England's New Kit
I know I am old fashioned, but this new kit is shite!
What is it meant to be? a symbolic nose bleed swirling around the shirt!!??
It looks more like someone has tipped paint all down one side, and could not be bothered to do anything else, finish it off, or even think about it!!
The socks are now also white, with a little red, so gone are the traditional dark blue and white socks. There are certain things that are important to me, and the basic colours of our kit are one of them. I hate to keep using them as an example, but you don't see the All Blacks messing around with their shirts do you?! They don't even have some crap logo stuck all over the front. The shirt is almost still 'pure', and as a result of that I think it retains a huge amount of its magic and mystery.
England on the other hand are throwing it all out the window. And I for one am sad that we seem to be surrendering the essence of the very shirt in the hunt for money. Some things are more important than the shilling, and in my old fashioned book, the shirt is certainly top of the list.
A sad day
8 comments:
Agree about the shirt, they should also consider the shape of most rugby supporters as the skin tight look can be very unflatering for some shapes. I surprised they haven't gone for the one-piece leotard look complete with leg warmers.
Question for you and your peers, Balsawood, England full back ?! how many below par performances do the coaches need to see, or is it just a Bath thing ?
Crap the new shirts maybe, and certainly the sight of a typical rugby supporters beer gut being encased in this skin tight number leaves much to be desired. However think of the extra revenue that the RFU will be getting. Poor things need something to make up for the lack of cash they will receive this year from getting kicked out of RWC before the knockout stages.
It looks like it was designed by a committee..
and we know which committee
"....we seem to be surrendering the essence of the very shirt in the hunt for money...."
Yes Will, and if you substitute the word "shirt" for "game", "clubs" and "spirit" then you have four comments that sum up what Baron and his chums at the RFU are doing to our glorious game.
I agree that changing the kit bi-annually is a revenue generator for the RFU, and that's no bad thing, but to lose the spirit of the Nation's colours is a shocking testament to how the game is run these days.
Which reminds me; anyone have any idea what exactly Rob Andrew does on a day to day basis? Could/does he have a say in this pathetic and embarassing fashion parade?
With a bit of luck, it will be raining in northern France in the autumn and the shirts will be caked in French mud. This might dilute the embarassment.
Off to work on my stomach now. Breathe in....
Utterly dire. It rivals that Canadian shirt with the multi coloured maple leaves on it from the '91 world cup in the bad taste stakes. I know we've borrowed some good things from rugby league but surely we didn't need their on field fashion as well?!
As for making money for the RFU, that is on the assumption that someone actually wants to be seen wearing it! My only hope is that as Nike make the saffers kit they've given them something equally tasteless so we aren't the only laughing stocks...
Hi Will,
Didn't you wear a Harlequins shirt ? Still, I have to agree with you. This has led to me deciding that my children, who are half French will be now sporting French shirts this autumn - assuming Nike don't come up with something equally appalling pour Les Bleus.
Anonymous (re Balsawood!)
Firstly I like the name! I am obvioulsy way behind as I am sure it has been around for ages!
I have to agree though, good guy as he is, his performances have been poor, he does not fill me with confidence under a high ball or when the shit hits the fan ! (good technical term that!!) So obvioulsy he is ideally suited to SA !!
Anonymous (Harlequins shirt!!)
I did used to wear one, very occaisionally, never when it was raining or outside the M25 though!!
Even they have a little more style than this shite! It's like a miss World contestant with a sash!!
I hate it, it looks awful and tacky.
I mean, the designers thought probably "hey, just in case, lets put a tacky st georges cross and add splashes of red to the shirt, just in case people forget that they're English"
I can see the next one now, with a neon animated sign board saying "WE'RE ENGLISH!" on their chests.
Absolutely awful.
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