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« Reply #420 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 09:59:45 » |
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Let’s be honest - it hasn’t been made for the team to wear really has it. Like all 3rd shirts - it’s just a gimmicky ploy to sell merchandise.
Very rarely do teams actually need a 3rd kit and usually if they do it’s because they’ve deliberately made their away kit an extremely popular colour (hello white away kits) so their home & away kits will clash with teams.
I think it looks bloody brilliant and will sell but the team won’t use it much - if ever.
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« Reply #421 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 10:02:23 » |
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…and that fact it’s been released 3 months into the season which just so happens to be a month away from Christmas is clearly not a footballing based decision either…
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« Reply #422 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 10:22:40 » |
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Brewitt's dog!  
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« Reply #423 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 10:35:43 » |
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So the football manager kit wasn't a placeholder at all then haha.
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« Reply #424 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 10:36:51 » |
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Brewitt's dog!   What position can the dog play?
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« Reply #425 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 10:38:22 » |
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Brewitt's dog!   Has a similar hairstyle!
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« Reply #426 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 10:48:56 » |
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I think it looks bloody brilliant and will sell but the team won’t use it much - if ever.
I suspect more likley they will use this and not use the blue one. The whole kits thing is a nonsense anyway insofar as how often do you see teams playing in the 2nd or 3rd kit when there is blatantly no clash with the 1st kit!
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« Reply #427 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 11:06:30 » |
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I got one of these away shirts a couple of weeks ago for my boy, he's 5 and I don't think it'll fit him now never mind another month of growing ready for xmas they're quite small shirts. It'll probably go to his brother who's 3 and more likely to fit! 
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« Reply #428 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 11:20:47 » |
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Nice kit aside, purple being a cross between red and blue really makes it the most pointless choice for a third kit, doesn't it?
Luckily no cup run as if we'd have placed Crystal Palace it would have highlighted what a farce it is.
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« Reply #429 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 11:23:15 » |
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Nice kit aside, purple being a cross between red and blue really makes it the most pointless choice for a third kit, doesn't it?
Luckily no cup run as if we'd have placed Crystal Palace it would have highlighted what a farce it is.
Good job we didn't end up in a replay at Aldershot 
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« Reply #430 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 13:48:05 » |
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My guess is that the contract with Puma requires 3 kits - if my memory is correct they are often launched in November - the black one from a couple of years ago which had its first outing in 1-4 loss Orient away being an example.
I think there is a rule somewhere which stipulates that the main away kit will be used in a minimum number of games, and similarly (with a lower minimum) for the 3rd kit. This explains the apparently unnecessary wearing of away kits when there is no clash of colours.
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« Reply #431 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 13:57:43 » |
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The main away kit has not done its job in securing away wins so far. Hopefully the 3rd kit will make its debut on Tuesday & herald a change of fortune on the road.
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« Reply #432 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 14:05:57 » |
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Gonna pop into my loft later to see if I can find my late 90s black and blue inter Milan style shirt for tomorrow.
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« Reply #433 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 14:36:36 » |
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The main away kit has not done its job in securing away wins so far. Hopefully the 3rd kit will make its debut on Tuesday & herald a change of fortune on the road.
Blue kit is cursed so looking forward to the change in our fortunes. I think it is better to have a bright kit, helps to quickly pick players out. I'm at risk of going all Alex Ferguson grey kit but the purple should be more visible than the blue.
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« Reply #434 on: Friday, November 24, 2023, 14:51:06 » |
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Gonna pop into my loft later to see if I can find my late 90s black and blue inter Milan style shirt for tomorrow.
Love that kit. Prime Iffy and George Ndah. 81 goals conceded that year though!
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