We have far more fans in Africa and the far east, pretty sure that's not the reason
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We have far more fans in Africa and the far east, pretty sure that's not the reason
Han Shot First
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Well 11PM our time makes it tea time (or Burger Time) in most of America, seems like us proper fans are being ****ed over for the casual market who don't have a bloody clue. These people call our shirts "Jerseys."
What in the flying **** is a jersey? (And i don't mean the Channel Island, so no Bergerac jokes please)
To be honest I hadn't thought about the timing.I wouldn't mind betting its 11pm as it will be morning in the Far East
11pm is also morning in the Far East.The chances are we're looking to our markets there,they are far more lucrative.If we're so interested in the USA why have we never done a tour there.We've toured the Far East for the last two years
If it was primarily aimed at the US market it would be done early afternoon here to coincide with their stores opening in the morning. 11pm here is pretty much shop closing times in the US.
The shirt will be on sale straight after the launch so your argument is more than likely correct. The shops will just be opening in the Far East though
Han Shot First
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To be frank, i don't care who they're catering for, **** them. We should have priority, after all, we're the idiots who put our own money into their coffers, we're the people who waste our lives following every stinking move this club makes, and they have the audacity to focus their attention on a bunch of casuals and plastics who can't differentiate between the offside rule and the deliberate handball rule.
Think i might not get the new shirt now, just as a slight **** you to Puma, get on Ebay and get another older shirt.
When all's said and done, who cares what time it's released? It'll be available in the shops first thing on Friday either way.
And you know those "casuals and plastics" don't put their own money down for the club and follow Arsenal as well how?
Han Shot First
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Because they won't spend money on something they don't care about. I don't like pop music, i'm not going to waste my money on pop albums, so why are a bunch of plastics going to spend £60 on a shirt for a team they don't give a toss about, unless they're morons.
Have you ever thought that maybe, they care about the club and just because they are foreign doesn't make their support any less valid? I mean that's obvious logic to most people.
If the club are doing a kit launch to coincide with store opening times in foreign countries then it'll be because they expect people in those countries to buy the strip, probably based on the knowledge that those supporters have spent plenty of money in the past. It's business 101.
Han Shot First
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I've made my stance clear in the past when it comes to foreign fans, i don't wish to get banned again for supposedly being a racist, when all i'm concerned about is the club's identity being eroded.