Was the choice of shorts a toss of the coin?

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:24am

Just wondering why we were wearing the white (away) shorts tonight and the Bulldogs wore the Blue shorts.

Does anyone know?

plugger66 · Post: # 823516Post **plugger66** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:25am

St Fidelius wrote:Just wondering why we were wearing the white (away) shorts tonight and the Bulldogs wore the Blue shorts.

Does anyone know?

Probably because it doesnt matter one little bit.

SaintDebi · Post: # 823519Post **SaintDebi** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:25am

I wondered too. Does anyone know?

benengel14 · Post: # 823558Post **benengel14** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:36am

A lot of people seem interested in this.
Genuinely curious as to why?
Is it "we earned right to wear what ever we want"? or are people interested in possible clashes on tv/spectators?

Where does the interest come from?

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:37am

plugger66 wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:Just wondering why we were wearing the white (away) shorts tonight and the Bulldogs wore the Blue shorts.

Does anyone know?
Probably because it doesnt matter one little bit.

well of course it doesn't matter in the scheme of things, but as I said, I was just wondering

SaintDebi · Post: # 823571Post **SaintDebi** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:41am

My interest is just in knowing how the AFL works and thinks. I know the shorts really don't matter, but then again when everything else is close anything that gives a feeling of supremacy can be a confidence builder.
Having said that though, and to quote SaintDooley (I think it was) from another thread, I don't really care if they play in boxers.

Leo.J · Post: # 823574Post **Leo.J** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:42am

The Home team wears black shorts, or dark shorts...

It's tradition, just like the coin toss, just like the bounce at the start of the game.

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:58am

Leo.J wrote:The Home team wears black shorts, or dark shorts...

It's tradition, just like the coin toss, just like the bounce at the start of the game.

Well then, just who was the "home" team tonight

Enrico_Misso · Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:03am

We were the higher ranked team - we should be wearing the black shorts.

Hope we are next week - again it should be our home game as the higher seeded team.

plugger66 · Post: # 823642Post **plugger66** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:06am

I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.

saintly · Post: # 823646Post **saintly** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:07am

Enrico_Misso wrote:We were the higher ranked team - we should be wearing the black shorts.

Hope we are next week - again it should be our home game as the higher seeded team.

next week the presidents toss the coin a the carbine lunch!

Enrico_Misso · Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:10am

saintly wrote:next week the presidents toss the coin a the carbine lunch!

Well if it is Collingwood their President can toss it as that is what he does best.

SaintDebi · Post: # 823656Post **SaintDebi** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:11am

plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.

Cool. That's an answer. I didn't realise that. I've been enlightened. Thanks.

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:22am

plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.

WTF??

So there is a "clash" between Royal Blue and Black FFS, give it a break with your continuing remarks on my posts, you are really starting to embarrass yourself with it IMO with your constant remarks on what ever I type.

All I stated was that I was wondering why we wore the white shorts (away) and the Bulldogs wore their Blue (home) shorts.

Yes, I do understand that is difficult for you to understand as you have previously stated "it doesn't matter one little bit"...

So if so, thankyou for your input on this topic, as you really think it does not really matter, I do agree, but I was JUST WONDERING......

I have a feeling I mentioned that before

saint66au · Post: # 823675Post **saint66au** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:24am

When I saw the white shorts I actually thought to myself.."Someone will start a thread about this" hehehe

Sad eh? (the fact that I thought it!)

plugger66 · Post: # 823686Post **plugger66** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:29am

St Fidelius wrote:
plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.
WTF??

So there is a "clash" between Royal Blue and Black FFS, give it a break with your continuing remarks on my posts, you are really starting to embarrass yourself with it IMO with your constant remarks on what ever I type.

All I stated was that I was wondering why we wore the white shorts (away) and the Bulldogs wore their Blue (home) shorts.

Yes, I do understand that is difficult for you to understand as you have previously stated "it doesn't matter one little bit"...

So if so, thankyou for your input on this topic, as you really think it does not really matter, I do agree, but I was JUST WONDERING......

I have a feeling I mentioned that before

Like i said there is no home and away shorts anymore. Hasnt been for a few years. Obviously you are a bit behind the times. We have white in our jumper so we wear white shorts against the dogs because they have blue so they wear blue shorts. I know this is very important and i hoping it will not effect our play next Saturday.

And i embarrass myself. we win a great game of footy and you are wondering about the colour of the shorts. Now that is embarrassing.

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:38am

plugger66 wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:
plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.
WTF??

So there is a "clash" between Royal Blue and Black FFS, give it a break with your continuing remarks on my posts, you are really starting to embarrass yourself with it IMO with your constant remarks on what ever I type.

All I stated was that I was wondering why we wore the white shorts (away) and the Bulldogs wore their Blue (home) shorts.

Yes, I do understand that is difficult for you to understand as you have previously stated "it doesn't matter one little bit"...

So if so, thankyou for your input on this topic, as you really think it does not really matter, I do agree, but I was JUST WONDERING......

I have a feeling I mentioned that before

Like i said there is no home and away shorts anymore. Hasnt been for a few years. Obviously you are a bit behind the times. We have white in our jumper so we wear white shorts against the dogs because they have blue so they wear blue shorts. I know this is very important and i hoping it will not effect our play next Saturday.

And i embarrass myself. we win a great game of footy and you are wondering about the colour of the shorts. Now that is embarrassing.

Yes we won a great game as I said I was just wondering, as a couple of others have stated as well

The Bulldogs have white in their jumper as well, and as far as I know royal blue does not clash with black

plugger66 · Post: # 823712Post **plugger66** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:41am

St Fidelius wrote:
plugger66 wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:
plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.
WTF??

