Judge Red
Don't Call Me Douglas
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In an ideal world we could all afford to buy that Huddersfield shirt to make a point. It’s what every fan of every club wants.
Very clever all round really given the overall attention Huddersfield / PaddyPower have gotten this week - more than they would having been on their shirt for the entirety of next season.In an ideal world we could all afford to buy that Huddersfield shirt to make a point. It’s what every fan of every club wants.
I guess so. They are a trading platform.Plus500? Ain't that a real shady trading platform...?
This is proper scummy from both of them. I'd expect it from Paddy Power because they're utterly shameless but Huddersfield have acted like complete dickheads here. Regardless of whether or not the actual home kit looks nice, this has still wound up as a massive advert for Paddy Power. In a country where desperate young men are developing gambling addictions and taking their own lives because they're spiralling into debt, this is very, very irresponsible from both parties. Paddy Power have come out of this looking like geniuses when their aggressive marketing should be getting curtailed. And I bet that not featuring the logo on Huddersfield's shirts has given license for Paddy Power to have their name plastered all over the stadium. Dodgy as feck.Tweet
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Shame this lot got relegated.
On the one hand I agree... I abhor betting companies and everything they stand for.This is proper scummy from both of them. I'd expect it from Paddy Power because they're utterly shameless but Huddersfield have acted like complete dickheads here. Regardless of whether or not the actual home kit looks nice, this has still wound up as a massive advert for Paddy Power. In a country where desperate young men are developing gambling addictions and taking their own lives because they're spiralling into debt, this is very, very irresponsible from both parties. Paddy Power have come out of this looking like geniuses when their aggressive marketing should be getting curtailed. And I bet that not featuring the logo on Huddersfield's shirts has given license for Paddy Power to have their name plastered all over the stadium. Dodgy as feck.
More money, I expect.I guess it depends as you say what PaddyPower get out of it going forward.
How many people have committed suicide because of gambling addictions?This is proper scummy from both of them. I'd expect it from Paddy Power because they're utterly shameless but Huddersfield have acted like complete dickheads here. Regardless of whether or not the actual home kit looks nice, this has still wound up as a massive advert for Paddy Power. In a country where desperate young men are developing gambling addictions and taking their own lives because they're spiralling into debt, this is very, very irresponsible from both parties. Paddy Power have come out of this looking like geniuses when their aggressive marketing should be getting curtailed. And I bet that not featuring the logo on Huddersfield's shirts has given license for Paddy Power to have their name plastered all over the stadium. Dodgy as feck.
This study says 550. https://www.theguardian.com/society...t-15-times-higher-risk-of-suicide-study-findsHow many people have committed suicide because of gambling addictions?
Is it more than have done so because of alcohol abuse or because of being behind on their mortgage payments? Is it more than are killed on the roads each year? There are a million contributing factors towards depression and suicide so I'm not sure why gambling sponsors get singled out so much more than say Carlsberg or VW?
Gambling is legal in the UK and gambling companies are allowed to advertise. People have their own responsibility not to develop addictions and it's not like the warnings aren't very clearly advertised. This insistence on trying to blame a football club for who they're sponsored by seems very modern twitter hysteria to me.
I agree with regard to the status of betting companies in society but this is just a marketing campaign like any other. In fact, they’ve removed their logo all together.This is proper scummy from both of them. I'd expect it from Paddy Power because they're utterly shameless but Huddersfield have acted like complete dickheads here. Regardless of whether or not the actual home kit looks nice, this has still wound up as a massive advert for Paddy Power. In a country where desperate young men are developing gambling addictions and taking their own lives because they're spiralling into debt, this is very, very irresponsible from both parties. Paddy Power have come out of this looking like geniuses when their aggressive marketing should be getting curtailed. And I bet that not featuring the logo on Huddersfield's shirts has given license for Paddy Power to have their name plastered all over the stadium. Dodgy as feck.
Oh I'm not doing. Football is riddled with scum, this is just a particularly egregious flashpoint worth discussing.I agree with regard to the status of betting companies in society but this is just a marketing campaign like any other. In fact, they’ve removed their logo all together.
