Now just imagine how much better still, it would be, if the adidas logo was the proper trefoil one…
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[Football] New Kits Thread - Season 22/23
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Now just imagine how much better still, it would be, if the adidas logo was the proper trefoil one…
beardy gull
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Birmingham City. NFM.
Birmingham City. NFM.
Cowfold Seagull
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…that would be pure football shirt porn. Utter filth, in fact.
Plain bue with a white trim . . . oh yes pure football shirt porn, utter filth.
Still it's the thought of the Adidas logo that has set you dreaming l guess.
Cowfold Seagull
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Deportivo Seagull
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I've said it before, and I'll probably say it again. I don't like adidas kits.
I guess the passing resemblance to our British Caledonian kit would make the Leicester shirt okay if it were our kit, but I cannot imagine buying it (over the last few years I have tended to buy a shirt every other season).
I guess the passing resemblance to our British Caledonian kit would make the Leicester shirt okay if it were our kit, but I cannot imagine buying it (over the last few years I have tended to buy a shirt every other season).
nickbrighton
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Ive seen lots of posts over the seasons, with sentiments regarding Adidas Kits, Nike Kits, Umbro kits etc
This confuses me a bit as in most cases its a simple "I dont like xxxx kits" or "i really hope we get a xxx" kit this time regardless of design, and often before the design has been revealed
Why the hate for a particular manufacturer? I can understand a "i tend not to like the shirts they have previously produced" but at least wait till its been revealed.
All kit suppliers use templates- unless the team is one of a very select few, which we simply are not, all suppliers have good and bad designs, and peoples opinion on that will vary
What am I missing?
This confuses me a bit as in most cases its a simple "I dont like xxxx kits" or "i really hope we get a xxx" kit this time regardless of design, and often before the design has been revealed
Why the hate for a particular manufacturer? I can understand a "i tend not to like the shirts they have previously produced" but at least wait till its been revealed.
All kit suppliers use templates- unless the team is one of a very select few, which we simply are not, all suppliers have good and bad designs, and peoples opinion on that will vary
What am I missing?
Good question!
My hatred of adidas is because of the need to stick three stripes on absolutely everything - it just annoys me and I don't event know why. I am sure that with less branding, they could make much better shirts.
- Apr 19, 2018
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I'm not in the "I hate Nike kits" camp, but there's a nostalgia for me in other manufacturers that isn't there with Nike. This is entirely subjective and probably ties in with being grumpy and middle-aged and having rose-tinted glasses for the the world before Nike, Sky, social media, and James Corden were ubiquitous. There's also something in the deliberate contrarian in me I think, that literally the only piece of visibly branded clothing I own is my Brighton shirt, and the fact it's a Nike swoosh just feels so blandly unoriginal it hurts my over-inflated sense of self-importance and totally irrational and unjustified pride in avoiding labels. Basically, hating Nike says everything about me, and nothing about Nike.
For me, Nike offer fantastic athletics kit but they have shown time and time again that when it comes to football shirts, they just don't get it.
Compare that Adidas Leicester City shirt a little further up the thread with the plain blue Nike shirt we had the season before last. The design briefs would have been virtually identical ("a solid blue shirt with white trim") but look at the complete ****ing monstrosity we ended up with - complete with floppy 'choir boy' collars, buttons and a bizarre yellow flash down the side, ffs. If there is a way of over-designing a football shirt and adding completely superfluous or poorly thought through detailing that actually detracts from the overall product rather than adding to it, Nike will find a way to do it.
Having said all that, and somewhat ironically, I think the Nike-designed drill / warm-up kits are some of the best out there and look great. But when it comes to actual playing kit, Nike never fail to disappoint with their inability to execute what should be a fairly simple task. Pretty much all the 'fan-designed' concepts are far superior to anything their design teams produce.
Yes, I understand all the major sports brands are pretty much all part of global conglomerates now; but those with a European heritage (Umbro, Adidas, Puma, Kappa, Errea, Hummel etc) all make decent kits. Personally, I'd love Adidas and failing that, either Puma or Kappa.
Still, as you say, let's see what Nike produce for us this year before judging. But I'm not hopeful.
thedonkeycentrehalf
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I get that to a degree. However, the mockup someone posted of an Adidas Albion kit made use of the three stripes down the arm and looked really great so maybe wouldn't be so bad for us.
Nothing special IMO, and surprise, surprise another betting company as the sponsor.
Vaughan Storm
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I don't get all the hate for Nike, id say most of the kits we've had with them have been fairly smart, a lot of erreas kits back in the day I think we're a bit all over the place like the 13-14 one. Yes I get there's templates for some but this season's kits I just think worked for us, the template matched the kit well for both the away and third and the homes are nearly always custom as far as I'm aware so I don't really get it, this seasons away was very popular, am I missing something?
Errea made custom kits, which when they were great, were amazing. But when they were poor....
Think Adidas have better designs than Nike.
I am also too old to be buying football shirts.
Vaughan Storm
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Fair point although I noticed with Adidas there's a lot more of the same template going round the smaller clubs
Although the custom ones (which we wouldn't ever get) are better than Nike customs imo
beardy gull
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Hmmm.
Hmmm.
beardy gull
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Millwall. New kits coming thick and fast now.
Millwall. New kits coming thick and fast now.
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HellBilly
apart from the fact it seems like they have got the five year olds who make the kit, to now design it as well.
I kinda like that, there I have said it.