OMG ZE COLOURS!!!
By: Inara | June 24th, 20086 days, 4 hours, 13 minutes, and 45 seconds.
That’s how long until Lyon’s new kits are revealed (and no, I didn’t figure out the exact moment myself - there is a counter on Umbro’s website).
My question is…who is the blacked out bald guy?
Anyhoo, the Lyon website posted a teaser picture that didn’t reveal anything at all. But I did discover two things. First, even though Nike now owns Umbro and is technically Lyon’s kit and equipment supplier, the club will still be wearing Umbro gear until 2013, which is when Lyon’s contract with Umbro was supposed to end. Then, presumably, the club will officially be a Nike brand.
The second thing I dug up were the color swatches that are the exact shades of our kits for next season.
Hideous, I know. The white is always classy, and I could even make myself live with the fluorescent yellow (which is turning out to be the new black), but I do not like that shade of blue at all. It’s cornflower blue, which makes no sense. Dark blue is part of the city’s and club’s colors, and turquoise blue was what the rumors all claimed, but this gross cornflower blue?
Ewww.
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If Squillaci does leave, Lyon should make a move for H. Bellaid. Supposedly Eintracht Frankfurt FC have made a 3mill offer to Strasbourg. Mensah’s family look bent on going to England.
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Costa Rica
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Ugh, I dislike Umbro kits more than Airness.
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It’s funny because when i was a kid, Paris and Lyon were Nike clubs and they had the same exact jerseys except for the red and blue stripes.
Aside from that, wtf is up with the bright yellow? Your black jerseys are so dope. So were the red ones. The only ones i hated were the god ones.Posted from
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R.I.P Black Jerseys
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I really hope Squillaci stays. He compliments Cris well and no other defender at the club can replace him at the moment.
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boumsong…is that the best they could come up with? what about govou, bodmer, or squillaci?
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Thanks to ask the question that bother me since this morning: who is this f***ing blacked out guy ??? How does he dare to take the central place of Juninho in the picture ?!!!! Because if he is really bald and he is not Cris, there is a problem !!!
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hummmm I feel finally I am the only one to have these kind of questions…
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Eww indeed. Europe Black will always be my favorite Lyon kit.
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I personally loved the black kits and am depressed that they got rid of it :@
(and the yellow…it’s pretty hideous. In some lights the fluorescent will start to look like puke yellow
But I read somewhere that there’s a psychological advantage to be gained from wearing red/fluorescent colours..)Posted from
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That blue (in my mind) has already been wear by Vercoutre, this year.
That would be interesting ti finf the picture, but I can’t remember the game.
Remember the gold kit we had this year had been wear by Coupet 2 years ago !
So we maybe have already seen this blue shirt… or something which look alike.Posted from
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The blacked out person is Ben-Arfa!
I liked the black CL kit a lot as well. Even in red one in 2004 was good.
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But Ben Arfa’s head isn’t shaped like that…is it? Plus it’s strange that Lyon would promote their kits if Ben Arfa won’t be around to play in them next year.
We can rule out Boumsong, Benzema, and Cris because they are already in the poster. Fabio Santos? But he’s still in Brazil.
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@ Inara: I was just being sarcastic. Ben-Arfa is the only black-listed player in the Lyon squad.
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Oh wow, I am so dense. Now that I think about it, that Ben Arfa comment is actually really funny. My cleverness radar is way off the mark today.
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On a side note, I hear Lyon’s training outfits and accompanying gear are going to look very awesome next season.
Pics:
http://nsa02.casimages.com/img/2008/06/13//0806130913253658220.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/594/capture01ux1.jpg
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/3934/capture04sz9.jpgPosted from
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They training kits are nice, simple and look comfortable.
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people love our kits inara, look at Barcelona, they away kit is basically our home kit…..but in yellow lol.
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the blacked out guy… is cris. it’s the same silhouette as his other one in the same pic, they just touched up one ear to make it a little less spocky.
it’s hard to judge from a swatch, but the blue kit will probably be alright. that’s a traditional OL color, most recently worn winning the coupe de la ligue.
the black had to go eventually. i would have loved to see the gray come back, my all time fave (the real gray, not the dirty white w/ red shorts, our worst kit since justin bridou days).
the yellow may just be alright if it isn’t too fluo, and they get the shorts right. black, or silver, why not?
my big question is the stripes on the white kit. dollars to doughnuts they’ll be horizontal. hope so anyway.
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The blacked out guy is you, and everybody who buys the jersey. The ad reads “find the colors of the european jerseys and take your spot among the pros”. It’s kinda like “once you get one of these, you’re part of the team”
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“Lundi 30 juin, à partir de 18 h seront présentés les nouveaux maillots de l’Olympique Lyonnais pour la saison 2008/2009 en présence de Jean-Michel Aulas, des principaux partenaires du club et de nombreux joueurs rhodaniens (Juninho, Cris, Lloris, Ederson, Pjanic, Tafer, Grenier).”
Basically, it’s saying that Lyon’s kit presentation will be this Monday at noon. The players presenting the new kits will be Juni, Cris, Lloris, Ederson, Pjanic, Tafer, and Grenier.
That’s weird. Lyon normally have their new recruits (from the previous winter and this summer so far) model the kits. So I’m not sure what Cris and Juni are doing there. Instead, Delgado and Boumsong should be there with Ederson, Pjanic, and Lloris.
Also, it’s strange to see Grenier and Tafer there. They were promoted from within, not purchased. Guys like Benzema, Remy, Mounier, etc never got to present kits before.
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well, there are a lot of players not in camp yet…
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France
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