Port Adelaide's plan to use jumpers similar to Collingwood

[Bearded Clam]

Well the fact that the Prison Bars date back 120 years and are tightly woven into the heritage and culture of our club is pretty a big DIFFERENCE. Certainly a more noble cause than “just cos” but apparently that’s the bar that needs to be cleared in every other sports league on the planet apart from the AFL.

How many times does it have to be pointed out.. the prison bars jumper dates back 120 years in the sanfl...

It has zero, zip, none, nada history in the AFL no matter how desperately port and its supporters claim it could/should have.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

Maybe not the right place to ask this question, but what do Port Adelaide supporters think of their current home guernsey? I think it's brilliant and unique to the club.

Would you give up the current guernsey for the Prison Bars full time or would you prefer a combination of both?

 

[peternorth]

One positive that's come out of this debate are the coming together/alliance of Crows and Pies posters/supporters.

 

[Pistol Night]

One positive that's come out of this debate are the coming together/alliance of Crows and Pies posters/supporters.

What a time to be alive

 

[Lagooner]

How many times does it have to be pointed out.. the prison bars jumper dates back 120 years in the sanfl...

It has zero, zip, none, nada history in the AFL no matter how desperately port and its supporters claim it could/should have.

And as you have continually demonstrated you have zero understanding of the concept of Club history.

Besides it does have AFL history. We’ve worn it 5 times already.

Well, 5 and a half now.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Exactly.. its hilarious that they actually think anyone cares about their history..

its almost like they are so insecure that they desperately need everyone to all stand up and aplaud them and their history before they can feel comfortable and move on...

Problem they have is in their desperation to have their history recognised they dont realise, or selfishly dont care, that that tramples Collingwoods history... and Collingwood have signoficantly more history in the league.

Port havent even been in it 30 years yet!..

The black and white stripes are The Mighty Collingwood Magpies. There simply cant be two clubs with the black and white.. and port power agreed with this from the very beginning.

Now they selfishly want to backtrack.

Port are trying to celebrate its history with their fans, we don’t care what the rest of the comp thinks of our history, we don’t care that you don’t care. It’s our history and we should be able to celebrate it with the supporters of the club at home games. It literally doesn’t effect you or your club so why are you all worked up and spamming comments on this thread? It’s a bit sad to be honest

 

[peternorth]

What a time to be alive

maybe the next time colliungwood and adelaide play they can share the points and hold hands

 

[WilloTree]

We sold 250 woollen prison bar guernseys this week at $250 a pop. That’s $62,500 made on just one item this week.

Who knows, maybe if we were allowed to wear the prison bars and could sell retails, we wouldn’t be so poor?

People are paying $250 for a jumper?

Now I feel shame that I get mine from Kmart for $12

 

[Pistol Night]

maybe the next time colliungwood and adelaide play they can share the points and hold hands

Id take a draw

 

[momentbymoment]

Ego.

Eddie’s ego?

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Port are trying to celebrate its history with their fans, we don’t care what the rest of the comp thinks of our history, we don’t care that you don’t care.

Well that's a lie. You guys crave attention. You only have to look at your Media SHaKeS Head thread which has 5,000 replies - and it's the 7th edition!

 

[mcgarnacle]

Embarrassing guys. Imagine being so embarrassed by your club jumper you’d rather sing your song in your reserves top.

This is what I keep thinking. IMO, it doesn't look as visually appealing since they adopted the white number block with black number, but they're basically implying that the uniform they wear in front of their own supporters, that sponsors pay thousands of $$$ to have their logo on, and supporters have purchased, is second rate.

Plus the black and teal in the crowd looks fantastic. What they have in the League is unique and one of the best in the comp? They'll end up looking like Collingwood-lite. Their choice I suppose. The AFL won't give it to them though.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Well that's a lie. You guys crave attention. You only have to look at your Media SHaKeS Head thread which has 5,000 replies - and it's the 7th edition!

lol crave attention what. We don’t give a crap what any club thinks. Crows are the ones that crave attention. Little brother syndrome. Always trying to be better then port meanwhile port are just trying to be the best and couldn’t care less about the crows.

 

[Stewart2Austin Reborn]

So are Collingwood.. so are dozens of other clubs with any history.

Port joined a league the pies were already in.. they need to be respectful of that.

So what is youre point

I understand youre [sic] point, but it's farcical.

All clubs should be equal regardless of when they joined the league. Everyone should respect everyone, no? It's not like Collingwood will lose support or money or literally anything at all because of what Port wear.

Saying Vic clubs should have preferential treatment because they were here longer is Vicbias at its peak. It's absurd - especially coming from a supporter of a club whose original (and perpetuating) ethos was to "Kick a Vic".

 

[Lagooner]

Maybe not the right place to ask this question, but what do Port Adelaide supporters think of their current home guernsey? I think it's brilliant and unique to the club.

Would you give up the current guernsey for the Prison Bars full time or would you prefer a combination of both?

