New England home and away shirts.

[RM.]

They’ve changed the colours of it on the back of the new away kit.

Correct.

 

[Blueranger45]

Anyone, English or otherwise, that is remotely concerned about this is the biggest faux-outraged, pearl clutching wet wipe imaginable.

There are hundreds of examples of flags on jerseys using inverted, tonal and completely random colours that no one has ever given a single shit about before.

Why now?

I'd be more annoyed at the price of the top than any sort of cross on it

used to baulk at spending £35-40 on tops when I was younger, it's doubled now and if you have kids, that's a lot of money. Probably cost about £5 to make in some sweatshop as well

 

[Forfar_Bear]

%^*& with the solitaire on a Scotland top and let's see the reaction.

 

[jtc]

Am I missing the bit where Nike are trying to educate people? What exactly are they trying to teach people?

The only thing I've seen from a press release was the kit was to "celebrate football heroes of the past with a modern twist and unite and inspire". Fairly usual corporate waffle about a design brief. I'm not really getting a connection a neo liberal agenda.

Google ' Nike woke washing',you will get the information .

 

[Sandyhills Blue]

%^*& with the solitaire on a Scotland top and let's see the reaction.

You're on your own with that one.

 

[jtc]

Yes, it’s taken the attention away from the prices.

Maybe the politicians should be wading into this asking - especially in the current economic climate - why people are being fleeced to wear their national jersey.

I think starmer did say something about it , after he'd spoken about the flag being wrong

 

[BlancaBear]

Like this?

Clearly not the same thing.

 

[Alfie shhh!]

The England fans should be more angry that Maguire is on the back of one of their shirts.

 

[Bradbo88]

Clearly not the same thing.

I've seen this top posted in response, it's a completely disingenuous response from nats on twitter trying to point score.

The proper flag is right smack on the centre of the chest ffs.

 

[UncertainSmile]

Probably an age thing but for me the smartest England kits were the three that they had around Italia '90. The red one in particular was a belter.

 

[Cooper's left peg]

Like this?

 

[jtc]

Think the reason Nike haven't gone ' full rainbow ' is it would be classed as a political statement,or could be .Not sure that's allowed under the rules .So they have done the nearest thing they could get away with.

 

[RM.]

Clearly not the same thing.

What's not the same about it? A flag with the colours changed to a random colour that has no relation to the original flag?

 

[RM.]

How so? Its exactly the same thing but one is f**king massive and takes up the whole front of the kit.

 

[Taverneeeeer]

I just cant fathom getting wound up about a tiny flag on the neck of a football top that I wont buy anyway.

 

[Cooper's left peg]

How so? Its exactly the same thing but one is f**king massive and takes up the whole front of the kit.

You're really not getting this, are you ?

Deary me.

 

[Taverneeeeer]

You're really not getting this, are you ?

Deary me.

You cant genuinely be annoyed about this mate? Like, actually bothered?

 

[RM.]

You're really not getting this, are you ?

You might have to explain it to me if you know something I don't mate.

Everyone is wetting their knickers about a flag's colours being changed on a football kit, I've provided an example of a flag's colours being changed on a football kit that no one cared about at all.

 

[Taverneeeeer]

You might have to explain it to me if you know something I don't mate.

Everyone is wetting their knickers about a flag's colours being changed on a football kit, I've provided an example of a flag's colours being changed on a football kit that no one cared about at all.

Its been done with the rugby top on occasion too. Nobody cares.

 

[Cooper's left peg]

You might have to explain it to me if you know something I don't mate.

Everyone is wetting their knickers about a flag's colours being changed on a football kit, I've provided an example of a flag's colours being changed on a football kit that no one cared about at all.

So when there is actual cross-party political agreement on this nonsense - which is extremely rare - does that not make you wonder ???

 

[Martin1983]

The English flag thing, its a cross like the saltire is a cross, if the colour is changed and its on an England top or scotland top worn by Scots or English you know it's another version of that flag. Now let's take a tricolour if you change the colours on one of them its another countries flag. Some folks actually get them tricolours mixed up

 

[Caesar]

Nike produce Turkey strips. Maybe Nike should ‘queer-up’ the Turkish flag & slap it on the next strip.

 

[Mainstandbear]

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[Alfie shhh!]

Nike produce Turkey strips. Maybe Nike should ‘queer-up’ the Turkish flag & slap it on the next strip.

They cunts are always talking about shagging our arses so they'd lap it up.

 

[A Magician Named Gob]

So when there is actual cross-party political agreement on this nonsense - which is extremely rare - does that not make you wonder ???

You'll sometimes get cross party political agreement on almost literally everything. What's that amount to here out of interest?

 

[Sandyhills Blue]

Nike produce Turkey strips. Maybe Nike should ‘queer-up’ the Turkish flag & slap it on the next strip.

St George was born in modern day Turkey so this would be befitting I think.

 

[Caesar]

St George was born in modern day Turkey so this would be befitting I think.

He was a Cappadaconian Greek wasn’t he?

