Are the High Price of Boots Worth it?

[GunnerStunner]

hahah

25% nice improvement lol

i don't like the "scale dong" version of the top line boots, all the manufacturers do it

nike murcurial, t 90 laser, ledgend
adidas predator, and lower end copa-likes
the difference in quality is soemtimes even visual

i say invest properly buy for where you play, turfs for turf hard gorund etc, and clean n care for your boots and they will last, especially the higher end ones, but don't expect a 100-300 us dollar boots to stand up to savanah and fete match sweat, with teemaire, nut grass, gravel, big stone, and wlaking over concrete n shite to get to the pitch.

first thing as a youth yuh always taught keep yuh boots in topnotch

then if you can stretch ah boots 3-4 seasons yuh done pay for itself already

my copas stiched once already, had them 5 years now, looking to get ah new pair preferably the anniversary edition in a size 9 even though i wear a 10

[GunnerStunner]

and given my style of play a boots like ah predators or nike murcurial would be flashy n pretensious

but i also looking hard at the nike T90 laser

[Touches]

Yuh must buy 2 boots and rotate.

I had two pairs of Puma King...the black classic with the bottom like a Copa and the white one with the blades. Both of them Kangaroo leather.

They were about 114$ US but because I was wukking in a football store I get them for $50 each.

That was in 2001.

The black one buss the other day and I use the white one in the warrior nation sweat the other day. I use that boot right tru.

I bought both of them a 1/2 size small wet them, and stretch them out, till they moulded perfectly to my feet.

You must not beat out any tugs, I sweat 4-5 days a week, both dry and wet season and after yuh sweat yuh must take the boots, run it under a pipe and with a small brush take off any excess mud.

Let it air dry but dont put it in sun.

Finally a lil coat of Dubbin every 2 weeks or so does keep yuh boots good and waterproof and the leather sorf and nice.

If yuh sweat tuesday, rotate and wear the other boot wed, and bring it back out thursday.

So right now is a Copa and the white Puma I rotating. But the Puma on its last life...it lorse about 8 already. If anything I go call another Copa. I was lucky and get the 25 Anniversary edition for 400tt on sale in Sports World...it was 1200.

[GunnerStunner]

Yuh must buy 2 boots and rotate.

I had two pairs of Puma King...the black classic with the bottom like a Copa and the white one with the blades. Both of them Kangaroo leather.

They were about 114$ US but because I was wukking in a football store I get them for $50 each.

That was in 2001.

The black one buss the other day and I use the white one in the warrior nation sweat the other day. I use that boot right tru.

I bought both of them a 1/2 size small wet them, and stretch them out, till they moulded perfectly to my feet.

You must not beat out any tugs, I sweat 4-5 days a week, both dry and wet season and after yuh sweat yuh must take the boots, run it under a pipe and with a small brush take off any excess mud.

Let it air dry but dont put it in sun.

Finally a lil coat of Dubbin every 2 weeks or so does keep yuh boots good and waterproof and the leather sorf and nice.

If yuh sweat tuesday, rotate and wear the other boot wed, and bring it back out thursday.

So right now is a Copa and the white Puma I rotating. But the Puma on its last life...it lorse about 8 already. If anything I go call another Copa. I was lucky and get the 25 Anniversary edition for 400tt on sale in Sports World...it was 1200.

no effin way
dat is ah steal!

[Coop's]

People are idots when it comes to all this shit. Is the same with replica shirts for 80 - 120 dollars. Imagine I had on a Barca away shirt from 2005, ah man see the shirt. He say is a long time I looking for that because he collects shirts.  Ill give you $75,00 now, I say nah I pay $120. He say ok I'll give you $100.00. Then I had to tell him I'll give him the shirt. So I gave him without explaination. The truth is I pay $10.00 in Mexico. It have everything even the CL tag on the side.
Me for one eh buying nutten so. research will tell you all football boot soles are made by just two companies. etc etc. Man right most players don't buy boots because of the fit, comfort etc,  they buying because of popularity. The Vapor boots mash up nuff man foot, yet youths wearing it talking about it does look good.

No boots doh make yuh play better, bend ball, shoot harder. pass better nutten so. People who believe that are SUCKERS.

       
            Well said.

[Touches]

No boots doh make yuh play better, bend ball, shoot harder. pass better nutten so. People who believe that are SUCKERS.

