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Post by fenit67 on Feb 27, 2018 14:05:41 GMT
Last Sunday a couple of curious events came to pass. Kerry welcomed Meath in hurling and Kerry changed into the current awful gold jersey whilst Meath were resplendent in their traditional green and gold. The rule clearly state that both teams should change in the event of a colour clash so why was this occasion different? Did the match sneak up on Meath or did they forget to bring necessary jerseys? A more prosaic response is that their change jersey is too similar to our own. Now how was that allowed to happen if the purpose of a change jersey is to respect the GAA's edict that both must change?
The second event from last Sunday was the Galway v Dublin Division 1B hurling match. As we well know Galway play in maroon and Dublin in light blue; so far so good. So how in the name of all that is good was a colour clash perceived to exist leading Galway to change into a kit that could kindly be described as an abomination?
This sort of nonsense began in soccer and has has badly infected rugby. In these sports pride in the jersey is seemingly diminishing but surely we should not tolerate this nonsense in our games. In the AFL the jersey is sported with pride and the sponsor's logo not allowed to be a blight. They issue one special jersey per year for the "Indigenous Round" but other than that the jersey is held in reverence by supporters. We cannot allow the jersey to be abused because it will be done for one reason and that is for merchandising and profit. I am aware that running teams is expensive but if the commercial imperative takes precedence then professionalism will follow.
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Post by Mickmack on Feb 27, 2018 22:31:12 GMT
Man United ditched a horrible jersey one time after Southampton scored 6 goals against them.
I was hoping this latest abomination would go the same route but Kerry have won the two games in which it has been worn
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Post by diego on Feb 27, 2018 23:50:23 GMT
. The second event from last Sunday was the Galway v Dublin Division 1B hurling match. As we well know Galway play in maroon and Dublin in light blue; so far so good. So how in the name of all that is good was a colour clash perceived to exist leading Galway to change into a kit that could kindly be described as an abomination? Saw something on social media during the week promoting Galway's new 'away' jersey. This is a new concept in GAA, where you change your colours just to boost sales of a product you're flogging to try and cover some of the out of control expenses being run up by county teams. Expect we will see plenty of the new pale gold jersey as well for the same reason.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Feb 28, 2018 8:01:41 GMT
If the gold jersey was the right shade of gold it would be very nice. I'm half convinced there was a mistake between design and production.
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 28, 2018 11:31:42 GMT
The away kit could have been exceptionally nice if the gold was toned differently. A pity.
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Post by Jigz84 on Feb 28, 2018 11:44:15 GMT
The away kit could have been exceptionally nice if the gold was toned differently. A pity. Hard colour to nail in jerseys for some reason. The Wolves jersey is more a shade of orange than gold. Man Utd tried a reversible one in early noughties, one side gold and the other white but the gold side was extremely light.
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Post by An Bradán on Feb 28, 2018 23:02:25 GMT
That New Jersey is selling very well apparently. Same as above I'd have loved it if it was the traditional gold instead of the dark gold. It's not helped by pairing it with black which darkens it even more.
Perhaps green instead of the black would have helped. It would also be respectful of tradition.
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Post by glengael on Mar 2, 2018 10:01:18 GMT
Tomas O'Se is auctioning a large photo on his Twitter acccount for charity, featuring Paidi, Ger Power and Bomber in the Micko era. Ger Power is wearing the 1981 All Ireland Final jersey. The 'gold' of that jersey is what I'd consider as 'gold' not the colour of the new incarnation.
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Post by ciarrailar on Mar 2, 2018 13:33:09 GMT
“Last Sunday a couple of curious events came to pass. Kerry welcomed Meath in hurling and Kerry changed into the current awful gold jersey whilst Meath were resplendent in their traditional green and gold. The rule clearly state that both teams should change in the event of a colour clash so why was this occasion different? Did the match sneak up on Meath or did they forget to bring necessary jerseys? A more prosaic response is that their change jersey is too similar to our own. Now how was that allowed to happen if the purpose of a change jersey is to respect the GAA's edict that both must change?
The second event from last Sunday was the Galway v Dublin Division 1B hurling match. As we well know Galway play in maroon and Dublin in light blue; so far so good. So how in the name of all that is good was a colour clash perceived to exist leading Galway to change into a kit that could kindly be described as an abomination?
This sort of nonsense began in soccer and has has badly infected rugby. In these sports pride in the jersey is seemingly diminishing but surely we should not tolerate this nonsense in our games. In the AFL the jersey is sported with pride and the sponsor's logo not allowed to be a blight. They issue one special jersey per year for the "Indigenous Round" but other than that the jersey is held in reverence by supporters. We cannot allow the jersey to be abused because it will be done for one reason and that is for merchandising and profit. I am aware that running teams is expensive but if the commercial imperative takes precedence then professionalism will follow.“To the best of my knowledge the rules state where there is a clash of colours the home team changes for a league game and both teams have to change if it’s championship. This is certainly true for club matches so I assume the same applies to intercounty....
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