New website and badge

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I see the Trust have now issued a tweet to state that if the old badge wins it will be updated to digital standards.

Honestly I'm really struggling to understand how the club can have made such a mess of this, something which should have been so simple. Surely the point in employing more professionals behind the scenes was to avoid the amateurish approach we had previously.

This is not to say that I'm not fully behind what the club are trying to do, just do it better, especially basic stuff, i mean come on.

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

I see the Trust have now issued a tweet to state that if the old badge wins it will be updated to digital standards.

Honestly I'm really struggling to understand how the club can have made such a mess of this, something which should have been so simple. Surely the point in employing more professionals behind the scenes was to avoid the amateurish approach we had previously.

This is not to say that I'm not fully behind what the club are trying to do, just do it better, especially basic stuff, i mean come on.

They could have recreated the badge 1:1 to work at all sizes and hardly anyone would have known, only those using the badge as a graphic asset would and that should have been done about 15 years ago. No one is against pushing the club forward and these little enhancements are very nice but I do agree I find it odd that they decided to change the badge without input from the fan base.

Quoted from Plankton

They could have recreated the badge 1:1 to work at all sizes and hardly anyone would have known, only those using the badge as a graphic asset would and that should have been done about 15 years ago. No one is against pushing the club forward and these little enhancements are very nice but I do agree I find it odd that they decided to change the badge without input from the fan base.

Our fan representatives waved it through so they assumed it would be ok.

This whole thing undermines the Trust though because in my opinion the vote should be going via them as it helps drive membership and prevents rival fans voting for an option we don't want.

This "club having a fan database though" is nonsense because the club not having your email address does not make you any less of a fan. What if your ticket has always been bought for you?

The amount of football club crests that have the year that they were formed on them, is absolutely unreal. I would have to say, that on reflection, 1878 not appearing on the badge in some form, has probably been quite remis, if that isn't too strong a word.

The year of the club formation is part of the history and heritage of the club, and I would like to see it included. Whether that is as a flag, a nameplate on the trawler, or a ribbon added at the foot of the crest, is of absolutely no concern to me. It's immaterial as long as it is included somewhere. And, as a man that comes from a graphic design background, I would suggest that the change to the crest to incorporate this, has been minor, subtle, and has not taken things very far away from the existing design. It's a nice job.

I cannot believe that so much fuss has been made about this, given the small amount of change that has taken place. But each to their own I suppose.

Quoted from DaleH

The amount of football club crests that have the year that they were formed on them, is absolutely unreal. I would have to say, that on reflection, 1878 not appearing on the badge in some form, has probably been quite remis, if that isn't too strong a word.

The year of the club formation is part of the history and heritage of the club, and I would like to see it included. Whether that is as a flag, a nameplate on the trawler, or a ribbon added at the foot of the crest, is of absolutely no concern to me. It's immaterial as long as it is included somewhere. And, as a man that comes from a graphic design background, I would suggest that the change to the crest to incorporate this, has been minor, subtle, and has not taken things very far away from the existing design. It's a nice job.

I cannot believe that so much fuss has been made about this, given the small amount of change that has taken place. But each to their own I suppose.

I see both sides and I am too a current graphic designer so I understand the intricacies of the sort of thing, like yourself. It should have been a consultation and we wouldn't have this situation.

The vast majority of the fuss could have been easily avoided though, they've turned what should have been a total non event into a bit of a circus, I mean we're on page 19 of this. Wtf

I bet their right fed up of this topic, but guess what it's self inflicted. Flat out face-palm stuff

Here's a design statement from the designer himself.

I’m not sure that statement is going to have the positive affect he had quite hoped, I’m totally ambivalent towards badge-gate, I fully don’t care either way but that statement comes across as very arrogant & passive aggressive. Very odd.

Quoted from GhostDan

I’m not sure that statement is going to have the positive affect he had quite hoped, I’m totally ambivalent towards badge-gate, I fully don’t care either way but that statement comes across as very arrogant & passive aggressive. Very odd.

Couldn't agree more, comes across as though he's saying "I wish I hadn't bothered" kind of attitude to me .