2021/22 New Kit Thread

[ISZA ⚔️]

Stripes on some of the back is as good as you get now with the major players, Adidas, Nike, Umbro. Kit's that do have them all the way up seen to be the exception not the rule.

I don’t see a section of stripes on the back. I see 4 white rectangles randomly plonked at the bottom of the shirt and it looks awful.

 

[FoxtrotAlphaZulu]

The black stripe key lines not aligning to the red/white stripe join is playing havoc with my OCD. Looks like the fabric was misregistered during printing.

Otherwise rest of it is nice. Would've preferred white or black socks.

 

[Patrick Fletcher]

let's do a fan kit next season that is entirely stripes, in all directions on every panel of the shirt

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Adidas Home kits in order for me are:

#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5 (this would be #2 if it had stripes on back)
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#6
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#7
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#8
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1 and 3 were easily the best. No way this new one beats 3.

 

[Scarebus]

Stripes on some of the back is as good as you get now with the major players, Adidas, Nike, Umbro. Kit's that do have them all the way up seen to be the exception not the rule.

Anyway, rest of it is very nice. Top three Adidas effort with our first Prem kit and the Bouncing day kit.

White collar not so keen, sleeves a bit plain. 8/10

I guess being a mid sized club using Adidas, when it comes to certain design elements we just have to suck what ever sausage they stick in our mouth.

 

[bongleblade]

It's the Ajax shirt in our colours. Minus the stripey sleeves

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would’ve taken that exact shirt in our colours, but the actual one is pretty decent tbf

 

[mattbianco1]

1 and 3 were easily the best. No way this new one beats 3.

Until we win the league in it...

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

People make me laugh moaning about our shirts.
The tiny details they pick up on and slag off.... before wearing it with Crocs and boot cut jeans anyway

Speaking for myself, I simply wouldn't be seen dead in crocs and boot cut jeans dahling!

 

[FoxtrotAlphaZulu]

Adidas Home kits in order for me are:

1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 8, 7

 

[FriethBlade]

I like it...accepting we need a block colour on the back my only slight gripe is despite the white band at the end of the sleeves looking really nice Im not 100% sure about the white collar, think I'd prefer red.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

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What organisation were we playing under in these then?

This UEFA guideline could explain the lack of stripes on the back of Sunderland AFC's 2019/20 home kit

Sunderland AFC have unveiled their new home kit ahead of the 2019/20 season - and fans have been quick to notice the omission of stripes on the back of the shirt.

www.google.co.uk

Never knew stripes could be this complicated

 

[Bladesman98]

Not perfect but I do like it a lot

 

[Crabstick]

Imagine having a meltdown over the colour of the socks. Get thi sen fucked off

 

[mattbianco1]

This UEFA guideline could explain the lack of stripes on the back of Sunderland AFC's 2019/20 home kit

Sunderland AFC have unveiled their new home kit ahead of the 2019/20 season - and fans have been quick to notice the omission of stripes on the back of the shirt.

www.google.co.uk

Never knew stripes could be this complicated

It's not a rule in the EFL, it's a UEFA rule that the PL seem to have adopted.

Brentford had stripes last season:

 

[Nelson1889]

This UEFA guideline could explain the lack of stripes on the back of Sunderland AFC's 2019/20 home kit

Sunderland AFC have unveiled their new home kit ahead of the 2019/20 season - and fans have been quick to notice the omission of stripes on the back of the shirt.

www.google.co.uk

Never knew stripes could be this complicated

I'm not going to sully this wonderful site with a picture of our porcine neighbours but have a look at the back of their shirt from last season.

Maybe that's why the EFL allegedly hate them

 

[bromtom]

Imagine having a meltdown over the colour of the socks. Get thi sen fucked off

Red isn't that uncommon historically anyway.

Quoting myself because I totted it up last year

Black socks - 85 years.

White socks - 25 years.

Red - 25 years (including coming season)

Blue socks - 15 years.

Black is clearly the most common but I do quite like the red socks.

 

[Jon Bon II]

To be fair, I'm usually that person, so thanks for giving me a breather...

No, I'm that person. And so's my wife!

