I quite like this trophy from our perspective, away games against League1/2 sides is a good opportunity to see how they can shape up against more physically developed opponents, particularly our promising u18s.
If you look at what Adidas pay teams in the Premier League, it goes from £2m a season to £75m. Looking at shirt sales we are normally just behind Newcastle in the list, with them at around 500k shirts and us around 450k shirts. They get around...
Whoever pays us the most Im generally happy with, don't wear them myself but haven't thought Castores effort have been too bad.
The kits Nike done for us are arguably the worst we've ever had, so getting a bigger name sponsor isn't a guarantee...
It's simple for me, whoever offers the most, that's who we go with. It's not a fashion show. We need money to compete. They're offering way more than anyone else.
I wouldn't mind, but the majority refuse to wear the shirt to the match because...