Discussion Round 8, 2024: Photos and Discussion

[Gibbsy]

Fixture	Venue	Time (AEST)	TV
Thursday, May 2
Adelaide Crows vs. Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	7:30pm	Seven/Fox
Friday, May 3
Carlton vs. Collingwood	MCG	7:40pm	Seven/Fox
Saturday, May 4
Sydney Swans vs. GWS Giants	SCG	1:45pm	Fox Footy
St Kilda vs. North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium	4:35pm	Fox Footy
Melbourne vs. Geelong Cats	MCG	7:30pm	Seven/Fox
West Coast Eagles vs. Essendon	Optus Stadium	8:10pm	Fox Footy
Sunday, May 5
Richmond vs. Fremantle	MCG	1:00pm	Fox Footy
Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn	Marvel Stadium	4:00pm	Fox Footy
Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast Suns	Gabba	7:10pm	Fox Footy

Showdown will be a mess tonight, although not as messy as when Adelaide are the away team. It still beggars belief to me that the AFL ticks off Adel/Port as not clashing when they believe that WCE/Freo do clash (they do, but not as badly as Adel/Port). Or Bris/GC. Or Syd/GWS. All the other derby style match-ups have clash solutions implemented apart from this one.

Carlton v Collingwood will actually be watchable because Collingwood are the away team. The reverse fixture is genuine 'switch off your TV' stuff. I'm amazed that it doesn't get more of a run in the media given some of the inane s**t that gets hyper-fixated on these days. It's so easily fixable. Anyway. We'll have to wait until the game actually comes around again, instead of being proactive. I digress.

Finally, I think Essendon would be better in all black opposing West Coast's all royal, but we know that'll never happen. I maintain that the 'no white shorts vs. red' rule should be maintained for royal blue as well; there really isn't too much difference on the clash/contrast spectrum. Interestingly enough we have started to see the reintroduction of white shorts vs. red in the last few years as teams like Brisbane and Gold Coast don't have other coloured shorts to go with their clash jumpers.

 

[oak79]

All black would be OK, but I think bombers in white shorts adds to the contrast v eagles. If west coast had white in their jumper, that would be a different story.

 

[aCunningPlan]

Love the number panel and white shorts.

 

[oak79]

Love the number panel and white shorts.

It's not great - full white would be better - but the white panel does make a big difference.

Much better than a Pies V Blues game

 

[Boyohboywowwee]

It’s actually a rivalry round minus the derby

 

[Cyclonus]

The Collingwood jumper has some sort of pattern in the black stripes. Is this a promo jumper or something?

 

[Gibbsy]

The Collingwood jumper has some sort of pattern in the black stripes. Is this a promo jumper or something?

It’s the full-time clash jumper for this year. It features a swooping magpie wing pattern that’s just really hard to see usually

 

[Cory]

Carlton’s jumper looks too black

 

[oak79]

Carlton’s jumper looks too black

It's the same "almost black" navy as always.

Dees, eagles (previous) and cats navy jumpers / shorts have always looked more blue than the Blues

 

[TY24]

I’m never opposed to a bounding roo but this version without the blue at the top of the numbers looks odd

 

[Boyohboywowwee]

What’s with the saints socks?

 

[oak79]

What's the reason for bounding roo? Not a clash, but their normal jumper would have looked better (or a white based roo jumper)

 

[Heardy_101]

It's their "away" jumper.

 

[caloschwaby]

Hawks in Legends/White shorts again

Not by any means a clash or poor contrast, just don't like watching this combination

 

[Freshwater]

Hawks in Legends/White shorts again

Not by any means a clash or poor contrast, just don't like watching this combination

Just a stupid idea to wear a jumper that is closer to a clash than their regular one which is a perfect matchup.

 

[parano1a]

Hawks in yellow home jumper with brown shorts would be perfect here.

 

[LeeARM]

It's fitting that they're wearing their 1925 jumper against another 1925 expansion team.

 

[Supercheapgiants]

Would hawks look better in all brown for this game? I can't tell if that would still work or if the dogs blue isn't too dark and the hawks brown is a bit lighter coloured it could look good however being under the roof might change that. A pair of yellow shorts could've worked with the hawks today instead of white

 

[seaforthswan]

GC in red would be better than blue

 

[oak79]

GC in red would be better than blue

Blue is fine.

Maroon v Red would be horrible

 

[Supercheapgiants]

Blue is fine.

Maroon v Red would be horrible

Too much blue in the kits, I usually don't mind the QClash with Brisbane as home but tonight just felt like the Red with white or yellow shorts would've been so much better contrast. Something similar to Sydney v Brisbane in 2022

 

[Gibbsy]

Too much blue in the kits, I usually don't mind the QClash with Brisbane as home but tonight just felt like the Red with white or yellow shorts would've been so much better contrast. Something similar to Sydney v Brisbane in 2022

Both teams having yellow numbers is an issue too imo.

 

[Mr Eagle]

I thought tonight looked just fine.

 

[seaforthswan]

Both teams having yellow numbers is an issue too imo.

Yeah, although theres a few white number match ups that come to mind that doesn't contribute to a clash.
GC's blue bleeds into Brisbane's blue and maroon too much imo.
Red home/white would work better but not perfect ofc. If for instance Port & WCE is a pass then ^ that is fine for the QClash

 

[Heardy_101]

Red vs Maroon is too much honestly.

I remember the old Brisbane vs Sydney games where they use to wear white shorts vs each other (instead of their clash jumpers) and honestly, it didn't work very well.

Gold Coast probably have the best set where they have a blue kit or red kit; perhaps they could switch to blue shorts for their clash jumper and it would probably look a bit better.