New away kit revealed

The second and third are of far less importance than the home
What I think pisses off the majority is that Nike have given us a dreadful home kit and after all the consultation and the big deal the club has made about the new badge, Nike then give us a fucking yellow one
The kit itself with dark socks would be tolerable, but those yellow socks and what they've done to the badge is truly awful
 
Rather (meh) for me. The little panels on the "official" player version rather remind me of that one year where we had the "abs" on that black third shirt. Which was much worse looking! (Late Pearce era from memory)

I hate to echo that apparent Nike employee who kept posting in the home shirt thread, but on the whole I don't think they have given us terrible designs since 2013-4. This year, for me, by far being the weakest. If not for that stupid shield I would honestly say I think all the prior year sets were pretty good on the whole.

And I do hate Nike with an absolute passion. The hideousness they inflicted on much of the NFL being reason number one of many.
 
I'm not bothered about the away kit so much, as it serves a purpose - be different from the home kit - that sait I do prefer more traditional kits, however this is just fucking vile!
The shirt and shorts are ok in themselves, but the yellow used for the sponsor badge etc., personally I think looks terrible - then to make it worse, they make the socks that colour - but they don't 'go' with the rest of the strip... it's like we've had to borrow some socks off the home team due to a clash! I always dislike the mono-badges too... and consdidering the lengths they've gone to creating a new badge, seems stupid to do this to it! If they were going to use contrasting colours for the socks and sponsor, badges etc., why not sky blue? At least that way we could use them at home sometimes and it ties in with the club in some way, and also means they could use our new crest in it's full colour glory!

The worst thing by far though is this load of shite...

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That quote is from Nike's website description of our away kit... when what they should have said is "We have a bog-standard template, which our work-experience kid threw a few colours at until we came up with this shite!"

Quite frankly, trying to justify that kit is an insult to the intelligence of every City fan!
 
"Flexible, breathable crest displays team pride without interfering with your performance".

Hahahahahahaha. Awful stuff from Nike.
 
Mr Ed (The Stables) said:
Everyone has their own opinions on the new kits.

Fortunately I have my own, which is I hate them all so much there's not a chance I'd ever consider buying one.

However some of the training tops look great, and that's were I'll be spending my pound notes.
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Seems the majority of people are with you on that!!!

Incidentally, just realised - the kit reminds me of a Watford away kit..!
 
dario2739 said:
I'm not bothered about the away kit so much, as it serves a purpose - be different from the home kit - that sait I do prefer more traditional kits, however this is just fucking vile!
The shirt and shorts are ok in themselves, but the yellow used for the sponsor badge etc., personally I think looks terrible - then to make it worse, they make the socks that colour - but they don't 'go' with the rest of the strip... it's like we've had to borrow some socks off the home team due to a clash! I always dislike the mono-badges too... and consdidering the lengths they've gone to creating a new badge, seems stupid to do this to it! If they were going to use contrasting colours for the socks and sponsor, badges etc., why not sky blue? At least that way we could use them at home sometimes and it ties in with the club in some way, and also means they could use our new crest in it's full colour glory!

The worst thing by far though is this load of shite...

9kbOJcP.png


That quote is from Nike's website description of our away kit... when what they should have said is "We have a bog-standard template, which our work-experience kid threw a few colours at until we came up with this shite!"

Quite frankly, trying to justify that kit is an insult to the intelligence of every City fan!
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Folk were mentioning the worker bee be added to the new badge around the consultation phase.
The yellow socks, and last years glow in the dark kit are appealing to the kids - have a look at their (and the players) football boots.
 
Machiavelli said:
Folk were mentioning the worker bee be added to the new badge around the consultation phase.
The yellow socks, and last years glow in the dark kit are appealing to the kids - have a look at their (and the players) football boots.
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Didn't mind last season's neon kit - at least the socks matched the rest of the kit!
 
Nike have destroyed any city tradition with this seasons kits, i actually thought last seasons home top wasn't that bad to be honest, but on a plus side they've saved me £100+ because i wont be going anywhere this seasons horrific tops
 
dario2739 said:
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Quite frankly, trying to justify that kit is an insult to the intelligence of every City fan!
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Completely agree.
Fans seem to be unhappy we got the colours wrong with the home kit, so we better pretend that some thought went into the away, and we didn't just slap an awful yellow badge on an England keeper shirt.

I wonder what inspired the 3rd kit. Isn't it blue and orange?
 
I'm not as disgusted by the home kit as other appear to be (I don't think it's great, but once the reveal happened, it looks better than I had feared from the leaks - as is usually the case).

But this away kit is just, well, I can't even find words to describe it, it's so bland.

I hate to say it, but it reminds me of the famous United grey kit which the old pisscan condemned to the bin for being so bland and unrecogniseable. The shoulder colour looks as though they couldn't afford much red dye, so rationed it and we ended up with a nondescript hue that I don't think will stand out at all on the pitch. Whether that actually makes much difference to the players when attempting to pick out their team-mate, I don't know, but surely, when marketing a "fashion brand", the watchword shouldn't be "bland"!

I wonder what went on in that marketing meeting between Nike and the club."Yes, we've done some market research, and we believe as bland and washed out kit as possible is what will sell to our newer fans in the US and other territories"!

Are City really happy with this design? I can't honestly believe they are!

Nike are truly awful, and having been a repeat customer for shirts in the Umbro era, I haven't bought a single thing that Nike have produced, so I don't know how many sales City have picked up for the ones that they have lost from this loyal fan (customer), but I do know I won't be returning to buy shirts any time soon is this is the dross they keep coming up with.
 
It's awful. Absolutely horrendous. It's so simple as well, home kit = sky blue shirt, white shorts, blue or white socks. Away kit either Maroon with white trim, or AC Milan style. Piss around with the third kit, bring out these stupid ghost green shirts, whatever, but why don't they stick to traditions with the 2 main kits?
 
Yee gods, everyones got the right to an opinion but on kits, its just a total utter moanfest. I don't disagree with the general consensus re the home kit but on that thread many were saying keep our colours light blue and white yada yada do what the fuck you want with the change strips - yet despite keeping in some portion to what is a recognisable colour scheme for a Manchester City away kit, its still getting universally slammed. All I can fault with it really is the badge but hey, its just a kit, buy it or don't buy it. I for one arent going to cry myself to sleep about it.
 
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