Realistically it will end up being a combination of both and that’s not a bad thing. Each Club should have a set of guernseys anyway in preparation for different scenarios and to comply with uniform conventions once the AFL actually figures out what they are.

 

[Pick4To6]

Interesting how people can have this thinking, but get so hung up on a jumper that they have changed multiple times anyway and was also linked with the maggies.

Port have worn other jumpers and colours prior to the Magpies branding. But the 'Bars were brought on with the Magpies.

The Magpies nickname and logo...meh leave it in SANFL, themesong, meh leave it in SANFL, historic rivals...meh leave em in SANFL

You are OK to leave basically everything of the maggies heritage back in the SANFL, except for the SANFL jumper.

As you say the club is bigger, so of they are now embracing Port (or the power) instead of the Magpies...then why not embrace the new jumper that goes along with the new Port?

This is absolutely spot on!!

Only reason Port Power want the Prison Bars guernsey, they know they are not allowed to have it.

 

[mcgarnacle]

Really? So it’s not an approved match jumper? Or it’s not approved for this match? Or it’s not approved for matches from broadcast time by the AFL broadcast partner in Fiji that runs the game from 3 in the morning until midday Tuesday? You keep shifting your position and presenting your unsubstantiated opinion as ‘fact’.

These types of posts - where a moderator presents an unfounded opinion as fact - presents as a soft gauge for AFL opinions and presents the poster as the bigfooty equivalent of a ‘fluffer.’

Fluff on AFL shrill, fluff on.

The only relevance Fiji has to this conversation is that it's where the Port Adelaide singlets are manufactured.

Port’s prison bars come together for final

PICTURES from inside the Fiji factory of Port Adelaide’s jumper maker, ISC Sport, show their prison bar guernseys coming together on time.

www.perthnow.com.au

 

[Schulzenfest]

For all the salty Crows fans in here commenting on an issue that has absolutely nothing to do with their club, if you don't like what guernsey Port wears when they sing the club song after the game there's a simple solution: Stop letting us wipe you off the park like we have the last three Showdowns and make it so we don't get to sing our song at all. Until then, shut the **** up.

 

[Tim Evans Beard]

The only relevance Fiji has to this conversation is that it's where the Port Adelaide singlets are manufactured.

Port’s prison bars come together for final

PICTURES from inside the Fiji factory of Port Adelaide’s jumper maker, ISC Sport, show their prison bar guernseys coming together on time.

www.perthnow.com.au

Alipate Carlile and David Rodan disagree with this post.

 

[Bearded Clam]

One positive that's come out of this debate are the coming together/alliance of Crows and Pies posters/supporters.

I actually dont mind the pies.. I used to hate them but in recent years I just seemed to have changed.. they’ve been terrible on the field this year but in recent times I’ve enjoyed watching their brand of footy.

Im a Richmond supporter originally but, as a SA lad (expat living in qld for 20 years now) i naturally started following the crows.

But when it comes to this issue I just think Collingwoods VFL/AFL heritage, history and colours need to be respected over a club that came from another league..

If the pies had joined the SANFL and then tried to force their way into wearing the Black and white and trod on port adelaide magpies heritage I’d guarantee you port supporters would go totally hysterical over it. It would be like the entire sky had fallen in.

 

[TheKITC]

Port Adelaide are really, really attached to their history and heritage... when it suits.

They joined this competition knowing that they could not be the Magpies and willingly agreed not wear the prison bar jumper. End of story. What else is there?

 

[Tim Evans Beard]

If the pies had joined the SANFL and then tried to force their way into wearing the Black and white and trod on port adelaide magpies heritage I’d guarantee you port supporters would go totally hysterical over it. It would be like the entire sky had fallen in.

Couldn’t give two sh!ts what another team wears in its home game against another club.

 

[philthy05]

Just using your own argument here. Imagine getting so upset about what another club wears.

An idiot could see the difference between a club trying to claim a state of origin guernsey as their heritage and a club wanting to wear the jumper it’s worn for decades just the same as every other afl club is allowed.

Besides, the people that kicked up a fuss were the guys who played in the state of origin guernseys.

I wouldnt have thought the “best club in the land” would be the one with over 10 million in debt and expecting all the other clubs in the league to prop them up..

Maybe not the right place to ask this question, but what do Port Adelaide supporters think of their current home guernsey? I think it's brilliant and unique to the club.

Would you give up the current guernsey for the Prison Bars full time or would you prefer a combination of both?

I love our BiB chevron. I just want us to have the same option every other club in the afl has to celebrate our heritage in a guernsey we’ve won premierships in.

 

[Waspy79]

How many times does it have to be pointed out.. the prison bars jumper dates back 120 years in the sanfl...

It has zero, zip, none, nada history in the AFL no matter how desperately port and its supporters claim it could/should have.

You need to be taught a history lesson.

 

[Tim Evans Beard]

Port Adelaide are really, really attached to their history and heritage... when it suits.

They joined this competition knowing that they could not be the Magpies and willingly agreed not wear the prison bar jumper. End of story. What else is there?

Carlton agreed to pay players outside of the salary cap in brown paper bags. What changed?