spot on! i have mentioned this many times before, we have the benefit of having the most unique colours in rugby league and yet we dont seem to want to maximise this. have a stroll round the merchandise in our shops and there have been plenty of yellows,blacks,greys,reds,whites but not a lot of claret and gold.

as i was saying to daz yesterday,look at other supporters and the range of stuff they are wearing in their clubs colours then see our fans walking around in yellow,black,red and grey merchandise, apart from the odd scarf,replica,retro shirts you dont see much claret and gold on our fans.

yes some of the hoodies and jackets might be nice, good quality but they are grey or black!

Buy wots there in shop..love to go to supermarket with u!!! Above two some sense at last!!

It isn't good and hasn't been for years. I posted on here years ago about the opportunities the club were missing but I don't feel it has learned enough.

Being a new fan of Huddersfield and not fartown I am new to the tradition. But having supported a football club since birth (not town) I have bought every shirt that was produced. That is my devotion to the club and knowing by buying shirts and going to games we would get better players and win trophies as its simple economics.



I know that what a shirt looks like helps it to sell but surely it's the badge on the chest and the support to a club we are supposed to love and support through thick and thin that gets us to buy the shirts.



I do agree the quality is not the greatest and my only suggest would be don't change it every year! I am sure more people would buy them if it was every 2 years. I am sure the sponsors will be signed up for 2 years?



It's all very new to me and I read these forums daily, but I enjoyed last year the highs, lows, tribulations and frustrations. Isn't that what makes life? We have to stick together and support the club in what ever way we can.

Spot on, we might not like it but this is exactly where we are.

I do not know the ins and outs of how the contracts work but i would have thought that part of any suppliers motivations are in respect of on field success and publicity / marketing/ commercial kudos rather than net sales.



Kooga would surely be as interested in supplying a team who get lots of TV exposure etc.



I cannot believe commercial decisions are based just on sales.



I would imagine that the difference between a big club and a small one is only a matter of a few thousand shirts ( bearing in mind the size of crowds and wider appeal). Would Wakey or Cas sell much more than the Giants.



The other issue is surely related to price. When a contract is signed with the maker they would say we will provide X shirts at £15. You sell them for what you want ?



Other merchandise is likely to be provided by INDEPENDENT suppliers. Anything that does not have Kooga on will be made by someone else. Surely you could use different suppliers.

If Rod and Smiler can do good items from Independent makers with a 4 to 6 week turnover then surely the club could?

Everyone keeps going on about Wigan saints hull etc selling loads more shirts -do they? Tbh every year when the new Wigan/ saints shirt come out it looks....... Exactly like the current shirt- oh what a surprise saints shirt is red and white with a v, ooh look cherry and white stripes.... You get the picture.

If one shirt looks so similar to the next will so many fans buy a new shirt every year? I wouldn't!

The main complaint appears to be that stuff isn't in the club colours.



A quick look at the other clubs online stores seems to suggest that most of their stuff is the same colours ie Grery/Black/Dark Blue. In fact we appear to have slightly more Claret items in the store than Leeds have Blue and Amber. Luckily for Hull their colours are Black and White.



Unfortunately there is nothing Rl fans like more than moaning which explains why the sport is stuck in the same rut it's been in for 117 years with little sign it'll ever break out.