Loads of clubs are sponsored by betting companies. Some, even worse, as they’re sponsored by pay day lenders and such cnuts. It’s the world of football now and you can’t really blame Huddersfield or PP any more than other clubs that adorn betting logos all season.
Really, really good.Came in to post this. My favourite kit reveal ever I think
Has to be the best kit reveals. Well done to whoever came with this idea.Tweet
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Insanely good.Tweet
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I like it but why are they wearing bras.Chelsea new 3rd kit...
What bras are you looking at?I like it but why are they wearing bras.
Is Mount wearing suit pants? With a football kit?Chelsea new 3rd kit...
You can't see their pants!Is Foden wearing suit pants? With a football kit?
for some reason I mistook Mount for Foden so apparently I can't see anything at all.You can't see their pants!
When we were with Nike they made fairly boring kits, now they come out with these classic third kits after we move to Adidas. This season’s home shirt is nice but there has been a lot of rubbish by Adidas. I wish they would just stick to traditional white for the away shirt and dark blue as a third kit, use the trefoil logo. Really isn’t hard.Chelsea new 3rd kit...
Those are actually quite common as casual wear nowadays.Is Mount wearing suit pants? With a football kit?
Yeah but people wouldn’t buy the away kits of they were the same colour every year. That’s why you get pink and that nonsense pale gold or whatever it is this year. Same with Wolves having a green third kit this year. What a load of absolute bollocks that is. People will buy it for the novelty factor (and I guess they’re trying to sell it to Raúl Jiménez fans too).When we were with Nike they made fairly boring kits, now they come out with these classic third kits after we move to Adidas. This season’s home shirt is nice but there has been a lot of rubbish by Adidas. I wish they would just stick to traditional white for the away shirt and dark blue as a third kit, use the trefoil logo. Really isn’t hard.
Smart move. They're banking on Portuguese and Mexican fans to buy.
What a mess.Chelsea new 3rd kit...
I agree it’s nice to have variety but they have gone way over the top with it. I didn’t mind the pink last season. The grey was horrible, this season’s yellow is just weird, and I don’t think they have made a nice blue kit since take over Nike, the blue has always been wrong.Yeah but people wouldn’t buy the away kits of they were the same colour every year. That’s why you get pink and that nonsense pale gold or whatever it is this year. Same with Wolves having a green third kit this year. What a load of absolute bollocks that is. People will buy it for the novelty factor (and I guess they’re trying to sell it to Raúl Jiménez fans too).
It would be nice if they would bring back some rule about only changing every two years so you could have a new away come out one year, which becomes the third kit the next season. Then you could have a decent rotation of blue, white and black kits with United.
Our third kit is black with a shitty print on it too.When we were with Nike they made fairly boring kits, now they come out with these classic third kits after we move to Adidas. This season’s home shirt is nice but there has been a lot of rubbish by Adidas. I wish they would just stick to traditional white for the away shirt and dark blue as a third kit, use the trefoil logo. Really isn’t hard.
Our first season with Adidas was the same. Remade 80’s designs. Third kit was the outlier.Adidas managed to make 3 stunning kits for Arsenal this year that had a classic feel to them. I don’t think Adidas has done that at all with any of our shirts.
Yeah, the first home and away are definitely in that category, as is the second black strip they made with the 1992 pattern. It’s almost like that was supposed to be the third kit for the first year of Adidas but they knocked together the orange trim one because of Van Gaal and Memphis.Our first season with Adidas was the same. Remade 80’s designs. Third kit was the outlier.
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but did that third kit have that pattern too? But just on the chest? The shorts certainly did, they faded from black to white with the patternYeah, the first home and away are definitely in that category, as is the second black strip they made with the 1992 pattern. It’s almost like that was supposed to be the third kit for the first year of Adidas but they knocked together the orange trim one because of Van Gaal and Memphis.
You’re right actually.Forgive me if I’m wrong, but did that third kit have that pattern too? But just on the chest? The shorts certainly did, they faded from black to white with the pattern