NickG Posted 25 July, 2010 Posted 25 July, 2010 Moderately inventive way of upping the ante on next seasons sponsorship. But wouldn't the sponsor free zone have been better on a Red and white striped shirt? no, I think it looks good and provokes interest.
NickG Posted 25 July, 2010 Posted 25 July, 2010 Do try harder. iconic saints - no stripes to be seen!
westofshannonsaint Posted 26 July, 2010 Posted 26 July, 2010 iconic saints - no stripes to be seen! I dont assosiate white (with a red sash) to saints. I might after the end of next season, but I dont think so. if it was a true "gift to the fan's" it would have been stripes, available for one year only, when were still in L1. when were back in the prem we will still sell new shirts.
CityRanger Posted 26 July, 2010 Posted 26 July, 2010 Look good on kids and pro footballers, not so good on middle aged men with beer guts imho.
patred44 Posted 26 July, 2010 Author Posted 26 July, 2010 As it happens Le Stripe was not used against Sutton.....
sebastian firefly Posted 27 July, 2010 Posted 27 July, 2010 http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/10-11-neuchatel-xamax-home-shirt.html this might please docker p our on off sponser free shirt um!
suewhistle Posted 27 July, 2010 Posted 27 July, 2010 At least we'll now stand out in a crowd of Stoke and Sunderland fans!
sebastian firefly Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 Le nouvel équipementier Umbro, qui a signé pour 3 saisons, a concoté un maillot spécial pour les rouge et noir. from neuchatels official site something like "the new supplier umbro signed for 3 season deal have made a special shirt for the red and blacks " not quite such a one of is vive les stripes
SaintDonkey Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 The result: Marketeers 1, Tradition 0, The sooner this sorry episode in our history is over, and we get back to wearing what all the greats who played for Saints wore, the better. Until then, come on you whites! Yep all the greats wore stripes... We spent the best part of a decade out of stripes. In terms of the league that was our most successful decade in our history. Grow up and get over it. p.s. yeah I know calling Gerry Forrest a great is pushing it but I could only be aresed to go to one site for pictures
NickG Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 I tried making same point but didn't manage to add pics! Most iconic saints images? Saints winning FAc cup Keegan playing No red and white stripes!
Bucks Saint Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 Yep, there's never a shortage of suckers. First you said it was unpopular; now all of the people proving otherwise are suckers. Provoking replies = 8/10, decent effort. Credibility = 1/10. Must try harder
OldNick Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 I don't know the history of shirt design, but I had the impression that the new shirt was similar to the one the club used in its early days and so to mark the 125th anniversary this one was was used in recognition of that. No doubt the traditionalists complained when the stripes were added.Lol As for marketing, it is a major coup by NC. How much to put a sponsor on the old shirt a season 50-100k??? To release a new shirt for a season, in the guise of an anniversary, 15k sales at £25-30k a pop. Fantastic business. By the way i like the new kit and not having a sponsor is worth the loss of stripes IMO. It won't be long until fans will have Tampon/Dog food companies blazed across their chests, as the rush from more clubs to find sponsors in a decreasing market takes hold.
OldNick Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 At least we'll now stand out in a crowd of Stoke and Sunderland fans! dont forget Exeter fans (never a crowd of those but) in fact their shirt is close to our old one
docker-p Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 Yep all the greats wore stripes... We spent the best part of a decade out of stripes. In terms of the league that was our most successful decade in our history. Grow up and get over it. p.s. yeah I know calling Gerry Forrest a great is pushing it but I could only be aresed to go to one site for pictures For a start only one picture portrays a Saints 'Great'. And with a bit of license a couple of those kits could be said to be red and white stripes, or stripe singular. But those were crap kits and thankfully the S.I.C.K campaign got the proper Red and White stripes back. What we have now is a white kit nobody alive ever saw us play in, a kit we soon dumped in favour of what became our traditional kit. And the reason we have it now is so the marketing department can fleece the more gullible fans.
Wes Tender Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 For a start only one picture portrays a Saints 'Great'. And with a bit of license a couple of those kits could be said to be red and white stripes, or stripe singular. But those were crap kits and thankfully the S.I.C.K campaign got the proper Red and White stripes back. What we have now is a white kit nobody alive ever saw us play in, a kit we soon dumped in favour of what became our traditional kit. And the reason we have it now is so the marketing department can fleece the more gullible fans. What arrogance and pomposity! Just because you don't like the idea of us returning to our original historic kit to commemorate the 125th Anniversay of our beginning, doesn't mean that others cannot have their own appreciation of it. And if they wish to fork out their hard-earned dosh to buy it, then I think that they are perfectly capable of making that decision without you telling them that they must be gullible, insinuating that they are like gormless sheep, incapable of independent thought.
NickG Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 case of "I don't like it, so don't care if most do, we shouldn't have it!"
benjii Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 And with a bit of license a couple of those kits could be said to be red and white stripes, or stripe singular. . Well so could the current one. - "It is a white shirt with a single diagonal red stripe from shoulder to opposite bottom corner" - there you go. The kit is popular. You don't like it. End of. PS - and by the way, a grown man (assuming you are) who gets overly excited about any sort of mass-produced football shirt does himself no favours IMO.
