Hoops

Melbourne United Jersey - Rate or Hate

'AND1' really, I would never have known, thanks anon. For them not to have some more recognition is unusual!

Am I the only one who see a grey uniform, not navy blue? It looks horrible to me and I agree that the team name shouldn't look like an afterthought down near the shorts!

I've not seen what the club has been doing marketing-wise, but with a name and uniform like that, I'm bloody glad I'm not a Tigers or Melbourne fan!

LOL @ the union chant Jack!

Aaaahhh, bugger the spell check, should read ...ridiculous...

Final comment, the name United is just a balls up IMO, it doesn't work with basketball and Melbourne is a long name that may work if placed around something (like a basketball), but long and straight like it is, nope doesn't work for me sorry just being honest!

A basketball franchise name should be snappy, to the point, have some meaning and be obviously hoops savvy, like the Tigers was, like the 36'rs is and others in the NBL, NBA etc... are.

What is a 'united' anyway?

I am not bias as I wasn't a Tigers supporter, however bad the demise of them was, but I will give my 2 cents worth on this uniform for the OP.

1. Colours are great, love the simple and clean look too.

2. Logo is very average at best, does absolutely nothing for me and actually looks quite ridiculour IMHO.

3. I have a man crush on the model, he looks a decent fella' doesn't he girls???

4. Placement of sponsor logos and number needs to be adjusted I think, just doesn't work with the Melbourne name and logo as it is, however the uniform overall will work with a few tweaks...

The round-edged diamond doesn't do anything for me.

If those locations are what it takes to get and keep sponsors, well you do what you have to do. I'd be a bit worried about the "Melbourne" being tucked into shorter player's shorts though. You can just tell that some wag will have a go at the "UTD" being the first part to disappear (get tucked in). As a player its the last thing you want to be thinking about.

Look where it says melbourne down on the stomach how stupid is that. Put the city name across the chest morons

look good - but think team name should be more prominant and maybe more obviouly navy blue instead of nearly black

*^throw

The best thing about the jersey is they made the design clean and didn't just through on bumper sticker logos wherever they fit.

It is really a nice clean simple finish.

the name change is/was a joke.

But man, have they made some killer moves since then.

Organising a high quality team and getting good sponsors on board.

Surely, even the die hard Melb Tigers fans would be lured by it all. I know I would. If I lived in Melbourne, I wouldn't hesitate to go out and watch a team like that play week in week out.

The uniform was always going to be pretty bland IMO. You can't do too much with Navy and white. Look at Carlton.

Probably need to get the Eureka Flag in there somewhere seeing as though it's a Melbourne team. Then they can be sponsored by the BLF and chant: "the ballers, united, we'll never be defeated"

Didn't see And1 on the jersey. Anyone know what's up with that?