Well who’d have thunk it, Liverpool pulling it out of the bag just when they needed to against their biggest rivals. The Premier League gets more like WWE every week.
As for our Boot Wars clash, well it was little more than a mere skirmish in the bigger scheme of things, with Jamie Carragher and his Adidas Predator Powerswerve XTRX football boots seemingly doing a job in containing a United frontline that looked roundly pedestrian.
His cause was helped somewhat by former Red Michael Owen only enjoying a late sub appearance, but just as we were ready to hand over the Ransacker bubbly on a comfortable day for the hosts, Owen’s Umbro Speciali football boots produced the kind of fleet of foot dance that has made the striker one of the most predatory of a generation.
The cork was virtually out of the bottle when Owen spun, using the Umbro Speciali football boots lightweight sideline flexibility to outfit Carragher’s Predators, and to reinforce the question that we put forward on Saturday morning… why, as a defender, is Carra wearing these boots?
Owen sold his former Kop man a true one and would have been clear but for the defender’s tug which owes nothing to the Adidas Predator Powerswerve XTRX football boots and more to a last act of desperation. Lucky to stay on the pitch, even luckier than this bizarre choice of defending footwear didn’t see him and his side found out.
For that key incident, honours are shared in the Boot Wars reckoning. A shame, because for 89 other minutes Carragher almost proved our weekend witterings to be of no substance. The cheek of it…
Adidas Predator Powerswerve 1-1 Umbro Speciali
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | T | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ↑ |
|
Nike CTR 360 Maestri | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | ↓ |
|
Puma V1.08 & V1.10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | ↓ |
|
Umbro Speciali Statement | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | • |
|
Nike Total 90 Laser II & III | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | • |
|
adidas Predator Powerswerve XTRX | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | • |
|
Puma King XL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | • |
|
adidas F50i TUNiT | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | ↑ |
|
Nike Mercurial Vapor V & VI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | ↑ |
|
Puma PowerCat 1.10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | ↓ |
|
Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly 1 & 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | • |
|
adidas Predator X | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | • |
|
Nike Air Tiempo Legend III | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | • |
|
adidas adiPURE II & III | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | • |
|
Under Armour Dominate Pro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | • |
|
Lotto Zhero Leggenda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
