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 !!!!

That’s great news re shorts and socks; didn’t look right with black.Well done all round Mr C.

I agree completely. And as I've said, different people will have different opinions as to whether it's the right way or the wrong way to go about things. I tend to fall somewhere in the middle in that it's not great for me personally, but I also kind of think it's maybe what the club needs after years of spending money that didn't exist.

Sam you just put yourself in line to front the BULB Builder committee, to help finance the new flood light fund I'm sure you will shine in this new position!

One thing I forgot in my previous post. My grandson had a free shirt to pick up with the season ticket offer. Like I said he's only 13 and with the sizing he needed a large. With large not being a junior shirt the wife had to pay £10 upgrade but still cheap for a replica shirt.

Agree with this. whilst the club are certainly missing out on a portion of short sales due to quality/design issues I'd imagine there still selling the current offering to majority of supporters, and for a shirt that's worn 13 or 14 times a year its ok. Whilst it would be lovely if we got high quality shirts at current pricing its not financially realistic. What there could be a market for is a limited run of high quality shirts, cotton, embroidered badges, probably retro etc to satisfy the demand of those who aren't satisfied with the design/quality of the match replica shirts. Probably have to accept that they would be significantly more expensive in £60-£75 bracket. I seem to remember gang of four launched something similar in their brief reign.

Problem for the club is that someone paying that price for a super dooper quality shirt is likely to want to use it for a few years, so the club would actually lose out financially.

I would definitely buy one. Wakefield have done one that looks great

Yeah understand that side of it but these type of tops do not come around very often, would imagine a lot of people would buy them alongside as long as the club dont start releasing them every year or 2