'Horrendous' or 'really lush'? Newcastle's new home kit

Newcastle United's new home shirt has certainly got supporters talking. The club have said that the kit "reimagines our classic look with a bold, disrupted stripe pattern". However, supporter Adam contacted BBC Sport to say he was "baffled" as to why Newcastle and Adidas' designers moved away from the club's traditional black and white stripes. "It looks like a barcode, a complete own goal," he said. Fan Paxx, who has followed Newcastle since 1967, even went as far as to call it the worst shirt the club had ever had. But fellow supporter Sue disagreed and said she "loved" it. Charlotte Robson, BBC Sport's Newcastle United fan writer, perhaps best summed up just how much the shirt had split supporters. "I know loads of people who think it's really lush and will be buying it, and loads of people who are furious about it," she said. "But I think it's quite nice." Season ticket holder Liam Phillips, like Robson, is not planning on buying the kit. However, he feels performances on the pitch will ultimately determine whether it will be remembered fondly or not. "If Newcastle win a trophy next season, people won't be saying, 'I'm really pleased, but they looked awful when they lifted it in that horrendous kit'. "If its associations are positive then I would imagine it will grow on people. It's not one of the best ones we have done. Does it matter? Not particularly." Fellow season ticker holder Adam Stoker has collected every single outfield shirt since he was born. But he suggested he will wait for this one to go on sale. "I'm not against the idea of them trying something a little bit different because there's only so much you can do with black and white stripes," he said. "But I can't say I'm a particular fan of it."