the-ecstacy-of-eight said:
In_Good_Kompany said:
The older one is very outdated, many fans think so and so did the club
As I recall the ONLY reason that we changed the club crest/badge when Franny took over and Swales left was because the bloke/company that designed the round badge had held onto the merchendising rights for the design and as a result a huge percentage of the profits from EVERY item of City merchendise that was sold with that design on it went to the designers and NOT to City, therefore in an attempt to create extra revenue a new design was formulated ..... this fact has since been re-written with the "we were entering a new era" - propoganda. Therefore ANY "new" club crest/badge which incorporates this OLD design is worthless. Sorry to be a killjoy to all your fun and that, but hey-ho .... Photoshop's great innit.
Worthless? I don't agree with your reasoning at all.
Just because the new design was brought in to stop the round badge designer from getting a cut of everything, that doesn't mean that the new design isn't now part of our heritage and traditions and there is no reason why elements of it can't be incorporated into a new design.
Add to that the fact that the new design has distinct similarities to the Emblem of the UAE, where of course our owner resides.
Here is the new coat of arms in use since 2008:
What's even more interesting is that the old emblem used up to 2008 is even more similar to our badge:
I wouldn't think that our owner would ditch ALL the elements of our badge that resemble those of his homeland because of he's a purist about our original badge when the new one would strike a chord with him.
Ingavious' design with the round bit in front of the eagle is even closer to the UAE's, so I think he's on the right path.