Jumper clash fails

[phantom13]

Seriously! One team bats, the other team bowls. Who cares what they wear.

It was a gag mate.

 

[Trucker Tiger]

Suns v Lions is an eyesore today.

 

[KissKiss]

Suns v Lions is an eyesore today.

Two teams in the same state with the same colour scheme is really dumb

 

[Peacock]

As to be expected Carlton's unwillingness to wear a clash creates an eyesore

Eddie Mcguire actually said recently Collingwood insisted Carlton be allowed to wear navy blue as the away team.

 

[phantom13]

Eddie Mcguire actually said recently Collingwood insisted Carlton be allowed to wear navy blue as the away team.

Well the AFL should absolutely ignore everyone except Eddie

 

[yodellinhank]

Eddie Mcguire actually said recently Collingwood insisted Carlton be allowed to wear navy blue as the away team.

That'd be fine, if Collingwood also wore the black on white for tradition's sake.

 

[Ocha905]

There's no clash but Sydney being in red shorts is ridiculous when they could use white.

 

[hcd199]

There's no clash but Sydney being in red shorts is ridiculous when they could use white.

The kit they're wearing looks great, and as you say, there's no clash. So what's "ridiculous" about it?

 

[Ocha905]

The kit they're wearing looks great, and as you say, there's no clash. So what's "ridiculous" about it?

Adding the opposition's secondary colour to your kit. Pretty obvious I'd have thought.

 

[phantom13]

I also think it would just look better with white shorts. Much like Freo, Dogs and the old Port clash, clean and consistent.

 

[parano1a]

Adding the opposition's secondary colour to your kit. Pretty obvious I'd have thought.

Both teams have elements of red which cancel each other out so it is essentially black versus white. Night and day.

 

[coldlunch]

Some deadshit will roll in here tonight saying “if you can’t tell these two apart on a black and white 12 inch screen you need your ******* eyes checked”

Count it.

you just know the blokes who relish saying that cannot dress themselves for shit

 

[hcd199]

Adding the opposition's secondary colour to your kit. Pretty obvious I'd have thought.

Who's "adding" anything, though? Sydney wear red shorts routinely with this jumper (basically every time, except when they play Gold Coast away) - they're already part of this kit. So unless there is a clash, which there isn't, what reason do they have to change out of their preferred kit here?

People are welcome to their aesthetic preferences (even if I personally don't understand this fixation on pushing teams towards a monochrome look - most teams have colours so it's nice to see them in full splendour). But if two teams happen to share a colour, and they can both still wear their preferred kits for the match without clashing, then no, it's not "pretty obvious" that doing exactly that would be "ridiculous" - I'd actually say it's ideal.

 

[FreakShow20]

Geelong at home in white shorts.

Pretty simple stuff

Yeah, another team on Friday night should have worn white and let Blues wear their dark shorts.

 

[doppleganger]

Yeah, another team on Friday night should have worn white and let Blues wear their dark shorts.

The difference is Geelong play in a predonimantly white jumper.

Collingwood have two kits

1. black backed jumper with white striped, which they match with black shorts.
2. white backed jumper with black stripes, which they match with white shorts

It really is simple stuff

If Geelong want to wear navy shorts, have a jumper design that is navy dominant (inverse the traditional jumper will do it) so it would be navy backed with white number.

Majority of clashes occur when one club retains a dark traditional jumper and just adds white shorts thinking this is enough contrast to the home club also playing in a dark kit.

 

[stevothedevo]

Yeah, another team on Friday night should have worn white and let Blues wear their dark shorts.

Exactly. I always thought the angst against clash jumpers was that it makes the team you've followed all your life no longer look like the team you've followed all your life. But Collingwood in white shorts still looks like Collingwood. Geelong in white shorts still looks like Geelong. It seems so easy to get the shorts right first, as Geelong and Fremantle did yesterday, then move onto clash jumpers if the shorts aren't enough.

