The best value for money option. ASICS has been tearing up the boot market in Japan over the past few years with the brand putting out excellent update after excellent update. They have been so good that the X Fly 5 took top spot in my boot of the year list for last year, with […]
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The original Phantom GX boots were one of the most popular boots for Nike (aside from the Mercurial) over the past several years. They sold out constantly and seemingly almost everyone in the boot space has tried them. So, when the Nike Phantom GX 2 Elite was announced, people were quite negative. After all, Nike […]
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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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A Surprising Boot Skechers have decided to throw their weight around in the football market and signing Harry Kane is a massive statement of intent. Following from that, creating a headline boot for the man could be seen as a monumental task but Skechers have seem to have done their homework when it comes to […]
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A great foundation Skechers are fairly known everywhere for their general footwear and have in the past even made football boots, but they could never be seen as high performance products. With last year’s launch of their newest football line, things have changed. Skechers is now pushing the envelope and while they do have a […]
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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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Better Leather ASICS has been seemingly going from strength to strength over the past few years. The regular X Fly line has been trading blows with other boots of a similar style and the X Fly Pro has presented itself as a great leather speed boot option. The one drawback of the boot has always […]
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More than meets the eye Athleta as brand are more well known and more popular for their apparel and their futsal shoes rather than their boots in Japan. Having used and enjoyed a lot of their apparel for some time now, I was always interested in trying their boots but had never gotten around to […]
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Boots were supplied by Tokyo Football SG, socks worn are also available at Tokyo Football SG Simplicity goes a long way Back in 2018 Mizuno released the Mizuno Wave Cup remake. With much hype, the boot quickly sold out and is among the best boots Mizuno has ever produced. Lesser known however, is that Mizuno […]
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It is a bit Beta When Mizuno first introduced the Beta series with the launch of the original Neo II Beta, it was met positively enough that Mizuno decided to make the Beta series part of the mainline Neo series. The introduction of knit on the Neo III Beta gave Mizuno a killer knit boot […]
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