Dont know if this has been covered - shin pads with sleeves.
I have shin pads with the normal straps and velcro which have become more and more useless.
I spotted on the internet, shin pads which have a sleeve that goes over them.
Has anyone bought these and where from (apart from the internet) and would you recommend them.
Check this cheesehead out- he dropped 240k on a road trip only to see his team lose J
Packer backer likely regrets $240K road trip to Lambeau
Grieving Packers fans, take solace in the fact that you’re not Peter Serafin.
Who’s Peter Serafin, you ask? Well, he’s a successful New York businessman and avid Packers fan who decided to drop $240,000 on a road trip to the NFC Divisional Playoff Game against the Giants at Lambeau Field.
(Go ahead. Read that last sentence again. This actually happened.)
Serafin, 57, brought five friends – all diehard Giants fans – and that ratio likely worked against him on the 20-hour trip home following Big Blue’s stunning 37-20 win on Sunday.
Serafin, who’s called a “Wall Street fat cat” in a New York Post report, sounded like a man who had no idea his cushy life was about to be upended by one ridiculously opulent decision.
“It’s exciting,” the 1 percenter told The Post before departing on the trip, oblivious to the 2,000-pound anvil dangling above his head. “I can’t wait. I wish I was in Green Bay tailgating right now. It’s like a dream come true.”
The dream now is a Vince Young-sized nightmare, as is the reality that awaits him when his RV pulls into the driveway and he’s met by the wife who pretended she was cool with him skipping their 28th wedding anniversary for all this.
And finally, surely you were wondering how it’s possible to spend a quarter of a million bucks on a weekend road trip to an NFL stadium. Please see the detailed breakdown to your right and try not to think of the stubborn recession that continues to slowly asphyxiate our fair nation.
How to drop $240K without trying
» 1,086 miles to travel in a 70-foot RV
» 2 waitresses
» 3 TVs
» 26 bottles of champagne
» 65 Kobe beef burgers
» 100 gallons of beer
» 150 pounds of prime beef
» 10 live lobsters
» 6 seats on the 50-yard line
– The New York Post
wron thread tase.
rbb, havent worn said shinguards myself few teamates have and have extolled the virtues of same to my goodself.
Ill be the judge of that
things i dont associate with sleeveless shin pads
im sure youll do a more than competent job in your judging.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 653440”]wron thread tase.
rbb, havent worn said shinguards myself few teamates have and have extolled the virtues of same to my goodself.[/quote]
My son (u-14s) uses a pair of shinguards that are attached to something like an ankle support. They’re secured at the top with Felcro strips.
This is his 2nd pair. He’s had them a while and has dropped a couple of newer sets because they are the simpler type and don’t work or wear as well.
Got them in Lifestyle or Champion.
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Ill be the judge of that[/quote]
Pretty straightforward judgement. That was world class off-topic-ness.
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My son (u-14s) uses a pair of shinguards that are attached to something like an ankle support[/quote]
:rolleyes:
The shin guards I use for astro fucking stink.
Just thought I’d share that with you all.
Then buy some new ones and don’t be so tight. i have a pair of very small and light shin guards which i normally attach with a couple of lengths of adhensive strapping that I ofetn use to strap my ankles as well. i used to have the ones in the style that shadow described above but found them too clunky
yeah i agree with you chewie theyre woeful.
these seem like the job
http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctor-Ultra-Guards-Sleeve/dp/B0028R6X6S
I wear small, light old school ones like chewy mentions. I then slyly take them off and hide them in the goal after the pre-match inspection of shinguards. This is because of my goalkeeper status and my non-scientifically proven conclusion that wearing shinguards could reduce my leg reaction time.
My current shinpads are for ages 10-12 I believe. Like Bandage and Chewy I hate anything heavy or bulky and I recall being seething as a child when they were first made mandatory.
Can’t find a pic of it but Stuart Pearce used to have a great set of them. Wore them just below the knee and they stopped before half way down his shin. Around the size of a box of cigarettes. Great pic of them when he scored the penalty in euro 96.
I remembered them as being smaller for some reason. Cheers count.