Exactly as you say, they’re genuinely beautiful footballs. The u13 team I coach use club-issue Mitre balls for matches and training, unless my son takes one of his size 4 Nike Strike PL replicas along to training, in which case they insist on using that.
(One tip I would offer however, is to...
Nothing wrong with being a kit dullard @HangletonGull
I’m a ball and boot dullard. Nike’s 25-year relationship with PL as official ball supplier ends in 2025 and the contract will be fulfilled by Puma.
Shame, as I’ve liked the Nike Strike PL balls of the past few season and have about 5 of 6...
Compare how frequently goal line technology comes into play during a match verses how often VAR intervenes and I suspect you’d be a long way toward finding the answer to your question.
Well, quite.
I guess the fact that this was an IT/finance related scandal means at least an indelible and undeniable audit trail exists that will finally help to set the record straight.
But just imagine if there was another public sector service out there, similarly characterised by weak...
Kev the Ape! And his KFC unrequited romance with co-worker Becky being the subplot to the main narrative arc - mostly centred around his training, his uniform and the ridiculous shifts he got lumbered with.
Dripping in unintended pathos and pure gold from beginning to end. Didn’t he name his...
"Hello? Is that Norwich Union? I'm calling about my claim for my broken fibia."
"Oh yes. We're just assessing it. Can you send a life-size picture of the shin guards you were wearing? We've only got a thumbnail."
"That is a life-sized picture." :moo: