Anyone watching the Murray and Soderling match in the first couple of games you can see Murray kept rolling his right ankle/shoe on purpose and was hitting his right shoe with the racquet so many times with anger. You can tell he hates his shoes. Whether its lacking lateral support or its infamous "high to the ground" stiff feel, he definitely was blaming his shoes for something. Or he just forgot to BREAK IN them. I might sound alittle biased cause I never liked Barricades. But just watch the match you will see what I meant.
Barricade is BAD
- Thread starter KiNG
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Sorry, didn't watch the match, but I do trust my barricades completely. Tried other different shoes over the years, but always keep coming back to them. May be you right - it was a break-in issue. On the other side, if you are playing bad - you gotta blame something :twisted:
*Val*
Semi-Pro
Murray has been wearing barricades for ages, if he hated them I'm sure he would have switched. Probably a break in issue. Or you're just imagining things...
matchmaker
Hall of Fame
He did seem to have some issues with stability, but I don't think it is due to the Barricade itself, but rather to the way he has it customized probably. He might have used a different in sole or maybe he was carrying a small injury.
Bud
Bionic Poster
Don't blame the shoes (Barricade 6's)
It appears he slightly rolled his ankle during set 1 when Sods went behind him on a shot and he tried changing directions.
After that happened, he kept checking the stability of his ankle... he was also hitting the shoe/ankle with his racquet.
Murray was unfocused, distracted and out of sorts the entire match. IMO, he was looking to blame something for his poor performance.
autumn_leaf
Hall of Fame
way to toot your own horn XD!
Ambivalent
Hall of Fame
I'm not a fan of the new barricades. Not of the looks. It doesn't have any barricade heritage.
phishua
Rookie
Narrow and stiff? Hardly. Wear them for more than a few hours, they break right in...
Kick Serve 14
Professional
I agree. If he didn't like them, he wouldn't wear them...
AllDownTheLine
Rookie
Maybe they just don't fit your sucky feet? I'm happy with mine.
Orion
Semi-Pro
Barricades narraow??? Are you serious?? Try the CC Genius for narrow
paulorenzo
Hall of Fame
he must not like them on clay.
it probably will not happen this year, seeing as though adidas sponsored him, but he's worn vapors for the clay season before. perhaps the feathers for the clay this year?
Slazenger07
Banned
For real! Barricades arent narrow at all compared to the Genius.
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