With Christmas over the Premier League squeezed in a round of games before the new year. There was Christmas cheer for some but other were left hoping for a better 2012. On display as usual were some of the best boots – which we are sure many of you wished were in your stockings.
One player that will certainly be hoping for a better 2012 is Chelsea forward Fernando Torres. A change of clubs hasn’t brought out his best nor has the new Red/Black/White T90 Laser IV K-Leather colourway – perhaps 2012 will see Torres back to his best.
Another player hoping for a brighter 2012 will be QPR star Adel Taarabt. Taarabt set the Championship alight with his dazzling skill but has failed to impress in the Premier League so far. He was in the new White/Red/Silver Tiempo Legend IV boots for QPR’s game against Swansea.
At the opposite end of the scales is Newcastle’s Senegalese striker Demba Ba. Ba has had a season to remember so far scoring 14 goals. Ba has played a big role in helping the Adidas AdiZero MiCoach rocket to the top of the Top Scoring Boot table.
We love it when players match their boots to their kit and Sunderland’s Kieran Richardson is one such player. Richardson has been in the launch Red/White CTR360 Maestri II colourway for months but has stuck with the Sunderland home kit complementing colourway despite a host of newer options.
Park Ji-Sung has joined fellow Nike Tiempo Legend IV teammates Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez in matching the new White/Red/Silver colourway to his United kit. We now await Antonio Valencia and Jonny Evans to join them.
Under Armor have had an unofficial boot floating around on the likes of Bobby Zamora and Paul Robinson in the Premier League for a while now. It was Robinson’s understudy Mark Bunn who impressed in them this time around however – helping Blackburn earn a vital point at Anfield.
Most people wouldn’t have noticed Bunn or his boots as the headlines were stolen by the return of Steven Gerrard. Gerrard has been out for a long time from injury but looked on top form when he came off the bench in a pair of Black/Warning AdiPower Predators. Always one to wear black boots – it is no surprise Gerrard opted for this colourway.
Despite the host of new boots that have hit the field in recent time it is always nice to see an old classic take the pitch. Nike’s original was groundbreaking at the time and still seems to be a favorite of Spurs defender William Gallas who has worn this Orion Blue/Metallic Silver/Dark Obsidian pair for awhile now.
At one stage it seems like every team had a player in a pair of white-out Puma PowerCat 1.12 boots. Since their release the white-out version has almost disappeared with only Arsenal’s Johan Djourou having not switched to the official launch colourway.
Djourou’s teammate Tomas Rosicky on the other hand has left his white-out boots behind and sports the great looking launch White/Blue colourway. We expect a colour update of the Powercat 1.12 early in the new year.
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