sportstar1212 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.The fact that they're wearing gold the year after winning the UCL is merely a coincidence. If they replaced the gold with white and used the proper crest, it wouldn't look half bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydre1019 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Yeah it's not a champions league celebration, it's more of a champions league coincidence. With that being said I think they look pretty good although their pl numbers are white no? If so I don't like that aspect.Get a Dempsey of you're American!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris85ca Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydre1019 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Haha well in that case, do you, lol.I'm from Texas so I have extra Dempsey pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.The fact that they're wearing gold the year after winning the UCL is merely a coincidence. If they replaced the gold with white and used the proper crest, it wouldn't look half bad.Yeah it's not a champions league celebration, it's more of a champions league coincidence. With that being said I think they look pretty good although their pl numbers are white no? If so I don't like that aspect.Get a Dempsey of you're American!!Eh. If this was released after the Champions League rather than before, none of this would be relevant. Yeah, this would be weird IF they didn't win, but they DID win, and because of that it works, coincidence or not. Hindsight is 20/20. Probably would have been a little weird if the Rams switched to metallic gold after losing the Super Bowl, but (coincidentally) they won the Super Bowl right before the switch, and it suddenly made a lot more sense. The fact that it was more or less a coincidence doesn't take anything away from it, symbolically.Plus royal blue and gold is one of the most grossly underutilized color combinations in sports. I still don't have a website, but I have a dribbble now! http://dribbble.com/andyharry [The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy or opinions of adidas and/or its brands.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdu Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.The fact that they're wearing gold the year after winning the UCL is merely a coincidence. If they replaced the gold with white and used the proper crest, it wouldn't look half bad.Yeah it's not a champions league celebration, it's more of a champions league coincidence. With that being said I think they look pretty good although their pl numbers are white no? If so I don't like that aspect.Get a Dempsey of you're American!!Eh. If this was released after the Champions League rather than before, none of this would be relevant. Yeah, this would be weird IF they didn't win, but they DID win, and because of that it works, coincidence or not. Hindsight is 20/20. Probably would have been a little weird if the Rams switched to metallic gold after losing the Super Bowl, but (coincidentally) they won the Super Bowl right before the switch, and it suddenly made a lot more sense. The fact that it was more or less a coincidence doesn't take anything away from it, symbolically.Plus royal blue and gold is one of the most grossly underutilized color combinations in sports.Except for the critical fact that that isn't why they did it or said they did it. They always said it was related to the Olympics (which of course were over before the BPL season even started.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 BPL?It ain't British. It's English. They just have a Welsh hanger-on. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 BPL?It ain't British. It's English. They just have a Welsh hanger-on. Barclay's Premier League?(sorry if u knew that already ) Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Sponsor? What sponsor? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayne Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Looks like the A-League has introduced new league-wide numbers and letters. Much better than the old lot: I'm Danny fkn Heatley, I play for myself. That's what fkn all stars do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Wow, that old font looks like a hybrid of the Premier League font and the MLS font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yeah, that old one is brutal. The new number font is pretty sharp. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yeah, that old one is brutal. The new number font is pretty sharp.New one is definitely more professional. The old style seemingly looks like a counterfeit type of number from the EPL. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Kay Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It looks like Sydney haven't been given the new letters though (as below), their preseason shirts have just had numbers on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.I find that the more I look a Chelsea's home kit, the more I despise it. The gold is stupid and unnecessary. MASSIVE downgrade from last year's kit, IMO.How is it unnecessary? Without it it would be a plain blue t-shirt. I don't think it's stupid, either. It's a very fitting celebration of their Champions League title, much like the 'World Champions' jerseys that baseball teams used to wear.I like it now that they're wearing gold after winning the Champions League (FA Cup, too) but when they came out with this design they were still longshots to win the CL. They were just jumping onto the monochrome crest bandwagon and lucked into making it gold the year they won the CL. And most of the clubs that are going with monochrome crests are doing so on their clash jerseys where their normal crest colors might look out of place on a different color. There wasn't any reason for Chelsea to use a gold crest on their home shirt.The fact that they're wearing gold the year after winning the UCL is merely a coincidence. If they replaced the gold with white and used the proper crest, it wouldn't look half bad.Yeah it's not a champions league celebration, it's more of a champions league coincidence. With that being said I think they look pretty good although their pl numbers are white no? If so I don't like that aspect.Get a Dempsey of you're American!!Eh. If this was released after the Champions League rather than before, none of this would be relevant. Yeah, this would be weird IF they didn't win, but they DID win, and because of that it works, coincidence or not. Hindsight is 20/20. Probably would have been a little weird if the Rams switched to metallic gold after losing the Super Bowl, but (coincidentally) they won the Super Bowl right before the switch, and it suddenly made a lot more sense. The fact that it was more or less a coincidence doesn't take anything away from it, symbolically.Plus royal blue and gold is one of the most grossly underutilized color combinations in sports.Except for the critical fact that that isn't why they did it or said they did it. They always said it was related to the Olympics (which of course were over before the BPL season even started.)Well, no one said that they did gold for the Olympics. Either way, it looks good, and it makes sense given their successful season. Win-win. There are much bigger uniform battles that need to be fought, no matter what your tastes are. I still don't have a website, but I have a dribbble now! http://dribbble.com/andyharry [The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy or opinions of adidas and/or its brands.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcb05 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Actually looks better than I'd feared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Actually looks better than I'd feared.Wow. That is stunning. What a great jersey. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (CHL - 2018 Orr Cup Champions) Chicago Rivermen (UBA/WBL - 2014, 2015, 2017 Intercontinental Cup Champions) King's Own Hexham FC (BIP - 2022 Saint's Cup Champions) Portland Explorers (EFL - Elite Bowl XIX Champions) Real San Diego (UPL) Red Bull Seattle (ULL - 2018, 2019, 2020 Gait Cup Champions) Vancouver Huskies (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Actually looks better than I'd feared.Brad Friedel has to be at least 60, amazing he's still going at that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yeah, not sure why every got so worried about it based on the mockups. Halves on a shirt certainly isn't anything new and they picked a pretty good color combo to do it with. I'm really happy with what Under Armour did, at least for the first season.And Brad Fridel manages to look like he should be the bald villian from some movie in every one of the kit release photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdu Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Except for the critical fact that that isn't why they did it or said they did it. They always said it was related to the Olympics (which of course were over before the BPL season even started.)Well, no one said that they did gold for the Olympics. Either way, it looks good, and it makes sense given their successful season. Win-win. There are much bigger uniform battles that need to be fought, no matter what your tastes are.Well they didn't use the word "Olympics", but the adidas press release said gold was to celebrate "the year of sport and celebration in the capital in 2012." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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