Why do we get Macron??

[davidpinder]

When Chengdu Blades get a mint NIKE kit?



I think this has been touched on before but thought i'd raise this again because i haven't really looked at this seasons CB kit until this pic on the OS.

 

[cooperblade]

I think this has been touched on before

Yes, once or twice...

 

[davidpinder]

Yes, once or twice...

I have also raised this because my new 10/11 away shirt is already looking shit, i have plenty of proper sport make kit that lasts a lot longer.

 

[Mousey]

Why raise it again? It's a commercial decision to make more money, always has been and always will be.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Not really sure, but my favourite is with cheese sauce.

 

[Ted Danson]

Could it be that the nice shiny Nike kit is made in sweat shops in China so its cheaper to get it from there rather than importing from Italy

 

[SwissBlade]

I have also raised this because my new 10/11 away shirt is already looking shit, i have plenty of proper sport make kit that lasts a lot longer.

Follow the washing instructions and use also use a decent washing powder

 

[Torrix1889]

The biggest message you can send to SUFC regarding the shite Macron quality is not to buy the bloody shirt. I bought one each for the kids last year and the logos dropped off after 2 washes, I wont be buying another Blades shirt as long as it made by Macron.

 

[SteelCity Blade]

Follow the washing instructions and use also use a decent washing powder

Probably needs a delicate wash.

If in doubt ask the missus or mam

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Follow the washing instructions and use also use a decent washing powder

A-men. This has been covered to death, it would cost a hell of a lot more money for us to use a "named" brand and you would get an off the peg kit with our badge on, nothing more.

 

[RichJay]

I've only got one Macron shirt (the white away one from last year) but I've had no problems with it.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

I have 3 Macron shirts as does my daughter and we've had no washing issues whatsoever. Plus she uses them to play out in so they do get some hammer.

 

[DuncDisorderly]

Two of the little Disorderly's wear their shirts pretty much all the time, and they get washed about two or three times a week. (Thats the shirts. Like all teenagers the little Disorderlys washing is less frequent). Last years are still OK, and this years are holding up well. This years away shirt is taking a bit of a battering as my son likes to do all his football training in it as well, and is still looking spot on. Must be the luck of the draw...

 

[alcoblade]

Something tells me Micalijo and Ollessendro's kits will also wear badly.



UTB

 

[shreds1975]

When Chengdu Blades get a mint NIKE kit?

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I think this has been touched on before but thought i'd raise this again because i haven't really looked at this seasons CB kit until this pic on the OS.

:brick: I know it's been quite a nice afternoon, but I didn't realise we had gone back to the middle of the Summer?!

 

[WhiteHawk]

Never had any problems with washing my Macron shirts (although I rarely wear them so they don't get washed very often) or with any football shirt I've ever had.

I'm not buying this seasons shirts though cause they're crap.

 

[Micalijo]

Something tells me Micalijo and Ollessendro's kits will also wear badly.



UTB

Very amusing Alco, like it.

Seen as you sort of asked, the Macron kits in my opinion are appalling in every possible way and in keeping with pretty much everything about SUFC at the moment - not that I have one obviously! Bring back Umbro I say.

That said, and for the avoidance of doubt, I am 100% happy with Gary Speed. Mind you, I suppose we could have a joint management team of Jansky and Disorderly and I'd be happy compared with our Blackie.

 

[DuncDisorderly]

...the Macron kits in my opinion are appalling in every possible way and in keeping with pretty much everything about SUFC at the moment - not that I have one obviously! .

Seeing as your view is based on some fanciful notion of what it must be like to own one, and it appears that those of us who have bought the Macron kits think they actually wear quite well and are decent although overpriced like all foootball shirts, then it would seem you are out of step old boy.

Mind you, I suppose we could have a joint management team of Jansky and Disorderly and I'd be happy compared with our Blackie.

Despite Nick and myself (or is it Nick and I?) both being evidently level headed, mature, and sensible chaps, I wouldn't have us in the top 1000 people to be in charge over Blackwell. Running a football club is one of those ridiculously and infeasibly difficult things made to look like it is only 'very difficult', and thats by the good ones. Even Lee Strafford and his immense intellect and experience could do little other than feck it up in the twinkle of an eye, and there is the warning for any 'fan' who imagines that they could do it better. Thanks but no thanks. I will leave it to the trained and experienced professionals, a list of whom has Blackwell included.

