View Full Version : Should the ochre be dropped altogether?
Goldenblue
8 May 2007, 20:49
After seeing Mr. E's nervous breakdown regarding the ochre on another thread, I have to admit that I would like to see it banished forever.
Though back when they added the white striping back in the 90's I disliked it at first because our colours were only blue and gold, not blue, gold and white, but the white has grown on me.
I would like to see the ochre dropped altogether from our jumpers. I hate it, I do not believe it reflects our club or it's heritage. All the ochre does is remind me of the dark Judge years and that hideous away jumper the club produced in a mad moment of insanity. Surely the club can use more of the gold in the mascot's beak than a reminder of those bad days and disgraceful jumper.
Would you like to see the ochre dropped all together from the club's colours?
Thoughts please and if anyone is a photoshop pro, maybe see what type of jumper they can produce without that disgusting colour.
yes would like to see it buried. it just have too much negativity with it.
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8 May 2007, 20:58
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I'm all for dropping the ochre, as I feel it really doesn't have much relevance, I mean it just sort of popped up out of nowhere. I can bear it now in it's minimalist form but yeah, if they got rid of it altogether I wouldn't miss it.
Although I'm not adverse to using different shades of blue for a bit of variation, for a clash jumper or something.
as long as the ochre stays as just a way of breaking up the blue, gold and white (in the logo) i'm not too fussed, in fact it looks good imo - but, if it ever made its way on to the guernsey again, then i would i would have to commence the knee-cappings
dont like mulit coloured one or orchre as some call it..dam ugly..would rather see us wear the white training jumper with the eagle head on it than that mess....
It's part of our history, and although it's come to signify the disparity between marketing a product vs being a product, we still have have to 'wear' it ;)
One of the saddest days in club history was the day in late 1999/early 2000 they decided to be done with the traditional WCE guernseys and bring in those god awful new home and ochre away jumpers. Thankfully bit by bit they have reverted back some what. I can live with the small bit of ochre on the logo these days but I wouldnt be against it being changed.
There is no use to it. GET RID OF IT
Ted Ed Fred
9 May 2007, 17:43
Yes!
Toshowyouwhy
9 May 2007, 17:52
Okay, for fear of looking dumb, please explain to me what the ochre is and everyones fear of it.
I like the jerseys so id be interested to hear the dillema.
Okay, for fear of looking dumb, please explain to me what the ochre is and everyones fear of it.
I like the jerseys so id be interested to hear the dillema.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/ochre.jpg
Ochre. There's no place for it.
Toshowyouwhy
9 May 2007, 19:33
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/ochre.jpg
Ochre. There's no place for it.
Dead set there must be the smallest amount in history on there.
please prove me wrong if you can.
Goldenblue
9 May 2007, 19:48
See, ochre does not go with blue. ;)
http://www.thebladder.com.au/resources/images/417.JPG
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/ochre.jpg
Ochre. There's no place for it.
Actually there is.
However that is in the paint industry. :cool:
No place for it on the footy field, I mean purple is bad enough!! :D
See, ochre does not go with blue. ;)
http://www.thebladder.com.au/resources/images/417.JPG
That my friend is DEEEEEgusting. :p
http://www.thebladder.com.au/resources/images/417.JPG
That reminds me of an away jumper we used to have...
Now someone get to work and make a jumper that is ochreless so we can make up our minds
See, ochre does not go with blue. ;)
http://www.thebladder.com.au/resources/images/417.JPG
what a find... that's priceless :thumbsu:
Now someone get to work and make a jumper that is ochreless so we can make up our minds
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/07HomeGuernsey.jpg
Yes? I know it's crap but I'm tired.
Maybe darker shade of blue I reckon.
Thrawn666
9 May 2007, 23:17
The ochre colour is an abomination and should never have been brought into the mix in the first place :thumbsd: :mad:
Smeagle
10 May 2007, 00:45
Here are three propositions:
a.http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/518a79da44.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
Mr Eagle's royal blue-on-navy. Okay
b.http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/3bb54f4449.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
The common sense gold
c.http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d1831772a5.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
Revert back to old-school logo
Thoughts?
Kerr4PM
10 May 2007, 01:01
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/518a79da44.jpg
I Like the second one Here, Dont really like the first.
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/3bb54f4449.jpg
I Like the frist one here, Hate the second.
It looks decent in the logo
larrikin
10 May 2007, 01:16
I like the Ochre in the logo, and only in the logo. To be honest the other ones just don't look right.
nibbles
10 May 2007, 02:01
^^ agreed
without the ochre it looks bland from a graphics / aesthetic perspective
keep it in the logo, and the f**k away from the jumper
Big ask...but is anyone able to have a crack at doing a version of the home guernsey with royal blue replacing navy blue? ;)
Mr Eagle
10 May 2007, 14:17
I like having the royal blue in the logo but using the "common sense" gold on the jumpers.
