Absolutely ridiculous rule

They may halt their run thinking it may be a team mate.... therefore their run is impeded.

I always thought that yelling 'mine' fell under the very broad but necessary unsporting behaviour category of the laws of the game, hence why it is usually punished with an automatic yellow.

Edit: Specifically where it says if a player "verbally distracts an opponent during play or at a restart" then it is unsporting behaviour.

probably the stupidest rule out there

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Originally Posted by au revoir

help hold shinpads in place as well as hold socks up.

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get better socks??? or get in the gym adn bulk those legs up?

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Originally Posted by plague

to be fair though pretty much all boots have a certain level of gayness to them these days.
you are not alone my friend.

(my last 6 pairs black, black, black, black, white, silver/orange gah kill me)

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Originally Posted by Zico

Good old Adiddas Copa Mundial's are still the best boots.

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Copa's have nothing on Pantofola's, Copa's are mass produced in a chinese production line, while the Pantofola's are hand made in italy, and while they have started to introduce more colours, they still always retain the retro look. I have worn them for going on 6 years now and honestly the best boots to will EVER wear, the only ones i have found coming close are Puma King Final i SL.

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Originally Posted by seldom

Seem to remember as a young bloke that the laces in boots were that long I had to wrap em under the boots once before tying em up.Then wrapped some tape around tryin to keep em intact.Does anyone else recall this or is it just a bad dream I had somewhere

p.s obviously a question for the older chaps not the softer new generation lads

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I still prefer the long laces, the feel it gave the boot with the lace rapped around and done up on the side.

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Originally Posted by pastor399

Copa's are mass produced in a chinese production line.

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not actually true.

there are two copas, the ones made in scheinfeld, germany, and the cheaper ones made in indonesia

the german ones are still hand made as far as i know.

the pantofolas are tops though, if you're a squillionaire.

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Originally Posted by q-money

the pantofolas are tops though, if you're a squillionaire.

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yep. getting copas for around $110 on prodirect >>>>>> spending double-to-triple the amount on a pair of lazzarinis or whatever they're called.

the "mine" rule - if you disrupt an opponent i believe it's a foul/possible card for reason mentioned above. if an opponent isn't around & you're just saying it to your own players, and no one from the opposition is affected, it's all good. try telling this to old bobby in local league football though - iirc he's given two yellow cards to westlakes players in the last two years for (1) keeper saying "leave it" to his own players with no opposition around (he also gave a penalty, not an indirect freekick, for this), & (2) defender saying "mine" to his fellow defender with no opposition around (he gave an indirect freekick in the beckham zone)

however, if the pantofolas last like copas do, i would see it as money well spent

i am still on a pair i have owned for four years, that have been treated like shit, left wet in bags, filthy etc

the calling stuff is such official dickheadery - the blokes that call this stuff are the kind of blokes who pull the wings off flies

great thread by the way, we have about a million tangents going on here, skins, sticky tape, expensive boots, official cawk-heads, slave labour

only at nf.net

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Originally Posted by q-money

great thread by the way, we have about a million tangents going on here, skins, sticky tape, expensive boots, official cawk-heads, slave labour

only at nf.net

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:rof:

http://eleventine.files.wordpress.co...man_thread.jpg

also, griff <3 (sup, militia)

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Originally Posted by pv4

yep. getting copas for around $110 on prodirect >>>>>> spending double-to-triple the amount on a pair of lazzarinis or whatever they're called.

the "mine" rule - if you disrupt an opponent i believe it's a foul/possible card for reason mentioned above. if an opponent isn't around & you're just saying it to your own players, and no one from the opposition is affected, it's all good. try telling this to old bobby in local league football though - iirc he's given two yellow cards to westlakes players in the last two years for (1) keeper saying "leave it" to his own players with no opposition around (he also gave a penalty, not an indirect freekick, for this), & (2) defender saying "mine" to his fellow defender with no opposition around (he gave an indirect freekick in the beckham zone)

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That wouldnt be Bobby Hamilton would it?

Does Puma still make "Kings"
my foot never fit in a copa - too wide.

though i did love how the "good" players would wrap the laces around the heel studs not the middle of the foot.
(they also had one warpped round their head too)

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Originally Posted by Gary Fish

Does Puma still make "Kings"
my foot never fit in a copa - too wide.

though i did love how the "good" players would wrap the laces around the heel studs not the middle of the foot.
(they also had one warpped round their head too)

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yeah Puma made Kings but I always felt the Copa's were a better boot than the kings

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Originally Posted by parksey

I only use it to hold my shinpads in place because they don't have straps on them.

some people use it to hold socks up or wrap it around their boots to stop their laces from coming undone (gay).

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Buy shinpads with straps????

doesn't look pro unless they are the size of a playing card m8

how's the yearly rumours that go around that the little shinpads are going to be banned, reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8soyvhnOI

lol, bloke i used to play with wore kitchen sponges ffs

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Originally Posted by slobsy

lol, bloke i used to play with wore kitchen sponges ffs

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and they were the thin ones too.

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Originally Posted by slobsy

lol, bloke i used to play with wore kitchen sponges ffs

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Seen that too!
And thongs - pull the plugs through the sole, great shinnies!

i played with cardboard shinpads once...

never really understood the not wanting to wear shinpads thing - copping studs down your shin ****ing hurts

and it's not like you feel them when they're on or that they affect movement or agility in any way

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Originally Posted by boz-monaut

never really understood the not wanting to wear shinpads thing - copping studs down your shin ****ing hurts

and it's not like you feel them when they're on or that they affect movement or agility in any way

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When the rule first came in plenty of people hated the way they felt but I think they more liked the way looked with their socks around their ankles before the rule lol

My shin pads broke my ankle once.
True story.

I remember when they had fence palings in them, and more often than not they would end up at the back of your leg, so a lot of players chucked em
You look so much cooler with no pads

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also, griff <3 (sup, militia)

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Engineering dungeon meetups :cool:

copas should be phased out

get with the times, people

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Originally Posted by Gary Fish

My shin pads broke my ankle once.
True story.

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What...tripped over em after a night on the piss ?

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Originally Posted by seldom

What...tripped over em after a night on the piss ?

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Used to wear full wrap around neoprene sheaths that a guard would be slotted into - stopped calf cramps, aided shin splints. They we're a bitch to get off.
I rolled my ankle in a game, and instead of tutting the damn things off the medico folk ripped them over my ankle with an almighty crack.

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Originally Posted by Zico

That wouldnt be Bobby Hamilton would it?

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i'm not sure tbh, i just know him as old bobby. he's the old ref who i don't even think is a proper ref anymore, but follows around a few clubs like muswellbrook & jesmond & fills in for them when club refs are needed. he's the ref who likes to give crucial calls to teams that are losing, because he wants to see every game end as a draw so both teams win (his words - in that same game he gave our keeper a yellow for saying leave it, he said he didn't call a handball by the opposition in their own box because if we scored the penalty we would have went two up and that wouldn't have been fair). just look into nearly any muswellbrook match report for this season or last, and you'll see a heap of bobby's masterwork described :rof:

Use to wear a pair of old school hockey shin pads. The things had a sheet of metal instead of plastic and use to offer a fair bit of protection frm a kicking. Use to get away wearing them as refs never really checked shin guards.

Studs yes shin guards no

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Originally Posted by MFKS

Use to wear a pair of old school hockey shin pads. The things had a sheet of metal instead of plastic and use to offer a fair bit of protection frm a kicking. Use to get away wearing them as refs never really checked shin guards.

Studs yes shin guards no

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I played with a bloke who did the same and the steel slats broke his leg when he was kicked.