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Further to two of Marty's posts below:

1. As established by Marty himself, balls *aren't* getting lighter. Law 2 of FIFA's Laws of the Game stipulates (amongst other things) that the ball be:

"not more than 450 g (16 oz) in weight and not less than 410 g (14 oz) at the start of the match"

And this rule has been unchanged since 1937 ... when balls were made marginally heavier with an increase in the permissible weight from the original 1872 specification of 13-15oz.

2. Only TV pundit to get the van Nistelrooy offside-call right? Steffen Simon, much-loathed German TV commentator. Spotters badge to Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger. And of course *he* knew it too.