News New jumpers for 2012

[E92_]

Hopefully they didn't include a back tri-panel because it looks terrible tbh.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I'm all for gambling and the casino business, but Centrebet are a joke of a company. Up until March this year they were advertising odds for the 2011 Grand Final, they didn't use a capital letter for the 'a' in 'Australian' and just seem like a badly run business.

Right. So you're upset about grammar, and not social decay?

EDIT: Wooooah. That West Coast jumper looks horrible. It looks really unbalanced with the navy shorts and navy panel.

 

[jethro11]

It's a very funny looking jumper. I'll reserve final judgement until I've seen all of it.

 

[Silent Alarm]

It's just way too complicated. It looks as though there are side panels, so it basically adds another panel to the front of the jumper.

 

[Mr Eagle]

I've been wondering why we didn't use a gold jumper for the Dig Deep stuff. Now we know they're just a bit behind on the uptake

 

[Mr Eagle]

Has anyone else noticed the watermark on the Lions jumper. There is the Fitzroy lion watermarked similar to the Hall of Fame jumper.

That's the modern lion. The head doesn't stick out far enough to be the Fitzroy lion.

 

[lmach]

Dig Deep jumper looks great. Can't wait to get one!

 

[E92_]

Cam said there will be no retails.

 

[lmach]

Cam said there will be no retails.

Oh missed that.

That's shit

 

[TheDoctor11]

Oh missed that.

That's shit

Could always shell out for a PI if you've got the cash.

 

[lmach]

Could always shell out for a PI if you've got the cash.

Yeah I'll do that if there are no retails like Cam said. But will there be normal PI's (the $120 ones) or only dirty guernseys?

 

[FXD_]

Forgot the back tri-panel.

These both look pretty horrible. What a mess of a guernsey.

 

[cammania]

Yeah I'll do that if there are no retails like Cam said. But will there be normal PI's (the $120 ones) or only dirty guernseys?

ATM. There's nothing set in stone. All we've worked out is the match worn will be going to auction.
According to what the club has told numerous people, the pi's are a mystery, but one will guess they are going to auction as that has been told what maybe happening with all jumpers at end of year. But none of this is gospel this is just what I've heard on the grapevine as I'm not in the loop.

And again, I'm guessing there's no replicas made up. I'm 100% certain there not be. But that's just my opinion.

 

[Strauchanside]

Any chance the Eagles will just go with the Gold, White and Blue on their guernseys any time soon, and ditch the 'Eagle-head' off the front? Seems sort of tacky and unnecessary now, after all any AFL fan that doesn't know who the Eagles are must have been living under a rock for the last 25 years.

 

[Strauchanside]

 

[lmach]

Any chance the Eagles will just go with the Gold, White and Blue on their guernseys any time soon, and ditch the 'Eagle-head' off the front? Seems sort of tacky and unnecessary now, after all any AFL fan that doesn't know who the Eagles are must have been living under a rock for the last 25 years.

Too St Kilda-ish. Some teams can take their logo off and it will still look good (Bulldogs). But if you take the eagle off West Coast's jumper it just doesn't look right.

 

[Chris who]

Quoted from another thread (budge27)

Did anyone catch the article on 9 news Perth last night which showed the dig deep eagles jumper to be worn in a few weeks? It had a dig deep logo on this years home jumper but what you could see of the back it was yellow...

 

[E92_]

I think they replay the news later tonight if anyone wants to try and take a picture of it.

 

[Syxx]

Looks better like that Cory. I've always been a fan of the idea of Richmond and Essendon reversing their colours to create a clash jumper. The traditional strip with black shorts is obviously their dark jumper and their reversed jumper with white shorts as their light jumper.

My understanding is AFL classify red as a dark colour? Is this true? If Essendon have to wear the clash vs St Kilda, Melbourne and Port Adelaide, I can't imagine how a majority red jumper would clash? It looks much more like Essendon than the grey,

Below are 2 examples. The first is if the Dons absolutely have to retain the red sash and the second is the reversed jumper I mentioned above.

 

[LadyPants]

I like the second one, and the first one is pretty good except would be hard to see on tv.

 

[Strauchanside]

Agreed, the second one seems a logical away strip. Keeps the red and black intact.

 

[EaglesFlyingHigh]

I don't understand why Essendon and Richmond just don't reverse the colours. Seems the easiest and logical thing to do.

 

[Syxx]

Btw, those shorts were meant to be white, not light grey.

 

[akkaps]

The AFL considers red as a dark colour and therefore red can only be worn as a home jumper.
Anyway, I would prefer the reverse for Essendon, although the Richmond reverse is an eyesore.

 

[hitthepost]

I think best explanation of red being a dark colour would have to be the AFL meaning that red with another dark colour eg black or navy, is considered dark. But red with a light colour eg white or gold is not.
Which is still silly, it's a blanket rule which doesn't take each case on its merits.