THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOT

I once had a bonsai tree. I would look at pictures and think about how I wanted my one to turn out. I just never had the patience for a bonsai however. It takes far too long for them to grow how you want. The thing is though, once it has reached the point of perfection, what do you do then?

What about boots? Has the perfect boot already been made?

Cars from the 60’s for me are the most beautiful. The main reason for this is that cars were drawn for beauty and not for performance. Introduce technology, wind tunnels, aerodynamics etc and the car is reinvented.

It begs the question; is beauty better than technology?

So what am I going on about?

I’ve been looking at some of the boots that have been released lately and I’ve had to wonder; has beauty been over taken by technology? Has the most beautiful boot already been made?

With the release of every new pair of boots there is some fancy material, a greater sweet spot, a something or the other to increase the player’s ability…

I don’t believe that technology in boots can increase the ability of a player.

I do however believe that a boot can help a player to produce the best of his ability in a performance, but to say that “a better boot makes you a better player” is nonsense.

So do we need all this technology? I’m not really sure.

If I wanted to ‘feel’ the ball and get a better touch why not go bare foot?

If I want more power, I think a pair of metal knight boots would work well…

I don’t know how boots are made these days. Do they punch some stuff in a computer and make what ever it spits out? It’s like the colour is the only thing left to design (hence some rather radical colours…).

I think the most beautiful boot has already been made. Some may disagree, but I think they are these:

The Adidas +F50.6 Tunit – in my opinion the most beautiful boot ever made.

So they where advanced at the time – it’s true. Now they are ‘old’, but still look brilliant! Colour, texture, style – they have it all! I mean they used Djibril Cisse to promote them… tells you something don’t it?

*I do apologize! I have just been told I am not allowed to say all this! The boss wants me to talk about how wonderful the new techno boots are! Well then… these are the best boots ever made…*