california blue
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leastt its not pink or lemon and white stripes
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New home kit?
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Matty
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mcfc2112 said:Ric said:Yeah, I imagine once we start playing in it people will gradually warm to it. The shirt isn't that bad really, just not as nice as the last two. We've had far worse though. People will buy it regardless I suspect.
Ric
Did you get chance to "feel" the shirt? Is the fabric as cheap and nasty as it looks on the images we've seen, or is it anywhere near the 1st 2 umbro kit material?
Cheers
The material looks really cheap in the photos but, when you get up close and have a feel of it, it's pretty much the same material as they've used the previous 2 years.
I don't mind the shirt in the main, as Ric said (I think it was Ric) Umbro set the bar so high with the previous 2 home shirts that the only way was down, at least they've only gone down a little, they could have really ruined it.
The way I look at it is, if this has been Umbro's first attempt at a City shirt, so if we ignore the previous 2 shirts, we'd have been saying how good it looked, how much of an improvement it was on the Reebok and Le Coq Sportif efforts of recent years. In that respect it makes the kit not a bad effort, it's harsh to criticise Umbro for being so good in the past.
The bit I have more of an issue with is the bit people haven't mentioned all that much, the little check collar. Apparently it's so, when you wear the shirt under a jacket you can still tell you're wearing a City shirt. I'm not convinced. It's neither one thing nor the other for me, too small to be a real collar, too big to be ignored and make the shirt a simple V neck.
The soundwave on the front of the kit is far more subtle than it looks in the pictures you've all seen.
Pigeonho said:Count to who though? Have you seen this years Barca kit? It looks like something Errea would make for a Sunday league team. Does it change my view of Barca though? No, does it balls. Who cares what anyone thinks about a kit? It won't make oone iota of difference to the club.
Barca's kit this season is fucking awful - I agree... but intrinsically it is still a Barca kit - dark red and blue stripes etc.
Now could you imaging Barca wearing a kit with yellow shorts? Or the Rags trotting out in red shirt, red shorts white socks as their home strip? No... it wouldn't happen because they know what their kit is... as should we!!!
Pigeonho
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Barca have changed their shorts to red ones, i'm sure they usually play in blue. I see the point you are making but we haven't changed our shorts to pink, yellow or any other conflicting colour, they're simply the same colour as the shirt. I prefer white by the way, but at the end of the day they're just shorts. If someone looked at our kit and made their mind up about us based on that alone, they're not worth worrying about anyway because all it means is they are simple. True football fans will look past the kit and look at the likes of Silva, Balotelli and the like and think 'fuck, they're a good team aren't they?'.dario2739 said:Pigeonho said:Count to who though? Have you seen this years Barca kit? It looks like something Errea would make for a Sunday league team. Does it change my view of Barca though? No, does it balls. Who cares what anyone thinks about a kit? It won't make oone iota of difference to the club.
Barca's kit this season is fucking awful - I agree... but intrinsically it is still a Barca kit - dark red and blue stripes etc.
Now could you imaging Barca wearing a kit with yellow shorts? Or the Rags trotting out in red shirt, red shorts white socks as their home strip? No... it wouldn't happen because they know what their kit is... as should we!!!
another generation
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I was really thinking how some folk are easily swayed by the opinions of others. If a squad player were to profess his undying love for the new kit (yeah, right...), then I would expect sales to rise. We'd never previously have heard any opinions from within the club, but there's so many comments banded about now on t'internet, that something may turn up. Still confused about the chequered trim on the neckline, though. What's that all about?Didsbury Dave said:I guarantee you 100% the squad give as much of a rat's arse as I do.another generation said:Wonder what the squad think of the kit?
Went to the store yesterday.
After all the bad reports about the away kit and the material, I was expecting the worst. What a surprise. It looked good and the material felt good quality.
The material wasn't the cheap stuff after all. It wasn't much different to the now famous blue shirt and the cotton material it is made of. It felt much firmer and had a bit more quality about it. On the downside it probably won't be as comfortable to wear and as fitting as the softer material on the blue shirt.
I won't be buying the new home shirt. Happy with the home shirt I've got. However, I'll give the new home shirt a chance before condemning it.
BTW. 3 for 2 on a decent range at City. Mainly t-shirts, but some other stuff as well. Worth a pop down.
After all the bad reports about the away kit and the material, I was expecting the worst. What a surprise. It looked good and the material felt good quality.
The material wasn't the cheap stuff after all. It wasn't much different to the now famous blue shirt and the cotton material it is made of. It felt much firmer and had a bit more quality about it. On the downside it probably won't be as comfortable to wear and as fitting as the softer material on the blue shirt.
I won't be buying the new home shirt. Happy with the home shirt I've got. However, I'll give the new home shirt a chance before condemning it.
BTW. 3 for 2 on a decent range at City. Mainly t-shirts, but some other stuff as well. Worth a pop down.
Didsbury Dave
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Just heard a great report from my mate who was at the launch.
He sat with Mark E Smith, who seemed to have one of the most sensible takes on the whole night. "Fucking bollocks" to the marketing twat giving it speil on the stage, "I wonder what Mike Doyle woulda made of all this" etc.
Mark E Smith is now the spiritual leader of the Kill The Cheese campaign.
He sat with Mark E Smith, who seemed to have one of the most sensible takes on the whole night. "Fucking bollocks" to the marketing twat giving it speil on the stage, "I wonder what Mike Doyle woulda made of all this" etc.
Mark E Smith is now the spiritual leader of the Kill The Cheese campaign.
Uncle Clockwise
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I'm not gonna get histerical and want to join some sort of campain against an item of clothing. But ultimately City's ID to me is Blue shirt with white shorts. The rest is embroidery and not too critical.
IMO if you change the colour of the shirt (all white sleeves) or that of the shorts (all blue), as we have done on occasions in the past, it just doesn't look like City! It didn't look right before and it won't this time.
Change the trim a bit add some design, but keep the shirt blue and the shorts white please.
(as an aside: I don't think the shirt itself looks that bad tbh!)
IMO if you change the colour of the shirt (all white sleeves) or that of the shorts (all blue), as we have done on occasions in the past, it just doesn't look like City! It didn't look right before and it won't this time.
Change the trim a bit add some design, but keep the shirt blue and the shorts white please.
(as an aside: I don't think the shirt itself looks that bad tbh!)
bluemoonmatt
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Hilarious !!!california blue said:just tweeted: #stoptheblueshorts #getridoftheblueshorts #MCFC #cityontour