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Post by spud on Aug 20, 2014 21:18:13 GMT
linkIt'll be New Balance, their owners. So there. 
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Post by salopstick on Aug 20, 2014 21:22:56 GMT
New balance gear is good
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Post by spud on Aug 20, 2014 21:25:12 GMT
Is it? I've heard their running shoes are popular
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Post by redwhite on Aug 20, 2014 21:27:42 GMT
Will they make scary posters?
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Post by Gods on Aug 20, 2014 21:33:25 GMT
I preferred our Adidas kit, there was at least some evidence of a little bit of tailoring in it, the Warrior stuff has all the quality of something you might find in Tesco. The quality of the away shorts is little short of laughable, I still have some of the Adidas away shorts from about 3 seasons ago and at least there is some stitching and some evidence of shape and style and design in them.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 20, 2014 21:40:42 GMT
Currently wearing the green and black "Carling" away shirt from 1995.
Best Stoke shirt ever.
If we went back to Asics, I'd jizz everywhere.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 20, 2014 21:49:28 GMT
New Balance have a factory at Flimby near Maryport on the Cumbrian Coast! They make 28,000 pairs of trainers a week - most exported to Europe - sadly no football kits though. link |
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Post by Squeekster on Aug 20, 2014 22:05:28 GMT
New Balance have a factory at Flimby near Maryport on the Cumbrian Coast! They make 28,000 pairs of trainers a week - most exported to Europe - sadly no football kits though. linkThey soon will do Warrior was just NB way of getting into the "soccer market" it was just a marketing ploy that they will now exploit as NB. |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 20, 2014 22:10:24 GMT
New Balance have a factory at Flimby near Maryport on the Cumbrian Coast! They make 28,000 pairs of trainers a week - most exported to Europe - sadly no football kits though. linkThey soon will do Warrior was just NB way of getting into the "soccer market" it was just a marketing ploy that they will now exploit as NB. Yes, I'm sure New Balance will make football kits but I doubt they'll be making them in the UK until they have a lot more clubs all over Europe signed to their brand. They have a factory outlet shop for their shoes in Keswick (good value) so it would be rather good if they ever do sell Stoke shirts in there! |
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Post by danceswithclams on Aug 20, 2014 22:16:07 GMT
Can't see this happening to be honest, especially given that NB has spent billions on breaking the Warrior brand outside the US (encompassing record breaking kit deals with Liverpool and Sevilla, and recently signing up Vincent Company and Marouane Felleini as endorsees).
The brand has also just made inroads in to the lucrative yet notoriously difficult to penetrate (oo-er!) GK equipment market in European territories (and are chucking billions at that too).
If anything, I think well see further English and European clubs signed up to Warrior, not to mention more top players too. It's also worth noting that the source of the NBC Sports article is an unofficial bin-dippers site.
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Post by Squeekster on Aug 20, 2014 22:17:20 GMT
They soon will do Warrior was just NB way of getting into the "soccer market" it was just a marketing ploy that they will now exploit as NB. Yes, I'm sure New Balance will make football kits but I doubt they'll be making them in the UK until they have a lot more clubs all over Europe signed to their brand. They have a factory outlet shop for their shoes in Keswick (good value) so it would be rather good if they ever do sell Stoke shirts in there! It's quite amazing how down the years i have never seen a Stoke shirt sold any where ever other at the Stoke shop,although an old girl friend came back from Blackpool with the purple Asics one with white arms that she said she got from a shop there, although i'm not so sure she ruined my original and was a bit of a billy bullshitter so i'll leave it there. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 22:18:25 GMT
I preferred our Adidas kit, there was at least some evidence of a little bit of tailoring in it, the Warrior stuff has all the quality of something you might find in Tesco. The quality of the away shorts is little short of laughable, I still have some of the Adidas away shorts from about 3 seasons ago and at least there is some stitching and some evidence of shape and style and design in them. Can I just check .....is Tesco stuff good or bad as I'm an Aldi man myself .....?   |
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Post by nott1 on Aug 20, 2014 22:22:28 GMT
I refuse to pay £45 for something worth £5, so they can all get stuffed!
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Post by mccfred on Aug 20, 2014 22:58:23 GMT
It'll be interesting to see how all the kits looks without all the gritty branding of Warrior, or if there'll be a noticeable difference.
