Comments on: Liverpool Home Kit 2010-12

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:10:04 +0000

Hello John – definitely. My plan now is to post the kits club by club for comments etc and then post them all in a new 10-11 page. I’ll start getting some up tonight…

By: john b

john b — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:31:34 +0000

are we having a post to discuss the new seasons kits john?

By: MW

MW — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:24:52 +0000

Ajax insisted that at first, there were no three stripes at all, but were talked round by adidas. in the early days of the contract, there were kits with the 3 stripes removed for matches, and the replica shirts had the three stripes on.

Adidas have a hell of a job designing new kits for Ajax, as they tend to all look the same. Personally, I think that Ajax are one of those teams that have such a classic kit that its impossible to improve upon or make it look different.

The new Liverpool kit is okay, but thats all. It just does not have the same impact and aura as kits in the past have had, and I think its the Liver bird (or lack thereof) thats the problem.

The three stripes being broken does not look that good, and I know the new UEFA regulations, but surely they could have worked around it a bit better?

River Plate got their three stripes unbroken, and their shirt is one of the best and most 80s Ive seen in ages.

http://www.footballshirtculture.com/10/11-kits/river-plate-2010-2011-adidas-home-football-shirt.html

And they have a two year shirt. It just seems a shame that all these nice kits are only going to be used for one year and a new one comes along, most of the time not as good or the same as the one replaced

For example
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/10/11-kits/palmeiras-1011-adidas-kits.html

seems a shame that its just going to be used for half of one season, state championship, then half of another season before being replaced, before given a chance to become iconic. Most football shirts deserve better than that (Im I personalizing football kits too much?)

By: Juro

Juro — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:14:24 +0000

In past 2 seasons the Ajax shirts have stripes:
http://www.sportsdirect.com/adidas-ajax-home-shirt-2010-2011-379253
http://www.sportsdirect.com/adidas-ajax-home-shirt-2009-2010-379244

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:51:11 +0000

Their first adidas kits in 00-01 did but the fans kicked up a fuss, now they only have them in Europe

By: john b

john b — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:37:22 +0000

the ajax shirts never have the 3 stripes on them,why?

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:42:09 +0000

a “reflection coefficient of 96%!”, love it!!! Nice one Rich

By: Rich Johnson

Rich Johnson — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:41:17 +0000

I too would love to see the return of a prominent Liver bird in Liverpool’s badge…the current crest is too overblown…get rid of the wording at the top of the shield (move it to the scroll) and make the bird bigger…

Would also like to see the adidas trefoil make a return, though I don’t think they would as they like to keep it for their Originals line…

I do like this kit though…nice to see more 80s style shiny shirts coming back into fashion…scrap all this retro cotton nonsense and get back to good old 100% polyester with a reflection coefficient of 96%!

By: Nick Durham

Nick Durham — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:12:22 +0000

Personally, I’m not a fan of the adidas trefoil. It was before my time, and thus I never felt any great attachment to it.

Whilst I think the new Liverpool kit is nice enough, I can’t help but feel that too often adidas kits resemble templates, even with the odd unique design flourishes. The solution to this is to do away with the three stripes on the odd design. Why not? Everyone knows who adidas are. The exposure of supplying big teams should be sufficient.

By: Andrew Rockall

Andrew Rockall — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:17:40 +0000

Juro – Maybe not the current one but I had one myself a few years ago with 3 black stripes