rupert,
i'm a defender, so any claims are likely to be against me, rather than for me. in fact, since all this compo culture nonsense i have been toning it down a bit.
personally i have had a dislocated elbow (both radius AND ulna), a few broken toes, a broken tarsal (a la beckham) and a fractured ankle in the last couple of years. yourself? i remember something about some toes at one point.
never worn the old 3/4 lengths, purely because ive never owned any. agree with you on the joggers front though, there's no way i'd get through a game in a pair of them. too hot by half.
the trouble with astro is that the cuts (more like burns) never seem to heal, just weep gunk all over the duvet and leech through the trousers.
'striking or defending i never go thirsty' i take it you're of the 'minimal running, sod that im not playing in midfield' school of footy too then.
rgds
big ron