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[Albion] Jacks Pads
- Thread starter mickybha
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LeicesterGull
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- Feb 2, 2009
- 226
Junior clubs are beginning to ban these small shin pads. Last weekend a referee ordered a boy off the pitch for not having adequate sized pads......in the same game my son's pad was cracked in half from a bad studs-up tackle.
Jack's shin pads have made the first page of the BBC Sport website...
Small shin pads: Football lawmaker Ifab has no plan to regulate shin pad sizes
Football's lawmakers have no plans to regulate shin pad dimensions despite concerns over their shrinking size.
www.bbc.co.uk
dejavuatbtn
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As usual, priorities all wrong.Jack's shin pads have made the first page of the BBC Sport website...
Small shin pads: Football lawmaker Ifab has no plan to regulate shin pad sizes
Football's lawmakers have no plans to regulate shin pad dimensions despite concerns over their shrinking size.www.bbc.co.uk
newhaven seagull 85
SELDOM IN NEWHAVEN
- Dec 3, 2006
- 966
he's got a prawn cracker in his sock
he's got a prawn cracker in his sock
he's got a prawn cracker in his sock
That's Jack Hinshelwood
he's got a prawn cracker in his sock
he's got a prawn cracker in his sock
That's Jack Hinshelwood
Is your 10 year old with a pro team?
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These credit card shin pads are predictably becoming really popular with kids which is a bit of a concern. Saw a kid with a horrible shin gash last week who was wearing tiny pads. Going to happen more and more.
I help coach the u13s at my local club and we don’t allow players to take part in training sessions or participate in matches if they turn up with these micro-shin guards, as part of our duty of care to the players themselves and to their parents.
albionalex
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The higher the level of football i've played, the less the need for shin pads has been.
Is that because you rarely get the ball?
Please tell us what level you have played or play at.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,549
I used to wear massive ones when I played, didn’t like being kicked very much. Went under your foot, had a hard bit on the ankle and almost went up the knee!
During my years refereeing I saw some shocking injuries to players (men, women and boys) who WERE wearing proper shinpads - and not always as a result of really bad tackles either.
Professional clubs are setting an extremely bad example by allowing players to play without adequate protection.
If you are a parent and are allowing your child to play with "prawn crackers" for shinpads then you can look forward to many hours sat in A&E.
Professional clubs are setting an extremely bad example by allowing players to play without adequate protection.
If you are a parent and are allowing your child to play with "prawn crackers" for shinpads then you can look forward to many hours sat in A&E.
Albion 4ever
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- Feb 26, 2009
- 593
If I was in charge at any club that had multi million pound footballers, getting paid tens of thousands of pounds a week wearing these "shin pads" I would immediately order them to wear a proper pair. They are not fit for purpose and little cuts, bruises and knocks that would be easily stopped could now mean a lay off and miss a match or two.
Algernon
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He's only very young.
He'll learn.
As a wise man once said :
"The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubricated."
He'll learn.
As a wise man once said :
"The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubricated."
albionalex
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I've played for pub teams in Sussex and against MLS players in Canada.
I used to wear those a long time ago - the ones with the in-built ankle protector, that covered your ankle bone. To be honest those ARE quite restrictive to your movement (turning / twisting quickly) and I can see why they'd not be accepted by decent players. But anything that covers less than the majority of the front of your shin bone, seems foolish. And I just can't understand what additional perceived benefit there is in making it significantly smaller?
