Everton unveil new home kit

The hoops look totally out of place. I won't be purchasing.

There are a lot of other teams who have not revealed their kits yet but I do think they miss a marketing opportunity by leaving it so late.

Maybe the manufacturers can't meet that sort of timeline anymore as so many new kits are produced each year

Now if we can insert clauses into the players' contracts making it compulsory to wear black boots then I think we'll be ready to roll...

White socks, correct shade of blue, hoops on sleeves are ok, a bit reminiscent of the last Umbro kit in 2008/09 at first glance.

One thing I have to say though - who the hell released those awful Photoshopped pictures of Ossie, Howard and some other bloke in the fake kits?? Another ball dropped by EFC?

Really badly put together whoever did it.

Apart from that, the kit looks nice in the video leaked online. Those photos are terrible but when you see the real thing, it's much nicer.

Last year I thought we looked very Birminghamish. And being modelled on the dullest club in the dullest place on planet Earth is never a good thing.

But white socks, plain white shorts and some fairly simple white detailing on the royal blue shirts...nope, I can't argue with that one bit.

White socks are back too, which I'm delighted about.

Buy the way, is there an official boycott of the merchandise with the new crest? I know there's unlikely to be many TW patrons buying it but it would be good to see the whole fanbase showing its displeasure as one...

Steve. Your worst was my best. Thought we looked spectacular.

The badge doesn't look near as bad as I thought. Still needs to be changed, but not as "throw up in the back of my mouth" as I thought.

I like the hoops on the sleeves.

If it wasn't for the badge, it'd be the first kit I'd think about buying in the last several years.

This will suit our bottle jobs when we go to Anfield.

Didn't like last years kit and don't like this. Last year's had a shade of blue I didn't really care for. Difficult to know whether the new one is the same shade or different.

I really liked last years away kit, the black one. It was simple and classy.... couldn't we have something like that, just in blue? Simple elegance.... don't go all "bling" with go faster stripes and fat assed cartoon badges.

I think a lot of people in marketing are about to lose their jobs.

My sentiments exactly!!!!

Crouches down with hands over his head............

We get our money up front,that piss poor deal with kitbag doesnt get any better with sales so a boycott of anything with that abomination on it should be encouraged by Evertonians of every age who care about our heritage

What a lot of us are unhappy about is being tied to a deal with kitbag that only makes £3m a season and makes merchandise only available from two shops and online.

More importantly though, we have found ourselves running around in Nike gear and getting paid next to nothing for it while other CLubs, and not just big ones, are pulling in £5-10m a season from their kit suppliers.

So, no, Mr Elstone won't be receiving any apologies from me.

I like the kit and I will consider buying it even with that cack badge when the process for designing the new crest is formally announced to us all and I see that the Club are not fobbing us off as has happened far too many times before.

I will probably buy it just so I don't have a gap in the collection. I have the salmon pink one-to-one away shirt and that WAS awful!

At least white socks are back.

What part of "We've already been paid our share of merchandise" don't you understand?

It doesn't matter how many shirts are sold — we've had our pay-out,

And woooooooooooooooooooosh — right over your head... the Elstone apology was tongue in cheek, ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Bet you love Blue Bill.

As for buying the kit, yeah get on Bluekipper –it's the place for you absolutely

The whole thing again looks like a generic Nike design & lacks individuality as an Everton kit.

I've heard Nike have a tier system which dictates the level of input a club has in the design of it's kit & that Everton are in the 3rd tier. From this design I wouldn't be surprised if its true.

Keep it simple – and give us back a decent fucking badge as well!

Not too keen on the dirty blue.

Small guys like Pienaar and Osman will look silly.

Where's the bonce-bound thunderbolt and hate campaign?

The badge - although I don't like it, I'm torn as to what stand to take on purchasing gear. On one hand, I think if you are the supporter who buys it every year and can afford to do so, just buy it (see what I did there?). If you don't always buy one but were thinking about buying one before you saw the crest, buy it or don't buy it. There are other ways to protest, and the club already knows that we don't like it a a whole.

On the other hand, the Kitbag deal isn't favourable (I don't actually know how it works so if someone could enlighten me that would be great) so perhaps if there was a massive decline in merchandise this season it could encourage Kitbag to not renew contract. Maybe not.

Either way I'm happy sticking with my $5 Thailand black and gold special from last year.

When I started on my passion for everything EFC, the strip was a plain royal blue shirt with no badge, white shorts with blue stripe and 'hooped' socks with heavy leather boots. You played with a lace-up ball which would slice your head open if you caught the laces (yes, I'm that old).

Strips boots and balls have massively improved over the years, no argument... but it's time the fans and their limited finances were given the consideration that now turns footballers into multi-millionaires.

I've not bought a new shirt for a good two or three season and I'm undecided whether I'll be buying it this year. I keep hoping for a quality kit and a season to remember it by. Neither has happened recently.

Also, the badge on the shirt is way too big, it has a bit of the nineties about it when sometimes there was a badge inside a badge. I would advise the club to reduce the size by .... say, 100%.

Apart from that, it's shite, I prefer last season's.