I always like how the Total 90s does trap a football.. First time i sweat with that my game went up by about a 25%.

Hrmmm Interesting

[Mango Chow!]

A lotta men does buy a bess brands and feel confident dey game go improve to superstar status once dey step out on the field.  Sadly for most, dat confidence does ebb faster than low tide down Staubles Bay once dey (again) mis-trap dey first ball after steppin' out wit dey fancy nike vapid vapour and mercurial or whatever.  Like some of de old-skool players above, gimme a classic black and white copa or a World Cup or the old Puma king or the all-black puma rubbers. 

[dinho]

Nah man, ah want to pour some water on de men who discounting the impact that a good pair of boots could have on one's game...

Firstly, some boots are much less prohibitive to a person's running.. I find the blade technology pegs does enable a player to run much faster and more comfortably but still maintain the traction of normal pegs on firm ground... If you feel more comfortable running, obviously its a plus to your game.

Then some boots just naturally enable you to trap the ball and run with it so much more easily.. Sometimes when you trap a ball with a new pair of boots, it feels so easy, that you can try alot of things with the ball that you wouldn't normally do.. Technically there is improvement, and then your confidence in your ball control increases thus improving your overall game...

I don't find boots make much difference in shooting in terms of improving power and swerve but i am not a demon-hitting man myself.. Maybe someone else can weigh in...

Point is, even marginally, the better the quality of the boots, the bigger impact it will have on your overall game...

Which is why in a sport where at the highest level, where even the most minute factors could make a difference, technology is being innovate to get players one up on the competition.

[ttcom]

Remember all them boots made in china or Taiwan cost 15.00US. The markup is what's killing people.

[WestCoast]

It is sounding like some men come like super heroes when there strap on their boots.
Lightening does strike and birds does scatter, and they go out on the field ready to take on anyone....taa daarr

[Touches]

Big Mag and Deeks

I sure alyuh watch Champions League today...Imagine in the ManU game is only bout 4 men had on black boots and one was the referee 

It look like White and Silver is the new Black.

Funny eh.

[FATZ]

What determines the cost of boots these days are generally materials used to make it, technology put in for comfort and the weight. Then there's the fact of which player wears the boot to actually play that sends the price up a bit as well. I'm sure that no player in Trinidad without a sponsor will actually pay upwards of US$100 for a boots and well upwards of US$200 in Europe or the US. But in the end it might worth paying the money because the more expensive boots may actually last longer.

[Ponnoxx]

 Actually they are quite worth it...However the better question is If they are required for everyone?...Some of us like myself play for recreation and exercise and a expensive boot with features great touch and may give me a slight edge may not necessarily be needed...However that is not to say I wouldn't want that from time to time...and if I can afford it ...why not....People that play on a more competitive level...like for school teams, clubs and country and so on may need every bit of advantage they can get ...That Mecurial Boots(R9 inspired by the way) is a boot made for speed and control at high speed ...now it not going to gift a player that but if a player has pace and good control he can appreciate it better....and at them high levels.....0.01 seconds which the boot might enable a player might win a game....millions of euros right there...so I think in the grand scheme of things it worth it

[WestCoast]

what dis fellas is wearing 

[Disgruntled_Trini]

what dis fellas is wearing 

dem R10's bad

not a big fan of leather boots but that leather nice and sorf

[Marcos]

All the people talking about the R&D that goes into these boots are correct. NIke has to recover all the money they put into designing and researching all the aspects of the material, coating etc..
Pharmaceutical and technology companies do the same thing. You really think an intel chip or a viagra cost much? I don't know about the chips, but I definitely know that the drugs cost mere cents to manufacture but the pharmaceutical companies spend hundreds of millions to design and test the drug. These companies need to charge high prices.

Plus, they need to keep spending these R&D dollars to come out with the "next" thing because after a few years the patent runs out and is realllllllllllllllllllllllllll imitators jumping in to make a generic version.

[Observer]

Understand something, the boot Ronaldinho, Beckham, Kaka, and all of them wear is not what is sold in stores. These players receive boots made to their specifications, through foot scans etc. What is actually sold is a mass produced replica of that shoe. This is nothing new, as it was done for Pele by Puma due to the fact that Pele had flat feet. The cost of developing individual shoes for each athlete is very expensive (as others have indicated) and cost need to be offset through mass sales..

