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Whilst modern day shirts look like formula 1 cars, I'm not sure it's possible to please traditionalists. I tend to favour trying to please those who like a modern shirt for that reason (since you'll never please everyone).
I see a minimalist shirt and tend to think the reason behind that is so they could fit more sponsors on. Not necessarily the wrong thing to do, but I'm not sure a lot of the design process involves thinking how certain groups of the fanbase would like it or not.