Why are people angry at new England kit?

The new England kit has stirred up a storm, all because Nike, the kit’s designers, have changed the colours of the flag on the back of the shirt.
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[@simonpage5870]

Nike and sunak chatting 💩

[@adamrobinson9256]

Not buying one 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@weaponizedknight7316]

Rare Sunak W

[@mcsuibhne005]

Coz its gggggg

[@user-hm8ns7uh6t]

As we all know, go woke go broke. Will never buy another Nike product ever again

[@christianmccasual]

look, i feel like the cross shouldn’t be changed, but jesus christ, hearing the amount of outrage from the british population is so laughable. almost kills me tbh.

[@Discordisnotagoodthing]

There is so many problems in the world yet people are mad about the colour of a flag on a kit

[@Giovanniditessitore]

Because its something to get angry about, get angry about real issues not this.

[@johntaylor4084]

Its not traditional! , if it is not red then it is not our flag and the Team is no longer representing England

[@ES-of4zw]

It’s disgraceful to my country, its history and the heritage my forefathers burdened. The English cross is a sign of honour and pride, to change it is to disrespect all we have accomplished.

[@2TrillSenna]

You are all softer than babyshit 😂

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

If you don't know why we are angry your roots are short ? 🤔

[@A_PUG_WITH_THUMBS]

Go take five stars off the USA, change red for purple and see how long the country lasts 😂

[@nickdawson9236]

from one mass slave labour brand to another mass slave labour brand (even using the chinese UIGHER forced slave labour concentration camps vile

[@dannywaters7827]

the color of fuckin grimmice😂poxy

[@David1991.]

It's called colour not color

[@ThePutt]

There are past kits of England with altered flags before, this just shows how the media is SOOOOO sensitive nowadays🫤

[@tlg5003]

The price is the real insult. Football long ago ceased to be the people's game. It's just a corporate rip off now.

[@SteveSearle]

Not the St George's cross, that is just obnoxious embroidery

[@mrpeterson1481]

Inless it was brought to my attention i would have never noticed. Oh wait yeah i support Denmark 😂

[@user-qi8qv2fw5c]

The FA have a stop racism policy, surely an American company changing our national flag is racist. They are trying to ethnically cleanse the English from England. Take the contract from nike and give it to an English company

[@PeterCocaine-gu7fp]

Why are people so and it's not that deep it's a one centimeter detail that you wouldn't of noticed if Nike didn't tweet it out people need to go outside for once if this is ye're biggest concern

[@lewish_1476]

Its stupid and wrong. Its not even an england shirt. Its saint george kit. Get rid of it

[@dmaxkedar]

So why I like Adidas

[@David1991.]

Germany will be leaving Adidas very soon.

[@jeanyves651]

Meanwhile..."According to Ben Shapiro it's an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory to quote WSJ & members of US Congress statements that they're banning TikTok to silence criticism of Israel" - infoliberation Free Palestine

[@davidmartin2331]

Dopest think Nike did with England is when they painted Rooney red with his arms open representing the red in the flag on a white back drop. That sh*t was cold

[@Slev_Kelevra]

Look what colors the bi flag has :)

[@simoncohen6509]

I like it! Like the historic link also! ❤

[@mangledskateboarding1553]

More identity politics distractions

[@stanleyrobson4622]

As an England fan I can only feel that seeing the cross in nred or any colour on the kit is good ... as long as the real message of the cross is remembered. It is not about pride ... national or otherwise ... but the message of salvation through Christ our Lord.

[@billyboing215]

Its not the flag. Its just common sense

[@jmsBungz]

It look very similar to the bi sexual pride flag

[@unusedsub3003]

I couldn’t give a f**k.

[@minavalikhany2319]

If ppl really don’t like it, you can change it. But ask your ppl, how they can go to better life when they are so prejudice to a color? I think they should worry about illegal refugees in their country!

[@benmayhew2K]

Don't buy n it'll go away

[@matthewoleary02]

It's obvious they didn't want the St. George's cross which is fine but then they shouldn't have put a cross on it at all. I'd be surprised if anyone from that 66 team would actually like this, they played with pride for the cross not try to hide it

[@AquaviusX]

Give an inch...

[@calvinblack2167]

How can you change a nations flag to this woke bollox

[@azRome1990]

I really love it.

[@darger3]

Who signed off on it? That’s your target. Not Nike.

