Originally Posted by
upthemaggies
It's clearly inspired by the 1989-1991 Matchwinner shirt which, as fan-reaction to kits go, was hugely controversial at the time. It didn't look right at all when they first played in it, but it soon became one of the most iconic designs of all time (being the shirt we wore at both of our Wembley play-off wins).
If clubs have to change their strip every single season (and I wish they didn't) then you just can't rigidly stick with tradition year in year out, you have to come up with something a bit different once in every three/four seasons or so, but it's becoming apparent that kit manufacturers have run out of new ideas, we're now seeing some of the more way-out designs of yesteryear being brought back - Southampton being a prime example in wearing their Keegan-era design last season - and Notts have evidently followed suit.
As long as the home colours are predominately black & white, and we're not playing in red away (which of course the Trews made us do *shudder*) then, even if it's not to our taste, we can live it with it safe in knowledge that it'll be changed yet again next summer.