Can we second-guess Swansea's new kit?

Teaser appears to show part of a set template used by Adidas on other strips

Over the last few days the Swans have been releasing slightly larger snippets of the new kit, in a style not dissimilar to the bonus round in Roy Walker's Catchphrase. Why they've decided to reveal the new kit in such a protracted manner is anyone's guess - but at least they had a go at doing it in an artistic manner by overlaying a Dylan Thomas poem on the image. Whether your average football fan give's two hoots about poetry when they want news of the new home shirt is another matter, however.

Given kit manufacturers preference (laziness?) over the last few years, we're now used to seeing the same "template" being applied to various team's kits, with colours and slight embellishments the only discernible differences. The cut and style of this shirt are invariably the same - as witnessed by Swindon fans in particular when it was revealed that their "official" merchandise was simply Swansea gear with a Swindon badge pressed over the top. 

A "Swindon" rain jacket, with a Swansea badge
clearly visible when light is shone on it

While teams being given the same style of kit isn't nearly as bad as that, it does mean that in this situation we should be able to have a good guess as to what the kit will look like when it's finally released. The teaser photo released today also revealed that the away kit appears to be purple - which goes along with the rumour that's been doing the rounds for the last few weeks; that the away kit is purple and yellow (Real Madrid, anyone?). You can view the latest image released by the Swans HERE.

The home kit has a definite black patch on the sleeve, and given that our kit is supplied by Adidas, and this year only one of the eight templates they're using has a patch like that, then I think it's safe to assume our kit is going to be a black and white version of this:

Now, I'm no photoshop whizz but I'm sure someone could knock something up quicksharp. If you do send it to me and I'll edit it in! What do we think? Personally, I'm not a huge fan but the proof is in the pudding, and I won't judge it until it's been revealed in full. To me though, I'd now put good money on our kit being, essentially, a negative of the Stoke away kit.

The question remains though... who are the sponsors that'll appear on the shirt? Rumour has it it's another gambling firm...

EDIT:

Thanks to @GavinT_SCFC on Twitter, I now have some images to go with my thinking! Here's one with the "traditionally rumoured" sponsor (even though it's unlikely).

Now, here's one based on the rumours that the new sponsor is A) Still a gambling firm and B) a Chinese company:

Not too bad looking at all! A bit 80's, but that's fashionable (or so I'm told) at the moment...