Away one. I hate to be off message but I think both of them look cheap.

I had a quick look in the shop after work and some of the new gear looks good, other stuff looks a bit cheap. The padded jackets look good and some of the training gear is nice. Some of the training gear has the Bulls and Kappa logos stuck on. I had a look at both of the kits and the sizes are way off. I'm usually a small and I had to try on a large and even then it was very snug. I'd definitely recommend trying the items on before you buy.

Totally leaving aside the design and colours, and just looking at the quality of the cloth and stitching we're a million miles from the Kooga stuff we got when we were in SL. To be fair, those were way 'over-engineered' and I still have a couple from that period which have been more than well worn and still look fine (and still fit..).


Since I pretty much always buy, at least one, replica playing shirt per year I'm happy to concede that I'm not too bothered about the shirt only lasting one season before falling apart. Though I've not noticed any reduction in prices to go with the reduced 'build quality'.

Its already been said but I got my home shirt today, I’m usually a small - medium. I’ve had to buy an XL.

Sizing massively off. Let’s hope they can handle the exchanges in January when the orders come back.

The event today was good. Well organised and seemed to go smooth enough (apart from my season ticket needing to be re printed because my name wasn’t on the card!)

I have to agree, the photo doesn't do the shirts credit they look even worse in real life. They look like a cheap kit a park team has picked up off the net.

As I've said before, I think it's fairly clear that (rightly or wrongly depending on your views), the current regime at the club has making as much money as possible as their priority. The best way to make the highest profit on shirts is to charge full prices but pay less for the manufacture. So I wouldn't say it's overly surprising that people are judging these as cheaply made (I personally haven't seen them, so couldn't comment on that). I suppose as with everything else, it's a gamble that you hope it doesn't put enough people off buying them to mean you actually sell less at a higher profit and end up making a lesser total.

I suppose you don't fund a good squad from high costs and low profits.

I went with the intention of buying one possibly both but I wasn't wasting money on such poor quality.

To be fair, this won't be the first regime to do this and it won't be the last either. And that goes for plenty of other clubs too, not just ours.

Kid has got one and to be honest it ain't THAT bad quality, sizing is mental but that's italian sports gear for you. Cycling jerseys are XXL for a 40inch chest.

I think it was Bulliac that mentioned buying one each year so it only has to have a lifespan of 12 months and looking back through the home shirt drawer Asics produced some utter tat, ISC produced some cheap end shirts with all printed logos so my take is it's more of the same. It's not a symptom of the new regime or anything else.

Come Jan I will buy mine and add to the 20 odd in the drawer I've bought since I started the stupid tradition and I won't even think about the money they have cost (or I will burst into tears!)

I think the quality is no worse than the ISC shirts last year. Both alot thinner than previous years shirts.

The wife has just been up for the Grandsons shirt.Hes 13 and needed a large.The lady in the shop said the playing kit will be white shorts and socks.

If the extent of our pre-season moaning only goes as far as the quality of the playing shirt, then I think that's proof that Chalmers is going a fantastic job for us.

You're not wrong.

But I expect some moans about the lack of bulbs in the floodlights once pre season gets going. It's going to be a bit dark since no replacements have been added since last year and it was a bit dark to see then.

Ah but that will translate into

--> Saving money on electric
--> can't afford replacement bulbs
--> Players not been paid on time (I know as my cousins uncle works there/my dogs peed on the lampost outside and he hear ... /My kids just been taken on and hasn't even been given a pad/pen to make notes with)
--> 40 years of darkness, Earthquakes, volcanoes!
--> The dead rising from the grave
--> Cats and dogs living together
--> Lectures on cloth, metal shearing implements and resizing of such cloth
--> Fans clamouring for a statement from Chalmers about something that's not happening....

Don't get me going on that one !!!!