Discussion Round 10, 2016 – Indigenous Round: Photos and Discussion
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Fizzler
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WA are just pure lazy. No wonder their teams are shit.
Ok maybe only one of them.
Ok maybe only one of them.
Spanna_
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Last year we had 1st and 2nd after the Home and Away season.
If the league wasn't so insanely biased to Victorian based clubs, maybe we'd do better.
Fizzler
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You do realise the "only one" is Freo, right.
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Observing it overall, the guernsey's look like pages from adult colouring books.
Spanna_
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I get you, I just pointed out the clear obvious which you missed.
Mr Eagle
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AND BRILLIANT. YOU FORGOT BRILLIANT!
If you look at funding given to clubs, you'd find NSW/QLD get the best run
hitthepost
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Last year they modelled it with navy shorts but wore white as their opposition had a navy-based jumper.
Vs Gold Coast, unless GC wear black/navy/royal for their Indigenous jumper, I'd say WCE will wear the navy shorts. Especially given how much they cried last year when they couldn't.
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Still bizarre Carlton's replica jumper is completely different to the PIs.
wing it
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Who the what now?
Spanna_
The secret ingredient is crime
But the equalization program implemented by the AFL only exists to cater for the troves of irrelevant VFL clubs. More clubs, means less talent, and more money the AFL has to waste.
This is probably the wrong place for this, but despite the fierce competition in Victoria, in 2015, Victorian clubs averaged nearly 52000 members, while interstate clubs averaged a tad under 40000. Dismissing Victorian clubs as 'irrelevant' is ignorant of this fact.
If this argument doesn't have an indigenous jumper coming out then take it to the main board or PMs please.
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Spanna_
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Yeah, don't want to get off topic, but that statistic is false, as of course the expansion clubs would bring that figure down. I also don't see many sold out crowds in Melbourne, proving an infatuation of clubs in the market. You can clearly see the supply and demand for those non-victorian clubs, excluding the expansion clubs.
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I generally respect your posts, but this one comes off as patronising (and is incorrect anyway). Several of the designs are not a million miles away from the results of googling Adult coloring sheets
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Cartoon designs get rightly criticised on this board every time they appear. Over-praising them just because they're indigenous is not much better than criticising them on the same basis. The racism of lower expectations is just as harmful as any other kind - this is an interesting read on the subject:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/30/panderingtocrackpots
The colouring book jibe is a fair one based purely on design, and footy jumper design is what we're all here to discuss.
Jack Stevens
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Your franchise plays in the natural progression of the VFL. If you still can't comprehend that, discuss it on the main board. This is not the place.
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So West Coast and Fremantle are just going with last years jumpers? (Yeah, yeah, I know St Kilda are using the same basic design as last year too at least we changed up the colour).
Is there some reason for this i.e. they've run out of spots for new alternate jumpers this year?
Is there some reason for this i.e. they've run out of spots for new alternate jumpers this year?
The Bulldogs are also wearing theirs against West Coast the following week.
I believe North did this last year (or the year before) as well due to their Indigenous game being played away (correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Lindsey Thomas convince the team/AFL to let them do it?).
My question to the board is, does this add to the message of Indigenous round or diminish it due to the continuation into the following round? I'm not sure what my opinion is at the moment.
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Last year we had an away game at the G' in in, then the next week had a home game in Tassie and I just assumed it was so we could wear it in front of both Melbourne and Tassie fans.
I think the year before we didn't have any indigenous players wearing it during indigenous round, and wore it again so Lindsay could wear it.
I don't think it diminishes anything, all the ceremonies, etc that went on only happened during Indigenous round, wearing the kit again doesn't really diminish anything, but can help to raise the value of the kits to auction off later.
And Indigenous players always seem really proud to wear it, so I don't think you'll see them complaining over it.
The only issue i ever had, which really was a non-issue, was when Geelong wore theirs like 7 rounds after indigenous round for no apparent reason and it didn't quite fit the theme because no one had expected it.
MKMatty
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What? I don't remember there being a whinge about this last year? Disgruntled maybe, but hardly a sookfest.
WC like to Bullshit to us how they're only allowed a limited run of special jumpers, and this limits their ability to change it up somehow, even when they're obviously more than able to. They're notoriously lazy.
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They could have at least swapped the yellow and blue on it.
