Nike Thread [18] - Post all info, pics & questions here!

Well now look who's off topic...

 

No I have no idea if they ship to the UK, (should do tho), but they are legit. Just click on the shirt he wants (H/A), and do the hero printing option and put beckham on it. My fried uses them flat out, like 5-6 jerseys a month (he has more money than sense, sadly...) and loves them, so can't harm checking them out. Again, I've never used them and am no kit expert but the kits he gets off seem legit!

 

This, this and a thousand times, this. Western marketing principles in a nutshell. I have three of Ronaldos current and past signature boots (safari, stripes & current VIII's), and while ronaldo is my favourite player (has been since day dot, I watched his debut and loved him since, no homo), I won't by getting these 'limited' ones, and possibly not even his orange/white ones a few months later.
It's like Nike have gotten to the stage where they're like 'So Ronaldo has come second in ballon dor- let's market these boots as little as possible, make them the stock standard boot essentially, recycle the old original ronaldo safari colour way minus the dots, and chuck a few graphics on there and see how much money we can make, you know, for laughs.'

And as Boliv said, whilst yes it is clever by soccer.com in the way they're doing it, essentially maximal return minimal effort, it rubs me the wrong way.. But I don't know, maybe what annoys me more is the stupidity of people to write comments on the site saying 'oh I want these <3 CR' and all that crap. Think people, think....

 

err... I could be wrong, but i think you missed out putting up a link?

 

Football shirts seem to go for crazy prices in some countries in mainland Europe.

A couple of years back i really wanted a Werder Bremen shirt, couldn't find any UK store that had my size, luckily my dad ended up going over to Bremen on a business trip so i asked if there was any chance he could grab me one if he had a bit of spare time to go looking. Think they were about £70-80 both at the official clubshop and retail places in the town, who'd pay that for a football shirt? I mean i only wear them to play in but even if i was going to wear it when i went to watch the match every other week i wouldn't pay that much. Thankfully he and my mom ended up going back over to Germany the following summer and doing a bit of a road trip, being the end of the season and with a new shirt pending i managed to get one at a much more affordable price.

 

In soccer.com's competition they ask your size. I assumed the cr7's would all be the same size, does anyone know if there will be a mix of sizes or just the one?

 

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Should be legit. She's talking about the PSG official website. And yeah, the price is ridiculous. I'll wait until soccer.com gets them and look into it.

 

and you looked good in it too

 

Did my best to ruin it with that bloodbath though didn't I? Was relieved when it came out clean haha

 

http://www.shirtstarshop.com/Category/74-paris-saint-germain.aspx

Not my finest hour.. Thanks!

 

you took that ball to the face like a champ

 

This x100000.

 

I wore Tiempo Elites for the first time today. It seems I severely underestimated the stiffness of carbon fiber. After about an hour of playing my feet were killing me. Granted I was playing on a very firm ground. But its looking like these are going are going to have a tough break in.

 

Nike Tiempo Mystic IV

http://www.voetbalshirtjes.com/nike-tiempo-mystic-iv-voetbalschoenen-2013/

 

I understand that Nike is implementing these pastel shades, since they have been casually fashionable, but they are starting to look pretty pathetic imo.
I design, and I am quite open-minded, but the idea of players like Maldini ever wearing such a boot is far-fetched to me. OK, maybe the likes of Paolo would love the boot if you handed it to him, but I feel like these boot colorways are becoming too naff.
I get that flashy style is a part of the modern game, but this is different to the chrome and red colours we used to see. If I played against guys wearing these pastel shades, I really wouldn't take them too seriously.

 

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U seriously judge a player in the boots they wear? So if messi wore these boots for example u wouldn't take him serious..?
Boots have nothing to do with ability or player type these days. Maybe back In the day when white boots were worn by the cocky players and white boots would make ypu a target for thuggish defenders, but boots are in all colours but hardly black these days..
I'm a holding midfielder and wear the retro and orange vapors because I liked the color and find them really comfortable...
In the same way boots aren't gonna make you a better player or improve your game, the same boots don't make you bad because their pastels and good players wouldn't wear pastels...
If this is what you was getting at?

 

I'm being completely irrational and emotive when I give that opinion.
I am judging the player's character, not his ability, purely based on the boot colour.
Also, I'm saying that I don't enjoy Nike making such colour boots, because it will inevitably end up on a number of professional players that would look a lot tougher in a fierce colour combination.
The pastel colours remind me of high-schoolers at a pool party, with glow sticks, and neon accessories.

Obviously, when the game starts, all this goes out the window, but since this is a forum to discuss ideas, I thought I'd do that. I'm not trying to take a scientific approach to this.

 

I think it was vujojosh I read/heard say that if you are a heavier person the carbon fiber won't feel as stiff as it would to a lighter person. I'm 6ft 12 n a half stone and I've never felt any stiffness at all from the boots and I've worn them on artificial grass as well as hard ground. Are you short/lighter?

 

I am 6ft 1in, 80kg. I think it was just because they were new. I am not sure though. I'll probably just wear them around the house or go on a few jogging sessions in them. That usually helps.

 

Debut for who? Sporting?

 

Nah united vs Bolton, he tore them with direct pace and should have had a penalty. Not bad for a 17-18(?) year old.

 

Nike Football Green Speed "Concept Boots"
designed by my friend Abdou Cataluniya
> More to come: www.Gunt22.com
*Note that these are not the GS3 nor product designed by Nike Football.

 

Gunt, I enjoy your updates and enthusiasm. However, I was wondering why you are promoting that design on your FB page, and on here? Reason I ask is because the GS boot is just coloured differently in the front, and it's got NIKE instead of ACC?
Hope you don't take my question the wrong way