Bucks Saint Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 What arrogance and pomposity! Just because you don't like the idea of us returning to our original historic kit to commemorate the 125th Anniversay of our beginning, doesn't mean that others cannot have their own appreciation of it. And if they wish to fork out their hard-earned dosh to buy it, then I think that they are perfectly capable of making that decision without you telling them that they must be gullible, insinuating that they are like gormless sheep, incapable of independent thought. Spot on sir
sebastian firefly Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 [As for marketing, it is a major coup by NC. To release a new shirt for a season, in the guise of an anniversary. By the way i like the new kit and not having a sponsor is worth the loss of stripes ive noted elsewhere that this is no coup as neuchatal xamax have the same umbro red sash being sold without sponser im not sure wether nc made them do this to celebrate our 125
VectisSaint Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 (edited) For a start only one picture portrays a Saints 'Great'. And with a bit of license a couple of those kits could be said to be red and white stripes, or stripe singular. But those were crap kits and thankfully the S.I.C.K campaign got the proper Red and White stripes back. What we have now is a white kit nobody alive ever saw us play in, a kit we soon dumped in favour of what became our traditional kit. And the reason we have it now is so the marketing department can fleece the more gullible fans. Actually we originally ditched the diagonal stripe (4 seasons) for quarters, later for halves and only in 1896 for stripes. Incidenatlly until 1950 we wore blue shorts (or knickers as they were called) and blue stockings. So if we should stick to "tradition" would you have been happy to see us running out with blue shorts and socks, probably not, but for 50+ years that was Saints. Personally I like the diagonal stripe, my preference would have been the other way if I'm honest and being picky, and I think we missed a trick by not having a diagonal stripe on the away kit as well. I will however be perfectly happy to go back to something more akin to what we are used to next season. Will be nice to not have a sponsor though. By the way, for anyone who does not remember it, the Golden Jubilee souvenir programme is still online: http://www.jarvis-psv.me.uk/04_sport/04_saints/Golden-Jubilee/index.html I look forward to seeing AP in bowler hat at first home game in keeping with tradition. Edited 29 July, 2010 by VectisSaint Blue shorts not shirts
revolution saint Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 Actually we originally ditched the diagonal stripe (4 seasons) for quarters, later for halves and only in 1896 for stripes. Incidenatlly until 1950 we wore blue shorts (or knickers as they were called) and blue stockings. So if we should stick to "tradition" would you have been happy to see us running out with blue shirts and socks, probably not, but for 50+ years that was Saints. Personally I like the diagonal stripe, my preference would have been the other way if I'm honest and being picky, and I think we missed a trick by not having a diagonal stripe on the away kit as well. I will however be perfectly happy to go back to something more akin to what we are used to next season. Will be nice to not have a sponsor though. By the way, for anyone who does not remember it, the Golden Jubilee souvenir programme is still online: http://www.jarvis-psv.me.uk/04_sport/04_saints/Golden-Jubilee/index.html I look forward to seeing AP in bowler hat at first home game in keeping with tradition. Really? Blue shirts? Doubt it....
LostBoys Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 The shirt shortage is now acute with only small and 5xl left for a month. I am in the dog house as I bought my wife the same size new shirt as her old red and white stripe one to find the new one was in fact the same real size as my son's red and white one - TWO sizes smaller. No problem - go back and change it for a bigger size complete with her red and whire stripe one as a comparison only to find none are left. When I queried the huge difference in size with the staff - wait for it - it is because the new shirt is fitted!!!. This presumably means the previous shirts were not - particularly the one that strangled you due the neck hole only being big enough for an infant. Why do they not have any shirts at present - they underestimated demand - for a retro shirt without a dreadful sponsor slab of plastic on the front - I cannot understand why that would be popular!! By the way the training kit sizes appear to be ok as I had to buy one to appease my wife who will have to wait a month for her home shirt.
VectisSaint Posted 29 July, 2010 Posted 29 July, 2010 Really? Blue shirts? Doubt it.... Typo, should have been shorts of course.
once_bitterne Posted 31 July, 2010 Posted 31 July, 2010 If there has been, what about them? http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2107629,00.html
LostBoys Posted 1 August, 2010 Posted 1 August, 2010 The shirt shortage is now acute with only small and 5xl left for a month. I am in the dog house as I bought my wife the same size new shirt as her old red and white stripe one to find the new one was in fact the same real size as my son's red and white one - TWO sizes smaller. No problem - go back and change it for a bigger size complete with her red and whire stripe one as a comparison only to find none are left. When I queried the huge difference in size with the staff - wait for it - it is because the new shirt is fitted!!!. This presumably means the previous shirts were not - particularly the one that strangled you due the neck hole only being big enough for an infant. Why do they not have any shirts at present - they underestimated demand - for a retro shirt without a dreadful sponsor slab of plastic on the front - I cannot understand why that would be popular!! By the way the training kit sizes appear to be ok as I had to buy one to appease my wife who will have to wait a month for her home shirt. I now know why they have run out of the new home shirt - every other b****r has got one except for me and my wife
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