Profit margins on kits are getting lower and lower, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_�ire
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Profit margins on kits are getting lower and lower, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_�ire
Noticed in last few years, like everything else price of merchandise climbing significantly. The same polo top that was maybe 30-35 quid 3 years ago is now 50 quid and the likes of quarter zips that were 50 quid are now 70.
Re club merchandise, there is not one tee shirt on the Bohemian web site. I have 6 or 7 that I regularly wear but there has been nothing new for about a year. Are your clubs the same?Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Derry have plenty. Presume the margin is decent on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Yeah Pats have loads of different T-shirts available, some are really nice and others are truly awful looking to me but are aimed at and popular with kids (old man shouts at cloud etc!)
Im an old man but I like a nice tee shirtQuote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
I do to, as I said plenty of them are nice and I have some myself, but the ones aimed at kids are muckQuote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
And usually far too weeQuote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Theres been a good bit about small fitting merch, especially with Macron being Dundalk's new kit benefactor. Maybe we should do a fit LoI fans in to merch for discounts rather than needing bigger sizes for big prices! Unless of course a person is 'big boned' (no laughing at the back), or have a hormonal issue so why they might be on the lager side.
The new Pats shirt arrived in the post this morning. Id be a lot happier with it than on my first glance online. Its nothing spectacular but its much better than last years effort.
Did notice that when I was in your shop a while back for reasons I won't discuss. A lot of nice stuff. Better than ours. Nice plain t-shirts with simple logos or text. None of this mad **** we tend to come out with. Our best stuff tends to be done by fan groups rather than the club. Not sure why it's so difficult tbh. Clubs tend to overcomplicate designs in order to make them stand out from the last ones I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Dundalk haven't produced merchandise that was on the lager side since their days being sponsored by Harp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
While they're getting more expensive, I'd still rather pay 60-70 for my LOI club merch than the 3 digit numbers some premier League stuff is being sold for. Came across a Man United jersey in sports direct last year for €150. Nearly blew my lid off
Same old man shouting at clouds here re Rovers gear. Some of the members club merxh can be bettwr but they are more so thinking of the aul ladsQuote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Some clubs definitely doing less leisure wearQuote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Cork City away:
https://i.imgur.com/rwvkmSL.jpeg
Jaysis that’s rotten…Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Actually don't mind that from Cork. If you're gonna go mad, go proper mad.
Yeah I think the same...Reckon it will be one that young people will be tracking down online to wear in 20 years time!Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Yeah, could be on my own here, but thats a cracking effort from Cork
At least there's one awake EYG ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
New Kerry home:
https://kerryfc.com/wp-content/uploa...home-kit-1.jpg
And the away:
https://kerryfc.com/wp-content/uploa...away-kit-1.jpg
Yep. It's like the rovers purple one from 1993/94. So popular they brought it back recently. Absolutely horrendous looking really, but in a great way. One of my favourites.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebronze14
Home is bad, away is good.
Have they ever heard of lighting when taking a photo?
Away looks nice. Not mad on the home one.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Yeah, in terms of a green and gold mix, hard to top the 2024 home:
https://www.footballshirtculture.com...ay_kits_e.jpeg
That Kerry away jersey is class.
The new Bohs home jersey will only appeal to those that remember Billy Young and that outstanding 1976 team.
So hopefully more XL's than M's on the O'Neills assembly line.
Presumably the Kneecap jersey is next one to be "revealed."
I like both Kerry jerseys to be honest! And that 2024 version.
Sizeable re-stock and a few new designs up now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Also new away just dropped, nice too.
Away one (Kneecap) is gorgeous.
I don't think it's as nice as the previous Bohs Palestine kit - nowhere near it tbh - and personally I think it more looks like Kneecap merch, than Bohs merch; for context, I'm thinking of when Skint records sponsored Brighton - that was a seagulls jersey through and through.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
This collaboration doesn't sit right with me for some reason and I can't really get to the nub of it. I've no issue with Bohs maximising their commercial revenue, but I dunno, maybe it's having that common denominator between the two commercial arms of this venture not sitting right; I hope Bohs benefit from this as much as Kneecap will.
(if any of that makes sense).
Interesting - and I couldn't stand the Bohs Palestine kit. Aesthetically, I much prefer this one but I'm not sure I see it in the same league commercially as some of the other ones but I also don't see how it benefits Kneecap that much (like, no more or less than Fontaines for example). Is your problem Dan's involvement on both sides? I think ACLAi's involvement keeps it all passing the sniff test.
Lambert is COO of Bohs and heavily involved in the commercial side of things . He’s also manager of Kneecap and regardless of where some of the money from the release of the shirt goes , it’s also going to benefit the band he manages publicity wise .
I’m not sure how that passes any sniff test
Honestly, hes accountable to the members and the members via the board. i think beyond that there seems to be an acknowledgement he has put trojan work into the club and that the bands hes partnering with dont really need the PR. But thats an outside perspectiveQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen Of Aherlow
It sure doesnt seem that anyone meaningful has a problem with it so in the round thats their right
There’s never been a band in the history of music that didn’t need the PR or else why would they have managers and agents ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roones26
Is there any point discussing/commenting on a new kit on this thread, without providing a link to it for everyone else?Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
This works on the assumption that Bohs are a bigger name/brand than Kneecap. Which is surely deeply questionable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen Of Aherlow
Sorry - got it in an email from the club and I’m not on social media. Here’s a link to an article: https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...361964127.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
New Longford kit
https://x.com/longfordtownfc/status/...177317129?s=46
Pretty simple but I like it, reminds me of a lot of the Umbro LOI jerseys of the 2000's