Saintsfan 21 Posted April 12, 2012 Ok so the first official release of a top club shirt for 2012-13 has been made. Its the Chelsea shirt we saw leaked a while back with the gold trimNot a massive change, really. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdu 160 Posted April 12, 2012 Ok so the first official release of a top club shirt for 2012-13 has been made. Its the Chelsea shirt we saw leaked a while back with the gold trimNot a massive change, really.I like it better than this year's kit (mostly bc of all the white on the shoulders), but I don't like gold lettering if you aren't a defending champ. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conrad. 2,887 Posted April 12, 2012 Agreed. It's a great improvement over the "white yoke" version this season...also, i was under the impression that the accents are silver, not gold. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aawagner011 2,312 Posted April 12, 2012 That's going to look really nice with the standard, white league patches! If you want to use gold and it's not one of your usual colors, win the league first, please. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
officeglenn 2,370 Posted April 12, 2012 If you want to use gold and it's not one of your usual colors, win the league first, please.I could see it if maybe it was an anniversary season or something like that too, but I'm not aware of that being the case for Chelsea. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aawagner011 2,312 Posted April 12, 2012 If you want to use gold and it's not one of your usual colors, win the league first, please.I could see it if maybe it was an anniversary season or something like that too, but I'm not aware of that being the case for Chelsea.Apparently they're trying to justify it as a way of "celebration of sport and the capital this summer"...which makes little sense to me. Sounds like some bogus justification for the color.http://www.footballshirtculture.com/12/13-kits/chelsea-2012-2013-adidas-home-football-shirt.html 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SDX 30 Posted April 12, 2012 Yeah they are using the gold for the Olympics. Seems a bit silly. Wonder if they will release a silver or bronze away kit? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin W. 1,875 Posted April 12, 2012 Using the gold accents would have made more sense for this season in the run-up to the Olympics. Those kits won't see much use until after the Olympics are over.However, it's still a good-looking kit. It's always nice to see Adidas make such a clean and conservative kit, in contrast to their usual fare. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 5,490 Posted April 12, 2012 Maybe they plan on winning. The MLS All Star game? They probably expected to win the league and now they're back tracking with the Olympic explanation 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedSox44 234 Posted April 12, 2012 Like others have said: it looks nice, but makes little sense in context. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sportstar1212 447 Posted April 12, 2012 The gold is useless. I can't say I'm a fan.Does anyone know when AC Milan will unveil their new kits? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raysox 2,484 Posted April 13, 2012 I like the gold more as an accent than like, red. The current jerseys are pretty bad, and I'm glad this is an update. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spottedbadger 4 Posted April 13, 2012 it's a huge improvement from the current shirt, but I'm not digging the gold at all. Why is the Samsung in gold as well? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 23,676 Posted April 13, 2012 That's actually the thing I like about it. The sponsor logo in white would cause it to stand out too much. I guess I'm just a traditonalist who doesn't like recoloring the crest on a shirt. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdu 160 Posted April 13, 2012 That's actually the thing I like about it. The sponsor logo in white would cause it to stand out too much. Disagree. Now it just makes the white numbers and on the socks stick out too much. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 23,676 Posted April 13, 2012 See, I think that's a good thing. The white socks are Chelsea's signature. They should stand out more than the sponsor logo. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdu 160 Posted April 13, 2012 See, I think that's a good thing. The white socks are Chelsea's signature. They should stand out more than the sponsor logo.Then it would be nice if the stripes on the socks were gold instead of white. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdu 160 Posted April 16, 2012 goes on sale tomorrow 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCL 471 Posted April 16, 2012 Women's and men's team are getting same kit? That's great if true. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites