The black bit under arm I’m not keen on the grainy chalky bit would have been better all over than just the front (maybe back 🤷♂️) looks,like the sides and top part of arm are plain white , that all over would have been better (as VG pointed out) will look better with the non cheap and nasty looking badge . reasonable effort in looks 6.75/10 shorts are ok not sure they really wanted us to see the socks in that video it was a nano glimpse Are there any normal pics available ?
Is the club shop open to go in and purchase ? with kids growing and sizes always a bit hit and miss I’d rather go in in person to buy this stuff than guess
although I suppose waiting till when they’re all available home/away/third could mean purchasing in a couple of months time when they’re back at school and have less need to wear it
bring them all out early July , revolutionary idea
Kieran Maguire has just shared an article in The Athletic which says lots of clubs are having supply problems and that it's down to production, particularly in China and Vietnam, being disrupted by Covid lockdowns during the past year, which put the relatively few large manufacturers behind schedule. Meaning that a lot of clubs' kit is still in containers being shipped across the world when it was due to have arrived already. The article's behind a paywall.
Bonkers that clubs might have to sign off a design a year in advance, or that so few factories actually make them. They're simple polyester shirts, sold with a fat margin, not a high tech product relying on complicated procedures.
And there’s us moaning about our £55/-5 shirt!!,😂 it’s an absolute piss take though, football does shoot itself in the foot sometimes.
England shirts have had more expensive "technical" version for a good few years now.
I've got both the 'Stadium' and 'Pro' version of the newest England kit. The pro version is on a different level quality wise. There's an embossed pattern all over the pro shirt whereas the stadium one is just a plain white nylon shirt. They could easily sell the pro version for £50 and still make money
The black bit under arm I’m not keen on the grainy chalky bit would have been better all over than just the front (maybe back 🤷♂️) looks,like the sides and top part of arm are plain white , that all over would have been better (as VG pointed out) will look better with the non cheap and nasty looking badge . reasonable effort in looks 6.75/10 shorts are ok not sure they really wanted us to see the socks in that video it was a nano glimpse Are there any normal pics available ?
Is the club shop open to go in and purchase ? with kids growing and sizes always a bit hit and miss I’d rather go in in person to buy this stuff than guess
although I suppose waiting till when they’re all available home/away/third could mean purchasing in a couple of months time when they’re back at school and have less need to wear it
bring them all out early July , revolutionary idea
Bonkers that clubs might have to sign off a design a year in advance, or that so few factories actually make them. They're simple polyester shirts, sold with a fat margin, not a high tech product relying on complicated procedures.
Would be great if this was the catalyst for clubs and manufacturers to move to not bringing out 3 new kits every single year. Surely it makes more sense to have them on rotation for each year they change, get stock ready for customers to buy and not once the season has started in reality only leaving a few months until it is put on sale.
I seriously doubt it'll happen as the greed is too great.
Yellow Gk, home red, away white is the order of preference for me so far. Will probably wait until xmas for one though, same as the running gear. First time in years I've not purchased when they released.
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the grainy chalky bit would have been better all over than just the front (maybe back 🤷♂️)
looks,like the sides and top part of arm are plain white , that all over would have been better (as VG pointed out)
will look better with the non cheap and nasty looking badge .
reasonable effort in looks 6.75/10
shorts are ok not sure they really wanted us to see the socks in that video it was a nano glimpse Are there any normal pics available ?
Is the club shop open to go in and purchase ?
with kids growing and sizes always a bit hit and miss I’d rather go in in person to buy this stuff than guess
although I suppose waiting till when they’re all available home/away/third could mean purchasing in a couple of months time when they’re back at school and have less need to wear it
bring them all out early July , revolutionary idea
I seriously doubt it'll happen as the greed is too great.
@Airman Brown might be able to shed some light on numbers from back in the day?