Paranoid Android Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Love the 1970 one, classic look. 2006 is my favourite of the more recent ones. 2014 looks like a plastic ball young kids might play with on the beach. Spent at least half an hour of a one to one class yesterday speaking to my student about the world cup and the draw coming on Friday. I got paid to chat about the world cup. I got an in depth review of 1982, the first world cup he properly remembers and about how the second group stage was total shit. If only every class was like this I'd have the best job in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 1970 - 1994 are all great. I agree about 2006 too. That was the last good World Cup ball. The most recent two look like something you'd buy on a seaside promenade to play with on the beach. With the amount of stick the Jabulani got, it would appear they have a similar sort of flight too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Did anyone get an official ball when they were a kid? That was the stuff of dreams. They ran about 80 quid I think. I remember vividly playing with someone's 94 Questra and being told in no uncertain terms to not kick it anywhere concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I had an Italia '90 ball. It wasn't allowed near concrete, not even a bounce on concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Also, this: http://youtu.be/2JBqkVUSJaw I don't speak Spanish but I can only imagine how hilarious this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Closed Captioning tells me it's not that hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 The Adidas Tango was an absolute classic football. I grew up kicking that ball around, and it hasn't been bettered since, from my experience. I used to like the old Mitre Deltas when they were first used in the English and Scottish top flight, too. Distinctive design. When I was a kid, I designed my own football strips, and I often sketched my final kits on mannequins sports-shop-window-style, with Mitre Deltas accompanying the display. Man, I was a nerdy kid. I fucking miss kicking a football so much. Time to get a fives team going at work, but I fear some of the interested parties are a bit shit. Tae punts and aimless runs into corners galore! One plus point so far is that I have three willing goalkeepers for the team...so rare for fives! I think I'll introduce a rotation system until I find the best goalie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 My football-based drawings always contained a Mitre delta, cosmic or tactic. There was something so satisfying about drawing the arrows and the hexagonal 'patchwork' effect of a classic football was too difficult to get right. Other football drawings included a full green colour fill in MS Paint with white lines and semi circles for markings - for the birds eye view. When I discovered perspective I transitioned to drawing '3d' goals first then filling in the scene with various scenarios... mostly involving overhead kicks and 'whoosh' lines I learned from Art Attack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 The difference between the real and replicas was always most felt when headering. The replicas would give a tinny 'ping' whereas the real ones would omit a more booming 'thwump'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 A sick part of me wanted to see Altidore go the entire season and score me nil points for my fantasy team. But no the fucker couldn't even do that right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Closed Captioning tells me it's not that hilarious. It's one of the most popular shows on tv but I've never seen a very funny sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 A HAUL! Can't beat a haul. unless you score a 5th goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 opens the scoringnetted a bracebagged a hat-trickA 4-goal haulhe's made it 5Hit for 67th heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 opens the scoringnetted a bracebagged a hat-trickA 4-goal haulFive-star performanceHit for 67th heaven Surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Horrible result for Moyes tonight. Of course it'll take time to get the team playing his way and the fans need to show patience yada yada yada but 9th place 12 points off the pace is not the level they should be performing at. This is the same squad that won the league last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 HAT TRICK! Saw this on Twitter. Imagine this MOTD. Even Lawrenson and Hansen wouldn't be able to ruin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Too many one sided matches, boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 10 of the best for Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 yet no team was on cloud 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Managerial backlash is incredible at times. Calling for Moyes' head already is utterly mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Blackburn were simply gr-eight. No, that was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 They missed out the best bit in the 10-1, should've been: Fulham 10 (TEN) - 1 Ipswich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I don't think Fulham could score ten goals in ten matches at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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