Smog

Not going to lie I was flipping terrified to open this thread.

I started a topic with not much joy... why the the lack of sponsor on the keeper kits? Paving way for extra income or just couldn’t be arsed

Stripes are back...

Surely I’m not the only one to notice the away GK lacks a sponsor. Any ideas as to why? Last minute injection to the club or just for preference?

Not always the case. I work shifts, and my pattern pretty much dictated I could make 50% of the matches. Couldnt justify the the expense of a season ticket, but by becoming a member I got £5 off/game I could attend. Went to 17 in the end as swapped shifts/TV changes so was justified. Had my season ticket back again ever since but the year I was a member was worthwhile and made sense. Convenient because I could load tickets to card, and saved me money on the day prices. just don’t see why others in my position at the time would fork out £90 upfront when they would probably be financially better off with a season ticket, even if they only made half the games. For example, call it 11 games at £30/game average with £5 discount would equal £420. A season ticket on the kop was available for £450. You’d get an extra 12 games if you were unsure on you making them for only an extra £30, along with away game priority etc. Like I said it wouldn’t surprise me if the master plan was to force more people onto season tickets who attend above 15 games/season.

Membership was a god send, even at £50, when I couldn’t justify my season ticket 3 years ago. Still pricey but the 10-12 games I could definitely make justified it. This is just outragous. If you had to attend 18/23 games to make its justifiable, and knew you would be able to... you’d be so much better with a season ticket... unless that’s the master plan.

That’s why I reckon could be unexpected departure. He always seems to be away from the club, even if he was injured. Could be wrong but wouldn’t be a massive shock. Personally I would be gutted to see hooper leave, as I agree with you

I reckon it could be hooper/fletcher. Not featured much and Jo’s might not see one of them in his future plans based on performances without them last year.

People moaned last year when the club held back kits until enough stock was available to meet expected demented, meaning we were very unlikely to sell out. The club were labelled “idiots” for not releasing the stock they had as soon as it arrived. This year the club, yet again, listen to the fans. They take this on board and release the sizes/styles they have on the ground in time for a big FREE day out they have planed... and yet again, people are moaning. Enjoy your weekend. If you want the kit get one. If they don’t have your size order it when they do. Some folk are never happy.

It’s the “Mind” mental health charity logo. Looks like the charity has changed from prostate cancer of the last few years

People saying you “pay less to wear a shirt that isn’t the same as the players” fail to realise that players don’t tend to run around in polyester shirts anymore. The replicas on sale in the majority of club stores across the country today aren’t the same as player issue. If they’re “in house” manufactured anyway, why not make more and sell to the few that are willing to buy? It literally has no negative impact on the people who have always bought replica shirts previously, whilst generating a separate stream for something that is already in house manufactured for the players.

I mamaged to pull all the highest res photos if anyone is interested

Am I just making things up in my head, or when we had the new shop kitted out, wasn’t the whole point to merge the sales/ticket staff to reduce overall queuing for tickets/merchandise in busy periods? If I remember richly it lasted all but a year then switched to 2 separate queue without any reason. When the ticket queue is empty staff just sit there twiddling their thumbs and vice versa.

Whilst I agree, they do seem to be partners with Umbro according to their website, so likely one of their kit suppliers too

Something I have just noticed, the “Elev8” account is now following and followed by https://www.instagram.com/akilex_sportswear_factory There majn website is: http://www.akilex.com/ potentially the new manufacture partner for elev8 kits. Some of their designs look good to be fair, but I’m sure we will see on the quality side