Errea deal until 2024

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A new 8 year deal for Errea as our kit providers after "the most successful first 24 hours of a kit launch" for Norwich City.

[hogesar 9,731]

Goes to show, the moaners shout loudest around here! Tough titties, seems like the majority like it [:D]

[CANARYKING 644]

Really ?

[Jim Smith 2,339]

[quote user="hogesar"]Goes to show, the moaners shout loudest around here! Tough titties, seems like the majority like it [:D][/quote]

Doubt that very much., What it shows is that (i) spirits are still high after promotion, (ii) some of our fans will just buy any old sh*t if its a Norwich City shirt and (iii) the art of spin is still alive and well at Norwich City. they have blatantly put this out as an "in your face" tweet to the fans after criticism of the new shirt but would be interesting to see what previous "record" its being compared to especially as this is the first time I can recall for ages where the short has actually been available to buy on the launch day.

[Jim Smith 2,339]

Shirt.

By the way nothing against Errea getting their deal. They''ve produced some reasonable enough kits and I suspect this one would have been decent were it not for outside pressures.

[lappinitup 629]

"CITY are delighted to announce a new

eight-year deal with Errea which will see the Italian sports

manufacturing experts producing the Canaries’ kits until 2024.

The news comes hot on the heels of yesterday’s launch

of the eye-catching 2015-16 Errea home kit, which we are pleased to

confirm has smashed the record for first-day sales in the history of the

Club selling replica kit.

Following its launch at the Royal Norfolk Show, sales of the new shirt

over the next 24 hours were a massive 20 per cent higher than those

achieved in the same period after the launch of any of the Club’s

previous kits – including last season’s and those worn in previous

Premier League campaigns."http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-errea-2521597.aspxMoan on moaners. [:D]

[kick it off 1,952]

[quote user="hogesar"]Goes to show, the moaners shout loudest around here! Tough titties, seems like the majority like it [:D][/quote]

Don''t think that record shirt sales on day 1 indicate the majority like it.

How many do you reckon we sell per year? Maybe 15,000 shirts? So to be the record, we''d probably only need to sell 3 or 4 thousand. 3 or 4 thousand does not equal a majority. Doubt it will sell anything like as well as last years over the full 12 month cycle.

[True Grit 26]

The board should have approached Pony.

[Crystal Canary 0]

Exactly Jim, and I very much doubt this decision was made based on new shirt sales. I''m sure this had been agreed long ago.

It''s depressing. Let''s be honest here.. the shirt is awful. It''s ridiculously bad. It''s a half and half shirt with a bloody big sponsorship square stuck right in the middle, elbowing out any semblance of pre-determined design.

Errea are the kind of shirt maker you find in the bargain basement bins at your local pound store. The material is scratchy, sticky and doesn''t allow your skin to breathe. It''s cheap and plucks easily, and we now have to put up with it until 2024. -.-

[hogesar 9,731]

I''ve had no problem with their shirts.

I like this one, but can see it''s not to everyone''s taste. But if it was as bad as has been made out on here, it wouldn''t have broken launch records. Despite any good will, the fact they put last seasons shirt on offer at the end of season means if someone really hated this one, they wouldn''t be going and spending £50 on it a couple of months later.

Anyway, tough luck to the moaners, basically.

[Fiery Zac 1,066]

This is rather funny and pathetic, people getting annoyed that so many others have bought the shirt and some trying to force an opinion on everyone.

''Let''s be honest here...the shirt is awful.'' You may well think so and the moaners are out in force, but undeniably a lot of people don''t agree with you or the rest of those so narked off by a football kit they''ve created an 8 page thread on it.

Let me be honest here, I like the shirt, and even more so after the reaction it''s created on here.

[ricardo 7,396]

Nobody is forced to buy one if they don''t like it but my bet is that come August 8th CR will be full of them.

[BroadstairsR 2,200]

The design is not top of the list of reasons why the shirt is bought in the first place. Probably way down the list, in fact.

Also, like season tickets, there will always be a hard-core of customers.

The Aviva logo (colours) spoils it for me, but that cannot be avoided.

[nutty nigel 7,600]

They could be avoided Broady. All you need is for the moaners to out bid Aviva and sponsor the shirts with no logo...

