New Shirts, New Hope?

Oldham Athletic have unveiled new home and away kits for next season and a very pleasant surprise they are as well. Aside from the new badge, which is reluctantly growing on me out of necessity (you can't carry around a grudge forever!), the new Fila kits are pretty smart in my opinion. Now all we need is that 4th stand building and a decent team. Come Dickov we know you can do it. (Build a team that is, not the stand).

Tangerine Army!

Lovely Stuff

                                                          

                      

Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in South Wales, the natives are sharpening their axes as news spreads today of Cardiff City's astonishing move from blue shirts to red, and a 'brand' new badge to boot, and I thought we had it bad! Apparently 100M of Malaysian investment will ease through this small transition and quite a lot of the fans seem to be going for it looking at the Cardiff Forums. It's the old tactic, divide and conquer. Now we will see whether Cardiff fans can muster enough strength to defend 100 years of tradition, or whether the lure of the Premier League will produce much 'Granny-mongering' in an effort to reach 'the promised land'. The official website adopts a low-key approach to breaking this news 'Today we unveil the stylish new Cardiff City home and away kits for the 2012/13 season as designed and supplied by Puma', so far so good, anything else? 'As per the official statement launched today, from the start of the 2012/12 season, Cardiff City's primary home colour has been changed to red' WTF????? 'Cardiff City will also be changing their name to Wales FC' I made that bit up obviously but it's not hard to see what's going on here. 

It's Wales isn't it?

Red - Confident, Blue - Unsure!

Imagine if Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United decided to change colours in return for investment? What about a nice new sky blue kit for United or perhaps Newcastle would prefer to play in red and white stripes in return for the promise of Champions League football? One poster on the forums used the old argument about football being a business, which pretty much means as long as someone has the money someone will always be prepared to bend over and take it.