Club Badge (merged)

Pell not Pep ;-) said:
I'd need to see them on a shirt but not liking Football Club as previously stated. All are a massive improvement on the eagle of course. Someone else pointed out white stripes aren't really water which is why light and dark blue work. B,C,D and E all look good though. So does A but........
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To me, all 4 of them look better than the one we have actually got:
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@IanBishopsHaircut

The perfect way to illustrate my point about them fudging the rivers and rose is this.

My first choice on the questionnaire was for the three rivers.

If I was given the option of those 5 final designs, I would choose C, which doesn't include the rivers.

To me, C is the final design which looks the best, looks clean, uncluttered and the most instantly recognisable as City.

E just looks a bit awkward and a bit of a cop out.
 
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Out of all the badges I have seen(concepts before release), this looks like the worst. Could have been so much better. If we are going to be a global football powerhouse then we should brand the club as one. Just compare this badge to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern's and you will see the difference. It looks like a school's football team badge among them.
 
I've thought for a bit we'd originate to a rose design again. It mustn't just be me that noticed a lot more merchandise appear with the old badge (72-97) on, over the last 5/6 years?

I genuinely think the owners came across our old circular Lancashire rose badge and loved it.
 
It's the shape of the shield, specifically the way that it balloons out towards the bottom of it, that makes it look childish to me.

Put the shield fully inside the circle and make it more straight and angular (for want of better adjectives) and that would be an instant improvement.

More worryingly if this leak is genuine, its "unveiling" could be accompanied by boos by at the The Etihad on Saturday - the media would have a field day with that!
 
chestervegasblue said:
It's the shape of the shield, specifically the way that it balloons out towards the bottom of it, that makes it look childish to me.

Put the shield fully inside the circle and make it more straight and angular (for want of better adjectives) and that would be an instant improvement.

More worryingly if this leak is genuine, its "unveiling" could be accompanied by boos by at the The Etihad on Saturday - the media would have a field day with that!
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I'm not enamored with it at all. I've been quite vocal in my criticisms but surely it's not so bad that we'll have people booing and protesting. I hope not anyway. I see it as a missed opportunity but still an improvement on the eagle. I'll learn to live with it.
 
blueheart84 said:
I'm not enamored with it at all. I've been quite vocal in my criticisms but surely it's not so bad that we'll have people booing and protesting. I hope not anyway. I see it as a missed opportunity but still an improvement on the eagle.
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There are members of our fanbase who have become somewhat entitled in recent years. I agree it's unlikely, but IF it did happen, it would probably come from people who like the eagle badge, and/or have spent a substantial amount of money on merchandise that sports it.

For anyone under thirty, the City badge has been an eagle (with all it's faults) longer than it was a circle.
 
Shaelumstash said:
No one opted to change to this. There was absolutely no appetite for the cartoon, the club have done that all by themselves.

They've taken one look at Arsenal's badge and said "Give us a City version of Arsenal's badge that will appeal to children who are between the ages of 18 months and 4 years."
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Yet the majority like it.

You're just a particularly vocal person that doesn't and you assume (wrongly) that you're in the majority.
 
cleavers said:
I'm sure you've missed something......yep, corporates, loyalty points, and supporters clubs :)
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Selling tevez, sacking Mancini, not appointing ancelloti, not signing all players by June 1, spending too much on players, not spending enough on players, nasri's attitude, Yaya's work rate , players putting country first, queues at ground, season card, not arriving in time, too much standing, not enough standing, position of away fans, queues getting out, move from Maine Rd, it's not what it was,
 
SWP's back said:
Yet the majority like it.

You're just a particularly vocal person that doesn't and you assume (wrongly) that you're in the majority.
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I agree, I don't see consensus howls of outrage here like with the Everton badge. It just kinda seems that way now that most of those who think it's just fine have left the thread and those remaining who hate it are still here firing away.

Two months from now, if not much sooner, all the complaining will fade away, the badge (whatever it is) will be accepted and tolerated by all but a few die-hards, and we'll move on to other earth-shattering topics, like Bony's hold-up play and what flavor of gum Joe chews.
 
SWP's back said:
Yet the majority like it.

You're just a particularly vocal person that doesn't and you assume (wrongly) that you're in the majority.
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In fairness, it seems more balanced between people that hate it and people that find it to be acceptable (with caveats). The people that love it (based on posts here, comments on Twitter, and conversations I've had with other blues) are a smaller portion of the overall supporter population right now.

That could very well change but I think saying the "the majority like it" is just as misleading as what you proport @Shaelumstash is doing.

For what it is worth, I showed this to my terminally-degreed artist wife and two professional graphic/web designer friends and they all think it is poor design (none of them are interested in sport so their opinion is completely apart from nostalgia or expectation). My wife described it as "poorly conceived and somewhat childish" and my two friends agreed it was "jumbled" from a design standpoint and would not age well given its obvious attempts to adhere to current "branding trends" rather than establish a grounded style. They focuses more on what they thought was a questionable execution than the actual elements of the badge.

I want to like it, especially as I am one of the half-breed supporters which live between the old and new badges... But the more I look at it the more I see a mess.

Am I really upset? No. In the end I have much more important things to think about. But I am disappointed that my beloved club—that I do devote a considerable amount of my life and hard earned money toward—took a large element of our identity in such a suspect direction.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
I agree, I don't see consensus howls of outrage here like with the Everton badge. It just kinda seems that way now that most of those who think it's just fine have left the thread and those remaining who hate it are still here firing away.

Two months from now, if not much sooner, all the complaining will fade away, the badge (whatever it is) will be accepted and tolerated by all but a few die-hards, and we'll move on to other earth-shattering topics, like Bony's hold-up play and what flavor of gum Joe chews.
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Absolutely.
 
See, this is precisely why the club should have released several mock ups and given us a vote.

They've just used the most basic generic template possible, and had at it. I'm sure Nike are pleased.

I think it's a decent foundation, but I wouldn't be happy with that as a final design.

I think it's criminal not to include the words 'football club' or even just 'FC', we're not the corporate whore sell out that the rags are. Well, we are going that way to be fair.

Can't stand the Navy either, really fucking hate the navy blue.

Shouldn't be a final design IMO, tweak it a bit and give us a vote.
 
I'm on hols at the moment and just seen the leaked badge. For god sake please someone tell me this is a piss-take.

MCFC, ruining holidays since 2015.
 
SWP's back said:
Absolutely.
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tbf it's mainly a case of this is average and a poor effort, but at least it's not the eagle, no mates I know like it. but this is about global branding and enough people round the world will think its great. But I think for some older fans who had got it into their heads ( like myself) that we would get something akin to the first 2 badges we had, and this is if honest, the cartoonish design elememt and lack of f.c. it dissapoints.
 
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