NUFC kits & merchandise

[Shak]

Jersey would be nice if there was just stripes all the way around.

 

White patches look stupid.

[toon25]

Need some fucking around with the stripes ala Juve to conjour any emotion one way or another about that shirt

[ryanegg]

1 hour ago, Geordie Boyo said:

First image that comes to mind is Jamie McClen when I see that strip. 
 

he wasn’t very tall like. 
 

 

Not a fan at all, the Adidas badge especially.

[Superior Acuña]

3 hours ago, ramirez said:

It was fairly prestigious to have adidas then only Liverpool, arsenal and rangers seemed to have them in uk so quite exotic too. 

 

Arsenal were Nike by the time we were Adidas too

[Yorkie]

If you missed out on the sponsorless offer:

 

https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/4500509798-nufc-2324-unsponsored-large-pro-shirt

[cubaricho]

https://www.taylormadegolf.com/TP5-Pix-Arsenal-Golf-Balls/

 

I can’t wait until we have official high level merch like this. 

[BlueStar]

5 hours ago, Harry 209 said:

Juventus 3rd shirt is an absolute touch of class.

 

That forearm tattoo is almost as bad as Lewis Miley's 

[TheBrownBottle]

6 hours ago, Keegans Export said:

My two rules;

1. Never judge a strip until I've seen it "on"

2. A kit always gets viewed better or worse depending on how we play in it

01/02 - 02/03 kit was utter shite

6 hours ago, Jonas said:

It looks like the 01-03 home shirt. Seemed to be reasonably accepted to liked at the time and in retrospect. Being shit hot (to Keegans Export 2nd point) while we had it seemed to cover for me that to me it was a distinct step down from the shirt before and after.

The 95/96 shirts were released to reactions of controversial to not impressed and they were pretty much perfection before long.

Expected a lot better than this at this point though.

 

 

 

Not my recollection tbh

[TheBrownBottle]

Not sure why anyone is shocked (if the kit is real).  adidas's designs were almost all either mediocre or utter shite previously.  I suppose how much they're paying is the important bit - but I wouldn't expect real quality or effort from them

[TheBrownBottle]

5 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

I prefer the 96/7 away kit to the 95/6 one.

Likewise, and did it the time.  95/96 away kit was drab.  Home kit was top notch, though.

[ramirez]

6 hours ago, Superior Acuña said:

 

Arsenal were Nike by the time we were Adidas too

Yeah but we’re long associated with them, same for man united. Was generally top clubs. I know Burnley and Stockport ended up with them not long after us. 

[Shadow Puppets]

There’s some proper miserable fucks in this thread like ?

 

We go through this every single year. A few leaks, everyone says it’s shit, it gets an official release that changes some minds, and then everyone buys it and decides they like it anyway.

 

Whatever the final kit is, as soon as you see Isak score a worldie in it, you’ll be on board.

 

I swear people use this place to vent their frustrations of daily life ?

[Kid Icarus]

Counterpoint, everyone was buzzing over these

 

 

 

The last 2 Castore kits were met positively as well

[gdm]

41 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Counterpoint, everyone was buzzing over these

 

 

 

The last 2 Castore kits were met positively as well

It’s expectations tho isn’t it? Think everyone was expecting great things when adidas were announced and these rumoured kits are just a bit boring. They aren’t bad just a boring rehash. 
 

Personally I’m more interested in the other stuff like training gear, jackets and hats etc than the actual kits 

 

 

Edited May 14 by gdm

[christ]

1 hour ago, Shadow Puppets said:

There’s some proper miserable fucks in this thread like ?

 

We go through this every single year. A few leaks, everyone says it’s shit, it gets an official release that changes some minds, and then everyone buys it and decides they like it anyway.

 

Whatever the final kit is, as soon as you see Isak score a worldie in it, you’ll be on board.

 

I swear people use this place to vent their frustrations of daily life ?

Add to this that absolutely no one is able to articulate why it’s shit, beyond the fact it doesn’t match some kit they imagined.

 

It’s got black and white stripes and our badge on it. As long as it ticks those boxes will, at worst, be ok.

[Harry 209]

20 minutes ago, christ said:

Add to this that absolutely no one is able to articulate why it’s shit, beyond the fact it doesn’t match some kit they imagined.

