For feedback to SUFC - what would you like to change about the 2018/19 home kit?

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Hi all,

A poll - if you could ask for changes to the home kit, what would you ask for? You can tick as many boxes as you like or add alternative ideas in the comments below.

I know this may seem a little after the fact, and to many an effort in vain or not worthwhile doing, but I would be interested in your feedback. Myself and a few other fans (some of whom are posters on here, others not) have been contacting the club in an attempt to get feedback or acknowledgment on the latest home kit.

I fully appreciate that to some, this will draw responses of "get over it, it's just a kit" and that some people may not have taken it upon themselves to do this. I also fully understand that this may be a little after the fact given that hoards of the new kit have already been printed at expense to the club/Adidas, and to seek changes may be seen as cringe worthy, "not living in the real world" or expecting the unachievable". As I say, I fully understand those perspectives and am aware of them. I'm keen to keep this thread to on topic, constructive criticism and respect that for some, they may be happy with the kit as it stands.

That said, the fans were not consulted on the home kit and to my experience, the response amongst Blades fans has to be one of the most overwhelmingly negative reactions to a kit that I can recall. A few of us are contacting the club to share fans' views and to explore the long shot of any changes that could be made. This is an attempt to put the kit right in our opinion, to listen to the fans, to change to a kit that we are proud of and reflects our heritage. After all, we weren't consulted with in the first place.

But in order to do this, we need your help. To my knowledge, S24SU is one of the largest fan communities and therefore a good way of gaining a great deal of feedback in one go. If Foxy and Linz are agreeable to data being collected in this way, I've set up a poll to gauge people's opinions to then share this feedback with the commercial department. This does not in anyway reflect S24SU, Foxy or Linz of course - the forum is simply being used as a means of gathering data.

So if you are interested in sharing feedback with the club, please comment below and/or fill out the poll. The options are ones I can think of based on conversations I've had but please do comment alternatives below too. I can add these in, I believe.

Thanks in advance, it may come to nothing - but if you don't ask, you don't get. UTB.

KIMD.

 

[tyke1889]

Like the front, don't like the back. Like the black sponsor lettering on the GK top so I've chosen stripes on the back and change of sponsor lettering. I guess I'll not be alone in this. They're the only changes I'd make unless we could add a thin black stripe. I do like a thin black stripe.

Oh, and get over it

 

[SwissBlade]

Like the front, don't like the back. Like the black sponsor lettering on the GK top so I've chosen stripes on the back and change of sponsor lettering. I guess I'll not be alone in this. They're the only changes I'd make unless we could add a thin black stripe. I do like a thin black stripe.

Oh, and get over it

I agree, we definitely need a thin black stripe, no idea why they got rid of that.
The White back just looks ridiculous.

My view on seeing the photos last night
Front - Looks ok
Back - looks shite
Will i buy? No, seeing the back has put me off completely

 

[SteveBlade]

I only ever buy them when they get reduced to about £20 at the end of the season, and I only do that if I really like the shirt. The last one I bought was the mostly white away kit that we had I think during our first season in League One.

For that reason, I don't really give a shit. But the kit is ugly as fuck.

Black sponsor, get rid of Door bastard Deals, stripes on the back, get rid of Ramsdens bastard Currency, make the sleeves black.

In that order. Then I'd consider buying it next May, maybe.

 

[tyke1889]

I won't be buying the home shirt this season. When's the away out, anyone know yet?

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Like the 2005/06 home shirt (capital one sponsor), I’m a fan of the all red back (better than all white). Do that.

And change text colour to black.

 

[bromtom]

If there was a "it's moot because it's not that bad, most people are fine with it, we only have it for one season, and they won't do anything anyway" button, I'd tick that.

 

[benn5712]

The shirt is an own goal. We play in red and white stripes not white with a hint of red. Club needed to consult Blades fans on this beforehand.
Nowhere near enough red in that shirt. Nowt good about it.
Look what happened when we had Ajax and diamond designs! Ended in tears.

 

[KoppedOff]

I know the Adkins season shirt was unpopular, but at least it was a “one off” anniversary thing (actually, I still think if we’d happened to wear it the title season, it would be viewed as a classic rather than a memory of a miserable 12 months). This one is just so not Sheffield United its untrue- we look more like Preston from the back. The worst part is if theyd had the same style of stripes on the back and sleeves it could have been a very good one, similar to my favourite (the 96/97 Avec/Fjortoft one).

 

[flashinblade1889]

Stripes on the back get rid of the fucking awful box with the sponors name in,then have the sponsors name in black with a green outline around the letters.

Piece of piss this designing kit malarkey

 

[Keef Chedwyn]

It's this season's kit; another memory, another little piece of the club's history. It'll be reyt.

 

[Kev Gee]

Should have thin black stripes also.

 

[SwissBlade]

Basically, bring back last seasons kit but with the new sponsor

 

[Trafford]

Not being funny but the fans of any club only seem to like 1 in every 10 shirts. Having achieved that last year, it was never going to happen again for us this year.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Not being funny but the fans of any club only seem to like 1 in every 10 shirts. Having achieved that last year, it was never going to happen again for us this year.

The issue being that 9 of every 10 fans seem to dislike this year's kit.

 

[bromtom]

The issue being that 9 of every 10 fans seem to dislike this year's kit.

Maybe if they count you more than once in the ten.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Waste of time, if the club did cave and agree the financial impact would be large in terms of refunding purchases already made and writing off the inventory.

We’ve had shit kits in the past and people have bought them, it will be the same with this one.

