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Post by stokiekenny on Jun 8, 2008 16:58:57 GMT
Do those balls they are using in the Euros look like those cheap plastic balls your parents bought you when you went the seaside?
The ones that when you kicked them the wind always sent them anywhere but where you intended it to go.
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Post by kevan45 on Jun 8, 2008 17:01:13 GMT
Penny floaters my nephew calls 'em.
As Phil Collins may say, no skill required!
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Post by scfcmatt on Jun 8, 2008 17:07:09 GMT
Fly Aways  |
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Post by Mickstoke on Jun 8, 2008 17:08:32 GMT
windy balls  |
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Post by redrob on Jun 8, 2008 17:11:14 GMT
windy balls sounds like me after a night on the ale
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Post by chrispk76 on Jun 8, 2008 17:12:11 GMT
i remember as a kid the spin on these balls after you kicked them went opposite to a "casey"  i.e kick with outside of the right foot and it bent to the left, or did i just have a twatty foot ;D |
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Post by walrus on Jun 8, 2008 17:13:21 GMT
Yep, always go opposite. I think it looked nice, like the retro black and white, pentagons and hexagons style when seem from a distance
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 8, 2008 22:52:59 GMT
windy balls sounds like me after a night on the ale Your testicles fart after you've been drinking beer? As Matt has pointed out, the correct term for that type of ball is a "flyaway." |
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Jun 9, 2008 8:07:29 GMT
I think it would be brilliant if they made them use them in league matches, I would piss mesen laughing and it would definately add to my matchday experience. "Penny floaters" ha ha. My little lad has a couple and i was having a kick about in the garden, thought I would try and bend a free kick aroundthe swing and in the patio door, but my most powerful kick was unable to make headway against a slight breeze and reach the house, a distance of about 8 yards!
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Post by Bobthehandsome on Jun 9, 2008 8:24:38 GMT
I remember my mum buying me a white 'Fido' plastic football in the sixties ;D
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Jun 9, 2008 8:39:17 GMT
I had an orange "fido Hotshot". Deliciously ironic...
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Post by Bobthehandsome on Jun 9, 2008 8:58:02 GMT
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Post by ParaPsych on Jun 9, 2008 11:08:44 GMT
If a flyaway got caught in a following wind it could really travel, but if it hit you it would sting like hell. Far worse than getting hit by a normal ball.
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