Colour Clash

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Saturday was the first time I have seen Ess and Melb playing live. They really are hard to tell apart aren't they ? Especially when you're sat down near the fence

As the game progressed it became a bit easier for me, The reason being that the Melbourne red is 'pinker' and the essendon red is 'redder'. The white shorts were of no use to me at all.

Now there have been radical solutions put forward (completely different strip etc) but I doubt either team would have wanded a complete change from traditional shirt in a Grand Final

I have a few suggestions which I think would help:

- The socks were (almost)identical one team could have worn Black/Blue and the other Red

- The shorts don't really help. Many wear shirts outside these days so not much white is showing - perhaps if they wear white shorts the bottom third of the shirt could also be white (or predominantly white)- a bit like the St Kilda one

- The numbers would have helped if they were different colours. Perhaps Melbourne could have worn Red numbers

- The shoulders of the melbourne jumper are Red. One shoulder of Essendon is red. Perhaps the essendon 'sash' could be cut lower (finish in the arm) so the Essendon shoulders are completely dark.

It seems that the practical answer to colour clashes is to identify the worst team combinations and implement solutions in those cases only. Home/Away/Alternates are over reacting and sometimes cause worse clashes (EG 'new' eagles jumper clashing with Carlton, Richmond AND Hawthorn - no mean feat) Say for example North and Collingwood. If North played their predominantly white (away) outfit and Collingwood played their predominantly black (away) outfit it would work well (Pies in black shorts and socks)-no need for orange at all (other than to pay Wayne Carey's salary)

Any thoughts anyone ?
 
I think the AFL has to sit down with all the clubs and work out where the on-going problems with colour clashes are occuring then decide what to do about it.

some nasty clashes are

Melbourne - Essendon
Essendon - Richmond
Essendon - Carlton (too dark !)
North - Collingwood
Brisbane - Sydney

we should have 'action plans' already in place and waiting to go whenever these clashes ocuur.

For simplicity's sake lets make a rule right now that the visiting team wears an alternative strip, but only where there is a geniuine c;ash of colours.

For finals it could be the highest ranking side that gets to keep its traditional strip.

For instance in Saturday's GF Essendon would turn out in their traditional Black with Red sash, but Melbourne would be forced into a changed strip. (Maybe Red jumper with a Blue yoke and Red socks)

Jumper clashes look stupid out on the ground (Malthouse is right) and its a sign of our games lack of professionalism that it is still allowed to carry on.
 

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I've always said their should be alternate strips.

If Melbourne is the away team against Essendon, what is the problem with them reversing their colours ?

This would mean they would have a predominately red jumper (with a bit of blue at the top) with white shorts and red socks.

Essendon would be the "dark" team with their normal jumper and socks, but with black shorts. Melbournes navy blue is too similar to black.

If Essendon are the away team, then we can wear our red training jumper with the black sash. I really think that looks OK. Melbourne would just wear their traditional jumper, so we would have one team in predominately blue, (Melbourne), and the other mainly red, with a bit of black.

ManU wear GREEN when they have a clash, so the AFL clubs should change too.
 
Essendon are unable to change their jumpers. They have a half-contract with the AFL saying that while the club plays under Essendon Football Club, they must be wearing Black jumpers with a red sash.
It is not quite a contract, but more of like part of an Essendon constitution (i'm not sure what the exact word is). Richmond also have the same thing saying they must always wear a black jumper with a gold sash.
Every other club in the AFL has signed a contract with the AFL stating that they will change their guernseys every 5 years. This is so people will keep buying new merchandise to keep up with the current club guernseys.
I'm not sure what Carlton are going to do, because I would of thought they would have had the same agreement as Richmond and Essendon to have their guernseys with a black background and CFC crest. Maybe Carlton will just change their sponser every 3 years. I'm sure that would count as a guernsey change.

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I don't think that is correct WCE2000.

The Brisbane Lions must keep their jumper in its current form for at least another 3 years, according to the merger agreement, which stipulated 7 years at the time of signing in 1996. There is certainly no five year agreement signed with the AFL to change the jumper. I'm told by a Brisbane official that there is no plans AT THIS STAGE to change the Lions guernsey for at least another 6 years giving the present jumper at least a 10 year tenure.

I also find it difficult to believe that the AFL would be forcing a mandatory guernsey change on a club at purely for marketing purposes every 5 years. I would have thought that this was the choice of the individual club rather than the AFL.
 
Only one practical way to solve this problem: Shirts vs. skins
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It's incredible that after 100 years of organized football the AFL still has not got alternate strips, the clash of the 2 teams in the GF was pathetic.

It shows an amazing level of incompetance or bloody mindedness to not have alternate strips, AFL is the most free flowing and least structured of all football games which demands that teams be completely distinguishable from each other.

Clubs need to stop being so intricate with their jumper designs and stick with solid colours as they are easier to tell apart.
 
Just re-stating that I don't think either team would have been keen to change Jerseys in a GF

I thought a few touches here and there would have made it easier

And in some cases the new or away guernseys clash worse. Look at the WCE Blue and Gold one - clashes with the most traditional guernseys possible - Hawks Blues Richmond etc etc

And hawthorn's 'bird' pre season jumper a few years ago was good until they played Richmond in the clawmarks one
 

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