The Jabulani Adidas Ball

Not true. The MLS and Clausura will be using it, too.

No one cares about those leagues, though.

I bought 2 of these balls for £140 on eBay because i have every official world cup ball since 1958 (something my dad started and i've followed on)

I wanted a spare to use for training etc.

Gotta say, I love it.  The flight is incredible and while it does take a bit of getting use too, i would say it beats any official EPL ball i've ever used.

Heres a vid of it being made  :O)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXqsJzbSus

Difference being the ball you get from a sports shop is different to the official one, the official one would cost more to buy and probably cause the same problems, just not to the degree they are suffering at the high altitude.

No, I have the official match ball.

is it the £79.99 one you have?

Yes, managed to wangle it for free off a good mate.

Yeah, MLS is using it already. Dunno if ive heard any rumblings of discontent in any games ive watched so far this season, but I haven't watched all that many to be fair.

Germany Bundaliga also use the ball as well and never really heard any moaning about it. Lets face it every World Cup players moan about the ball but it doesn't make a lick of difference.

I don't know why players complain, even goallies.

Everyone on the pitch is using the same ball so it's all fair. Your strikers are as likely to pull a fast one on the opposing keeper as their strikers are. In theory anyways, aside from the obvious technical difference between players.

And it sounds like a South African Titty Bar so who's to complain?

^^ That's my thought as well. At the end of the day, the better players will still have more chance of knocking iinto the net than others. Class always prevails. End of.

Now lets all go get some beers at Jabulani

Now lets all go get some beers at Jabulani

First round on you?

Germany Bundaliga also use the ball as well and never really heard any moaning about it. Lets face it every World Cup players moan about the ball but it doesn't make a lick of difference.

Great, ze Germanz have an advantage already!

First round on you?

The beers or the dancers?

This thread belongs in the World Cup section too?

The ball's being used in a number of club leagues too. I'd say it falls in between so it shall stay here.

The mighty Aussies are playing Germany first....HOW DO YOU THINK WE FEEL!!!!!

Wonder what rob green has got to say about it.

With all the talk off the unpredictable swerve, ballooning & dipping problems with this ball, the thing that has caught my eye so far, is how many short, simple passes are being misplaced/under hit. 

Great, ze Germanz have an advantage already!

Yea and all ozer Clubs and Leagues  where Adidas is a Sponsor. ze german Bundesliga and ozer Leagues got ze ball in febuary. so complain on your sponsors and not at ze germanz.

Its poor to use the ball as an excuse for making mistakes.

It was made at Loughborough University you know..

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/theview/articles/jabulani/#article

Engineering a World Cup winner

In June the best football players from across the globe will come together to compete in one of the sport’s greatest tournaments – the FIFA World Cup. But what links this internationally adored competition to Loughborough University? Judy Wing went to find out.

The Sports Technology Institute (STI) at Loughborough University is a hive of activity. It was established in 2008 to bring together some of the country’s top engineers and the world’s leading sporting brands, working on the design, simulation, testing and manufacture of cutting edge sports equipment.

Eight years ago the University’s Sports Technology Research Group, which is now an integral part of the STI, embarked on a research and development partnership that would see it become involved in one of football’s most beloved events, the World Cup.

    "Following the success of this project the STI has continued to work with adidas on all its tournament footballs"

“We were first approached by adidas in 2002, who were starting to look at how technology could be used to transform some of their product development ideas into realities,” explains Dr Andy Harland, the STI’s principal contact with adidas. “It soon became clear that one of the key projects they wanted to work with us on was the development of their footballs.”

Yea and all ozer Clubs and Leagues  where Adidas is a Sponsor. ze german Bundesliga and ozer Leagues got ze ball in febuary. so complain on your sponsors and not at ze germanz.

Its poor to use the ball as an excuse for making mistakes.

I was taking ze the piss

Who mentioned a Titty Bar?

Who mentioned a Titty Bar?

Jabulani. It's boss.

Jabulani. It's boss.

Yes please.

Yes please.

The titties sway in many unpredictable ways.

The titties sway in many unpredictable ways.

Hahahahahaha. Mmmmm, I'm excited.

I bought 2 of these balls for £140 on eBay because I have every official world cup ball since 1958 (something my dad started and I've followed on)

I wanted a spare to use for training etc.

Gotta say, I love it.  The flight is incredible and while it does take a bit of getting use too, I would say it beats any official EPL ball I've ever used.

Heres a vid of it being made  :O)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXqsJzbSus

Great video, worthy of a (+) just for being educated how it was made  .
However, from what ive seen of the way the ball moves i can see why goalkeepers don't like it. It does seem to move in the air more than the ball we use in the League. Also, has anyone noticed how many goals have been scored from free kicks?. Let me tell you now, its very little!. From what ive seen, the players do sky them a lot