Below is the new 2021/22 Premier League ball - and apparently:

The base of the graphic is a black organic pattern inspired by the Premier League being one of the most exciting and connected leagues in the world.
The crimson circles drive enhanced visual performance, allowing the players to read the pace and spin of the ball, react quicker and feel confident in their decisions.

Ridiculous. It's just a bloody ball!

Paulclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:23 am

Ridiculous. It's just a bloody ball!

My thoughts exactly

Some marketing agency got paid a fortune to come up with that tosh.

The tick is so big as it brings back childhood memories of being right and the 21-22 is nothing to do with the season, it’s a target for Nike inspired strikers as they drive there clubs to the ultimate glory.

Call that a football
This is a football

what a load of balls

It's when they start bringing the balls on with a remote controlled car that we should be worried, but of course nobody would be so stupid as to come up with that hair brained idea would they.

Some “woke” will be along in a minute complaining about how we are failing to understand the true meaning of the ball and how the intolerance to this new ball is quite staggering and a new low even for this forum. Paulclaret you should be ashamed.

It's the first time I've come across orange being described as crimson.

There was nothing crimson about the Mitre no. 3 we used in primary school.

It's the first time I've seen the colour black used for visibility?

Better let the health and safety people know.

That is one ugly ball.

Let me think of a word.....Mmmmmm, I know! HIDEOUS

crazy!

...time to get back to basics!

The good news is that the crimson circles will also allow supporters to read the pace and spin of the ball allowing us more confidence when firing off obscenity laden criticism at a player whose overplaced confidence (brought on by the visually enhanced ball) has led them to a complete cock up!

Nasty. Might look better from a distance. Sometimes change just isn’t necessary. Wonder how much money was wasted paying someone to come up with that when it could have gone to a good cause.

I'm waiting for an AI one that laughs really loud when players dive.

I must admit, I liked the ball used during the second half of this season just gone. The ring design on it showed how much the ball was moving in action replays.

The supposed creative and artistic justification is just a narrative used to smuggle in brand awareness. If your reaction to the press release is to think, "huh, well that's stupid, and it looks ugly", then proceed to post a photo of a Nike logo on a public forum, I have some bad news: Nike is winning. This is just what Nike wants, because now people are looking at a Nike logo and associating it with elite sport.

Give 'em a Casey!

Surprised it doesn’t also have the tag line
‘Ribbed for your pleasure’
As well

They should have come up with a dazzle camouflage ball instead to trick players.

I’d have loved to practice my ‘trickery’ with a ball like that. Beats the Wembley Trophy.

superdimitri wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:36 pm

They should have come up with a dazzle camouflage ball instead to trick players.

They have, you've just not seen it.

What schizophrenic designed that thing ?

Also, how much was in the brown envelope to entice it's adoption for next season ?

The love child of Mr Blobby and a zebra!