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      Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor

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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #69: Aug 14, 2017 10:16:21 pm
      When we win the league where will we put the champions gold badge? Just saying.
      We'll win number 6 before number 19. Calling it now.

      That'll do for starters.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #70: Aug 14, 2017 11:09:30 pm
      When we win the league where will we put the champions gold badge? Just saying.

      ... On the other sleeve... Where the premier league logo is now...

      Is this a trick question :P
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #71: Aug 26, 2017 06:40:21 am
      My wife offered to buy me the top a month back, should have taken her up on it as it looks like it will be in high demand not having the sleeve patch.
      yes you should have.  Can't believe we were in the same shop on the same day 1100 miles from my home.

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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #72: Aug 26, 2017 06:45:23 am
      See the more I look at that monstrosity, the more sick I feel, now I am all for having sponsors investing in the club, most clubs do, however, what I object to is that it seems FSG are open to having any kind of sponsor so long as they guarantee a few extra $ millions,(ultimately adding further profit, for them) and F**k what it looks like,

      we are becoming dare I say a typical American brand, with sponsors logo's emblazoned all over their shirts, the shirt to them is immaterial,(no pun intended) it means nothing, it's just a uniform to distinguish from opposition colours, but to us it's our identity, it's part of our DNA, it's LIVERPOOL RED, recognised world f***in wide,

      yet these greedy only in it for the dollar bullshitting carpet baggers decide to desecrate our COLOURS  for a few Million dollars, of which they will ultimately see the best thereof.

      I was looking forward to being a very proud owner of our new shirt, but they have f***in ruined that notion, whoever made the decision that this was a good idea quite honestly needs a right good kick in the clacker bag, and I want to be first in the queue.

      Absolute f***in Tossers, and yet another total F**k Up !!!


      YNWA



      I actually looked into it a bit.  Aside from MLS which has some decent looking shirts.  Very much in line with most of world football.

      As it turns out all of MLB, NFL,NBA and NHL do not allow any sort of shirt sponsors..

      So pretty much.  You are talking balls mate.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #73: Aug 26, 2017 09:41:51 am
      I actually looked into it a bit.  Aside from MLS which has some decent looking shirts.  Very much in line with most of world football.

      As it turns out all of MLB, NFL,NBA and NHL do not allow any sort of shirt sponsors..

      So pretty much.  You are talking balls mate.


      Congratulations mate, that's some wonderful research of which I couldn't be arsed....still though I appreciate your education...but just in case you fail to see the principle of having a large splodge of yellow on our celebratory shirt which commemorates 125 yrs of our wonderful history...more fool you!

      It's F***ing awful bud, far too big and completely ruins a perfectly good shirt, one of the best in recent years imo.


      WU.....could that mean Wankers Union in other fans eye's??



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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #74: Aug 26, 2017 10:28:16 am
      I actually looked into it a bit.  Aside from MLS which has some decent looking shirts.  Very much in line with most of world football.

      Looked like Palace last week had multiple sponsors on the front so that'll be the next thing!
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #75: Aug 27, 2017 03:31:59 am
      The NBA does have front of shirt sponsors.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #76: Aug 27, 2017 08:57:50 am

      Congratulations mate, that's some wonderful research of which I couldn't be arsed....still though I appreciate your education...but just in case you fail to see the principle of having a large splodge of yellow on our celebratory shirt which commemorates 125 yrs of our wonderful history...more fool you!

      It's F***ing awful bud, far too big and completely ruins a perfectly good shirt, one of the best in recent years imo.


      WU.....could that mean Wankers Union in other fans eye's??



      YNWA

      WU = Wankers Union...

      Are you 12?

      You can do better than that.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #77: Aug 29, 2017 10:25:32 pm

      I imagine we were all fully paid up members of that union at that age 😏

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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #78: Aug 30, 2017 08:58:44 am
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      That's one of the things I find most troubling.

      Remember when shirt sponsors came in?
      First it was "F**k that, get it off the shirt"
      Then it became "oh I dunno, it doesn't look too bad"
      Then it was just accepted, and people even got excited about new deals for the shirt sponsor.

      Like you say, no doubt the same will happen with this.

      Problem?

