Mendip City

7 hours ago, Supersonic Robin said:

Really? That seems a little extreme to me. Out of interest, what is it you dislike so much? Is it a personal disliking for a more modern design, or something more specific?

I think it's decent. Looks pretty modern, smart, and clean. Has gone down fairly well with the fanbase. The robin motif works quite nicely on its own for a lot of branding. Certainly an improvement on the outdated and amateurish looking badge from the 70's/80's, and the generally "meh" Bristol coat of arms.

If I were being critical, I'd say it's in danger of falling into the group of 'template' circular badges that almost every club is going for these days, and in doing so potentially lacks a bit of identity? (see new badges of Brentford, Millwall, QPR, Aston Villa, etc). Sticking a reference to the suspension bridge on the badge (as below) and/or having a non-circular crest would probably improve it a little bit. IMHO, it's far from being one of the worst in the EFL though.

The suspension bridge should definitely have been included. I like your second one - also the symmetrical date…. Just looks an afterthought shoved onto the left of our current badge.  
Never mind I’m sure the powers that be are listening from their tax havens. 

17 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

The Bears training gear actually looks decent and is consistent with their branding.

Something at the football club has gone very very wrong and it needs fixing ASAP. The communication has been non existent and that bothers me just as much as the poor range.

I’ve no idea why we don’t go for the same colour scheme across both clubs.  They have added non-traditional red to their navy and white. If we added navy it would look fine. Both clubs could have the same training wear/jackets  just stick a different badge on it. Ideally a better brand than O’Neils but those t-shirts look better than anything the football club has produced so far. Surely we could strike a great deal with a supplier? 

1 hour ago, GreedyHarry said:

I’m a Nibor boy myself

Blimey we’ve had some rubbish - Nibor, TFG, Bristol Sport, O’Neils…. Probably others I have erased from my memory. 

2 hours ago, spudski said:

It was normal back in the 70s. Technology and materials were different. Shorts made from different material to shirt and socks. 

My point being...in this day and age it shouldn't be a problem. Technology has moved on. 

This O'Neal's stuff looks worse than cheap Chinese. 

Yeah I remember how they used to be. I was joking. 
This kit is embarrassing in 2023. 

1 minute ago, bearded_red said:

In a long and ever growing list of things wrong, still nothing gets close to that splat robin badge. Nothing will ever beat that surely.

Don’t tempt them…… it’ll be dismantled Suspension Bridge or a cartoon coat of arms next.

40 minutes ago, spudski said:

This sort of thing happened in the 70s where they couldn't colour match on different materials. Reminds me of this from 1976. 

 

What is it with badly matching shades of yellow? The shirts look washed out, the shorts practically hi-viz! 

13 minutes ago, Taz said:

Completely different colour.

It's almost as if the socks were an after thought, that's the only colour material they had left, and someone went "yeah close enough, use that!"

The poor colour of the shirt might not have been so bad if it matched the socks. As it is, it just looks like Scotty forgot to bring them along with him, and had to rush out to sports direct to get the closest match just in time for the game.

Stupid thing is that the green on the socks seems a good match. Overall it just looks cheap and nasty. 

54 minutes ago, zombie said:

Just a quick question, does anyone know how long our deal with O’Neills is? Is it just this season and then we’re looking for a new supplier for 24/25? Is there a break clause or way out if it’s a longer deal?

Not a lot can be done about this season’s kit and merch, hopefully the sales will reflect the opinions on here. If we know a new supplier is on the horizon and that the powers that be are willing to listen to the customers/supporters, then we just have to put this down to a bad year, move on and hope for better going forward. I don’t spend myself in the club shop, but do have a little lad who’ll be coming more regularly (been to one game already, before he was 2) and I will be spending more I’m sure going forward.

 I did recently discover a beauty of a kit from when I was a junior red, probably from when I was around 8-9, I would have worn to the Freight Rover Trophy Finals. It’s in good condition, but does have the chunky collar which must’ve been ok in 80’s. Can’t wait for him to grow in to it, it’s a classic.

The fact the rugby lot are also now stitched-up with O’Neils’ rubbish makes me think the deal will be for longer than any of us would like. 
I’ve said before that the only logical reason for this is that we’ve driven them down to a ridiculously low cost.. and the “quality” reflects this. 
 

Bring back Bukta!!!!!

2 hours ago, Hocca said:

Can’t help but feel that’s Pearson current ‘second’ team, with Scott included due to a near transfer. Only one that doesn’t maybe add up is Dickie as you feel he has to be starting against Preston.

That’s how I read it - unfortunately 

1 hour ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Just buy a ticket. Go on

Another one??

So…. What do you think of it so far? 
 

rank these in order of shite-ness

1) the new GDPR breaching website 

2) a splattered roadkill robin

3) O’Neils sportswear… 

At least we’re looking good ON the field. 

Just now, aberdeen_craig said:

Same for me. It’s amazing how the club manage to find new ways of getting the basics wrong

The trouble is, ultimately, off the field we’re pretty bloody tinpot. 
It is a disgrace and a data breach. All I hope is they don’t offer me an O’Neil’s shirt to make up for it

3 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

Well I’ve just logged into my account, and have someone else’s details. Not good at all 

Mine too. I’ve logged in and it shows my email but someone else’s name, date of birth, phone number, address… I didn’t go rummaging for bank details. 
 

