i think the guy in the middle is asking the same question. i've never seen someone so displeased! (are they really so lazy they can't take their shirt off underneath the kit?)
These guys are the alien hybrids off the UFO documentary I saw on the telly last nite. You'd think they'd be trying to keep a low profile instead of fannying about wearing stupid looking football clobber.
Not a good kit, makes me sad. The chevrons are far too far down the front of the jersey at the very least. It's a nice try, but does seem to end up being more tryhard than anything :(
Le Coq belongs to the "Magical Three" (with Umbro and Admiral), the only ones that deserve to be called football brands. This however is not what you would call one of their usually perfect efforts. Might be just a problem of chevrons too thick, or maybe the numbers interfere more than one thinks. Or maybe it' s just Japan...
seriously? Magical Three? when is the last time Admiral did anything worth looking at? Le Coq is now terrible (see Everton last year).
Thik bigger, jeff! Back in the day, Unbro, Admiral and LCS were the be-all-and-end-all when it came to footy kits. Le Coq Sportif did some absolutely classic kits back in the day - who can forget those stunning Spurs and Argentina kits of the 80s (and I hate myself for saying that, being an Arsenal fan). Likewise Admiral produced classics for the likes of England and Leeds (when Leeds were a big team).
Nike, Puma and adidas may rule the roost nowadays, but 'The Magical Three' played a massive part in the evolution of kit design and shouldn't so blithely dismissed.
I have seen worse kits this year to be honest. I must agree with the above as well. LCS provided a lot of teams with kits back in the day including Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Spain and Ajax amongst others. Argentina won the 86 World Cup in a LCS strip. Leeds 70's Admiral strips and the England ones are now iconic. Look up that famous game where Clough led Leeds out for the Charity Shield final against Liverpool. That was long before adidas, nike (& umbro) and now puma cornered the whole market.
Thanks "Ryan", thanks "MickeyB", that' s exactly what I meant. Obviously now Admiral have a low profile (a matter of ownership, etc.), but it' s important they' re still there. For the other two, they speak for themselves (I believe last year' s Everton reference to the kit of the 80s was brilliant), and it is always important to underline the insignificance, shall we say, of what nike & co. are invading the world with.
BTW MickeyB, we (Italy) too won the Spain 82 title in LCS, even though the rooster did not appear on the kit (a matter of style, in order not to touch the "Azzurri" clean outfit). Cheers
I appreciate the heritage, absolutely. Pontiac made some beautiful cars back in the day, but now they're deservedly defunct because they didn't design anything worth looking at for many years. In the world of design, it's all about staying current. People appreciate the icons, but there's only so long you can live in the past.
See your point but the three ARE building on their heritage to develop the modern. And I refer also to the quality of the production and of the material. Umbro have always done this even before reverting to an ouvert reference to their past (take a look at how the England Away before the last (2007-2010) was built. Sorry but Nike is total waste under all aspects and Adidas/Puma, notwithstanding their history, have followed in the battle for world domination (Germans never had good taste anyway). But in the end it' s just a matter of personal taste I guess.
Agree with you there Jeff to a certain extent but it boils down to money. Nike, adidas and Puma are big companies that can afford to pay the big guns to wear their kit and hence dominate the market. In fact they are not just restricting themselves to the top tier teams either if the English first division teams are anything to go by as more of them are now wearing those three brands this season than before. LCS and admiral suffer, not necessarily solely for reasons of design or in fact quality of the material they use but because they cannot reach as wide an audience. Back in the day shirt sponsorship was not fractionally as lucrative as today, obviously.
By the way thanks for pointing that out loop...didn't know that. Who could forget Tardelli's famous celebration. He is now helping us out here now in Ireland with Trappatoni thank you very much:-)
they're okay, but considering that they are the champions of the j.league, they deserve better. the new sanfrecce hiroshima and yokohama f.marinos kits look better imo, and im not even a fan of nike...
Cheers MickeyB, it' s a pleasure to see Giovanni on your bench. He won a record breaking title with us at Inter in 88-89 and he' s great man in general. So is Marco (player and briefly manager at Inter as well), a very straightforward man. All the best for your coming matches and of course congratulations for a splendid kit!
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You'd think they'd be trying to keep a low profile instead of fannying about wearing stupid looking football clobber.
http://www.sports-ws.com/fp/item/F111NK0091.html
This however is not what you would call one of their usually perfect efforts. Might be just a problem of chevrons too thick, or maybe the numbers interfere more than one thinks.
Or maybe it' s just Japan...
Thik bigger, jeff! Back in the day, Unbro, Admiral and LCS were the be-all-and-end-all when it came to footy kits. Le Coq Sportif did some absolutely classic kits back in the day - who can forget those stunning Spurs and Argentina kits of the 80s (and I hate myself for saying that, being an Arsenal fan). Likewise Admiral produced classics for the likes of England and Leeds (when Leeds were a big team).
Nike, Puma and adidas may rule the roost nowadays, but 'The Magical Three' played a massive part in the evolution of kit design and shouldn't so blithely dismissed.
Obviously now Admiral have a low profile (a matter of ownership, etc.), but it' s important they' re still there.
For the other two, they speak for themselves (I believe last year' s Everton reference to the kit of the 80s was brilliant), and it is always important to underline the insignificance, shall we say, of what nike & co. are invading the world with.
Cheers
Today, Adidas, Nike and Umbro make the best kits.
Sorry but Nike is total waste under all aspects and Adidas/Puma, notwithstanding their history, have followed in the battle for world domination (Germans never had good taste anyway). But in the end it' s just a matter of personal taste I guess.
They are Japanese.
He won a record breaking title with us at Inter in 88-89 and he' s great man in general. So is Marco (player and briefly manager at Inter as well), a very straightforward man.
All the best for your coming matches and of course congratulations for a splendid kit!