Nothing can really compare to the outrage we saw last season from Cardiff faithful, protesting the Bluebird's controversial home kit, changing from the traditional blue to a 'lucky' red. In the end the move paid off, with the club being promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history and completing a Welsh quadruple with Swansea, Wrexham and Newport County all tasting success.
But you'd think the Cardiff bigwigs would have learnt their lessons from last years complications, shall we say. The kit designs must be given the green light from them before release after all.
Evidently not, as the world saw with the release of this from manafacturers Puma.
The shirt itself looks acceptable, although it would arguably be better if it was blue, even though it is a widely used Puma template. But that isn't the problem for the Cardiff fans. This season they turn their attentions to the shorts, and for good reason.
Lets be honest, it looks like the shorts have been recycled from another kit and then had the Cardiff crest sewn on to them. One would think they would have kept the black colour scheme that they wore in the Championship winning season, but instead opted to go with a deep red colour. The powers that be at the football club have assured fans that its purely to make the club stand out from the others in the Premier League, with other teams in red; Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United wearing white, red and black shorts respectively.
All it has successfully done has brought the proud Welsh club ridicule among the footballing community and outrage from their fans. In a quick turn around, the club has turned to the season ticket holders to select new shorts from four choices. Among them is the original claret/maroon shorts, along with matching red, white and black. It is thought that the decision will be made in the next week.
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