I agree with Jayson about the lacing at the top, but I'm wondering if you can reply with the design concept behind it, since I couldn't find it on the shoe's page. It seems to me the obvious failure point of these shoes will be the single fabric eyelet on the inside of that weird instep panel. It looks weak, particularly since it's tucked inside this bizarre asymmetrical upper feature whose purpose evades me, and obviously others. Is is protection, and if so, for what? Love these shoes in every other way. They're not the usual Nike half size too small, if you ask me. I ordered the 9.5 and I'm a 9 and this one is more true to size.
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