So here it is in both 3D and (various) 2D, as designed by Kensington's WTF Creative.
You've provided a mixed bag of opinions regarding the proposed new club crest since it was revealed last night and here is your opportunity to express those thoughts (unfortunately, there is no facility to do so via the YouGov poll).
Cheap, tacky and very Lego Land. It looks like a fake badge from one of the many football manager games from the early 00's that didn't get the right to use the official badges. Terrible.
Poor design, looks very 'Americanised'.
Don't like the fact the "United" is less important than "West Ham".
Also would rather see "East London" or "1895" as opposed to "London" on the badge.
And finally, I dislike the 2 tone colour idea, feels like Brady and the rest of her chums just want to turn us into the next Arsenal from top to bottom.
If it isn't an improvement on what we have already got, there is no point in changing it. Surely we can do better than this?
My thoughts, having taken a while to digest it. My first impressions are positive, however...
1). I don't like 'United' being smaller than 'West Ham'; we are 'West Ham United'.
2). London (or east London) is okay, not 1895 (because WHUFC wasn't formed until 1900 whichever way you look at it). It looks better curved than it would straight. Yet the word should still be in a smaller font than the club's name.
3). I like the two tone background. Helps give the overall impression of a ship's hull.
4). Slightly concerned at the nominal use of blue. We are claret and blue.
5). The 'TIW' inscription on the Hammers is a nice touch.
6). I think there's an opportunity to try this with the club's name ABOVE the shield, not inside.
giantsteps wrote:Someone please get me up to speed: what's the YouGov poll and why can't we vote on it?
Is this crest official now? I.e: we're stuck with it.
My thoughts:
Bring back the scroll underneath and keep the current (castle badge) font.
Change the "London" to "East London"
If these things were implemented I'd be half-way nearer to being happy with it.
You can vote on the YouGov poll (on the official website), but cannot leave any comments. Which suggests to me that it is a done-deal and the club don't care what our thoughts are on it, they just wanted to send out a poll to say they have "consulted"
