Best football boots

moikey

What are the best football boot deals at the moment?

Thanks lads

Sir Gallagher

Nice ankle support and a spiffing design to boot.

mayordenis

It's smells of rich mahogany.

flas

umbro specialli have and always will be the best boots around!

GavRedKing

It all depends on what you'd prefer, everyone has their own favourites.

In terms of boots, adidas and Nike have basically copied each other recently, and their boots are very similar looking.

Try on the boots in the shops and see what feels more comfrotable.

I fing for myself, Adidas Predator have a better fit then Nike Tempo, Nike were tight for me. Puma have a nice fit in Puma Kings.

My advice, try on a few and see what you prefer.

evil_seed

Puma Kings

Fromvert

World Cups

Kingdom

Copa Mundial Adidas. That is all.

Sir Gallagher

Do Dunnes still sell the Le Caf boots?

Yakult

These get my vote, not sure can you still get them in a shop now

Puma King exec.

Cypher_sounds

Puma Power Cat 1.10 Pro
Got me a pair, they do the job.

event

Dublin_Gunner

I've always used either Umbro or Adidas.

Currently Adidas Predator Powerswerve.

I find them a good fit, and comfortable to play in, and I much prefer the blade design over studs.

However, I do find that the rubberised area on the front can rip after a while, so you might go through a few pairs a season. (particularly if you make lots of tackles etc)

Some people like the F-50's, but I find they're very similar to Nike's newer designs.

AdiCORE & AdiPURE are good old fashioned, soft leather football boots, with either studs or blades, and are lightweight, and I would probably chose these for my next pair.

But as was said, go in, pick a few pairs, and try them on. See which fits best and feels most comfortable, and base your decision on that.

Nehaxak

Best pair of football boots I ever had were a pair of Asic Gel's. Not sure if they sell them anymore though but I felt they gave me the best ball control, accuracy and stability (when sprinting) - never found a pair of boots since that ever gave me what I got from my Asic Gels

FatherTed

Ardennes1944

predators. been made for years so they've been perfected. just lyk porsche's rear engines:)

Dublin_Gunner

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Puma Power Cat 1.10 Pro
Got me a pair, they do the job.

rrp £260 lol :eek:


They must be having a laugh!

But they do have, er, shark gills that aid power and accuracy, apparently.

D'Agger

Without a shadow of a doubt the best combo of studded and moulded boots I've used are these: (Adidas Predator Absolute TRX & Adidas World Cups) Fantastic boots.

event

those top ones are class

cant find them anywhere now though

newballsplease

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Nice ankle support and a spiffing design to boot.

Funny as it is... seriously, Boards.ie is turning into a place where someone cant ask a geniune question without somebody dying to get the first smart answer in, craving a load of thanks.

mayordenis

You know your on an internet message board right?

When you hang out outside of Boards.ie with friends do you find people often maybe a smart/funny comment before serious ones? It's pretty basic in the world of conversations.

UnitedIrishman

Going investing in a pair of Copa Mundials soon.

Currently wearing these:


Comfortable enough, but found they're a bit wide at the top for my foot.

D'Agger

event wrote: »

those top ones are class

cant find them anywhere now though

Do a search online man I'm sure you can - one of the fellas I play football with keeps buying the preds that were out during the 2002 world cup so there's definately a site where you can get them.

Also fairly certain I've seen them in Finns Corner in Cork City recently - although they could be rugby boots - the selection isn't great there tbh

Saint_Mel

Adidas World Cups, Adidas Copa Mundials and Umbro Speciali

I got them for €40 each, money well spent

Nemanja91

You can't go wrong with total 90s, they are very coMfortable, have a pair of blue and navy Nike vapor at the moment, nice but don't offer too much protection

Those new vapors are nice too

http://www.prodirectsoccer.com/prodinfo.asp?PID=PDS-002-009-C01&DEPT=2&BRAND=9&SS=1&PROFILE=Speed

moikey

Thanks lads Theres a few to think about.

To be honest I haven't played football on grass for years would the blades need getting used to?

Morf

It's going to depend on the shape of your feet and how you run as to which boots will be the most comfortable.

Then you take into account if you want a light boot, a power boot or a touch boot.