[@TruthGG]

😂😂😂going mad over nothing

[@amandapetermendez1725]

I hear our whole Country of England is being sponsored, so our National Flag is changing to this design, pmsl: i.pinimg.com/736x/28/c2/47/28c247d8fd03ec09519fabbf18f81f66.jpg

[@ThatWantedGuy]

St George wasn't English so it don't belong in this country

[@vinylsx92]

Because they're gammon gbeebies viewers baring in mind the cross did the exact same thing in 2011 shirt. It's a meaningless cross on back of a shirt but of course the gammons forget about the Tories changing the flag for their election campaign and ukip turning it purple

[@JackNeil-zz2uw]

Boycott Nike if they can do it to our flag they will do it to yours next 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@oohtob6685]

If I was a player I'd leave the training camp and refuse to wear it unless changed.

[@raede2533]

Oooh you’re hard

[@cookiemonster-uv6vs]

We shouldn't mess with our national flags say rishi and the other fascists but they dont have a problem with the police changing the union jack on their uniform hmmmm radicalised fascists seeing something thats not there even though they have been told its nothing to do with the lgbtq community it doesn't even contain the same amount of colours this is the rich and their government puppets causing hate to gain power and profit

[@tonygroves5516]

Do a bud light on Nike send their shares plummeting.

[@gavinforsyth321]

Some mong at the fa must have known about this

[@raede2533]

So why isn’t this okay but a blue line flag on a policeman’s uniform is acceptable?? Strange

[@justefe]

Great point. There are so many examples of not just uk or England flags being represented as the original colour. Just a template. +++++++++++

[@alanyoung3389]

No one wants a gay rainbow on our national flag.

[@raede2533]

Not sure I’ve seen this, where is it, do you have a source?

[@alanyoung3389]

@@raede2533 put your glasses on....

[@raede2533]

@@alanyoung3389 okay they’re on, now please show me this rainbow one speaks of? Do you take issue also with the thin blue line flag? Curious on your stance here

[@alanyoung3389]

None are as blind as those who will not see....thin blue line ran out many years ago....they are out of control.

[@raede2533]

@@alanyoung3389 I’m looking at this kit, please can you show me a rainbow? It’s such a simple darn question yet you’re now onto quoting some nonsense that’s not relevant. So please, I see a multi-coloured cross, I see this very clearly. Where’s the rainbow?

[@Luckycully]

Imagine changing our 1000 year old flag and no one caring 😢 it would never happen in any other country

[@raede2533]

Why are the police allowed to do it then? Gang flags mate

[@alexsmith-gn4tp]

I'm sure all of Channel 4's fans, woke non binary, eco menace protesters who ALL just LOVE Muslim illegal immigrants will love this change ! From me in Manchester England UK. ❤️🇬🇧🇮🇱❤️

[@jasonbennett4467]

Boycott it..... simply don't buy it.

[@PeterCocaine-gu7fp]

Relax my guy 1 nobody's buying it anyway because of the price and 2 it is a tiny cross it's not like there's a rainbow gland and a swastika on it 3 English people after the flag all the time putting there clubs crest on it

[@earthworm2590]

Yet people dying starving in gaza nd then people like rishi wnker starmer talking about a pathetic logo Wtf no one cares

[@andywalsh9189]

An American company has defaced a national flag on a national kit... That's important enough to talk about, it doesn't have to be Gaza every single conversation

[@landyrover4589]

Yeah earthworm needs to be contacting Hamas to answer his question??

[@earthworm2590]

@landyrover4589 why don't you contact the zions and also while your at it go wash your bkside you just angry as you got skids Disgusting

[@MikeYm98875]

Who tf cares about isreal and gaza lol

[@j.peaceo1031]

Nike, is on a mission to denigrate every thing that's great about America, and of course, England.

[@richardchow4775]

Are the FA getting these kits FOC ? Surely they'll have a say if they are paying for them.

[@richardm68]

Nike are renowned for being idiots and WOKE . Look how they forced along with Fed Ex the Washington Redskins to ditch there name ! Even though 5 polls done have a resoundingly positive response from Native Americans in 5 separate polls in the Redskin name . There isn't even a Native American on the board of either company .

[@guff9567]

Im so angry. Angry. ANGRY

[@NayfusDa1st]

Why it looks nice

[@ACBandit]

Snowflake😂😂😂

[@drinkmeamericaimdelicious7999]

😂

[@W0rmBuffet]

You’re pathetic mate

[@victoriabrooks7009]

Then we won't buy it. Wonder how much money they just lost?? people will just wear their home shirts 😂😂

[@NayfusDa1st]

I would it looks good

[@zakariamohamed1763]

I thought Sunak’s flag was the Indian flag

[@user-ri8nu4ug2o]

It’s a disgrace it more aimed at feminists and gays not the men who are playing the game

[@stephenoxf]

I am so baffled as to who on earth would think this way. It's not 2 teams, the feminists + the gays + Nike vs you and the England squad... it's Nike who have made a quirky design decision, and most people don't care because it's still St George's Cross, just with different colour grading. It's absolutely bizarre how people fail to see nuance.