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Post by ruts66 on Aug 20, 2014 23:07:06 GMT
I'm no brand snob but the name New Balance just sounds like the crap you find in Sports Direct alongside British Knights and Lonsdale.
Shame that, I thought Warrior was just starting to establish itself...
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Post by skip on Aug 20, 2014 23:13:21 GMT
Whilst I'm a Supra Owen convert (three colour ways all gorgeous), NB sneakers are v.v.fashionable with urban youth.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 2:35:48 GMT
I like the Under Armour kits, great designs, really comfortable fit, and last a long time, got a couple of UA golf shirts, better than Titleist...
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Post by Northy on Aug 21, 2014 5:20:45 GMT
New Balance have a factory at Flimby near Maryport on the Cumbrian Coast! They make 28,000 pairs of trainers a week - most exported to Europe - sadly no football kits though. linkThey are popular in the UK, I can't seem to get on with them though, must be my running style. |
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Post by Gary Hackett on Aug 21, 2014 5:52:22 GMT
Yes, I'm sure New Balance will make football kits but I doubt they'll be making them in the UK until they have a lot more clubs all over Europe signed to their brand. They have a factory outlet shop for their shoes in Keswick (good value) so it would be rather good if they ever do sell Stoke shirts in there! It's quite amazing how down the years i have never seen a Stoke shirt sold any where ever other at the Stoke shop,although an old girl friend came back from Blackpool with the purple Asics one with white arms that she said she got from a shop there, although i'm not so sure she ruined my original and was a bit of a billy bullshitter so i'll leave it there. Stoke don't licence the kit to be sold at any other retailers apart from their own shop that's why |
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 21, 2014 6:04:26 GMT
Can't see this happening to be honest, especially given that NB has spent billions on breaking the Warrior brand outside the US (encompassing record breaking kit deals with Liverpool and Sevilla, and recently signing up Vincent Company and Marouane Felleini as endorsees). The brand has also just made inroads in to the lucrative yet notoriously difficult to penetrate (oo-er!) GK equipment market in European territories (and are chucking billions at that too). If anything, I think well see further English and European clubs signed up to Warrior, not to mention more top players too. It's also worth noting that the source of the NBC Sports article is an unofficial bin-dippers site. Think they need a bit of help in their marketing department; M. Fellaini ain't going to raise their profile much! |
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Post by foster on Aug 21, 2014 6:59:26 GMT
Whilst I'm a Supra Owen convert (three colour ways all gorgeous), NB sneakers are v.v.fashionable with urban youth. That's true. I have a couple of pairs. Saying that, I'm not convinced that their kits will look decent and I'm not a fan of the 'N' logo. |
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Post by stokemark on Aug 21, 2014 7:34:02 GMT
As an exile, Saturday was my first chance to review the kits and training gear. My summary is this -
Good
Away shirt is lovely, seems to be well designed and reasonably well made. I like the little bespoke elements (like the the stoke city inside the collar logo)
Average
Home shirt - Very simple (which I like) but I'm afraid the collar is shit and the thicker stripes on both sides of the front spoils things. Whichever kit manufacturer gets us away from the awful stick on sponsor patch crap will win me over !
Poor
The training wear is just so drab, seems to use second rate materials and is poorly tailored. I would normally buy the training wear above the shirts but a couldn't and didn't buy a thing as it all was so second rate. The only positive for me was at least there is some stuff in red and white unlike last seasons blue and day glo green on offer from adidas
It's seems that the search for an all round good design, good quality, good range of kit and training wear provider goes on !!!!!
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Aug 21, 2014 8:50:57 GMT
I preferred our Adidas kit, there was at least some evidence of a little bit of tailoring in it, the Warrior stuff has all the quality of something you might find in Tesco. The quality of the away shorts is little short of laughable, I still have some of the Adidas away shorts from about 3 seasons ago and at least there is some stitching and some evidence of shape and style and design inmm them. Decided against buying the away top (present for me from the missus) yesterday for the same reason. Shame really as from a distance it's a nice looking top.On a side note, having no changing rooms at a shop primarily stocked with clothes isnt great either. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 9:15:40 GMT
I'm going to be controversial, or am i?
When this seasons kit was revealed i thought that both the home and away shirts looked pretty good. I don't buy replica shirts anymore so i didn't know about quality or what they even looked like in person.
