2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Love the front, hate the back. You’d think Hertz might get into the spirit and have a logo that worked for this special jumper.

Glad to see the flags added - that's new isnt it?

Reminds me, still want to get my 2021 one signed by May and Kozzie and framed, beautiful top

Yeah I'm a fan! Just wear the appropriate versions where appropriate. The key is to not clash. 

It’s a no from me … sorry. 

just love the 2021 version and this one doesn’t compare 

 

I don't mind the design but tbh it's the story of the designs that I normally enjoy and makes me appreciate the art/design more.

Personally I'm torn between appreciation of Indigenous representation and dislike of 'love hearts'.

As for the flags being on this year, I suspect that's a product of finally resolving the long and bitter legal dispute about commercial IP 'ownership' of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags.

I believe that we got absolutely everything right in 2021 including our Indigenous Guernsey and that should be our “gold standard” going forward. Once you reach perfection it is hard to emulate.!!

 

 

Ok, I watched the video and I love the jumper design so much now. Great story.

I love it and the story behind it. The sponsor on the back sucks, but otherwise it is fantastic.

i may have shed a little tear watching that

i was sure that the kid wasn't going to still be with us

fabulous he is

such a great story

Liked it.
Watched video.
Love it!

 

Agree. ⭐️Love the background to the design and what it means to her family and her brother.  

On 19/04/2024 at 12:32, roy11 said:

Glad to see the flags added - that's new isnt it?

Reminds me, still want to get my 2021 one signed by May and Kozzie and framed, beautiful top

Long story of the representation of the flags.  In short a few years ago the rights to the flag were sold to a clothing company who decided to exploit it for monetary gain, to the point where they were charging exorbanent fees for the use of the image and not investing it in indigenous programs like they promised. In fact they were threatening to sue people for using the flag without paying for it, which lead to a campaign to reclaim the rights and boycott that company.  AFL were supportive of that campaign and they refused to pay to use the rights.  Last year the federal government bought the rights back and made the use of the flag available for everyone to use again.

11 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

i may have shed a little tear watching that

i was sure that the kid wasn't going to still be with us

fabulous he is

It's such a beautiful story, I'm so glad KC is healthy now.  How amazing is Mali for her paying tribute to her little brother like that!  

I don't know why we don't wear these jumpers as the default, so much better than the default.  I get the history, but this shows history and progress.  Absolutely love it.

On 19/04/2024 at 12:29, Neil Crompton said:

Love the front, hate the back. You’d think Hertz might get into the spirit and have a logo that worked for this special jumper.

Cannot stand the inclusion of Hertz. If you have time, listen to "The Dollop" podcast when they did a review of the history of the Hertz company.  We really should think a bit more about who we are partnering with as a club!

The guy who started Hertz was apparently a school mate a long time friend of Ron Barassi, and it’s through that that Hertz has been a long time sponsor of Melbourne.

Here’s hoping we can do these jumpers proud this year. Our recent indigenous jumpers haven’t seen much onfield success. Need to fix that pronto.

p.s. That is a magnificent piece of art by Mali.

Edited May 3, 20241 yr by Demon Disciple

A lovely story and a beautiful design.

Very proud of our players and club.

The Hertz logo looks like dogs knackers on the back though. Imagine how much better it would look if the colours were at least matched up. 

On another note, being interstate, we've had foxtel for years and I've always felt a bit bad about funding the Murdoch's. We've at least dropped back to Kayo now, so less money to them.

That sky news interview with the 18 year old kid that won the million bucks was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen from that channel. And there's a lot to usually choose from.

I'll find it very hard to listen to the fox footy platitudes being laid out thick for the Doug Nicholls rounds when their sister station delivers such dog whistling stereotype racist BS.

2 minutes ago, Brownie said:

That sky news interview with the 18 year old kid that won the million bucks was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen from that channel. And there's a lot to usually choose from.

Ahh good old Sky News. The Australian equivalent of Fox News. They’re soooo far right, they’re almost left 🤣

On 02/05/2024 at 00:22, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Liked it.
Watched video.
Love it!

 

Same here TeamPlayedFine39, the video explained it beautifully.