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I know but with all the issues our... I mean West Coast has had...
Haha I didn't even consider that. Imo it's all in the past now. It'd be much worse if they were sponsoring Essendon or something
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I know but with all the issues our... I mean West Coast has had...
Our clash is ******* horrible.Yeah they wore the wings against brisbane right up until 2009 (IMO, no clash at all)
and then....
Everything turned to s**t.
If we get navy wings then there really isn't any game that the home or away won't sufficiently cover. What games will we wear the clash in then as in then? It won't be needed at all? Will they just force it on us?We all know the clash guernsey was brought in to make money, nothing else. It has to be worn in some games, and I guess these were the best opponents to use it against. We wore wings against freo up until 2010, the only proper clash is against the dogs in Melbourne, we used to wear the tri panel against them, not sure of the clash is any worse in that scenario!!
If we get navy wings then there really isn't any game that the home or away won't sufficiently cover. What games will we wear the clash in then as in then? It won't be needed at all? Will they just force it on us?
Well no. Tripan and white shorts generates clashes, and the wings clash with other royal teams, so neither is ideal. So currently a third jumper makes sense.History has shown that we never needed a clash guernsey, we survived for 25 years without it. So the answer is none, we wouldn't "need" to use it ever, but it's been brought in as a pure money maker, and gets worn a few times a year to try and prove it's worth.
I reckon that would be exactly the same for almost every team that's brought in a clash guernsey. It's purely for cash, nothing else.
If Carlton can wear their home jumper, we can wear the navy wings. So Bulldogs, Brisbane, etc should be fine.
They do in the parallel universeSilly coxy, clashes don't exist if you're a big Victorian team.
That's what I've wanted all along. The team looked incredible at home against North and Richmond in 2011.How amazing would it be if the club decided to scrap the navy wings and went straight back to the peril as our home strip... Peril and royal wings solve all clashes with any team.
Not likely I know, but one can dream.
It was the right decisionWhat was the reasoning behind wearing the wings back in 05/06 Grand Finals?
Tri Panel clearly didn't clash with Sydney, despite the unpopularity it was and still is the Grand Final, and in the first GF they were the higher ranked side.
Was it an AFL or WCE decision?
It was the right decision
Nah not really sure tbh, club would probably say something about tradition whilst shitting all over our heritage for the remainder of the season.I know that, not debating that. Just wondering why it occurred.
It was a "tradition" thing. We played all other grand finals in wings, so it "made sense" to play those grand finals in them.I know that, not debating that. Just wondering why it occurred.
WCE decision, because it's our 'away' jumper, and despite being the higher ranked side we we're still playing 'away' from Subiaco.What was the reasoning behind wearing the wings back in 05/06 Grand Finals?
Tri Panel clearly didn't clash with Sydney, despite the unpopularity it was and still is the Grand Final, and in the first GF they were the higher ranked side.
Was it an AFL or WCE decision?
What was the reasoning behind wearing the wings back in 05/06 Grand Finals?
Tri Panel clearly didn't clash with Sydney, despite the unpopularity it was and still is the Grand Final, and in the first GF they were the higher ranked side.
Was it an AFL or WCE decision?
I covered this a few pages back.
Stocks confirmed any interstate match is considered away as far as sponsors are concerned. So although technically we were the 'home' side - we were interstate and had to wear Royal to satisfy sponsor arrangement. Basically we have a "WA jumper" and "interstate jumper", not home and away.
Which is a good thing - would have been crap having tri-panel in the Grand Finals.
I believe we also have 2 clash tablecloths with the different sponsor arrangements to cator for playing Freo "away".