lionel
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Post by lionel on Jul 21, 2024 10:52:13 GMT
For me, the key component is making sure someone will see our badge and know it's cambridge united as opposed to another CUFC.
If it's identifiable as Cambridge United then I don't hugely care.
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Post by fatherjhackett on Jul 21, 2024 11:09:23 GMT
Option 1, you would have to ask someone what it said and then they'd ask if you were from Carlisle or Chesham or catholic university. Catholic university? Hmm. Nice. I'm now for option one. There could be money in this.
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Dylan
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Post by Dylan on Jul 21, 2024 11:13:32 GMT
The key reason for me becoming so pro-change is because I accept, without hesitation, that the current badge is unhelpful to our commercial prospects. Seems obvious that modern, dynamic business might hesitate to associate with a brand stuck in the mid 80s. Nothing wrong with CUFC aiming to be a modern dynamic business either if we want revenues (as well as benevolence) to keep attracting good players.
The second reason is because although our current badge looks fine on kits, on leisure wear it never looks good imo. Therefore, I am looking forward to buying a black hoodie with the secondary identity as the feature. The secondary Abbey arches would look great. I'd like that it's not obviously Cambridge United.
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foolhandy
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Post by foolhandy on Jul 21, 2024 11:54:11 GMT
I'm not overly bothered but we're going to be spending quite a lot of our lives looking at it so I'd rather I liked it rather than cringed with every viewing.
Plus, as Dylan says, there are no parts of our badge that can be extracted to create a modern identity. If we changed to something like last year, or Option 3 (the book on its own doesn't work for me) then it would be a change with no benefit - so what's the point.
I keep leaning toward Option 2 from Option 1 because there's no other club badge like it, but there's just something about the arrangement of the arches that irritates. Can't put my finger on it but I think it's that the three bottom ones are neither the same height as the top three, nor noticeably longer, and so they look a bit misshapen and cropped. Also, looking at it, the lines are all different widths. That might be it actually. (Stream of consciousness alert!)
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Post by El Goodo on Jul 21, 2024 12:05:54 GMT
2's my preference of the new 3 but my slight beef with it is that that it's (deliberately) shaped like a badge... upside down. And I can't unsee it.
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Dylan
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Post by Dylan on Jul 21, 2024 12:08:02 GMT
Option 2 gets you in the end. Or from the beginning if you're as wise as EG.
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Post by El Goodo on Jul 21, 2024 14:07:41 GMT
Option 2 gets you in the end. Or from the beginning if you're as wise as EG. Namaste.
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pgtips (lurid)
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Post by pgtips (lurid) on Jul 21, 2024 14:21:04 GMT
The outer arches would collapse due to uneven loading and the whole crumbling edifice would come down. Not the brand we are looking for. Book and ball with Cambridge United.
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Dylan
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Post by Dylan on Jul 21, 2024 14:49:03 GMT
The more I look at Book n Ball the naffer it becomes in my eyes 🤷♂️
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Post by vanni on Jul 21, 2024 16:04:36 GMT
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Post by vanni on Jul 21, 2024 16:06:37 GMT
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imp566
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Post by imp566 on Jul 21, 2024 16:33:48 GMT
For me, the key component is making sure someone will see our badge and know it's cambridge united as opposed to another CUFC. If it's identifiable as Cambridge United then I don't hugely care. For me, the colours do that.
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Post by cufctheparrot on Jul 21, 2024 17:41:18 GMT
2's my preference of the new 3 but my slight beef with it is that that it's (deliberately) shaped like a badge... upside down. And I can't unsee it. And is there anything wrong with that? Badge 2 has always been the standout for me since seeing these options, perhaps because it has familiar aspects but is something new and unique as a football badge. We do play at the Abbey, so church windows on a badge to me does not feel wrong or too different. I'm also looking forward to our first big match (play off final) when the club bring out a novelty foam Mitre hat for the occasion, what a great sight that would be with 10,000 Cambridge fans walking down Wembley way wearing those, arch windows on the front sponsors name on the back.
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Post by btb on Jul 21, 2024 18:43:04 GMT
For me, the key component is making sure someone will see our badge and know it's cambridge united as opposed to another CUFC. If it's identifiable as Cambridge United then I don't hugely care. For me, the colours do that. Unless you are one of the new investors/sponsors the club are touting with the new badge then it’s unlikely their customers/clients will associate CUFC with us rather than other clubs with the same initials.
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Bendigeidfran
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Post by Bendigeidfran on Jul 21, 2024 19:26:18 GMT
For me, the colours do that. Unless you are one of the new investors/sponsors the club are touting with the new badge then it’s unlikely their customers/clients will associate CUFC with us rather than other clubs with the same initials. Why would people be any more likely to associate the initials with Carlisle or Colchester than us?
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