The Effect of This Season's Mitre Delta Match ball ..........

[MrsORichSenior]

The Mitre Delta ain't just a football. It's more than a bag of air, it's a bag of memories. Bringing back the iconic Delta ball design as the official match ball of the 2017/18 English Football League season was always going to go down well. Complete with oversized Mitre branding, it's a modernised piece of throwback football.

A late-nineties Premier League 'pin up' has found its way into the Championship, League One and League Two this season with a re-designed look.A new generation can now appreciate a ball full of 90's magic. ..... the PR team tell us.The Mitre Delta has obviously been updated for its return with Hyperseam () technology for a pure in-flight path and increased grip (keepers error,Mmm) so it's as good as it gets for an elite level football; for those who had one in the nineties, fear not. This one won't knock you out when full of water the 'hard sell' informs us in these times of is heading a ball dangerous scenario.I note this plastic ball has foam padding under its surface too.

This is the ball that Pep Guardiola was critical of when moaning to the press after City had been taken to penalties at Wolves in the cup this season stating it was to light weight for his players to perform with ...........

Well, I can still recall playing footie with my brothers using the dreaded orange Wembley Trophy ball circa early 70's and as I was always put in goal it bloody hurt when my brothers 'performed' with it in my direction Pep .............

Does he have a point tho' ? Should all pro football use the same ball in competition or is it Bollux ?
Obviously Felix WILL have an opinion on the matter won't he .......
MOT

[spaldy]

thanks for thread. Interesting stuff. Remember the original and still have one. It's worse for wear but still remarkable how much different it was than the medicine ball caliber balls we were using stateside at the time. It was a wonderful contrast.

Think a league or country should be able to use any ball they wish as long is it fits weight and circumference specs. I'd even go so far as saying that a team should be able to use anything that fits specs. Understand that the leagues make money on a ball sponsor but it would be nice to bring it back down to the team level.

[Orgoner]

It's absolutely NOT bollux as even supposedly equivalent balls by the same manufacturer can behave quite differently depending on their exact pressure and relative perfection of manufacture.

Such things usually don't affect the short game, but as soon as you're hitting the ball hard, or more than twenty yards or so, very different things can happen even without paying attention to hitting at the valve seat or going for the zero rotation knuckle ball.

It annoys me a little that the same ball is often not used for the entirety of any given match.

Much like in the NFL (I am a Patriots season ticket holder after all!) there can easily be shenanigans involved if the home staff are sufficiently clued up - never gets reported though...

[MrsORichSenior]

Just moving on from your first paragraph observations ........ your not alone opinion wise Org.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...ty-carabao-cup