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Post by ox4eva on Sept 15, 2016 21:26:56 GMT
What's peoples thought's on the retail operation so far this season?
Certainly improved but a way to go yet is my view, also no more news on a city presence.
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Post by jimmycarterxi on Sept 16, 2016 0:05:14 GMT
I'm not interested in a replica shirt for myself but wanted to get my boy a kit, went to club shop before season started and was very dissapointed to find none availible and that they had no date of when they would arrive, emailed the club and they said they had a problem with suppliers and would arrive around October time....not impressed
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Post by vegasox on Sept 16, 2016 5:23:10 GMT
I'm not interested in a replica shirt for myself but wanted to get my boy a kit, went to club shop before season started and was very dissapointed to find none availible and that they had no date of when they would arrive, emailed the club and they said they had a problem with suppliers and would arrive around October time....not impressed Worth ringing topsport, as one of their branches might have stock, the one in Abingdon sorted me out with away shorts for my lads, when the club run out last season!
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Post by jimmycarterxi on Sept 18, 2016 22:21:22 GMT
I'm not interested in a replica shirt for myself but wanted to get my boy a kit, went to club shop before season started and was very dissapointed to find none availible and that they had no date of when they would arrive, emailed the club and they said they had a problem with suppliers and would arrive around October time....not impressed Worth ringing topsport, as one of their branches might have stock, the one in Abingdon sorted me out with away shorts for my lads, when the club run out last season! Cheers for letting me know....only issue is that it's for a 2 year old and none have been produced/delivered to date
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Post by Mark on Sept 19, 2016 9:49:13 GMT
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Post by ryaniobirdio on Sept 22, 2016 21:37:43 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing.
I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue.
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Post by ox4eva on Sept 23, 2016 5:17:55 GMT
Going to pop into the shop tomorrow and see how its going, I generally always leave disappointed though.
Has the club given up on getting something in the city centre?
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Post by Mark on Sept 23, 2016 8:30:22 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing. I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue. It's the sort of t-shirt that fans might have made in the past, however following the clampdown on unoffical merch, I assume there is a market for this, even if it isn't to your taste.
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Post by ryaniobirdio on Sept 23, 2016 9:43:00 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing. I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue. It's the sort of t-shirt that fans might have made in the past, however following the clampdown on unoffical merch, I assume there is a market for this, even if it isn't to your taste. You could be right on why they've done that, but it's still not for the club to make that shirt in my mind. At best it's opportunism gone horribly wrong - fans can make those items in a very DIY, almost underground manner, but for the club to do it and show them off on social media etc does not sit right with me, nor from the looks of it 90% of people who have seen them. There are some things that are meant for the terraces which the club should merely offer a nod and a wink to, and this is one of them. Anybody who actually understands football would, for my money, not make an item like this for commercial profit through official club channels.
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Post by Mark on Sept 23, 2016 10:07:36 GMT
It's a shame that the club don't seem to realise the difference between fans doing a bit of DIY memorabilia for very little return, compared with commercial enterprises who have no connection with the club preparing half-and-half scarves, pin badges all for their own reward.
Also as you say, there is a difference between a fan made "6 in a row" compared to the club saying and selling merch with it. The sort of thing that will come back and bite us. I think some people still have old BSE t-shirts, presumably fan-made, there have also been pin badges with the scores, mugs with the impaled robin etc.
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Post by oufcyellows on Sept 23, 2016 10:26:33 GMT
The bse tshirt said were sold in the shop, so was the Wycombe one of moody and Massey swinging on the bar, I brought both! Might not be to everyone's taste, I can't see me getting one, but at least they are trying something different and not just banging out the usual old new balance/ Nike generic shit. Now if it had been a just like ur fingers that's 6in a row, with a hand print, id have brought one
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Post by ox4eva on Sept 23, 2016 11:23:55 GMT
Would like to see more HUFC/OUFC merchandise and a 'pride of the Thames valley' type design.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Sept 23, 2016 11:53:22 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing. I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue. May I suggest that, in fact this is the future we will all need to be 'enjoying' when we have the new stadium, comfy seats and droves of middle class fans braying about the place in their red trizers. They aren't really Oxford fans? How dare you! Far from being a spontaneous thing, banter will be monetized, fun will be guaranteed along with an easy entry and smooth exit. The future is coming; it's hugely embarrassing and a bit shite.
