City’s New Kits

YaYa said:
I'm one of those people I'm afraid. I'm a graphic designer and a self confessed geek when it comes to fonts and that is a fucking horror show!!!
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Agree, and not all that surprised that he's come up with something crap.

People can argue his musical merits all they like, but he's clearly got some ability as a songwriter. Why that should mean he can design anything to do with a football kit though is beyond me. You wouldn't ask a graphic designer to write a song and expect it to be brilliant, so why do they think we'd be happy with this shit?

Tbh, i wouldn't be surprised looking at it if he just gave it his kids to do as a joke and something nice for them to be able to say they did.
 
mattcity5 said:
Agree, and not all that surprised that he's come up with something crap.

People can argue his musical merits all they like, but he's clearly got some ability as a songwriter. Why that should mean he can design anything to do with a football kit though is beyond me. You wouldn't ask a graphic designer to write a song and expect it to be brilliant, so why do they think we'd be happy with this shit?

Tbh, i wouldn't be surprised looking at it if he just gave it his kids to do as a joke and something nice for them to be able to say they did.
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Horror show ?

I like it !, it’s just my opinion,your both welcome to yours ,whether it be personal or professional,
But surley the point is that we just happen to have a world superstar who is a blue and happy to help out and as the hold point is to sell the bloody things world wide ,why pass up the opportunity?
 
blueparrot said:
Adults that can decide for themselves whether they want it or not. I've never had a printed shirt so couldn't care less.
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And that's fine. All i said is that a Noel Gallagher collaboration is obviously aimed at adults and not children.
 
Francis Crawford said:
Horror show ?

I like it !, it’s just my opinion,your both welcome to yours ,whether it be personal or professional,
But surley the point is that we just happen to have a world superstar who is a blue and happy to help out and as the hold point is to sell the bloody things world wide ,why pass up the opportunity?
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Yeah fair enough, I'm sure it'll raise attention that we may not have got otherwise in some quarters.

Personally, having heard he was 'designing a 4th kit', I was dreading what it would look like in some ways, so if that isn't happening and we're just wearing (I'll be polite here!) quirky numbers for some games, then maybe we've got off lightly!
 
Francis Crawford said:
Horror show ?

I like it !, it’s just my opinion,your both welcome to yours ,whether it be personal or professional,
But surley the point is that we just happen to have a world superstar who is a blue and happy to help out and as the hold point is to sell the bloody things world wide ,why pass up the opportunity?
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I think this is a very generous reading of Noel Gallagher's clout outside of a fairly narrow age group in the UK. If you like it then that's great and if City want to do something with him then that's up to them, but i very much doubt Noel Gallagher can do much to elevate City's global audience and I don't think it's an act of generosity on his part. It's extra exposure for Noel Gallagher if anything, not City.
 
mattcity5 said:
Agree, and not all that surprised that he's come up with something crap.

People can argue his musical merits all they like, but he's clearly got some ability as a songwriter. Why that should mean he can design anything to do with a football kit though is beyond me. You wouldn't ask a graphic designer to write a song and expect it to be brilliant, so why do they think we'd be happy with this shit?

Tbh, i wouldn't be surprised looking at it if he just gave it his kids to do as a joke and something nice for them to be able to say they did.
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I'm maybe coming at this with my work head on but those are my thoughts exactly!
 
mattcity5 said:
Agree, and not all that surprised that he's come up with something crap.

People can argue his musical merits all they like, but he's clearly got some ability as a songwriter. Why that should mean he can design anything to do with a football kit though is beyond me. You wouldn't ask a graphic designer to write a song and expect it to be brilliant, so why do they think we'd be happy with this shit?

Tbh, i wouldn't be surprised looking at it if he just gave it his kids to do as a joke and something nice for them to be able to say they did.
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its literally just his handwriting, the handwriting that has written some of the best songs this country has produced is now on the back of the kits its not that bad
 
Mon Autre said:
I think this is a very generous reading of Noel Gallagher's clout outside of a fairly narrow age group in the UK. If you like it then that's great and if City want to do something with him then that's up to them, but i very much doubt Noel Gallagher can do much to elevate City's global audience and I don't think it's an act of generosity on his part. It's extra exposure for Noel Gallagher if anything, not City.
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Thought that myself after I'd responded. Almost nobody extra will buy a shirt just because the writing on the back is his design. Feels more like City pandering to his ego than anything we gain by it.
 
mattcity5 said:
Thought that myself after I'd responded. Almost nobody extra will buy a shirt just because the writing on the back is his design. Feels more like City pandering to his ego than anything we gain by it.
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It says it's on the cup shirts only, so not a big deal. A marketing job that's not going to impact many people. I would expect the youth would like it and want the style on their kits and others will stick to the standard font we'll see in the league. Not bothered personally.
 
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