For the first time i saw plenty of folk wearing our new away shirt at the game on Saturday and i think it looks horrible.
See, that's controversial right there. Steady!
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Post by StokieAsh13 on Aug 21, 2014 9:25:26 GMT
I like the Under Armour kits, great designs, really comfortable fit, and last a long time, got a couple of UA golf shirts, better than Titleist... They are good quality. My mrs is a Spurs fan & shes just got hers. Looks pretty decent tbh. |
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Post by realstokebloke on Aug 21, 2014 9:35:08 GMT
Can't see this happening to be honest, especially given that NB has spent billions on breaking the Warrior brand outside the US (encompassing record breaking kit deals with Liverpool and Sevilla, and recently signing up Vincent Company and Marouane Felleini as endorsees). The brand has also just made inroads in to the lucrative yet notoriously difficult to penetrate (oo-er!) GK equipment market in European territories (and are chucking billions at that too). If anything, I think well see further English and European clubs signed up to Warrior, not to mention more top players too. It's also worth noting that the source of the NBC Sports article is an unofficial bin-dippers site.
Makes no marketing sense whatsoever to switch to NB after all the outlay.
NB are a running / outdoor-sy / leisure brand and, as far as I can tell, have zero perception within the footie market.
Warrior have just paid through the nose (to us as well I hope) to get that recognition via big team kit supplier status.
It would be like parent company Tata rebranding all Range and Land Rovers as Tata (yeah, "who?") just 'cos they are the parent company.
Just think what that would do to credibility and sales in Chelsea.
Not saying that Warrior are 'there' yet either - their designs and quality still seem to leave a lot to be desired to me.
But if they do, whatever marketing consultants that have advised them it's a good idea need sacking & the CEO needs his bumps feeling tbh. |
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Post by Gods on Aug 21, 2014 9:55:18 GMT
I'm going to be controversial, or am i? When this seasons kit was revealed i thought that both the home and away shirts looked pretty good. I don't buy replica shirts anymore so i didn't know about quality or what they even looked like in person. For the first time i saw plenty of folk wearing our new away shirt at the game on Saturday and i think it looks horrible. See, that's controversial right there. Steady! Yes, I'm afraid it's a horror show, most people will come to that view point eventually once the excitement of the new vendor has worn off. How do I know this? Because they will simply be ground down under the weight of the available evidence. There is something distinctly "Gladstone Small" about the neck and collar on the away shirt too. Once again it come down to a complete absence of anything akin to tailoring. It's hard to explain but the collar is somehow one unit hence it is a little tubular, no buttons, no stitching, no design. Guess it come from an aim to drive down cost in the sweat shops where these things are hewn and in turn increase margins for the vendor. I'd happily pay £60 for shirt which was probably scoped and well made. And don't start me on the shorts: Apart from a pull cord which doesn't work they are completely devoid of any 'features' so much so that they put one in mind of a pair of cheap girls plain panties which are slightly long in the leg. |
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Post by trebor63 on Aug 21, 2014 10:31:56 GMT
I preferred our Adidas kit, there was at least some evidence of a little bit of tailoring in it, the Warrior stuff has all the quality of something you might find in Tesco. The quality of the away shorts is little short of laughable, I still have some of the Adidas away shorts from about 3 seasons ago and at least there is some stitching and some evidence of shape and style and design in them. Couldn't disagree more. I won't pretend I'm some sort of fashion boffin cos frankly fashion doesn't interest me one iota BUT Adidas were probably my least favourite of all our kits (since 1970) The new Warrior one is far more attractive to look at. And when on 'the fit' whatever that is, is every bit as good if not better than Adidas and almost everyone I've spoken to prefers the new one. I ended up only having one new top from Adidas and just a bought an old iconic shirt each season rather than the new one whilst we had them. But now I'm happy to buy the current one again |
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Post by Juan Kerr on Aug 21, 2014 16:33:21 GMT
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Post by bristolstoki on Aug 21, 2014 16:58:16 GMT
Our home shirt from our first season in the premier league was on sale in a sports shop dedicated to football in Tokyo near shinjuku station. I was a regular visitor to Tokyo for many years, and it remained there, unsold, for at least three years worth of visits, before it finally disappeared.
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