Or at the very least wearing it against Carlton, Richmond and Essendon.
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The Melbourne idea was based on a great jumper worn by the former VFA team the Dandenong Redlegs in the early 1990s. It was a primarily white jumper, with a large yoke that was red on top and navy blue underneath, with navy blue numbers and cuffs. Melbourne would look sensational in it when playing away to Essendon, St Kilda, Carlton, Adelaide, West Coast etc. If you go onto Youtube and look at Dandenong Redlegs VFA games from 1992-1994, you will see what it looks like.
The Brisbane clash jumper idea was a combination of the Brisbane Lions, original Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy jumpers. Imagine a gold jumper with a maroon Fitzroy lion on the chest, a maroon yoke, maroon number and royal blue collar and cuffs, with a single horizontal band under the lion extending around the back to under the number, like the Bears early jumper design. Combined with gold shorts and gold socks with two bands of maroon and blue, this would look good and recognize the history of the 3 teams.
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Exactly! You can switch from one to game to another and you really cannot tell who is playing? Is it Brisbane? Is it Adelaide? Is it the Saints or Dees? GWS and Gold Coast are that similar i have no idea who's playing when the wear their away strips. It's bad TV and the teams lose their identity. It's all bollocks!
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The Crows have a great strip and the yellow one at least keeps in line with the main one. Keep the hoops and dump the cartoons!
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Carlton look hideous in white (they are the Blues) and any white attached to a Richmond "Guernsey" would have this Cat man picketing Punt Road!
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Thank you, when you see a top quickly you should be able to know instantly who's playing
What other colour can they use though for an alternative, they looked even worse in that baby light blue rubbish.
And liverpool are the reds, doesn't stop them from having a yellow away strip. Clubs have to move with the times. And I'd rather Carlton in white than some poxy light blue colour.
Clash jumpers are fine except when they force teams to wear "WHITE" away strips when they don't have white in their traditional colour scheme.
St.Kilda played Collingwood this year wearing an away strip that was all white on the back? It made the clash even worse. Would it kill them to make that a Red back?
Why do Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hawthorn feel the need to include white?
All Melbourne have to do is reverse the colours.
Adelaide should scrap the white clash clobber and go with the gold guernsey with navy blue and red hoops? (see pics)
Brisbane could at least go the old Fitzroy strip with white monogram if they love white so much.
Hawthorn have no reason at all to have white anywhere near their poo coloured strip.
Im quite perplexed the crows have been allowed mainly gold but the AFL guidelines stop hawthorn doing the same
Blame the AFL people
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Its probably more fit for the unpopular opinions thread but I actually didn't mind the sky blue strip. I also thought that it was a more effective clash strip than white with dark side panels
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Why?
I grew up with an 18 inch black and white watching north and the pies, and I could differentiate the two
Gen y has 50 inch hi def tvs, and need help with Richmond vs Freo??
We should only change tops when is absolutely needed, not because "they do it in Europe, get with the times"
Teams in red are more successful, though they more often than not wear another colour on the road, which is where the success is grounded
I didn't say that, what I'm merely saying is that Carlton need a clash strip, when needed, as you say yourself. Jackflash seems to have gotten in his head that all jumpers must follow the colours of the theme song, which is impractical. I referred to Liverpool because they've learned to adapt, Carlton will have to as well.
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You are aware people advocating the ridiculous contrast clash strips want them for all away teams
If you do it for Carlton, it will occur for all (some already want our kit hanged as it doesn't clash enough with the navy blue wings design)
Go for a more Manchester City sky blue with their logo and trimmings being white instead of dark blue. Even their manufacturers logo should be white and make the sock sky blue and white fold downs. (Added bonus that their sponsor would stick out like a sore thumb, which could work in their favour).
Less blue like they've repainted a faded washing basket and more blue like a clear sky day without clouds.
You mean the away side wears a clash at all times? That's a dumb idea I agree, they don't even do that in Europe or America.
Don't know that design. For me a lot of the time it's for the fans, sometimes I find it hard to differentiate between say Carlton and Collingwood at the footy when they're both wearing their dark strips. It's at night and the lighting isn't great and when you're up on one of the higher stands its hard to see. Not a great product.
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That is surprising, the Hawks could wear all Gold a with a Brown yoke? The Hawks should never ever have white associated with their strip.
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And they have 44 teams in the Premier League and Championship with a fair chance of a clash. The Blues are the Blues, no white should be anywhere near their strip except for the monogram.
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I don't see why they have to change at all?
It's very similar when playing teams like Collingwood, Richmond and Essendon.. The navy looks pretty much the same as black.
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They have so many teams in England you are bound to have a clash, that's why they do it over there. I couldn't care less what they do in other countries, it's a useless and pointless argument. The AFL care more about the aesthetics and how it looks on TV than any traditions of the game. It is unnecessary for any clash strips IMO.
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so what should carlton where vs freo. dark blue with a little bit of white vs dark purple with a little bit of white? they look almost the same
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I thought Carlton's inverse mainly white guernsey looked good and made sense. Richmond's yellow with black sash also. Why Essendon don't do the same instead of that terrible grey thing I'll never know.