All leather boots are usually going to be easiest to adapt to as the leather will stretch to fit your feet.

Then there's the matter of aesthetics. What i think is good-looking might not be the same as you.

Have a good look around http://www.prodirectsoccer.com or http://www.kitbag.com or any number of others and pick a few you like and then try them on in the best bricks and mortar shop you can find.

Third_Echelon

It has always been adidas predator for me.. such a good boot.. i've had the current pair about 7 years... great support and comfort

I've had 3 pairs of them over the years... the first generation and third generation.. then the current pair i have was from 2002/03 direction.

The early ones, even though they were very good boots wore through in a couple of years, but like i said, the later ones are very tough wearing

Seaneh

Don't buy anything with blades.

Buy a pair of normal studs for soft ground and mouldys for hard ground.

the best combinations are Addidas World cups and Copa mundial's. very similar boots, very comfortably and natural feeling and won't cost you an arm and a leg.

If you want somehting more odern looking than the mundial's get the puma king exec moulded.




A lot of club doctors are trying to banblades in their under age systems as they believe they lead to injuries. Fergie has banned blades from united's training ground completely, if a youth player brings a pair into training they are binned and he is given a pair of bog standard boots. He and the united club doctors reckon roony's foot break was down the the blades.

Dublin_Gunner

???

Have you got anything that backs that up? I've never heard such nonsense in my life.

Been wearing blades for over 10 years, and never had an injury you could associate with them!

Seaneh

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

???

Have you got anything that backs that up? I've never heard such nonsense in my life.

Been wearing blades for over 10 years, and never had an injury you could associate with them!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/4277722.stm

Dublin_Gunner

Utter rubbish IMO.

Sounds like scraping the barrel for a scapegoat.

Not that there's anything wrong with normal studs, but blaming blades on injuries that would be caused just as easily with normal studs is borderline ridiculous.

Sounds like another Grey Jersey excuse lol

Saint_Mel

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

???

Have you got anything that backs that up? I've never heard such nonsense in my life.

Been wearing blades for over 10 years, and never had an injury you could associate with them!

Actually I've heard it from coaches and physios before that clubs are trying to stop players wearing blades.

Depends on the way you move on the pitch, in goalkeeping for example a lot of the movement is shuffling from side to side, the shape of the blade means it covers more area than a single stud/mouldie and it creates a larger area of friction on the sole of the foot. Among other things that can lead to planter faciatis which can be quite painful.

D'Agger

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Adidas World Cups, Adidas Copa Mundials and Umbro Speciali

I got them for €40 each, money well spent

Really? Where? they normally retail around the €100-€120 mark

Dublin_Gunner

Well I have to say I've honestly never heard of any of that before, never been witness to it and never suffered because of it.

Surely, if these things were that bad, they would be getting banned, and many pro's wouldn't be wearing them the last 10-15 years or so?

fcleere

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

rrp £260 lol :eek:


They must be having a laugh!

But they do have, er, shark gills that aid power and accuracy, apparently.

thats for 2 pairs.
cant go wrong with predators imo, the new ones are very comfortable,even straight out of the box

Dublin_Gunner

fcleere wrote: »

thats for 2 pairs.
cant go wrong with predators imo, the new ones are very comfortable,even straight out of the box

Ah right, must have missed that!

Agree on the Preds though, but I find they do get damaged fairly easily.

IIn the market for a new pair of boots myself at the minute.

D'Agger

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

In the market for a new pair of boots myself at the minute.

Imo look for these because with the new preds coming out they've gone down in price and they're very comfy - think it's a very good pair of boots at very low price you'll be getting:

Saint_Mel

PaulieC wrote: »

Really? Where? they normally retail around the €100-€120 mark

Got them a few years ago. World Cups & Copas in Tullamore and the Specialis in Champion Sports in Jervis St.

World Cups were pure luck though as it was a shoe shop that had a half price or less sale. I happened to be walking past and saw the boots in the window ... really out of place but I went in and hey presto got them for €40 :-)

Copas were in Sports World in tullamore, no sale on, that was the price. Same with the Specialis

Saint_Mel

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Well I have to say I've honestly never heard of any of that before, never been witness to it and never suffered because of it.

Surely, if these things were that bad, they would be getting banned, and many pro's wouldn't be wearing them the last 10-15 years or so?