 

[FreakShow20]

Exactly. I always thought the angst against clashes jumpers was that it makes the team you've followed all your life no longer look like the team you've followed all your life. But Collingwood in white shorts still looks like Collingwood. Geelong in white shorts still looks like Geelong. It seems so easy to get the shorts right first, as Geelong and Fremantle did yesterday, then move onto clash jumpers if the shorts aren't enough.

Exactly, well said.

 

[eddiesmith]

Exactly. I always thought the angst against clashes jumpers was that it makes the team you've followed all your life no longer look like the team you've followed all your life. But Collingwood in white shorts still looks like Collingwood. Geelong in white shorts still looks like Geelong. It seems so easy to get the shorts right first, as Geelong and Fremantle did yesterday, then move onto clash jumpers if the shorts aren't enough.

But it’s also about the shorts matching the jumper. Geelong wear white shorts because their jumper is predominantly white. Collingwood wore black shorts because their jumper was predominantly black.

It’s up to Carlton to wear their white uniform to avoid a clash.

 

[Cleavy]

There must be a clash today. Hawthorn keep kicking it straight to their St Kilda opponents.

 

[loki04]

The difference is Geelong play in a predonimantly white jumper.

Collingwood have two kits

1. black backed jumper with white striped, which they match with black shorts.
2. white backed jumper with black stripes, which they match with white shorts

It really is simple stuff

If Geelong want to wear navy shorts, have a jumper design that is navy dominant (inverse the traditional jumper will do it) so it would be navy backed with white number.

Majority of clashes occur when one club retains a dark traditional jumper and just adds white shorts thinking this is enough contrast to the home club also playing in a dark kit.

Wish we'd play in our original guernsey design of White with black stripes more often rather then the Ed Adidas sponsor logo version moved to Black with 3 white stripes...

 

[stevothedevo]

But it’s also about the shorts matching the jumper. Geelong wear white shorts because their jumper is predominantly white. Collingwood wore black shorts because their jumper was predominantly black.

It’s up to Carlton to wear their white uniform to avoid a clash.

Nope. It's up to Collingwood to wear white shorts to avoid a clash. I don't want Carlton not looking like Carlton just as much as I don't want Collingwood to not look like Collingwood. White shorts on Collingwood, although still not perfect, would've been visually less of a clash and keeps both teams in traditional jumpers.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

There must be a clash today. Hawthorn keep kicking it straight to their St Kilda opponents.

Umpires were the clash today.

 

[phantom13]

Nope. It's up to Collingwood to wear white shorts to avoid a clash. I don't want Carlton not looking like Carlton just as much as I don't want Collingwood to not look like Collingwood. White shorts on Collingwood, although still not perfect, would've been visually less of a clash and keeps both teams in traditional jumpers.

Well as long as you’re happy, really seems like we should just do away with the whole clash thing altogether.

 

[Chief]

I watched the whole game with a Pies supporter and we didn't even notice a problem.

I can see how oppo supporters might have some issues with it. It's the AFL's choice.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Exactly. I always thought the angst against clash jumpers was that it makes the team you've followed all your life no longer look like the team you've followed all your life. But Collingwood in white shorts still looks like Collingwood. Geelong in white shorts still looks like Geelong. It seems so easy to get the shorts right first, as Geelong and Fremantle did yesterday, then move onto clash jumpers if the shorts aren't enough.

The other baffling factor in all this is there really is no angst.

You’ll always have nuffy holdouts like you do with any issue, but it’s not the 90s… footy supporters long ago accepted clash strips and don’t whinge about them in any great number.

If nothing was said and Carlton or Collingwood just ran out in white on Friday night, 99% of people wouldn’t give two shits. Most wouldn’t even particularly notice because they’re so used to seeing the clash strips multiple times per season. The only comments would probably be as a result of the AFL refusing to do it go so long.

It actually creates angst that they don’t wear them.

Every angle of this from the AFL’s point of view is just baffling.