Comments on: 09-10 Kits Review – Part 3

By: Jevon

Jevon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:56:35 +0000

The Tottenham kit is truly awful. You’re dead right about the line between something being trim and it becoming a third colour. I can only recall the mid-90s umbro as a previous example of Spurs having yellow trim on a home shirt.
I think it’s a particularly naff template anyway, but if they had just had the yellow ‘v’ they might have bot away with it. The yellow side panels are way, way too much.

By: Ned

Ned — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:51:39 +0000

That West Ham kit’s a bit of a shocker – nowhere near enough blue on it. In fact, I don’t think Umbro have produced a decent West Ham home shirt kit yet, they’ve all been too fussy for my taste.

With Canterbury going into administration, I wonder who will produce Portsmouth’s kit this season.

By: john b.

john b. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:39:06 +0000

be nice to see west ham in adidas again,the first one they produced was beautiful,81-82ish?

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:14:08 +0000

Being a West Ham fan I was looking forward to the kit release today but having just seen it (leaked) I am, once again, underwhelmed. By no means awful but pretty dull all the same. If they wanted to somehow emulate the 1986 shirt Umbro have a good template in the Ireland away they could have used.

Rumours are that fans will be heavily involved from now on so hopefully that will make a difference and seeing as this is our last year with Umbro hopefully we can get back to a home kit change every TWO years.

By: john b.

john b. — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:33:20 +0000

definateley a shortage of blue on the shirt and its made worse by claret socks,to me west ham wear white socks(i do have an issue about clubs wearing the right socks!! my biggest bug bear is United in white socks,i’ve mentioned on here many times before! vision expert ha!

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:44:43 +0000

Yes! I’m not sure about that new Hammers shirt. I think its trying to emulate the class of their mid-80s adidas one but it doesn’t hit the spot for me.

By: john b.

john b. — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:15:21 +0000

I’ve always prefered a white collar on Uniteds shirts,the 96 umbro and the following seasons dirty grey collars arnt United to me,but i’ve grown up on admiral and adidas.
As for my comment on umbro shirts, i’ve just seen the new west ham home……i ‘ve changed my mind,its awful.

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:06:50 +0000

I think its the lack of white collar etc that gives it a threatening look. There’s been several occasions in the past 20 years when Utd dropped the white. Not sure about the timeframe of the kit now – according to the Utd site its just for one season but of course that might be just down to the AIG situation.

By: john b.

john b. — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:03:59 +0000

i suppose Nike have got one thing right with the United kit,red shirts,white shorts,black socks apart from that i think its an awful design,black V? the shirt should have a white collar at least,isnt this kit for 2 years and only the sponsor changes for next season.
Compared to some other nike kits and the latest umbro efforts it falls shy by a distance.

By: curswine

curswine — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:25:30 +0000

Well using it constantly for a couple of years and it is bound to become accustomed to you, I think the sleeves are also from the FIFA texture but I’m not 100% sure.

http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/2742/homepp2pt.png The shirt texture has been touched up on this but the sleeves look the same