Shadow Puppets

Win 2 home games and draw another and it’s likely done.

To my eyes, just the shape. Just lots of lines / arches, in two shades of green.

Make the arches much thinner (lots of them) and you’re pretty much there.

Last I was told, in time for the last 4 games of the season was the aim.

Yeah, that’s both good and bad news. Very treatable, but obviously a big ordeal for him and it’ll take him a week or so to get back on his feet properly.

On the shoulders? 3 White stripes on a black thicker stripe.

Nope. No idea, sorry.

The new one's piping is definitely light blue, I'm afraid. Same colour as the bottom of the NUFC badge, approximately. I personally REALLY like it... looks really good in the flesh. The stripes have enough different about them (jagged stitching + a very subtle circle effect within them, at least on the authentic one) to feel modern, and the blue piping gives it a nod to earlier kits. The computer generated mockup posted by @Joelinton7 is NOT right. The one posted by TheProphet is closer but no tartan, and different collar / shoulders.

Win the next 2 to go 3rd isn’t it?

The authentic kit looks GREAT in person, and definitely doesn’t have tartan. The standard one may differ 🤷‍♂️ It looks, on this kit, really good. Reminded me immediately of that late 90s, early 00s kit.

Yeah, one of my best friends ended up in hospital with pneumonia off the back of having a nasty flu when he was in his early 30s. He was fit as a fiddle before that too. So it certainly can be horrible, even for younger people. Whatever the problem is, hope Eddie makes a swift and full recovery.

See above

Pretty close, but no tartan and with more black on the shoulders. And no stripes on back. (Unless the authentic shirts, what I’ve seen, differ largely from the standard)

It wasn’t the fade I was referring to. And then I clarified that I had had a brainfart because I was doing it from memory from a small thumbnail I was shown months ago.

nope

Tartan ❌ (instead it’s more of a jagged stitch) Not enough stripes ❌ Blue piping ✅

Purely anecdotally, I have two friends who’ve both been bed ridden with flu like symptoms and fever this week. Apparently absolutely awful. So it could be something similar.

I don’t remember Gordon ever smacking the glasses off a member of the oppositions back room staff? Or flinging his arms around, literally screaming at his team mates when he doesn’t receive the ball? Cunha may be a good player, but he’s clearly trouble.

Yes.

I’m not 100% sure… that was purely based on info from someone who works at St James’ who said there’s been a lot of activity over the last couple of weeks with photographers / film crews coming and going, and they guessed it was for the new kit. Last year all the kit stuff was filmed late March / early April, so the timings would line up.

Then you will very much be disappointed 😁

No, the leak is just a shirt someone has had made up based on loads of tidbits of real and false information. I thought it looked similar, but my memory was obviously hazy on it as it was a couple of months ago and I saw it for about 15 seconds on a tiny screen.

Disregard any confidence I had on this. It’s not remotely close, in any way 😁 The final production shirt (the authentic players version) is bloody class. Has a couple of controversial/modern elements, but in the flesh they’re nowhere near as pronounced as the mockups I saw earlier.

“Fake, but has some similarities” Which is annoyingly the vaguest fucking ITK shit out there. You’re welcome. 😁

Well aye… that’s what makes me have some doubts. I’d be surprised if someone would risk their job on it. But it does line up pretty closely to the version I saw a month or so back.