      I've no interest in advertising, and no matter how many ads are thrown at me at football games, and in society in general, it doesn't mean I'm going to buy it if I don't want it.

      However when I got my first replica shirt, the sponsor name was a big deal to me. It didn't mean I wanted to take up painting, or buy washing machines, or drink like a fish, or bank in Asia, but it makes the shirt look more realistic with it on it than without it. Nor will it mean in this case, I'm about to set up a comic relief fund in Nigeria. We've had names and mad numbers plasterered on shirts for 24 years, I didn't like it then and still don't like it now, but I've got used to it, and it brings in extra revenue for the club, so I can live with it.

      When we start getting into naming rights for stands/stadiums, that's where I draw the line. When the Kop is renamed the "McDonalds Stand", it's time to take action.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #79: Aug 30, 2017 09:54:34 am
      We'll win number 6 before number 19. Calling it now.

      Not sure how that's possible - the Champions League finals on 26th May 2018, 2 weeks after our final game of the season vs Brighton ;)
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #80: Aug 30, 2017 10:11:44 am


      I was looking forward to being a very proud owner of our new shirt, but they have f***in ruined that notion, whoever made the decision that this was a good idea quite honestly needs a right good kick in the clacker bag, and I want to be first in the queue.

      Absolute f***in Tossers, and yet another total F**k Up !!!


      YNWA



      Pretty sure you can get the shirt sans the WU logo. So there's that.


      I actually looked into it a bit.  Aside from MLS which has some decent looking shirts.  Very much in line with most of world football.

      As it turns out all of MLB, NFL,NBA and NHL do not allow any sort of shirt sponsors..

      So pretty much.  You are talking balls mate.

      The NBA will be having some (Admittedly small, and for the most part look pretty good actually) shirt sponsors from this year onwards. As well as I believe the Nike swoosh now being on game-day tops (Adidas logo was never on actual game day wear). NHL is looking into it as well I believe. Not that I want to diminish your point, as it is a good point - just actually shows this is the way the sports world is going, we are certainly not an isolated case.



      WU.....could that mean Wankers Union in other fans eye's??

      YNWA

      Pretty world known brand. Most of us with a sense of humour, even those like mine that spend a lot of time in the gutter, would not make that connection. That's too easy. Or as Mags said...

      WU = Wankers Union...

      Are you 12?

      You can do better than that.

      :D


      For the record, it is not bothering me at all. Any and all extra revenue we can generate without any fundamental changes should be welcomed. Did not consciously think about the logo once when we were smashing Arsenal. Considering that might be the most complete performance I've seen from a Klopp side yet, I'd dare say the logo aint bothering the players too much either. So, shrug. Still a beautiful kit, with or without the Wankers Union.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #81: Aug 30, 2017 05:16:18 pm
      Have they made the logo smaller?
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #82: Sep 19, 2017 08:44:58 pm
      Tacky as hell those sleeve sponsorships the league has taken up. You might shrug it off, or say "I don´t care as long as it brings in extra money", but that kind of thinking is what leads to brands on the back of the shirt, on the sides of the shirt, on the front of the shorts, on the ass...

      This kind of thing is what happens when you start crossing that line between having class and making profits, and you see it in other businesses where they cut corners every possible cheap way. This is how it starts  :(
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #83: Sep 19, 2017 10:45:51 pm
      Tacky as hell those sleeve sponsorships the league has taken up. You might shrug it off, or say "I don´t care as long as it brings in extra money", but that kind of thinking is what leads to brands on the back of the shirt, on the sides of the shirt, on the front of the shorts, on the ass...

      Or just turn them into a F1 car, any available space stick some sponsorship on it!!

      As a sport, the game is dead, it's about branding and business nowadays.
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #84: Sep 20, 2017 03:21:35 pm
      Or just turn them into a F1 car, any available space stick some sponsorship on it!!

      As a sport, the game is dead, it's about branding and business nowadays.


      American ownership is all about branding the product.

      Won't be long before goal post & the grassed area within the goals will have branding..
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      Re: Western Union our first ever sleeve sponsor
      Reply #85: Sep 20, 2017 04:07:08 pm
      Should just force players to get tattoos of sponsors' logos to quantify the huge wages. Leave the shirts alone.

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