This heart beats true for the red and blue

[jackaub 1,402]

Has any body heard whether we will have to wear this strip again against the Lions.

I have posted before I know but this strip has the effect of making us look weak and pathetic

Its getting close to the time when the club will have to refuse to wear it jsut like our B&W opponents

do with no penalty!I suppose a challenge for the palyers is even though they may look weak they play

with the heart of demons

[Bates Mate 4,107]

can't see a clash with the lions, our jumpers are opposite and different shades of blue/red

[beelzebub 22,716]

we have typically worn a white strip for games up there of late. Personally I dont see a clash....but the AFL will

[John Crow Batty 8,369]

I never liked the alternate strip and it does look wimpy and bland with those uninspiring graphics. Time for the club to redesign it.

[Guest Yeats_08]

I never liked the alternate strip and it does look wimpy and bland with those uninspiring graphics. Time for the club to redesign it.

I can gaurantee you that we will be wearing the w(s)hite strip this week. AFL deems we clash with Brisbane. I read a while back a thread on here that had a few proposed alternatives for next year. I quite 'liked' a few of them. I will never like us wearing white, but some of the ideas I saw there were more acceptable than the current strip. At least they looked more like our traditional jumper

[MadAsHell 4,089]

Personally I didn't mind our old red clash strip that we wore back in 2004, I thought that was ok, but I to hate the white strip!

[Guest Yeats_08]

Personally I didn't mind our old red clash strip that we wore back in 2004, I thought that was ok, but I to hate the white strip!

The AFL have told has we MUST have a predominantly 'light' strip. Apparently Red is a dark colour. BTW, many will be happy to know that the AFL have told Essendon that they MUST come up with an alternate 'light' strip for next year. HA-HA!

[WonnaJurah 5]

as long as it isnt the dreaded silver one we had few years ago

[jumbo returns 6,619]

I like the white strip.

Actually, I really don't care, as long as the team plays the toughest footy they can possibly muster against a team that will do anything for a win.

Edited July 29, 2010 by jumbo returns

[titan_uranus 23,170]

Let's hope this is the week we break the curse...

[Inner Demon 1]

The sooner you get over this, the better your mental health will be.

It's a complete and utter non-issue.

The idea that we don't play well in the white strip is total garbage also. We've seen some pretty limp-wristed performances in our traditional strip in recent times but the same "logic" doesn't seem to apply there.

[daisycutter 28,723]

The sooner you get over this, the better your mental health will be.

It's a complete and utter non-issue.

The idea that we don't play well in the white strip is total garbage also. We've seen some pretty limp-wristed performances in our traditional strip in recent times but the same "logic" doesn't seem to apply there.

Its not an issue of whether we play better/worse in the "white" strips. Its just that everybody(well, most everybody) hates them. And its not just Demons supporters, its also other clubs supporters and TV audiences.

Frankly, I don't understand why the AFL is so anal and unapproachable about it. Its supposedly more for TV clash considerations than players or spectators, but the AFL take the definition of a clash way too far. There are some genuine clashes, but not too many. I also don't buy the merchandising argument. If the white strip is so disliked they won't sell many anyway. Clubs could always have alternate training strips which could be free from AFL interference and be designed for merchandising if merchandising $$$s was the issue.

The public need to keep on complaining. The AFL will eventually have to listen

Go the Red'n Blue

[Sir Why You Little 35,321]

Its not an issue of whether we play better/worse in the "white" strips. Its just that everybody(well, most everybody) hates them. And its not just Demons supporters, its also other clubs supporters and TV audiences.

Frankly, I don't understand why the AFL is so anal and unapproachable about it. Its supposedly more for TV clash considerations than players or spectators, but the AFL take the definition of a clash way too far. There are some genuine clashes, but not too many. I also don't buy the merchandising argument. If the white strip is so disliked they won't sell many anyway. Clubs could always have alternate training strips which could be free from AFL interference and be designed for merchandising if merchandising $$$s was the issue.

