dmont Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 The lack of balance was torturing my OCD. SuperCanuck, hamiltonfan and Poutinewithtapatio 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Advantages: is not named HFX or Valour or 9. Disadvantages: that is fairly Sporting Kansas City ugly, isn't it? But I literally do not care, because FC Edmonton is in the CanPL. johnyb, Admin, shamrock and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCanuck Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, dmont said: Ugh, agreed. The white Korean-looking character in the middle looks off-center. It also looks too small in the middle of the shield. What is the point of the rabbit tracks? Is subtlety what we're going for? Pretty awful... … still think Calgary's is the worst though. I hope Calgary goes with it's alternate. Thank you, it was driving me crazy. I knew I'd seen that before somewhere...on the window of the Korean restaurant up the street. I'm trying to think of something about this crest that I don't hate, but I'm not having any success. 1. Straight, bland "FC Edmonton" under a curvy top of the crest. 2. Standard post-2000 cornball slanty split between colours. 3. Why break up "2010" with ...those are rabbit tracks? Could they not get the rabbit to pose long enough to add him to the crest? Overall crappiness: 100% Edited June 9, 2018 by SuperCanuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCanuck Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 2 hours ago, dmont said: The lack of balance was torturing my OCD. I thought the Faths sat at a table with supporters, furrowed their brows and listened attentively. Perhaps you could send this off to them and tell them there's been some sort of mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCanuck Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 3 hours ago, shermanator said: I would have preferred the old crest, with a rabbit replacing 'this-ball-indicates-this-is-a-soccer-team.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 What I expected in this thread: "Holy shit FCE is back and playing in CPL next year!" What i see: "I don't like the new logo" Jesus, kids these days. MtlMario, Kent, CrossCheck and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, jpg75 said: What I expected in this thread: "Holy shit FCE is back and playing in CPL next year!" What i see: "I don't like the new logo" Jesus, kids these days. We all knew FCE was coming back so to act surprised now is naive, you know they posted a vid a few days/pages ago right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 46 minutes ago, BuzzAndSting said: We all knew FCE was coming back so to act surprised now is naive, you know they posted a vid a few days/pages ago right? Oh yeah i got all the emails too. It's just funny that there hasn't been a single positive comment about the fact this is the 5th franchise announced for this league or any sense of relief that the club is back. But a bunch of opinions on the colours and logo as if any of that eye candy crap actually matters. Greatest Cockney Rip Off, Bbeto, BenFisk'sBiggestFan and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 2 hours ago, jpg75 said: Oh yeah i got all the emails too. It's just funny that there hasn't been a single positive comment about the fact this is the 5th franchise announced for this league or any sense of relief that the club is back... I guess some of them are too young to remember the Aviators and the Brickmen and why doing a Lazarus act isn't the way this story would normally end. If the league is going to operate initially in a way that makes a team sustainable in a less than stellar not quite 5000 seat stadium, we might not be seeing a repeat of the usual script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbeto Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 8 hours ago, BuzzAndSting said: What was the number of memberships sold during the YEG4CPL push? What was the number of memberships sold during the YEG4CPL push?. someone knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 johnyb, Chad_Impact and Bbeto 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbeto Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I think 5000-6500 membership... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 My guess would be around 2000 and the assumption being made of 2 or more season tickets per member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, BuzzAndSting said: Funny, I think Calgary’s is probably my favourite. This. Taste is subjective clearly. Also, I don’t understand the disdain over the Edmonton logo. Other than the E having a squiggly middle blue line to represent a river, the logo is fine to me, definately better than the clip-art placeholder NASL one they had previously. Edited June 9, 2018 by Macksam MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I like the badge. The rabbit would be a nice touch tho. deschamp86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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masster Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 15 hours ago, BuzzAndSting said: I mean it’s better than the old one but by far the worst of the CPL so far. Totally in agreement with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 News article round up Edmonton Sun-http://edmontonsun.com/sports/soccer/fc-edmonton-returns-to-the-professional-scene-and-clarke-stadium Waking The Red-https://www.wakingthered.com/2018/6/8/17443556/canadian-premier-league-reveals-fc-edmonton-canpl-cpl-soccer Canadian Press-http://www.thereminder.ca/fc-edmonton-returns-this-time-as-a-member-of-the-canadian-premier-league-1.23330620 CBC-http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/canadian-premier-league-fc-edmonton-1.4699407 Global-https://globalnews.ca/news/4264379/fc-edmonton-officially-joins-canadian-premier-league/ The11.ca-https://the11.ca/you-only-live-twice-fces-resurrection-is-official/ June Of 86-https://juneof86.com/2018/06/09/faths-show-true-faith-as-fc-edmonton-enter-cpl/ Shortdutchcanuck and jpg75 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmPappy Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 14 hours ago, dmont said: The lack of balance was torturing my OCD. Love it. Suggestion: Move the rabbit underneath the “F” so that 2010 is not split in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Couple of notes from the articles. First definitely read Sandor's article for a more personal take on FCE's return From June of 86 (really recommended, whole lot more than what I've put here) Ball wouldn’t reveal how many $40 memberships were purchased during the membership drive, but it made a significant impression. “Memberships to date — and this is before the launch on Friday — have far, far exceeded the number of season seats that we sold in the last couple of years,” said Ball, whose team set an attendance record of 3,408 in the 2017 NASL season. “The reason we did it was to gauge fan support. Ownership was adamant that we wanted to see if the fans were going to be there. And they were.” “It’s literally night-and-day,” Ball said. “I spent two years running FC Edmonton within the NASL and having worked with the CPL, it is night-and-day. I can count on one hand the number of times I called the NASL head office for advice or guidance. But the CPL, their entire front office, that headquarters if full of people with deep experience in sports, communications and marketing. And in the soccer world as well. (CPL president) Paul Beirne has a body of work that is unmatched in the world of soccer in Canada from a front office perspective. He’s a huge resource to all of us who are launching across the country.” “The reality is that Clarke is our home,” Ball said. “Clarke has been our home for four years. We don’t talk publicly about transactions with the City or any of our vendors. I can tell you that we are at the table with stakeholders following the stakeholder engagement process that the City has put in place. We’re going to continue along that process until we create a win-win situation.” deschamp86, Zem, Bbeto and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 The fact that 808 members is far far better than anything they have done in the past is not a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Does this imply that people on the #YEG4CPL list have had to actively do something to convert their previous pledge into a membership? That might explain the apparent discrepancies with previous statements. The YEG4CPL list may have been inflated by interested fans from elsewhere given people like Anthony Totera were urging participation to help them get past 1000 when it was mistakenly believed by some that was all that was needed to bring FCE back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESG Shawn Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 6 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Does this imply that people on the #YEG4CPL list have had to actively do something to convert their previous pledge into a membership? That might explain the apparent discrepancies with previous statements. The YEG4CPL list may have been inflated by interested fans from elsewhere given people like Anthony Totera were urging participation to help them get past 1000 when it was mistakenly believed by some that was all that was needed to bring FCE back. I bought during the original YEG4CPL phase and wasn't prompted to do anything to convert. I'm still looking for some communication from the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingback6 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 23 hours ago, dmont said: The lack of balance was torturing my OCD. I like it. The rabbit tracks are a clever touch. Most importantly, it is WORLDS better than the old one, which always looked like the shield of a third rate prep school to me. 9 hours ago, IAmPappy said: Love it. Suggestion: Move the rabbit underneath the “F” so that 2010 is not split in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Wow they've actually managed to make a worse Crest than they had before. Happiness about the reenstallment of the Rabbits almost equals the disappointment about the new logo. Almost though, great tot have 'em back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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