Why are we not wearing our stripes on Saturday. Biggest away crowd for a very long time and the club urging fans to wear "the colours". Well "the colours", our colours, are blue and white and if the club wants to have a good showing of club colours we shouldn't be playing in that ugly yellow stuff.
Seems to me to be no more than a cynical marketing ploy to sell more yellow shirts. My guess that we have a lot left over as the end of the season nears and some clever clogs markeing person said: "I know, lets play in yellow at MK where we are expecting the biggest away following of the season and urge fans to buy yellow shirts which we'll offer at a small discount. That should shift them".
At the risk of repeating myself, we are a blue and white team and should wear the colours that the club and its fans identify with at EVERY opportunity, only wearing the second strip when there's a clash. Why would any sensible fan spend money on those hideous yellow or crimson shirts when they will disappear by next season and you will be left with a shirt which has no ongoing connection with the club you support?
I know finances are tight, but are we really running a brothel?
Factoids when he's 'quoted' about a statement he didn't make about Gus receiving a payoff in the accountsWhere is El Presidente when you need him for Hard facts.
It's the way you read it. I can't be bothered to explain it.
Am I the only person to have noticed that MK Dons play in WHITE with dark shorts? Pretty good reason for us not to be wearing blue and WHITE, with blue shorts.
Why are we not wearing our stripes on Saturday.
You rang M'Lud?
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Sales of kit and merchandise brought in about £1.2 million last season, approximately 5% of total income for the club.
The reason why the Nike sales were lower than the previous season (with Errea) was that we were frankly, pants, and fewer people wanted to be seen in town in the stripes with 'Colunga', 'O'Grady' or 'Agustien' on their backs, or rifling through the bins outside Bargain Booze with a Paddy McCourt training top in hand for that authentic feel.
The success or otherwise on the park does have a correlation with merchandise sales.
I think it's because the stripes are our home kit and we are playing away from home so we wear the away kit.
Hope that helps.
I think it's this AND the fact that MK Dons play in WHITE and WHITE is quite prominent on our home kit as well.
Admittedly it's a complex matter.
That was quick bitch!
Have you got any away shirt sales figures or percentage of home to away shirt sales? and if not why not.
Hang on, isn't that 'volt' away kit more of a lime green - and not actually yellow?