 

It’s got black and white stripes and our badge on it. As long as it ticks those boxes will, at worst, be ok.

In my opinion I think its shit because:

a) its exactly the same design as several other teams but with our colours.

b) the curved bits on the side eating into the black diminishes our iconic black and white stripes.

c) the one unique element, the retro badge, which isn't from a successful period of the club, isn't even visible when you wear it.

d) it is neither a classic, timeless design (unlike Castores last two efforts) or a bold statement that could become a future classic (like 95/96), its just teamwear with our badges and sponsor stuck on it.

e) there's no indication it had the slightest bit of thought or care put into it's creation.

 

Just observations on the leaked images though, I hope I'm proved wrong.

 

 

Edited May 14 by Harry 209

[JonBez comesock]

6 minutes ago, Harry 209 said:

In my opinion I think its shit because:

a) its exactly the same design as several other teams but with our colours.

b) the curved bits on the side eating into the black diminishes our iconic black and white stripes.

c) the one unique element, the retro badge, which isn't from a successful period of the club, isn't even visible when you wear it.

d) it is neither a classic, timeless design (unlike Castores last two efforts) or a bold statement that could become a future classic (like 95/96), its just teamwear with our badges and sponsor stuck on it.

e) there's no indication it had the slightest bit of thought or care put into it's creation.

 

Just observations on the leaked images though, I hope I'm proved wrong.

 

 

 

I think you are right 

 

Home Kit , Average at best , Template-Tastic 

 

Away and Third Kit (Winners)

[NE27]

10 minutes ago, Harry 209 said:

In my opinion I think its shit because:

a) its exactly the same design as several other teams but with our colours.

b) the curved bits on the side eating into the black diminishes our iconic black and white stripes.

c) the one unique element, the retro badge, which isn't from a successful period of the club, isn't even visible when you wear it.

d) it is neither a classic, timeless design (unlike Castores last two efforts) or a bold statement that could become a future classic (like 95/96), its just teamwear with our badges and sponsor stuck on it.

e) there's no indication it had the slightest bit of thought or care put into it's creation.

 

Just observations on the leaked images though, I hope I'm proved wrong.

 

 

 

 

Well articulated.

 

It's obviously more expectation vs reality here and Adidas from the possible early leaks have phoned it in.

 

Absolutely no individual thought put into that home kit if that is eventually how it ends up.

 

I'm in it for lifestyle and training ranges personally.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Templates are annoying but presumably it's the only way that these massive companies can save money on producing millions of shirts. 

 

It's a bit of a mistake to think that they're really 'designing' a Newcastle shirt, isn't it? They're designing a shirt and filling it in with various teams' colours. 

[Kid Icarus]

For me I think it's all the hype surrounding it, the 'elite' club status, only for it to be a standard club template and a really boring one at that. Proper zero effort. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

For me I think it's all the hype surrounding it, the 'elite' club status, only for it to be a standard club template and a really boring one at that. Proper zero effort. 

 

Are there really clubs that don't follow a template though? I'm not very educated on this. 

[gdm]

4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

Are there really clubs that don't follow a template though? I'm not very educated on this. 

Not sure I get this. The castore shirts weren’t following any sort of template? The away shirts aren’t using a template?

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, gdm said:

Not sure I get this. The castore shirts weren’t following any sort of template? The away shirts aren’t using a template?

 

Well I don't know, maybe they are. Maybe the template is just very simple with a single colour. 

 

It's a fair point though, for example the blue one has design elements that I don't think anyone else has. 

 

Like I said, I don't know how these decisions are made. 

[gdm]

2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

Well I don't know, maybe they are. Maybe the template is just very simple with a single colour. 

 

It's a fair point though, for example the blue one has design elements that I don't think anyone else has. 

 

Like I said, I don't know how these decisions are made. 

my local club Airdrie are a small championship side and their shirts are always unique. White shirt and red diamond. If a small club can do it surely an elite adidas shirt can have something unique 

[Shadow Puppets]

I guess the point of my rant above is we don't even know if it's the correct shirt yet anyway, so what's the fucking point in whinging like a set of fannies ?