I would however be quite confident of running a piss-up in a brewery, and can make myself available for such...

 

[Highbury_Blade]

I was thinking about this earlier, and how i get the impression that most people think being a manager of a football club is largely about the tactics and team selection.

Lets's say speedo works about a 50 hour week (It's probably more). How much of that time do you think goes into picking the team and deciding the tactics for the next game?

 

[super_pig]

i wonder if they'll start selling the chengdu shirts in the lane shop like they normally do.. could be interesting.. (i might get one of them.. that's a 'proper' shirt

 

[Caveblade]

I do all the washing in our house, and believe you me if anyone can shrink something or modify the colour on a garmet I am your man!! I have no problems with the Macron shirts I like the designs and think the quality is a lot better than some of the previous ones. Dave move on and support your team don't worry about the shirts!!

P.s Hi Duncan, been reading alot but not posting hope you are well.

 

[DuncDisorderly]

I was thinking about this earlier, and how i get the impression that most people think being a manager of a football club is largely about the tactics and team selection.

Lets's say speedo works about a 50 hour week (It's probably more). How much of that time do you think goes into picking the team and deciding the tactics for the next game?

Anyone who has managed a reasonable team of people knows how difficult it can be to keep everyone focussed and moving in the right direction. Doing it with 25 young guys, with the big egos, the complications of money, fame, and other temptations, under the spotlight of the press and 20,000 experts who turn up every week to pat you on the back or shout abuse at you, question every decision you make etc etc. All of this within an environment where one tiny mistake, one moment of lost concentration, one bounce of the ball, one poor decision by the ref can cost you the game, and turn your positive week into shit, then have to get in on Monday and do it all again.

Thats not including all the games they go to to look at players, deal with agents, coaches, the Chairman and CEO, phone calls from 7am to 10 at night, the miles in the car. Its a real 24-7 kind of job, and if you haven't done a role like that you cant imagine how immersed you become. Worth every bit of the money they get and deserving of a bit less demanding and a bit more understanding...

 

[beechblade]

Anyone who has managed a reasonable team of people knows how difficult it can be to keep everyone focussed and moving in the right direction. Doing it with 25 young guys, with the big egos, the complications of money, fame, and other temptations, under the spotlight of the press and 20,000 experts who turn up every week to pat you on the back or shout abuse at you, question every decision you make etc etc. All of this within an environment where one tiny mistake, one moment of lost concentration, one bounce of the ball, one poor decision by the ref can cost you the game, and turn your positive week into shit, then have to get in on Monday and do it all again.

Thats not including all the games they go to to look at players, deal with agents, coaches, the Chairman and CEO, phone calls from 7am to 10 at night, the miles in the car. Its a real 24-7 kind of job, and if you haven't done a role like that you cant imagine how immersed you become. Worth every bit of the money they get and deserving of a bit less demanding and a bit more understanding...

Football managing on a grass roots level takes quite a considerable amount of time up, planning a well structured session takes a good couple of hour and then sorting out travel arrangements, kick-off times liaising with players parents, taking the training session, then game day all take up more time than I expected when setting out on the coaching path, but I do enjoy it.
So I agree with Dunc here if that alone can be time consuming for me, imagine it on the grander scale, he's organising and liaising with his coaches about training sessions all week, at the training sessions also, watching videos of previous games and highlighting mistakes that have happened, watching tapes of the next opponents, constantly running through his head which team and player would be best suited to dealing with members of that team also trying to look at key areas they make mistakes in. Then dealing with any problems that may arise with his players, or his staff, dealing with the Chief Exec, then possibly spending more time with Carver and Elis looking at players they can target and then going out to watch them, and maybe then allotting time to spend with the media.

 

[Bramley]

Yes, once or twice...

Ha.

I wouldn't wear a replica top if you paid me though I sometimes wear that 100 years freebie shirt down the gym in Leeds, but only to get the locals growling at me.