After all, the old logo was blue and gold but we never used a two-colour version on any jumper - it was either a blue logo on gold jumper or vice versa.
Kerr4PM
10 May 2007, 14:49
Ahhhh good point Mr E.
Goldenblue
10 May 2007, 18:44
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/07HomeGuernsey.jpg
Yes? I know it's crap but I'm tired.
Maybe darker shade of blue I reckon.
I actually like that.
Toshowyouwhy
10 May 2007, 18:49
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/07HomeGuernsey.jpg
Yes? I know it's crap but I'm tired.
Maybe darker shade of blue I reckon.
that is good.
shoot me for saying it, maybe the eye is a good spot to sneak in some ochre.
Please dont kill me:eek:
Mr Eagle
10 May 2007, 19:50
Big ask...but is anyone able to have a crack at doing a version of the home guernsey with royal blue replacing navy blue?
http://www.users.on.net/%7Elimmers/West-Coast-2007.gif
Bleh. Royal and ochre doesn't work, IMO.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/07HomeGuernsey.jpg
Yes? I know it's crap but I'm tired.
Maybe darker shade of blue I reckon.
That looks awesome, you guys should adopt this jumper
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Smeagle
10 May 2007, 21:32
http://www.users.on.net/%7Elimmers/West-Coast-2007.gif
Bleh. Royal and ochre doesn't work, IMO.
Not sure how that would look with royal blue shorts... but I have been proved wrong before.
What if we use it in a home game to replicate what adelaide did with advertising prostate cancer awareness... just a thought
dyertribe
10 May 2007, 21:40
From an outsider's perspective, yes, yes, yes, yes and mmmmm, yep.
One of the most mindboggling phenomena of recent times has been your club's insistence of tampering with your guernsey.
The royal blue and gold wings was for mine, the most feared guernsey in the comp during the early 90s - there was something so imposing about it.
But then they made it navy blue.
Then they brought in that bizarre navy, white and yellow number with the stylised artsy swooping Eagle on the front. Why?
Then they brought in that bizarre ochre dog's vomit artsy swooping Eagle as an away guernsey. God, why?!
Philosophers will still be asking why in a thousand years' time.
Thankfully sanity has prevailed in the past few years and the old royal blue and gold wings is back, albeit with the newer Eagle logo (which to the point of the thread at hand should be devoid of ochre.)
Alphanumeric
10 May 2007, 21:52
Get rid of it. I prefer, blue, gold and white.
Kerr4PM
10 May 2007, 23:44
Can I use this oppurtunity to announce that in the latest AFL game on PS2, The eagles actually rejected using the Ochre away jumper after IR Gurus proposed it to them.
larrikin
10 May 2007, 23:59
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/lauragardiner_2006/07HomeGuernsey.jpg
Yes? I know it's crap but I'm tired.
Maybe darker shade of blue I reckon.
Just doesn't look right to me
No offence Emerald...
Smeagle
11 May 2007, 00:30
what if we ditch the ochre, navy and white (exept for number outlines)
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/94e161b212.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
larrikin
11 May 2007, 00:33
Can we just stick with the jumpers we have for a while?
Kerr4PM
11 May 2007, 00:59
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9923/234234234zx7.png (http://imageshack.us)
larrikin
11 May 2007, 01:47
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9923/234234234zx7.png (http://imageshack.us)
Bored Kerry?
Kerr4PM
11 May 2007, 02:04
Was until I realised the footy show was on. lol
That is the result if Home had a child with Away.
http://www.users.on.net/%7Elimmers/West-Coast-2007.gif
Bleh. Royal and ochre doesn't work, IMO.
Thanks Mr Eagle....I dont mind that version at all...:thumbsu:
If the navy shorts work with it then the royal ones will.
That is the result if Home had a child with Away.
haha :thumbsu:
Smeagle
11 May 2007, 16:16
That is the result if Home had a child with Away.
Just call it the Summer Bay jumper...
Kerr4PM
11 May 2007, 18:20
Just call it the Summer Bay jumper...
Lets relocate to Summer bay :thumbsu:
They will be used to having so much controversy happening that the eagles will fit right in.
Emerald
11 May 2007, 18:57
Just doesn't look right to me
No offence Emerald...
None taken larry.
I don't love it either but I still think it beats the shit out of ochre.
Mighty Eagles
14 May 2007, 12:26
Ochre is symbolic of those Dark days with Judgy! It needs to go. And what gets up my goat is when we wear our away strip at home games! That really shits me