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Overly fussy shorts, but a great kit 👍

I think what happens on the pitch is a better barometer of that!

Though in those days we kept kits for about 3-4 season stretches so probably only had about 4 kits in the whole of the 80s…

Exactly the point I have been trying to make. Seems a lot of the (presumably) younger crew don’t really give a shit about upholding tradition - they just want ‘new shiny things’ every year, regardless of whether well designed or not.

He might be on the other side!

I’m calm, don’t worry…😉 I was just making a point that I’d prefer going back to stripes instead of another gimmicky kit. A lot of fans would I suspect.

Looks like they are putting Mara, and possibly JWP?, up on the big billboards at SMS… It’ll look daft if they both leave!

£65 mind… bloody steep.

Just cycled past the stadium store…

Sounds like Man City are the team for you? 😉

Sounds like Man City are the team for you? 😉

Proving the point 😉🙏

Agree, great seasons/players can be associated with shit kits, terrible seasons/players can be associated with great kits. When good kits/players/performances coalesce it’s wonderful. My main point isn’t about the kit itself - that’s always going to be subjective - it’s more about moving away from the alternation of stripes and something more disruptive each season. Think most can live with that. Let’s hope we return to the PL.. wearing r&w stripes.

A modern take on this is all I ask…

That’s the point, if they alternated between experimental and traditional kits no one would mind. But they’re not doing that now - just a jumble of poor designs dreamt up by some ponytailed Marketing Exec… I can’t imagine Celtic or Liverpool fans being so delighted at ditching their traditions.

I simply don’t believe that (not disputing you were told it btw), fans who buy kits will generally buy whatever is on offer. I think most fans are happy to see us in traditional r&w stripes. I can tolerate the odd experimental year but going two back-to-back smacks of a move away from that.

Ah the meme… the last bastion of the those with nothing interesting to say. Well done you! 👏👏👏

If anyone can, it’s SFC!

Agreed. It’s not difficult…

We haven’t seen the away kit yet…😉

I’m very happy for it to be sold as a retro shirt, where it belongs. One of our worst ones mind you.

Why would you do that? Seems a bit extreme. It looks just as shit on a mug as it does on a human btw…

You think this is more traditional the red & white stripes? 🤷‍♂️

If you asked a thousand football fans what kit they associate with Southampton FC with what do you think they would say? Red & white stripes or ‘Denmark in the 80s’? You know exactly what I mean - I don’t mind an experiment every other year, or rather tolerate it… but this is two non-traditional (and pretty shitty) kits in a row.

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