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Where necessary the Cats have worn white shorts at home for a number of years now, up until this year. They even wore white against West Coast.
Something changed in 2019 and not for the better.
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Something changed in 2019 and not for the better.
Interesting that in their only home final at their home ground, they went the white shorts with freo wearing the dark purple shorts as freo wearing the white shorts would have created a worse clash.
Funnily enough, they learnt from their mistake earlier that year.
Funnily enough, they learnt from their mistake earlier that year.
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For anyone doubting the effectiveness of Collingwood's clash strip, I present the following -
Home:
Clash -
Home:
Clash -
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Richmond should've worn it last night.
The most pragmatic compromise for teams wearing white and dark stripes (Collingwood, Geelong, and maybe North Melbourne could join this party) is to all agree on not having stripes of equal width. They all have the stripes of equal width as their preferred jumper against every other club, but against each other none wear stripes of equal width. Instead they have a jumper of one background colour with very thin stripes (say less than 20 mm wide), and they have a dark and light version of each. When they play each other, one will always be in the predominantly dark version and one in the nearly all white, with match shorts. It means neither team gets to wear their preferred stripes of equal width, but it avoids forcing one team team to introduce a third colour.
Is it true that Collingwood are now going to permanently where white against Carlton whether they are home or away?
Or alternatively Carlton should wear a proper clash against them
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Eddie has suggested they will wear a new 'white-backed' jumper against Carlton. Not sure why they don't just wear their clash strip.
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Well given Eddie's (valid) protestations about Geelong needing to be in white shorts, he would be a hypocrite to insist on black shorts. Watch it happen though.
I've always seen Eddie as part of the problem rather than part of the solution, in all this.
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It will be the clash strip in design, it’s just the sponsors. The home kit has Emirates on the front and CGU on the back, while the away kit they’re vice-versa. So they get 11 games each on both sides.
When he speaks of the “new jumper” for home games against Carlton, it’s just the away jumper with the home jumper’s sponsors.
As said, the big test will be the shorts... SURELY they wouldn’t put Collingwood in this away jumper with black shorts!?
Surely...
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So this week will we see Geelong in home guernsey with white shorts vs West Coast in home guernsey with blue shorts (common sense from 2011 PF at the MCG).
Or the ‘white shorts away’ rule (ridiculously brought back in this year for some reason).
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Or the ‘white shorts away’ rule (ridiculously brought back in this year for some reason).
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Geelong to double down and it will be the latterSo this week will we see Geelong in home guernsey with white shorts vs West Coast in home guernsey with blue shorts (common sense from 2011 PF at the MCG).
Or the ‘white shorts away’ rule (ridiculously brought back in this year for some reason).
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I think we all know the answer.So this week will we see Geelong in home guernsey with white shorts vs West Coast in home guernsey with blue shorts (common sense from 2011 PF at the MCG).
Or the ‘white shorts away’ rule (ridiculously brought back in this year for some reason).
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I don't get Geelong, their home guernsey with white shorts looks so much more nicer.
Absolutely and hopefully the AFL make the logical shorts combination choices next weekend.
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Eagles to "forget" to pack their white shorts forcing Geelong to have to send someone down the highway to get theirs?
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Geelong and Collingwood is horrible to watch
What is Geelongs home strip? They change it every week...
Geelongs home strip v dark coloured clubs like Pies, Dogs, Blues, Dockers etc has seen them wear white shorts. I know everyone likes to bash Collingwood, but we’re not the ones who decided in a final to wear something different to what we’ve worn all season long!!!
They also wore their white shorts at home in literally their previous game, two weeks ago against Carlton.
Funny how the "home shorts" are suddenly sacrosanct right now, huh? Almost as if it was sheer pettiness.
It is easily distinguishable - that pic is misleading, and does not show one has a black back the other white.
The issue is Geelong have a white top, dark bottoms. Pick one or the other. If u want a white top, wear white shorts. If you want dark shorts - wear a dark top.
Too me shorts are secondary, and the cats and roos should have embraced white shorts. Previously the cats have - and the roos made the decision to change there top to embrace coloured shorts.
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Geelong have been wearing blue shorts at home for the better part of 45 years. Would’ve thought they are entitled to wear whatever they like in home games.
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I don't think people understand this, and it's incredibly simple. Home team nominates a home strip before the season. It is worn in every match at home, and every away match if suitable. If not suitable, for an away match, they have an away strip, and if that isn't suitable, then a clash (third) strip.
Take spurs in the Premier league, who have a similar strip as compared to the cats, albeit with no hoops. Home is white, navy, white. Away is all navy. Neither of these kits are particularly useful against Newcastle away (who like Collingwood, wear black and white stripes and are known as the magpies). Spurs, thus, have a third kit which is light blue (teal). Newcastle's away kit is green, and their third is orange for the corresponding fixture. This system should be used in the AFL as it respects the home team's nominated home strip. Collingwood could wear an all grey kit for saints and cats home games; nothing outrageous imo. North at Geelong should wear full home, but could also have a grey or orange third kit. Sure, you have to pick the right colours, but you don't need bright green or yellow kits. You can retain the club's identity with some proper thought.
Except for the multiple times per year that they don't.
All grey is no more our club's identity than bright green or yellow. It is equally unacceptable.
We have had acceptable clash kits in the past that have prevented these issues while retaining black and white (as mentioned previously, our 2012-13 clash kit against North Melbourne)
Also Premier League clubs have been known to change shorts at home to avoid clashes with the away team's home kit (see for example Man United vs. Swansea City).
A third colour is not needed, now or at any other time.
