Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread X: [****]

kmart6 · 07-08-2018 11:51pm

Really doubt that. Provinces have control over their jersey design and this is a different manufacturer. Wouldn't say it looks like the Irish one.
Green also is the provincial colour.

Podge_irl · 08-08-2018 8:12am

kmart6 wrote: »

Really doubt that. Provinces have control over their jersey design and this is a different manufacturer. Wouldn't say it looks like the Irish one.
Green also is the provincial colour.

I wasn't being entirely serious!

I guess you are correct that it is a provincial colour, but it has never been a colour of Leinster Rugby. Leinster have always been blue, white and yellow.

kmart6 · 08-08-2018 8:17am

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmNX8-vjGXF/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=upf43j5jaegv

Can see the visuals of them there, can't embed images at the min.

hoodor · 08-08-2018 8:19am

sydthebeat · 08-08-2018 8:21am

I like the military style away one.

A thumbs up for both from me.

Rigor Mortis · 08-08-2018 8:22am

More proof of Ryan's messiah like qualities, its piXXing down and not a drop of rain on his beautiful hair

Jerseys are vile. The watermark or whatever you want to call it is really bad. Not as bad as the new Munster home, but still bad.

08-08-2018 8:22am

hoodor wrote: »

Might as well start the saving private Ryan jokes now. Are we looking to sort out the defence forces with the left over material?

DelMcG · 08-08-2018 8:29am

Awful. Absolutely dreadful efforts. Unless they knock it out of the park with the European jersey, the first two years with Adidas are a total write off.

pickarooney · 08-08-2018 8:38am

I don't hate them but there's a serious lack of contrast between the two.

awec · 08-08-2018 8:39am

The away one just looks like a copy of a recent Munster jersey?

Buer · 08-08-2018 8:39am

Jerseys are fine. We have the same complaints every single time there's a new jersey out. They're a damn sight better than some of the efforts we've seen over the past decade. Comfortbaly prefer these to the chequered jersey, the high vis yellow jersey or the unicorn jizz one. I'm not mad on the watermark effect but the overall design is pretty close to what many say they want in the home jersey.

Kevski · 08-08-2018 8:41am

pickarooney wrote: »

I don't hate them but there's a serious lack of contrast between the two.

I’m sure the away jersey will look like black on a rainy Friday evening in Llanelli :pac:

awec · 08-08-2018 8:41am

The home one is nice, would be better with navy shorts but it's a nice top.

Spideog Rua · 08-08-2018 8:45am

Fugly

Any pics of the navy?

sydthebeat · 08-08-2018 8:45am

pickarooney wrote: »

I don't hate them but there's a serious lack of contrast between the two.

Lack of contrast?

Are you sure you've phrased that correctly?
If you mean the actually Jersey style it's the current style Adidas are doing for all their jersey's.

irishbucsfan · 08-08-2018 8:47am

I really like them.

Won’t need to iron the home jersey, the pattern will just look normal! Although don’t think I’ve ever ironed a jersey in my life (maybe the mother did for some underage cup games!)

Buer · 08-08-2018 8:48am

awec wrote: »

The away one just looks like a copy of a recent Munster jersey?

This one? Very similar style alright. I like them both, probably prefer the colour scheme on the Munster one but both are decent, for me.

awec · 08-08-2018 8:52am

Buer wrote: »

This one? Very similar style alright. I like them both, probably prefer the colour scheme on the Munster one but both are decent, for me.

Yea, it's a fairly lazy attempt from Adidas. Take a Munster jersey, remove the watermarking and stick a different badge on it.

Buer · 08-08-2018 8:53am

awec wrote: »

Yea, it's a fairly lazy attempt from Adidas. Take a Munster jersey, remove the watermarking and stick a different badge on it.

And 4 stars.

awec · 08-08-2018 8:58am

Buer wrote: »

And 4 stars.

It upsets my OCD how the 4 stars on the blue one appear to be off-centre.

stephen_n · 08-08-2018 9:00am

I’m quite happy with the home one, would prefer it without the pattern, but that’s never going to happen. As it is the pattern is subtle enough not to be obtrusive. How much are they’re jersey’s for other clubs? €80?

pickarooney · 08-08-2018 9:00am

sydthebeat wrote: »

Lack of contrast?