So there is a "clash" between Royal Blue and Black FFS, give it a break with your continuing remarks on my posts, you are really starting to embarrass yourself with it IMO with your constant remarks on what ever I type.

All I stated was that I was wondering why we wore the white shorts (away) and the Bulldogs wore their Blue (home) shorts.

Yes, I do understand that is difficult for you to understand as you have previously stated "it doesn't matter one little bit"...

So if so, thankyou for your input on this topic, as you really think it does not really matter, I do agree, but I was JUST WONDERING......

I have a feeling I mentioned that before

Like i said there is no home and away shorts anymore. Hasnt been for a few years. Obviously you are a bit behind the times. We have white in our jumper so we wear white shorts against the dogs because they have blue so they wear blue shorts. I know this is very important and i hoping it will not effect our play next Saturday.

And i embarrass myself. we win a great game of footy and you are wondering about the colour of the shorts. Now that is embarrassing.
Yes we won a great game as I said I was just wondering, as a couple of others have stated as well

The Bulldogs have white in their jumper as well, and as far as I know royal blue does not clash with black

A third of our jumper is white. the dogs have about half their jumper Blue. Just give the AFL a call and they will tell you the same as I already have

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:56am

plugger66 wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:
plugger66 wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:
plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.
WTF??

So there is a "clash" between Royal Blue and Black FFS, give it a break with your continuing remarks on my posts, you are really starting to embarrass yourself with it IMO with your constant remarks on what ever I type.

All I stated was that I was wondering why we wore the white shorts (away) and the Bulldogs wore their Blue (home) shorts.

Yes, I do understand that is difficult for you to understand as you have previously stated "it doesn't matter one little bit"...

So if so, thankyou for your input on this topic, as you really think it does not really matter, I do agree, but I was JUST WONDERING......

I have a feeling I mentioned that before

Like i said there is no home and away shorts anymore. Hasnt been for a few years. Obviously you are a bit behind the times. We have white in our jumper so we wear white shorts against the dogs because they have blue so they wear blue shorts. I know this is very important and i hoping it will not effect our play next Saturday.

And i embarrass myself. we win a great game of footy and you are wondering about the colour of the shorts. Now that is embarrassing.
Yes we won a great game as I said I was just wondering, as a couple of others have stated as well

The Bulldogs have white in their jumper as well, and as far as I know royal blue does not clash with black

A third of our jumper is white. the dogs have about half their jumper Blue. Just give the AFL a call and they will tell you the same as I already have

So each time we play Collingwood they have to wear white shorts according to your theory

plugger66 · Post: # 823742Post **plugger66** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 2:58am

Why would that happen. Maybe i am wrong but dont both clubs have black and white in their jumper.

If you dont believe me why do you think the dogs wore blue shorts?

St Fidelius · Sat 19 Sep 2009 3:09am

plugger66 wrote:Why would that happen. Maybe i am wrong but dont both clubs have black and white in their jumper.

If you dont believe me why do you think the dogs wore blue shorts?

I am not saying that I don't believe you, all I am saying is that there is no clash with royal blue and black in tonights match, and I was just wondering why we wore the white shorts, just a simple question and really no need to go overboard about it, it was just a question that I was wondering about.

As I suggested in the topic title, was the decision made by a toss of the coin?

I just wondered?

SteveStevens66 · Sat 19 Sep 2009 3:28am

plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.

I seriously can't believe that you can't believe this thread.

Oh yes, I can believe it. I forgot that you are a completely disrespectful tool. If someone posts something that you don't care for just ignore it and for once in your misbegotten life shut the f..k up.

The Doc · Post: # 823812Post **The Doc** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 4:03am

I believe it has more to do with the TV. Sort of like soccer, where one team plays in a dark colour and the other in a lighter one, the AFL are trying to maximise the contrast between the two teams.

There are still some places in the world that don't get great colour TV reception and the idea from soccer is that you should be able to tell the two teams apart on a black and white TV. Hence the darker and lighter strips.

We have more white in our jumper than the Bulldogs so I'm sure the AFL instructed us to wear white shorts to enhance the contrast. Following that same theory, if we had've been playing Geelong or Collingwood this week I'm almost certain that we would have been in black shorts and them in white because they have more white in the jumper. (Does anyone remember if we wore black shorts against the Pies a couple of weeks ago?)

I hope that makes sense. It is just my theory and I don't suppose it matters at all - especially as the presidents will be tossing a coin to decide who wears what next week. Although, haven't Geelong worn their white shorts in both of the last 2 GFs? Maybe by choice, maybe under instruction...?

plugger66 · Post: # 823870Post **plugger66** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 8:13am

SteveStevens66 wrote:
plugger66 wrote:I seriously cannot believe this thread. dark shorts for the home side went out a few years ago if there is any type of clash.
I seriously can't believe that you can't believe this thread.

Oh yes, I can believe it. I forgot that you are a completely disrespectful tool. If someone posts something that you don't care for just ignore it and for once in your misbegotten life shut the f..k up.

Hope you enjoy next week. Did you like last night. Sounds like your happy.

ashjam · Post: # 824309Post **ashjam** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:36pm

It is ridiculous that we wore white shorts last night and makes no sense at all.
We do not clash with the Bulldogs strip at all.
It is even less of a clash when we are in black shorts and they are in white shorts.
It has happened in Week 1 of the finals Geelong v Western Bulldogs (Geelong in white shorts Bulldogs in Blue) and last week Collingwood vs Adelaide (Adelaide in home shorts Collingwood in white)
The rules should be very simple, outside of the Grand Final (where the teams toss for rooms, shorts etc) the highest qualifying team in each final should be in their home jumper and shorts....PERIOD.

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