When the Adidas Predators were first launched, people were quick to dismiss how gimmicky they were.

After all, they had special grip on the side of them, and they promised to revolutionise the way footballers would approach football.

That would have been the Twitter reaction, if such a thing had existed back in 1994 of course.

But now we may be approaching the second revolution of football boots – and it’s all based on the return of the TOE POKE.

Yep, we’re being serious.

Or, at least, the designers behind the ‘Serafino 4th Edge’ are being serious, as they’ve launched a Kickstarter for their new ‘revolutionary’ boots.

And they’re really, really weird.

With the help of Harry Redknapp (who else?) as well as the likes of Garth Crooks and Alan Curbishley, the unique selling point of these new-fangled boots is seemingly that they’re really good at helping you toe punt the ball.

“The toe is not used enough and with this harder toe it gives the player an extra dimension to get that shot off under pressure. It’s an interesting boot,” says Redknapp, without a hint of irony.

“I can see a striker using this and toe-poking the ball,” adds Crooks, in scenes reminiscent of when Gary Lineker was duped on Brass Eye in 2001.

There’s been much discussion whether or not this is a genuine product, but with a website and professionally made video, it does seem so.

They’re just quite bizarre.

This is also a pertinent point when it comes to the design, which leaves a fair bit to be desired…

https://twitter.com/OPaddison/status/663715379068432386

Is this a second revolution in the football boot? No. Probably not.

Would we like to have a try to see what they’re actually like? Yeah sure – they are, after all, an ‘interesting boot’ (Redknapp, 2015).

Garth Crooks’ latest Team of the Week is worth a look for its revolutionary 3-2-3-2 formation…

Any toe punts in this selection of worldies? Take a look…