Slip Sliding Away

[dobobobo]

In the last two home games I've never seen the sprinklers on so much pre-game and half-time. The ball bounces and water comes up as well. Silva slid in for a tackle against West Ham and water went right over his head.

Players like a wet pitch.

It's the shit Nike boots that they wear. Same was happening with the Kids last Monday night, what boots were they wearing? Nike.

EDIT: I know Silva wears Addidas, but the majority of players who slip I find are wearing Nike.

Aguero - puma

Do you see Aguero's name in the posts above? I was talking about players in general and taking the opportunity to have a dig at Nike. The reason for the Silva edit was because he was mentioned in the posts.

 

[dobobobo]

Not a watertight case since two of the three players slipping most (Silva and Aguero) don't wear Nike. I'm
Not sure what Fernando wears?

Wow there! Don't slip now!

 

[SPIDERBOY]

In the last two home games I've never seen the sprinklers on so much pre-game and half-time. The ball bounces and water comes up as well. Silva slid in for a tackle against West Ham and water went right over his head.

Players like a wet pitch.

It's the shit Nike boots that they wear. Same was happening with the Kids last Monday night, what boots were they wearing? Nike.

EDIT: I know Silva wears Addidas, but the majority of players who slip I find are wearing Nike.

Aguero wears Puma.

Don't know if he still does it,but aguero has been bollocked on numerous occasions for wearing Adidas boots while training........can't see the point in wearing one make of boots for training and another for a game.

 

[dobobobo]

Players like a wet pitch.

It's the shit Nike boots that they wear. Same was happening with the Kids last Monday night, what boots were they wearing? Nike.

EDIT: I know Silva wears Addidas, but the majority of players who slip I find are wearing Nike.

Aguero wears Puma.

Don't know if he still does it,but aguero has been bollocked on numerous occasions for wearing Adidas boots while training........can't see the point in wearing one make of boots for training and another for a game.

Because he prefers Adidas but hasn't got a deal with Adidas, it's with Puma.

 

[ell]

Its nothing new been doing it as long as I can remember. Its those shit moulded studs players use these days

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Aguero wears Puma.

Don't know if he still does it,but aguero has been bollocked on numerous occasions for wearing Adidas boots while training........can't see the point in wearing one make of boots for training and another for a game.

Because he prefers Adidas but hasn't got a deal with Adidas, it's with Puma.

I know that mate,just thought it would be better to use the same type of boot all the time.

 

[Ding Dong]

I think we have a sponsorship deal with Hush Puppies or Teflon.

It all helps with FFP !

 

[jimharri]

It was farcical on saturday. I lost count of how many times our players ended up on their arses. Bad enough for it to be taking place in the first half. But for the problem not to be corrected during the interval was ridiculous. I'm assuming it's a footwear issue, as opposed to the pitch (didn't see too many Villa players slipping).

 

[drthingy]

Reminds me of the story of a rugby player in the 90s who's mum used to sew the Nike tick over his preferred addidas as he had a deal with nike. Probably wouldn't get away with it now!

 

[lazerblue]

Are they studs or blades

Makes no difference these days from what I hear. The boots are designed for speed and to prevent the boots from getting rooted so as to not cause injury. The way I see players slip though it can only lead to injuries in my view. A view which has never been close to a design and development studio of football boots but I couldn't give a fuck because if boots are going to cost so much how hard can it be to design a boot that keeps a player on his fucking feet.

surely its up to the player to make sure hes got the right boots on to suit the surface conditions, how hard can it be when your playin at home

 

[Uncle Clockwise]

Reminds me of the story of a rugby player in the 90s who's mum used to sew the Nike tick over his preferred addidas as he had a deal with nike. Probably wouldn't get away with it now!

I'm sure Kinkladze used to have the same thing done. He had a sponsorship deal with Diadora, but preferred to wear Umbro Classics. He had someone stitch the Diadora logo onto the Umbro boots. Can't say I blame him, Umbro Classics were the best back in the day...

 

[dobobobo]

Don't know if he still does it,but aguero has been bollocked on numerous occasions for wearing Adidas boots while training........can't see the point in wearing one make of boots for training and another for a game.

Because he prefers Adidas but hasn't got a deal with Adidas, it's with Puma.

I know that mate,just thought it would be better to use the same type of boot all the time.

Yeah but it shows what he thinks of his Puma boots. He's happy to put up with them for 90 minutes a week but not hours of training.

 

[dobobobo]

Makes no difference these days from what I hear. The boots are designed for speed and to prevent the boots from getting rooted so as to not cause injury. The way I see players slip though it can only lead to injuries in my view. A view which has never been close to a design and development studio of football boots but I couldn't give a fuck because if boots are going to cost so much how hard can it be to design a boot that keeps a player on his fucking feet.

surely its up to the player to make sure hes got the right boots on to suit the surface conditions, how hard can it be when your playin at home

A bit hard when your sponsor says you're wearing our boots whether you like it or not.

 

[Bluebee2]

I know at a game earlier in the season after a defeat one player said out loud that the playing surface wasn't set up right and the groundsman told him to f*ck off, their players found it ok he shouted back at him.

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

I thought this thread was going to be about Steve G fecking off to America at the end of the season.

 

[Dubai Blue]

surely its up to the player to make sure hes got the right boots on to suit the surface conditions, how hard can it be when your playin at home

A bit hard when your sponsor says you're wearing our boots whether you like it or not.

I remember seeing a video where Chappy was basically hacksawing off blades from the players' boots and converting them to traditional studs, so there's no excuse for not having different versions of the same boot ready for different conditions.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Players like a wet pitch, that's why the sprinklers at City go on even at half time when there is no water available in the ground due to a burst pipe in the area when we played West Brom.

Yep, we can get enough water on the pitch to float an ark but we have yet to master the challenge of getting enough water up to the bogs in CB3 to get the taps to work!

Yep, I blame level 2.[/quote]

Well, the fuckin' money they're paying down there, they're entitled to a bit of water. Anyway, I blame Stevie Starfish for this sliding about on yer arse. He started it last season, as I recall, and now every fucker wants a go!

 

[dobobobo]

surely its up to the player to make sure hes got the right boots on to suit the surface conditions, how hard can it be when your playin at home

A bit hard when your sponsor says you're wearing our boots whether you like it or not.

I remember seeing a video where Chappy was basically hacksawing off blades from the players' boots and converting them to traditional studs, so there's no excuse for not having different versions of the same boot ready for different conditions.

Feel free to write a letter to the likes of Nike.