Boot Nerds Podcast

Mesut Özil dropped his adidas contract and can now wear what he wants - will we see that happening more with professional football players? In today's Episode 74 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, we discuss professional football players wearing special boots or switching between brands - either because they're boot nerds and want to wear special limited edition football boots, or simply because they're not sponsored by any brands so they can wear whatever they want. Recently Mesut Özil saw his contract with adidas run out, and a few days after he immediately bought a few pairs of Nike Mercurial Vapor 12 football boots. His agent even said that he might want to wear PUMA boots one day and Nike boots the next - and also, we've seen players such as Hector Bellerin swapping boot brands - and even Raheem Sterling wearing blackout Nike football boots lately, sending a message that he's open for discussion with other football boot brands. So watch Episode 74 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, and remember to stay on for the Q&A section at the end. 

Top 10 football boots 2020 - summer edition. In today's Episode 73 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, JayMike from Unisport and Josh from SR4U discuss the best football boots in the summer of 2020. After the release of some exciting new football boots such as the New Balance Furon v6 and the Mizuno Morelia Neo III Beta, the two Boot Nerds cook up a new Top 10 best football boots 2020 list which pits the Morelia Neo III Beta against Boot Nerds favourites such as the Nike Mercurial Vapor 13 and the adidas Predator 20.1 Low in the fight for top spot - but what does the Top 10 list look like? See for yourself in the latest episode of the Boot Nerds Podcast. 

Mizuno Morelia Neo III Beta - in today's episode 72 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, Josh from SR4U and JayMike from Unisport discuss the brand new Mizuno Morelia Neo III Beta football boots, which have seen quite a few updates compared to the previous version of the Mizuno Morelia Neo football boots. Here, the boys discuss the new innovations, the fit and also compare the Morelia Neo III Beta football boots to the Vapor 13. Finally, there will also be a big Q&A session as well as the usual Boot Nerds banter between the guys. 

0:00 Morelia Neo III Beta
24:23 Questions
50:17 Outro

Cristiano Ronaldo apparently shocked team mates and doctors when he returned to Juventus after the lockdown with his physical shape and how he managed to improve - and also, he brought an interesting set of new metal SG studs for his Nike Mercurial Superfly 7 football boots. In today's Episode 71 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, JayMike from Unisport and Josh from SR4U discuss the fitness levels of professional football players, and also touch upon Ronaldos new SG studs which are actually rugby studs used for rugby boots - but maybe Cristiano Ronaldo feels that the new shape on the SG studs can give him an advantage? Hear that and much more in the latest episode of the Boot Nerds Podcast. 

0:00 Intro
1:20 CR7 shocking everyone + new studs
20:30 Questions
46:02 Outro

These football boots from Nike, adidas, PUMA, New Balance and Mizuno were VERY disappointing - coming off a successful boot, all of these hyped football boots were very disappointing. In today's Episode 70 of the Boot Nerds podcast, JayMike from Unisport and Josh from SR4U discuss the biggest disappointments in football boot history. From the Nike Hypervenom Phantom 1 to Hypervenom Phantom 2, from the Predator PowerSwerve to Predator X and from the New Balance Visaro 1 to the terrible Visaro 2. In general, it seems that the brands have a hard time following up on a great first generation boot as they release a second generation boot that is very hyped but which ends up being VERY disappointing - and in today's video, the two Boot Nerds, JayMike and Josh discuss the most disappointing hyped football boots ever. 

Best football boots for tournaments ever - in today's Episode 69 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, Josh from SR4U and JayMike from Unisport discuss the best tournament football boots ever released by Nike, adidas, PUMA, Mizuno and New Balance, going over the Nike EC08 Brown Pack, the Nike Elite Pack from World Cup 2010, the Nike Clash pack from EURO12 and the adidas Battle Pack from World Cup 2014 alongside the PUMA Tricks Pack and which also came out in 2014.

Most expensive football boots ever - in today's episode 68 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, Josh from SR4U and JayMike from Unisport will discuss some of the most ridiculously priced football boots ever sold at retail, taking a look at everything from the Nike Elite football boots, over the Bikkembergs, the Nike Mercurial SL carbon boots, the adidas Predator Pulse DB 723 yin-yang boots and many more - all inspired by the really expensive limited edition release of the adidas Predator 20+ Dragon football boots that came in a Dragon egg box. 

Fake football boots - how to spot them and why you shouldn't buy fake football boots. In today's Episode 67 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, Josh from SR4U and JayMike from Unisport discuss fake football boots and take a look at how you spot fake football boots so you can avoid buying a pair of fake football boots which might disappoint you - because not only are fake football boots sometimes hard to identify, they're actually also illegal to sell. Of course, the two Boot Nerds also address the fact that many people buy fake football boots because they want a cheaper version that looks like a high end Nike Mercurial Vapor 13 or an adidas Predator 20+, but fake football boots have nothing in common with the real versions other maybe than the way they look - in other words, fake football boots are a waste of money and you shouldn't buy them, and in today's video, Josh and JayMike tell you why you shouldn't buy fake football boots, and how you spot a fake so you can avoid ending up with a bad, illegal product. 

Best speed boots ever - in today's Episode 66 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, JayMike from Unisport and Josh from SR4U discuss the 5 best speed boots in the history of football boots - but this list is a little different to what you might expect, because it doesn't feature the original Nike Mercurial R9 or the Nike Mercurial Vapor 1 - both of which truly set the tone for modern speed boots, but instead the boys choose their Top 5 Speed Boots list from a criteria based around performance, significance and which football boots they could actually wear today. Thus, the list contains speed football boots such as the 2014 adidas F50 adizero, the Nike Mercurial Vapor 13, Mizuno Morelia Neo II Beta, the Nike Mercurial Vapor 11 and Flyknit Ultra and the Nike Mercurial Vapor 8. If you disagree, of course, we're more than happy to hear your thoughts in the comments section right down below, where you should also leave your questions for next episodes Q&A.

adidas Predator 20+ vs adidas ACE 16+ PURECONTROL. In today's Episode 65 of the Boot Nerds Podcast, Josh from SR4U and JayMike from Unisport do a football boots comparison between the adidas Predator 20+ and the retro adidas ACE 16+ PURECONTROL from 2016, which set the adidas laceless trend in motion. Here, JayMike and Josh both agree and disagree on which of the two innovative laceless football boots is the best, and also if the Predator 20+ has evolved enough compared to the 4 year old ACE 16+ PURECONTROL. They will also answer and couple of your comments in the Q&A section - so if you've ever wondered how similar the Predator 20+ is to the ACE 16, watch our football boots comparison in the latest episode of the Boot Nerds Podcast.