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Started by neXus, June 15, 2010, 05:10:17 AM

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soopahfly

If you press the Red button, you can swap the commentary to Moyles or 5Live.

DEViANCE

it really annoys me but that hasnt stopped me buying one off ebay, going to be pissing everyone off in the pub!  :nana:

soopahfly


Batch

Theres an app for one too. LOL

Edd

the players cant hear people shouting "man on"

knighty

apparently tescos have sold over 50,000 of them already !
(and that was yesterday)

zpyder

In a way its kinda good that they cant hear each other, it spices up the game a bit :D Itd make for good watching if the ball at random intervals exploded on contact.

I didnt get why they keep saying the ball is different. Its round, its full of air, why do they have to redesign it each time, how much designing is involved in a ball?

neXus

The Spanish players are blaming their shock loss to these things.

Edd

Quote from: neXusThe Spanish players are blaming their shock loss to these things.


Apparently the swiss coach had his players train with south africans watching and blowing their vuvuzelas, so there might be something in that



And as for Zpyders comment about the ball: On normal leather balls, the seams where the pieces of leather join give it certain aerodynamic properties. So the new Jabulani ball has no seams or stitches, its one round piece of synthetic material. So the designers have placed grooves and fake "seams" in carefully calculated positions to make it behave the way it does

So in short, normal balls behave erratically because of the way its made, and the Jabulani balls are meant to be more consistent because (I believe) its symmetrical and are designed to be

Hope that clears it up? there are articles about it on the interwebhighway

matt5cott


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