The 2012-2013 Liverpool F.C. Third Kit: It’s time to drug test the Marketing Department
No, I’m not kidding.
No, no, it’s fine, despite what you might think from the picture, the shorts are going to be purple, not orange. Oh, and white socks that’ll make a difference…maybe. Excuse me, did I say “purple?” I meant to say “nightshade.” More like nightsoil if you want this writer’s opinion. In some pictures it looks a little darker, but with those sleeves on it I don’t think it makes a bit of difference. As you might expect, the addition of the “tribal” pattern on the sleeves will have some “spillover” as players will now have to carry empty water bottles while they play so that they have somewhere to spit their dip. The only player that’s going to look “right” in this is Andy Carroll. Really, I don’t know what else to say about this…I think I hear small children sobbing. And to think that until I saw this kit I was going to make fun of…
…this
Barnet F.C. Away 2012-2013
I don’t know who the player is, but I think his facial expression says it all. The “pale violet” color is meant to evoke the color that was part of the club’s kit until 1913. Maybe there’s a reason that it hasn’t been worn in almost a century. Luckily nobody in Barnet will have to see this on a regular basis.
Seriously, scroll back to the top of this post. This is a LIVERPOOL kit, not the “Jersey Jam” of the Arena Football League 5. This Liverpool kit has to already be near the top of the all-time worst kits list.
o.O Jesus Christ, they KEEP GETTING WORSE. I don’t even think huffing Testor’s model airplane glue could make this look good.
That is a REALLY ugly mock-up, however, the actual shirt isn’t nearly as purple nor as ugly. See here: http://store.liverpoolfc.tv/Assets/Liverpool/Client/products/W/S/T/WSTM208_z.jpg
I swapped in the picture you supplied, but it’s only about 5% less hideous!
Ya know, it looks like a really cool not-real team jersey. Like something for you and your mates to wear for their own soccer or softball team or such. The tribal design belong on some trendy polo type shirt or something, they have to go, but the rest of the top is all right to me right til you mention it’s for Liverpool. WTF?? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Wrong wrong wrong. WTF is that collar for, rememberence of William of Orange? Make up your mind, purple or black, wishy washy is for wankers, and if it’s purple, make it loud and proud.
To sum up: uniforms for the Lakewood Condors Men’s Fast Pitch Softball team….a-ok. Liverpool 3rd unis….no.
Barnet have survived in League Two only on the last day of each of the last two seasons.
Looking at that kit, I know who I’m picking to go down to the Blue Square Prem this season. (And yet, much like Bolton’s kits last season, I really WANT to like them! Asymmetry rarely works in kit design, though.)
FYI, the “tribal” design is the Shankly Gates! Best third kit out there.
I will defer to your knowledge on the Shankly Gates point, but that doesn’t make the kit any better looking.