Nike to make Kits

[Feed-The-Goat]

Good news for the extra revenue, but i will not be buying anything with that logo on after next season.

Ive always hated nike, ever since i was a kid.

 

[Pigeonho]

Re: City and nike

Gutted boyblue!! ;-)

That means shit kits then. The Umbro ones have all been fantastic. United's Nike kits are dross.

Haha you know, could of posted a link :(
It will be just print shirts that are wank

This years Arsenal one, (about to come out), is good but I can't think of many Nike kits that have been good. This years horror show that is the tartan United one, I mean what the fuck?!!
Hope they do better ones for us. That said though, it is just a kit I suppose.

 

[Danny Hoekman]

That's a shame.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Re: City and nike

Gutted boyblue!! ;-)

That means shit kits then. The Umbro ones have all been fantastic. United's Nike kits are dross.

Haha you know, could of posted a link :(
It will be just print shirts that are wank

This years Arsenal one, (about to come out), is good but I can't think of many Nike kits that have been good. This years horror show that is the tartan United one, I mean what the fuck?!!
Hope they do better ones for us. That said though, it is just a kit I suppose.

I was thinking they dont really do blue kits though. Most of the teams they do are red unless someone knows of a team they do that wears sky blue like us

 

[Pigeonho]

Re: City and nike

Haha you know, could of posted a link :(
It will be just print shirts that are wank

This years Arsenal one, (about to come out), is good but I can't think of many Nike kits that have been good. This years horror show that is the tartan United one, I mean what the fuck?!!
Hope they do better ones for us. That said though, it is just a kit I suppose.

I was thinking they dont really do blue kits though. Most of the teams they do are red unless someone knows of a team they do that wears sky blue like us

I'm sure Lazio have had Nike kits...

 

[Project]

Can't wait to see the numbers for this... Platini are you listening. :)

That said, even though Nike own Umbro, Umbro are a northern company and it's a bit sad to see us move away from them... but such is the life as a footballing mammoth.

this was it for me. something about the deal that felt right. of course the long term ties the club has with Umbro were another reason. we were basically their premier client after England and got the best kits.

I hope won't just become another club with a Nike template.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Re: City and nike

This years Arsenal one, (about to come out), is good but I can't think of many Nike kits that have been good. This years horror show that is the tartan United one, I mean what the fuck?!!
Hope they do better ones for us. That said though, it is just a kit I suppose.

I was thinking they dont really do blue kits though. Most of the teams they do are red unless someone knows of a team they do that wears sky blue like us

I'm sure Lazio have had Nike kits...

Oh god what about that horror show United one with the black V or this years Barcelona
Oh god we are doomed<br /><br />-- Fri May 04, 2012 12:49 pm --<br /><br />

Can't wait to see the numbers for this... Platini are you listening. :)

That said, even though Nike own Umbro, Umbro are a northern company and it's a bit sad to see us move away from them... but such is the life as a footballing mammoth.

this was it for me. something about the deal that felt right. of course the long term ties the club has with Umbro were another reason. we were basically their premier client after England and got the best kits.

I hope won't just become another club with a Nike template.

I think this was always the idea to transfer us over once are brand grew

 

[Inzi]

i want le coq sportif back! haha

 

[Bluemoonbaldboy]

Nike own Umbro. Makes sense.

"The Umbro sponsorship, which has been in place since June 2009, will continue to the end of the 2012/13 season, after which all kit, training wear and related products will be designed, manufactured and distributed by Nike. The contract will run until 2019."

Does this mean Nike abandon U****d and are replaced by Carbrini or someone?

I personally hate Nike and have never wore a Nike item of clothing since I was 13.

Technically If you've bought any umbro products since we moved back to them you've been wearing Nike...and that's why I don't get the point in the switch they are one and the same just Umbro are a subsidiary company

 

[Nervous Nedum]

Quite gutted about this tbh. I loved the Umbro kits, thought they were quality. The fact they were different from the whole Nike/Adidas lets find the thinnest and lightest material possible bullshit, made them appeal to me.

Let's just hope that they do a decent job of it.

 

[Pigeonho]

Re: City and nike

I was thinking they dont really do blue kits though. Most of the teams they do are red unless someone knows of a team they do that wears sky blue like us

I'm sure Lazio have had Nike kits...

Oh god what about that horror show United one with the black V or this years Barcelona
Oh god we are doomed

Watch them be the best ones we've ever had now!

You know what though, if this is the case they should only release one kit this year and not 2. Next year it will be 3 brand new kits as we have been using one seasons away kit as a 3rd kit have the next season. I know tapping into the market is the be all, but considering families will be coughing up for up to 3 new kits next season, they should only bring out a new home one this year and keep the away one for the last season with Umbro.

 

[gaudinho's stolen car]

I used to work for Umbro, and they are slowly getting swallowed up by Nike. Umbro as a company were very out dated and it cost millions to try and bring them in line with the Nike ideology. Basically Nike have got sick of it and will now re-brand all the profitable lines.

 

[jay_mcfc]

It's a very obvious one for the money men. Nike own Umbro so hopefully there won't be too much change from the current kind of designs (last season especially). I have to say though, Uniteds recent kits have been awful and Arsenals blue one this season is horrible too.

 

[Sigh]

No. OP is wrong.

Nike are not going to make our kits.

Nike are going to make our kits look like shit.

 

[Matty]

A shame in some respects as Umbro's kits have, in the main, been of a very high standard, both in the look and in the materials used, Nike I'm not sure will be able to match this. However you've got to assume that a company the size of Nike will have viewed City as the "next big thing" in English, and European, football and will have paid us a huge sum of money. If you look at the Warrior Deal Liverpool have organised (even considering it's clearly a dodgy "mates rates" deal from the Boston based company) City must be getting £20m a season as a benchmark, Umbro simply won't have been able to compete financially with that kind of offer, and with FFP kicking in City have to maximise as many revenue streams as possible.

 

[citizenfan]

Sad in way Umbro have done a fantastic job with some of the best kits we've ever had.

 

[Bluemoonbaldboy]

A shame in some respects as Umbro's kits have, in the main, been of a very high standard, both in the look and in the materials used, Nike I'm not sure will be able to match this. However you've got to assume that a company the size of Nike will have viewed City as the "next big thing" in English, and European, football and will have paid us a huge sum of money. If you look at the Warrior Deal Liverpool have organised (even considering it's clearly a dodgy "mates rates" deal from the Boston based company) City must be getting £20m a season as a benchmark, Umbro simply won't have been able to compete financially with that kind of offer, and with FFP kicking in City have to maximise as many revenue streams as possible.

But with Nike owning Umbro anyway surely they'd back any big deals? just seems a pointless exercise why not because of their links with Citys past keep the Umbro branding.

 

[Maccaaaa]

Re: City and nike

Haha you know, could of posted a link :(
It will be just print shirts that are wank

This years Arsenal one, (about to come out), is good but I can't think of many Nike kits that have been good. This years horror show that is the tartan United one, I mean what the fuck?!!
Hope they do better ones for us. That said though, it is just a kit I suppose.

I was thinking they dont really do blue kits though. Most of the teams they do are red unless someone knows of a team they do that wears sky blue like us

Technically not sky blue but not bad looking I dont think?

 

[MSP]

ffs, nobody can please some of you...

moaning about new fans, moaning about new sponsorship deals, moaning about this and that.. but wanking about stars in the team, good results, titles to come...

 

[LoveCity]

This will forever remain my favourite home kit of ours from any generation.