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What style of back do you prefer on our home shirts?

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Nade said:
Is your real name Roger Nilsen?

If so that's really strange - we once had a player of the same name!
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I'll bet he's the real Roger Nilsen not some bloody charlatan posing as an ex-player on a football forum. :eek::mad:
 



RogerNilsen said:
Email gone to the commercial dept:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write this email a little bewildered as to how the new home shirt has been deemed fit for release with a plain white back.

We changed to stripes before everybody's lifetime, in 1894 and in that time have NEVER had a plain white back. We have had two shirts with a plain red back.

Sheffield United play in RED and WHITE, we're the Red and White Wizards, if you ask a neutral what colour we play in the answer is Red, or Red & White. Red is always the first colour associated with our team and it is the most dominant colour. If you speak to folk in different cities, they say "are you Blades or Owls"? or "red or blue?" It's not "Are you White or Blue".

What has happened is we now have a shirt that is WHITE and RED. The main colour is white. This now means we can't wear our traditional kit at places like Leeds United, Derby County or Preston NE, we will be forced to change into our away shirt.

From the front, the green sponsor aside, the shirt looks really nice, the white sleeves are a welcome and unique change to our kit. It's something fresh and new. The stripes are a perfect width and look like a proper blades kit from 50s, 60s and 80s (the 70s were thicker with black introduced). But then you see the back and it's like looking at the back of an away shirt.

I would like you to please answer as to why this was sanctioned by the club without first consulting the Fans? After all, who is the shirt for, other than the fans? They are the ones that you want to market this for aren't they?

If it is Adidas who are calling the shots on a plain back, why isn't it RED, our MAIN colour? Why didn't you consult the fans if they wanted a Red or White back?

If Adidas aren't calling the shots and SUFC had a choice in the matter, why aren't the stripes continued onto the back? The identity of the club has been torn away. Next season we are a team that play in solid white, with 5 red stripes on the front.

Soon after the release, a vote was put up on the blades forum S24SU, as I type this (20:43, 29/06/18) the current voting is as follows:
  • Striped back 161 votes (93%)
  • Red back 7 votes (4%)
  • White back 5 votes (3%)
The voting has been open just 4 hours. Here's the thread - https://s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/kit-vote.64652/

Read the comments under the official tweet from the club. For every 1 person who likes it, there are 5 questioning the back, or the green sponsor -

Then, compare the comments with last seasons release, hardly any negative comments :

In today's era of social media, It is truly baffling as to how/why, you didn't consult the fans before releasing a plain white back.

Please reconsider changing the back of the kit to stripes, or even a solid red back, if it must be solid.

It's not too late, please do it for the fans, without us, there is no club.

I would appreciate a response as to your thoughts on this matter.

Yours Faithfully
Roger Nilsen
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RogerNilsen said:
Email gone to the commercial dept:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write this email a little bewildered as to how the new home shirt has been deemed fit for release with a plain white back.

We changed to stripes before everybody's lifetime, in 1894 and in that time have NEVER had a plain white back. We have had two shirts with a plain red back.

Sheffield United play in RED and WHITE, we're the Red and White Wizards, if you ask a neutral what colour we play in the answer is Red, or Red & White. Red is always the first colour associated with our team and it is the most dominant colour. If you speak to folk in different cities, they say "are you Blades or Owls"? or "red or blue?" It's not "Are you White or Blue".

What has happened is we now have a shirt that is WHITE and RED. The main colour is white. This now means we can't wear our traditional kit at places like Leeds United, Derby County or Preston NE, we will be forced to change into our away shirt.

From the front, the green sponsor aside, the shirt looks really nice, the white sleeves are a welcome and unique change to our kit. It's something fresh and new. The stripes are a perfect width and look like a proper blades kit from 50s, 60s and 80s (the 70s were thicker with black introduced). But then you see the back and it's like looking at the back of an away shirt.

I would like you to please answer as to why this was sanctioned by the club without first consulting the Fans? After all, who is the shirt for, other than the fans? They are the ones that you want to market this for aren't they?

If it is Adidas who are calling the shots on a plain back, why isn't it RED, our MAIN colour? Why didn't you consult the fans if they wanted a Red or White back?

