Comments on: Arsenal relegate Eduardo to desk job

By: Uncle G

Uncle G — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:18:12 +0000

What you talkin about good morning?

By: sach

sach — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:52:24 +0000

blah blah this is how it should b this is how arsenal have always been… Deal with it now the home kit is red n away blue next year if they make it green r u gonna stop supporting them?! Doesnt matter what colour they wear as long as they win! Hav u seen manures kit?! Can’t b worse than that!

By: spanner

spanner — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:51:15 +0000

yellow & blue, that's it! 3rd kit? who needs it?

By: jammathon

jammathon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:07:43 +0000

Amen.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:21 +0000

UEFA rules state that any club in either the Champions League or Europa League has to have three registered kits, each with different 'elements' from the others.
Therefore we have red and white shirt, white shorts and white socks for home kit, blue, blue and blue for away, and white, grey and grey for a third kit.
Last season's third was the previous season's away kit (i.e. white, redcurrant, and redcurrant and white) on the off chance that we played a team who play in red and yellow (Galatasary??). This year there are some obvious red and blue clashes should we be lucky enough to play, say Barcelona.
My only gripe with this constant kit changing is that we SHOULD use the previous season's away kit as a third kit, yet in the last few years we have produced 2 one-off third kits (the blue and redcurrant hoops, and now the white).

By: YellowQuadGooner

YellowQuadGooner — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:34:13 +0000

I have no issues with the club releasing new shirts every year as it raises much needed revenue but this is just a step too far. It's an incredibly important decision that has been made in a Nike executive's office in Beaverton Oregon or Hilversum Holland, without any due diligence or acknowledgement of the history of the club.

If Nike had taken a poll at the last home game and asked 100 gooners what they thought I doublt more than 10% would have said they liked it. I would have thought it was a practical joke from Soccer Am or something.

And if you're all excited that you can wear it around town and not look like a football fan, then buy a nice Arsenal polo shirt instead.

As for people saying "oh you'll love it if we win in it!" Of couse Arsenal fans enjoy any victory but it won't suddenyl make me think "Oh yeah, it looks nothing like the scum from up the road at all, what was I thinking?"

Arsenal FC has a proud tradition and this kit is disrespectful to that tradition.

By: YellowQuadGooner

YellowQuadGooner — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:33:29 +0000

This third kit is beyond disappointing. I just cannot believe that the Board of Directors, Arsene and the players would have ever sanctioned such a poor choice for a third kit. You're right JACK S Chapman would be furious!!!

And those of you who like it are obviously recent bandwagon gooners and don't have much sense of history for this football club. Can you imagine AC Milan having a blue and black striped away shirt? Or Rangers having a green and white striped number? It just wouldn't happen because someone somewhere with some sense of pride and dignity would have said "No!"

By: Tony Adams

Tony Adams — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:42:55 +0000

Arsenal Home = Red and White
Arsenal Away = Yellow and Blue
This is the way it has always been and should always be.

Arsenal third does not and should not exist. How can we possibly clash when our two kits are so different. Even if another team has two kits the same colours, we'll wear red and they can wear yellow or reversed. Its pointless and just another way for Nike to make money in a market they already dominate.

The kit's not bad looking and who cares if it is midly similar to Tottenham's colours, but it has no relevence to the club and is not needed.

By: Dirty Turkey

Dirty Turkey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:15:17 +0000

Anyone got Photoshop handy? I'd be interested to see what a plain blue shirt with yellow pinstripes would have looked like, then the Nike guys would have had their design and the Gooners would have kept traditional colours = everyone happy!

By: DM14

DM14 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:59:09 +0000

as EvolnOz says, once we see the players winning in these strips we wont care about the colours. Personally i like the home kit with the arm stripe, and the new blue away looks smart. The new 3rd I just wish we ha the redcurrent shorts – but thats if a third is ever needed, did we even have one last year??