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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With every new year comes the positivity of potential releases. We are already seeing leaks of a new Predator that looks like it has the potential to be something great and as well as seeing the first remake of the year in the form of the Predator Precision. Of course, I am sure we will […]
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It’s been arguably one of the best years for football boot releases in the last few years. We were treated to some lovely remakes, some great colourways, World Cup packs, limited edition releases galore, some good, some bad. We are still seeing release issues and some bizarre decisions, like Nike’s recent limited edition boots not […]
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Continuing to raise prices poses issues I am a massive fan of Mizuno. Since the first time I wore their boots bout thirteen years ago, there has never been a time when I did not have at least one pair in rotation and at least a couple of pairs in my collection. Even now, though […]
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Top Speed One of the things that Mizuno has not done in some time was make an out and out speed boot. The brand always pointed to the Morelia Neo 3 and the Neo 3 Beta as it’s speed boot options, but they are not as outright focused on performance as other speed boots on […]
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Issues with a new company doesn’t bode well for the future Capitten made a minor splash on social media when they announced that they were the boot suppliers for Andres Iniesta. A little further digging makes it appear that the Andres Iniesta is heavily involved in the design of the boots themselves and looks like […]
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Mizuno turns up the heat Over the past several years while every other brand has been continually coming up with ways to reinvent the speed boot, Mizuno has been happy to sit on the sidelines. While others pushed for newer and reinvented ways to use synthetic, Mizuno has kept itself busy refining it’s own use […]
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Disrupting everything Nike has a habit of dropping hype releases fairly often. They are intended as a way to shake up the market and shift focus on whatever they’re deciding to talk about for that cycle. Sometimes these releases make sense, like the recent Tiempo Legend 9 MI boots. But other times we get stuff […]
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So, over the past few months I have been heavily pushing the Japanese brand, Adler. Part of this came from the fact that I really do like their boots. I have been impressed with their line up and performance has been great across the line with the Yatagarashu and the Horenso quickly working their way […]
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A made in Japan coming together Regular readers of this blog will know my love the of the Mizuno Morelia II Made in Japan. You will have also no doubt have read my recent review of the Adler Yatagarashu in which I gave it high praise. But now down to what everyone wants to know: […]
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