Stripes for the first game of the season?

[The Kraken]

What the actual f**k has this thread descended to!?

I'm just disappointed that the idea of red and white halved shirts never made it into your facebook protest.

[RonManager]

Stop being a knob for just a minute. In the living memory of the vast majority of fans we have been in a kit (bar a few 80's hiccups, but even then the colours were still a R/W/B combo)) of mainly red and white stripes, and black shorts. To be honest I'd love a return to The sash, but it won't work with a Sponsor logo.

 

Oh no?

 

[Colinjb]

I'm just disappointed that the idea of red and white halved shirts never made it into your facebook protest.

 

Stripes of a fashion.... big ass shirt enveloping stripes.

[Batman]

Stripes of a fashion.... big ass shirt enveloping stripes.

 

what we have now is one big red stripe. it goes all over

[Colinjb]

what we have now is one big red stripe. it goes all over

 

It got greedy and couldn't live in harmony with it's white brothers.

 

Bring back the peace. Room for all.

[Turkish]

At the risk of being seen to take MLG's side in an argument (never a comfortable position at the best of times), nowhere on the poll does it specify stripes, it's merely an appraisal of the new shirt, i.e. whether the voters like the shirt or not.

 

Certainly true that only 19% (rounded up) actually like the new shirt, 66% don't like it and only 17% will actually part with their cash. That's not a positive reaction no matter how you spin the figures.

 

Don't forget our catchment area has grown since promotion to cover almost all of England south of Birmingham so that still around 5.5m people who will buy the shirt. i doubt more than 5m Man United fans own their shirt. Cortese has got It spot on again.

Edited 28 June, 2013 by Turkish

[Batman]

you can count me out as parting with cash for it. not paying £50 for any football shirt

[Colinjb]

At the risk of being seen to take MLG's side in an argument (never a comfortable position at the best of times), nowhere on the poll does it specify stripes, it's merely an appraisal of the new shirt, i.e. whether the voters like the shirt or not.

 

Certainly true that only 19% (rounded up) actually like the new shirt, 66% don't like it and only 17% will actually part with their cash. That's not a positive reaction no matter how you spin the figures.

 

I understand what you are saying Steve. As well as the poll here though I'm also basing that party on the Echo poll that showed approx 60% approval for a striped shirt and about 10% approval for a plain red kit. It's quite eerie yet reassuring how similar the results in both polls were.

[Turkish]

To be honest its quite sad that grown men are spending so much time hand wringing about a football shirt. Seriously, you shouldn't wear one unless your under the age of 12 or playing football anyway.

[ericofarabia]

Don't forget our catchment area has grown since promotion to cover almost all of England south of Birmingham so that still around 5.5m people who will buy the shirt. i doubt more than 17% of Man United fans own their shirt. Cortese has got It spot on again.

 

I think you've got the figures mixed up - 100% of Man U followers have at least 1 shirt, but only 17% have ever seen them live, or should that be 1.7% ?

[Colinjb]

To be honest its quite sad that grown men are spending so much time hand wringing about a football shirt. Seriously, you shouldn't wear one unless your under the age of 12 or playing football anyway.

 

Would never have had you down in the 15% that don't care! I'm stunned.

[Turkish]

Would never have had you down in the 15% that don't care! I'm stunned.

 

I cared so little I didn't even vote.

[ericofarabia]

To be honest its quite sad that grown men are spending so much time hand wringing about a football shirt. Seriously, you shouldn't wear one unless your under the age of 12 or playing football anyway.

 

i don't give a flying feck about buying one, it's watching the team Ive supportted for over 45 years wearing such a pile of crap that hurts.

[Colinjb]

I cared so little I didn't even vote.

 

Truly gobsmacked.

[View From The Top]

To be honest its quite sad that grown men are spending so much time hand wringing about a football shirt. Seriously, you shouldn't wear one unless your under the age of 12 or playing football anyway.

 

U16 seems fine, or 5-a-side.

 

Any adult who wears a football shirt on holiday should be executed on the spot or refused re-entry to England.

[Turkish]

U16 seems fine, or 5-a-side.

 

Any adult who wears a football shirt on holiday should be executed on the spot or refused re-entry to England.

 

It does serve as a warning not to speak to them though as they are obviously a helmet, so it does have some uses.

[simo]

Who cares bend over take it up the wrong'un and enjoy premiership football !

[ericofarabia]

It does serve as a warning not to speak to them though as they are obviously a helmet, so it does have some uses.

 

I've never had a replica shirt, just Polo Shirts, but would always make an attempt to acknowledge a fellow Saint no matter where (outside Soton area), and being in a Striped shirt when espied from a distance, indicates a high chance of being a Saint. Generic Red could be Liverpool, Man U or arse amongst others an not merit a 2nd glance.

