Friday, May 25

If the kits are United

Not too sure about the kits for next season. Call me an old git, but the home shirt should always have light blue sleeves (rather than cuffs) and a light blue trim on the collar. The new home shirt is basically claret and looks too much like a Hearts shirt for my liking. 

While the away kit is dark blue (or to give it the full marketing speak, it's 'dark teal'). Could the dark teal design be preparing us for a blue carpet at the London Stadium — the LLDC has previously insisted on this colour rather than claret? The away kit looks more like an old Wimbledon shirt. While it's compounded by yellow socks — which have no link to any West Ham colours. Is this some kind of popcorn tie-in? We should be playing away in light blue or white. Still, no doubt we'll get used to it. 

The best kit of recent years was the most traditional, that worn for the last season at the Boleyn. Better news is that Trevor Brooking and Billy Bonds have been wheeled out to don the kits and look like they could still do a job for the boys in claret, dark teal, yellow and blue. 

7 comments:

PT said...

Got to agree Pete. For me the sleeves must be sky blue. Apart from that I’m not too bothered. Don’t really care about away kits if I’m honest. I never buy them now but I still like the home kit to look right.

Anonymous said...

What is it with some of our fan's not happy unless they have something to moan about first I've seen some people weren't happy about the appointment of Pellergrni now it's the kit's.Im pretty sure if we had Pep and won the league some would still winge let's just get behind the club

PT said...

I don’t like the kit. It isn’t a West Ham kit. I haven’t criticised the manager or anything else about the club. I didn’t say it’s the most important issue at the club. And I don’t need you to tell me to get behind the club. I’ve been going there for 40 years.

mj said...

It needed light blue sleeves basically. Mind I didn't like the 85-86 kit! But I did like the 2003 shirt we got relegated in!

Pete May said...

I think we're all entitled to have an opinion on the kit Anonymous, while still being happy with Pellegrini.

Pete May said...

And like PT I've been going for 40 years too!

mj said...

For the record, so have I!!