[GunnerStunner]

does ah bess boots mae yuh butt ah ball better?

ask adebayor:D

[Fyzoman]

every time ah see ah expensive boots ah does wonder how much more goal de ole Pele woulda score if he had dem instead.
ah was ah Copa man until ah buy de first Ronaldinho(red/white) some years ago....i just buy the ALL BLACK Adidas 7406, i sweat a few times indoor, yuh know one set ah man saying dey want one too, they like the ALL BLACK "Kangaroo Leather".

[Peong]

Understand something, the boot Ronaldinho, Beckham, Kaka, and all of them wear is not what is sold in stores. These players receive boots made to their specifications, through foot scans etc. What is actually sold is a mass produced replica of that shoe.

So because it have a custom shape that makes it a different shoe?
I disagree.

[Touches]

Alyuh watch the latest money theif ting from Adidas

The whole soleing and back of the boot is See tru..

350 US for this fella

[superoli]

gosh man I have to go and buy a next pair of f50's.............dam

[Deeks]

At my age now, I will say it's not worth it. But When you are a youth into SERIOUS football, off course you want the latest. But everybody knows that it is not the boots, but it is the skills that the player has.

[Mango Chow!]

Alyuh watch the latest money theif ting from Adidas

The whole soleing and back of the boot is See tru..

350 US for this fella

   ....so dem men who doh lotion dey foot and does be wearin' a setta leg-warmers fuh socks hadda watch dey self den?   

[giggsy11]

Alyuh watch the latest money theif ting from Adidas

The whole soleing and back of the boot is See tru..

350 US for this fella

   ....so dem men who doh lotion dey foot and does be wearin' a setta leg-warmers fuh socks hadda watch dey self den?   

LOl! Wah happen yuh talkin from experience oh wat? LOL! The coconut oil aint takin?

[elan]

NO boots can improve your game, it may be more comfortable for you, but it cannot improve your technique. If you ah shyte hound then you ah shyte hound no $300 boots changing that. These expensive boots are for those players who are exceptional and looking for the edge. We who playing college and sweating really cannot benefit or appreciate these kind of expensive boots. I not paying more than $20 (I wearing copas) for a pair of boots.

Remember when you could not wear a pair of coloured boots to play, worst yet a white pair. The white boots only stars could wear that. I remember men losing they white boots cause they were not good enough to wear them. Now every body wearing coloured boots.

[breezers]

I believe dey worth it!! But is all about wuh stage yuh in..it go be ah different scenario fuh everybody..cuz if ah fella jus wuh ah boots tuh sweat on evenings or play sunday league or in de minor league home he mightn't wanna spend de coil tuh get the real boots. But if ah fella wanna play more serious football and thinkin bout goin pro he might treat heself nice with de better quality boots cuz he might wanna do everything in he power tuh improve he trade...cuz look at it dis way..de difference between ah serious tradesman and ah mickey mouse tradesman is de serious one does have he tools and the best ones too while the mickey mouse one lookin tuh borrow..lol. So as ah baller if yuh want de best technological tools on the market..yuh hadda pay de cost..no 2 ways bout it!

[giggsy11]

NO boots can improve your game, it may be more comfortable for you, but it cannot improve your technique. If you ah shyte hound then you ah shyte hound no $300 boots changing that. These expensive boots are for those players who are exceptional and looking for the edge. We who playing college and sweating really cannot benefit or appreciate these kind of expensive boots. I not paying more than $20 (I wearing copas) for a pair of boots.

Remember when you could not wear a pair of coloured boots to play, worst yet a white pair. The white boots only stars could wear that. I remember men losing they white boots cause they were not good enough to wear them. Now every body wearing coloured boots.

LOL!  I agree. If you are an unskilled labourer, you are an unskill labourer! I thnk is mind over matter when men/woman pull it on.  Yuh even have professional sh!thounds wearing coloured boots.

[Tha G.]

Howmuch men puttin on air jordan, and cyah play basketball....... if man want to laceup pretty boots.let them.

[g]

To me, quality comes at the end of the sweat.... I used to go low grade, but after d sweat is one set a blister on meh foot.

Kangaroo leather boots is d way to go. I got the cheapest ever k-leather boots when i was in d states. $20US for a kelme.... That one last about 5 years cause i used to sweat on a turf field so it was less wear

Now is d profi liga adidas.. Dat boots is d best. It as light as a vapor but very durable with d kinda surfaces it have down here..

Yea constant maintenace is a must...