Jumper clash fails

[hitthepost]

Right - so you’re saying there should be green, pink, fluro yellow, green, maroon away jumpers? Ok

If your club colours don't provide a contrast, yes.
Hawthorn couldn't wear gold or brown against the WC tripanel's gold and navy so the next step is non-club colours.
Port couldn't wear black vs same but silver teal or white (all club colours) are fine.

 

[Mr39]

Why are hawthorn wearing white shorts against Collingwood?

 

[Baird]

Only for North and Geelong.

In 2000, Port Adelaide, Fremantle and St Kilda all had to wear white shorts at home in 4 matches each.
On the other hand, Melbourne, Richmond and Essendon only wore white shorts in 4 or 5 matches, all away.

From 2001, it went back to “home team in coloured shorts, away team in white shorts (excluding Sydney)”, with a few occasional lapses.

It applied to Collingwood until 2012. 2011 prelim and 2012 SF

 

[hitthepost]

Why are hawthorn wearing white shorts against Collingwood?

Because they don't have gold.

 

[larrikin]

Why are hawthorn wearing white shorts against Collingwood?

That was fine tonight. Predominantly light v predominantly dark.

 

[eddiesmith]

Flawed “clash policies” are not exclusive to the AFL.

In Round 8 of the 1997 Super League, one of the first clash-breaking uniforms in Rugby League made an appearance with the Auckland Warriors wearing their blue training jerseys with red shorts and white socks against the Canterbury Bulldogs.
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In the return fixture, Round 16, that logic was forgotten and Auckland decided to wear their regular jersey, complete with blue shorts and socks.
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Rugby League has had many, many shockers but given then line up opposite each other, it’s not really as big an issue.

 

[Mr39]

That was fine tonight. Predominantly light v predominantly dark.

White is not in Hawthorns colour scheme.
Farcical to put them in white shorts when the other team’s colours are black and white.

 

[hitthepost]

White is not in Hawthorns colour scheme.
Farcical to put them in white shorts when the other team’s colours are black and white.

To be somehwat the devil's advocate here though - teams wear full white kits vs Collingwood's home kit, and full black kits against Collingwood's clash kit with no problems. So I can see why the AFL allow white shorts, especially when the jumpers don't clash at all. It's nowhere near as bad as wearing white shorts away to Geelong. However I still think unnecessary white shorts are silly. Those teams with shorts a different colour to their jumper should have shorts that match the jumper for (at least) away matches.

 

[tazaa]

Most teams have two or three colours.
For home games wear your home jumper with the darkest color as shorts.
And the away team inverses their jumper with the lightest colour as shorts.

Remove white from the argument completely and let Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, St.Kilda, Sydney and the Dogs be the only teams who get to wear it.

The other half of the comp should never have to wear white.
Adelaide can wear gold shorts or red shorts, Brisbane maroon or gold, Essendon red, Gold Coast red or gold, GWS orange, Hawthorn gold, Melbourne red, Richmond yellow, and West Coast yellow.

 

[larrikin]

Most team have two or three colours.
For home games wear your home jumper with the darkest color as shorts.
And the away team inverses their jumper with the lightest colour as shorts.

Remove white from the argument completely and let Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, St.Kilda, Sydney and the Dogs be the only teams who get to wear it.

The other half of the comp should never have to wear white.
Adelaide can wear gold shorts or red shorts, Brisbane maroon or gold, Essendon red, Gold Coast red or gold, GWS orange, Hawthorn gold, Melbourne red, Richmond yellow, and West Coast yellow.

Not sure why we are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist when we can't even get Collingwood and Carlton & co to implement the solution that already exists for an actual clash.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

White shorts with coloured teams isn’t an issue. Would much prefer west coast wear white shorts than have yellow shorts.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

St Kilda clash strip strikes again. It’s basically perfect

 

[Mr39]

White shorts with coloured teams isn’t an issue. Would much prefer west coast wear white shorts than have yellow shorts.

Why? It's not one of your colours. Why white? Why not pink?
Keep the shorts in the colours of your kit and it would look infinitely better.

 

[Father Jack]

Why? It's not one of your colours. Why white? Why not pink?
Keep the shorts in the colours of your kit and it would look infinitely better.

Pink would look silly, that's why

 

[Billy ray]

Speaking of pink.
IMHO umpires should be in pink. Every game other than when its a suns or swans home game in which case they wear the lime green. that will always work as far as i can tell.

the pink currently worn by runners and water folks can switch to hi-vis fluoro orange.

 

[hitthepost]

Speaking of pink.
IMHO umpires should be in pink. Every game other than when its a suns or swans home game in which case they wear the lime green. that will always work as far as i can tell.

the pink currently worn by runners and water folks can switch to hi-vis fluoro orange.

Why not in Suns or Swans away games where a lot of the time they still wear red?

 

[ashley12]

4 games of good jumper match ups today. You love to see it.

 

[speedpeck23]

Why Why Why ??? Are the GIANTS wearing a jumper with less orange and more white and grey against Port Adelaide whose main colors are white, black and a small amount of teal.. Surely the "Orange" Army would like to feel they have a team out there they can recognize. Looks like last years Grand Final all over again.

 

[hitthepost]

Why Why Why ??? Are the GIANTS wearing a jumper with less orange and more white and grey against Port Adelaide whose main colors are white, black and a small amount of teal.. Surely the "Orange" Army would like to feel they have a team out there they can recognize. Looks like last years Grand Final all over again.

Because of the options they currently have this is best.
Because they want to only have one alternate away jumper and this works against all the teams that they can't wear their home jumper againt.

But I agree I'd love to see a mainly-orange jumper for games like this. Flip the colours on the front of the home and they're hosed.

 

[eddiesmith]

Why Why Why ??? Are the GIANTS wearing a jumper with less orange and more white and grey against Port Adelaide whose main colors are white, black and a small amount of teal.. Surely the "Orange" Army would like to feel they have a team out there they can recognize. Looks like last years Grand Final all over again.

You can't be serious? This is about a perfect contrast. The only issue is Port Adelaide insisting on a white panel with black number on a black jumper, creates issues not required. But its so minor when you compare 2 uniforms that are 90% white v 75% black

 

[Kram]

Port should be banned from having the white panel on the back. The jumper probably looked better without it anyway.

 

[hitthepost]

Port should be banned from having the white panel on the back. The jumper probably looked better without it anyway.

But St Kilda can keep the red on their front and Sydney the white?
If it's that problematic then away teams should be banned from wearing white against Port.

 

[Rob]

You can't be serious? This is about a perfect contrast. The only issue is Port Adelaide insisting on a white panel with black number on a black jumper, creates issues not required. But its so minor when you compare 2 uniforms that are 90% white v 75% black

It is minor but it's still unnecessary. GWS have a training jumper that's mainly orange with black numbers , that would have been a lot better.

 

[Registered User]

Do Geelong currently have a 'reverse' jumper (mostly blue) with a white number?

 

[Sparkle]

Do Geelong currently have a 'reverse' jumper (mostly blue) with a white number?

Yes, but we don't need it for any H&A matches. We haven't worn a clash jumper in the H&A season since 2015