Have your say on the Tiger’s clash strip!

[jezza]

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=insidetheclub&spg=guernseychoice

Vote here: http://web.richmondfc.com.au/rfcjumper.htm

 

[kretchy]

Anyone have any idea what the back of the first design looks like? I would have thought it would have to be yellow with a black number for the AFL to approve it as a clash stip otherwise it is virtually the same as now.

 

[Harvey Leadpipe]

The black sash one (Design 2) would surely take this out.

 

[gregzy]

I rekon design one, is the best it is more like our home original strip just with a touch mor yellow

 

[TonyFree]

I thought that there would of been few more to go off than these two. Do we only wear it twice a year?

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

The black sash one (Design 2) would surely take this out.

Thats the common sense approach Harvey and the design I voted for, but unfortunately Design 1 will win because it looks like our original strip.

Whats the point of having a clash jumper if it looks like our original strip? Might aswell go the Essendon way and just make the stripe larger, waste of time.

 

[jezza]

Thats the common sense approach Harvey and the design I voted for, but unfortunately Design 1 will win because it looks like our original strip.

Whats the point of having a clash jumper if it looks like our original strip? Might aswell go the Essendon way and just make the stripe larger, waste of time.

That was my thinking. I am wondering whether these 2 have been approved by the afl as yet because Design 1 doesn't look like it will really solve any perceived clash issues if it's the same on the back as the front.


By the way, design 2 looks strangely familiar....

http://bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234031&highlight=alternate

 

[Harvey Leadpipe]

Thats the common sense approach Harvey and the design I voted for, but unfortunately Design 1 will win because it looks like our original strip.

Whats the point of having a clash jumper if it looks like our original strip? Might aswell go the Essendon way and just make the stripe larger, waste of time.

Exactly. No use hanging on to the old "tradition" tag, it's just a jumper. Those units sound like frawleywits when they carry on about, "losing their identity", and "it's a symbol of our pride" and all that crap.

No, Fitzroy lost their identity when they lost their club. This is just a change in the jumper which has which will invariably make it easier to spot your own players when watching the footy.

 

[jezza]

This explains design 1 I think:

RICHMOND supporters will have the chance to vote for a new clash strip from today.

The two alternative jumper designs, formulated to avoid a clash when Richmond plays Essendon, will be posted on the club's website (richmondfc.com.au) today. Chief executive Steven Wright said the alternative strips had been designed at the request of the AFL, for away games against the Bombers.

"Throughout the design process, the key criteria for us has been to preserve our heritage," Wright said. "This meant finding design solutions that retained our colours and our sash.

"Also, given the fact we only clash with the Bombers, we needed to introduce more yellow into the jumper.

"In what is a critical decision for the club, we hope both members and supporters will go to our website and register their vote."

Details of the vote will go before the Richmond board for consideration on Tuesday.

Tiger fans to vote on strip
13 July 2006 Herald-Sun
Michael Stevens

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/foo...E19771,00.html

Whilst the vote is open to everyone, hopefully they will put more weight on the choice of those that are members of the club.

 

[True Thylacine]

Design 2 for mine although the missus considers me seriously fashion and style challenged. What would she know...this is football!

 

[banzai]

Who are our allocated clash teams? If it is just Essendon, strip 1 will be fine.

 

[itsintheblood]

Design 1 for me. Design 2 has too much yellow.

 

[Bring-Back-Powell]

They should use the second option for all 11 away games. It's a great looking strip.

Just my opinion though.

 

[FSUB10Y]

Design 2 - no use haveing a alternative strip that looks like the normal strip - alla the Bumbers. We need to move on and add some colour into our lives!!!

 

[tugga]

I prefer No 2 but am concerned what the back will look like if the numbers are white which would look ridiculous against the yellow. They could all run out in leotards for I care, as long as they win.

 

[Goldust]

DESIGN 2 already in operation in country football. Worn by North Gambier in the Western Border league. Not a particulalrly attractive look when wearing white shorts, which is what we will be wearing when that jumper is being worn. Need to consider the whole package....yellow jumper - white shorts. Not for me boys and girls. The North Gambier jumper design draws all sorts of derogatory comments and cheap shots...something we could do without. Myself, would have preferred yellow and black stripes, either vertical (preferred or horizontal), or perhaps incorporating some white into the jersey.

That being said, I find no real trouble distinguishing between the Tigers and Bombers jerseys when we play.

 

[Bojangles17]

design One for crying out loud...we dont want to look like a flock of canaries

 

[PHX]

So who do we apparently clash with before I make a choice?

 

[jezza]

DESIGN 2 already in operation in country football. Worn by North Gambier in the Western Border league. Not a particulalrly attractive look when wearing white shorts, which is what we will be wearing when that jumper is being worn. Need to consider the whole package....yellow jumper - white shorts. Not for me boys and girls. The North Gambier jumper design draws all sorts of derogatory comments and cheap shots...something we could do without. Myself, would have preferred yellow and black stripes, either vertical (preferred or horizontal), or perhaps incorporating some white into the jersey.

That being said, I find no real trouble distinguishing between the Tigers and Bombers jerseys when we play.

YELLOW SHORTS!!!!

 

[Goldust]

YELLOW SHORTS!!!!

Call us the Fab Lemon Charge!!!

Might as well play in those old yellow raincoats that Paddington Bear wore!!

 

[hutstar]

whoops.

 

[Fwoy]

Excuse me if this is old news, but are we going with Reebok next year?

Yes, we are.

...And design 1, hands down!

 

[True Thylacine]

DESIGN 2 already in operation in country football. Worn by North Gambier in the Western Border league. Not a particulalrly attractive look when wearing white shorts, which is what we will be wearing when that jumper is being worn. Need to consider the whole package....yellow jumper - white shorts. Not for me boys and girls. The North Gambier jumper design draws all sorts of derogatory comments and cheap shots...something we could do without. Myself, would have preferred yellow and black stripes, either vertical (preferred or horizontal), or perhaps incorporating some white into the jersey.

That being said, I find no real trouble distinguishing between the Tigers and Bombers jerseys when we play.

Exactly...it hasnt been an issue for over half a century...I think its only one for the revenue hounds now to be honest.

 

[Infamy]

design One for crying out loud...we dont want to look like a flock of canaries

Canary yellow?
That's Australian gold my friend!

 

[lewiy]

Design 2 for mine although the missus considers me seriously fashion and style challenged. What would she know...this is football!

amen to that!

i agree number 2 but that is a lot of yellow

my mrs agrees too so we must be onto something TT - she said design 1 is 'too busy'