 

[The Sasa Shuffle]

There’s nothing woke or political about it, it’s just a shit design. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nike decided to deliberately alter it to get people talking about it and help it to sell more.

Maybe even ‘fix’ it or remove the offending emblem and then make these shirts collectibles.

 

[RFC56]

I really don’t see the fuss about this tbh, it’s a flag on a top, Scotland tops have changed the colour of the saltire as well, wasn’t much outrage then. Seems like certain folk just want to be annoyed with something.

 

[RM.]

So when there is actual cross-party political agreement on this nonsense - which is extremely rare - does that not make you wonder ???

Politicians will take whatever stance they think will get them more votes.

Make me wonder what? You've still not explained why this is such a grievous act and one that is radically different to the hundreds of other times its been done that nobody cared about...

 

[Class of 72]

Think the reason Nike haven't gone ' full rainbow ' is it would be classed as a political statement,or could be .Not sure that's allowed under the rules .So they have done the nearest thing they could get away with.

Got all intents and purposes it’s a rainbow flag. Utterly bizarre, but that’s the wokerati for you. They must cram their beliefs down everyone’s throats. Literally

 

[jtc]

He was a Cappadaconian Greek wasn’t he?

Obviously England has already shown it's ' inclusiveness ' by adopting St George.No need for rainbow flags

 

[jtc]

Got all intents and purposes it’s a rainbow flag. Utterly bizarre, but that’s the wokerati for you. They must cram their beliefs down everyone’s throats. Literally

I know mate ,but legally it would probably not be classed as a rainbow ( LGBTQ) flag .
I can see what they've done

 

[The Sasa Shuffle]

Got all intents and purposes it’s a rainbow flag. Utterly bizarre, but that’s the wokerati for you. They must cram their beliefs down everyone’s throats. Literally

If it’s a rainbow flag, then why aren’t the gays crying about Nike changing the colours of it?

 

[Buffel87]

Google ' Nike woke washing',you will get the information .

Can you explain how this is "woke washing" please?

 

[PhilDunphyLoyal]

%^*& with the solitaire on a Scotland top and let's see the reaction.

Is that on the cards?

 

[The Sasa Shuffle]

Is that on the cards?

Patience, it will happen at some point.

 

[PhilDunphyLoyal]

I really don’t see the fuss about this tbh, it’s a flag on a top, Scotland tops have changed the colour of the saltire as well, wasn’t much outrage then. Seems like certain folk just want to be annoyed with something.

This was lapped up... So it seems there's not actually an issue with changing colours of flags as elements of tops.

 

[PhilDunphyLoyal]

I know mate ,but legally it would probably not be classed as a rainbow ( LGBTQ) flag .
I can see what they've done

Is that because it's not a rainbow?

Pesky leftwaffe and their use of definitions to, ummm, define things.

 

[DerHammer88]

Wonder if Nike would use that?

 

[aghalee_hero]

I normally get enraged at the daily woke nonsense fed to us daily, but the outrage over this is hysterical nonsense. People just seeing things that are not there is odd behaviour.

 

[Cooper's left peg]

I wonder if a kit manufacturer would add those colours to a Pakistan, Saudi, Qatar etc. flag on their jersey.

Yeah, thought not.

 

[Andre55]

There’s nothing woke or political about it, it’s just a shit design. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nike decided to deliberately alter it to get people talking about it and help it to sell more.

Maybe even ‘fix’ it or remove the offending emblem and then make these shirts collectibles.

If there is nothing Woke or Political about it then why do it? Why not just use the proper flag?

 

[PhilDunphyLoyal]

If there is nothing Woke or Political about it then why do it? Why not just use the proper flag?

The FA have already given their reasons which didn't mention either woke nor politics.

 

[The Sasa Shuffle]

If there is nothing Woke or Political about it then why do it? Why not just use the proper flag?

No idea why they didn’t just use the normal
flag, or none at all. Possibly to generate interest and hits?

Not sure why woke politics needs to be dragged into this. The Scotland away is purple with a miscoloured Saltire on the back, is that woke nonsense too?

 

[Clay Davis]

The FA have already given their reasons which didn't mention either woke nor politics.

"The coloured trim on the cuffs is inspired by the training gear worn by England's 1966 heroes, and the same colours also feature on the design on the back of the collar," a statement said.

Some are whipping themselves into a frenzy about this. Bring back the proper football.

 

[The Sasa Shuffle]

I wonder if a kit manufacturer would add those colours to a Pakistan, Saudi, Qatar etc. flag on their jersey.

Yeah, thought not.

There you go, that’s closer to a full rainbow than the England top.

 

[JAC_1966]

What's with all this furore over the flag on the shirt?

They literally did the same thing for the 2011 kit. It had different coloured George's Crosses on the back. And that was with Umbro, not Nike.

I think it's just a play on colours for style. But people are jumping to conclusions.

 

[Cooper's left peg]

Wonder if Nike would use that?

Coming to a Celtic kit near you soon!

 

[The U.S. Male]

Coming to a Celtic kit near you soon!

@insanicdrunk does not like this post mate