DCW Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Luck of the draw really.Wimax is shite if lots of other people in your area use the service,or if your place is blocked by trees or other tall buildings.Not reliable enough for gaming or most other real time uses because of the mostly crap ping times.Had it for a few months til we got cable broadband and it drove me insane.Best bet is to see if anyone you know has it in your area and see how they find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I've never played football before and hence know sod all about what boots are correct for muddy surfaces and artificial pitches. Are these boots suitable for both mud and artificial grass? I'll only be having a piss about so don't need anything super, but also don't want to be sliding around the pitch like a fat version of Torvill and Dean. I'll struggle enough not to fall over as it is. Â Â I'll be buying off the internet too. Are sizes roughly comparable to trainers or do you go half a size up in footy boots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Just do what I usually do for buying footwear, go to shop and pick up something I like and try it on. Then remember the brand and name of shoe then buy online for less. You don't want to buy some boots then find out they're like slippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yeah, that's the level headed approach I suppose, thanks. I was just about to buy them on complete impulse, knowing absolutely nothing about what they'll be like. I'm going to have a word with some lads at work tomorrow who play football at a half decent regional level, I think. They'll probably be able to advise me on what's what. Â There's a tempting personalisation option on these buggers too, but you can only have 4 letters or numbers (including spaces). Not much can fit into 4 characters, but luckily the side I'm going to hopefully get a run out for are nicknamed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted January 9, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 9, 2014 There's a tempting personalisation option on these buggers too, but you can only have 4 letters or numbers (including spaces). Not much can fit into 4 characters.... Â FRBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SiMania Posted January 9, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 9, 2014 Just do what I usually do for buying footwear, go to shop and pick up something I like and try it on. Then remember the brand and name of shoe then buy online for less. You don't want to buy some boots then find out they're like slippers. Â Or buy them and wear them, if you don't like them then return them to the shop while you're still wearing them. Anyone seen AJMcStyles recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MungoChutney Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Dunno how it is down your way Richie but in Glasgow the centres with 3G/4G astro grass only allow astro trainers or moulded plastic studs. Rubber blades and metal tips aren't allowed because they damage the pitch. Most guys I see at Sunday football either have 2 pairs of boots (1 for each surface) or a decent pair of moulded stud boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Dunno how it is down your way Richie but in Glasgow the centres with 3G/4G astro grass only allow astro trainers or moulded plastic studs. Rubber blades and metal tips aren't allowed because they damage the pitch. Most guys I see at Sunday football either have 2 pairs of boots (1 for each surface) or a decent pair of moulded stud boots. Thanks for that. Yeah, the lads at work were saying you have to have plastic studs for the artificial pitch, but I still didn't really know what I was looking for (or whether plastic studs are any good for a mud pitch). Â The work lot have started doing semi weekly piss about matches on week nights on the arti' which I was hoping to use to learn how to actually kick a ball before coming off the bench for the Dev in a Sunday league game. Obviously I'm going to need some boots to play at all, I'm not taking it seriously enough to buy 2 pairs though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Why the balls has Chrome gone shite for viewing Youtube vids recently? All crackly and bollocks. It's fine in IE and on other browers. Chrome is just having a laugh isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted January 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted January 10, 2014 How can someone have a minimum of 11 years of schooling but naver have played football? Do they not have PE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted January 10, 2014 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2014 You'd be surprised. I went to high school in St. Helens and not once did they have us play footy during PE until 5th year, and that was only because of a local competition. It was fucking torture. It got to the point where I was told I couldn't play rugby anymore as I kept putting the ball on the floor and dribbling with it. Scored loads of tries, like, but they just didn't like my technique. When we did eventually play footy, a teacher disallowed one of my goals because he said I was offside from a throw-in. Fucking inbreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted January 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 10, 2014 How can someone have a minimum of 11 years of schooling but naver have played football? Do they not have PE? Â I've never played football at school or outside of it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 10, 2014 I went to grammar school and they didn't have football there - fucking lacrosse instead. But we sure as hell had football in infant and junior school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted January 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 10, 2014 Unfortunately I had a stereotypical meat head for a PE teacher, so if you didn't like football (along with beer, and punching Pakis on a Friday night), then you were a poof. Â fucking lacrosse instead I did lacrosse for 3 weeks in middle school, as part of a "let's try something other than football and cross country". I thought it was quite enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name_here Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Did anyone else ever play "Non-Contact" Rugby in school? It was basically the same rules as normal rugby except you had to wear a hi-vis vest with two Velcro tags on the sides and if one of the tags got pulled off you had to stop and pass the ball to someone else. As you can imagine it was fucking shite and largely ridiculed by everyone who played it but that didn't stop our PE teacher from organising a tournament between us and 7 other local schools who seemed to hold it with a similar level of contempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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