As we prepare for yet another international break, the third or fourth of the season, I’m so disinterested I stopped counting, something of a furor has broken out.
With Euro 2024 just around the corner a new range, as one would expect, of kits has been emerged, manufactured by Nike.
But the release of the kits, especially the home shirt, has resulted in a wave of criticism.
Nike, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to alter the colours of the St George’s cross that appears on the back of the collar.
Instead of being the traditional red and white, Nike have infused some other colours, one of them being purple.
Social media visitors are up in arms and are questioning just why the canges have been made and who at the Football Association approved the new kit.
Now whether the change will be reversed remains to be seen, I suggest not, but it would be interesting to see if sales figures fall, ahead of Euro 2024 affected or whether the wave of enthusiam that greets these international tournaments produces record sales, especially if England under Gareth Southgate, do well.
In a period where domestic football news becomes rare, what are your thoughts on this outrage?
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Initially, I wasn’t keen on the shirt. But now I’ve seen how it triggers the anti-woke haters – I’m loving it.
It’s a bloody football shirt – get over it!!
Sick to death of politics merging with football – people like Ian are everything I hate about current attitudes of the small but vocal minority.
Ian tell everyone you’re a bit of a d*ckhead without telling everyone you’re a bit of a d*ckhead.
The patriotism and pride of each country I have lived in by the local nationals has always made me feel more comfortable integrating, never segregated or excluded…
If the St George’s flag isn’t something you feel united under, maybe the problem isn’t everyone else in the equation…
I have not seen the shirt, but the flag of England, the cross of Saint George, is what it is and has been that way for centuries. How can anyone change it? It is red and white, pretty clear on that!
You see the Union Flag in different colours, football club supporters mutate it to their clubs colours, that is fair enough. That is in the stands, but even the team would not display that on their kit. But, the official England shirt, representing the country to the world, should be true to the flag, I would consider the national team of England to be pretty ‘official’,so to mess with the flag is jut disrespectful.