Chelsea biggest team photo.

AnCapaillMor

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17521321%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=chelsea%2dfan%2dphoto%2dshirt%2dcost%2d-name_page.html

Ruu_Old

Smart from a business point of view.

Ballboy

Haha.. The one club that doesnt need the money.. unless there saving up for ronaldinho...

Mr. Presentable

West Stand, what's that, about 12,000? Nothing to write home about I'd say.

bizmark

The only thing chelsea would have to save for is barca itself

Guy:Incognito

Ballboy wrote:

Haha.. The one club that doesnt need the money.. unless there saving up for ronaldinho...

I'd say it's more like addidas dont want one of their ads peppered with umbro logos.

iregk

Stamford bridge doesn't have any umbro signs in it anymore!

Good idea in fairness I think..

jesus_thats_gre

Ballboy wrote:

Haha.. The one club that doesnt need the money.. unless there saving up for ronaldinho...

unless unless they are trying new marketing tricks in the hope of becoming more and more self sufficient.

cournioni

Wonderful English from the Mirror:

"CHELSEA is banning fans who have not bought its new £44.99 shirt from appearing in the world's biggest-ever team photo."

iregk

What more were you expect from an English publication?

incidentally, ever read the Evening Herald? now thats poor english and spelling.

Ronan|Raven

Aye, it goes from banning all the way to "being accomodated in another section" Sterling journalism.

loyatemu

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Wonderful English from the Mirror:

"CHELSEA is banning fans who have not bought its new £44.99 shirt from appearing in the world's biggest-ever team photo."

Chelsea is a football club - so this is gramatically correct (and consistent with the use of its later in the sentence). In reality it's probably ok to use is or are in this case.

gustavo

Seems like a good idea from a purely aesthetic point of view.

el rabitos

gallas might have to buy a shirt and sit in the stand if he wants in on the photo

Guy:Incognito

iregk wrote:

Stamford bridge doesn't have any umbro signs in it anymore!

Good idea in fairness I think..

I meant the ones on the old jerseys.Hence the whole ban on older jerseys wich were made by umbro.

cournioni

loyatemu wrote:

Chelsea is a football club - so this is gramatically correct (and consistent with the use of its later in the sentence). In reality it's probably ok to use is or are in this case.

Point taken. I was under the assumption that it was the people of Chelsea football club, people being plural, "banning" the fans who arrive without the new strip.

iregk

Stekelly wrote:

I meant the ones on the old jerseys.Hence the whole ban on older jerseys wich were made by umbro.

Ah right, gotcha, good point.

johnos

Shock! Horror! Chelsea consumers, sorry, fans, being ripped off by corporate goons in new merchandising wheeze?
Isn't that what Chelsea fans are for? And ManU fans and Arsenal fans and Real Madrid fans? Why is this news?

Bateman

johnos wrote:

Shock! Horror! Chelsea consumers, sorry, fans, being ripped off by corporate goons in new merchandising wheeze?
Isn't that what Chelsea fans are for? And ManU fans and Arsenal fans and Real Madrid fans? Why is this news?

Give over. It's a brilliant marketing event, both from Adidas and Chelsea's point of view, a marketing event of the kind eL clubs can only dream about.

RotalicaV

As stated, its probably sponser related. In which case, you can hardly blame them. I think it's a good idea anyway, something to keep for the fans.

Whats the name of that spanish club that wrote the name of every person who bought a season ticket on their jersey really small so from far it looked like a patern but up close you could read the names. That's a great idea, but probably one for the smaller clubs

johnos

Bateman wrote:

Give over. It's a brilliant marketing event, both from Adidas and Chelsea's point of view, a marketing event of the kind eL clubs can only dream about.

But is it a brilliant footballing event?

Bateman

johnos wrote:

But is it a brilliant footballing event?

Football players, coaches, and fans will be there, so I would say yes, it is a football event. It's as much of a "football event" for newsworthy purposes as an FA / FAI Cup draw, for example.