It has been some time since we have two speed boot releases drop around the same time and put the boots more in direct competition with each other. Both Nike and adidas have always taken different approaches to their speed boots and with the newest generation of the F50 (which adidas have brought back) and […]
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The Return Adidas has been the talk of the market this year. The relaunch of a proper Predator, as well as the marketing and performances that surround it, has put the Three Stipes at the forefront of everyone’s mind when it comes to football boots. The fact that the new Predator not only looks the […]
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Worthy of the name and hype Adidas pulled off maybe the best launch of the past ten years when they put the upcoming Predator on the feet of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham. Both players were in excellent form during the initial teaser campaign which was successful in building up absurd amounts of hype for […]
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Close, but not quite it Adidas’ Copa series has recently started being a weird spot. Sure, for a long time it was competing with the Nike Tiempo Legend or the Puma King but now that both of those boots are no longer leather, in a way it feels that it is less competing with those […]
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The one to get With the recent release of the X Crazyfast, adidas has given players several choices for their boots. While the X Crazyfast+ offers the lightest possible boot without sacrificing performance, the X Crazyfast.1 models seek to offer solid performance while adding a bit more comfort and stability. Along with this, the price […]
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Expensive Lightspeed Adidas have revamped their top of the line lineup with the launch of the Crazyfast series. Instead of getting a top end laceless boot and lace variation, we now have a plus model that not only features a very thin upper and is lighweight but is also about twenty percent more expensive than […]
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Close to fulfilling potential It felt like adidas was fulfilling people’s wishes when they released (several times) the X 99.1 Speedportal Leather. Getting rid of the awful upper of the Speedportal, adidas then slapped a soft leather forefoot along with a much more pliable midfoot on the boot and it seemed like adidas created an […]
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Nike and Puma’s latest moves seem dishonest News broke recently that Nike was going to stop production of kangaroo leather football boots. In the announcement, Nike also mentioned that they had divested of their only kangaroo leather supplier in 2021. This comes only two weeks after Puma had announced that they will also stop the […]
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A Proper Modern Predator Hopes were initially high when adidas brought back the Predator series in 2018, however, the boots were still very much just a newer version of the Ace series. It was not until the Predator Mutator in 2020 that we finally got rubber elements on the boots again. In spite of the […]
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A laceless classic While adidas has been using the laceless concept for since 2016, it was not until 2019 that we saw the first attempt at a laceless leather boot. In truth, it seemed like it was something that always had the potential to happen but successfully pulling it off would require some work. While […]
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