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cassidystash wrote:

I know you don’t like our new shirt but please tell me you’re joking. I’ll not be able to take you seriously in future, it’s a shocker. Credit to them for committing to wear it for 2 years though, should be more of that. Might make signing players difficult next summer knowing what they’ll be wearing.

It’s brash and ridiculous enough to be funny, which you could turn to your advantage as a Club or as a fanbase. Get ahead of the joke, own it.

Ours is just really shit design.

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Noster wrote:

Those of you moaning about the kit should have a look at the Forest Green kit. I don’t think many will sell.

I suspect differently, and think it could do well. It’s a lot better than the Scunthorpe United kit.

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cassidystash wrote:

I think they’ve done it in a hurry and got it wrong.

They’ve certainly got it wrong.

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cassidystash wrote:

So you buy to satisfy your fashion ideals not to support your club, fair enough.

I buy to support the Club and at the same time to feel proud – something I would not be able to feel in this particular shirt. I’d be embarrassed to wear something so clumsily designed. Don’t panic, my hard-earned will still get to the Club somehow – just not as payment for this shite.

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Greenun wrote:

I quite like the shirt but I haven’t bought one for years.

I hate the shirt and usually buy, but not this time.

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Dross.

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The latest kit launch video plays hard on the concept of community – other than the fact that it doesn’t even tip a hat to the Iron Trust nor Irish Iron.

Nothing about the steelworks either, which could have fitted well.

Scratch the surface and the vibe coming from the Club is further moves towards closed ranks and certain quarters shoring up power.

CEO – barely visible, questionable decisions, seemingly no accountability. New President – Who? What? Why?

How will all this play out?

Rumours around a member of the Board – obviously cannot be discussed due to their nature.

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ironking

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The clash between the shirt design and the position of the sponsor logo is awful.

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We’ve gone from one of the best looking home shirts we’ve had to one of the worst.

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Northumbiron

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cassidystash wrote:

Where can I find the image on which you base your opinion please?

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cassidystash

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SST wrote:

The worst efforts I have seen in many years.

It’s absolutely appalling. One of the worst we’ve ever had.

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64 wrote:

In post pay £800 a year approx.Not bad for doing nowr

A year? To have the lockers on the Club’s land and invite potential crime and trouble?

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Ridiculous.

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ironfromafar wrote:

If i recall correctly a takeaway and sit down chippy next to the church on Brit corner was also not bad after a few shandies ..Greek fella Mappouras rings a bell.

Hungry Fisherman?

I think the one he means was called Atlantis.

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cassidystash wrote:

I agree. As somebody mentioned earlier we appear to be thinking beyond next season.

It feels quite optimistic at the moment, like there’s real intent at play. My guess is mid-table is the realistic acceptable baseline, but there’s a ‘bonus aim’ / ‘you never know’ / ‘take a swing at it’ for the Play Offs.

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I was happy to chuck a few quid in the pot for the drummer. During the last couple of seasons the atmosphere at GP has been the best since we moved down there, and that has a bit to do with him.

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Lord Kitchener, Cliff Byrne's Right Peg, Awaywego

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If he’s a hit will he be dubbed Oil Baron, I mean Oli Baron?

I can already hear the cries of “That pass was fkng Bobby, Ewing”…

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First dibs on calling him Sue-Ellen if he’s a dud.

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There’s a compilation video doing the round of a few of his goals / silky ball skills. Looks like a decent addition.

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How about moving this thread to non-football?

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64 wrote:

The fans usually pick awful ones

Let’s be honest… In the GP era there haven’t been that many good ones, whoever has chosen them.

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I’m generally pleased with the players we’ve retained. A bit disappointed to lose Clunan, who may well have proved valuable in the NL. On balance, looking at the squad, I now feel we’re a couple / a few really good ‘proven’ signings short…

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ironfromafar wrote:

No fan votes on kit options just who is making the final decision?

My guess is Matt Roberts.

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Looks like shirt news is close.

Cheese Man also mentions filming for the kit launch video going on for a couple of weeks, and then I imagine there will be a bit of post-production work (editing etc)…

Your “close” could actually be three weeks.

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As promised, the piece as a standalone…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lk1jjl

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Iron-awe wrote:

From memory from my seat in the main stand his boot stuck in the sandy crumbling service and the rest of his leg kept turning. Really nasty, won’t ever forget him shouting out in agony as he did it, the pitch condition was a massive influence on the injury IMO.

Yeah, I was trying to temper my original statement, bearing in mind that ACL injuries can happen on better pitches too.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Pleased to hear this, and definitely the right thing to do, particularly considering how it happened and the mitigating factors.

A few months back on here, someone shot me down in flames when I suggested it’d be good if the Club did the right thing by Barrows, bearing in mind that, essentially, the state of the pitch caused the injury.

To be fair, I should amend my comment about Barrows from “caused the injury” to “was a highly significant factor in the injury”.

I remember it happening, and I’ve watched the footage on Ross Barrows’ social media. Not pleasant. There’d been a couple of conversations around where I sit, about how the pitch might play a part in some sort of injury.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Pleased to hear this, and definitely the right thing to do, particularly considering how it happened and the mitigating factors.

A few months back on here, someone shot me down in flames when I suggested it’d be good if the Club did the right thing by Barrows, bearing in mind that, essentially, the state of the pitch caused the injury.

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Barrows has agreed a short-term deal with the Club with a view to completing his recovery from injury, and being ‘back on the pitch’ by the end of the calendar year…

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Overrated.

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