[CB Fry]

If you back the chairman and appreciate what he has done for us you will buy the shirt and you will wear it at the first game of the season. Can I just remind everyone where we were 4 years ago and how lucky we are to still have a club. We almost lost Cortese in May so i think you need to show your gratitude by stopping your whining, buy the shirt and sing his name non stop to show that you appreciate him and all he has done for us.

 

If we'd stuck with stripes we'd be looking forward to playing the likes of Leyton Orient and MK Dons next season.

 

Thank christ for a chairman with vision.

[Didcot Saint]

I think we all appreciate what Cortese has done and indeed is still doing. It would have just been nice to to see the team we love playing in a superb kit like the ones we used to have rather than a s...e generic Adidas top that is the same as Bristol F.....g City's.

[Turkish]

I think we all appreciate what Cortese has done and indeed is still doing. It would have just been nice to to see the team we love playing in a superb kit like the ones we used to have rather than a s...e generic Adidas top that is the same as Bristol F.....g City's.

 

Do what you've always done you'll get what you always got.

[The Kraken]

Do what you've always done you'll get what you always got.

You need to know where you came from to know where you're going.

[CB Fry]

Why stripes? Why not follow through this logic and demand the 1885 sash returns? Any deviation from a club's original kit is a break from "tradition".

 

 

You still peddling this guff?

 

Stick to the computer games kiddo.

[Didcot Saint]

Turkish you do spout some ****e.

[Turkish]

Turkish you do spout some ****e.

 

Why? For years we have been a family club that did little, just making up the numbers happy to have the occasional win against the big boys. Cortese has turned us from a L1 club on the brink of oblivion to champions league hopefuls and changed the entire culture of the club, spending millions of pounds on international players form top footballing nations, he is doing something different to turn us into a force, yet some fans seem to be stuck at the Dell and don't want to push on or try something different, they moan about the most trivial things. I'm glad we have a chairman that isn't afraid to make decisions that upset people and few can argue that he's not done much wrong so far. Give me successful corporate machine over fat imbiciles grinning in their deck chair shirts any day.

[Ziggy]

Why? For years we have been a family club that did little, just making up the numbers happy to have the occasional win against the big boys. Cortese has turned us from a L1 club on the brink of oblivion to champions league hopefuls and changed the entire culture of the club, spending millions of pounds on international players form top footballing nations, he is doing something different to turn us into a force, yet some fans seem to be stuck at the Dell and don't want to push on or try something different, they moan about the most trivial things. I'm glad we have a chairman that isn't afraid to make decisions that upset people and few can argue that he's not done much wrong so far. Give me successful corporate machine over fat imbiciles grinning in their deck chair shirts any day.

 

Ten out of ten for wind up.

[Didcot Saint]

True to his word! Fair play

[Saint Garrett]

So anyway.....stripes for 1st game?

[Turkish]

So anyway.....stripes for 1st game?

 

You are a member of the rebel alliance and a traitor.

[Faz]

People should not delude themselves that a poll on here is representative. My guess is we will sell tens of thousands.

[CB Fry]

People should not delude themselves that a poll on here is representative. My guess is we will sell tens of thousands.

 

People should not delude themselves that people buying a new home kit means they actually like it.

 

We've got a geezer running a protest page on facebook who already said he's buying one.

 

And I think you'll find no one on this forum has said we won't sell many. Obviously we will, but we would for any design.

[Saint Garrett]

Of course we'll sell loads, but that's not the point. It's about more than just money. We have too many fans who will just buy it whatever it looks like.

[wild-saint]

talking at pub lat niight and the consensus was that we didnt care if saints played in all PINK if we beat Man United 6-0.

 

allthough its saints we are talking here and soon agreed that actually we would probably wear all pink and lose 6-0 to united. so fairly pointless conversation really.

 

its the same the whole world over its the poor that get the pain.

[Faz]

Of course we'll sell loads, but that's not the point. It's about more than just money. We have too many fans who will just buy it whatever it looks like.

 

I'm not making a point about money. It will be bought because people support the team, not the shirt.

 

Whilst we have worn red/white stripes and black shorts predominantly, for the first 50 years as Southampton we had blue shorts so you could argue that is the most traditional. In the 1980's (arguably our most successful period) there was hardly a stripe in sight.

 

Its not that big a deal, imo.

[CB Fry]

I do wonder where the "why aren't the shorts blue, our traditional short colour is blue, you know the famous Saints blue shorts, you think Saints and you think blue shorts, why aren't they on this kit" brigade have appeared from.

