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Pointless Early 2013/14 Kit Speculation Thread


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I don't understand why asian supporters that want to support a team in red wouldn't already support Liverpool or Manchester united. If he had some good asian players we would have more of a natural fan base. Americans love spurs because of Dempsey and Friedel not the colour of the shirt.

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But just changing to "we are red now" is not doing that. It's probably reducing sales if anything - yes people have striped shirts already, but that's what Saints wear and they'll always shift decent numbers. A one season change will move some people to buy a shirt because "it's different", but do it two seasons in a row and where's the selling point then ?

Well said. If we'd have introduced a striped shirt this year (or even a variation on the striped theme) I would have bought 4 - two adults, two kids. For the second year in a row I will be buying zero. Most people I got to SMS with will do likewise.

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Well said. If we'd have introduced a striped shirt this year (or even a variation on the striped theme) I would have bought 4 - two adults, two kids. For the second year in a row I will be buying zero. Most people I got to SMS with will do likewise.

 

Ditto.

 

I often buy home and away for my sons, at Christmas & birthdays, but told them at the start of last season we would not be getting either, and if we are served up with a 'red abortion' again we will also be boycotting the shirts again. To be fair they also thought the shirts ' un-Saints like' and were not particularly bothered.

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Us? You work for them?

 

"Us" as in the inhabitants of this thread. The consensus ITK so far is that (apart from maybe getting a new store in West Quay), the sales will still be controlled by the club in their stores, plus online. So "available in Sports Direct" would be a significant departure from that.

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New-Philadelphia-Union-MLS-Jersey-2012.jpg

 

quite like the Philadelphia Union kit, might look smart in red and white

 

2011/12 template though, same old flashes across at the end of the 3 stripes. The Portland Timbers kits are a more up-to-date reflection of what adidas can do with a "Xerox-style" template.

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Well, the twitter leak has made its way to the site I use for most of my UK kit news : http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/possible-southampton-fc-adidas-red-home-shirt-201314_20513

 

I think they may have posted a little more of the "we hate stripes" opinion than imagined... namecheckamania for *cough* someone.

 

"Saints fan >, who has been running a thread on Saintsweb forum commented “Most people hate it and want a return to the stripes. There was a poll on Saintsweb a few weeks back where 2/3rds voted for stripes and ‘a plain colour’ was less popular than ‘don’t mind’ “."

 

I'd also like to point out that "running" is not my preferred term. ;)

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If the rumours are true that the kit arrived without the sponsors logo on it due to the uncertainty of the sponsor, here's hoping you can purchase the top without the logo.

 

Yeah would be nice but no chance tbh. aap3 would not want to miss out on their advertising.

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Yeah, don't like that. It looks like that shocker of a kit we had when Bale was playing for us with black arms. Highlights the sponsor too much IMO

Would take that (in red & white) over the generic crap we're going to get any day. Lucky old West Brom.

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Ditto.

 

I often buy home and away for my sons, at Christmas & birthdays, but told them at the start of last season we would not be getting either, and if we are served up with a 'red abortion' again we will also be boycotting the shirts again. To be fair they also thought the shirts ' un-Saints like' and were not particularly bothered.

Same here. They are only 7 yet, on seeing last years monstrosity exclaimed "that's not a Saints kit!". They won't be missing anything by the the sounds of it this year either...

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Gold, please not a gold badge? Does this mean we are changing out badge? Silver yes, gold, no! If this is going to be the badge on the kit, the surely it becomes our official badge?

 

I think red and white stripes with the normal badge :)

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