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Value for Money?......
We know that lots of teams bring out shirts as regulary as possible, for obvious reasons. To make money.
We all complain about how often they are brought out and how much we have to pay for them, but are they really that much of a rip off?
I dont think so.
Say a team brings out a new home shirt every year.
Youve brought your shirt for £50 or so at the beginning of the season, probably wear it everytime your team plays, when your out playing footie with ya mates, down the pub even in bed! :-)
Do you wear any other shirts that often? And how much did you pay for them?
Youve got your designer shirts, CK, Ralph, Armani etc and theyve probably cost you about £70 or so, thats unless youve brought it down the market!
Youre going to wear this shirt at parties, maybe when you go out now and again, but how long before you spill beer or curry down your front?.... The shirt is now obsolete, finished.
......and anyway, do you really want to be that guy with the reputation of wearing the same shirt for every party, or the guy thats had is CK shirt for 6 years?! No.
I mean you can wear the same shirt for every football match, you can keep that shirt for 25 years and still wear it. You arent going to be taken the micky out of, because wearing that shirt shows your a loyal supporter.
So I ask you, are football shirts really that bada buy?
We know that lots of teams bring out shirts as regulary as possible, for obvious reasons. To make money.
We all complain about how often they are brought out and how much we have to pay for them, but are they really that much of a rip off?
I dont think so.
Say a team brings out a new home shirt every year.
Youve brought your shirt for £50 or so at the beginning of the season, probably wear it everytime your team plays, when your out playing footie with ya mates, down the pub even in bed! :-)
Do you wear any other shirts that often? And how much did you pay for them?
Youve got your designer shirts, CK, Ralph, Armani etc and theyve probably cost you about £70 or so, thats unless youve brought it down the market!
Youre going to wear this shirt at parties, maybe when you go out now and again, but how long before you spill beer or curry down your front?.... The shirt is now obsolete, finished.
......and anyway, do you really want to be that guy with the reputation of wearing the same shirt for every party, or the guy thats had is CK shirt for 6 years?! No.
I mean you can wear the same shirt for every football match, you can keep that shirt for 25 years and still wear it. You arent going to be taken the micky out of, because wearing that shirt shows your a loyal supporter.
So I ask you, are football shirts really that bada buy?
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My Work Mate last year went to the far east last year and saw the factories where all the english shirts are made by women who are paid very little.
He brought 20 shirts back brought for £5 approx each and sold them for £20 each.
He brought 20 shirts back brought for £5 approx each and sold them for £20 each.
LOL,
anyway, the utd reversible shirt is just a one off. A goodbye present from UMBRO (nike new sponsers next season). Plus also celebrating 100 years of man utd changing from the old name newton heath.
anyway, the utd reversible shirt is just a one off. A goodbye present from UMBRO (nike new sponsers next season). Plus also celebrating 100 years of man utd changing from the old name newton heath.
Or†ega wrote:
> I've got veron on one side and Nistelrooy on the other.
I bet the lettering cost more than the shirt! :-)
Anyway, I believe shirts are great value because like you said they provide a talking point with other people. If you do happen to have an old shirt you can talk about when you bought it, what games you went to see in it etc.
As for the quality of the shirts you cant really fault them. The only thing I dont like is those funny neck things instead of collars. I like good old collars best, cant beat em!
Im not a ManU fan, and have to admit I like to see them lose most of the time, except in europe of course. But I have to say that this reversable shirt is a great idea and I think other teams should do the same. Youre basically getting 2 for the price of 1. But remember kids, you still have to wash the shirt when its muddy, not just turn it inside out! :-)
> I've got veron on one side and Nistelrooy on the other.
I bet the lettering cost more than the shirt! :-)
Anyway, I believe shirts are great value because like you said they provide a talking point with other people. If you do happen to have an old shirt you can talk about when you bought it, what games you went to see in it etc.
As for the quality of the shirts you cant really fault them. The only thing I dont like is those funny neck things instead of collars. I like good old collars best, cant beat em!
Im not a ManU fan, and have to admit I like to see them lose most of the time, except in europe of course. But I have to say that this reversable shirt is a great idea and I think other teams should do the same. Youre basically getting 2 for the price of 1. But remember kids, you still have to wash the shirt when its muddy, not just turn it inside out! :-)
It never happened! people are just exagerrating!
UTd dont have a champions league shirt any more though.
Tell what i think is funny. When arsenals last sponser ran out(JVC), thier home shirt still had a year to run. So they kept the exactly the same shirt and just put the new sponsers name(sega-dreamcast-whatever) in the same place. What a complete con!
Also i remember the same happening with the Everton shirt a few seasons back, except the stupid scousers just used the old shirts and stuck the new sponser on top:-)
Also i remember the same happening with the Everton shirt a few seasons back, except the stupid scousers just used the old shirts and stuck the new sponser on top:-)
I have just bought the new Sheff Wed home and away shirts, they are good value. However they wiil be bringing two new ones out again at the end of this season because our sponser runs out then, but i will still buy them because i support them and would like my money to go towards them.
hmmm, they dont seem to hae any reduced man. utd shirts at the moment. but they got an argentina shirt for £20!
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