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Post by makv on Sept 23, 2016 15:15:03 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing. I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue. May I suggest that, in fact this is the future we will all need to be 'enjoying' when we have the new stadium, comfy seats and droves of middle class fans braying about the place in their red trizers. They aren't really Oxford fans? How dare you! Far from being a spontaneous thing, banter will be monetized, fun will be guaranteed along with an easy entry and smooth exit. The future is coming; it's hugely embarrassing and a bit shite. But comfortable. Very, very comfortable. The future is stadium:MK
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Post by ryaniobirdio on Sept 24, 2016 1:35:05 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing. I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue. May I suggest that, in fact this is the future we will all need to be 'enjoying' when we have the new stadium, comfy seats and droves of middle class fans braying about the place in their red trizers. They aren't really Oxford fans? How dare you! Far from being a spontaneous thing, banter will be monetized, fun will be guaranteed along with an easy entry and smooth exit. The future is coming; it's hugely embarrassing and a bit shite. Sorry Paul, I can't take you seriously at all. You haven't mentioned anything about foam fingers or 50/50 scarves. Both of which I might add were available from the official club shop last season. You're just another fake fan. Take your quince jelly and leave this forum.
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Post by manorlounger on Sept 24, 2016 8:34:38 GMT
See they've just got a load of cringeworthy '6 In A Row' T-shirts in at the shop. There's terrace banter that's good to give a cheeky nod to in a tweet etc, and then there's this, which is both unbelievably unprofessional and hugely embarrassing. I can only assume that the people involved in this item aren't actually Oxford fans, and are merely people who work for / with the club who think they understand it when clearly they don't have a clue. May I suggest that, in fact this is the future we will all need to be 'enjoying' when we have the new stadium, comfy seats and droves of middle class fans braying about the place in their red trizers. They aren't really Oxford fans? How dare you! Far from being a spontaneous thing, banter will be monetized, fun will be guaranteed along with an easy entry and smooth exit. The future is coming; it's hugely embarrassing and a bit shite. ...And the Bird will be offering 2 for 1 mains and discount vouchers via flyers on entry.
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Post by Colin B on Sept 24, 2016 10:24:08 GMT
May I suggest that, in fact this is the future we will all need to be 'enjoying' when we have the new stadium, comfy seats and droves of middle class fans braying about the place in their red trizers. They aren't really Oxford fans? How dare you! Far from being a spontaneous thing, banter will be monetized, fun will be guaranteed along with an easy entry and smooth exit. The future is coming; it's hugely embarrassing and a bit shite. Sorry Paul, I can't take you seriously at all. You haven't mentioned anything about foam fingers or 50/50 scarves. Both of which I might add were available from the official club shop last season. You're just another fake fan. Take your quince jelly and leave this forum. Now it's a while since we've had a quince jelly thread on this forum Ryan, and thank you for mentioning it, but please be sure to always refer to it by its correct name Dulce de Membrillo. This forum has standards you know.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Sept 24, 2016 10:30:44 GMT
Apparently Marina O'Loughlan of the Graundia was at the Bird before the Scum match. I didn't recognise her which is odd since there weren't that many women walking around there with a plate held out in front of their face.
Here's an extract from what the 'Food critic of the Year' wrote:
"Dishes are pinto-sized [sic] and presented in the European manner with sauce swoops and microherb-type flourishes. Many are on slates.
