RedRock Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said: We dumped Holly Willoughby and ended up with Anne Widdecombe. How we have gone from this quality to a washed-out Primark t-shirt in less than 12 months is beyond me. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendip City Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Hartleysbeard said: A quick scan of the rules also states the official club emblem must appear only once on the front of the shirt. Have they massively ballsed up here? Or am I misunderstanding the rules? Couldn’t rule it out. Remember the hashtag balls up. maybe the football authorities can save us a bit of embarrassment. The kits will still look cheap and nasty but at least with a proper badge they’d be tolerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nest Egg Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) I like it overall. We do need to move on from these types of designs that attempt to make robins look hard. It's just silly Edited March 13, 2023 by An Outstanding Human 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 When we win away at Luton in it on Wednesday evening, nobody will give a flying f + + k! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasSavage88 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, Davefevs said: When we win away at Luton in it on Wednesday evening, nobody will give a flying f + + k! You're right. But that also means no one will buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Two days ago, I was thinking to myself: “I ******* hate that robin”. Now it’s on the front of our kit. I don’t even want to look at it, it annoys me that much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Banksy Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 hours ago, freezer said: Think someone has just found a stock photo of a Robin in flight and went with it. Shame the all important colouration isn't present though. No way is this an existing stock image … we have the outline of a stock image on the front of our shirts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 58 minutes ago, An Outstanding Human said: I like it overall. We do need to move on from these types of designs that attempt to make robins look hard. It's just silly Robins are quite tasty, and like to put themselves about a bit. However, I can't recall that we've ever had a badge design that attempted to make the robin look hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 5 hours ago, freezer said: Think someone has just found a stock photo of a Robin in flight and went with it. Shame the all important colouration isn't present though. Good spot. I took the illustration from a t-shirt on the club shop and placed it over the top. It is a bad tracing of this exact image 2 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Davefevs said: When we win away at Luton in it on Wednesday evening, nobody will give a flying f + + k! It’s still not very nice though… …and if we lose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 JL strikes again. Woeful. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: It's completely unidentifiable as a Bristol City shirt. If you walked down the street wearing it nobody would have a ******* clue who you supported. The same could be said of 99% of away kits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Re the stock image of the robin, I don’t endorse the show but, if it is a choice by JL, it very much reminds me of Little Britain / Andy.. “no, I want that one”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 47 minutes ago, elhombrecito said: The same could be said of 99% of away kits. Don't agree with that at all. Plenty of away kits are identifiable from the colours used, but failing that at least they have the frickin badge of the club on the front to tell you which team it is!! Even if you could tell that badge was a Robin, you have Cheltenham and Swindon locally to confuse the shirt with. Lacking City identity, which should be the principle goal of any shirt. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baba Yaga Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 If I am being positive I like the colours chosen, for me green is much better than the navy blue that previous shirts have had. Also liking the washed out yellow look, not quite Norwich in disguise anymore and has been used before in history. However like everyone else has mentioned the badge. Don't want to automatically blame JL but if it was him then it comes across that he either doesn't ask anyone for feedback or is surrounded by yes men. In my view that Robin logo was unnecessary on previous kits so disappointed it features on the front this time around, for me the logo doesn't look good and makes shirt worse not better overall. Other than that it's a decent shirt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRobin Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Sack the designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Magic Man said: Here is a good example of how a club can properly engage with its fans when it comes to branding and heritage… (the vid at the end of the article is worth a watch) https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-20-january-2023/typographic-arsenal-stadium-artworks/?cmpid=dwnews_30307355&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dw_daily&adg=8264804 We do also need to give credit to the Gas. When they wanted to change their badge last year they actually did a consultation, held polls and then ultimately listened to both of their fans when they said they'd like to stick with a camp pirate squashing a football. They get many, many, many things wrong, but like any stopped clock, they were correct this once. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredd Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Given we are ages away from next season and this being in the club shop, I can see a climb down on this and the pigeon being replaced with the club badge. Doesnt make the rest of the shirt any better in my opinion but would appease quite a few. Also, if we need a third shirt I'm expecting a white or black away kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 The flying Robin should be ditched on absolutely everything we produce and sell. Having it on this 3rd kit is not an indication it would ever replace our core logo, but it's our design team and management trying a little too hard to produce something a little bit different. It doesn't work and hopefully they will now realise this. Before they start production to sell this kit to fans, they should listen to the fans and immediately remove the flying Robin and replace it with our core logo. Simples and keeps the majority fan base happier.... Will they listen and act? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Perhaps they're doing this to make us think that our club badge isn't so bad after all! (My view is that it still is). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Having a secondary logo is absolutely ******* pointless and this just reminds me of when we tried to put hashtags on our shirts for a year. Why do this club feel the need to try be different? It's unnecessary and honestly just looks shit. A secondary logo is an American sports thing. No idea why JL feels like we need some Americanization at this club when it comes to something like kit. What is the point? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Late 80s beautiful yellow away shirt (all time favourite) but this new one is miles off it. As for the badge it’s ******* horrendous. Get it off the shirt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 37 minutes ago, TBW said: No idea why JL feels like we need some Americanization at this club This will be the same Jon Lansdown who completely rebranded Bristol Rugby as Bristol Bears just because he likes the Chicago Bears, yeah? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Dredd said: Given we are ages away from next season and this being in the club shop, I can see a climb down on this and the pigeon being replaced with the club badge. Doesnt make the rest of the shirt any better in my opinion but would appease quite a few. Also, if we need a third shirt I'm expecting a white or black away kit It is the third shirt. Away shirt will be announced nearer to the summer. So I guess you could argue that the current third shirt (yellow monstrosity) is our current away shirt, which will then be relegated to third shirt next year. Using the seasons previous away shirt as the third shirt for the following season wouldn't be a bad trend to start (again - others have done so in years gone by). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 I wonder if the club will do a U-turn on this? If this site, social media and the City fans that i have spoken to are anything to go by then this shirt and the badge seems to have gone down as a horrendous fail.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nathandao Posted March 14, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 This is so much better 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bris Red said: I wonder if the club will do a U-turn on this? If this site, social media and the City fans that i have spoken to are anything to go by then this shirt and the badge seems to have gone down as a horrendous fail.. No chance. They never get anything wrong. Criticism is never recognised nor replied to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Dredd said: Given we are ages away from next season and this being in the club shop, I can see a climb down on this and the pigeon being replaced with the club badge. Doesnt make the rest of the shirt any better in my opinion but would appease quite a few. Also, if we need a third shirt I'm expecting a white or black away kit In a way you have to give club credit for trying something different but hopefully we’re also able to give them credit for listening as it looks awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Banksy Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 57 minutes ago, Nathandao said: This is so much better Honestly can't believe they didn't do this and went with a stock image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 13 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Doubt it. Everton have had a tower on their third shirt all season so it must be fine. Can you have chips with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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