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Digby wrote:Does anyone still play in (proper) club colours?

Nope. Although I discovered today that Leicester's club shop does retro kits (possibly because it's better being a Leicester fan thinking back to the days of 1997 than it is thinking about 2020): https://shop.leicestertigers.com/tigers ... Collection

Puja

Mikey Brown wrote:

Stom wrote:Quins have kept the same home kit, as I understand, but there's a new change kit I quite like.

That is horrifying. WTF.

It's another: "look at us, we're the only London club", except now the Not Nots are only the Nots...and we're further out than they are.

Puja wrote:

Digby wrote:Does anyone still play in (proper) club colours?

Nope. Although I discovered today that Leicester's club shop does retro kits (possibly because it's better being a Leicester fan thinking back to the days of 1997 than it is thinking about 2020): https://shop.leicestertigers.com/tigers ... Collection

Puja

I don't actually hate the 1887 shirt, I might get one of those, made easier by Leiceter going a long time without winning anything. I actually don't mind the 1997 shirt but I don't know I'd ever actually wear it.

Is that 2020 shirt the new or current one? And if the current one why haven't I noticed your players are dressed like a barber shop pole?

Stom wrote:

Mikey Brown wrote:

Stom wrote:Quins have kept the same home kit, as I understand, but there's a new change kit I quite like.

That is horrifying. WTF.

It's another: "look at us, we're the only London club", except now the Not Nots are only the Nots...and we're further out than they are.

Ah, so that's the Thames and London boroughs on the shirt? And not a design by someone having a fit?

Digby wrote:

Puja wrote:

Digby wrote:Does anyone still play in (proper) club colours?

Nope. Although I discovered today that Leicester's club shop does retro kits (possibly because it's better being a Leicester fan thinking back to the days of 1997 than it is thinking about 2020): https://shop.leicestertigers.com/tigers ... Collection

Puja

I don't actually hate the 1887 shirt, I might get one of those, made easier by Leiceter going a long time without winning anything. I actually don't mind the 1997 shirt but I don't know I'd ever actually wear it.

Is that 2020 shirt the new or current one? And if the current one why haven't I noticed your players are dressed like a barber shop pole?

The deal with the old (awful) manufacturers required us to wear their shirts until the end of the 2019/20 season. As soon as the new season kicks in then the new kits will be worn. You won't miss the away kit when we start wearing that bad boy.

Digby wrote:

Stom wrote:

Mikey Brown wrote:
That is horrifying. WTF.

It's another: "look at us, we're the only London club", except now the Not Nots are only the Nots...and we're further out than they are.

Ah, so that's the Thames and London boroughs on the shirt? And not a design by someone having a fit?

Yep.

Digby wrote:

Puja wrote:

Digby wrote:Does anyone still play in (proper) club colours?

Nope. Although I discovered today that Leicester's club shop does retro kits (possibly because it's better being a Leicester fan thinking back to the days of 1997 than it is thinking about 2020): https://shop.leicestertigers.com/tigers ... Collection

Puja

I don't actually hate the 1887 shirt, I might get one of those, made easier by Leiceter going a long time without winning anything. I actually don't mind the 1997 shirt but I don't know I'd ever actually wear it.

Is that 2020 shirt the new or current one? And if the current one why haven't I noticed your players are dressed like a barber shop pole?

I actually own the original 1996 away and 1997 home shirts in several editions - one set from when I was 12/13, one adult set in M bought from ebay when I was 22, one set bought last year from ebay which is a size significantly larger than M.

The 1997 shirt was actually how I found out my now-wife was red-green colourblind when she was the only person not to realise how bright it was.

Puja

Puja wrote:

Digby wrote:

Puja wrote:
Nope. Although I discovered today that Leicester's club shop does retro kits (possibly because it's better being a Leicester fan thinking back to the days of 1997 than it is thinking about 2020): https://shop.leicestertigers.com/tigers ... Collection

Puja

I don't actually hate the 1887 shirt, I might get one of those, made easier by Leiceter going a long time without winning anything. I actually don't mind the 1997 shirt but I don't know I'd ever actually wear it.

Is that 2020 shirt the new or current one? And if the current one why haven't I noticed your players are dressed like a barber shop pole?

I actually own the original 1996 away and 1997 home shirts in several editions - one set from when I was 12/13, one adult set in M bought from ebay when I was 22, one set bought last year from ebay which is a size significantly larger than M.

The 1997 shirt was actually how I found out my now-wife was red-green colourblind when she was the only person not to realise how bright it was.

Puja

Nice, though I'm stuck on the idea henceforth in the barbershop shirt Youngs' passing can be termed vaudevillian

Gilbert are manufacturing Bedford’s kit next season and have promised to be true to the original designs. I can’t wait to see it when the season begins.....in 2023.

Digby wrote:Does anyone still play in (proper) club colours?

Bath's new Home shirt isn't too bad on that front

It's the away and European that are bad

I might be out on my own here, but I quite like all three of the Bristol kits.

Though what in the name of God's potatoes is up with Sale and their "interactive" shirt?

Peej wrote:I might be out on my own here, but I quite like all three of the Bristol kits.

Though what in the name of God's potatoes is up with Sale and their "interactive" shirt?

Fair play to Sale that's very different in terms of shirt design. Have codes on the shirts you can scan up to 100m away or on TV in order to get exclusive content of some description. Might provide some entertainment in their Friday night games in mid winter amongst the three dozen reset scrums.

Tigers kits have been announced a while but home kit is fairly traditional. Away kit is supposed to represent the diversity of Leicester.

FKAS wrote:

Do we like it?

The away kit looks as if they are desperately trying to make up for the loss of Glacier Mints as a sponsor....

Digby wrote:

FKAS wrote:

Do we like it?

We have had far f*cking worse. I'll take it.

Puja

That said, Wasps' home shirt is alright this year, though the away strip is a grey monstrosity. Not sure about UA as a manufacturer, they make really simple kits but also make them kinda boring. One would have thought black and gold was strong enough for a simple pairing, but apparently not

Very true Puja that bib monstrosity being a real low point.

Peej, glacier mints are still on the training kit.

Saints new away kit released today. Not a huge fan, but we've certainly had worse




The new home kit released in August is pretty inoffensive, but I do prefer the collared one we had this season.

I think the Saints home kit might be the closest we've had so far to actually looking like a jersey from said club.

I've just noticed that both kits have switched back to TP as the main sponsor rather than Tool Station, which is good

I thought Tool Station rather suited Saints

Home kit is a take on the traditional pretty standard. Away kit looks ok though made me think Norwich City for some reason. The stripes stopping at the shoulders is a bit weird the block white section kind like the pauldrons on superhero outfits. Could have just faded the stripes out.

I’m sorry but I think that away kit is awful.

Adam_P wrote:Saints new away kit released today. Not a huge fan, but we've certainly had worse

Jesus that's bad. I thought Baths away & Euro shirt were bad - expected the same for Saints, given the same supplier and same home shirts.
If those were the options for Euro & away - Bath dodged a bullet

Adam_P wrote:Saints new away kit released today. Not a huge fan, but we've certainly had worse

Jesus, that's bad. Looks like an ice lolly. The home shirt looks very good though - I'm envious.

Puja