This is a massive data breach!  It’s against the law and the sort of thing companies get fined heavily for… if you happen to be listening Steve Lansdown, Jon, Phil Alexander….COMPANIES GET HEAVILY FINED FOR THIS. 

@JerrySLO can you please  raise this with the club urgently. 

Any idea how I get rid of the constant pop up inviting me to buy tickets for the Preston game? 

8 minutes ago, AnumRed said:

Just switch to someone like Umbro, they did some decent stuff for Bristol Bears.

 

Unfortunately they have now been lumbered with O'Neills too.

Surely it’s all about profit margin for the club. I imagine O’Neills have been screwed to a dirt-cheap deal…. And unsurprisingly the quality matches. 
 

Never mind. We ALWAYS have a unique* kit thanks to JL. 

 

*unless you can remember the previous version of it. 

51 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

A big player as I was growing up and watching footie, Brum, Forest, Man City, Sampdoria, then still doing it at Wednesday as Player-Manager.  A good player for England too, shame he had Achilles problems, he blamed on the modern boot and pitches (of the time).

RIP Trevor

Imagine him on today’s pitches….

Bearing in mind a Saudi club has today offered £300m for Mbappe,  what on earth would Trevor’s value be today? 
 

RIP Trevor. 

6 minutes ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

I don't know, I prefer the manager to be pragmatic if you're not getting promoted then dump em in the reserves and start planning for life without them.  If you're in with a shot of promotion or at risk of relegation then play the strongest side possible assuming the players are being professional and commit.  If they are being disruptive thrown them out on loan.

ETC...

Yeah you’re probably right. In the case of Vyner, presumably we want to keep him and, presumably, his attitude is good. No need to change anything. I suppose sone players down tools but I reckon that’s the minority. 

32 minutes ago, italian dave said:

If Kalas’s injury record is a concern then - in terms of proportion of time here spent out injured - neither Naismith nor Atkinson inspire much more confidence.

But agree 100% on Vyner. I don’t buy this ‘commit or your out’ line but it seems to be emerging as a bit of a theme at the club, and NP says things to suggest it’s his view. Which potentially leaves us with Vyner in that position quite soon. And I’m not sure he’ll rush to sign. I think he will - quite justifiably - want to wait and see and keep his options open.

And then, suddenly, an injury and a suspension and we’re back to looking short. 

Difference is - Atkinson and Naismith are under contract but I agree with your point about their injury records. I guess adding Kalas to them just adds to the overall injury risk. 
 

I hope NP is reasonably fair with players running their contract down - it’s the player’s choice and not playing them is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Gary Johnson used to freeze players out completely - Basso and Orr being two examples. It didn’t help the club at all.

I guess we are thin at centre back but I don’t know how good the new signings are at playing there. We’ve also got Pring to cover. Hopefully Atkinson hits the ground running when he’s back. 

58 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I think he’s gone.

I think the offer will have withdrawn by now.  Any attempts to sign him on the contract offered must’ve been on the proviso he signs and joins pre-season.

If we were to resign him, I’d be renegotiating terms, because he’s now behind everyone.

I’d rather we moved on.

As for CBs we have the obviously fit Vyner and Dickie, plus McCrorie and Roberts.  It matters not that Nige has said they will play FB.  If he needs them to play CB they will and can.  McCrorie has played a lot at CB don’t forget.  And then we have Naismith, expected to be back this week.

I think some are panicking a bit.

Baker re-signed on the 28th June, before his contract actually expired and was therefore in for a full pre-season.  He was playing bloody well too, such a shame.

Agree I’m sure he’s gone. Good servant but also the injury record was becoming a concern (especially when, correctly, we’re carrying a small squad). 
 

my bigger concern is whether Vyner signs a new deal. 

11 minutes ago, elhombrecito said:

 

Yeah looks to be the older version, as the badge seems printed into the shirt.

Looks like he might well have picked it up whilst on holiday in Spain! 

They definitely need Kane!

Also what happened to our pre-season community games? 

4 minutes ago, Negan said:

Have a feeling they won’t mess around with their 2nd bid. Think they’ll come in with an overall deal that’ll reach 25-30m with add ons now. Still praying for a bidding war and that Scott ends up somewhere better than Bournemouth but we put a price tag on him and have to accept whoever it is that pays it. If he does end up there we’ll all just have to hope he has a blinder and they sell him on to Man City in 12 months for 120m 

Exactly!

I see Rice is set to sign for Arsenal any time now….. could that open West Ham’s wallet??? 

1 hour ago, Bat Fastard said:

That's no good - too far from Ashton Gate!

That’s a hidden bonus a lot of the time!
I’ll up the bidding - £26m for the castle and half of Scotland. 

1 hour ago, BCFCGav said:

That Plymouth kit is a thing of beauty. 

Imagine that reversed - gold-y yellow with green trim as our retro inspired 3rd kit…. Obviously without a splatted robin. 
 

Maybe templates from good brands are the way forward. 

10 hours ago, BasSavage88 said:

How many ******* shit logos is that now? 

 

 

Don’t give them ideas…. We’ll literally have a shit logo next!