New Kits 2018/19

[bluestu1968]

So much better than ours!!!

If you look closely it's the same material as our 3rd Kit from Last Season.
Portsmouth have the same Kit in a Darker Blue.

 

[SebastianBlue]

If you look closely it's the same material as our 3rd Kit from Last Season.
Portsmouth have the same Kit in a Darker Blue.

If you look less closely, it is a variation of our template last season, with our new, rather hasty ‘henley’ neck tacked on.

This is what Nike does in order to capitalise on economies of scale and realised production efficiencies across their world network of production hubs. Lesser clubs get slightly altered “old” templates, or exactly the same one or two year-old templates, for either lower cost (in the case of the teams that are not worthy of outfitted contracts) or for low outfitting deals (for the teams that *just* make the grade to be “sponsored” by Nike).

Even so, that “lesser” Coventry kit is still much better than our “bespoke” travesty.

 

[OneTonyHenry]

Why do the majority of football shirts look so cheap and tacky. They are mega expensive - so why do so few look any good.

This will be the first year in many many years when I don't get the home shirt. Tried it on with my lad the other day. The kids one looked very average on him and my adults one looked like I'd grabbed it off the market in Phuket. Cheap material combined with a poor design and shapeless fit. If I was on the board at City and they walked in with these as samples they'd be walking straight out again. While I was in the shop I tried on a few other Nike bits and pieces for training and they are all the same cheap crappy feel. Went to the Under Armour stuff and the quality is miles better. Shame we won't be going with them when the contract ends.

I can never work out why Umbro are still able to turn out decent designs and reasonable quality despite the fact they are own by Nike.

 

[StretfordBlueInCork]

This will be the first year in many many years when I don't get the home shirt. Tried it on with my lad the other day. The kids one looked very average on him and my adults one looked like I'd grabbed it off the market in Phuket. Cheap material combined with a poor design and shapeless fit. If I was on the board at City and they walked in with these as samples they'd be walking straight out again. While I was in the shop I tried on a few other Nike bits and pieces for training and they are all the same cheap crappy feel. Went to the Under Armour stuff and the quality is miles better. Shame we won't be going with them when the contract ends.

I can never work out why Umbro are still able to turn out decent designs and reasonable quality despite the fact they are own by Nike.

Nike sold Umbro like 6 years ago mate.

 

[nmc]

The Peru kit made by Umbro was the best kit at this years World Cup.

 

[OneTonyHenry]

Nike sold Umbro like 6 years ago mate.

Cheers. That explains it! Off back in to hibernation. Back in a couple of years! (Are England still in Admiral? :-))

 

[better dead than red]

If you're looking for training wear, polos, etc the stuff put out by this company seems better than Nike's latest efforts.

https://us.levelwear.com/collections/soccer-men/manchester-city?customer_posted=true

 

[nmc]

So much better than ours!!!

You can’t lay all the blame at Nike’s door. Someone at the club signed that disgrace of a home kit off, when it was presented the club should have said a big fat NO

 

[richards30]

You can’t lay all the blame at Nike’s door. Someone at the club signed that disgrace of a home kit off, when it was presented the club should have said a big fat NO

I think they get three choices mate and have to chose one? My son got a player edition kit and has load of compliments at footy training etc

 

[nmc]

I think they get three choices mate and have to chose one? My son got a player edition kit and has load of compliments at footy training etc

Three choices ? The other 2 must have been incredibly bad then.