Saint_Abroad Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I was really hoping with the McDonald's kit we could have a slogan or something, like whenever J - Rod puts it in the top left corner, over the goalies' shoulder he points at him and says "Do you want fries with that!?" or "Super size me!" O well.
JxgrSaint Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Depends what its in... a 2:1 in say Physics/Maths/Biochemistry etc is worth a hole lot more than first in say English/history/media/social sciences etc... Unless you're going for a job on the bbc at least International Relations and Economics from Loughborough, so not overly wishy-washy from a Top 15 Uni
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 Nice to see that the videos and player promos have actually got the sponsor physically on the shirt this year, as opposed to the smoke and mirrors, editing and photoshop they had to use as there wasn't a sponsor last summer... and I bet we actually have the shorts pictured as opposed to a completely different style from those in some of the photos as was the case with the away and GK kits last season.
Junction 9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Nice to see that the videos and player promos have actually got the sponsor physically on the shirt this year, as opposed to the smoke and mirrors, editing and photoshop they had to use as there wasn't a sponsor last summer... and I bet we actually have the shorts pictured as opposed to a completely different style from those in some of the photos as was the case with the away and GK kits last season. Can you describe to me how you feel right now? Regrading the kit obviously
Chez Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I'd like navy. More unique for the PL. More atletico madrid than sunderland. I'm with this too. Can't stand the black shorts. Much prefer a navy as per the kits of 1891- 1950
Graffito Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Not a shirt wearer but I'm glad the stripes are back even if the shirt is a tad over designed and a slightly odd shade of red.
PortlandSaint Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 We could have had both of those under any major brand. Cortese didn't want to. Good one-upmanship from Kreuger then
Captain Scarlet Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Not a big fan of stripes, mainly because I associate them with Stoke and Sunderland recently, but this kit looks really good, I even like the socks. As above, would prefer we moved to navy blue instead of black shorts, it's part of our history, and would set us apart form the other red and white striped teams.
Bearsy Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I'm with this too. Can't stand the black shorts. What, footer bags? The problem with you Saints is just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the Premier League by going around in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Come on you Saints" and you imagine that it is the voice of the people. That is where you make your bloomer, Saints! What the voice of the people is saying is, look at those frightful ass Saints wearing vile black shorts have you ever in your puff seen such a bunch of perfect perishers? Or something like that.
DuncanRG Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I must say I liked the all-red look in principle but it is nice to see the stripes back. I'll echo the call for navy shorts.
doggface Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 What did he say and when? I've seen he's got a kit pic on there now, but he didn't upload that til 10am. About 2 months ago, he gave a big hint on ig talking about stripes and with a picture of him in stripes in the championship year
SB Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Cheap and tacky looking, but the stripes are back, so it's a start
100%Red&White Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I must say I liked the all-red look in principle but it is nice to see the stripes back. I'll echo the call for navy shorts. And another. Something like this next year would be nice. (someone's knocked the adidas shirt up before) Nike do it quite well too.
Dellman Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 All that interests me is who is going to wear the kit, not whether its stripes stars or sashes
Wes Tender Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I reckon that we should be a team that shows no fear of any opposition, regardless of how illustrious they are - by wearing brown shorts.
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 You're not alone, you're just in a very small minority. Fair enough. I've said before. I'm not overly fussed by stripes or non-stripes. I'm actually not overly bothered about kits in general. They're worn for a season, then changed. I don't mean to take a pop at anyone, as clearly people do care about it. I just really cannot understand why people get so worked up. It might grow on me. Last season's one did, meh.
warsash saint Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 £50 for an in house made shirt ??!! & even more of a rip off with £40 for kids version:x
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 (edited) Can you describe to me how you feel right now? Regrading the kit obviously Relief that the board "get it" mostly. Half an hour of interest in design and details after kit unveil, ten minutes of resignation to the prices, a few copies of pics to my phone, a bunch of random brain dumping about it on here, and now forget all about it for a few weeks until it can be bought, other than hopefully some new signings holding or wearing it. I'm not even in Southampton on kit launch day, ironically I'll be at the fans' football competition in Preston (where the team will still be wearing the 2011 striped shirts, having avoided all red shirt "upgrades" in the meantime). Some other time it might actually be a nice viral campaign to debut the new kit on a fans' team, but this year there would be far too many jokes about them being the only players we have left... Edited 4 July, 2014 by The9
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 About 2 months ago, he gave a big hint on ig talking about stripes and with a picture of him in stripes in the championship year Oh, the "who likes stripes?" thing with him with crazy hair? Yeah, had forgotten about that, was looking at more recent stuff. Thing is, it's always an easy "go to" for a load of likes, I didn't read too much into it - the striped scarves at Swansea and Home and Heart logo having stripes on it were the biggest clues for me in hindsight. Interesting to note that my comments about what Krueger said about stripes at the Awards also now make sense again. Very good that the board identified that the red was really not what most Saints fans wanted or expected and went to the effort of getting something else produced.
