midds Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Wasn't there a competition of some description about 18 months ago who threw a few decent new ones up? I quite like the current one but it does look a bit dated now. If we're under new owners and looking ahead then an updated badge seems inevitable sooner or later. I like the red shield with the 3 turrets on it, a spin on that ticks the historical link but also drags it into the current times. The fact we've had 4 in the last 50 years suggests nothing is forever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Any new one will be circle, bland and unimaginative. Every other club in the last 20 years or so have dumbed down their badges and they all look worse. Keep ours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 If they do change it, I imagine it'll be a modernised/simplified version of the 70s badge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Conjo said: Eh..? You've got huge oil service businesses that manufacture and ships subsea umbilicals, flexible pipes and a ton of other subsea structures and minor components/services to all major oil companies around the world. I'm sure there's a lot of other stuff that I am not aware of as well. All still several miles away from the city itself, and none with any relevance to seahorses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Current one is the best but totally get that they'll likely change it to something a bit more simple Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Wore one of the Puma tops and some old Adidas NUFC shorts today for some exercise and another thing is the current badge just looks so much better when it's stitched like adidas did, than the shitty Puma patch. The gold especially hits much better. Edited November 17, 2021 by Inferior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izakaya Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Inferior Acuña said: Wore one of the Puma tops today and some old Adidas NUFC shorts today for some exercise and another thing is the current badge just looks so much better when it's stitched like adidas did, than the shitty Puma patch. The gold especially hits much better. Thing of the past now unfortunately. We'd not get it with any kit manufacturers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 9 hours ago, gjohnson said: All still several miles away from the city itself, and none with any relevance to seahorses Fuck off man. They are the city’s animal, Manchester has Bee’s and you don’t exactly see a nest on every tree do you? The coastal areas are a part of Newcastle, despite it being under different authorities due to illogical government thinking a few decades ago. Whitley Bay etc would all be under Newcastle’s authority if it was any other city in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 52 minutes ago, Izakaya said: Thing of the past now unfortunately. We'd not get it with any kit manufacturers. Yeah, it’s the same with the sponsors logo as well. Northern Rock was the last felt sponsor we had and we are not going back those days, instead we have plastic logos which mean you can’t put your shirt in the dryer. I think even the Premier League badge these days is now just a plastic iron on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Myself personally I would be indifferent to the logo being changed, so long as the new one was a quality design. I guess the difference between you all and me is that I missed out on the Keegan years and the SBR years with the current badge is tainted by 14 years of Ashley. Ultimately the club will change the badge because they will want a simplified and more recognisability/identifiable brand. On top of this, it is quite possible that Ashley has some rights or royalties due to him by using our current and past badges. The new owners will want something that they can make money off and offer to partners without going through the complexities of existing or previous deals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I know we've covered it but this graphic puts it into perspective; blatantly would've been changed by now were it not for Ashleyism. Should probably prepare your goodbyes, people. Would love to see that graphic across the 92, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Why would it 'blatantly' though? 'We should change it because others have'. Fuck the others. And changing our crest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) I'd probably argue most of those have only been slightly tweaked anyway, rather than changed in the way that ours did. Edited November 23, 2021 by kisearch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 There’s not many badges I look at on that graphic and think “that looks good.” I hope we keep the current one. Up the seahorses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookidge Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) Probably some bias here, but I think we've had the best 'badge' in the league for years. It looks elite. In the last 14 years I've felt that we've been undeserving of such a beautiful and royal-esque crest for our club. To be in the position now to affect our fortunes so much than we can match the quality of the crest, it feels silly to change it. Edited November 23, 2021 by cookidge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 It comes to something when even TalkSport have ranked our badge as the best in the Premier League Personally I think the current one is our best one and should not be changed. As has been said it looks the part - elite. It stands out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 19 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Why would it 'blatantly' though? 'We should change it because others have'. Fuck the others. And changing our crest. Cos we're the odd one out, as was always the case in the Ashley years when it came to matters of growth. Everyone else has done it as clearly there are sensible commercial reasons for doing so. Again, it wouldn't be my preference, I'd keep the current one forever as it means so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Our badge is lush. No to some simplification from some designer phoning it in for a paycheck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Cos we're the odd one out, as was always the case in the Ashley years when it came to matters of growth. Everyone else has done it as clearly there are sensible commercial reasons for doing so. Again, it wouldn't be my preference, I'd keep the current one forever as it means so much. The only change I'd remotely contemplate is a dumbing down of the colours to the scheme of the 125 Years crest from 17-18. The commercial argument doesn't wash to me, it'd pennies. A bit like ticket pricing. Even still, badges on modern football kits across the globe have those iron on sticker things, it wouldn't save much commercially at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) I was thinking I didn't remember the ManU badge changing in the late 90s. I looked and it was a tiny tweak of the 93 one, which itself is a tiny tweak of the 1973 one. I could deal with that kind of thing. Leicester one is also a basically imperceptible tweak from 1992 version. Chelsea's was probably an improvement I think. The Norwich one is a modernizing tweak, not a massive deal, but I think it looks a bit worse - the lion's better but the bird has lost character. I reckon us and ManU have the best badges and they're both older. Edited November 23, 2021 by Inferior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number37 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I find it a bit strange how the modern approach is to dumb down a badge in order to make it easier for digital reproduction or whatever horseshit marketing term there is when surely it's never been easier to render a more complex image? With all the technology we have now when on some massive TV you can see the hairs on the arse of a fly from the other side of the room but drawing a couple of seahorses and a stripy shield is a step too far? I could understand if it was the Victorian times when they'd be individually stitched by hand but not now when they're directly printed onto shirts and we've all got retina destroying displays on our phones. We should keep our badge because it's mint. Worst case scenario - evolution not revolution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Accessibility is a big thing with design these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 It's not broken. Chelsea, to be fair, had to make a change. Like the new Brentford badge. Most of the others have been tweaks, haven't they? Agree with @HaydnNUFC that a "dumbing down" of the color scheme wouldn't be entirely objectionable. But it it's not necessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Red shield and 3 grey castles is enough of a nod to the history of the city and club. I like the current badge, it's lush but it does look a bit dated in 2021 imo. Change is inevitable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 For me it's either the coat of arms or present day. The coat of arms says so much more than the rest but is a bit too red and not really football clubby enough. Therefore, I opted for the present crest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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