The public need to keep on complaining. The AFL will eventually have to listen

Go the Red'n Blue

Correct. The AFL are wrong on this Subject, and must be taken to task. This issue must not be forgotten or accepted.

We are Red & Blue, never white. White is the shade of surrender.

[daisycutter 28,723]

Correct. The AFL are wrong on this Subject, and must be taken to task. This issue must not be forgotten or accepted.

We are Red & Blue, never white. White is the shade of surrender.

Right on.

What I don't really understand, is who is putting the pressure on the AFL. The AFL don't really explain it, nor do they really explain their definitions of "clash", nor do they publish clear guidelines on what determines a suitable clash outfit (apart from predominately white).

I would have thought that Mel vs Ess was one of the more obvious clashes, but the players/spectators didn't seem to have any problems in the recent game. (I know next year Ess will have a new clash jumper)

I don't see a clash with the new GC17 strip either, but I'll bet the AFL do, just because both sides have red FFS

Maintain the rage . . . .

[H_T 2,941]

BTW, many will be happy to know that the AFL have told Essendon that they MUST come up with an alternate 'light' strip for next year. HA-HA!

Is there a link at all to that ?

[e25 5]

I think it is pathetic to carry on and claim we should never have to wear a completely different coloured clash strip.

All clubs should be forced to have one that is drastically different to their home strip.

Seems to work fine in the EPL.

Tradition is an argument for those stubbornly trying to resist change.

[e25 5]

The AFL have told has we MUST have a predominantly 'light' strip. Apparently Red is a dark colour. BTW, many will be happy to know that the AFL have told Essendon that they MUST come up with an alternate 'light' strip for next year. HA-HA!

Brilliant.

This is perfect.

As long as the AFL puts ALL clubs on notice that they will be expected to provide and wear clash strips when deemed appropriate as the away team.

I'm 100% behind it.

[Trisul 654]

I think it's pathetic that guernseys drastically different to the home strip, that happen to not contain white but do preserve tradition, are rejected (for some) out of hand.

Edit: HT see http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/bombers-afl-on-clash-course-20100601-wv9l.html

Edited July 29, 2010 by Trident

[Guest Yeats_08]

Is there a link at all to that ?

High Tower, I read it on bigfooty.com, i know I know, but it was posted by a Dons supporter. Read about it here http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=733677

[mauriesy 6,909]

I put the negative effect of the white strip in the same category as a pre-competition ritual, wearing your lucky jocks, or never being the one to break through the banner.

Totally absurd.

[e25 5]

I put the negative effect of the white strip in the same category as a pre-competition ritual, wearing your lucky jocks, or never being the one to break through the banner.

Totally absurd.

Careful Maurie, I read on BigFooty the other day that studies have proven touching the banner can have an adverse effect on a players' performance.

On average each player loses 0.068% as a result, something about the chemical composition of crepe paper.

[daisycutter 28,723]

I think it is pathetic to carry on and claim we should never have to wear a completely different coloured clash strip.

All clubs should be forced to have one that is drastically different to their home strip.

Seems to work fine in the EPL.

Tradition is an argument for those stubbornly trying to resist change.

E25, no-one is saying we should never have a different clash strip.

We just don't want the predominately white one FFS.

There have been plenty of suitable alternative ones suggested on this board

My wife thinks that the AFL don't have a problem with colour but rather dark and light and that the AFL still think some people watch footy on Black and White TVs rather than High defintion digital TV's. Maybe someone should tell Dimwit that B&W TVs have been phased out!

[Chook 14,701]

Careful Maurie, I read on BigFooty the other day that studies have proven touching the banner can have an adverse effect on a players' performance.

On average each player loses 0.068% as a result, something about the chemical composition of crepe paper.

What, are they allergic or something?

[Dreamin' Demon 10]

Two things going against us this weekend

- White away jumper -> never win

- Away game -> rarely win

[beelzebub 22,716]

Two things going against us this weekend

- White away jumper -> never win

- Away game -> rarely win

and 22 for

do I need to name them ??