 

[designblade]

Maybe it'll grow on me but those inset pin stripes look odd.

 

[Balti Pie]

A solid effort and I quite like it. However, as someone said earlier, the placement of the black / grey lines just makes it look a manufacturing error! I am a fan of plain sleeves, as once the league badges are placed they tend to look much cleaner. Similar story on the back - I quite like a plain back as it looks much better with names and numbers.
The little blades badge on the back looks tacky though, and if the club decide to have a back of shirt sponsor (as they've alluded to on the store website) then the player names will be accross the middle of the back and the number will be just above the arse thanks to the placement of it!

 

[mancunianblade]

Like it, simple but its nice, here is the HOWEVER.

From experience, the material that it looks like theyve used is dreadful and pulls as soon as you look at it. hope im wrong but I dont think I am.

 

[bromtom]

Like it, simple but its nice, here is the HOWEVER.

From experience, the material that it looks like theyve used is dreadful and pulls as soon as you look at it. hope im wrong but I dont think I am.

It's the same material as the GK kit last season, with the little hexagons on. I bought the green short sleeved one and not had any issues with it yet.

Maybe I'm lucky though?

 

[Patrick Fletcher]

I don’t see a section of stripes on the back. I see 4 white rectangles randomly plonked at the bottom of the shirt and it looks awful.

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It's so people can see you've got a united shirt on under your coat on the way to the match, which surely is the whole reason people want stripes on the back anyway? ( I don't know if this is the reason or not, I don't understand )

 

[Le Cynique]

I’d sooner be able to read the number and name on the back of a shirt from a distance than rigidly stick to stripes because of historical reasons, but that’s just me.

Also, the pinstripe: people would moan if we had a standard template kit too, so the manufacturers are never going to win. Bellyaching like kids over the perceived shortcomings of the kit seems to have got worse in the past few years. Or maybe it’s just me.

It’s only going to be for a year so suck it up. If you don’t like it, it doesn’t really matter. Its main purpose is as a uniform for the team of players on the pitch, not for you to mince around pretending you’re a pro baller instead of a fat cunt who drinks gravy like it’s orange juice, and for that it will work admirably.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

I think that's a cracking kit! I consider myself to be growing into the role of pedantic kit scrutiniser in chief.

Pros:
Nice, clean style, minimalist.
Plenty of red, not too much sodding white.
Brilliant embroidered badge and Adidas logo.
Great fit of the main sponsor.

Cons:
Plain black, albeit red is infinitely better than all white. Both are second fiddle to stripes, however.
The pinstripes - might grow on me, not overly fussed by them, but would've preferred that they line up.
Red socks.

But that's me being very picky, all in all two very classy kits and I'll probably buy both!

 

[mattbianco1]

if the club decide to have a back of shirt sponsor (as they've alluded to on the store website)

Good spot!


That to me reads - "order the kit now, but be aware that we have a ghastly sponsor lined up for the back which will ruin the shirt considerably"

 

[YorkBlade]

If we'd had these shirts last season we stop up, no question

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Good spot!
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That to me reads - "order the kit now, but be aware that we have a ghastly sponsor lined up for the back which will ruin the shirt considerably"

Where's all this stuff fit on the back? Little badge thing, sponsor, name, number. Another case of style over substance, or design over practicality more like.

Edit:

I can answer my own question. Kits are picked and sorted by the club 12 months before release. Some cocky staff at the club picked these thinking we would still be PL and not a thought to getting relegated and shirt back sponsors returning.

 

[bromtom]

Good spot!
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That to me reads - "order the kit now, but be aware that we have a ghastly sponsor lined up for the back which will ruin the shirt considerably"

The spectre of Doordeals lurks over us.

It'd have to be be at the bottom though surely with the shield and name on?

Hopefully it's Yelo if we have one, pretty inoffensive logo.

 

[stringer]

Where's all this stuff fit on the back? Little badge thing, sponsor, name, number. Another case of style over substance, or design over practicality more like.

Think it'll be - badge, sponsor, name then number, from top to bottom.

 

[More Bladier than thou]

Iam dissatisfied that the kit doesn’t meet my personal tastes. Iam disappointed that the club are not doing bespoke designs for every supporter