Discussion AFL 2023 Finals Series: Photos and Discussion
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Heardy_101
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For a final? That's brilliant!
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Have at it for the finals series – we'll throw it all in the one thread.
My tips for the weekend:
My tips for the weekend:
- Coll (black/black) vs Melb (royal/white)
- Carl (navy/navy) vs Syd (white/red)
- St.K (black/black) vs GWS (orange clash/white)
- Bris (maroon/maroon) vs Port (white/white)
Weekly Predictions:
Collingwood: Home/Black V Melbourne: Clash/White
Carlton: Home/Navy V Sydney: Home/Red
St Kilda: 150/Black V GWS: Clash/White
Brisbane: Home/Maroon V Port Adelaide: Home/White
Collingwood: Home/Black V Melbourne: Clash/White
Carlton: Home/Navy V Sydney: Home/Red
St Kilda: 150/Black V GWS: Clash/White
Brisbane: Home/Maroon V Port Adelaide: Home/White
Melbourne don't have royal shorts though. Besides, Collingwood finished 1st and need some home advantage over the 4th team even if it's only uniform choice.
Yeah they don't, unfortunately. White shorts should never be used against a team with white as a core element. It's hideous and regressive.
& you're right, Collingwood's higher ladder position gives them the right to wear their preferred jumper, as they did in the 2010 QF & 2011 Prelim. While I reckon the Pies' home w/ white shorts can be considered a 'light' uniform, the AFL wouldn't agree & it's most likely the Dees wear royal tonight. There's no doubt in my mind it contrasts sufficiently from the Dees' full home though:
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Tonight's likely combination. Contrast gets a pass, but could be so much better.
While Collingwood's nowadays liberal use of their white-based jumper makes the combination redundant in the H & A, finals matchups such as tonight's present a justifiable use-case. It really is a severely underrated combination. For example:
Pies/Hawks, 2011 (rd15):
Pies/Hawks, 2011 (final):
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Not much talk for finals footy. What’s going on? Get up and about
Heardy_101
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Honestly, Collingwood should be in the white shorts and Melbourne full home. Would look a lot more aesthetically pleasing.
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Imagine Melb in red shorts tonight
Would work better than white I rekon
Would work better than white I rekon
Heardy_101
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Lime green would be better than white
Heardy_101
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Port have confirmed they'll be in their clash jumper for the QF vs Brisbane.
Thank god for that. I would never have been able to tell the difference between a Maroon jumper and a black one with a white number panel with white shorts.
Thank god for that. I would never have been able to tell the difference between a Maroon jumper and a black one with a white number panel with white shorts.
new balance/whoever makes the kits for them should make some royal shorts for melbourne
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Shouldn’t we be applauding the correct use of contrast here? Dark v light. All good.
Will Carlton wear their clash v Melbourne like in regular season?
I can feel it in my waters they will not
I can feel it in my waters they will not
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They most certainly will.
No way around it
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If that did eventuate, AFL wouldn't have the balls to put Carlton in a clash so could see us wearing white instead
Each side needs to have 3 jumpers, not including first nations. Like in European football, the availability of change shorts must be made mandatory. And a proper uniform schedule ought to be introduced. With the the so-called Boys Club at AFL HQ supposedly being dismantled, issues such as these surrounding the game's image should be given greater consideration.
Thursday night was just amateur hour.
As for Carlton, their white clash strip's contrasting effect from the Pies' home is merely satisfactory. Bring back the baby blue.
Thursday night was just amateur hour.
As for Carlton, their white clash strip's contrasting effect from the Pies' home is merely satisfactory. Bring back the baby blue.
Thursday was absolutely fine
In terms of Melbourne's arbitrary use of white shorts, it was amateur & would seldom happen in most sports.
Freight Train
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Saints in the heritage guernseys! 
Tandy
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Giants away kit very pleasing to the eye.
Why does St Kilda Guernsey have a thicker white stripe? It's the opposite of what they should be in
Why does St Kilda Guernsey have a thicker white stripe? It's the opposite of what they should be in
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The white stripe was thicker on the 1966 guernsey (which is pretty much what they are wearing now) compared to the current ones
What do you mean by it’s the opposite of what they should be in?
