Puma to make our kits

[northbank123]

You complain about the color now, but two decades later, look how popular our old friend is...

I used to wear my brother's old kits when I was a kid and I managed to get this one signed by Ray Parlour and David Seaman (as well as two members of our backroom coaching staff whose names I still don't know to this day).

That kit is a thing of beauty

I would take a yellow and blue/green V abomination over a 'commemorative' shirt that couldn't do any worse in terms of evoking pride in our tradition. I didn't mind the 06 kit as a one-off but since then we've had two fucking white shirts, the Dennis the Menace joke of a 'European kit', that yellow and maroon mismatch and finally the purple and black joke of an away kit we have at the moment.

[Barriecuda]

You complain about the color now, but two decades later, look how popular our old friend is...

I used to wear my brother's old kits when I was a kid and I managed to get this one signed by Ray Parlour and David Seaman (as well as two members of our backroom coaching staff whose names I still don't know to this day).

That kit is a thing of beauty

I would take a yellow and blue/green V abomination over a 'commemorative' shirt that couldn't do any worse in terms of evoking pride in our tradition. I didn't mind the 06 kit as a one-off but since then we've had two fucking white shirts, the Dennis the Menace joke of a 'European kit', that yellow and maroon mismatch and finally the purple and black joke of an away kit we have at the moment.

We'll get blue and yellow next year, count on it

All I'm saying is that the gold/mustard mock-up kit up top might suck at first but could grow on you over time. I doubt many people were like "fuck yes!" when they saw the above "abomination".

Kit suppliers need to stop making up excuses for kit colors though. "Purple because it's like royal and we're royal woolwich arsenal" or whatever Nike's PR line was last year was idiotic. You supply the kits and pay good money to do so, if you're not going to make kits with proper colours that's your prerogative , but don't feed us some BS story to try to justify it.

[northbank123]

Yeah I expect to see yellow/blue in the next two years - it's been long enough since we've had a proper one to make it commercially justifiable for the manufacturers and would really help Puma (although they still haven't been confirmed as far as I'm aware) endear themselves to the fans if Nike don't stitch them up next year.

Obviously anybody purporting to have a leaked version of a kit for 2014/15 is chatting shit. Especially when the shorts to the away kit are white - this is never going to happen because it's not particularly practical to have them the same colour as the home kit (would need a back-up colour change) and moreover it's one less piece of merchandise for the manufacturer to sell!

[DB10GOONER]

Have to admit I fucking loved that squashed wasp jersey and still do.

[highburyJD]

You complain about the color now, but two decades later, look how popular our old friend is...

I used to wear my brother's old kits when I was a kid and I managed to get this one signed by Ray Parlour and David Seaman (as well as two members of our backroom coaching staff whose names I still don't know to this day).

That kit is a thing of beauty

I would take a yellow and blue/green V abomination over a 'commemorative' shirt that couldn't do any worse in terms of evoking pride in our tradition. I didn't mind the 06 kit as a one-off but since then we've had two fucking white shirts, the Dennis the Menace joke of a 'European kit', that yellow and maroon mismatch and finally the purple and black joke of an away kit we have at the moment.

We'll get blue and yellow next year, count on it

All I'm saying is that the gold/mustard mock-up kit up top might suck at first but could grow on you over time. I doubt many people were like "fuck yes!" when they saw the above "abomination".

Kit suppliers need to stop making up excuses for kit colors though. "Purple because it's like royal and we're royal woolwich arsenal" or whatever Nike's PR line was last year was idiotic. You supply the kits and pay good money to do so, if you're not going to make kits with proper colours that's your prerogative , but don't feed us some BS story to try to justify it.

there speaks a man who hasn't had to write a press release any time recently!
how do you justify a purple kit with anything BUT BS?


(yes I own it)

[storrmin571]

Puma are in their last season as Cardiff Citys kit suppliers and the original choice was a two tone red kit. Supporters have been slightly annoyed and have forced the club to change the shorts. So careful what we wish for as we may still get a monster.

http://i3.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/ar ... 034089.jpg

[arseofacrow]

Puma are in their last season as Cardiff Citys kit suppliers and the original choice was a two tone red kit. Supporters have been slightly annoyed and have forced the club to change the shorts. So careful what we wish for as we may still get a monster.

http://i3.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/ar ... 034089.jpg

aaarrrgghhhhhhhh

[kiwomya]

Glad to see the back of Nike and their generic shirts. Am I right in thinking we were the first British club to have shirts made by them? I kind of remember Rangers having Nike shirts around that time, though.

[markyp]

Glad to see the back of Nike and their generic shirts. Am I right in thinking we were the first British club to have shirts made by them? I kind of remember Rangers having Nike shirts around that time, though.

and 99% of ours have been complete abortions

[Natural Born Gooner]

Glad to see the back of Nike and their generic shirts. Am I right in thinking we were the first British club to have shirts made by them? I kind of remember Rangers having Nike shirts around that time, though.

and 99% of ours have been complete abortions

Have to disagree. Some of our earlier Nike tops were absolute class. Special mention to the 97/98 home and away kit, the gold away kit from 01/02 and 03/04 home and away also.

But yes, the recent away kits from 08 onwards have been fucking shit. All white with blue trim anyone
It also helps looking back at them when you've had top players wearing a nice kit, rather than someone like Alex Mong in the Dennis the Menace striped abomination or Billy Big Bollocks Bendtner in our Bradford away kit

[northbank123]

Glad to see the back of Nike and their generic shirts. Am I right in thinking we were the first British club to have shirts made by them? I kind of remember Rangers having Nike shirts around that time, though.

and 99% of ours have been complete abortions

Have to disagree. Some of our earlier Nike tops were absolute class. Special mention to the 97/98 home and away kit, the gold away kit from 01/02 and 03/04 home and away also.

But yes, the recent away kits from 08 onwards have been fucking shit. All white with blue trim anyone
It also helps looking back at them when you've had top players wearing a nice kit, rather than someone like Alex Mong in the Dennis the Menace striped abomination or Billy Big Bollocks Bendtner in our Bradford away kit

Methinks you are looking back rather more fondly on those kits due to the fact we won 5 trophies in them....

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Never really cared what the kit looked like, just the players that put the them on and gave everything.

If we won the pl and cl in a nice little pink number with bright red flowers all over it who fekin cares

Nobody remembers the kits teams wear when they win, they just remember the team

I've never bought an Arsenal top for myself as an adult, it's childish, I have bought a top (usually 2) most seasons for my son though.

I think it's for the kids.....

[DB10GOONER]

Never really cared what the kit looked like, just the players that put the them on and gave everything.

If we won the pl and cl in a nice little pink number with bright red flowers all over it who fekin cares

They have to be the two gayest statements ever made on here. And yes I'm including g88ner's love of tennis and sewing machines!!

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Never really cared what the kit looked like, just the players that put the them on and gave everything.

If we won the pl and cl in a nice little pink number with bright red flowers all over it who fekin cares

They have to be the two gayest statements ever made on here. And yes I'm including g88ner's love of tennis and sewing machines!!

You're just jealous cos I'm in touch with my feminine side

[storrmin571]

As we are on the topic of shirts, is there a new home shirt this year?