QUOTE(aw13 @ Sep 23 2009, 12:58 PM)
@pyroboy1911 - thanks for the clarification, we learn something new everyday! thing is, if Nike uses PU for Euro 2008, what about Respect? Lextra? Then it'll be inconsistent I think. My 2 cents.
for the Respect patch i do not know yet, by my bet would be lextra as well. And i have no idea why nike teams use PU Euro badge while other teams use Lextra, and also Nike teams in WC tournament, they still use Lextra. But indeed i did look at some pictures (not conclusive, but at least a general idea), for example i looked at pics of Holland during Euro2004, the badge part on the sleeve seems to crumple easily when the players swing their arms when running. normally for Lextra, that area will be damn flat coz it's hard to bed Lextra. hope you get what i meant

Regarding the England shirt, those pictures looked a bit dodgy to me. Here's a couple of pics i took of my shirt:
1. Compare the details of the crest. I took a part of it to compare, see the lion's nails and also the flowers. The one i have looks finer.
2. The serial tag looks identical, but look at the position of the button. Mine sits directly on top of the UMBRO logo and do not cover the wordings.
3. The biggest difference of all, the tag. Mine comes with the crest hologram which says Official Product, but the one tengyeow has do not have. Also, for the new England shirt, numberings are used for size (mine is 38) but the one tengyeow has is stated as "L".
I'm not sure if these differences can deem the one tengyeow has as fake or not, because differences 1 and 2 could be due to factory product reasons. but differences no3 is very major.
This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Sep 23 2009, 10:04 PM