Not for me, there's something about the sleeves that doesn't sit right.
I'll buy it anyway, and hope it grows on me. I'm surprised that most people sound positive about it.

I really like it, best shirt in a long while. Shame about the shorts/socks though.

Very nice kit. Looks neat and clean-cut. Similar vibes to the 2017/18 kit with the shirt pattern and blue shorts.

Thumbs up from me.

Just hope it is better quality than last seasons ha to throw my sons away after he had worn it twice luckily I bought it in the sale. Really like the look of this though

I like the sleeves. Reminds me of the Ribero 'bird shite' top.

Best home kit in years. Amazing how much a clean sponsor like this helps as opposed to Chinese characters and that ridiculous giant poker chip we had at one point.

I'm surprised it's going down so well.

At least there's no red in the advert.

Fantastic kit. Kept nice and simple in the main as you would expect, but a lovely retro touch to the sleeves which is as daring as our kits have been for a long time. I also prefer white shorts and socks but think that in this instance the blue possibly works better.

I don’t like it. Last year’s was much better. And the logo on the front sounds extremely rude.

Best kit we’ve had in years. Love the retro touches.

BFC take my money!!

WiscoClaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:20 pm

I think it’s a really nice kit overall!

They’ve been sitting on these for awhile. Vyds, Woody, and McNeil without his right arm tattooed all give it away. The folks saying the shirt had been done for awhile were right!

The kit will have been agreed and some delivered months ago. The sponsor was recent so I guess has been superimposed.

I like the shirt, not sold on the shorts and socks. I wish we'd return to the old badge

The sleeves remind me of this 1988 away kit.

No prices mentioned on the website article. In comparison to other Umbro clubs, ours have been much cheaper so a possible price increase could be on the way.

NottsClaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:22 pm

Best kit since 2009. Like an amalgamation of kits from 85-92. Hopefully we don’t play like that.

That's what I thought. Neat shirt, reminded me of the late 80's, early 90's in some ways but thought the exact same thing. Hope we don't play like that

Really like the shirt. I’ve not bought the last couple of shirts, I’ll be buying this one!

Nice enough shirt - strikes me of a training/warm up shirt though.

Don't mind the blue shorts and socks.

Sleeves are horrific. Young lad likes them though, which is the main thing.

If it was being sold at M and S it would be on the “fitted”rather than “regular” rail, I will end up buying an xxl size !! I like it though.

Mattster wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:59 pm

They had this nice little detail posted to Twitter but then pulled the image down. Don't know what to read into that.

Interesting, I spotted it on the slideshow on the official site, but that photo looks to have been removed from there too.

Big improvement on last season's effort. Also, it doesn't look like an advertising sandwich board. Thumbs up from me.

Sleeves remind me of this top

By the time the Premier League badge and sponsor has gone on the sleeves you probably won’t see much of them anyway.

Looks like it’s got a really itchy neck

Like the new kit
I would have liked to see the shorts the same as the sleeves
Now that would set us apart !!

Really like this. Has a look of the 1980s POCO?? Shirt but with a modern twist with the sleeves.
I also like the badge on the back of the collar. Nice touch.
Might be the first shirt I end up buying after a few years of not bothering.

Mattster wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:59 pm

They had this nice little detail posted to Twitter but then pulled the image down. Don't know what to read into that.

I'd heard that BFC in the circle was going on the back of one shirt. Maybe they have been using samples and it won't be on the actual home shirt.

A club tweet then being removed is becoming quite common.

Would be nice if someone could invent a material that doesn't pull as soon as you come into contact with anything rough.

Also surprised at the positive comments. I think it looks like a right dog’s breakfast. The sleeves are a wishy washy mess , don’t chime at all well with the claret.
The socks and shorts look like whites that have gone through the coloured wash cycle.
It’s a big thumbs down from me.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:01 pm

I'd heard that BFC in the circle was going on the back of one shirt. Maybe they have been using samples and it won't be on the actual home shirt.

