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Nike drew Werder's hoops as clusters of fine pinstripes, with orange collar and trims and the Wiesenhof chicken on the chest, a sponsor that raised eyebrows in Bremen. The W diamond sits under the four title star, the Bundesliga patch lives on the sleeve and the back stays plain green, waiting for a name.

And 2016/17 is a season told in two halves: the start was so poor that Viktor Skripnik fell in September, and the unknown Alexander Nouri took a team in the relegation places and returned it to mid table with a dream second half, an eighth place finish and Max Kruse in inspired form.

Here at Hoopster, this is the shirt that proves the Weserstadion rule: Bremen can run out of everything except green and white for life.