World Cup ball
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Topic: World Cup ball
Posted By: criostoir Óg
Subject: World Cup ball
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 10:31am
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I'm getting bored of listening to people complain about the new ball and the way it moves etd. Question 1) Why do FIFA/adidas feel the need to make a newball for every world cup, and Question 2) Wouldn't a fair solution be that the ball is designed by the start of the 2014 qualifiers, and then used throughout the campaign, therefore giving every team an opportunity to get use to it in match situations before arriving at the WC and then moaning about it? The design could be changed for the actual tournament, as it is for the final, but at least this way players will be use to it come WC2014 ------------- What happens on away trips, stays on away trips...except syphilis! |
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Posted By: MintBerryCrunch
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 10:36am
| it is stupid every world cup i can remember there has beem giving out about the ball, why try and change the feckin thing all the time the ones we use already are fine, gimps! |
Posted By: bhob
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 10:38am
| if this is the roundest ball ever, what shape have all previous balls been then??? |
Posted By: criostoir Óg
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 10:41am
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bhob wrote:Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 10:44am
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Apparently it flies like a soccer special ball. i.e. waving back and forth in the air. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:06am
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John Terry was wondering if the ball moved and confused Rob Green..........FFS, Terry is such a bellend. ------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |
Posted By: Stoked Up
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:15am
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Another misjudged bounce resulted in a goal in the Algeria v Slovenia game. Would the altitude affect the bounce significantly? I think the game today was played at 5000+ above sea level.
Green was robbed by the rub of the green. |
Posted By: bhob
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:22am
| I think the altitude has an effect on the ball. It would be pretty weird if it didn't as it has an effect on air, which is in the ball and also surrounds the ball |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:22am
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Terry added: "It's one of those things. Mistakes happen and we're in this together. We need to get behind Rob - he's got good friends here."
Bet Green rang his missus straight after Terry said this!
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Posted By: BigPodge
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 1:28pm
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The ball is ruinin matches imo, fookin bounce on it is ridiculous, most players can barely control the thing!! ------------- 
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Posted By: OldBawnHoop
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:23pm
| Ridiculous ball. Definatley the reason why Green spilled that. |
Posted By: BigPodge
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:24pm
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Germany are the first team i've seen handle the ball really easily!! -------------
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Posted By: grazza
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:32pm
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Posted By: Blue Man
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:34pm
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Bring back this  ------------- "Everytime Leeds concede a goal, its like being stabbed in the heart" - Billy Bremner Gary Speed 1969-2011 YBIG Blind Date Champion 2010 |
Posted By: grazza
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:34pm
Isn't it ironic that an Engerlishman designed the new ball!!!!!! -------------
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:37pm
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Posted By: Daz
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 2:46pm
Should use a foam football
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Posted By: ShamtheRam
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 3:01pm
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Well the Germans don't seem to have a problem with the ball. Effecient as always, they just get down to the business! ------------- YBIG NPF founder and CEO |
Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 3:30pm
Saw a french fella doing something similar a while back........ ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 5:05pm
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I thought these balls would have people shooting from all over the pitch, put a lot of small bets on striking midfielders getting goals in the top goal scorer market. There hasn't been a proper goal from outside the box yet  ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 3:22am
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Another fookin MUPPET from England blaming the ball on Green's Phoenix Park moment. Tony Coton said it today on SSN. They are just incapable (the English) of blaming the right people when it goes tits up, at least Green had the decency to own up. Anyone blaming the ball on Green's howler needs shooting. ------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |
Posted By: BigPodge
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 6:44am
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Posted By: IrishPride
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 6:52am
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PLayers in the holland and denmark game are having trouble with the ball ------------- Galway Will Win The 2014 Hurling Championship |
Posted By: elroy45
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 7:20am
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Poor game so far, very disappointing.
There def was compliants about the balls in the last 2 WC's. Seems to be par for the course for the first few days of a tournament. |
Posted By: MintBerryCrunch
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 7:24am
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Posted By: BabbsBalls
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 7:30am
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Bring back the Trvisco of 1990
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Posted By: Comicbookguy
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 4:39pm
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Worst World Cup Ball EVER
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Posted By: brianie
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 5:00pm
Joker  ------------- ITS KEANE YES YBIG You Can Please some of the People Some of the Time But Not All of The People All of The Time |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 5:28pm
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didnt ze germans use this ball in the bundesliga for the past 6 months? ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: Trapped
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 5:36pm
Agreed.
Nobody seems to be able to control the ball from outside the box. Most of the free-kicks on goal i've seen were all ballooned into Row Z. I was expecting crackers to be flying in from everywhere but the opposite seems to the case as players shooting from distance simply can't control it.
Will be interesting to see how Ronaldo gets on with it. He has a very unique way of smacking the ball from outside the box. ------------- 67% points to games ratio at the last Euro's (better than Portugal's) |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 5:39pm
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Wouldn't surprise me Gaz..it's still early doors, but can anyone rememebr any decent shots on target from outside the box or a free kick that was on target? Fra v Uruguay a sneaky free kick was saved. If I was a player and the baloon was annoying me I'd call a press conference and get a big native kife and stan the fook out of it..and then get out my Zulu spear and take out the Sepp Blatter life size card board cut out, with one deadly shot while cross eyed ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: Vivakenbarlow
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 6:53am
Yes they used it in the bundesliga all last season- what a joke ------------- It took City 44 years to win the league and 10 months to lose it |
Posted By: Sligo Hornet
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 7:15am
It was offered to other Leagues as well (including the Premier League, who turned down the offer because of their Nike deal) and England turned down the opportunity to use it in Friendlies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8739146.stm - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8739146.stm ------------- Wallet ?? What the fcuk is that ? |
Posted By: criostoir Óg
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 7:25am
My suggestion to play with the ball throughout qualifying is a great one 
------------- What happens on away trips, stays on away trips...except syphilis! |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 7:47am
| Think it's a combination of the ball and the altitude. but so far been very dispointing. best players in the world failing to control it many times with their first touch and haven't seen many decent efforts from outside the box, let alone goals. |
Posted By: Rostrevor Fan
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 7:53am
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[QUOTE=sham157]Terry added: "It's one of those things. Mistakes happen and we're in this together. We need to get behind Rob - he's got good friends here."
Bet Green rang his missus straight after Terry said this!
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I think most of the English players should stand behind him during the next game  ------------- |
Posted By: Wanch
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 11:05am
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It seems alot of passes being overhit or it takes an age to come down, giving defenses an extra half second to get back. It bounces like something like ya'd see on astro. I've never seen so many efforts being ballooned over the bar, crosses overhit. With only two games going over 2.5 goals it must be something to do with it. ------------- "You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers." |
Posted By: MayoMark
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 11:07am
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It's a sh*te ball. Made by idiots ------------- They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car... |