New Kits 18/19

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Unfortunate that United has that Chevy sign. Worst sponser in soccer imo

Not in an era where teams in Europe have Asian wordmarks on their shirts so no-one even understand what it says.

 

[robertmac43]

Not in an era where teams in Europe have Asian wordmarks on their shirts so no-one even understand what it says.

TBh i kind of like the look of the those on the jersey

 

[sabremike]

Not in an era where teams in Europe have Asian wordmarks on their shirts so no-one even understand what it says.

There's a story in Mick Foley's first book where he designed a shirt with Japanese writing on it that flopped in Japan because the fans there dig shirts in English. Conversely the shirt sold like hotcakes here because the American fans dug the Japanese writing.

 

[JayKing]

Inter looks good.

PSG and Chelsea look average.

Juve's collar is just awful

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Barca debuted their new kit tonight.

 

[les Habs]

Barca debuted their new kit tonight.

The 10 red stripes are supposed to represent the 10 districts of the city of Barcelona.

I still like the La Real shirt in that picture. It looks better without the sponsorship on the front though.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Sponsorships ruin everything... I haven't liked a barca kit since like 2012. Haven't bought one since too. I'll give in soon though need an Inesta kit.

 

[les Habs]

Sponsorships ruin everything... I haven't liked a barca kit since like 2012. Haven't bought one since too. I'll give in soon though need an Inesta kit.

I don't mind some of the kits, but yeah sponsorships ruin them.

You should move on today's kit. I'm assuming they're selling them. Get that "Infinit" detail. Better yet might be CdR shirt as he scored in that one.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I don't mind some of the kits, but yeah sponsorships ruin them.

You should move on today's kit. I'm assuming they're selling them. Get that "Infinit" detail. Better yet might be CdR shirt as he scored in that one.

That's a good point. I'll get on it.

 

[Ceremony]

Arsenal going for the Don Cheadle vote with their sleeve sponsor:

At least the big pink bands on the sleeves look nice.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Kigali is a beautiful place

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I'm concerned that Rwanda's government has enough money to pay Arsenal for that. It doesn't strike me as the sort of place that has a budget surplus, but I might be wrong.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I'm concerned that Rwanda's government has enough money to pay Arsenal for that. It doesn't strike me as the sort of place that has a budget surplus, but I might be wrong.

You're definitely wrong... not surprising coming from you though. They don't live in huts...

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Home kit isn't bad, but those yellow socks are dumb on the away kit.

 

[Havre]

Juventus. The masters of crap kits.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Arsenal 3rd

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Juventus. The masters of crap kits.

Their zebra alternates from two seasons ago were magnificent.

 

[robertmac43]

Other than the collar I really like the Arsenal third jerseys. Simple and slightly different

 

[East Coast Bias]

United haven’t had good kits since they changed to Adidas. Chevy followed.

The blue and red in 2012 both had checks/gingham. They were absolutely great. AON and Nike. Downhill since then.

 

[Havre]

Their zebra alternates from two seasons ago were magnificent.

Yeah. It wasn’t based on any deeper analysis than the crap kits from 17/18. Rare for teams to be this bad for two years in a row.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

Arsenal 3rd

This is possibly the ugliest shirt I've ever seen. Puma has given Arsenal hideous kits this year.

 

[Havre]

I remember when Spurs signed a deal with Puma. At that point I was very pleased as I thought Puma made some cool kits - oh so disappointing - and has been ever since in my opinion.

I guess the Spurs kit which looks like someone has urinated on has some sentimental value now. And even the kits they made with decent design had a horrible fit. They were better suited for overweight (and I mean really overweight) fans than fit players. Happy to see Arsenal are the ones having to struggle with Puma these days.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

You're definitely wrong... not surprising coming from you though. They don't live in huts...

Indeed, not surprising, as I am someone who asks uncomfortable questions. Rwanda ranks 167th in GDP per capita in the world, 159th in the UN's Human Development Index. According to the UN, 54% of the population live in poverty, 20% in severe poverty, 32% are illiterate and so forth. Rwanda received 1.1 billion $ in development aid from various sources in 2016. Are those development funds redirected to pay Arsenal? Is this proper use of funding in a poor country regardless?

 

[KJS14]

Indeed, not surprising, as I am someone who asks uncomfortable questions. Rwanda ranks 167th in GDP per capita in the world, 159th in the UN's Human Development Index. According to the UN, 54% of the population live in poverty, 20% in severe poverty, 32% are illiterate and so forth. Rwanda received 1.1 billion $ in development aid from various sources in 2016. Are those development funds redirected to pay Arsenal? Is this proper use of funding in a poor country regardless?

Maybe the public exposure brings in enough tourism for their businesses to make the sponsorship a good investment? I'm skeptical that that's true, but I don't know anything about the deal.

 

[Havre]

Clearly sponsorships are not charity (in some cases it might be of course). That is a business decision by Rwanda. Poor countries are not to spend money on advertising their tourist industry? Obviously Rwanda believe they will get more back than what they spend.

If that is correct or not is a different discussion.