Saxon Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Absolutely love this kit! Stripes can look bad (aka Stoke) but this looks really classy, love the mini stripes in the red stripes and the other small details. Very chuffed They'll sell out quick for Christmas I imagine, even with the £50 tag!
SB Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Absolutely love this kit! Stripes can look bad (aka Stoke) but this looks really classy, love the mini stripes in the red stripes and the other small details. Very chuffed They'll sell out quick for Christmas I imagine, even with the £50 tag! You must be the same sort of customer that shops in sports direct and thinks that joggers and a Lonsdale top look good on a night out
Pastor Patrón Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 You must be the same sort of customer that shops in sports direct and thinks that joggers and a Lonsdale top look good on a night out
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 You must be the same sort of customer that shops in sports direct and thinks that joggers and a Lonsdale top look good on a night out Why? Because he thinks that within the parameters of football shirts looking classy, the shirt looks classy? It's no DJ and dress shirt, but as far as football shirts go, there are a lot of more plasticky, more shiny, worse designed, logo-laden, clashing, ugly patterned ones out there. This is indeed, quite decent. There's now a poll (at least I hope there will be soon), so you can vote and we'll see how people generally feel about it...
solentstars Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 See the snobs are out because its missing a addidas logo or a tick ....ha ha.. some people
Saints foreva Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 See the snobs are out because its missing a addidas logo or a tick ....ha ha.. some people It does look a little bit bare without a brand on it, but still think it's a decent shirt.
Big Bad Bob Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 See the snobs are out because its missing a addidas logo or a tick ....ha ha.. some people What? It's missing a designer logo, **** that I won't be buying one then....
pap Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 You must be the same sort of customer that shops in sports direct and thinks that joggers and a Lonsdale top look good on a night out Why not just put the first team in tailored suits and have done with it?
sussexsaint Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Very nice - like that a hell of a lot will be getting that and one for my nipper and 2 year old
JonnyOldBoy Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 or people who don't like being ripped off by their own club... with no marketing collateral and sales infrastructure overheads , those shirts should retail for about £20 or do you think Adidas etc etc get advertising space in the media and stadia for free , come on mate , try harder to think things through properly before insulting people and making yourself you stupid..... [ no offence LOL ] See the snobs are out because its missing a addidas logo or a tick ....ha ha.. some people
pap Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 or people who don't like being ripped off by their own club... with no marketing collateral and sales infrastructure overheads , those shirts should retail for about £20 or do you think Adidas etc etc get advertising space in the media and stadia for free , come on mate , try harder to think things through properly before insulting people and making yourself you stupid..... [ no offence LOL ] All very good, but entirely lanced with one statement. The price is what the market will bear.
Big Bad Bob Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 or people who don't like being ripped off by their own club... with no marketing collateral and sales infrastructure overheads , those shirts should retail for about £20 or do you think Adidas etc etc get advertising space in the media and stadia for free , come on mate , try harder to think things through properly before insulting people and making yourself you stupid..... [ no offence LOL ] Either you like the shirt or don't! Whether you're going to buy it or not is a completely different kettle of fish... People not buying it because it isn't Adidas or Puma or Nike is wrong IMHO...
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 (edited) See the snobs are out because its missing a addidas logo or a tick ....ha ha.. some people I haven't seen anyone say that yet. EDIT: Other than the sarcastic post above anyway. Edited 4 July, 2014 by The9
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 Either you like the shirt or don't! Whether you're going to buy it or not is a completely different kettle of fish... People not buying it because it isn't Adidas or Puma or Nike is wrong IMHO... I don't think it's "wrong", but I also don't think there's many of them out there for the match shirt - maybe for the training kit.
