| Shin pads 14:55 - Nov 8 with 1657 views | MedwayR |
Might as well give up on having rules around wearing shin pads, just watched the Stockport sub GK putting on what looked like stick-on plasters for shin pads.
Something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gutol
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| Shin pads on 15:43 - Nov 8 with 0 views | TwoHalves |
I saw that too. Wasn’t sure if they were some sort of adhesive that he then stuck conventional shin pads on top of though. Could be wrong.
I did notice that his pink socks weren’t actually socks, more like a sort of ‘tube’ that he seemed to roll down from his knee. At least they didn’t have holes in the back though. |  | | |
| Shin pads on 16:24 - Nov 8 with 0 views | loftboy |
Grealish cost City over 100 million yet wear kids shin pads, I’m surprised the player insurers don’t have a bigger say in this. |  |
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| Shin pads on 16:26 - Nov 8 with 0 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Shin pads on 16:24 - Nov 8 by loftboy |
Grealish cost City over 100 million yet wear kids shin pads, I’m surprised the player insurers don’t have a bigger say in this. |
Great point.
Also, the coaches and the clubs.
We're paying you serious money, your teammates rely on you, a shinpad never made anyone play worse.
Put proper ones on, and grow up. |  |
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| Shin pads on 16:58 - Nov 8 with 0 views | Lanhoop |
If I was a defender I'd see those as an invitation to kick their shins as hard as I could. | | | |
| Shin pads on 17:22 - Nov 8 with 0 views | LazyFan |
Wait till someone breaks their leg for not wearing shins.
Idiots.
They should wear them in training as well (many don't).
When you train, you train for the big match; if you have to do it in the match, you should do it in training.
No more special training kits; wear the shirt. No more without shinies or wearing bobble hats. Train for the match as what you would do and wear in the match.
That's what you're training for, not RuPaul's Drag Race.
If it's just to get fitness, then okay fair enough. But when that's done (even for QPR players that ends), back to matchday kit and reality. No more wuss excuses, woman up! [Post edited 8 Nov 17:23]
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| Shin pads on 19:33 - Nov 8 with 0 views | TwoHalves |
The grizzled ex-semi pro who used to prop up the 5th XI Old Boys side I played in at the tail end of the 70’s used to put folded up newspapers down the front of his socks. Another one used to wear his wife’s laddered stockings on cold days, but that’s another story. | | | |
| Shin pads on 19:37 - Nov 8 with 0 views | TwoHalves |
Seems our own Dave Thomas was something of a trailblazer! | | | |
| Shin pads on 07:21 - Nov 9 with 0 views | stowmarketrange |
I remember reading that our own Akos used the same shin pads that he wore at school,so I guess they wouldn’t have been the biggest ones ever seen. |  | | |
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| Shin pads on 07:29 - Nov 9 with 0 views | thehat |
I remember when Neil Warnock first joined us and said to the players make sure you bring your shin pads to training as we are going to intensify our sessions going forward.
Seemed to do the trick back then. | | | |
| Shin pads on 08:12 - Nov 9 with 0 views | gazza1 |
Never played (or trained) without shin pads.....not sure why you would tbh. | | | |
| Shin pads on 09:20 - Nov 9 with 0 views | TheChef |
Looking at the pics of Kamara from Saturday, his so called shin pads must be matchbox-sized at best. |  |
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| Shin pads on 10:15 - Nov 9 with 0 views | Antti_Heinola |
I think the reasoning these days is that shin pads impede your movement and the fact is, if you get a leg breaker, a bit of plastic ain't going to help. |  |
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| Shin pads on 12:40 - Nov 9 with 0 views | baz_qpr |
I guess also in the modern game if you kick someone halfway up the shin you are off for an early bath anyway |  | | |
| Shin pads on 13:31 - Nov 9 with 0 views | Northernr |
I noticed Edwards had a pair of those non-existent ones on on Saturday. Given his value to us I'd be insisting at this point that he wears a proper pair. |  | | |
| Shin pads on 13:40 - Nov 9 with 0 views | RBlock |
The tube socks are quite popular, as it means the player can wear a grip sock underneath with rubber soles to prevent slipping in the boot. See them a lot at Sunday league.
I remember playing Sunday league and after a season my shinpads looked like they'd gone 12 rounds with a butcher. Some noticeable gouges in the plastic - would hate to think what that contact would have looked like on my leg. |  | | |
| Shin pads on 17:01 - Nov 9 with 0 views | TwoHalves |
I’m surprised more footballers don’t wear ‘crown jewels’ protectors like batsmen in cricket. It’s not much fun when you get hit ‘amidships’, as the commentators are fond of saying. | | | |
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