A club tweet then being removed is becoming quite common.

It still mentions a ‘bespoke back neck sign off’ on the club website (who writes this stuff?)

I’m in agreement with you chekhov. Arms look like they’ve been cut from a thirty year old bedspread. Too much going on down the left with the logo and crest making it out of balance. Awful.

The club bring out a home kit with a shirt that is claret, blue and white (the club's colours!) and people moan it is too different/jazzy/horrible. I will use my white shorts from last season at walking football training sessions with this shirt. I like it, clean looking but distinctive at the same time.

It’s the sort of shirt that Poundland would design - tacky sleeves, wrong colours for the shirt and shorts but at least the logo isn’t too large - even though it sounds like a crappy butter substitute.

Like it, thank goodness there are no Chinese symbols on it which I never liked and detracted from the badge etc IMHO. Sleeves ok and I'm sure they'll grow on me when I see it in real life.
I'll be buying one.
One comment do a shirt for us beer belly Clarets with spread around the waste, preceded by "middle aged"

The sponsor reminds me of the new Man Utd one

Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:21 pm

Not for me, there's something about the sleeves that doesn't sit right.
I'll buy it anyway, and hope it grows on me. I'm surprised that most people sound positive about it.

Agree with this. I do like it, but if I had one small moan it would be with the sleeves. Looks a bit…generic.

Having said that, I’ll still buy the top as I always do.

It's a shocker.

At least the sponsor doesn't look as daft as the last however many.

SalisburyClaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:37 pm

It’s the sort of shirt that Poundland would design - tacky sleeves, wrong colours for the shirt and shorts but at least the logo isn’t too large - even though it sounds like a crappy butter substitute.

Get onto Aldi's R&D team!

Plain blue sleeves would have made it a class top.

Overall I like it, the sponsor logo spread, like amy have said is not ideal for me, would have preferred plain but maybe it will appeal to the younger ones, just maybe. I like the shorts and socks, so overall a vast improvement from previous for quite awhile.

Does anyone know who has the final approval of the new kits every season, single person, committee? Whomever, well done.

KateR wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:52 pm

Does anyone know who has the final approval of the new kits every season, single person, committee? Whomever, well done.

Was always the chairman so, given they are approved a significant time ahead, it will probably have been given the final approval by Garlick.

Sorry not for me
I buy one every year to wear on the turf but I will be giving this one a miss. The sleeves look horrible 1980’s
It doesn’t have a wow factor
Any logo in the weave ? No collar it just looks like a training too

HahaYeah wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:52 pm

The sleeve colour of blue doesn't seem to match the badge.

Not into blue shorts either.

Verdict: not sure yet.

Damn - I didn't notice that initially, but now that I do, that drives me mad.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:59 pm

Was always the chairman so, given they are approved a significant time ahead, it will probably have been given the final approval by Garlick.

Dyche has a big say in the final approval.

1 - Don't like the J-Cloth sleeves

2 - Just added Spread Ex to my To Do list

best strip for a very long time

interesting how people are saying the sleeves are pretty retro 1980's - if you look at a lot of "pop" music these days it's very much that, add to that the whole tik-tok thing with the women's team I can see a pattern emerging

Could have been worse - I’m not overly enamoured with the sleeves, though I can see why they’ve tried something a little different and it does nod to the old Ribero shirt.

Why we’ve gone with blue shorts and socks, I don’t know.
The home shorts being white should be a given.

The home socks should be either white with claret and blue trim or ideally, claret and blue hoops, which I’d happily have every year. They’re not that common and it could be a bit of an easy identifier to the foreign fan if we were known to always wear hooped socks).

Not a Fan of blue shorts. It means there is more blue then claret. We are not the Blues, we are the clarets, and I prefer it when the percentage of claret is higher on the whole kit then any other colour. Ruins an OK kit for me. White shorts would have 100% been the way to go.

Its a yes from me