adidas

Good, but not enough One thing I really appreciate is that adidas has continued to release leather Predators over the past several years. While I selfishly would prefer they be a standard release instead of a limited-edition release, I appreciate that we are still getting them despite the massive push toward synthetics/knits over the past […]

My wish granted There have been a ton of brilliant releases this year, and 2026 is shaping up to be the best ever year for boots. The Three Stripes have played their part in this (let’s ignore the Predator 26) with the release of the excellent F50 Hyperfast, which could be argued to be adi’s […]

Par Excellence We’re only just over half through the year, and there have been a ton of excellent releases on the market. Almost every single brand seems to have been working in the background for several years to make 2026 arguably one of the best years for boot releases. There are so many excellent options […]

Evolution One of the best things about the current market is that some brands are willing to push the boundaries of what works in a football boot. These are of course, the halo products, or products that exist simply because the brands want to show off what they can do. This gave us boots like […]

A new beginning Adidas has had some iconic speed boots over the years. The obvious ones are boots like the 2014 F50 adiZero, the 2010 adiZero, the 2005 F50+, and the X Speedflow. Oftentimes, adidas has struggled to meet the high bar that they have set for themselves. While the generation before this one tested […]

Strange Over the past couple of years adidas has managed to put themselves front and center with the return of a Predator with a foldover tongue. Such a simple addition would not have had as much impact by itself, but the fact that the Predator 24 was so good and then adidas managed to do […]

Solid While the other two big brands in the boot market (Puma and Nike) have mostly left the leather boot game, for the time being at least, adidas continued to push on with their Copa Pure series. On top of that, they even let the Copa Icon II get reworked to release as another leather […]

Masterclass We have been absolutely deluged over the past half decade with remakes of various sorts and colourways. It has gotten has to the point that a new release is more likely to make me eyeroll instead of getting me excited. There is just so much product on the market and it can be exhausting […]

The pinnacle of modern Predators Adidas released the Predator Rotiero last year with much acclaim. After so many years, adidas was finally giving the market a proper leather Predator and it was excellent. For some, like TexasCleatCollector, it was their boot of the year. I also was over the moon and the only reason I […]