[@C24680]

​@@stephenoxf if it's not red and white it's not the st Georges cross is it! That monstrosity is not anything like our flag. It shouldn't have been changed.

[@jenniferroe297]

Are the gays and feminists in the room with us now?

[@user-ri8nu4ug2o]

@@jenniferroe297 with your name sound like both

[@stephenoxf]

@C24680 I have a duvet which is a black and white Union Jack. No one gets angry at that!

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW MATE

[@tronray4479]

Oi,Its crazy how folks think innit.

[@barrybigballs3010]

Because it’s got a gay symbol on it ..are they trying to make out we are a gay country ..I won’t be buying one for the first time in my life ..I’m sick of the gay stuff being forced on us

[@JonnyLowe90]

No it’s not a throw back, they said it’s a “playful update to the St George’s flag to unite and inspire”. Now they are changing it to be linked with the winning squads training kit because of all the backlash. It’s bang out of order and needs to be put right, to its original Red Cross. No other country would allow their national flag to be defaced.

[@tracygrantham1721]

Yeah carry on stripping away our heritage. The flag is red and white leave it alone.

[@DJWESG1]

Pretty sure it was to draw attention away from those trousers.. 😅

[@gabrielalohan728]

So Nike is trying to tell the world that they can just change the flag of any nation.

[@justefe]

Fake News! It’s the FA that instructed Nike!

[@jol284]

Change our flag, lose our support

[@Symupssi]

Bunch of snowflakes

[@shaba7064]

How’s an Indian telling brits about their country and pride 😂😂😂

[@peacekeeperjfsr]

English*

[@MikeYm98875]

Trust me we are doomed

[@paulw6183]

Its disrespectful to change another nations flag, it's also disrespectful to use sweatshops to manufacture a kit, charge £120 for it and claim to be moral

[@MUFC1311]

Rishi needs to shut it and focus on running the country. FFS…

[@kylewalker6737]

Who cares?

[@dc56789]

I wish rishi was as patriotic when it comes to borders.

[@sportstalk1007]

Cry about it

[@MickeyMichaels348]

They should not be messing with the flag on ANY kit. Absolutely disrespectful.

[@strfxfilm1942]

its a piece of fabric mate

[@R1editzzz]

@@strfxfilm1942are you American

[@strfxfilm1942]

@@R1editzzz i am english

[@MickeyMichaels348]

@@strfxfilm1942 Scottish, it is much more than that. It's an instantly recognisable symbol of a nation.

[@strfxfilm1942]

@@MickeyMichaels348 you're a wetty

[@OttoMartin-vp7it]

Boris needs to step in

[@justasplanned8023]

lol, what?

[@earthworm2590]

Nd yea have a party with your expense

[@chrisstones1249]

Now that's funny .🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@Ashleyhad]

I think England won’t win regardless? However as a Welshman that’s like replacing our dragon with a pixie its not on

[@johnbarnett417]

Well said mate I'm with you

[@LxftRxght]

St George's Cross defaced, rampantly inflated £125 replica kit cost... ... no thanks, Nike. I vote with my wallet.

[@HiveMind629]

What actually matters at this point is finally winning a major trophy not complaining about the kit and politics

[@leemattox7665]

And what is politics doing in sport in the first place may i ask ? they can't keep thier grubby hands out of anything JFS

[@joecool9739]

They should just offer the kit in the red flag option as well I can see why the optics are bad with all the pro-LGBTQ bullshit going on these days

[@Notturnoir]

How long till you get rid of this guy?

[@skp8748]

Why

[@bilalreb4564]

Who cares, international football is trash anyway!

[@Holtender102]

?

[@R1editzzz]

Sthu bro

[@jackhcollis]

Lets have it just to spite Rishi

[@jacquemarshall1867]

Ha! Agreed 100% 🙏

[@user-ql9bx1xg6l]

Yes

[@chrisstones1249]

They need to get a life ,mate . seriously

[@chrisstones1249]

​@@jockoddsock3866it's all about priorities in life , you're a bit pathetic really .

[@chrisstones1249]

​@jockoddsock3866idiot corner as replied.

[@Jase29]

Channel 4 has missed other politicians who have come out and said it was wrong. Including Keir Starmer and that hypocrite Emily Thornbury. Channel 4 once again misrepresenting why people are angry. Maybe the price of £125 for an adult and £119 for a child. Nice bit of leftwing "racist" stereotyping. 🫡👏

[@DickDyerhoea69]

Politicians are such squares. Rishi just spewed whatever there,. He really doesn't care.