The9 Posted 4 July, 2014 Author Posted 4 July, 2014 or people who don't like being ripped off by their own club... with no marketing collateral and sales infrastructure overheads , those shirts should retail for about £20 or do you think Adidas etc etc get advertising space in the media and stadia for free , come on mate , try harder to think things through properly before insulting people and making yourself you stupid..... [ no offence LOL ] £50 is steep, but people will pay it. You seem to have forgotten that brands pay clubs to supply their kit and do indeed get all the associated branding and advertising as part of that deal - this season we don't have that revenue stream and they've actually had to pay to have the kit made, so there's a shortfall, and it's clearly gone onto the retail price of the kit. On the bright side, no-one else has done Saints' distribution for years, so there are no additional costs there. I'd be careful about who is making themselves look stupid.
Badger Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 You saw the away kit here first.. We could do, and have done a lot worse... Nice shoes btw !
Reib80 Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Like it. Gonna buy it and wear it around Houston. Ironic it's released on July 4th - Independence day (I know there's nothing in it, but just to throw it in the mix!)
Webby Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I love the new kit! Only negative I have about it is the sponsor logo being blocked out in black so much, in the V and the H in particular, if that makes sense.
mcjwills Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 You must be the same sort of customer that shops in sports direct and thinks that joggers and a Lonsdale top look good on a night out Oi what wrong wiv me Lonsdale to and joggers , blo.ody sandwich brigade in their blo.ody blazers Oh yeah and I quite like the new top may even buy one
100%Red&White Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 £50 is steep, but people will pay it. I wonder if it may have been a bit cheaper if they didn't have to scrap 'the other one'. There must have been a financial hit if it was already in production. And I wouldn't have expected them to go too low as it would have jumped back up again next year with a return of adidas/whoever and upset fans that way. £40 sounds about right for 'own brand'.
St_Peej Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Just put one of the shirts on, what I can say is that the material feels nice. The armpits have a mesh like airflow type material. The Veho logo is quite flexible and decent quality, but may be susceptible to the 'cracking' that happens in those plastic transfers. What I will say is that the sizes seem quite small, I tried a large and it was pretty tight. I often buy medium t-shirts.
adysaint Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 (edited) Its awful. Not the stripes (I won't be wearing it down Wallsend High Street) but the naffness of homemade shirts. I thought those days of (S) were over when we left The Dell. We finished 8th in PL FFS ! Our media profile has never been so high. Who were aap3 ? Who are weho or whatever ? We should have big name Sponsors and big name manufacturers bidding for the contracts... Unless I'm missing something and we are pricing ourselves too high. Edited 4 July, 2014 by adysaint
sotonist Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Its awful. Not the stripes (I won't be wearing it down Wallsend High Street) but the naffness of homemade shirts. I thought those days of 'S' were over when we left The Dell. We finished 8th in PL FFS ! Our media profile has never been so high. Who were aap3 ? Who are weho or whatever ? We should have big name Sponsors and big name manufacturers bidding for the contracts... Unless I'm missing something and we are pricing ourselves too high. maybe we should have a prestige household name sponsor like AIA whatever that stands for.
charlie saint Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 What, footer bags? The problem with you Saints is just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the Premier League by going around in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Come on you Saints" and you imagine that it is the voice of the people. That is where you make your bloomer, Saints! What the voice of the people is saying is, look at those frightful ass Saints wearing vile black shorts have you ever in your puff seen such a bunch of perfect perishers? Or something like that. Nice Wodehouse reference there. I wonder if anyone else noticed and/or got it.
edprice1984 Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Very similar to the Championship promotion shirt, save for the red sleeves rather than the white. Maybe there was a lot of old Umbro stock laying about...
Dazza82 Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 (edited) Tadic is still dragging on, Pelle should be sealed by Tuesday. None have flown over yet! Heard we're in for a Scottish left back, though not necessarily Robertson. Still don't think we'll be getting our CB target. And as for the Degree thing, I *did* make it clear i was joking! Celtic left back maybe? Emilio izaguirre?? Edited 4 July, 2014 by Dazza82
fernio Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 delighted that the stripes are back hope the away kit is nice as well.
BlakeySFC Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 I like it, it's a bit boring, but I like it and will certainly be buying.
Badger Posted 4 July, 2014 Posted 4 July, 2014 Tadic is still dragging on, Pelle should be sealed by Tuesday. None have flown over yet! Heard we're in for a Scottish left back, though not necessarily Robertson. Still don't think we'll be getting our CB target. Is this because its an over ambitous target ?
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