Indigenous Round Guernsey

[demon73 20]

FOR THE first time all 18 clubs will wear specially designed guernseys during Indigenous Round in round 11. Ours looks great, go Dees

[daisycutter 29,617]

sigh.......this is such tokenism

won't be long before we have a different jumper for some cause every week

[felixdacat 459]

I want one

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,813]

sigh.......this is such tokenism

won't be long before we have a different jumper for some cause every week

If the indigenous design in the background actually represents something meaningful, such as the land around Yarra Park with the river at the bottom, I would respectfully disagree.

But if it's just made up to 'look' indigenous, I will agree.

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

It would be nice to see them wear a no gimmick, no clash jumper again one day. This year alone we will have the names on jumpers round, indigenous jumper, pink Breast cancer jumper (for a good cause at least), clash jumper every other week, heritage jumper later in the year... am I missing any?

[The Chazz 4,077]

It would be nice to see them wear a no gimmick, no clash jumper again one day. This year alone we will have the names on jumpers round, indigenous jumper, pink Breast cancer jumper (for a good cause at least), clash jumper every other week, heritage jumper later in the year... am I missing any?

Things must be travelling pretty well in the Hellfish household if this is one of your great concerns at the moment.

[daisycutter 29,617]

If the indigenous design in the background actually represents something meaningful, such as the land around Yarra Park with the river at the bottom, I would respectfully disagree.

But if it's just made up to 'look' indigenous, I will agree.

disagree on the first point ldvc.....it's still tokenism

find something else to celebrate indigenous australia on the day but leave the jumper alone, it's bastardized enough as it is

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

Things must be travelling pretty well in the Hellfish household if this is one of your great concerns at the moment.

Nope, just bored at work and wasting time on an internet forum

[stuie 7,374]

It would be nice to see them wear a no gimmick, no clash jumper again one day. This year alone we will have the names on jumpers round, indigenous jumper, pink Breast cancer jumper (for a good cause at least), clash jumper every other week, heritage jumper later in the year... am I missing any?

It's good for marketing and making dollars. The NBA does this a lot, constantly different themes for the uniforms, works well for generating income and interest. Personally I dislike how much sponsor information there is on jumpers now, but not much we can do there.

[DeeSpencer 25,719]

1. It looks good

2. We are playing the game in Alice aren't we against Port so it's hardly a huge clash

So who really cares about any other stuff

[Chook 15,013]

I want one

That's how they get you.

[daisycutter 29,617]

It's good for marketing and making dollars. The NBA does this a lot, constantly different themes for the uniforms, works well for generating income and interest. Personally I dislike how much sponsor information there is on jumpers now, but not much we can do there.

must be good then stuie if the nba do it

suppose you like their audio cues and cheer-leader girls too

[old dee 23,792]

disagree on the first point ldvc.....it's still tokenism

find something else to celebrate indigenous australia on the day but leave the jumper alone, it's bastardized enough as it is

Now are you sitting down dc?

I agree with you!

[Grapeviney 9,727]

I've hated novelty jumpers ever since Robbie broke his finger on those bloody lace-up guernseys back in the 80's.

[stuie 7,374]

must be good then stuie if the nba do it

suppose you like their audio cues and cheer-leader girls too

Ahhhh so you're one of those who thinks if we happen to do something similar to a sport in the US then we're just trying to copy everything and make the game American... Great logic. Yes, because i think having a few different jumpers will make some extra cash for the club I must also want the goals changed to hoops.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,813]

I've hated novelty jumpers ever since Robbie broke his finger on those bloody lace-up guernseys back in the 80's.

Lace-ups weren't novelty jumpers. They were the original 19th century designs which hung around until the 1980s when they were banned because of the injuries they caused to opponents' fingers.

[Grapeviney 9,727]

Lace-ups weren't novelty jumpers. They were the original 19th century designs which hung around until the 1980s when they were banned because of the injuries they caused to opponents' fingers.

I might be wrong here LDC but I thought they disappeared long before that and were revived for 'heritage' round sometime in the mid-1980's.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Grapeviney

[praha 11,240]

sigh.......this is such tokenism

won't be long before we have a different jumper for some cause every week

Here's the Gaypride Round jumper.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Cudi_420

[old dee 23,792]

I might be wrong here LDC but I'm pretty sure they disappeared long before that and were revived for 'heritage' round sometime in the mid-1980's

That makes two of us GV

[Whispering_Jack 30,220]

Just out of interest, why were GCS allowed to wear a non clash jumper against us last week?

They should have been made to wear a predominantly white jumper as we must whenever there's an alleged clash in one of the team's colours.

I'm raising this purely because there should be consistency on the ruling and nothing else.

[stuie 7,374]

Just out of interest, why were GCS allowed to wear a non clash jumper against us last week?

They should have been made to wear a predominantly white jumper as we must whenever there's an alleged clash in one of the team's colours.

I'm raising this purely because there should be consistency on the ruling and nothing else.

Thought exactly the same thing. We all know the reason why though.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,813]

I might be wrong here LDC but I thought they disappeared long before that and were revived for 'heritage' round sometime in the mid-1980's.

I may have the wrong decade - perhaps it was the 70s - but Kevin Bartlett and David Cloke (at Richmond) both used to wear them regularly.

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

Ahhhh so you're one of those who thinks if we happen to do something similar to a sport in the US then we're just trying to copy everything and make the game American... Great logic. Yes, because i think having a few different jumpers will make some extra cash for the club I must also want the goals changed to hoops.

There could be something to that.

Suspend a hoop near the top of the goals, anyone kicks it through, instant 100 points. Will make use of the thousands of attempts at kicking a ball through the basket ball ring from the other end of the court at footy training.

[old dee 23,792]

I may have the wrong decade - perhaps it was the 70s - but Kevin Bartlett and David Cloke (at Richmond) both used to wear them regularly.

I have been going to VFL / AFL matches since 1960 and I can guarantee you they were gone as a regularly jumper before then.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,813]

There could be something to that.

Suspend a hoop near the top of the goals, anyone kicks it through, instant 100 points. Will make use of the thousands of attempts at kicking a ball through the basket ball ring from the other end of the court at footy training.

Give them broomsticks and they could play Quidditch.

(One of the greatest made-up games of all time. Along with "Hangman's Cricket" from a movie called 'Drowning by Numbers'.)