as delirium sets in.

[of_doom]

Those new Liverpool away kits are so fucking misguided. I understand the retro aesthetic, but if we're going retro, why not actually do like, mid-1970s throwback? WHY GIVE US THE FUCKING 1989 AWAY KIT??? (Especially since it doesn't also come with the Candy sponsor!!)

Fucking kits, they never get them right.

Seven years is a long time, and like tasheila, JAR was part of the first Liverpool team I fell in love with. He was more slight then, less muscular, but always and indubitably ginger. You could see the potential by the way he ran and how young he looked, and that was enough to plant that first seed of fondness.

He did a little bit of everything, didn't he -- even when being useless or disappointing, he was always himself, and you never got the feeling that he was faking or half-assing any of it. Even the naughty text messages were done in true, earnest, headstrong JAR fashion, full-steam ahead, go get 'er done (or fail miserably, albeit entertainingly, in the process).

His last big number for the club might have been the own-goal, but no one can say that's what he'll be remembered for (ref. this post), and in the end, the good vastly outweighed the bad.

(And just think how brilliant his hair will look next to that deep Roma maroon. )

So glad Valencia have the black away kit this year.



The orange shorts are a travesty, but there are so many tiny details this season, some ridiculous, some intriguing:



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First, the LOLWHAT: la 1º, 2º equipación y de los porteros de la temporada 08/09 están inspirados tanto en el murciélago como en el aspecto futurista de la Ciudad de las Ciencias y las Artes, recordando también que será la última campaña en el actual Camp de Mestalla.

So what they're saying is, this year they're ~INSPIRED BY THE FUTURE. AND THE PAST. AND POSSIBLY THE PRESENT AS WELL.~~~~~ Fantastic. So that piping is supposed to be reminiscent of both a) THE CURAVTURE OF A BAT'S WINGS, and b) THE CURVATURE OF THAT BIG POMO BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY'S DRIED-UP RIVERBANK. Amazing. Wow. Who knew a kit could do so much with so little????!!!

Aha so anyway, around the crest they have 2º LIGA and 1943-1944 embroidered as an outline: That apparently refers to the second time they won the league. (Wait, the second? Why not the first? WHAT? I guess it's the 50th anniversary season or some shit. Who cares, it's still hilariously forced.)

And this is retardedly charming, but the inside of the collars have the phrase "Ché que bó" AHAHAHAHA TOO FUNNY. (It translates roughly into "Oh, that's good.")



Sigh, another 10-hour workday tomorrow.