Nope.. it's pale blue...

Finally.. the jerseyman review on the new away kit. Enjoy:

Ah.. The new away kit....

This kit.. by far is the most controversial kit between the new man united kits launched this year....

Previously we (United fans) were being taunted and being made a laughing stock by the press and rival fans when it was rumoured that the new away kit uses a blue colour that is similar to the colours that is normally associated with Man City. From the initial sneak peek photos from certain websites.. we saw an initial glimpse of the new away kit and was shocked to see that it initially looked like it had a V logo with light blue colours.....

Lets recall back the scary initial sneak peek photos of the rumoured new away kit:



The next photos didn't do any justice to ease our (United fans) concern:



Take a look closely at the 3 initial photos above... what colour is the blue being used?

Scary....

Anyway.... Jerseyman still proceeded to order it since it looked great during the AUDI CUP friendly match vs Bayern, an order was placed and it was shipped on Friday (7th August)... It arrived at Malaysia on Monday (10th August) but the UPS driver didn't deliver it to my home on Monday....


I was so pissed, I decided to collect it myself at UPS's HQ office at Jalan Tandang, PJ the next Tuesday morning... So here's the parcel in my car:


Then back home, I was so glad to see the contents... and the first thing I inspected was... what kind of blue was used...

Fortunately it's not sky blue.. You could say it's pale blue but not too pale or light...



To be continued..

Continued..

Let's see the new away jersey:


By the way, it also has the same tag on the side (the one that says "THE THEATRE OF DREAMS SINCE 1910") just like the new home jersey..

To be continued..

Continued..

Next is the new away shorts:


Still concerned with the blue colour?


It looks ok to me...

Finally the new away socks:


So again.. how does jerseyman feel about the new away kit?


Of course jerseyman loves it...

This jersey has a different touch to it (black with blue).. So similar to the 93-95 kungfu away kit.. but it was black, blue and yellow.... I know you guys complain that it is identical to the home jersey.. A bit bummer on that, and also initially it was a nightmare to see the initial sneak peek photos showing that the blue was similar to Man City's sky blue.. But jerseyman had a theory on this...

Remember that the jersey was being sold 'temporarily' earlier than the launching date.. Then suddenly it disappears from the store? I suspect that nike might called off the away kits and did some touch up to change the blue colour.. But it's just a funny guess.. Maybe the blue was still the same as it's original design and that the original leaked photos gave a different story and was a bit deceiving... Nevermind.

Hope this relieves the United jersey collectors..

Overall.. to summarize up things.. here's jerseyman ratings about the kit:

The away shirt:
Design: 3 out of 5 (just like the home kit.. nothing different)
Material: 4 out of 5 (comfy and similar like the home)
Cutting: 5 out of 5 (great cutting.. the sleeves were claimed to be different than the home but no complains here)
Comfortness: 4 out of 5 (round collars could take some toll to your neck, especially if your neck is huge)
Overall: 4 out of 5

The away shorts: 4.5 out of 5 (just like the home shorts, love the extra titsy bitsy details)

The away socks: 4 out of 5 (again, like the home socks but jerseyman would prefer if the V was on the front instead on the back)

This post has been edited by schmeichel7: Aug 13 2009, 03:05 AM

want to ask the seniors here for help

My 2007/2009 Manchester United home jersey, the white patch behind the jersey at the neck area came off half way. Is there any way to stick it back without damaging the jersey?

Hope you all understand my question, or else I might have to attach a photo for better understanding

Nile sucks big time! not another same template jersey again! bring back UMBRO!!!!

if you look at the back pages, there are a few guides to fixing it. i think u have to iron it back, but u better double check.

mine oso actually coming off, but its the bottom part - just above the MUFC word.

is there a reason to why this is happening? maybe my lack of care?

Nice review jerseyman, as always,
Nike now owns umbro, so i doubt they allow their subsidiary to sponsor a big club like united for commercial reasons.

great review by Jerseyman, thx ya

looking forward to have mine

Jerseyman , can u tell me ur jersey normally order from wat website ?

Hi All,
I have a man utd home jersey 1999, the sponsor(sharp) was faded a bit (the black outline) , do you guys know any ways to fix it ?

Schmikes,
I think Nike didn't amended the blue on the chevron just because of its similarity with Man City. I think its more of a fact that the earlier footykitblog.com photo was brighten sue to its low light conditions. Take a look at the tag and you'd see its blindingly white, which suggest the pic was unnaturally brighten using some software or even the camera's white balance function.

Mate, the suggestion on how to remedy it was discussed previously.

You can check it out, click here: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/933093/+783#

You wished. Hahaha...

Yeah, thanks for highlighting it..

I suspect that the first batch of production for the 2007/2009 home kit had this... My first ever purchase for the 2007/2009 home kit too had the same problem.

To ensure it doesn't peel off, always try to flip your jersey inside out (terbalikkan dulu baju) and then iron beneath the white stripe.

Thanks mate.

Thanks.. That's my point for this review. Don't worry about the blue colour used for the away kit.

Kitbag/United Direct.

You can try colour it back using black market.. but BE CAREFUL.. not to stain the jersey. I won't be held responsible if anything goes wrong.

Yeah Eric.. I know that. Besides that Nike is so lazy, not only in designing jerseys but also in using past season photos to be used to display the new kit (by using photoshop or any graphic tool software).. You can see for yourself during the launching of the new home kit, they took photos from last season, did some touch up and make it look like the new home kit. So in that process it could deceive our eyes for the away and also maybe the photos had bad contrast or brightness....

I was just trying to make myself happy with Nike.. hahaha... I would doubt they do that.

Hi Schmike,

Thanks for the advice...but will it looks weird if i using the black marker to colour it back ?

Yeah.. that's why. If I was you I would just let it be with the fading on the sharp's outline

Wow, nice review man... u should really thing about writing a blog!

I hate this design, even though I'm a fan... I know I said I will buy another jersey this year but it looks like it won't be MU one... Next jersey looks more and more to be set to Celtic International (still waiting for the discount )

No choice then, i will just let it be ... thanks for the advice , jerseyman..btw, nice away kit review ...

i want to sell all of this jerseys. PM me for further details~thanks

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This post has been edited by rifasha: Aug 28 2009, 02:59 PM

then n/n & patches oso print at there ?

This post has been edited by Catrix: Aug 13 2009, 12:30 PM

u're welcomed

he apply himself