New strip incoming

[Panda]

1 hour ago, tlg1903 said:

Aye, the club could have made a lot more money on tops like the northern lights and north sea top.  I wanted both of those and just couldn't find one anywhere 

Yep. I also think that's maybe why there's a delay in the strip being announced (I know it's a new deal but this contract will have been signed months ago). They'll likely be making sure the stock is actually in place this time rather than the small parcels Adidas used to send.

Towards the end of June appears to be the timeline for a strip reveal.

[swaddon]

Adidas should have realised that a top global brand like AFC will sell a lot of merchandise.

[Kowalski]

Not sure if this is the new strip or a training top but this is the first glimpse of anything from Macron. 

[wee toon red]

Must (hooefully!) be a training top, I'd expect a strip to get a proper unveiling rather than a sneak appearance like that.

[manc_don]

As a training top, it looks pretty smart to be fair. It’s red  

[coop84sc]

ive heard that home kit is delayed until near start of season but away one could be revealed nxt week as they did the photoshoot this week and im hearing 3rd kit is kinda scotland away kit colour

[RicoS321]

2 minutes ago, coop84sc said:

ive heard that home kit is delayed until near start of season but away one could be revealed nxt week as they did the photoshoot this week and im hearing 3rd kit is kinda scotland away kit colour

Why would we have three kits?

[Kowalski]

5 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Why would we have three kits?

[Slim]

Surely if we’re putting the kit supply out to tender, one of the main selection criteria is ability to supply kits on time, in sufficient scale.

[Kowalski]

35 minutes ago, Slim said:

Surely if we’re putting the kit supply out to tender, one of the main selection criteria is ability to supply kits on time, in sufficient scale.

With summer holidays coming up you’d think they’d have the kits out asap for kids. 

[swaddon]

5 hours ago, coop84sc said:

ive heard that home kit is delayed until near start of season but away one could be revealed nxt week as they did the photoshoot this week and im hearing 3rd kit is kinda scotland away kit colour

So we'll have a red home kit and a sort of red third kit?

[coop84sc]

im hearing a salmon colour 

[Kowalski]

11am tomorrow. Could be a white away strip but then I could be completely wrong. 

[wee toon red]

The trailer certainly suggests a white strip. Would be a wee bit odd to announce the away kit first and I can't think of any good reason not to do them both at once but who knows how these things work these days.

Did appreciate the social media post going out at 19.03 mind you.

[wee toon red]

Away strip it is.

[Slim]

The pattern is supposed to be a homage to the Sir Duncan Rice Library (the stripey zebra building) at Aberdeen University.

[STFU_Donny]

Quite like it, especially having “The Dons” on the back.

[Brochred]

1 hour ago, wee toon red said:

The trailer certainly suggests a white strip. Would be a wee bit odd to announce the away kit first and I can't think of any good reason not to do them both at once but who knows how these things work these days.

Did appreciate the social media post going out at 19.03 mind you.

Looks quite nice but not sure about the wavy lines

[wee toon red]

The university angle they're pushing is a bit of a reach. Just design a kit, show me it, let me buy it. Not everything needs to be a work of "collaborative creative genius". And even if it did, "ooh, they've got and uni and so do we", isn't much of hook.

Edited 8 hours ago by wee toon red

[CurlsLikeTattie]

I like it. Nice and simple, no weird shades of white, touch of red. What's not to like.

The stripes and the nod to the university doesn't bother me, given one of the (debatable?) origins of why we are known as The Dons. I would imagine it is more to do with the river, but the historic link to local academics is oft repeated.

Hope they don't make an arse of the home strips. 

[Panda]

First proper photo I've seen of the full kit.

I like that it's mainly white/red rather than white/black or white/gold.

It's fine. Good to see Tobers and Knoester both managing to stand upright.

[wee toon red]

 

16 minutes ago, Panda said:

First proper photo I've seen of the full kit.

I like that it's mainly white/red rather than white/black or white/gold.

It's fine. Good to see Tobers and Knoester both managing to stand upright.

The "university" pattern in this pic makes the strip look a bit 80s polyster.

[RicoS321]

1 hour ago, wee toon red said:

 

The "university" pattern in this pic makes the strip look a bit 80s polyster.

That's just what Macron use

[swaddon]

Top Red AberDNA members can claim their free away top now.

I will wait until the home top comes out before I decide which to get.