[Norfolk Mustard 94]

Probably p*** poor sales necessitating some urgent marketing spin folks...

[Just Dan 10]

[quote user="Crystal Canary"]Exactly Jim, and I very much doubt this decision was made based on new shirt sales. I''m sure this had been agreed long ago.

It''s depressing. Let''s be honest here.. the shirt is awful. It''s ridiculously bad. It''s a half and half shirt with a bloody big sponsorship square stuck right in the middle, elbowing out any semblance of pre-determined design.

Errea are the kind of shirt maker you find in the bargain basement bins at your local pound store. The material is scratchy, sticky and doesn''t allow your skin to breathe. It''s cheap and plucks easily, and we now have to put up with it until 2024. -.-[/quote]

Don''t talk sh1te, have a look at the quality standards that Errea have achieved (oeko tex 100 etc) and the innovation in their kits (nanotechnology, as first warn by Middlesbrough in 2008, and compare with Nike or Adidas.

Made in Italy as opposed to far eastern sweatshops, but without the backing of being a massive brand they are certainly less fashionable. But the relationship obviously works, long may it continue. Please don''t knock the quality, it is better than the bigger brands by far.

[Jim Smith 2,339]

[quote user="Just Dan"][quote user="Crystal Canary"]Exactly Jim, and I very much doubt this decision was made based on new shirt sales. I''m sure this had been agreed long ago.

It''s depressing. Let''s be honest here.. the shirt is awful. It''s ridiculously bad. It''s a half and half shirt with a bloody big sponsorship square stuck right in the middle, elbowing out any semblance of pre-determined design.

Errea are the kind of shirt maker you find in the bargain basement bins at your local pound store. The material is scratchy, sticky and doesn''t allow your skin to breathe. It''s cheap and plucks easily, and we now have to put up with it until 2024. -.-[/quote]

Don''t talk sh1te, have a look at the quality standards that Errea have achieved (oeko tex 100 etc) and the innovation in their kits (nanotechnology, as first warn by Middlesbrough in 2008, and compare with Nike or Adidas.

Made in Italy as opposed to far eastern sweatshops, but without the backing of being a massive brand they are certainly less fashionable. But the relationship obviously works, long may it continue. Please don''t knock the quality, it is better than the bigger brands by far.[/quote]

I have no issue with Errea not indeed the deal with them. I quite like the fact we are a "big fish" with them and effectively get to design bespoke kits rather than have the same template as 5 other top flight kits. I actually also like the bulk of the new kit, it could have looked really smart and absolutely smashed sales records given the goodwill and enthusiasm about at the moment. I''m just disappointed they (in my opinion) messed it up with an eminently avoidable error with the yellow square and don''t really understand why someone could not find a better solution.

I also think the announcement today re record sales is designec as a deliberate "up yours" to people voicing legitimate critical opinions of the shirt design and doubt very much they are comparing apples with apples.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,853]

Am I the only one who thinks that agreeing a deal with a kit supplier for nine more years is, ironically, a little bit short-termist?Sure, the deal may look good now, as the money on offer is obviously attractive to McNally and co. and such a lengthy deal provides security. However, with finances in football, shirt sponsorship included, rising at the rate they are (a trend which shows no sign of slowing down any time soon) will the deal look as good in three, five or seven years time? In a few years time the expected annual fee for a club of our level (whatever that may be) will probably be higher than what Errea are offering now.Apologies for moaning, by the way...

[STAN 29]

Errea kits are cheap and pluck easy?

You obviously didn''t own the Xara Proton number, pluckin hell!

[BroadstairsR 2,200]

All this talk about the new shirt design really surprises me as I consider it a side-issue of marginal importance.

I would far rather read rumours, however fanciful, about potential signings.

It will be yellow and green, it will have the Aviva logo on it, it will come in a range of sizes and it will be over-priced, but will sell well. That''s it for me, ''end of'', as they say.

However, as I am highly unlikely to ever buy one, I am willing to be convinced otherwise.

I even notice that TWTD had quite a lot of postings deriding it, but then, such is their hurt, they are desperate for any crumb.

I like our yellow and green for besides blending well together the combination is not commonplace. It has a distinctive individuality and always has had.

