Re: New shirt launch : Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:13 am  

Shifty Cat wrote:

Are you referring to me here?

No, not specifically - just a general comment that those people who feel personally offended by the lack of verisimilitude of this offering in comparison with the original, might want to consider the bigger picture; I'm sure MC made clear late last year that his hands are tied for another season by a restrictive deal with Macron, as that was the only way he could wriggle out of the mess he was left with by the Elston/Glover administration.

I love the idea of a faithful (cotton) reproduction of that shirt - it was the first one I wore too and I'd buy it in a heartbeat; for now though, it's this one or the nylon jobbie, so I'll go for this one as a stopgap.

Re: New shirt launch : Tue Feb 17, 2015 6:49 pm  

The people who will buy the shirt would be those who remember the Wally Lewis era. It is not difficult to produce a shirt that at least resembles one we have worn in the past. I read it described as a retro shirt which it is with the use of cotton but a replica no.
I ask the question again why can't they at least produce something that those of us who watched Wally Lewis play resemble and yes I am having a go at the club because this is not difficult.

Re: New shirt launch : Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:32 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

The people who will buy the shirt would be those who remember the Wally Lewis era. It is not difficult to produce a shirt that at least resembles one we have worn in the past. I read it described as a retro shirt which it is with the use of cotton but a replica no.
I ask the question again why can't they at least produce something that those of us who watched Wally Lewis play resemble and yes I am having a go at the club because this is not difficult.

It's hard to disagree with this.
Although the new "retro" shirt is ok and ticks most of the boxes, it doesn't actually look like a Wakefield shirt.
It's as though someone pressed the wrong button when the design was put through.

Bren is right about nobody being forced to buy it BUT, if they had got the thing something close to the shirt from the "Lewis era", many of the older fans (and probably some young 'uns) would have been queuing up to buy them.

Maybe next season ??