 

Season after season, year after year. From Hummel to Admiral to Pony to the Lowe years to Umbro.

 

Never mentioned. Not once.

 

Funny now people suddenly engineering a "tradition" that we are city and world renowned for wearing blue shorts.

 

Funny, aint it?

[Batman]

I do wonder where the "why aren't the shorts blue, our traditional short colour is blue, you know the famous Saints blue shorts, you think Saints and you think blue shorts, why aren't they on this kit" brigade have appeared from.

 

Season after season, year after year. From Hummel to Admiral to Pony to the Lowe years to Umbro.

 

Never mentioned. Not once.

 

Funny now people suddenly engineering a "tradition" that we are city and world renowned for wearing blue shorts.

 

Funny, aint it?

it farking hillarious

[Faz]

I do wonder where the "why aren't the shorts blue, our traditional short colour is blue, you know the famous Saints blue shorts, you think Saints and you think blue shorts, why aren't they on this kit" brigade have appeared from.

 

Season after season, year after year. From Hummel to Admiral to Pony to the Lowe years to Umbro.

 

Never mentioned. Not once.

 

Funny now people suddenly engineering a "tradition" that we are city and world renowned for wearing blue shorts.

 

Funny, aint it?

 

Brigade?

 

Personally I just took 2 minutes to research the facts. It's really not that difficult.

 

I'm not disputing the FACT that Saints are PRESENTLY synonymous with red and white striped shirts and black shorts, and personally I would prefer it, but it really isn't worth getting that worked up about.

[Saint Garrett]

I do wonder where the "why aren't the shorts blue, our traditional short colour is blue, you know the famous Saints blue shorts, you think Saints and you think blue shorts, why aren't they on this kit" brigade have appeared from.

 

Season after season, year after year. From Hummel to Admiral to Pony to the Lowe years to Umbro.

 

Never mentioned. Not once.

 

Funny now people suddenly engineering a "tradition" that we are city and world renowned for wearing blue shorts.

 

Funny, aint it?

 

Yeah it's retarded.

 

I am fully behind Cortese and what he's done with the club, BUT to change something just for no real benefit other than erase the history is just unnecessary. I'm 100% in the Cortese brigade, but that doesn't mean I'm just going to accept our history is just forgotten about.

 

We are Southampton, we play in stripes.

[CB Fry]

Brigade?

 

Personally I just took 2 minutes to research the facts. It's really not that difficult.

 

I'm not disputing the FACT that Saints are PRESENTLY synonymous with red and white striped shirts and black shorts, and personally I would prefer it, but it really isn't worth getting that worked up about.

 

I'm not getting worked up. Just laughing at you.

 

Great FACTS. Well done.

[SW11_Saint]

People should not delude themselves that a poll on here is representative. My guess is we will sell tens of thousands.

Sheep and kids will buy them regardless. They will shift a few units due to that fact alone, and just being in the Prem.

 

The stats on the poll and the comments below it - and on other forums - seem entirely representative, around 9% approval rating. P1ss poor, and strange given that this is something that is SO EASY to get right.

[Faz]

I'm not getting worked up. Just laughing at you.

 

Great FACTS. Well done.

 

Arrgghh. Like a dagger to my heart.

 

Going by your forum persona I suspect you don't actually laugh very much, so am pleased to have amused you so.

[RedWillie]

I,m gonna buy the £13 one and pin my gold season ticket freebie badge to it !

[Grey Crab]

I cared so little that I posted more than any other individual poster on every single new shirt thread on this site.

 

Quite.

[Turkish]

Quite.

 

Editing threads is the lowest form of mboard wit crab.

[Barry Sanchez]

If you back the chairman and appreciate what he has done for us you will buy the shirt and you will wear it at the first game of the season. Can I just remind everyone where we were 4 years ago and how lucky we are to still have a club. We almost lost Cortese in May so i think you need to show your gratitude by stopping your whining, buy the shirt and sing his name non stop to show that you appreciate him and all he has done for us.

I have driven down and am outside the ground now praying and wailing his name...........................

[View From The Top]

Editing threads is the lowest form of mboard wit crab.

 

Deppo has always loved doing it.

[View From The Top]

Personally I've no issue with the shirt as such, it's the god awful gold that I dislike.

[Grey Crab]

If I just post a response criticising the way the point above was made, I can ignore the actual point entirely and pretend it isn't true.

 

Very clever.

[Tokyo-Saint]

And gay crabs is all out of posts...

[View From The Top]

And gay crabs is all out of posts...

 

Deppo will be back tomorrow. His latest incarnation is even more badly disguised than Jamies.