How many times did we wear the pink kit last season?

I can only specifically remember Stockport in the League Cup.

4 hours ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

Mighty inconvenient how all our targets keep getting injured...

Isn't it just.

21 minutes ago, only2garners said:

Come on Simon. There's a world of difference between opinions on a shirt design and opinions on how the club has been run for the last 15 years. I find the idea that K-Hod has somehow become an apologist for the club since he joined the Forum to be completely ridiculous - I've heard him expressing his opinions strongly in meetings. That he might post what someone from the club said at a Forum doesn't mean that he agreed with it, any more than if I was doing it.

As far as shirts go I have never owned or desired to own a Rovers shirt, so am pretty agnostic on the designs. But I realise that lots of people want to buy one or more every year and wear it often and that's fine. From time to time we have had input on potential designs but have never been directly involved in any final decisions. Given the lead times I imagine we are already too late now to affect the 2026-27 designs.

I bought a few shirts for my sons when they were young and I asked for a 125th anniversary shirt as a present when they came out but my wife ignored my entreaties to buy one when they came out and missed them. So I will be getting a 150th shirt when they are launched. I'm guessing that it might be blue and white.

I'm not suggesting K Hod is an apologist for the Club at all. I haven't seen the minutes for the last meeting but in the meeting or two before  that I complimented him on seemingly being the only one prepared to ask a difficult question or two. I do think the Forum is far too soft on the Club in general given what's happened in the last 3 years or so.  K Hod seems to particularly resent any criticism of the FF as a body and that's fine, its his prerogative as a member.

Specifically on the shirts every year you'll probably get some people who think they're atrocious, some who think they're absolutely fantastic and some who think they're a bit "meh". If you think they're atrocious  you should be allowed to say so - it's a free country. In general if a lot more people think they're atrocious than fantastic then the Club are probably doing something wrong. If it's vice versa then the person who doesn't like them is going to have to lump it. I can't stand the pink shirt personally but I acknowledge it seems to have been generally very popular.

I think this year's shirts are far worse. It's an anniversary year and they needed to be really special and they're particularly poor imo. That said Im not half as annoyed by the Colours as the general lack of acknowledgment of the anniversary, the fact we're wearing away colours at home and the change to the halves which all seem to be an obvious watering down of the expectation we'll always play in our traditional colours.

Maybe not the most pressing thing to complain about under this ownership. Just another thing.

22 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

I never understand why people have to rate something as being so good or bad, instead of just ‘it’s not for me, but it’s fair enough if other people like it’.

Imagine someone being my  that arrogant that they think their opinion trumps everyone else and they won’t listen to any different opinions. What a world we live in.

What as in (for example)  "Venky's/ Steve Kean/ Waggott/ Pasha/Gestede they're not really  for me but it's fair enough if other people like them"

Whilst you seem completely happy for people on here  to have a broad range of opinions on anything you seem completely intolerant of any criticism of anything that's said at the Forum and want to take your bat and ball home anytime anyone says anything critical.

We all get that everyone gives up their time for free etc and we are all appreciative of that  but no-one forces you to do it and you have to accept that not everyone will agree with what the Club say or do or the responses all the time.

In fact probably not very often in the current climate.

12 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

We will need to replace Brittain's crossing ability, so whoever comes in needs to either be very good technically or extremely quick instead.

Nyambe is neither, and is a downgrade.

Before he left at least he was a better defender than Brittain. We'd need a good RW but we need one of those anyway with Dolan leaving.

Incidentally I noted a site online estimating Nyambe was on 4k p.w. when he was here. No wonder he was desperate to leave. I'd imagine Dolan was on something similar, maybe adjusted upwards slightly for inflation.

Also, it's a football kit, I dont want a pictorial representation of the town on it, but if they had decided that images were essential they should have related to our footballing history, Bob Crompton, Clayton and Duggie, Faz, Simon Garner, Tony Parkes, Jack, Kenny, Shearer etc.

Not Darwen Tower and the fucking Wainwright Bridge. They really couldn't have got it more wrong if they'd tried.

In a normal year the  home kit would have been OK  apart from the changed halves but the lack of reference to the Anniversary is an absolute disgrace.

The Green and yellowish kits are absolutely hideous. No proper badge on either, they might as well be cheap imitation knock offs. I completely disagree with the poster above - along with the pink kit last year these are 3 of the worst kits we've ever had.

Macron/whoever is picking them need sacking off. Sorry if it sounds like I'm picking on the FF again but did they get chance to pass comment on this year's kits?

Has this CB from Hull been completed yet?

13 minutes ago, alexanders said:

This reeks of lowballing. Hopefully Eustace tries to get Brittain as well. 

We're the last Club to be in a position to complain about that!

(Tin hat on)

If Eustace was interested in Brittain I'd accept Nyambe (still only 27) plus £2m cash.

3 hours ago, only2garners said:

It seems to me that it's an arrangement that suits both parties - Everton have what they want and it's a perfect marketing opportunity for Rovers to play a game in the kit we will have launched 24 hours before. Of course it wouldn't be acceptable if it was a competitive game but for an early pre-season kickabout?

