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Sure thing, will try and remember to dig it out next time I’m near my computer.

see, this is how betting companies work: hook ‘em young!

What if all the colours ran in the wash…?

I came up with this one messing around with filters. Looks interesting but I'm sure it'd be pretty divisive!

An even earlier variant before I added the brush strokes.

Here's an earlier version of the pattern, where the brush stroke lines and the 'pixel grid' underneath are both at a 45° angle. I like it, but it felt pretty different to our original design.

So now we actually know what this season's kit looks like, I thought I'd go back and do some more Photoshop experimentation around the underlying concept: of remixing the 92-94 kit design. The pattern itself is incredibly difficult to accurately reproduce, so I've attempted to make something...

The photo of Godden is atrocious because it commits one of the worst sins of photography: never photograph somebody outdoors in bright sunlight during the middle of the day. It casts terrible shadows on the face, which is why he looks so odd (particularly the way his nose casts a shadow on his...

Goalkeeper kits are up too. No Denmark rainbow kit sadly, but still decent:

@Alkhen this is far as I got before I got bored last time! Getting the underlying grid of colour shades down was the first part, but even this bit wasn't 100% correct...

I had a go at this a couple of years back, but it’s actually a really sophisticated pattern and very hard to accurately reproduce, which is to say it’s not surprising City decided to just create something new that was similar rather than copying it directly. If I ever get the time to reproduce...

One thing that’s undeniable is that it’s dividing opinions, and in my opinion that’s a clear sign that in years to come it’ll be regarded as a classic… so long as we do alright this season in it anyway!

I think my overall impression is of an imperfect kit that’s otherwise pretty solid. I expect whether or not people love it longterm will hinge on how our season unfolds. So: on with that!

I don’t know… they might have needed to license it from Ribero (which believe it or not is still a going concern), but there is precedent for another manufacturer doing this: Norwich had a kit made by Errea which used their 92-94 pattern in an away shirt a few years ago:

I think if we’d never had the 92-94 kit I’d say it has the potential to be a classic. But instead it feels like an 7/10 effort at reproducing the vibe of the original. Not sure why they chose to change things and not have it at least consistent with the old pattern (even if they chose to do the...

It’s interesting, but clearly only a nod to rather than a direct reproduction of the original pattern; the ‘grid’ is much larger, and the diagonal slashes go the opposite direction to the original. Also, having it stop for the side panels feels like a mistake to me. Still, I’ll have to see a...

Here we go!

That only lasts as long as it takes for him to get a reputation as a bullshitter, at which point he’ll be called out and ignored. It’s a very short-lived strategy.

Why does he make up shit like that? So pointless.