Quality is equally confused: dishes range from ravishing ro bewildering. In the former camp is duck breast, it's fat rendered off, flesh tender and juicy, skin crisp, the sauce a riff on murgh makani (butter chicken) and ripe with slow-cooked tomatoe, butter, cream and garam masala, with a backnote of heat from chili and ginger. Fine, too, are crisp crab cakes topped with scarlet sweet chilli and straining with potato and perky crabmeat; these come with a creamy salad scattered with mustard seeds and laced with more crab. A bit “if Birds Eye did Indian”, maybe, but it works for me. Under “bewildering”, file parathas, the evening’s only available starchy accompaniments; our cauliflower-stuffed version has come out for its Halloween as greasy, vaguely flatulent tattie scones.
I’m struggling altogether with the question of whether this is a “good” restaurant. Objectively, I’d have to say it’s not: the scabby-looking exterior in handsome Blackbird Leys Road. There’s a dissonance between the grungy 70s setting with its thrift-shop furniture, sparse bar, grubby walls and the grapes that come with that duck dish, their bases carefully sliced off so they stand to attention like conscripted Weebles. “Look!” they squeak, “We’re fine dining!” There’s a fondness for wearisome gimmickry: novelty “vessels” and syringes for sugary-sweet cocktails; slates and shot glasses and spoons; walls festooned with weaponry from past and current wars. On the other hand, transfixed in the gimlet eye of mine host I have to admit that the whole thing is brilliant, utterly bloody brilliant. Honest. I mean it!
And that's how I escaped from the Blackbird."
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Post by Colin B on Sept 24, 2016 10:30:48 GMT
May I suggest that, in fact this is the future we will all need to be 'enjoying' when we have the new stadium, comfy seats and droves of middle class fans braying about the place in their red trizers. They aren't really Oxford fans? How dare you! Far from being a spontaneous thing, banter will be monetized, fun will be guaranteed along with an easy entry and smooth exit. The future is coming; it's hugely embarrassing and a bit shite. ...And the Bird will be offering 2 for 1 mains and discount vouchers via flyers on entry. You'll be telling me that the Bird's world famous literary recitals are being replaced with pre-match bingo next!
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Post by Colin B on Sept 24, 2016 10:44:59 GMT
Apparently Marina O'Loughlan of the Graundia was at the Bird before the Scum match. I didn't recognise her which is odd since there weren't that many women walking around there with a plate held out in front of their face. Here's an extract from what the 'Food critic of the Year' wrote: "Dishes are pinto-sized [sic] and presented in the European manner with sauce swoops and microherb-type flourishes. Many are on slates. Quality is equally confused: dishes range from ravishing ro bewildering. In the former camp is duck breast, it's fat rendered off, flesh tender and juicy, skin crisp, the sauce a riff on murgh makani (butter chicken) and ripe with slow-cooked tomatoe, butter, cream and garam masala, with a backnote of heat from chili and ginger. Fine, too, are crisp crab cakes topped with scarlet sweet chilli and straining with potato and perky crabmeat; these come with a creamy salad scattered with mustard seeds and laced with more crab. A bit “if Birds Eye did Indian”, maybe, but it works for me. Under “bewildering”, file parathas, the evening’s only available starchy accompaniments; our cauliflower-stuffed version has come out for its Halloween as greasy, vaguely flatulent tattie scones. I’m struggling altogether with the question of whether this is a “good” restaurant. Objectively, I’d have to say it’s not: the scabby-looking exterior in handsome Blackbird Leys Road. There’s a dissonance between the grungy 70s setting with its thrift-shop furniture, sparse bar, grubby walls and the grapes that come with that duck dish, their bases carefully sliced off so they stand to attention like conscripted Weebles. “Look!” they squeak, “We’re fine dining!” There’s a fondness for wearisome gimmickry: novelty “vessels” and syringes for sugary-sweet cocktails; slates and shot glasses and spoons; walls festooned with weaponry from past and current wars. On the other hand, transfixed in the gimlet eye of mine host I have to admit that the whole thing is brilliant, utterly bloody brilliant. Honest. I mean it! And that's how I escaped from the Blackbird." I saw her. She was in the snug, holding court about the Turner Contemporary, where she has just done a scathing review on their catering attempts, and in particular the jumbo mixed grill eat all you can for a fiver including bread and butter and a mug of tea.t
