5 celebrations of 2016 that should never be repeated

#5 The dab phenomena

The only thing worse than one player dabbing is two

Cultural luminaries such as Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba have been single-handedly lauded for bringing the ‘Dab’ to the United Kingdom and Italy. Originally an American production, football players following the hip-hop scene have been responsible for its meteoric rise.

Here’s a fun challenge. Count the number of times you’ve seen the dab this year, turn those numbers into points, and you have a club qualifying for the Champions League. To make it easier, there is a compilation called ‘Paul Pogba – All Manchester United Dabs 2016’ on YouTube. I can confirm that they’ll be significantly longer than his goals and assists compilation for the Manchester club.

As the year comes to a close, there are certain habits we must leave behind. I pray to the gods above, the dab is one of them.