I've got to say that this season's away kit is so disappointing. Did they not consider that the exact same colours are used by another A-League, made by the same brand and our own identity calls for other colour options. If they wanted to stay with a blue, the keepers kit modelled by Lily A is a lovely colour.
in case you missed it, this is why the blue colour was choosen a few seasons ago.
" Designed by Paladin Sports, the distinctive kit deviates from the traditional Phoenix yellow and black colours by introducing a graduated blue and aqua colourway – with the design again drawing on the story of Ngake and Whataitai, the taniwha of Wellington harbour in Māori mythology.
Wellington Phoenix General Manager David Dome, says that while the home kit drew on the geography of Mount Victoria which overlooks Wellington Harbour, the away kit instead focusses on the harbour itself."
While I get that reasoning, and using navy on its own isn't the issue (I've loved the past couple of aqua/navy kits), to any casual Aussie fans seeing us in navy with a yellow trim of all things in a wide TV shot, they will 100% think it's the Mariners. Could it not have been black chosen to keep it in our colours?
Just because our lives revolve around the Nix, it doesn't mean everyone else knows who we are.