Unfortunately I've heard of it, witnessed it and also suffered from it!

Dublin_Gunner

PaulieC wrote: »

Imo look for these because with the new preds coming out they've gone down in price and they're very comfy - think it's a very good pair of boots at very low price you'll be getting:

Fairly similar to the boots I currently have



But the rubberised 'Predator' bit on the instep f my right boot has just started to tear away from the leather after a tourny last weekend

Had them just less than a year, and really liked them I have to say.

joey54

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Utter rubbish IMO.

Sounds like scraping the barrel for a scapegoat.

Not that there's anything wrong with normal studs, but blaming blades on injuries that would be caused just as easily with normal studs is borderline ridiculous.

Sounds like another Grey Jersey excuse lol

Blades have been known to cause injury:

http://ccwcb.blogspot.com/2006/06/blades-sinners-or-saints.html

Personally my boot of choice is Puma Kings.

Blazer

Without a doubt the most comfortable boot I've ever worn.
Adidas Copa Mundial ftw

fcleere

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Unfortunately I've heard of it, witnessed it and also suffered from it!

apparently the blade configuration in the front of the soft ground boots increases the chances of knee injury! the two middle blades being the culprits

on the older boots,new ones only have 4 studs at the front

D'Agger

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Fairly similar to the boots I currently have



But the rubberised 'Predator' bit on the instep f my right boot has just started to tear away from the leather after a tourny last weekend

Had them just less than a year, and really liked them I have to say.

I'll be killed for mentioning *cough* GAA *cough* but I've found I was using a pair of nike vapours and decided to switch back to the these preds ^ even though they're a bit worn and the difference in the strike I get on the ball is ridiculous - still have to carry the vapours to games though because with preds they're very prone to tearing/ripping on the instep like you mentioned - happened my previous preds...was sickened

D'Agger

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Got them a few years ago. World Cups & Copas in Tullamore and the Specialis in Champion Sports in Jervis St.

World Cups were pure luck though as it was a shoe shop that had a half price or less sale. I happened to be walking past and saw the boots in the window ... really out of place but I went in and hey presto got them for €40 :-)

Copas were in Sports World in tullamore, no sale on, that was the price. Same with the Specialis

Ya jammy bóllox I bought world cups for €115 a few years back and they're brilliant boots - what I don't like about them is the tongue gets annoying so what I did was stitch strong elastic material on either side of it so it was like the tongue on the preds - really think it's something they should add to them although by doing that they're kind of taking away from the old school look of them imo

fcleere

PaulieC wrote: »

Ya jammy bóllox I bought world cups for €115 a few years back and they're brilliant boots - what I don't like about them is the tongue gets annoying so what I did was stitch strong elastic material on either side of it so it was like the tongue on the preds - really think it's something they should add to them although by doing that they're kind of taking away from the old school look of them imo

you fold down the tongue and wrap the laces around,then fold up the tongue and knot the laces and the tongue covers and stays put.

D'Agger

fcleere wrote: »

you fold down the tongue and wrap the laces around,then fold up the tongue and knot the laces and the tongue covers and stays put.

I did that to begin with but my laces kept ripping from constantly striking the ball - could also be from my left handedness causing me to suck at tying knots etc. - I just prefer being able to put the tongue over with the elastic instead of chaning the way I'd normally lace up anyway

moikey

Ended up with a pair of these got them last week only pair with my size,
was thinking hoping it would'nt rain all week,
would I still be ok wearing these in the wet or would I be all over the place as they are FG.

Adidas Absolado X FG

D'Agger

moikey wrote: »

Ended up with a pair of these got them last week only pair with my size,
was thinking hoping it would'nt rain all week,
would I still be ok wearing these in the wet or would I be all over the place as they are FG.

Adidas Absolado X FG

It depends on the ground tbh - I'd wear them if the ground is hard because even if it's wet and the ground is hard you're going to slip if wearing studs and you're going to hurt your feet.

If the ground has softened from the rain then wear studs for better grip imo

jamsieboy86

Pantofola d'Oro are great boots, simple design but made from quality Italian leather, Pantofola d'Oro translates literally as Golden Slippers.



Don't own a pair as of yet but I will get them.