Although I'm somewhat confused by the Everton post above in that case.

What happened to marketing the home kit?

If flogging a few extra shirts is the only metric then we should play the opening home game in that horrible dark green kit - that should shift a few more of them.

It's a constant dumbing down and erosion of traditions and standards, drip, drip, drip and people appear to be lapping it up.

They've already changed the halves on the home shirt, now we're having to play in away colours at home to suit the opposition.

I hope any-one who doesn't mind the switch doesn't have the temerity to complain when we eventually unveil a non halved home kit.

After all it's only a shirt.

33 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

It’s only a shirt, no need to get so upset. The FF didn’t object, nah. 

"It's only a shirt". Sums up everything wrong with the Forum.

Next stop - " They were only blue and white halves - I'm not sure what you're bothered about"

In fact it seems we're half way there already.

2 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

The club has signed three guys. Based on need, I’d say they’re doing what they can. 

Honestly, the griping, & constant negativity gets old. 

Irrespective of whether the three signings are up to the required standard, would you not agree they're in areas where we  were already relatively well stocked?

(Assuming no-one leaves)

3 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

As I’m sure you know…worn only once…😉

I thought it might be, wasn't sure!

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

You remember the yellow & black ones now though? 😉

I recall the HSA one.

I dont recall the Umbro one without a logo at all.

I would still maintain that over the years when we've had a yellow kit the trim has GENERALLY been blue and it is supposed to be an anniversary kit not that the powers that be seem to have bothered about that.

3 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Well…🤷‍♂️

Is the top one not Flowers' goalkeeper jersey?

🙂

How many shirts have we had with yellow and blue trim?

23 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Seems like marketing 101 to me (not often you can say that about this lot).

A game on the day a new kit goes on sale, wear it. Who cares if we are at home, it’s. a. friendly.

Does the same argument not apply to wearing the new home kit?

Anyway, should be great. Dark yellows v Light yellows.

"Come on you burnt yellows!"

All we need is for the trim to be maroon or claret to cap it off. Even if it's black I can never really remember us wearing a yellow and black trimmed shirt before. When we've had a yellow shirt the trim has usually been blue and rightly so.

I doubt if there's ever been so much speculation on a topic without anyone knowing any of the relevant figures involved.

Of course Rovers are bound to be offering him a fair deal and it must just be down to Dolan being greedy.

Same as with Rothwell/Lenihan/Nyambe/Brereton/Brittain/Travis/Tronstad/Batth/ Weimannetc.

We've obviously just got very unlucky.

10 times.

(Edited)

58 minutes ago, only2garners said:

I thought when I posted above that it was non-controversial as I said but clearly that's a rare thing on here. I thought it made sense too.

The post above about Everton's shirt seems to contradict what we were told though.

So two teams in their away kit then?

Brilliant!

I've no idea why the FF didn't object to this in the strongest possible terms. To me it seems obvious our "prestige" home friendly should be used to showcase OUR new home kit.

Sod Everton.

Non controversial? Really?

32 minutes ago, Jimmy612 said:

To be fair, his contract is up in May 2026 and he's playing in the SPL (not at Rangers or Celtic), so how much is he realistically worth?  They signed him for 350k Euros in 2022. 

I don't know much about the guy, but looking at it on paper I'd probably say this would make sense, certainly to the Rovers hierarchy.  Contract running out, good age, potential to improve, and in 2-3 years he's probably reaching his best years. Hibs just had a really good season, finishing 3rd and reaching Europe.

Of course, there will be very few of us that know anything about him, but that probably accounts for 90% of transfers that get done.  This one, I can see the logic. 

It wasn't the player I was disparaging as I know nothing about him.

It was the fact we appeared to be wasting ours and everyone else's time with our usual bout of tyre kicking.

22 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

According to the Scottish Sun, the offers have been booted out as being " nowhere near" the Club's valuation.

Whoever would have thunk it?

30 minutes ago, doctorryan said:

I see we're having an ugly away kit contest with the Toffees.

Is this not having a proper badge lark going to become a thing on the grounds of convenience and screwing even more profit out of a shirt.

1 hour ago, JBiz said:

Playing in a new strip to launch it at a friendly is contentious?

I think it would be easier to write a list of things that don’t annoy a few of you. I just don’t get the problem.

You wouldn't.

If it was our decision to debut our new away kit against Everton I wouldn't particularly agree with it but that would be ok.

We shouldn't be operating in a way solely to suit Everton though. If they have an issue with their kits,  tough titty, that's their problem not ours.

51 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Yes, if players are not with a new club by the time their contracts expire on 30th June, their old club pays their wage until the end of July or until the player signs up with a new club, whichever comes sooner

Ah, well that probably explains him taking his time then. After the end of the month it becomes a bit more pressing for him.

So from our point of view our failure to offer him a reasonable deal means we lose a good player, possibly for nothing if he moves abroad, AND we have to pay him for an extra month for nothing?

Genius!

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Pears isn't a professional GK - moving him on isn't a downgrade.

I bet we won't be saying that by Christmas.