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JonnyBiscuits

I'm reserving full judgement until I see them on our most handsome players, but I thought the home kit looked rubbish, the AC Milan kit is boring - you can't have a nostalgia kit so soon after already having it as a nostalgia kit. The third kit I can't even remember. Maybe it was blue?

Gingermoods

JonnyBiscuits maybe that's why the 15/16 version was so nice, they were very handsome players wearing them.

FantasticMrOx

Home kit looks awful - at first glance.
Away kit ok.
Third kit actually looks quite decent.

LeftSider

I’m hoping that the ‘leak’ was actually a master stroke of deception from the club’s marketing people (person?), and that the kits won’t be those pictured.

Gingermoods

The AC Oxford kit looked ok, but I feel that we've been there and done that now. I loved the first one and loved the second one as an homage to the first, but this one feels a bit unoriginal.

JonnyBiscuits

Gingermoods that's given me an idea for a thread.

oxblogger

First thought is that leaking a kit is rubbish. Why do new kits always have to be 'inspired' by a previous kits, unless they're planning to say the blue kit is inspired by Steve Maclean standing on the ball at Torquay in 2011, in which case I'll take that.

I'd like a red kit, just to see the meltdown.

Gingermoods

oxblogger I love a red kit, not just for the meltdowns, but it certainly helps.

TimWalker

I actually prefer all 3 to last seasons offerings. Toying with the idea of buying and wearing but increasingly concerned about the moob issue. Is it acceptable to wear a vest under a football shirt. What other options do readers suggest?

brinyhoof

TimWalker I haven’t bought a shirt in years, mostly because of the cost but also the middle age issues. Can you get full torso men’s Spanx?

TimWalker

brinyhoof I had to google it, but that looks a very comprehensive solution

Gingermoods

I haven't bought one in years, kind of out of protest that they don't provide them in women's sizes, but also because of the cost. The modern kits are a much tighter fit than they used to be, which I'm sure is great for young, professional sports people, but not so much for the middle aged fans. But fuck it, we should just wear them anyway really.

brinyhoof

Gingermoods

Gingermoods the other merch usually fits better, but talking from a blokes perspective of course. For the replica shirt width i need it would almost come down to my knees.

Gingermoods

brinyhoof put a belt around the middle and a pair of heeled ankle boots and that would look lovely.

LeftSider

Let’s face facts, we peaked with the white-with-yellow-and-blue-sash effort of 19/20. Kits have been meaningless since that masterpiece.

Gingermoods

LeftSider I hate white kits, but a blue and white sash on a yellow kit would have been immense.

JonnyBiscuits

LeftSider It was a nice kit, but I had lost some weight at that point and recklessly bought a size down and now I can't even begin to contemplate fitting into it

brinyhoof

Gingermoods SSU would love that. I might just get a couple of those Terrace throws. Sew them together to create a Homer-esque muumuu.

daleoufc89

Home kit not as good as this season but ok.
Away kit decent but also done something similar not too long ago.
Not a massive fan of the third kit.

Think we can all agree that, once again, the sponsor ruins all three?

Gingermoods

daleoufc89 yes, the sponsor logo looked dreadful, it's far too big.

daleoufc89

daleoufc89 how wrong was I with the third kit? It's the best of the lot in my opinion. Love it!