A bit bemused by some of the comments here, this is a beauty! Something a little bit different, and why not?! If the away kit is the same standard as the home and 3rd, then Hummel have smashed it...AGAIN. COYA.
Quoting myself, but this is another great effort. If this is a last hurrah for hummel they've gone out in style - if football kits can ever be described as style, that is! Nothing they produce will top the grey kit from last season, but that's just my opinion, man.
So I checked with the 7 year old son, who is core demographics for these, and he loves the Black, not bothered by the Home or Away, and would prefer one of the Hummel training tops instead.
Agreed. Black/3rd kit is lovely. Red/home kit is same as usual White/away is not what I like to see in a football shirt (But don't really think it's important anyway).
Home kit: 3/10 - unfortunately not a fan at all Away kit: 8/10 - really like it, but struggling to think how it could be improved Third kit: 9/10 until I see the top half in person, it doesn’t hit the 10
Overall really happy, just a shame about the home in my opinion.
Looks like it’s made out of 80s wallpaper. Don’t mind it though.
I don’t like white away kits though - a good chunk of the time we have to change kits it’s because the opposition wear red and white stripes so the away kit clashes too. We often end up with wearing the third kit more often than the away kit.
We haven't worn the third kit more than the away since 01/02. The white Redbus was only worn 7 times over two seasons.
So I checked with the 7 year old son, who is core demographics for these, and he loves the Black, not bothered by the Home or Away, and would prefer one of the Hummel training tops instead.
exactly the same as my 14 and 11 year old - identical responses
It looks like they have tried to do something different with the away kit but maybe tried too hard!!, if that’s the case would it have been worth trying it in the yellow and blue of past kits??? Just a thought. Sadly I don’t love any of this seasons kits, however I’ve vowed to get at least one of the current tops/kits for my boy each season for keepsake, he’s only six so will end up with lots of shirts!!🤣. Would like to really like the shirt I’m going to buy though.🤷🏻♂️
A lot of fuss gets made of new kit announcements but i'd be interested to know (perhaps @Airman Brown could provide some insight from back in the day) as to what kind of numbers we do on shirt sales.
I get why big premier clubs release kits every year as they have huge global fanbases, but is it really worth a club like us (or indeed many lower league sides) releasing 3 kits every season? Would sales on the away and third be better if we kept them for 2 years? Would parents be more inclined to buy their kids new kits for christmas 2021 if they knew we'd have them until summer 2022? Possibly not but just wondering.
A lot of fuss gets made of new kit announcements but i'd be interested to know (perhaps @Airman Brown could provide some insight from back in the day) as to what kind of numbers we do on shirt sales.
I get why big premier clubs release kits every year as they have huge global fanbases, but is it really worth a club like us (or indeed many lower league sides) releasing 3 kits every season? Would sales on the away and third be better if we kept them for 2 years? Would parents be more inclined to buy their kids new kits for christmas 2021 if they knew we'd have them until summer 2022? Possibly not but just wondering.
keep each kit for 2 seasons but maybe just change 1 each year - easier obviously if you stay with the same supplier / sponsor
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Away kit is more like something the young kids would wear at the discotheque (I really don't like it)
I really like the third kit though.
Black/3rd kit is lovely.
Red/home kit is same as usual
White/away is not what I like to see in a football shirt (But don't really think it's important anyway).
Away kit: 8/10 - really like it, but struggling to think how it could be improved
Third kit: 9/10 until I see the top half in person, it doesn’t hit the 10
Overall really happy, just a shame about the home in my opinion.
However, in these days where kits are changed every year it’s hard to get too down about it. We’ve had better but we’ve also had worse.
Away 5/10
Third 9/10
3rd il buy as soon as its in store
Away shirt for xmas
Home shirt is a pass
I get why big premier clubs release kits every year as they have huge global fanbases, but is it really worth a club like us (or indeed many lower league sides) releasing 3 kits every season? Would sales on the away and third be better if we kept them for 2 years? Would parents be more inclined to buy their kids new kits for christmas 2021 if they knew we'd have them until summer 2022? Possibly not but just wondering.
Think the shirts all look decent, spoilt with the reveal of the third shirt first but the other two are nice aswell.