Are you sure you've phrased that correctly?
If you mean the actually Jersey style it's the current style Adidas are doing for all their jersey's.

Yeah, both dark colours in the blue/green spectrum. Glasgow, Ospreys away could be problematic.

sydthebeat · 08-08-2018 9:03am

pickarooney wrote: »

Yeah, both dark colours in the blue/green spectrum. Glasgow, Ospreys away could be problematic.

Ah I get you, monotone jerseys.
And fair v point about playing away against teams with darker jerseys.
I do think it will show as a lighter tone against those dark navy ones

stephen_n · 08-08-2018 9:07am

Think the home jersey is light enough, it’s the same royal blue the training gear is.

Spideog Rua · 08-08-2018 9:08am

Pretty lazy from Adidas though, right? Its like they have a template and just change colour.

stephen_n · 08-08-2018 9:10am

Spideog Rua wrote: »

Pretty lazy from Adidas though, right? Its like they have a template and just change colour.

Don’t all manufacturers?

Kevski · 08-08-2018 9:25am

Spideog Rua wrote: »

Pretty lazy from Adidas though, right? Its like they have a template and just change colour.

Sure look at the Barcelona training jersey v the Spurs away jersey

https://twitter.com/ArsenalFC_fl/status/1020026296552906752?s=20

kmart6 · 08-08-2018 9:30am

Spideog Rua wrote: »

Any pics of the navy?

That'll be a separate launch.

awec wrote: »

The away one just looks like a copy of a recent Munster jersey?

Buer wrote: »

This one? Very similar style alright. I like them both, probably prefer the colour scheme on the Munster one but both are decent, for me.

Think the training top is more of a copy of that one
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awec wrote: »

It upsets my OCD how the 4 stars on the blue one appear to be off-centre.

Unfortunate consequence to winning months after production has started.

kmart6 · 08-08-2018 9:32am

stephen_n wrote: »

How much are they’re jersey’s for other clubs? €80?

Range between €70-80. Seems Adidas are €75 across the board.

Peregrine · 08-08-2018 9:33am

08-08-2018 9:36am

Ha. Noulder's one is quite baggy!

arsebiscuits1 · 08-08-2018 9:40am

awec wrote: »

It upsets my OCD how the 4 stars on the blue one appear to be off-centre.

I've had discussions about it.

It seems all the graphics online imitate the chest contour so they look quite off centre.

The first star is bang in line with the beginning of the L.

Still, technically not centred, but it isn't just randomly placed as I've seen some tweets allude to

Peregrine · 08-08-2018 9:42am

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

I've had discussions about it.

It seems all the graphics online imitate the chest contour so they look quite off centre.

The first star is bang in line with the beginning of the L.

Still, technically not centred, but it isn't just randomly placed as I've seen some tweets allude to

A fifth star would balance it out nicely.

awec · 08-08-2018 9:43am

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

I've had discussions about it.

It seems all the graphics online imitate the chest contour so they look quite off centre.

The first star is bang in line with the beginning of the L.

Still, technically not centred, but it isn't just randomly placed as I've seen some tweets allude to

In the images above it looks pretty much off centre. The star on the left has obviously been added after the fact.

Noopti · 08-08-2018 9:45am

I like them both. Adidas were never going to come out with anything very different for their first jerseys I would suggest. It was always going to be simple, but non-divisive.

Also much prefer having a simple jersey like this to some of the slightly crazier ones of recent times.

I expect that the next jersey may be a little more creative though.

kmart6 · 08-08-2018 9:48am

awec wrote: »

In the images above it looks pretty much off centre. The star on the left has obviously been added after the fact.

This is what happened, common enough knowledge and Leinster have acknowledged it in the press release.

arsebiscuits1 · 08-08-2018 10:24am

kmart6 wrote: »

This is what happened, common enough knowledge and Leinster have acknowledged it in the press release.

So there was.

Now credit must also go to the team at adidas for getting the fourth star added above the Leinster crest in time for the launch of these new jerseys.

