Wonderwall wrote:I am a massive HATER of the way the club has turned into a merchandising machine.
They have a set outfit for travelling to games
They have a set outfit for warming up before a game
They have a set outfit for walking onto the pitch
They have a set outfit for training
They have 3 different kits a year EVERY YEAR
I know its to get as much money into the coffers for FFP and to get our revenues up, but FFS, I dont have to like it. I used to like knowing that one year we would change our home kit and keep it for two years because the next year it would be the away kit that changed. I used to look forward to the new kit, now its a hollywood drama unveiling and it pisses me off.
The club are promoting 20% off everything tonight and have already promote all kits from this season are available for 10% off fora while now! Which points to more kits all round.
To top it all, most of the merchandise looks utter crap with the exception of a couple of things. The retro stuff being sold on the OS beats the new shit hands down IMO.
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Alioune DVToure wrote:The last 'current' shirt I owned was the 2009/10 home shirt (the first new Umbro effort). I don't mind the club releasing a new batch every year if people are gullible enough to snap them up.
CTID Hants wrote: Same here ADVT with 09/10 shirt it was that last one i bought, the following season's kit was not that different and the price had shot above £40 from memory. I am liking a lot of the retro kits in the link above, the 76 home shirt was the first shirt i remember owning with the umbro diamonds down it, i will be ordering that soon and maybe others too. Oh what is a kit thread with out a picture LOL
LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Just the three?
There'll be "player spec" shirts retailing for more and potentially supermarket-level shirts too. I'm still interested in how they'll spin replacement kits mid-season in the next few years. Anything for money.
Saying that, put a sash on it again and I'll lap it up.
DoomMerchant wrote:LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Just the three?
There'll be "player spec" shirts retailing for more and potentially supermarket-level shirts too. I'm still interested in how they'll spin replacement kits mid-season in the next few years. Anything for money.
Saying that, put a sash on it again and I'll lap it up.
I AM a slut for the sash as well. I've got a LS and SS one from the white number 3 years ago or so. Probably my fave from the Umbro rebirth.
LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote: Yeah I have that one too. It's all worn out and big now but it's definitely my favorite City shirt ever. It's easy to get the sash wrong though, the Le Coq effort a few years before was awful. Did you see the Swedish away shirt a year or so ago? It was sashtastic.
lets all have a disco wrote:Kappa was our best kit maker.
But fuck do they stick by midnight after a wembley trip.
BlueinBosnia wrote:I'm not a fan of Nike at all, and think the kits are ridiculously priced. Those sentiments seem to be shared by the most vocal posters on the topic here.
However, from the club's perspective, I guess we will now be selling more kits abroad because it's Nike - which seems to be the most popular brand in developing countries from my experience (in spite of Puma's heavy push into African football and other sports). So, what I'm wondering is this: Will the increased purchase of over-priced kits in other markets outweigh the decline in sales within the domestic market? I believe it will, and therefore, with FFP, global exposure and the like, it makes perfect fiscal sense for the club to screw over the match-going fans.
Now, the sociological implications are a bit different. In my opinion, this season it has been far, far more noticeable on TV that fans within the stadium are wearing old or retro kits. In markets such as North America (which we're trying to hit hard) and South America (less so), this makes the fans come across as loyal/long-term, and shows we have history. However, within the SE Asia market it may be perceived as our fans being poor, which may deter potential supporters (SE Asia is the most fickle football-support market, as a hefty proportion of fans will happily switch teams from season-to-season, depending on who they think will win the league). This may have a negative impact on our support (read: income) within the region.
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