Quote: FearTheVee "Yep, the point I was making was that people in the Ivory Coast recognise Saints as much as Barcelona. Bang on the money.'"
My sarcasm detector flickered a bit there, so it seems i may have missed the point of your original post. If i have missed it, then apologies, but you will have to elaborate to help me understand it better.
Quote: FearTheVee "exactly, they could put loads of cost and effort into doing an amazing shirt that looks great in every circumstance, is brilliant quality that lasts for years, and that fans love and wear for years because they love it so much. It would probably sell in record numbers, but then people wouldnt buy the next years version.
On the other hand they can knock out any old white teeshirt with a redvee, make it of average quality (enough to last a year) and look ok - it will still sell loads, but people will be more inclined to purchase the next years shirt.'"
I can see part of your point about production costs. But if they designed shirts each year that varied more (i.e. going beyond Vee-thickness), then the shirts wouldn't have to last for years. Folk would want to be up to date with the new club shirt/image and be more likely to shell out.
Of course, everybody wants the Red-Vee on the shirt, and i don't think i've ever said anything to the contrary, but why not elaborate more on it and vary the designs [ias well as[/i the Vee.
If i was the only person who feels this way, then fair enough, i'd get my coat and shut my trap. But i know that isn't the case.
When i was still living with the parental unit, i had cash to burn, so i would have been likely to fork out for the most recent shirt regardless of its design, purely because the money would have gone up the wall otherwise.
Now i don't have that kind of money to burn, my blind-faith purchasing of a shirt "because it is the new one" is no longer a possibilty. Therefore, i won't be spending that spare cash on something that i've basically already got. I'd rather buy something that is new and i'll get a minor kick out of wearing a few times because of its novelty.
That's what all the boxes where that came into my work last Friday for a Sat delivery. Had all the Saints fans wondering what they contained, but I just wanted to delay the delivery. Wished I had now 
