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Post by Stranded Hatter on Mar 22, 2024 16:18:46 GMT
I think it's fine to think it's shit. It's losing your shit about it that's unnecessary. It's a football shirt. England, like most teams, have had shit kits before and they will do again. It's not even like most England kits have had the flag on in the past anyway. And no-one ever asks why we've often played in blue shorts when there ain't no blue on the English flag. Interesting that Anderson, to take one example of the sort of suppurating bellend dribbling forth on this, was very happy in 2019 to stand for the Tories who were promoting a Union Flag entirely in various shades of blue. And he said nothing. RESPECT THE FLAG! In fairness the whole “why are the shorts blue?” thing does crop up from time to time. But I largely agree.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 22, 2024 16:33:11 GMT
Not 100% if France or USA have, but loads of other countries have had different coloured versions of their flags on shirts in recent years including Scotland, Brazil, Germany. I know this is bordering on pedantry of the highest order but surely if you change the colour of say the German flag then it's no longer a German flag is it? Just a block of 3 colours that doesn't represent that nation? Be interested to see an example of that one if you could post it Scotland shirt. I can't find the Brazil one atm, scrolled past it on Twitter earlier. But it was essentially the disc/blue ball part of their flag inverted to be purple with a different coloured diamond around it (pretty much what we've done with ours). Sure it was on the collar of the shirt too. It wasn't Germany I was thinking of, it was Denmark. Germany did have a blackout kit which blacked out the crest but not the flag. Denmark washed out all detail of their 2022 kits for the Qatar world cup www.footballshirtculture.com/new-kits/denmark-2022-home-away-third-kit.html
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Post by suedehead on Mar 22, 2024 17:21:01 GMT
There’s the Brazil one.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Mar 22, 2024 17:48:28 GMT
Heavens above! Imagine if a Great British brand like Umbro did something like muck about with the colours of our great patron saint’s flag. Or reinterpreted it as a single line, or something.
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Post by Nik on Mar 22, 2024 20:45:37 GMT
Another example
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Post by canterbury on Mar 22, 2024 21:08:36 GMT
Not 100% if France or USA have, but loads of other countries have had different coloured versions of their flags on shirts in recent years including Scotland, Brazil, Germany. I know this is bordering on pedantry of the highest order but surely if you change the colour of say the German flag then it's no longer a German flag is it? Just a block of 3 colours that doesn't represent that nation? Be interested to see an example of that one if you could post it It was inspired by their Italia 90 kit - the one that had the German flag rendered in a pattern along the chest. The one they wore at the 2018 World Cup was an homage to that, but, adidas had done away with the red and gold.
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Post by Nik on Mar 22, 2024 21:43:40 GMT
I know this is bordering on pedantry of the highest order but surely if you change the colour of say the German flag then it's no longer a German flag is it? Just a block of 3 colours that doesn't represent that nation? Be interested to see an example of that one if you could post it It was inspired by their Italia 90 kit - the one that had the German flag rendered in a pattern along the chest. The one they wore at the 2018 World Cup was an homage to that, but, adidas had done away with the red and gold. Spectacular shirt too.
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Post by scfc73 on Mar 23, 2024 9:35:31 GMT
That's hideous!
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Post by mreckless on Mar 23, 2024 9:53:36 GMT
It's a bit like Brexit. Not everyone who objects to the design is a right-wing reactionary, but all right-wing reactionaries object to the design. I object to it because frankly it just looks shit & is completely pointless. I await the 'playful update' on the French tricolore for parity or maybe they could do a 'playful' re-jig of the stars & stripes on their own U.S.A kit? If they tried that in the states their factory would get burned to the ground
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Post by Mozzer on Mar 23, 2024 9:57:41 GMT
I object to it because frankly it just looks shit & is completely pointless. I await the 'playful update' on the French tricolore for parity or maybe they could do a 'playful' re-jig of the stars & stripes on their own U.S.A kit? If they tried that in the states their factory would get burned to the ground Nor sure the Yanks are *that* f*cking stupid. Fez can comment...
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Post by Nik on Mar 23, 2024 10:02:39 GMT
I object to it because frankly it just looks shit & is completely pointless. I await the 'playful update' on the French tricolore for parity or maybe they could do a 'playful' re-jig of the stars & stripes on their own U.S.A kit? If they tried that in the states their factory would get burned to the ground Yeah; they'd never alter the style or colour of part of the flag, would they
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Post by timberwolf on Mar 23, 2024 10:22:48 GMT
If they tried that in the states their factory would get burned to the ground Nor sure the Yanks are *that* f*cking stupid. Fez can comment... but could see Trump as the torchbearer.
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Post by Imposter on Mar 23, 2024 12:37:23 GMT
I object to it because frankly it just looks shit & is completely pointless. I await the 'playful update' on the French tricolore for parity or maybe they could do a 'playful' re-jig of the stars & stripes on their own U.S.A kit? If they tried that in the states their factory would get burned to the ground That's because there's a particularly large and especially vocal minority of flag-sh**g*rs in the U.S.A.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Mar 23, 2024 17:46:29 GMT
I object to it because frankly it just looks shit & is completely pointless. I await the 'playful update' on the French tricolore for parity or maybe they could do a 'playful' re-jig of the stars & stripes on their own U.S.A kit? If they tried that in the states their factory would get burned to the ground Or call the police
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Post by canterbury on Mar 23, 2024 21:47:03 GMT
I'll look forward to the true patriots burning down the factory that produced these then.
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