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Spit and Polish
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 'Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact, right? And it never really works out that way. It’s probably the same cow and not as good as your own cow.'
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New Premier League Match Ball
Nike T90 Ascente ![]() TheT90 Ascente Ball has been designed, engineered and lab tested like no other. It is the official Premier League football for the 2009/10 season and will be used in every single game by the likes of Rooney, Torres and Gerrard. Wind-tunnel tested for unrivaled flight and accuracy. It makes premiership strikers more deadly and gives keepers sleepless nights! Main Features: - Micro-textured surface equalizes airflow increasing accuracy and ball control - Three-layer premium construction maximizes range and velocity - Evolved performance graphic provides vision enhanced ball tracking from all areas of the pitch. - Perfect 360 degree sweet spot engineered to give consistency. It's official match ball for Serie A, Premier League and La Liga matches. ![]() Thoughts? |
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First Team Sub
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ★ ★ ★
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It's a ball. Nike and Adidas seem to come up with a gimmick every season.
Look's wise it's ok, I am glad we're back with the "Premier League = blue" theme. Bit like Walkers crisps! My fave balls of recent times have been: ![]()
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Being watched; will learn to post in the correct forum
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gloves are worn for traction primarily. Someone like Evra needs them for good throw-ins when it's raining or snowing or the ball is damp. Kaka, might wear them because he get's fouled a lot. Scraping and cutting his hands on frozen pitches
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The balls are blamed for too much these days.
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First Team Regular
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Using location as a tagline: because I'm just not cool enough to have my own.
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I just want for one year a new ball to come out and have the press release say that it's more stable in flight to help keepers.
Or better yet, "here is a ball. It is round. It doesn't help anyone" |
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First Team Sub
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Lebanon/Stockholm/Manchester
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im a bit inderwhelmed by this ball. it doesnt replace the one we did so well with last year. but i guess nike is changing the system so hopefully it will be fine. not a cock-out ball IMO.
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Desperate
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hated, Adored, Never Ignored
Posts: 40,400
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You're all saying it's just a ball
There's no doubt even in just the last 10 years they've changed fundamentally They're practically fly aways these days. I'd hate to be a keeper they've got no fucking chance |
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Being watched; will learn to post in the correct forum
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gloves are worn for traction primarily. Someone like Evra needs them for good throw-ins when it's raining or snowing or the ball is damp. Kaka, might wear them because he get's fouled a lot. Scraping and cutting his hands on frozen pitches
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See that's the part I don't believe. Obviously the balls have changed and have had some effect on goalkeeping. But I don't believe most of the blame accredited to ball movement that people use to justify poor keeping. The biggest effect on the game a ball can make is the player's first touch, from my own experiences.
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Desperate
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hated, Adored, Never Ignored
Posts: 40,400
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Being watched; will learn to post in the correct forum
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gloves are worn for traction primarily. Someone like Evra needs them for good throw-ins when it's raining or snowing or the ball is damp. Kaka, might wear them because he get's fouled a lot. Scraping and cutting his hands on frozen pitches
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Footballs these days accentuate the action taken on them more than older balls (probably). As in, if you cut across a ball slightly, then it's going to let you know about it more than before. By before I mean like, yonks ago, not in the last 10-15 years.
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Being watched; will learn to post in the correct forum
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gloves are worn for traction primarily. Someone like Evra needs them for good throw-ins when it's raining or snowing or the ball is damp. Kaka, might wear them because he get's fouled a lot. Scraping and cutting his hands on frozen pitches
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It's not for no reason, that's those plastic balls you play with on the beach that change direction for no reason!
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