If Adidas aren't calling the shots and SUFC had a choice in the matter, why aren't the stripes continued onto the back? The identity of the club has been torn away. Next season we are a team that play in solid white, with 5 red stripes on the front.

Soon after the release, a vote was put up on the blades forum S24SU, as I type this (20:43, 29/06/18) the current voting is as follows:
  • Striped back 161 votes (93%)
  • Red back 7 votes (4%)
  • White back 5 votes (3%)
The voting has been open just 4 hours. Here's the thread - https://s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/kit-vote.64652/

Read the comments under the official tweet from the club. For every 1 person who likes it, there are 5 questioning the back, or the green sponsor -

Then, compare the comments with last seasons release, hardly any negative comments :

In today's era of social media, It is truly baffling as to how/why, you didn't consult the fans before releasing a plain white back.

Please reconsider changing the back of the kit to stripes, or even a solid red back, if it must be solid.

It's not too late, please do it for the fans, without us, there is no club.

I would appreciate a response as to your thoughts on this matter.

Yours Faithfully
Roger Nilsen
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Have a like son, for taking the bull by the horns and actually having the wherewithal to do something, instead of just moaning and blorting about it like the rest of us.
 
mattbianco1 said:
Unfortunately, it's too late for that. On sale in 5 days.

Saying that, Le Coq Sportif changed the sleeves on the long sleeved version of our last Premier League kits. They were originally plain but changed them to stripes:

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Interesting. I wonder if String has both....
 
sitwell said:
Well I like it but bloody hell do people like a moan I can understand the old miserable buggers because that's what we do but the young uns, get a life, shouldn't they be out drinking alcopops and fingering birds instead of whinging on about there being too few stripes ont back of a shirt.
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Agreed, but the shirt is still shite.
 
So, since Friday, we've had 318 votes.

93.7% want stripes
4.1% want Red
2.2% want White

97.8% don't want white !
 
You asked what I prefer, I'd prefer stripes.

I wouldn't buy a shirt myself but the fact that it hasn't got stripes on the back won't stop me buying 2 for the kids, nor will the green shitty sponsor logo or the horrendous door deals logo. As parents it's inevitable that you will buy one, if I was an adult buying a football shirt I wouldn't bother with 95% of the kits we've ever had.
 
mattbianco1 said:
So, since Friday, we've had 318 votes.

93.7% want stripes
4.1% want Red
2.2% want White

97.8% don't want white !
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Aren't we obliged to have another referendum if the minority don't like it and get a bit upset? I mean, people who originally voted for stripes might now have had time to properly consider the potential consequences of not having a plain back and might want to change the way they initially voted.

Just saying like...
 
Jon Bon II said:
Aren't we obliged to have another referendum if the minority don't like it and get a bit upset? I mean, people who originally voted for stripes might now have had time to properly consider the potential consequences of not having a plain back and might want to change the way they initially voted.

Just saying like...
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If i wanted to do that, I would click the "Change Your Vote" button at the top of the page ;)
 
RogerNilsen said:
Email gone to the commercial dept:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write this email a little bewildered as to how the new home shirt has been deemed fit for release with a plain white back.

We changed to stripes before everybody's lifetime, in 1894 and in that time have NEVER had a plain white back. We have had two shirts with a plain red back.

Sheffield United play in RED and WHITE, we're the Red and White Wizards, if you ask a neutral what colour we play in the answer is Red, or Red & White. Red is always the first colour associated with our team and it is the most dominant colour. If you speak to folk in different cities, they say "are you Blades or Owls"? or "red or blue?" It's not "Are you White or Blue".

What has happened is we now have a shirt that is WHITE and RED. The main colour is white. This now means we can't wear our traditional kit at places like Leeds United, Derby County or Preston NE, we will be forced to change into our away shirt.

From the front, the green sponsor aside, the shirt looks really nice, the white sleeves are a welcome and unique change to our kit. It's something fresh and new. The stripes are a perfect width and look like a proper blades kit from 50s, 60s and 80s (the 70s were thicker with black introduced). But then you see the back and it's like looking at the back of an away shirt.

I would like you to please answer as to why this was sanctioned by the club without first consulting the Fans? After all, who is the shirt for, other than the fans? They are the ones that you want to market this for aren't they?

