Very yellow, isn't it?
Yes, those wacky funsters at Adidas have obviously been sniffing their flourescent markers too often for their own good as this is the new '2nd' shirt for Jose Mourinho's men. You may have already seen it being worn during Chelsea's recent away match against Aston Villa (let's face it, you could hardly avoid a colour like that) and has the rare distinction of being luminous - something which should come in handy for those night-time matches.
It features the ubiquitous three stripes of Adidas as well as some curious black markings that are, well, different. I'll refrain from doing any lion-tamer jokes at this juncture and instead tell you that you can buy the shirt from the Chelsea FC online megastore for just under £40.00. An added bonus is that if you collect your new shirt from the Chelsea shop itself, you can wear it on the way home safe in the knowledge that you won't be hit by any passing road vehicles. I think you'll agree that's gotta be worth the money alone...
Anyway, before we lose any Chelsea fans who might be regular visitors to this site, here's my personal opinion. I rather like it - more so than the black shirts that Chelsea have been wearing in recent years. No problems with on-pitch visibility of course, and that luminous aspect to the yellow makes it quite an original feature by the manufacturers. Full marks for that, I suppose.
My opinion, however, counts for very little on its own. It needs you to add your thoughts and opinions to it so that the world can see for itself whether this is a design masterpiece or a tribute to narrow-minded kit production. Leave us a comment or take part in our online vote below...
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VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS SHIRT
The final results were as follows:
Excellent: 12 (22%)
Good: 2 (4%)
OK: 4 (7%)
Poor: 6 (11%)
Terrible: 30 (56%)
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Apparently, the limited edition of that kit has MOTORWAY MAINTENANCE across the back...
ReplyDeleteI heard Abramovich chose the color.
ReplyDeleteJust one more reason to avoid Russian ownership, Arsenal!
Chelsea is shocking, from their kits to their play on the pitch, just shocking.
ReplyDeleteSmart - you were obviously thinking along the same 'traffic warden' lines to me!
ReplyDeleteThat's where I've seen that colour before, Adam - Chernobyl, if I'm not mistaken... :)
Yes, I expect a mutated, bus-sized centipede to explode out of Frank Lampard's chest any day now....
ReplyDeleteAh-hah! So that explains Frank's massive pie consumption levels, radioactive parasite. Someone call The Sun.
ReplyDeleteYou beat me to it, Chris 'B'!!!
ReplyDeleteEither that, Adam, or the mutated bus-size centipede actually IS Frank Lampard...
Can't be, a giant centepede could score for England.
ReplyDeleteTouché!!!
ReplyDeleteInteresting seeing the flow of the conversation.
ReplyDeleteStarting at Electric Yellow kits and ending at Insect goal scoring capabilities in international matches.
I guess that's at least partially my fault, though.