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Only thing worse would've been a Foreign state owned club, I have no respect for the Red Bull football project, absolute disgrace it's even allowed to exist, I have no problem with Red Bull being in other sports but you can't just buy a club and change it's whole identity this is history and culture not just a Franchise like in American ''sports'', like I genuinely don't know a single person in Germany that likes RB Leipzig, to me a real Football club has to be at least majority owned by fans I know that might be a hot take for English people but I don't view investor majority owned clubs as real football clubs as they are essentially just a sports franchise at that point.
Tbh about the long sleeve shirts, even though they looks very cool and I like seeing them, I don't think they're very practical to play. Even in bad weather, I've always been a shirt sleeve guy, and if things are very rough, under armour is just much more practical. From a fashion standpoint, long sleeves are great, but for playing, not so much IMO
Yeah I’d agree mate, and I reckon that’s why they’ve gone that route. I remember playing in them on Sundays and in summer they’re too hot and in winter they’re uncomfy
@@AlexNoonan987 Yeah. I have one, and the feeling of the sleeves flapping around, specially when you're running, it's very uncomfortable, and in some cases, even if you try pulling them up, they'll eventually keep falling down and will get looser and looser.
I miss the 90s goalkeeper kits. Adidas during that time had some of the best "ugly" gk shirts ever. Now it is just a basic copy paste bland design for every club sadly
Weird thing to say, especially when you see what Kappa used to do with Venezia shirts last few years. Of course, that relationship ended, but their shirts are timeless. If you want good shirts you look by second tier brand like Kappa, Joma , Macron or smth and less popular team like Venezia. Closer to the top and there is no inspiration.
Well the issue really is globalism and the hyper commercialisation of the game, back in the days players from a respective club was much more connected to the local community and its people so there was a much bigger sense of pride in playing for your club, now pretty much every club in top flight football is a global brand and the squads reflects that, all of them are really just a bunch of primadonas from around the globe who roll around on the grass and they really could not give two shits about the fans.
Adidas removing adidas under neath their logo made me sad. Nike designs during the WC were the worse and the kits feeling n looking cheap is really sad.
I’ve noticed that Barcelona use their Senyera kits (yellow with red stripes) for 3 consecutive seasons. They used one from 19-20 till 21-22 and they wore one from 22-23 season in the opening league game vs Valencia. I think that’s cool too
I stand with you on the long sleeves brother. Sick to death of seeing those baselayers, especially when there is a short sleeve kit with some sort of cuff and it continues with completely different colour of the baselayer. Thankfully, there's few players who still wear long sleeves so it's not completely extinct. Funny thing - when you mentioned Brentford 's approach to sustainability. Surely if there was short sleeves and long sleeves only, that would mean less fabric, or?🤔
This season there was a team that almost sued the supplier because they signed a deal for exclusive shirts and they reused the second kit from other team except the badge
It’s not even nostalgia. I was born in 2006 and didn’t get into football before 2015. And i still think the 90’s and 80’s kits are much better than the boring soulless commercial trash that clubs produce now
Love long sleeve retro, got a few of them and I'd play in them and not care haha. Can't wear mine much as I live in a hot country but always like it when I do and they're good to collect. Cuffs can have good features too. I miss the days when kits would last two years. My grandma bless her would always get me kits for my birthday as a child and felt better knowing they'd last two years.
love the Vid. I also think that a lot of the football being played is unnecessary like the new champions league format, new club world cup, and all of the extra teams being added to the euros and world cup being unnecessary but managers need to manage their players minutes better like making subs earlier and rotating the squad for less important games. Most of these injuries fall on the managers when Arsenal are starting Saka for a game against Northampton on a tuesday night after playing 90 minutes that saturday.
Thanks mate. Yeah it’s a double edged sword. I don’t think anyone is bothered about people talking about too many games, like you say, it’s just hard to take seriously when Rice is playing against Bolton..
mate, comparing the man u and forest kit that have different patterns under the red, and then saying the blue everton one looks better doing the same exact thing? c'mon now
Come on lad, the forest and man united one is the exact same template. The Everton one is basic, but it doesn’t look like a training top with a sponsor
Spot on about the long sleeves! I live in the tropics where its hot and humid as hell, but i always wanted the long sleeves. Style points +10, perceived footballing ability +0.5? Miss them!
you didn't mention the worst part of this thing, the goalkeeper kits, Adidas, Nike, all the brands literally made one design and gave all the teams, including national teams, at most the color changes, but not even Back then even GK could've had unique kits, for exemple the iconic 2006 Buffon kit with italy. Others National Teams like Poland and Iran had puma aswell, but only buffon had that unique design
Nike, puma and adidas aren’t great, but kappa and other brands are still producing absolute bangers. I bought the Brisbane roar 2023 (NB) and 2024 red star Paris (kappa), and the new fc Basel kit looks incredible. However when it comes to the big brands, I prefer to buy retro fakes with authentic tags, or the conception fakes made by someone else (I got a red inter kit with black flowers and snakes and it’s absolutely gorgeous). If these clubs/brands had any iq they’d hire these 3rd parties for their concept kits; would be an excuse to print money
thanks mate, for me as a german football fan, it has been a mystery how such a gifted player could be so overhated in his own league and country for nearly 10 years now. Kinda sad to think about what would have been if Raheem would have been treated better by the media and the fans. Underappreciated channel! 🍀
