Anything in the current geopolitical climate relating to Ukraine is certainly emotive, and that definitely goes for the national team.

For the 409th stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW), the task for DF members was to provide the said international side - and the UAF (Ukrayins'ka Asotsiatsiya Futbolu/Ukrainian Football Association) - with a new badge, with the current version so recognisable and so similar to the emblem often being seen worn by one Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

There’s been a lot of love for the Georgia national team recently so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that they made an appearance in our Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW).

The 408th stage was dedicated to Jvarosnebi (The Crusaders) and the Georgian Football Federation (GFF), with most entries focussing on takes on the current national team badge’s image of St George slaying the legendary dragon.

Some Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) stages are about the profile of a team, some are about the aesthetics of a team’s identity, and some are a little from column A and a little from column B.

The 407th stage, dedicated to the Denmark national team and the DBU (Dansk Boldspil-Union/Danish Football Union), definitely fitted into that third category.

Johor Darul Ta'zim FC - JDT - are the current Malaysia Super League champions and that’s a pretty good justification for a Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) stage.

And what a stage it was, with various styles deployed by members to provide Harimau Selatan with alternatives to their current emblem.

Estonian clubs don’t feature in a big way on DF, but Tallinn’s FC Flora were very welcome for the 405th stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) - even if they prossibly weren’t aware of their involvement.

Their ignorance, should it be so, would be their loss, as the members provided a wonderful variety of styles, taking in a depiction of the Roman goddess of Flora as well as flowers - for obvious reasons - and various transformative takes on the existing team badge.

Sporting Clube de Portugal - uncouthly, “Sporting Lisbon” - are one of the Iberian nation’s “Três Grandes” and it was an honour to have them feature in the 404th stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW).

Arguably, the honour was reversed by the execution of the stage, which attracted great attention - we extend a welcome to newcomers - and delivered an array of beautiful team badges.