52 minutes ago, Deefender said:

A NRL ex player told me “the Gold Coast is a party town. They’ll never do any good.”

For NRL players, Penrith is a party town.

My guess is that they've finally decided to grow up and go with a more traditional style guernsey just like the Bears, Port and Dockers eventually did. They'll at least look like a football team. 

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

For NRL players, Penrith is a party town.

4 gf’s in a row, the last 3 premierships…….what’s not to celebrate?

Umm..  looks like I was wrong. They somehow made it worse. Believe the reveal is this Friday morning so not 100% confirmed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/afl/article-14070423/AFL-accidentally-leaked-new-Gold-Coast-Suns-new-team-logo-fans-not-happy.html

20 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Umm..  looks like I was wrong. They somehow made it worse. Believe the reveal is this Friday morning so not 100% confirmed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/afl/article-14070423/AFL-accidentally-leaked-new-Gold-Coast-Suns-new-team-logo-fans-not-happy.html

Couple of things in that report:

* It's not 'an oval'; it's a footy, surely!

* it's not a setting sun; the shimmering bottom half means it's a rising sun, over the Pacific.

Credibility points deductions.

 

No way Kalani White can be happy about that logo….

I don't mind it myself but, as the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

Still an amateurly run club, kinda like ourselves when CS released the MFC shield with 20 million things happening in it.

1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

Still an amateurly run club, kinda like ourselves when CS released the MFC shield with 20 million things happening in it.

truly one of the worst pieces of design imaginable 

That alleged new symbol is clearly just an infrared scan of an egg being cooked. Only thing I can't decide is if it is a side view of a poached egg or a top view of a fried egg.

To reference an ancient egg related public health ad, "This is your football code on marketing."

Quite like it myself. Better than the original.

Rather than a rebrand , I'd rather they disband, just in time for Tassie keep it at 18 teams

At first glance I thought it was an 'S' and wondered what tf 'S' stood for.

5 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

At first glance I thought it was an 'S' and wondered what tf 'S' stood for.

Suns?

I actually quite like it. Doesn't try too hard. I immediately saw the "rising" sun reflection on the water. Also gives me Commodore 64 vibes lol

2 minutes ago, 3183 Dee said:

Suns?

I suppose so but you don't see too many clubs running round with that kind of branding. Eg. Could you imagine Essendon running around with a giant 'B' on all their apparel? Or Collingwood with 'M' etc

18 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

I suppose so but you don't see too many clubs running round with that kind of branding. Eg. Could you imagine Essendon running around with a giant 'B' on all their apparel? Or Collingwood with 'M' etc

franchise gonna franchise

no soul whatsoever

3 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

Rather than a rebrand , I'd rather they disband, just in time for Tassie keep it at 18 teams

I've been saying for a while, one of three things will happen to the Suns - either fold, merge or relocate.  They're simply not viable as they are.  As for the new logo, I reckon the Year 7 Visual Communication Design class at my school could come up with something better.

1 hour ago, Roger Mellie said:

I suppose so but you don't see too many clubs running round with that kind of branding. Eg. Could you imagine Essendon running around with a giant 'B' on all their apparel? Or Collingwood with 'M' etc

I know what you mean - although I think the Giants may have a G on one of their tops? Anyway, looks like they’ve tried to incorporate lots of things into one design. Looks like the logo of a 70s American cable news channel.

2 hours ago, Roger Mellie said:

I suppose so but you don't see too many clubs running round with that kind of branding. Eg. Could you imagine Essendon running around with a giant 'B' on all their apparel? Or Collingwood with 'M' etc

I reckon Collingwood should go with a giant C.

Always though the "Suns" was such a lame name. They should merge with Southport Sharks, rebrand as the Gold Coast Sharks and use the Sharks guernsey but in red & yellow.  

22 minutes ago, No. 31 said:

Always though the "Suns" was such a lame name. They should merge with Southport Sharks, rebrand as the Gold Coast Sharks and use the Sharks guernsey but in red & yellow.  

That would make sense, so obviously it's never going to happen

3 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

I reckon Collingwood should go with a giant C.

I thought the same for the Cats

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