12 minutes ago, barry_ said:

people will still buy the kit... for the same reason as they buy it every year. 

It identifies you with the Club/Players.

Some will, but I've not seen a negative reaction like this for a long time.

I mean Birdy!

Suprised Bruce didn't jack it in, though he has a ready made excuse for a poor season...

Mick McGrath, yes.

Dave Whelan not ring a bell BDS? He's told the broken leg at the 1960 cup final story just the few times...

Shame it will be behind the paywall and the majority of the population won't have a clue it's even on...

(Yes, I know you have Sky chaddy and that you find it very reasonable)

Spotted on Facebook that even Birdy isn’t buying one - I’ve never, I repeat never in all the time I’ve known him not seen him in the new shirt.

Doesnt bode well for sales (though he may be riled that he wasn’t asked to do the launch campaign )

16 minutes ago, ChrisPriceBaldSpot said:

I see the bookies odds have shortened overnight on Maddison coming to Rovers. Gone from 10/1 to 4/1. May be something in that. 

Christ, there aint half some left field betting markets these days!

Just now, JHRover said:

Which if used in all those games, along with Bolton, Preston and Wigan who all have lots of blue/white on their kits, means it wouldn't really be a 3rd kit. We'd have a home shirt and then 2 away shirts. We could wear our home shirt at Norwich, Forest, Villa, Middlesbrough, Bristol, meaning a navy away shirt would only really be any use at places like Sheffield United, Brentford, Derby and Stoke. Not worth it.

Also hope we don't start with wearing black/navy shorts with the home shirt at away games. Just looks silly yet seems to have become more and more common over the last few years where we turn up with dark blue shorts and paler blue shirts at away games.

Aye, always used to have an alternative blue pair of shorts...

Just now, S8 & Blue said:

 

That kit wasn't that light. Certainly not 'Cambridge Blue'

The year before was...

The red and blue blocks of the Riverside finally get their day in the sun... oh it's a 'heritage' kit, must be shutting down then 

Used to really annoy me when the likes of Andy Sinton and Steve Stone used to get in squads over Ripley and Wilcox.

Just now, BiggusMickus said:

New Kit is officially on the website now:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2018/july/new-home-shirt-on-sale-today/

"f*** sake, why do I always have to launch the kit?"

‘The lighter blue design last appeared on Rovers’ home shirts during the 2014-15 Championship season and famously featured in the 1991-92 campaign, when Kenny Dalglish’s side triumphed at Wembley to secure promotion to the newly-formed Premier League.’

The kit wasn’t a particularly light blue in 91/92, are they not getting confused with 90/91?

Where’s the zebra?

Perhaps pre match on Thursday there will be some sort of official launch at the club shop?

The club does seem to be very good at the cloak and dagger stuff these days. Often no inkling of a signing until he’s sitting at the boardroom table with Mogga smiling proudly behind.

So it does makes me less concerned than in previous years, but the clock is ticking...

He'll be nearly 26 by the time he returns to Chelsea - never played a game.

It's all about being the best you can be, he's defrauding himself and the club.

Sure I heard the roof had to be kept on as the game has to start and finish in the same conditions...

You still can - Everton had Chang until 2017, the marketing budgets are obviously biggest in the gambling world...

Social media is a cesspit and that’s reflected even in Rovers releated posts.

However, the kind of fans that travel to Port Vale for a friendly in July, are committed fans and Evans should have kept his mouth shut. 

Whatever happened to booze sponsors?

McCewans, Matthew Brown, Newcastle Brown Ale, Labatts, Holsten Pils, Coors, Carlsberg, Carling Premier League, Worthington Cup

19 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

An apology because someone on twitter claims he said "we are always meeting fans" or whatever the statement was. Why do you need an apology for that? Are you really that hurt? 

‘F*** sake, we always run into fans’

He did say it, as I know people personally that heard him.

Pretty ill thought out thing to say in earshot of fans who are giving up another weekend (pre season as well) to follow the team. 

Away travelling fans don’t expect much, a clap at full time, quick chat if they run into their heroes, it will make their day - especially young fans. So they certainly shouldn’t accept an outburst like that, it’s poor stuff.

From the LT article chaddy posted on the links thread:

Caddis is unavailable at the moment for fitness reasons really. He is working twice a day every day and he’ll be ready soon.”

Just now, R1verS1deBlue said:

hahahahaha are you serious pal ?

There will be about 3000 on including them.

Scousers climbing over themselves to get tickets to see their reserves play a side just promoted from the 3rd division.

I think some people read "Liverpool" and assume we are playing in the PL again.

 

Maybe their new generation of fans will be excited just to visit a "new ground".

 

Very serious. I'm telling him why they aren't going to go on general sale.

The club will believe that the away end will sell out (rightly or wrongly) and they don't want their fans in the home ends. Plus there are thousands of glory hunting Liverpool fans in modern day Lancs, and some of those may well try and get a ticket too, so it is made database only as standard for this kind of opposition, pretty simple really.

Because it's Liverpool and they will in all likelyhood sell out their allocation, they won't go on general sale to stop the home ends being full of their fans.