2015/16 Home Kit

[blade too long]

the first pin stripe was our first league season shirt , so was in reality our first professional shirt

 

[oldblade]

the first pin stripe was our first league season shirt , so was in reality our first professional shirt

But not our first shirt, and the pin striped version didn't have red stripes on the shoulders nor did it have a red collar. In my view not a very good replica.

 

[blade too long]

But not our first shirt, and the pin striped version didn't have red stripes on the shoulders nor did it have a red collar. In my view not a very good replica.

its not a replica , its a homage with a modern look, styled for the 21st century

 

[mattbianco1]

But not our first shirt, and the pin striped version didn't have red stripes on the shoulders nor did it have a red collar. In my view not a very good replica.

Jesus

 

[oldblade]

Hence 'rehash'

I thought you wrote "perfect rehash". Whatever it is, it's not perfect.

 

[blade too long]

I thought you wrote "perfect rehash". Whatever it is, it's not perfect.

no theres no prem league badge on it . yet , but apart from that its mint
and its started a winning run , so its a lucky shirt

 

[oldblade]

Jesus

Don't think he had anything to do with it.

Don't get me wrong. I like the shirt, but it is not a Sheffield United shirt and never ever has been, and I don't want to see a Sheffield United side wearing it as a home strip.

 

[him behind you]

Thought we looked great in stripes with black shorts tonight.

 

[oldblade]

no theres no prem league badge on it . yet , but apart from that its mint
and its started a winning run , so its a lucky shirt

Are the shorts and socks lucky too?

 

[blade too long]

Are the shorts and socks lucky too?

must be

 

[oldblade]

must be

Are you sure it wasn't all down to the underpants?

 

[blade too long]

Adidas have offered a glance at sartorial elegance a new future as a chic looking suave sophisticatedly attired football team , we should embrace the future.


leeds went all white , started winning things
liverpool went all red started winning things , we are just trying it for size

 

[Cyprus Blade]

I think its an ok shirt if you are considering wearing it as a fashion item but not for viewing from the stands as it loses the stripes from any kind of distance and appears just white (hence forest used it as an away kit). So I guess a lot of this comes down to what you want the shirt for. Personally I favour it being recognisable and strong from a viewing point with the red stripe at least visible.

As to the stripe thickness the original was described as narrow stripes by the club's historian ( source for wiki) not pinstripes (which is something adidas produced) - something that the photo of the original on the players back then also clearly shows.

From what I can see the stripe should have been different ie more of them and thicker (making it narrow not pinstriped) if this was "the original shirt" but what really irks me is that the decision to use the forest pinstripe seems to me to have convenience and economic roots, not historical accuracy or a desire to produce a genuinely bespoke item. Personally I think its a bit of an insult to the club and the intelligence of the supporters on the part of adidas. Along the lines of "this old cloth will do for them, they'll never notice".

As for lucky shirts, shorts and socks - broad red and white stripes, black shorts and red socks is our luckiest kit historically (4-0 tonight too). We won nothing in the white with narrow stripes finishing 5th in the Midland League in our third season - the only season we wore it I believe as it was dropped in favour of all white again the season after. If we make the play-off final I really hope we don't play in the white kit.

 

[WhiteHawk]

So Adidas have mixed up the different parts of a few shirts instead of giving us a bog standard template and still people are complaining?

When the Forest shirt was posted on here last year, everyone was saying how brilliant it was, now we've got one that's very similar, you're slagging it off.

I'm not keen on having this as our home shirt but regardless of that, it's quite possibly the nicest shirt we've ever had.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

[QUOTE="Not a total demolition of a fine badge that we've had for many years.

You do know this is only for 1 season don't you?[/QUOTE]

Your talking about Higgo?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

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strange how Adidas cloth looks the same but 2 shirts can look miles apart , our collar and tighter badge positioning give it the class, it was sadly lacking

Simple, it's Forest material on a Hearts shirt.

Easy work if you can get it eh Adidas?

Still make one of the best away shirts.

Home? Fuck off.

 

[blade too long]

Its still the first choice we made as a club for our shirt as the first kit white .were ex forces kit .which we were given. If it was good enough for our founders I am willing to honour their choice. This is not forest kit or hearts any more than our stripes are rip offs of southampton or stoke who both had the thick stripes first.

 

[Cyprus Blade]

I can almost hear it now,

" In the Sheffield slums, in the Sheffield slums,
They look in a dustbin for something that's neat
They find Forest shirts and they think its a treat
In the Sheffield slums"

"Are you Cardiff in disguise"

enjoy your shirt.

 

[RedandWhite]

I think it looks great, but not for our HOME shirt, lack of red and white stripes is a no for me.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

This is not forest kit or hearts.

of course it's not

but then again we're always looking for refs

 

[blade too long]

of course it's not

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but then again we're always looking for refs

again the same argument could be made for us copying stokes kit of the 1880s

, if we get kit made by the same supplier theres going to be similarities , but there are huge differences , the collar , the badge positions and most of all the players in them
This is not a forest kit .its a sheffield united kit ,,, end of

 

[TonyAgana]

of course it's not

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Because it's the same style collar as one and cloth as another? Are people genuinely complaining about this? Goodness me. You do realise that ALL manufacturers will have a selection of element designs which are mostly interchangeable? The fact that you've gone north of the border before finding another club that has used that specific collar should tell you that we've actually selected something quite unique.

 

[TonyAgana]

Imagine if we'd used EXACTLY the same template as our closest rivals in the same season!? There'd be hernias and aneurysms...



















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[mattbianco1]

Have any of the 20 odd people that liked Worksop_Blade mock-up in April last year commented with their disapproval to our new kit? Genuine question...

http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/new-kit-for-next-year.34379/page-12#post-601116

 

[mattbianco1]

Imagine if we'd used EXACTLY the same template as our closest rivals in the same season!? There'd be hernias and aneurysms...

It makes you laugh at all the "template" statements going around. People must look at kits with their eyes closed.

In the 1992/93 Premier League season we had two main templates from umbro..

The Lace up collar



and the "Right sleeve" something or other...



Even the manufacturer Pony used a template...

 

[WhiteHawk]

Imagine if we'd used EXACTLY the same template as our closest rivals in the same season!? There'd be hernias and aneurysms...



















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EDIT - Although they do in the quote......

 

[TonyAgana]

Those images aren't showing.

EDIT - Although they do in the quote......

They did for me but now they don't!

 

[mattbianco1]

At least Macron gave us unique kits and not just templates hey

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Have any of the 20 odd people that liked Worksop_Blade mock-up in April last year commented with their disapproval to our new kit? Genuine question...

http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/new-kit-for-next-year.34379/page-12#post-601116

Yes that was nice.
- Pinstripes you can see
- Black shorts not red
- Nice mix of old badge but still with current badge
- Actually for the 125th anniversary

 

[Silent Blade]

leeds went all white , started winning things
liverpool went all red started winning things , we are just trying it for size

L**ds in 1961 and Liverpool in Nov 1964 (see link below)
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/timeline/1944-1969/reds-sport-all-red-kit-for-first-time