Not going to happen, is it ?

Would be nice.

I just hope we come up with something a bit more inspired design-wise for next year.

I just hope we have a shirt full stop. And of course a sponsor.

Just invested in Ellgren's 1980s Fulham RL SHG Alarms shirt. Loved it at the time & still do although not as much as the red, blue & yellow quarters shirt.

Baby steps here DC. Can we improve on this year’s shambles? The answer has to be yes. Shirts by Christmas? That would be sensible but to do it we need sponsors in a line. Actually we need some sponsors full stop. I reckon we could and should but red line - 2 weeks before season starts.

Even if , as per usual, replica shirts for next season aren't available before Christmas I don't think there's any good reason for the club not having a range of other items ( jackets, hoodies, hats etc..) ready for sale ahead of the festive season - especially not if we remain with the same kit provider.

IIRC the club have signed with Errea for multiple years. Errea sponsor Natoli as well. If they run their design process like most companies, the shirt will have been designed a while ago. It wouldn't surprise me if Smashlings are our main sponsor for 2024. I would be delighted if the jerseys would be ready for Christmas.

I certainly hope they have come up with some more engaging/eye catching designs for next year. Errea do have some really nice stuff, but this seasons shirts were a bit bland and 'stock option', no doubt down to the rush job as previously discussed.

I'm the idiot because I'll still end up buying one regardless, but would be nice to see us do something a bit different, especially given the extra exposure next year.

TBH I wouldn't mind something similar to 2019's jersey. Simple yes, but very traditional and strong London branding.

Yea

I have at least one top a year from about 2008 to 2019, including some of the special tops we did (Bash tops and LBSA acadamy one). But 2019 was last year I got a top..... Might have a punt on one this season

You would hope they are urgently employing talented backroom staff if any of the blindingly obvious things that need doing in preparation for jext year get done.

Well, you can buy the Home shirt before Christmas. I doubt that you will see it before the day though.

Nice shirt and the fact it is released at an appropriate time is an encouraging sign. As you say the fly in the ointment is whether it’s delivered pre season or not but in the whole this is a positive sign of intent/competency. Well done to all concerned.now sign some SL players please.

Looks like one of our better designs for sure.

I like it and think it’s quite stylish, pending what they do with sponsors logos (assuming we get them this year), however I can definitely see the argument that it is the laziest design of all time and someone has pulled an absolute flanker. On balance I’m going with deliberately Minamalist and stylish rather than the latter.

It's a f#&£)ing black T shirt.
I'd they stick that multicoloured sponsor from the play offs on that, the trim on the sleeves is lost....it really is a lazy lazy design......
....whilst I'd love to have a shirt available, on a scale of 1-10 it's about a 1 in the greater scheme of things. I'd rather pay in Gus's hoops in front of 4,000 fans rather than have hughes fleece 100 or so folk for yet another year...

Less is more. Obviously the sponsors logo might make or break it (bit like DHL is a horrid logo on a Harlequins shirt compared to their previous sponsors) but I think it is more than ok. Have even convinced a lapsed Bronco to invest in 1. Reminds me a bit of our Quins away shirt that was white with the quins colours around the sleeve.

I'll leave you to tell your adopted homeland that the ABs play in a black tee shirt then.

The All Blacks you mean? Yeah.....they play in a black T-shirt that is known even in far flung places like America, whilst I doubt there's a hundred people in Merton know we exist, so good comparison there....well done you {sigh}
It is a black T shirt. 20 years ago every team went through the "black shirt sells well" campaign including football clubs. The feeling being that a black shirt would be ok work out other than on game day......problem is, when Wigan did it they were already selling 5,000 home shirts too.
This is a gimmick that has been easily sold to a useless management and shows how inept they really are.

That's my opinion of course. I may be wrong, but history shows that I am pretty accurate at these things and often not in hindsight but foresight.

Don't disagree with you in principle about black shirts in this day & age. In 1980 it was fine, even chevrons were fine but I never understood when we changed from Quins back to Broncos, we adopted a Fulham shirt rather than our SL Runners Up shirt or our Challenge Cup Final shirt. Both of those are better than what we have had. I'm just saying if we have to have a black shirt, then an unfussy one is better.
Happy for you to provide next weekend's lottery numbers though.

It's not the worst kit in SL 2024. There's one particularly nasty one seemingly designed by Pat Butcher. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/20 ... eague-club

It's not the worst kit in SL 2024. There's one particularly nasty one seemingly designed by Pat Butcher. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/20 ... eague-club

Wigan away & HKR 3rd (!!!) are particularly horrid as is Leeds away. While I would prefer my avatar shirt, the plain black compares well. But as I said earlier, it can be spoilt with a naff sponsors logo.

It took me an hour to do all these, not a professional but i still think a couple of them look better than the actual shirt.Mood board London can use next year if they want. OUThttps://imgur.com/a/z1KAxSr

HOW TO DO IT with a plain black shirt....


Of course, you have to gey buy in from the sponsors and I suspect Vodafone and Lion Red (undrinkable but cheap beer popular in south Auckland) were both big enough brands to swallow it for that season. Alas, once Vodafone sold themselves to a new entity, ONE, there was little chance of that brand accepting such a move whilst in it's infancy.....(I still bought one though[size=50{from aliexpress}[/size)

Its very slowly growing on me. I was quite disappointed on initial viewing. Hopefully we do something more than just slap the sponsor logos on and actually make them part of the design.

If we are going to go minimalist/understated for the home jersey, then I'd like to see us do something a bit more eye catching for the away version. Especially with the extra SL exposure. Errea do have a lot of fun designs from outside of Rugby/Football that might be transferrable.