Discussion 2016 AFL Finals Series - Photos and Discussion

[NM_Mitchell]

Spoiler: Week 1: Qualifying and Elimination

Big week of nothing this week.

Then we get into the real stuff next week, get around it.

I reckon North will wear all white this week, and I'm hoping we pull out the White/Blue assuming we get through and GWS get up this week.

View attachment 282930For reference.

Spoiler: Week 2: Semi Finals

Week 2 locked and loaded, coupla big games coming your way.

Spoiler: Week 3: Preliminary Finals

3 games left in the year, how badly can they mess this up?

Here it is is!
The big dance.
Swans VS Bulldogs
Sydney VS Western
Red VS Blue
Coke VS Sprite (lol COLA)

 

[Jack Stevens]

Should be pretty straight forward, home jumper for everyone, matching shorts for everyone except for the Bulldogs.

 

[Gibbsy]

Giants should be in clash but we know that'll never happen. Any chance of Hawks in brown away?

 

[Heardy_101]

Giants should be in clash but we know that'll never happen. Any chance of Hawks in brown away?

Doubt it.

If it wasn't a final I'd say yes but they'll be in gold/brown

 

[Red Crow]

We'll make this thread cover the whole of the finals series I think. Same number of games across the finals as there are in a regular round of footy, and it was a popular thread last year.

NM_Mitchell, if you could maybe try and keep the pathway graphic updated each week, that'd be great!

 

[NM_Mitchell]

Yeah, if I remember I'll update it.

 

[aCunningPlan]

What I expect


Greatest contrast with current jumpers
Of note - both the GWS home and away jumpers clash with Sydney in my view.



And what I would prefer...

 

[fancyscum]

What I expect
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Greatest contrast with current jumpers
Of note - both the GWS home and away jumpers clash with Sydney in my view.

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And what I would prefer...
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That Virgin sponsor you have on the GWS guernseys looks awesome

 

[Fizzler]

What I expect
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Greatest contrast with current jumpers
Of note - both the GWS home and away jumpers clash with Sydney in my view.

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And what I would prefer...
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I love this time of year as your finals designs give me life.

 

[Cody_]

What I expect
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Greatest contrast with current jumpers
Of note - both the GWS home and away jumpers clash with Sydney in my view.

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And what I would prefer...
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Please do this every week

 

[Bacon Warrior]

And what I would prefer...

What happened to our eagle?

 

[MWPP]

What happened to our eagle?

Our beloved wings have been Carlton'd

 

[Timewaster]

And what I would prefer...

The WC jumper is beautiful. If they don't want to go back to a more stylised eagle head a monogram would be a great approach. Now that FFC is sadly no more it's not overdone on home guernseys.

Cartoon animals have no place on jumpers, even premiership winning cartoons.

 

[aCunningPlan]

What happened to our eagle?

I just dont like how unbalanced the current eagle looks. I have seen some wonderfully redesigned eagles that would work, but instead of taking their designs I simply went is a slightly different direction.

 

[Cody_]

Unpopular opinion: I like the current GWS clash jumper and I would like to see it worn vs Sydney.

 

[Hank93]

You either get a lot of red with both home jumpers or a lot of white if GWS wear the clash. I'm ok with current scenario. It's a hell of a lot better than most big victorian matches.

GWS could get a 3rd jumper specifically but that may be OTT just for one match.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Our beloved wings have been Carlton'd

And the E fell off!

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

And the E fell off!

 

[hitthepost]

I just dont like how unbalanced the current eagle looks. I have seen some wonderfully redesigned eagles that would work, but instead of taking their designs I simply went is a slightly different direction.

The body of the eagle just melts into the jumper, especially on the navy. This means that although it's technically centered, it doesn't look so.

Even on the royal it looks a bit funny, but not as bad due to the navy in the image creating somewhat of an outline against the royal background. It still has a lot of "blank space" inside the logo.

Back in the day of the stroke on the logo, I think it made it look a little more even, as it defined the shape:

 

[The Cheesecake]

The body of the eagle just melts into the jumper, especially on the navy. This means that although it's technically centered, it doesn't look so.

Even on the royal it looks a bit funny, but not as bad due to the navy in the image creating somewhat of an outline against the royal background. It still has a lot of "blank space" inside the logo.

Back in the day of the stroke on the logo, I think it made it look a little more even, as it defined the shape:

IMO the navy outline on the royal jumper looks way worse. The navy jumper looks great

 

[Freshwater]

What I expect
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Greatest contrast with current jumpers
Of note - both the GWS home and away jumpers clash with Sydney in my view.

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And what I would prefer...
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I like your ideas except I don't like the sash's on the umpires, too much going on there. Their uniforms need to blend into the background and not be noticed.

 

[Heardy_101]

I like your ideas except I don't like the sash's on the umpires, too much going on there. Their uniforms need to blend into the background and not be noticed.

LOL you're funny

 

[aCunningPlan]

I like your ideas except I don't like the sash's on the umpires, too much going on there. Their uniforms need to blend into the background and not be noticed.

It's supposed to be harking back to the early 2000's, I loved that umpire uniform.

 

[parano1a]

I'd expect the Dogs to be in the white clash v WCE. The AFL pays a lot more attention to presentation in finals and this would provide a far better contrast.

 

[hitthepost]

I'd expect the Dogs to be in the white clash v WCE. The AFL pays a lot more attention to presentation in finals and this would provide a far better contrast.

Their definition of "presentation" weighs very heavily with the belief that the best-presented games come with home jumpers. Unless it's a total no-go in their eyes they'll let it go. Can't be certain of that of course but when the AFL pay more attention to presentation they mean something different to just the best contrast.