If it is Adidas who are calling the shots on a plain back, why isn't it RED, our MAIN colour? Why didn't you consult the fans if they wanted a Red or White back?

If Adidas aren't calling the shots and SUFC had a choice in the matter, why aren't the stripes continued onto the back? The identity of the club has been torn away. Next season we are a team that play in solid white, with 5 red stripes on the front.

Soon after the release, a vote was put up on the blades forum S24SU, as I type this (20:43, 29/06/18) the current voting is as follows:
  • Striped back 161 votes (93%)
  • Red back 7 votes (4%)
  • White back 5 votes (3%)
The voting has been open just 4 hours. Here's the thread - https://s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/kit-vote.64652/

Read the comments under the official tweet from the club. For every 1 person who likes it, there are 5 questioning the back, or the green sponsor -

Then, compare the comments with last seasons release, hardly any negative comments :

In today's era of social media, It is truly baffling as to how/why, you didn't consult the fans before releasing a plain white back.

Please reconsider changing the back of the kit to stripes, or even a solid red back, if it must be solid.

It's not too late, please do it for the fans, without us, there is no club.

I would appreciate a response as to your thoughts on this matter.

Yours Faithfully
Roger Nilsen
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Kudos and a million likes, sir! I was contemplating something similar, but life events took more time then necessary. Maybe i'll do something later today. Would love to see the response you get.
 



ashsufc1889 said:
Kudos and a million likes, sir! I was contemplating something similar, but life events took more time then necessary. Maybe i'll do something later today. Would love to see the response you get.
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Will definitely put the reply up. If they ever reply.
 
RogerNilsen said:
Email gone to the commercial dept:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write this email a little bewildered as to how the new home shirt has been deemed fit for release with a plain white back.

We changed to stripes before everybody's lifetime, in 1894 and in that time have NEVER had a plain white back. We have had two shirts with a plain red back.

Sheffield United play in RED and WHITE, we're the Red and White Wizards, if you ask a neutral what colour we play in the answer is Red, or Red & White. Red is always the first colour associated with our team and it is the most dominant colour. If you speak to folk in different cities, they say "are you Blades or Owls"? or "red or blue?" It's not "Are you White or Blue".

What has happened is we now have a shirt that is WHITE and RED. The main colour is white. This now means we can't wear our traditional kit at places like Leeds United, Derby County or Preston NE, we will be forced to change into our away shirt.

From the front, the green sponsor aside, the shirt looks really nice, the white sleeves are a welcome and unique change to our kit. It's something fresh and new. The stripes are a perfect width and look like a proper blades kit from 50s, 60s and 80s (the 70s were thicker with black introduced). But then you see the back and it's like looking at the back of an away shirt.

I would like you to please answer as to why this was sanctioned by the club without first consulting the Fans? After all, who is the shirt for, other than the fans? They are the ones that you want to market this for aren't they?

If it is Adidas who are calling the shots on a plain back, why isn't it RED, our MAIN colour? Why didn't you consult the fans if they wanted a Red or White back?

If Adidas aren't calling the shots and SUFC had a choice in the matter, why aren't the stripes continued onto the back? The identity of the club has been torn away. Next season we are a team that play in solid white, with 5 red stripes on the front.

Soon after the release, a vote was put up on the blades forum S24SU, as I type this (20:43, 29/06/18) the current voting is as follows:
  • Striped back 161 votes (93%)
  • Red back 7 votes (4%)
  • White back 5 votes (3%)
The voting has been open just 4 hours. Here's the thread - https://s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/kit-vote.64652/

Read the comments under the official tweet from the club. For every 1 person who likes it, there are 5 questioning the back, or the green sponsor -

Then, compare the comments with last seasons release, hardly any negative comments :

In today's era of social media, It is truly baffling as to how/why, you didn't consult the fans before releasing a plain white back.

Please reconsider changing the back of the kit to stripes, or even a solid red back, if it must be solid.

It's not too late, please do it for the fans, without us, there is no club.

I would appreciate a response as to your thoughts on this matter.

Yours Faithfully
Roger Nilsen
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Fantastic sir, that's two of us who have posted something similar to the club, but I feel your email was more balanced than mine was :D
 



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