Hardly a cunning plan though.

It's a German company who sponsor the German national league. It's not beyond the wit of the FA to ensure that the Premiership use them (and thereby helping a fair few other nations as well) if they wish. And of course there are quite a few nationalities benefiting from the Bundesliga using it. And Ligue 1 and so on. So I don't think it's worth making a conspiracy case as the Telegraph seem to be doing (see Tricky's link).

There are also altitude and pitches to take into consideration. The teams who've done best so far are the ones who pass to feet and manouevre other teams by controlling possession. Let's see what Spain do with it.

Posted By: APB on June 14th 2010 at 17:36:48

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this fucking ball!!!!!!!!!! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 14, 16:30:48
- is it true that Adidas have been using it in the German league for months? (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 16:37:48
  - Hardly a cunning plan though. (Other Football) - APB, Jun 14, 17:36:48
    - I don't know what England's training has been with it, but I'm sure James said it was (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 17:42:13
      - Well quite. Bad planning but also... (Other Football) - APB, Jun 14, 17:46:50
        
        It's annoying that Fifa always choose to use a new ball at the WC (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 17:56:06
  - see halfway down (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 14, 16:41:35
    - Unusual for the Germans to cheat (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 14, 16:42:40
      - this is interesting (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 16:45:27
        
        question is - are Slovenia and Algeria sponsored by Adidas...? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 14, 16:46:54
        
        dunno, didn't look like they'd practiced with any kind of ball, let alone the Jumblalaya (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 16:50:51
        
        ha ha (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 14, 16:51:44
        
        it's good to see that Adidas are blaming the "altitude" (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 17:00:35
    - link me up (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 14, 16:42:11
      - um, OK (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 14, 16:43:51
        
        nice one (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 14, 16:44:55
  - would explain their headed goal then! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 14, 16:40:31
    - and the one thundered in from the cutback (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 14, 16:42:25
  - agreed (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 14, 16:38:51

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