Football Boots

[Dougal Maguire]

My 18 year old is looking to buy a pair of Adidas Predator Mania football boots off EBay costing £299. He's a pretty good footballer but I find it hard to justify spending this amount of money on boots. Any views?

[AFS]

Jamie Clarke is wearing these, according to his super cool blog. Tell the son he can get the boots when he's three times better than Jamie.

[Puckoon]

IIRC, They are a boot from the early 2000s. He'd be buying them for nostaligia (but he seems young enough). 299 sterling is far too much for a pair of boots that he's going to actually play in. I'm a big fan of the early versions of the Predator (new ones are pure shite) but not paying through the nose for them.

[Tony Baloney]

300 quid for a pair of boots! Are you wise  . 

[johnneycool]

My 18 year old is looking to buy a pair of Adidas Predator Mania football boots off EBay costing £299. He's a pretty good footballer but I find it hard to justify spending this amount of money on boots. Any views?

Can he not get a part time job if he wants to splash £299 on a pair of boots?

[Count 10]

Make sure they are a matching pair

[50fiftyball]

Anyone wearing the current Adidas Predator Instincts? Looking to purchase a pair for new season ahead... "the black-outs" version.

I've always been a Nike Tiempo/Puma Kings man of your neutral black colours.. but feel the Puma Kings are now too heavy a boot compared to the others available.

Also, i take it you buy FG as opposed to SG? the soft ground ones wouldn't cut it in the summer on dry surface with the studs.

[CD]

That's insane Dougal. I'd say the total price for all the boots I've owned wouldn't add up to £300! I still use a 13 year old pair of puma kings. Cleaned and vaselined regularly. Still the best boot around!

[theticklemister]

  Dougal have you learnt nothing about your own days playing football?

[foxcommander]

I still use a 13 year old pair of puma kings.

I take it you stay on the bench a lot? I'd have looked for a transfer by now.

[CD]

I still use a 13 year old pair of puma kings.

I take it you stay on the bench a lot? I'd have looked for a transfer by now.

Hah! Retired 10 years ago. only get them out for the odd masters game!!

[foxcommander]

I still use a 13 year old pair of puma kings.

I take it you stay on the bench a lot? I'd have looked for a transfer by now.

Hah! Retired 10 years ago. only get them out for the odd masters game!!

You should never say you've retired. Hold out hope of a call-up to the county panel. It theoretically could happen