Unpopular Port Adelaide opinion you may have

[Pappagallo]

I'd love the blue and white one as a clash.... Said that for a while.

The OG (Original Guernsey).

I agree it would be a great clash option, especially coupled with the PBs. I'm surprised we didn't go with that sky blue instead of the teal.

 

[finbarr]

The OG (Original Guernsey).

I'm surprised we didn't go with that sky blue instead of the teal.

Let's call it what it is - baby blue.

Will forever remind me of losing a showdown and Warren Tredrea going up to the wing just to get a kick.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Let's call it what it is - baby blue.

Will forever remind me of losing a showdown and Warren Tredrea going up to the wing just to get a kick.

He did kick 7 that night tho

 

[Pappagallo]

Let's call it what it is - baby blue.

Will forever remind me of losing a showdown and Warren Tredrea going up to the wing just to get a kick.

Baby blue, sky blue, light blue, fecking cornflower blue. I don't care what it's called, I think it looks good.

 

[finbarr]

He did kick 7 that night tho

He kicked 1.1.

 

[Prison bar Pete]

To be honest, I think it's high time we began really pushing this matter along a little further. Eventually there will be no Magpies running around in the SANFL and eventually there will be no supporters left who saw Port Adelaide play in its traditional guernsey. This is our history and identity at stake and something needs to be done.

In the past we've taken a limp wristed approach to the issue of the PB guernsey, largely due to our status as a new kid on the block in the early days and then minnow/handout dependent club in more recent days. Nowadays, we have new found clout with a huge membership base, packed match day, well respected board and executive, the China initiative, etc, which would surely gain us a more sympathetic ear at the AFL than we have ever had in the past. Also, Collingwood are as weak as they have been this century and Eddie McGuire's influence is on the wane and he is likely to be on his way out over the next few years.

Obviously there is no good reason whatsoever that we should not be allowed to wear the PB guernsey. At the very least, we should be producing some type of position paper that makes our intentions very clear and asks for a very clear response on what we can and can't do and the reasons why. I would also look at our legal options in terms of restraint of trade, etc.

Not sure what we can do as supporters. Maybe it needs a more high profile backing ala Ginever and Fiacchi with the One Club thing. But ffs Port, grow a pair and do something about this nonsense.

Thoroughly agree. We need to become, dare I say it, campaigners. Going by that fan survey last year (see https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/perfect-port-adelaide-uniform.1104074/) there is a fair amount of resistance (or perhaps ambivalence) to the idea so a strategic approach would need to be taken by the club (with our support) to get the majority of fans on board, then present the case to the AFL.
I wonder whether a staged progression towards the traditional PB could be the go: start with traditional design but include silver bars and teal blue panels & gradually morph back to the traditional PB.

 

[Andy_B]

He kicked 1.1.

yeah 1.1 (7)

 

[Zakk Wylde]

He kicked 1.1.

I have my games mixed up then. I thought he kicked 7 in a losing game.

 

[finbarr]

I have my games mixed up then. I thought he kicked 7 in a losing game.

That was the year before.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

That was the year before.

Yahtzee.

 

[finbarr]

Yahtzee.

It's easy to get them mixed up. I often remember the baby blue hoops as being worn in 2007 rather than 2005 for some reason.

 

[rogerjames]

I'd love the club to focus on winning games of footy, particularly HOME games. I don't care what they wear, just WIN

 

[GScirea]

PAFC should be able to wear the PB in any home match they (the club - no one else) deem to be appropriate.

 

[Hellgood]

I'd love the club to focus on winning games of footy, particularly HOME games. I don't care what they wear, just WIN

Lol, these kind of posts.

Yes because Ken Hinkley and Travis Boak are out there debating this rather than training or strategising

 

[Power Girl]

It does seem pointless to me if we are getting tied up in knots about the width of stripes or the exact shade of blue/teal or when to trot out the trad Guernsey etc when we are looking feckless out on the field.
I just can't wait until we are playing decent football then I'll join in on the numbers should be in gothic script type of debates.
Ah the off season. I guess the upside is I can't wreck my weekend/ entire week over a crushing loss - glass half full

 

[edgie]

Let's call it what it is - baby blue.

Will forever remind me of losing a showdown and Warren Tredrea going up to the wing just to get a kick.

I said the same thing about this.

 

[Far Kern]

It does seem pointless to me if we are getting tied up in knots about the width of stripes or the exact shade of blue/teal or when to trot out the trad Guernsey etc when we are looking feckless out on the field.
I just can't wait until we are playing decent football then I'll join in on the numbers should be in gothic script type of debates.
Ah the off season. I guess the upside is I can't wreck my weekend/ entire week over a crushing loss - glass half full

So if we have a great, gutsy year can we please say they're fecked?

 

[Power Girl]

So if we have a great, gutsy year can we please say they're fecked?

We are fecking up other teams' seasons

 

[rogerjames]

Lol, these kind of posts.

Yes because Ken Hinkley and Travis Boak are out there debating this rather than training or strategising

Fair call but sometimes there's too much BS around Port Adelaide

 

[Powerstufff]

So if we have a great, gutsy year can we please say they're fecked?

Needs more oomph. Can I suggest ....

 

[Far Kern]

Needs more oomph. Can I suggest ....

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Well I was thinking of an antonym of feckless, the likelihood for confusion just an added bonus. Disappointingly it's derived from a 16th Century Scots and northern English variation of effect, not the other word.

 

[raptalia]

Every few years we want to change the guernsey. How do you build any sort of tradition when you wear a different jumper every few years? The more cynical among us might pose another question, is this change a money grab by the Club?

 

[Forzaport]

Every few years we want to change the guernsey. How do you build any sort of tradition when you wear a different jumper every few years? The more cynical among us might pose another question, is this change a money grab by the Club?

I reckon it's more a case of the modern era. Sponsors change, guernsey manufacturers change, logos change. Sign of the times.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I reckon it's more a case of the modern era. Sponsors change, guernsey manufacturers change, logos change. Sign of the times.

Thats it we're wearing Purple and entering Adelaide Oval to "When the doves cry" next year.

You heard it here first.

 

[rogerjames]

Thats it we're wearing Purple and entering Adelaide Oval to "When the doves cry" next year.

You heard it here first.

Great song