settle in until you really start to make proper progress. Im confident that we are going in the right direction, but it would be wrong to immediately expect a lot of us.Vettel, who also had a disappointing 2014, replaced another former world champion in Fernando Alonso. The German will be the first to drive the SF15-T when he takes to the wheel for the first winter test in Jerez on Sunday.The most important is that we start getting into the groove quickly in winter testing, and then we start to make progress, Vettel added. If the situation is like last year, it will be very difficult to really fight for victories, but of course it is our goal, and thats why were here. Were not here to finish second.For us, the main target is to start to really work together, and hopefully catch up more and more as the season progresses.Ferrari believes it will show a clear improvement in performance from its power unit, starting with the first race in Melbourne in mid-March.The increase in performance is significant, but probably still not enough to be at the top level, said the head of Ferraris power unit department, Mattia Binotto. It will be difficult to be at Mercedes level right from Australia. They have such a huge advantage. 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