 

[Selly]

Not being funny but the fans of any club only seem to like 1 in every 10 shirts. Having achieved that last year, it was never going to happen again for us this year.

Rubbish, we've had two brilliant shirts back to back.

 

[Barney]

There's that much needing to be changed we might as well just start from scratch.

 

[bromtom]

There's that much needing to be changed we might as well just start from scratch.

We will. Next season.

 

[Ferenc Blade]

Tl: dr....

 

[Addison]

I've voted for stripes on both shirt and sleeves, red on socks and sponsors name black. There is no way the Club will change anything but registering the negativity around the shirt, as its considerable, is important so good luck Kozzy.

The Club can't be blamed for Adidas ridding rough shod over clubs with Stripes but they should seriously consider whether they want to remain with a kit manufacturer that does not take into account the wishes of its customers. Even then whichever genius thought white back and sleeves was preferable to a red back needs to go to specsavers. All it has done is make us look like Derby and Preston when we are attacking the oppositions goal.

Where the Club have scored an own goal is with the Ramsdens logo, the highest score on this poll so far. That is something they could have controlled and avoided the shirt looking like a multi coloured swap shop by insisting Ramsdens continued with the black lettering they were using when they sponsored the Smoggies last season. Sounds like this sponsorship deal was a last minute rush job that will ultimately cost the Club lost revenue in terms of shirt sales.

 

[Ginger Gnome]

There may not a lot they can do about it, but it should never have been picked in the first place. The apathetic attitude about there being another one next year is frankly pathetic, the club's colours are part of its identity and having a shirt that laregly rejects that is worth complaining about, otherwise they'll just dish out more white shite in future if everyone just accepts any old crap they call a home kit.

Adidas may have insisted on the plain back, but in the absence of stripes, the most important thing that the club could actually have controlled is to use red numbers. The Adkins kit did at least have red shorts and socks, so despite being non-traditional meant we were at least playing in red and white. This is just white from behind and black numbers and a lack of red trim on the shorts and socks means it looks nothing like United from the back.

One of the plain red-backed shirts had black numbers the first time it appeared at the end of the previous season, but they were replaced with white numbers when it was properly launched so it was still red and white on both sides. There's past form for changing a bad sponsor logo too, with one of the Visit Malta kits swapping from a white box to a black box (the Ramsdens mess would have looked better as a green box with white letters if it had to feature green).

 

[sheepbridge]

Bought one today for the eldest, who has to have one every year. Just had a birthday so he does contribute thank god.

Not as bad as I feared, as a kit it's ok, but it's not SUFC and I don't like it. Needs stripes on back and thin black stripes, and more red. Too much white for me.

When I said I didn't like it, especially the back, the lad in the shop said a plain back was a football league stipulation for next season. He didn't sound over convincing though.

It looks better with a name and a number of course, which just increases the price. Very clever.

The price of the shorts is extortionate for a pair of generic black shorts with a blades badge as well.

 

[SherburnBlade]

The only things they could realistically change at this stage would be the way the sponsor is displayed and the numbers/names on the back. As there is a new style of number and letter transfers for this season the club could easily have selected red for both kits, especially if the away kit is to be yellow as previously mentioned. I get the impression the club have been selecting black as a cost saving exercise (although they had white for the purple shirt last season) and red would have looked good for both kits if yellow is to be the away shirt colour. The sponsor looks rushed and should have been similar to the Teletext Holidays from last season. As should all sponsors going forward when the logo is just lettering.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

I've voted for stripes on both shirt and sleeves, red on socks and sponsors name black. There is no way the Club will change anything but registering the negativity around the shirt, as its considerable, is important so good luck Kozzy.

The Club can't be blamed for Adidas ridding rough shod over clubs with Stripes but they should seriously consider whether they want to remain with a kit manufacturer that does not take into account the wishes of its customers. Even then whichever genius thought white back and sleeves was preferable to a red back needs to go to specsavers. All it has done is make us look like Derby and Preston when we are attacking the oppositions goal.

Where the Club have scored an own goal is with the Ramsdens logo, the highest score on this poll so far. That is something they could have controlled and avoided the shirt looking like a multi coloured swap shop by insisting Ramsdens continued with the black lettering they were using when they sponsored the Smoggies last season. Sounds like this sponsorship deal was a last minute rush job that will ultimately cost the Club lost revenue in terms of shirt sales.

It's Sheffield United.
That means anything goes, we're anybody's. Green logo?
Knock yersens aaht.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

The only things they could realistically change at this stage would be the way the sponsor is displayed and the numbers/names on the back. As there is a new style of number and letter transfers for this season the club could easily have selected red for both kits, especially if the away kit is to be yellow as previously mentioned. I get the impression the club have been selecting black as a cost saving exercise (although they had white for the purple shirt last season) and red would have looked good for both kits if yellow is to be the away shirt colour. The sponsor looks rushed and should have been similar to the Teletext Holidays from last season. As should all sponsors going forward when the logo is just lettering.

Fair point, mate.

There's voicing your displeasure at what the fans don't like so that the club won't be so stupid and careless as to make the same mistake with future kits, then there's keeping the focus on what could realistically change at this time. The shirt template is awful, but you've kept the focus on what could change, the printing, and j whole heartedly agree.

 

[S64 Blade]

Can we pick them all?

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Tl: dr....

poll - if you could ask for changes to the home kit, what would you ask for? You can tick as many boxes as you like or add alternative ideas in the comments below.

 

[Blade56]

I'd make em all wear red and white striped leotards until they had 5 goals to their names, that would get the last feckers working.

And I agree with SwissBlade we need a thin black stripe. Go back to what I call the Deano kit