Yellow and green means Norwich City to all followers of the game.

Blue? Half the entire league must be either red or blue, one way or another.

Stand in the concourse of King''s Cross on a busy footballing Saturday and yell out "C''mon you blues," and supporters from Everton, Chelsea, Birmingham, Ipswich and many others are likely to look up and join in..

Call out "C''on you Yellows" and a couple of Swedes might react, or even the odd Brazilian backpacker.

Having said that, our colours have, in recent years, been usurped by quite a few other English teams, if only for away strip. Plagiarism, say I

I like our individuality, bad design or not.

[Indy 3,314]

Someone on Facebook took the shirt added a black Aviva logo with black shorts and it looked far better and more in keeping with the 80th anniversary kit.

There are some on here would still never criticise the kit if they turned out a blue and white with a horse on the badge!

Just hope that the away shirt in nicer!

Their first home shirt was lovely, don''t know what or who designs these and who at Norwich thought this design OK to mass produce.

Bottom line is Erra can produce a nice kit but the last three kits are defiantly not to every supporters taste!

[Feedthewolf 4,869]

[quote user="Jim Smith"]I''m just disappointed they (in my opinion) messed it up with an eminently avoidable error with the yellow square and don''t really understand why someone could not find a better solution.[/quote]If they were convinced that the 80th anniversary ''heritage'' half-and-half shirt was what they wanted, there isn''t really another solution that I can see. Pretty much all major brands have guidelines regarding logo usage, and all the ones I have worked with clearly stipulate they must be on a plain background (as well as 101 other marketing-speak hoops to jump through). I totally agree that the yellow ''box'' spoils the appearance of the kit, but unfortunately as Aviva are paying huge amounts of money to have their name on the front of it, they will also get the last word when it comes to the positioning and prominence of their ''brand''.

[nutty nigel 7,600]

Marvellous Indy! All we need to do is fleece Aviva for as much as we can to get their logo on our shirts and then insist they change it to black. Where would we be without Facebook....

[nutty nigel 7,600]

Jim Smith my old buddy. Its really unlike you to find something to moan about ;)

[Indy 3,314]

Yes like we are fleecing them.....but expect no more t

From you than an argument, that said funny how the keepers shirt and away shirt doesn''t follow your view on Aviva!

[whoareyou? 0]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]They could be avoided Broady. All you need is for the moaners to out bid Aviva and sponsor the shirts with no logo...[/quote]Who would want ''Moaners'' emblazoned across the front of their shirts? Though i guess Aston Villa fans might be happy with it. [:)]

[nutty nigel 7,600]

When my son first played football for Drayton they were sponsored by the local butchers shop - Pratts! They didn''t have the name on their shirts though :)

[chicken 0]

Good god some of you lot need to get outside and take in some rays of sunshine. How bleedin miserable do you want to be?The new kit is fine, it may well not be the best kit we have ever had, and that is always a bit relative anyway, some people prefer older kits becuase they are associated with a trophy or successful season etc or good time in their own lives.My favourite away shirt remains to be the British Racing Green Lotus one. But I have liked others.Every year we release a kit and this place turns into a nightmare of all of those moments I try to avoid whilst out shopping with my wife. Everyone suddenly becomes a bleedin fashion critic/specialist and goes off on one.And then, if anyone dares to be positive they get spanled over the head with the troll club. Seriously get a grip people.Errea are not cheap bargain bin crud. They may not be Nike, Addidas or Puma but who gives a monkeys? Are we only worth supporting if we have a deal with them? Are we only worth supporting when some other company deems us worthy of their label?Sod that.8 years is great IMHO.

[nutty nigel 7,600]

Thing is Indy, this isn''t a keepers shirt or an away shirt. Or even a training top. Anyway, I like it!

[Indy 3,314]

Good I''m pleased you like it and we all have a choice to buy or not just like we have an opinion.

Mine was made as a point, it looks nice without that patch and black writing, with black shorts.

That''s all it''s not going change for 12 months. It''s not my taste and I do like the first home shirt that Erra did.

But just because the logo is blue and green it doesn''t have to be on a footy shirt, there have been a number of sponsors who do t use their corporate colour, just white.

Still like I said hoping for a white and green away kit.