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Post by Paul Cannell on Sept 24, 2016 11:09:52 GMT
...And the Bird will be offering 2 for 1 mains and discount vouchers via flyers on entry. You'll be telling me that the Bird's world famous literary recitals are being replaced with pre-match bingo next! Not while i'm alive to fight the scourge of red trizers, they aren't! Unfortunately I offered this week's slot to Dave Cudd (a respected impressario of the Neo-ist school) as he's ailing and impecunious and frankly a poet is not honoured in his own home. He had booked Alice Oswald to give a reading of Memoriam with the support of Charlton Heston's ashes (he seems convinced that Ben Hur was part of the Iliad?!) but they have been nabbed on their way from Paddingto by a co-operative of Anarcho-Pastoralists to perform on front of the flocks at an M4 service station at their annual beetle drive. Never mind, I'll get Carol-Anne Duffy to do her Egyptian dance in the Bird before xmas or my name's not Jim Rosenthal. Even if I have to don a white sheet and pretend to be Geoffrey Hill.
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Post by Colin B on Sept 24, 2016 11:59:48 GMT
Now I'm not one for rumour mongering, but I've been informed that a certain mustard cord wearing correspondent of this very forum has been having bingo calling training at Gala bingo and was spotted in deep conversation with mine host last week.
Could be nothing in it, or the Bird could be about to have the poshest bingo caller in England! I think we should form a protest group now and head off this abomination before it can gain momentum. Clickety f*cking click my arse............
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Post by Paul Cannell on Sept 24, 2016 12:26:03 GMT
I can hear it now. "Two little widgeon. Twenty-twoo!"
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Post by plonker on Jul 11, 2017 18:14:19 GMT
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Post by MJB on Jul 11, 2017 18:18:42 GMT
Those first two designs are particularly nice.
Why is Raglan's mouth always upside down though?
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Post by plonker on Jul 11, 2017 18:31:44 GMT
Haha. No idea. Maybe he loved the Muppets a little too much as a child. The players facial expressions make me laugh. Kane's family dog has just been attacked by an overly aggressive tabby from across the street. Lunny is concerned for Kane's dog; Nelson wants to eat the cat.
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Post by malcolmnl on Jul 11, 2017 19:56:42 GMT
Bit disappointed about the info available on the shop site. I expect by specs to at least see what the material is that a shirt is made from. When ordering from abroad it's nice to know so that I don't have to return items if I don't like the material.
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Post by plonker on Jul 11, 2017 20:03:43 GMT
Bit disappointed about the info available on the shop site. I expect by specs to at least see what the material is that a shirt is made from. When ordering from abroad it's nice to know so that I don't have to return items if I don't like the material. That's why I haven't ordered anything. I'll look next Wednesday to see what the material composition is etc. What shirt(s) are you interested in? I'll have a look for you, if you like. Or email them, of course.
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Post by sonofivan on Jul 12, 2017 4:25:31 GMT
Haha. No idea. Maybe he loved the Muppets a little too much as a child. View AttachmentThe players facial expressions make me laugh. Kane's family dog has just been attacked by an overly aggressive tabby from across the street. Lunny is concerned for Kane's dog; Nelson wants to eat the cat. View Attachment I agree, what's wrong with a good old fashioned 'say cheese!'? Hemings in particular looks like someone stole his fidget spinner. 😁
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Post by The Fence End on Jul 20, 2017 12:02:09 GMT
Not sure when it's opening but looks like it'll be soon:
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