There was a time when a club had only two kits, one home and one away, to worry about. Now, we have the ‘third kit’, which is used in some of the other competitions, like the cups and European games. It might be a headache to prepare new designs for the third kit but it seems like Nike has taken a novel approach by reducing the confusion and sticking to one colour scheme.
Chelsea, Manchester City and even our beloved Tottenham side all have the same dark coloured third kit with same design and that has not impressed many.
City aren’t taking up their garish orange colour scheme from last season but at least that was something different, while Chelsea opted for the dark hue when compared to the white strip they wore during their Premier League winning run.
We are also using a dark trim this time around and this lazy approach, if we can call it that, was lambasted by many on Twitter.
Here are just a few selected tweets which highlight the outrage that the fans have from all the three sides, something which is rare in this troll infested footballing world.
Nike's kit designer is so lazy.
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) September 12, 2017
😵 The guy who designed the Chelsea and City third kit must have been hungover and not arsed… pic.twitter.com/LD9qjnvvIU
— The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) September 12, 2017
Was loving the new @SpursOfficial 3rd kit until I realised it was exactly the same as #CFC's! Utter laziness by @nikefootball pic.twitter.com/x3g3ZCkreV
— James Swan (@jamesswan88) September 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/SunBets/status/907520156611555329
The kit designers at Nike, Nike and Nike?
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/Mourinholic/status/907526117912915968
https://twitter.com/BlueCitizen007/status/907525104405532672
Someone at Nike worked really hard on their copy/paste skills.
What's even the point? 😐😐#Chelsea #Spurs #MCFC #PSG pic.twitter.com/LXCWiOj61j
— Free Super Tips (@FootySuperTips) September 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/SPURSinGIFs/status/907597391406215168
https://twitter.com/andrewkabuura/status/907620350749495298
Nike have done a good job copying and pasting third kits pic.twitter.com/NQRN6Zz5QM
— Jake (@JTPeachey) September 12, 2017
Wow those ideas guys at Nike are really coming up with cutting edge new ideas for their teams! #THFC #MCFC #CFC #AllTheSameKit ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/ObSxa3FHDl
— Paul Smith (@TheePaulSmith) September 12, 2017
