Ok £85 isnt too bad but £125 ? Though saying that im saying £85 isnt too bad if i was a single parent or on low income i suppose it could be too much.
Aswell its mainly gonna target kids isnt it ? As a man in my 30s ive kind of outgrown the trend of buying the latest football shirt and on the occasion i do its usually just a vintage style.
I don't understand why the England shirt is Blue and White. The flag of St. George is Red and White. Scotland have Blue in their national shirt. Wales have Red in their national shirt Ireland have Green in their national shirt. Why do we have Blue in ours?
The Netherlands 🇳🇱 & Italy 🇮🇹 play in colours different to their flags. Ireland used to play in blue (the colour of St Patrick), surprised that Northern Ireland play in Green, considering. Probably getting ready for a United Ireland team.
I don't understand why the England shirt is Blue and White. The flag of St. George is Red and White. Scotland have Blue in their national shirt. Wales have Red in their national shirt Ireland have Green in their national shirt. Why do we have Blue in ours?
The Netherlands 🇳🇱 & Italy 🇮🇹 play in colours different to their flags. Ireland used to play in blue (the colour of St Patrick), surprised that Northern Ireland play in Green, considering. Probably getting ready for a United Ireland team.
As long as they don’t have to adopt Shoulder to Shoulder 🙄😫🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I thought long and hard about this for 2 minutes and 20 seconds then realised I didn't give a toss, but while you're at it could you put inverted commas around the word "scandal" in the title?
I couldn't care less what an England shirt looks like to be honest especially if it's £85, which is the real scandal. I have to say though, Nike changing the colours on the cross to something that they without a doubt would have known would draw out the anti-woke crowd on Twitter and then bodying them by saying it's a tribute to the training kit the 1966 World Cup winning team - every patriotic football fan's spiritual kings - wore is unbelievably high level bait and switch trolling.
I sort of respect it because it's quite funny, but I also realise that they've done this specifically to get as many eyes as possible on a white t-shirt they've had made in definitely not a sweat shop. They've fiddled around with the tint on a computer and they've got the Prime Minister commenting on a t-shirt within a day. That will drive engagement, which is how all worth is apparently measured these days, and for every one adult refusing to buy it because they've messed with tradition there will be 50 kids asking their parents to spend a genuinely incredible £65 on a shirt they'll grow out of in a year because it's the thing everyone is talking about. The tabloids are frothing at the mouths already and Raheem Sterling probably isn't even going to be in the squad. It's a dystopian nightmare and we're all living in it.
Posted this thread two hours ago and already has 60+ comments. Doubt there’s be as many if I hadn’t put “St George scandal” in the title… I appreciate everyone’s participation in this social experiment…
If we are trying to pin down authenticity, and history or whatever, wasn’t St George supposed to be Turkish? Maybe a crescent moon would have been more appropriate on the back of the collar.
The price is the only scandal on this. A quick google search will find you plenty of examples of the flag of St George with different colours being used for effect. The same goes for the Union Flag - including campaign material for Mr Johnson when he stood for Tory Leader. If you hate all playing around with flags that’s fine with me, but selective faux outrage is pathetic
Its an absolute banger of a kit, can we just agree on that, and to right the FA and Nike are saying no to any recall, fucking nuts to suggest they should even thing of it
Stick this in with the Kate Middleton bollocks. Who honestly cares that much…?
The Prime Minister?
Rishi Sunak, "My general view is that when it comes to our national flags, we shouldn't mess with them because they're a source of pride, identity, who we are, and they're perfect as they are"
However, plot twist...
Jeez, can we not give the culture war a flipping day off?!!
Nike rubbing their hands together, no such thing as bad publicity n all that, their marketing gurus would have calculated all this, they’d of singled out the usual suspects in the media who will do their best to wind up the general public about it, and the share price goes up once again..
I find it a little odd I must admit, I can’t see anyone really jumping for joy about the slight alteration, but my god you’d have to be a delicate little snowflake to get yourself upset by it all.
Seriously who gives a sh1t, here’s a list of things in the news on the same day that you might want to consider being outraged about instead:
- The Bank of England rates not going down. - The temperature dropping again. - Your kids student loans hitting record highs. - The price of the fuckin kit in question!!
Enjoy your weekends people, go and have a pint and be with your family and friends, no one’s taking your flag or your culture away.
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but the England national team only adopted the St George cross within the last 25/30 years, Euro 96 maybe?? Before then the favoured flag was the Union Jack.
Ahem, Union Flag
Re shirt - it’s a pretty lame and lazy design, so typical of Nike - changing the flag is weird, but why am I not surprised in this country these days
BUT £85 for a shirt - no thanks, I will pass
“Union Jack” is fine whether on land or sea, the whole “it’s only a Union Jack at sea” is a myth.
I brought this up the other day on a different thread as I find the whole thing amusing but I think if they hadn’t mentioned it at all, rather than the “playful update to the St. George appears on the collar to unite and inspire”, it wouldn’t have been an issue.
No, hate this type of flag on some police unionforms.
Well, as it’s only worn as a display of remembrance to fallen officers in the line of duty and unless your one of those fellow officers, you can keep your hate to yourself thank you very much.
Especially today of all days you insensitive tw@t.
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I don’t know if there is a target market for purchasers, but I suspect there is a target demographic for wearers.
I am more bothered by our World Cup winners star than the flag. Why white on white? It's like we are ashamed that we have only won it once.
Rishi Sunak, "My general view is that when it comes to our national flags, we shouldn't mess with them because they're a source of pride, identity, who we are, and they're perfect as they are"
However, plot twist...
Jeez, can we not give the culture war a flipping day off?!!
I find it a little odd I must admit, I can’t see anyone really jumping for joy about the slight alteration, but my god you’d have to be a delicate little snowflake to get yourself upset by it all.
- The Bank of England rates not going down.
- The temperature dropping again.
- Your kids student loans hitting record highs.
- The price of the fuckin kit in question!!
Enjoy your weekends people, go and have a pint and be with your family and friends, no one’s taking your flag or your culture away.