The on topic thread

[Cruyff14]

I don't get that Carragher stuff.

 

[Jatz]

Love this pic

Wowzers, how many houses have they squeezed in around there?!

 

[Jatz]

Yeah, i love our Adidas kits so its a bit shit.

Did Nike completely dissolve Umbro? Loved their kits.

Nike are not good. You expect they would be but they're just not.

I'm jealous we're not with Adidas.

 

[Jatz]

on academies, brentford are closing theirs after 3 years. all the player will become available.

Did they say why? That must be disappointing.

 

[Tulip]

I read that Nike would be interested in Chelsea, but are too far down the path with Spurs. Perhaps Chelsea have timed it to pull a fast one.

 

[SM]

Yeah we're with Umbro, and I believe Everton are too.

 

[SM]

Peacock wrote a pretty condescending article this morning for Fox Sports - surely you don't get a Toon fan to write an opinion piece hours after relegation is confirmed? There was nothing informative in it, nothing interesting, just someone moaning about having to play Burton, Rotherham and Brentford.

 

[chef]

Nike are not good. You expect they would be but they're just not.

I'm jealous we're not with Adidas.

Having a look around Nike can make a sexy kit. Roma and France both look very good.

 

[Jatz]

Peacock wrote a pretty condescending article this morning for Fox Sports - surely you don't get a Toon fan to write an opinion piece hours after relegation is confirmed? There was nothing informative in it, nothing interesting, just someone moaning about having to play Burton, Rotherham and Brentford.

Nothing really unexpected in there. Feels like some misguided anger in there though.

I guess they were going for the real 'emotions' from an actual supporter.

 

[Jatz]

Having a look around Nike can make a sexy kit. Roma and France both look very good.

Oh they look alright from time to time. I've never really enjoyed their fit etc.

 

[chef]

Oh they look alright from time to time. I've never really enjoyed their fit etc.

Fair enough, I've never worn one.

 

[Jatz]

Fair enough, I've never worn one.

I've had a couple of French kits. One of my mate's is a QPR diehard and he hates the kits they produced (more to do with the actual design though).

 

[Cruyff14]

Nike kits are alright, they used to be great.

Adidas and Puma are great.

 

[Sub_Zero]

Just hope we dont go with New Balance or Macron. Would prefer Puma over Nike

 

[elhadjihenry]

Been very happy with our home Puma kits the last couple of seasons, the away kits a bit less so.

 

[ADL9798]

2016/17 will be the last Adidas Chelsea kit. We've bought out the rest of the contract.

No word yet on who we're going with instead.

Not sure how true this is, but I read that internally Chelsea were fuming that Adidas agreed a deal with United that was over double what they agreed to sponsor Chelsea just a few months after the last deal was signed.

 

[chef]

Not sure how true this is, but I read that internally Chelsea were fuming that Adidas agreed a deal with United that was over double what they agreed to sponsor Chelsea just a few months after the last deal was signed.

Yeah, ive seen that posted on another site. £30m a season for our current deal is a great deal for a club like Chelsea even with what United get (and to be honest were never going to get close to what they get and they dwarf RM and Bayern too).

Apparently we aren't happy with the quality of the products and the attention they were getting and have received an offer to good to pass up.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Oh they look alright from time to time. I've never really enjoyed their fit etc.

I'm enjoying this fit:

I just hope that the new Bespoke kit fits just as nicely next season (It really should though, no problems.)


I don't know how long those kits will actually last considering our administration... I mean, has anyone seen our Player of the Year award ceremony?




Before you ask, yes, the club presented their awards night with a demo version of the broadcasting system. After the presentation against Everton, we just needed to remind everyone that we can do things the 'traditional' way.

 

[jd2010]

Did they say why? That must be disappointing.

Can't compete with the other London clubs who can offer more money to kids to join their academies. They aren't completely shutting it. Just refocusing it purely as a 17-21 year old setup which will play against tier one academies and overseas sides in friendlies. They want to have a differentiator to the bigger London rivals pathway. And there's will be that if a player is in that 17-21(no rules in place so the right 16 year old would be signed still) squad they are much closer to first team football than those in the current set up.

I don't see a problem with it really. They're putting all their money into one development squad rather than however many they had from u8 to u21. Hoping for them they use these extra resources in this one side to nab quite a lot more good local talent

 

[moomba]

We've taken the best kid from Brentford apparent. Ian Carlo Poveda. English but ex Barca.

 

[ADL9798]

 

[Magma]

i can kinda understand west ham fans nicking stuff. but you're not meant to take your seat home.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

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WealstoneRaider Get me a seat from the North Stand next season. Cheers.

 

[moomba]

Wowzers, how many houses have they squeezed in around there?!

Yeah, Moss Side is built up a bit. They put a housing development where Maine Rd was too.

 

[ADL9798]

i can kinda understand west ham fans nicking stuff. but you're not meant to take your seat home.

You know there's a demolition team taking apart the lower tier of the Main Stand at Anfield as we speak don't you? Not sure the club are going to have much use for them!