Vaughan Elias 3 Posted November 24, 2021 What is wrong with a crest that has not been changed since before the glory days of 50 years ago and is automatically associated therewith. The current design is a cheap and nasty bland looking crest and is not in keeping with the tradition of tasteful crests sported by our peers throughout the English Football leagues. This is akin to Nero fiddling whilst Rome was burning and the only beneficiary of this act of wanton vandalism is the consultancy who have needlessly produced an inferior design. The new crest needs to be consigned to where it rightfully belongs, i.e. in the rubbish bin, the current crest retained and the designer be requested to compensate the club for such a poor, second rate design, which a 5 year old kid could have come up with. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROBFLECK 132 Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) I work in the marketing and sales world and I think it is quite good. As has been pointed out before in the thread , I think just the ball is not good. On the whole it has been well designed imho. Edited November 24, 2021 by ROBFLECK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 3,297 Posted November 24, 2021 Yep, I like the new design, but that ball just isn’t good at all, it’s certainly cleaner and modern without too big a change. That ball is just not a football, it looks like we’re a bowling team! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,557 Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, canarydan23 said: Right. A moving ball. With a canary perched on it. Plausible. I am only telling you what the designer apparently thought he was indicating. The point is that whatever the designer intended the end result was rubbish and needed to be changed. In doing so they should, as others have said, added proper panels to the football, rather than leaving it blank. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,162 Posted November 24, 2021 21 minutes ago, Vaughan Elias said: What is wrong with a crest that has not been changed since before the glory days of 50 years ago and is automatically associated therewith. The current design is a cheap and nasty bland looking crest and is not in keeping with the tradition of tasteful crests sported by our peers throughout the English Football leagues. This is akin to Nero fiddling whilst Rome was burning and the only beneficiary of this act of wanton vandalism is the consultancy who have needlessly produced an inferior design. The new crest needs to be consigned to where it rightfully belongs, i.e. in the rubbish bin, the current crest retained and the designer be requested to compensate the club for such a poor, second rate design, which a 5 year old kid could have come up with. Do they limit hours for internet access in your nursing home, afraid the residents might over-excite themselves? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy 122 Posted November 24, 2021 I like it,at least it has brought it up to date. As far as the canary is concerned,it makes the original look very poor.Whether it looks like canary doesn't seem to matter to me because the fact it is a canary comes over simply because of the colour and the connection to Norwich City. I can see the point of the ball appearing to be just a circle.A bit of detail would have been better. The only thing that stands out for me is the lions front standing leg.If it is supposed to represent the lion outside the City Hall it should be straight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,938 Posted November 24, 2021 There have been some very good modern badges. I thought Brentford's new one was a big improvement on the old, Brighton's isn't bad either, Liverpool's has looked better over time and I really like that new, revised Hartlepool one. And yes, someone said we've got one of the few badges that doesn't name the team. It doesn't need it. That's what the castle and lion are for as the Norwich coat of arms. Throw in the yellow and green colour scheme and the canary and we don't need the name as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yelloow Since 72 54 Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Michael Starr said: Much better modern design which will be far easier to use on assets going forward and also probably better looking on a tv screen but the old farts won't like it. I'm an old fart and I like it. It'll look less like a badge sewn on to the kit and the two colour design stands out like an emblem. The canary's splayed foot conveys the shape of the ball, so no lines needed. Edited November 24, 2021 by Yelloow Since 72 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greendoor 16 Posted November 24, 2021 I understand some of the money saving motives for this change, but I disagree with it still. I don't like the new badge, on the whole I think its a substantial downgrade on the previous edition. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiScot 1,443 Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) I'm thinking the lion is a better likeness of but the angle/posture is out of place with the overall design. If you look at the old one the way the lion looks is more circular and thus fits in with the rest of the angles/curves. With the new one it looks like it is 3 random images placed onto a badge. Edited November 24, 2021 by KiwiScot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A huge NCFC Fan 4ever! 1 Posted November 25, 2021 I prefer the old crest. The canary on the new crest just looks bland and weird without the outlines, in my opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 951 Posted November 25, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 21:47, nutty nigel said: I think this shows the benefit of the new canary, imagine the old one projected like that...though I do still prefer the old one on the badge... Another point which may or may not have been mentioned is that this will be far easier to print onto shirts, which will be quicker, cheaper and hopefully means we won't get peeling transfers anymore... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) Well that's f*cking sh*t. 2 years to design that? Looks like it's been done on MS Paint. Think I preferred Leeds' rebranding Edited November 28, 2021 by The Great Mass Debater Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,707 Posted November 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, The Great Mass Debater said: Well that's f*cking sh*t. 2 years to design that? Looks like it's been done on MS Paint. Think I preferred Leeds' rebranding Now now come on nothing is as bad as that Leeds badge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 28, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 21:08, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said: This is something we will be lumbered with for potentially decades to come and all for a worse version of the crest we currently have. The definition of faux outrage is people being up in arms over a bloody sponsor on a shirt which the club would have only had for 1 year. The cancellation of which cost the club millions That said, Lotus was a very good replacement 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationA47 751 Posted November 28, 2021 16 minutes ago, The Great Mass Debater said: Well that's f*cking sh*t. 2 years to design that? Looks like it's been done on MS Paint. Think I preferred Leeds' rebranding Incorrect. Even if you think you think that. 😆 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Now now come on nothing is as bad as that Leeds badge No. But the 'research' we have done into this seems akin to theirs, and feels like the scouring of Europe that we did before deciding the best appointee on the continent was Neil Adams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 28, 2021 This is a canary. What the f*ck is the thing on the new crest supposed to be? Looks like someones chopped it's sodding tail off. Looks like a bird Id draw when I was 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny Foggo 1,116 Posted November 28, 2021 New badge is great and makes it easier for the club to use and market. All good move on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) Think I much prefer mine (at least the tail is the right length) Edited November 28, 2021 by The Great Mass Debater 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mengo 822 Posted November 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, The Great Mass Debater said: Think I much prefer mine (at least the tail is the right length) That's a budgies tail you have .😁 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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shefcanary 2,393 Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, The Great Mass Debater said: This is a canary. What the f*ck is the thing on the new crest supposed to be? Looks like someones chopped it's sodding tail off. Looks like a bird Id draw when I was 5 Can't we just photoshop that picture into the crest instead - ultra realism, sod the digital replication requirements! 😆 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spotter 1 Posted November 28, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 19:03, cambridgeshire canary said: Castle- Better Lion- Better But the Canary.. not a fan. And it needs black outlines! The old design actually looks like a Norwich canary, the new one has the outline of a chaffinch ? Google it and see the difference. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,557 Posted November 29, 2021 8 hours ago, The Great Mass Debater said: It’s been curtailed...😎 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, PurpleCanary said: It’s been curtailed...😎 Personally, I think a canary that looks like a canary is more important than making sure everything squeezes onto a shield shape, which if centralising the ball is what this is all about is a shape that doesnt lend itself to an anatomically correct canary by being tapered at the bottom. Why not have a canary that looks like a canary and sacrifice the shield shape so you dont have to give it a short tail and make it look stupid. Tail too short, body shape wrong, too fat, wings wrong. Lion does look better but has less authenticity apparently as now its just any old lion instead of one taken from the coat of arms of the city. No authenticity, no point. We're the canaries not the lions. Drop the lion and the castle if theyre not going to have any authenticity and give us a canary that looks like one. Edited November 29, 2021 by The Great Mass Debater Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,085 Posted November 29, 2021 Feel free to disagree, but I think that looks WAY better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites