New kit next season (picture on Page 36)

Is it just me or do the shorts look a bit too dark to be white on the negative when Cousins is doing tricks on the pitch? That and the WE ARE RED (no white mentioned) is a bit concerning. Please no red shorts.

CAFCdamo said:

Is it just me or do the shorts look a bit too dark to be white on the negative when Cousins is doing tricks on the pitch? That and the WE ARE RED (no white mentioned) is a bit concerning. Please no red shorts.

he does mention White on the kit but its hard to hear

ShootersHillGuru said:

Just how difficult and costly would it be to find a smallish manufacturer in say China that would be willing to make a bespoke shirt in the numbers that we require ? I realise there are some ethical hurdles to overcome but I doubt our current or past shirt suppliers are particularly clean and entirely ethical. I don't understand why football clubs are locked into the Nike, Adidas etc cycle.

I'm sure that someone will explain why it's not feasible.

Better to farm it out to a company in the UK that has links to and relationships with manufacturers in China. Going direct to China would be risky (in the sense of having no product/kit), unless you were actually going to send someone to Shanghai/Guangzhou etc to place the order.

Once you factor in a margin for that company on all the various orders and their involvement in design etc, you're probably looking at something that could be much more expensive.

In my experience, the kind of small companies who are accessible, cheap and have good links with the Far East would have no interest in designing your product for you and would require you to provide everything exactly to plan (or else you end up with standard tshirts). I doubt there would be anyone in the club who would actually be able to do that to a high enough standard, so that involves another, more expensive company. Not sure how the kits are transported to the UK, but I would guess by boat where possible. The small UK companies would be less likely to have regular shipments from China into which Charlton's kit could be lumped, so the whole order for the year would need to be placed at the start (probably about a month or two ago), or else risk paying higher airfrieght charges.

I say all this about China. For football kits you would probably be looking at Bangladesh or India. I'm not sure how much power Nike, Adidas etc have over the factories there. I would guess that it's a lot.

sammy391 said:

CAFCdamo said:

Is it just me or do the shorts look a bit too dark to be white on the negative when Cousins is doing tricks on the pitch? That and the WE ARE RED (no white mentioned) is a bit concerning. Please no red shorts.

he does mention White on the kit but its hard to hear

Doesn't he just say he liked the white on the last one but this one is nice without it?

in the video it looks like the shorts and sleeeves are a darker colour than the shirt

Callumcafc said:

I think it's one of the silliest and most pointless videos I've ever seen.................

agree

Ollywozere said:

Callumcafc said:

I think it's one of the silliest and most pointless videos I've ever seen.................

Orrr, it's creating a buzz about the reveal of the new home kit, prompting people to talk about it and getting fans excited to see it. Which is most of the feedback we've been getting.

Fair enough, not questioning the reasoning behind putting a video out there.

Personally, I thought it appears a bit cobbled together and looks bizarre when visually it's so far doctored that you can't even make out who the player modelling it is. Audio is grating as well ...but maybe that's just TWWW's accent!

kings hill addick said:

I will be buying my son one as soon as it is available, and I might even buy one for myself this year.

Aah, what the hell...........you might as well go the whole hog and get me one too................................

Just be thankful we haven't ended up with this template......... Also available in red and white.

Home kit is lovely imo. Please don't let it be that sash away kit. Please.

Afternoon Delight said:

Just be thankful we haven't ended up with this template......... Also available in red and white.

I think I'm probably in a minority that likes quirky kits like this. Don't really understand the fuss around minimalist/retro kits. During a certain period of time they were suitable, but very dull nowadays.

oohaahmortimer said:

Please tell me we're not having the "team of the 80's" home strip as our away strip

If that's right the bell that made that decision is so out of touch with local football knowledge they're prolly sad Millwall got relegated

Hopefully I'm outraged for no reason!

The team of the 80s had a red/blue stripe. The red stripe is completely different!

I like the socks which will make it better to find a team mate when passing. When you get to my age, you just pick one out of your collection.