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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Great work to all involved. The current administration have done great things for the club and I hope they can continue that by fixing the biggest mistakes of the past.
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I hope that in reading these comments that Malcolm doesn't get the impression that the majority of good work the club has done lately in many facets of administration is being disregarded. It isn't. Much of the work by the club lately has been widely supported.
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The addition of this option was also used as further evidence of the design of the Lion, beyond merely a change in overall guernsey design, being important to supporters.
Interestingly I actually know one female (casual) Lions fan who said she likes the paddle-pop Lion because it is frowning... but that was two years ago and she was sixteen at the time. I also know a guy (seventeen at the time) who doesn't even follow AFL, saw the 2011 members cap and said the Lion on the back (real Lion) was better than the Lion on the front (paddlepop Lion). That conversation was last year.I found it interesting that for the most part the 18+ males were all for the old Lion. Females were a little more partial to the paddlepop... did anyone else notice a similar trend?
The sad thing is GC's home jumper looks a lot less "franchisy" than our current oneEven glossing over the sneaky, underhanded manner in which the guernsey was changed in the first place (which is a serious issue and needs to be rectified), the current guernsey only needs to be compared to the rest of the league to see it is woefully out of place. All other teams (with the possible exclusion of Gold Coast) have simple, traditional designs. Western Bulldogs, Port Adelaide, and Fremantle have all recently adopted new guernsey designs that adhere to this trend with great success. Our current guernsey is comfortably the worst in the league. It is cartoonish, and evokes very little pride among a lot of supporters. The current administration have done well to heal the club in many ways, but this guernsey issue is a giant, unsightly wound right across the face of the club. It is a continual reminder of a dark period in our history, and it is time to treat it.
The sad thing is GC's home jumper looks a lot less "franchisy" than our current one
It makes me sad.Yeah, we went from a proud, successful club with a unique history, to looking more franchisy than a franchise club.
I agree wholeheartedly. I'm all too familiar with that yearning for the return of that feeling of pride simply watching the boys run out on the paddock, PattyK. I've felt so strangely detached these past few years. It does not sit well.This has been stated, but personally I would be okay with the current design being our guernsey if it was put to a members preferential vote and came out the winner.
I can't objectively argue that it's a bad design. What I can objectively state is that it resembles the darkest period in the merged club's history, and considering it was never sent to a vote, should not currently be the design we wear.
Malcolm, we aren't one-eyed fans just against the current design because it doesn't look nice to us. We're against it because of what it stands for. What the old jumper stood for yet was thrown away without a second thought. And what it's continued existence stands for in regards to the club's attitude towards its members and supporters, and the value it places on us.
I want nothing more than to see our boys run out each week in a jumper that makes me, and all who hold this club close to their heart, proud to be a Lions fan. Until a vote of is taken on the guernsey, this simply cannot be the case.
I agree wholeheartedly. I'm all too familiar with that yearning for the return of that feeling of pride simply watching the boys run out on the paddock, PattyK. I've felt so strangely detached these past few years. It does not sit well.
While I personally find the "paddlepop" aesthetically unappealing, that doesn't explain the base twist in my guts and mental grimace every time I see it. That's deep-seated association and a sense of betrayal at work.
Ultimately if the members were polled transparently and the current guernsey triumphed, while I would be disappointed that our club's members had joined Bowers and Kelly en masse in turning their back on our history, I would accept it and move on. At least our opinions would have been heeded. Our Club would once again represent 'us'.