City’s New Kits

[ancoats]

PMSL

its a mock-up hahahaha some people just don't see it

 

[Dunne's own goal]

Oi, City, Puma, listen up, look at this…



Do a proper City light sky blue version of this with Puma logos down the arms where the Kappa ones are… with the new badge and Etihad sponsor it will be one of our greatest ever kits.

That is all, as you were!

To me that’s one of our worst ever. Alongside the 2018/19 and 2006/07

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I feel for those who have kids pestering them for the new jerseys, but, as an adult, there’s no compulsion to buy them if you don’t like them.

Some retro and some vintage should do you.

 

[HelloCity]

To me that’s one of our worst ever. Alongside the 2018/19 and 2006/07

It’s easily the best of the laser blue shirts.

 

[paska]

Re the sales in Asia, Africa etc., I always wonder how big is that market for sales – everytime you see Africa on TV, people wearing shirts look like they've been donated through second-hand charity clothing donations and in Asia, the market for knock-off shirts is massive... you rarely seem to see the latest 'official' merchandise being worn when you see Asian fans on TV etc.

And, on the design side... the third kit leaked is awful, but tbh, I don't give two shits about that... the home and away I do care about... I want the club/players to look smart – this season's home is a thing of beauty - but the home and away leaked look shockingly bad.. the home especially just looks cheap and nasty - like one of the afore-mentioned Asian knock-offs - it's the line pattern. I get they're making it as a nod to the old shadow striped kit, but when your design looks worse than the decades old kit you're homaging, you've missed the mark by a considerable distance!

The leaks never do them justice, it’s a phone camera picture of a quick replication of a draft version of the kit

And even considering that, it looks smarter than most year’s leaks to me. Screams City. Almost identical to the 2003 kit, and by virtue of that also very similar to a few others we’ve had over the decades.

If it turns out to be a slightly smartened up version of this early leak I’ll be over the blue moon.

Puma don’t deserve to be hated on, they’ve given us a thousand miles better than Nike did overall. Nothing will ever compare to Umbro, but they set the bar high

 

[paska]

It might be a loss making enterprise in relation to the City gear they sell, but Puma will sell many other items just from the exposure of being with City.

I’d never bought anything from Puma before they became our manufacturer; I now have full tracksuits, t-shirts, shorts, trainers, socks etc. for training that I would never have looked for previously. I prefer buying plain Puma stuff than Puma stuff with City branding on.

Even non-City fans will see City are made by Puma because City are everywhere and they might think our kit is decent so they’ll think, ‘I’ll have a look on their website, see what else they do’.

Plus their executives will probably get free tickets for Tunnel Club and their own boxes for every home game and first dibs on big away game tickets and Wembley tickets, free holidays on Abu Dhabi etc.

Thanks Psychedelic Casual

 

[paska]

Still plenty in asia and africa will want/buy the genuine shirt. Same as you get loads in uk buying snides, some i guess will buy knock offs but loads will want the authentic kit

Most people you see in the UK seem to be wearing the real thing though, unless the knockoffs are just better quality here

Whereas in certain Asian/African countries you’re more likely to see people wearing blatant knock offs than the kosher kit

 

[SebastianBlue]

The home kit is underwhelming but not awful.

The away is horrendous. Looks like a snide version of an Arsenal strip.

The best of the bunch is the third only because it’s meant to be daft and will actually sell.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Always find these theads funny.

Football fans discuss every part of football shirts (and shorts, don't forget the short colour) like they're critiques of haute couture.

:)

I don't know him. French guy? Who does he play for?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

The actual shade of blue is much lighter

Good. I don’t like it when we don’t have proper light sky blue.

Walk around the stadium and see all the City branding slapped all over the place and it’s the wrong shade of blue, so are the seats in the stadium and too many of our kits over the years.