There is nothing wrong with keeping things simple. But when the new season arrives looking almost exactly like the last one, questions are inevitable.
PSS Sleman have officially revealed their latest shirt collection, with green for home, white for away and red returning as the third option. The formula itself is familiar. Perhaps a little too familiar.
The biggest question sits with the home shirt.
Once again, PSS combine dark green with neon green, essentially carrying over the same colour direction seen last season. For a new campaign, the visual change feels minimal enough that collectors could be forgiven for wondering whether someone simply found a few rolls of unused fabric in the warehouse.
That is a joke, obviously. But the frustration behind it is real.
PSS have one of the strongest visual identities in Indonesian football, backed by a supporter culture that gives designers plenty to work with. Yet the latest home shirt feels cautious, with simple patterns and a colour combination that does little to distinguish it from its predecessor.
The away shirt continues the restrained approach in white, while red returns for the third shirt after several seasons away. None of them are offensive designs. They simply struggle to create that immediate feeling of a genuinely new season.
The comments under the launch posts appear to reflect the same mood. Supporters have questioned the simplicity of the shirts, the familiar colour choices and several visual details. Even the stadium launch itself seemed unusually quiet for what should have been one of the club’s biggest pre-season moments.
And then there is availability.
The collection will only be ready on August 31, an unusually long wait for supporters eager to wear the new colours. For collectors who remember how difficult PSS shirts could be to purchase last season, that date hardly inspires confidence.
Consistency can be a powerful part of football identity. But repeating the same dark green and neon formula without enough evolution begins to feel less like continuity and more like creative hesitation.
PSS already have the history, the colours and the audience.
What they need now is a shirt that makes the start of a new season actually feel new.
For now?
Mehh.
