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Peter Le Beau, Le Beau VisageMarket viewsArsenal fans may remember, several years ago, Lee Dixon chipping in a thirty-yard shot straight from the kick-off, which gave the goalkeeper no chance. All would have been well had it not been his own goalkeeper that he chipped it past. I still remember his look of anguish and embarrassment as if hoping the ground would swallow him up. I guess much the same feelings would (or certainly should) have been shared by staff at the Pru after its marketing fiasco when it claimed the industry had rejected claims of £43.9bn over the last five years. It trul...