Clash jumper?

[Harry]

Much prefer the pre-season jumper we wore against Geelong.

 

[Liverpool]

Never ever before this latest Politburo have I ever heard either a Bummers or Tigers supporter say "gee what the hell happened there, that red sash is looking like a yellow sash and the yellow sash is looking a red sash".

What absolute nonsense. It is just a game of sport that we the masses provide its existence, not the bloody AFL. People generally like most traditions and for me I always loved the battle of the sashes and now it is gone forever because of these dictators supposedly telling us it is for the good of the game and to help us not confuse hte two different teams. Gees more than 50% of people these days have TV's over 100cm (40 odd inches) and they are high definition with a gazillion pixels and we apparently get confused between a red sash and a yellow sash. C'mon we used to be able to scream at the TV when we had 23 inch TV's in crappy B&W and we all definitely knew who was who.

Both Richmond's and Essendon's clash jumpers are Barry Crockers and I always thought these two teams had the best jumpers in the comp and when we played each other it was a great sight. The original jumpers just look such reminder of the times when they were invented, they are generally pretty unique when compared to jumpers from other football codes around the world. I think River Plate in Argentina have a similar design in white with a red sash. These jumpers represent where our club has come from and they represent Richmond not some tutty fruity concoction to appease the Politburo. Ask the players and I bet they prefer to play in the traditional strip.

Before we know it we will have to have an alternate club theme song because apparently we need to keep up with the times and adopt the latest trend of using the winning songs sung by the Australian Idol XVI winners.

Just leave the bloody thing alone along with all the crappy tiggy touch wood rule changes and let us the people that help make the game enjoy it.

Change for change sake, what a crock!!

That's true mate...also the Peru national team wear white, with a red sash.

My question about the whole "clash" saga has been that if the jumper is so sancrosanct with the AFL, in that we can only have certain sized sponsor logos and the like, why didn't they look at shorts and socks (like us wearing yellow shorts and different socks) as a way to distinguish both us and the Bombers?
Why change the jumper itself?

I guess I can answer my own question by simply saying: MONEY

Similarly to soccer, all teams have pretty much the same home shirt each season, apart from a couple of aesthetic differences.....but they have different away shirts each season.

What I am worried about in our sport, is that this "clash jumper" will slowly evolve each season, until we get to a stage where it will become known as an 'away strip' and we'll be wearing it for all away games.....and each season, we will change the design and have a different away strip.

 

[skybeau]

Do the clash jumpers not come in long sleeves?

Because at the start of the game I was watching the Richmond players warm up and I kept seeing this tall bugger in number 36 and thinking "who the hell is that?" :hihi

Long sleeves make the man.

 

[hellenictiger]

I do think we need one, but!!!!

Not that one, the one with the tiger on it with the claw marks is the best type of alternative strip we have. It comes in yellow and white, so I cant see why not!

 

[checkside]

Do the clash jumpers not come in long sleeves?

Because at the start of the game I was watching the Richmond players warm up and I kept seeing this tall bugger in number 36 and thinking "who the hell is that?" :hihi

Long sleeves make the man.

He wore short sleeves last week i think it was aswell, first time he wore it since he did his knee.