The Clash Jumper farce

[Rogue 585]

We should wear dark socks/shorts and our normal top when we play the Saints, and they should wear their normal top and white bottoms.

[beelzebub 23,390]

We should wear dark socks/shorts and our normal top when we play the Saints, and they should wear their normal top and white bottoms.

no one mentioned to you , Logic has no place in all of this ?

[old dee 23,998]

Can anyone remember the last time we won a game wearing that white jumper, because I can't? We need to get rid of it because it is cursed!

Surely you jest

Can anyone remember when we won a game in anything?

Edited March 26, 2014 by old dee

[biggestred 5,237]

we beat essendon a couple of times in the white.

honestly get rid of the blue stripes under the arms and itll be much less a clash v the saints

[Pennant St Dee 13,389]

Nothing to do with other sports. All to do with TV. TV audiences especially casual ones won't stand for jumper clashes in this day and age of trying to maximise audiences.

Almost all AFL decisions are made with TV in mind. It's not an evil conspiracy it's just about maximizing profits. I don't blame the CEO, it's his job. I blame the commission for not giving extra guidance to the executive about keeping traditions and where to draw the line in not selling out for the dollar

That argument gets blown straight out of the water with

Collingwood vs North Melbourne both verticle stripes black & white/white & black or blue & white/white & blue

Essendon vs Richmond when Essendon are the home side they both wear predominantly black but Richmond have a thicker yellow sash and some yellow down the side

It's a farce

[Grapeviney 9,909]

I dont know why we just cant use this training jumper from late 90's. Works with Blue or white shorts. Very similar in design to the current training jumper.

Love this jumper, still wear it to the footy each week.

[Pennant St Dee 13,389]

A two part question PSD

My has no one done it?

And if they have why have they not been successful if it is easy?

I would say like half of demonland they are afraid of the AFL

a) They will take Queens Birthday off us

b) They wont give us good timeslots

c) They will not gives us handouts

d) They will give us an unfavourable draw

I say fook em they need 18 teams and now is the time to stand up to them, all of the above they give us nothing except Queens birthday, they have to give us handouts for their benefit not ours, it is there you go the bigger clubs get the blockbusters and better tv timeslots and this is your money from the tv rights we get for having 18 teams. If it's good enough for Collingwood it's good enough for us and I don't care about them being a cash cow call the AFL'S bluff and make them come out and say that publicly which they will never do

[Pennant St Dee 13,389]

we beat essendon a couple of times in the white.

honestly get rid of the blue stripes under the arms and itll be much less a clash v the saints

don't Sydney wear that

[biggestred 5,237]

And pretty much every other team in white...

Ours does have a blue v under the red....

[Gorgoroth 13,184]

Isn't the clash with the saints from behind where their all black is closer to our mainly navy blue with small amount of red.

So on TV when they players are seen from behind (90% of the time) it's harder to tell them apart?

I thought that was the reason, could be wrong tho.

[H_T 3,049]

I could always tell them apart prior to clash jumpers coming into vogue. Even on TV.

It must have been overlooked. Why can't it be so simple where they have a register of all jumpers, and what each club wears, when they play each other. And the clubs are notified.

I'm assuming they already have this being the AFL (almighty integrity and all), and someone was asleep at the wheel.

Again...

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,009]

I would say like half of demonland they are afraid of the AFL

a) They will take Queens Birthday off us

b) They wont give us good timeslots

c) They will not gives us handouts

d) They will give us an unfavourable draw

I say fook em they need 18 teams and now is the time to stand up to them, all of the above they give us nothing except Queens birthday, they have to give us handouts for their benefit not ours, it is there you go the bigger clubs get the blockbusters and better tv timeslots and this is your money from the tv rights we get for having 18 teams. If it's good enough for Collingwood it's good enough for us and I don't care about them being a cash cow call the AFL'S bluff and make them come out and say that publicly which they will never do

Yes, they need 18 teams, but that doesn't mean it can't be the current 17 and another team, such as Tasmania, Canberra or even a Northern Territory team

And they give us plenty - such as millions of dollars in support, Peter Jackson and more games at the MCG than our performance and drawing power deserves.

And if we really did need to go into battle on something with the AFL, I'd rather it was something really important - not what our away jumper should look like.

[biggestred 5,237]

now i know its a soccer shirt but this would look so much better (if we had to have white) than our current abomination. and you cant tell me that it would clash with the saints.

obviously youd fill the red up to the shoulders

[daisycutter 29,891]

yuuuuuuuk

[biggestred 5,237]

yuuuuuuuk

cmon, use your imagination

[daisycutter 29,891]

cmon, use your imagination

i did

my first impression was unprintable

[biggestred 5,237]

i did

my first impression was unprintable

hahahahahaha

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,009]

now i know its a soccer shirt but this would look so much better (if we had to have white) than our current abomination. and you cant tell me that it would clash with the saints.

obviously youd fill the red up to the shoulders

If we had to wear this to get Hyundai as a sponsor, I'd take it.

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,240]

I can't believe people get their knickers in a knot over an away clash jumper. We have so many problems that rank ahead of a trivial matter such as a jumper.

I reckon our current clash jumper is the best we've had. I wouldn't mind wearing it in every away game.

[old dee 23,998]

I can't believe people get their knickers in a knot over an away clash jumper. We have so many problems that rank ahead of a trivial matter such as a jumper.

I reckon our current clash jumper is the best we've had. I wouldn't mind wearing it in every away game.

Yep to all the above BBP

[DemonOX 8,836]

I think there might be bigger issues at the club than a jumper clash tbh.

This is the least of our problems.

[Sir Why You Little 37,297]

That soccer shirt is awful. How can that be deemed an improvement on the current nightmare we are told to wear?

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

Clashes with no team

[monoccular 17,642]

Can anyone remember the last time we won a game wearing that white jumper, because I can't? We need to get rid of it because it is cursed!

The curse started in 1965....long before DumbItriou and his henchmen tried to Americanize our game.

We should wear dark socks/shorts and our normal top when we play the Saints, and they should wear their normal top and white bottoms.

OMG....don't you understand, Rogue?? That is logical which definitely rules it out at AFL HQ.