I know there is a lot more than meets the eye of kit design and I imagine it takes a lot of time and planning.

But surely they would have provisioned for potentially being 4 stars on it?! We were favourites for the trophy in January so they'd have had 8 months to plan it

kmart6 · 08-08-2018 10:31am

So what, because Leinster were favourites 4 months before a winner would be crowned Adidas should have started producing the kit with 4 stars then? They didn't have 8 months to plan, they had 88 days from the day of the final to launch day today.

Kit manufacturing which includes some element of acknowledgement of competitions one is always a risk and is part of the business. If Leinster were to win a 5th the same issue will arise again, may just be easier to balance 5 stars.

08-08-2018 10:35am

I don't really like the stripey effect on the home jersey. Looks like its ran in the wash.

Rigor Mortis · 08-08-2018 10:37am

awec wrote: »

It upsets my OCD how the 4 stars on the blue one appear to be off-centre.

It's like the unfinished pyramid on top of the dollar bill. There is room for a fifth star.

arsebiscuits1 · 08-08-2018 10:40am

kmart6 wrote: »

So what, because Leinster were favourites 4 months before a winner would be crowned Adidas should have started producing the kit with 4 stars then? They didn't have 8 months to plan, they had 88 days from the day of the final to launch day today.

Kit manufacturing which includes some element of acknowledgement of competitions one is always a risk and is part of the business. If Leinster were to win a 5th the same issue will arise again, may just be easier to balance 5 stars.

Not producing. Planning.

Contingency is a pretty common concept...

Peregrine · 08-08-2018 10:40am

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmNobu8jhf-/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=15w6qn6khd4ov

They physically put them on :eek:

irishbucsfan · 08-08-2018 10:43am

Stupid Adidas and Leinster, sure what do they know about tendering for/production of jerseys! Why can't they just do the obviously very easy right thing!

Squatter · 08-08-2018 10:54am

kmart6 wrote: »

If Leinster were to win a 5th the same issue will arise again, may just be easier to balance 5 stars.

Or maybe just get rid of them altogether! For me it's nothing more than rugby dick waving (cleverly dreamed up by the marketing gurus); indeed it's not all that different from a stud bragging about the number of notches on his bedpost.

What matters to any real rugby supporter is the next game and the current season - not what happened in any previous season; our memories exist to tell us about that.

As an aside - I can imagine how we'd react to the idea of an England Rugby jersey displaying 13 stars (the number of times that they've won the Grand Slam) - or just imagine a Welsh jersey with 11 little dragons (or leeks!) on it!

Not for me, thanks. We're playing the Blues in Cardiff in about three weeks' time and that's the game I'm interested in.

GavMan · 08-08-2018 11:03am

Green looks great in this vid and the other ones on the gram of the players putting on the jerseys.

2 thumbs up. Will prob buy all 3

kmart6 · 08-08-2018 11:03am

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Not producing. Planning.

Contingency is a pretty common concept...

How would you see contingency working here then? If anything they did have a contingency plan and that's what they've done now, left enough time to apply the 4th star to each one before the season started.

Squatter wrote: »

Or maybe just get rid of them altogether!

Agree

Vince135792003 · 08-08-2018 11:04am

Hi everyone,

I am a new season ticket holder. I was just wondering when do you receive it after paying? Thanks.

GavMan · 08-08-2018 11:06am

Vince135792003 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I am a new season ticket holder. I was just wondering when do you receive it after paying? Thanks.

Haven't had one in years but it generally used to be just before the first preseason home game. Once or twice it was after that and they had to send paper tickets for the pre season game(s)

08-08-2018 11:18am

Peregrine wrote: »

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmNobu8jhf-/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=15w6qn6khd4ov

They physically put them on :eek:

Ridiculous. Canterbury always managed to get the additional star stitched on in time for launch. This is very much a case of Adidas producing something late last year or early this year in bulk.

I'm disappointed that it has taken this long to launch and release and still have no date for delivery.

awec · 08-08-2018 11:40am

Yea you should ditch the stars. It's a needy concept.

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