I've grown to overlook the glaring issues with the 'stripes' Cobi. You're right, it's an 'old timers' minority interest thing (even though they're not really stripes anyway).
However, I've grown to see it as a predominantly green with whiite bits home shirt, no different to the last few seasons only a lot less bland and disintersting and with a sponsors logo that doesn't look like a five year old printed it with a cut up potato.
Aside from that, the pluses, which caused me to buy one this year, are that it looks quite 'continental' with the higher badge/logo, the sleeve logos and the shoulder advert. And what an advert, that's what ultimately swung it for me, the Legion's WW1 commemoration, it makes it a unique and historical bit of cloth.
Also it's in Argyle green, who knows for how much longer this classier and uniquely identifiable shade will last. If 'a few' can push through stripes when the majority wanted something else then maybe they can bend ears again an lose us our now established identity as the team in dark green. We may never get the opportunity to buy one again.
You've never known stripes and I get that, it must seem weird. You've never known light green either, imagine how weird that'd be :shock:
If you prefer a keepers top, fill yer boots, it's money into Argyle's coffers which is great. But maybe hold off for a week or two and see the home shirt 'in the flesh', give it the chance to grow on you. There's none more pedantic about shirts than I, so if it can win me round then who knows?
(Edit to add) - was compiling the above in response to your earlier post. Seeing your subsequent post, that'll teach me to try directing reasoned logic your way :roll:
Wear pink then. It's your choice, express yourself how you wish, it's the 21st century afterall. Although it's hard to fathom the logic in having an issue with stripes being 'not the Argyle I know'.......only to resolve it by wearing pink!!
Also, if there's something undignified with the over 40's wearing football shirts, which there is, guilty as charged, then to me anyone over the age of about 14 wearing a goal keeping shirt, unless worn between two goal posts, is just plain wrong,
