Really wish we would play in the white kit as first choice,it looks a lot better than the dull claret and blue strip,also we seem to play better in it as recent results show.
The white kit is far better than the dingey claret and blue, which I have watched for over 69 yrars… I t is far better and easier to see than the claret one, and this could be a factor on why we play so poorly in the old kit, as well as the systems that Cox keeps changing.
When fans sit at the north end of the Cluggy Stand, you have one hell of a job telling who is who when play is taking place at the Railway end, but we all know that the old strip will never be dumped, so we will need to enjoy our away games.
I find it difficult to believe that the colour of the kit can affect the quality of the team’s perforance. Poor performances are due to failures of players, management and directors.
Has it anything to do with the quality of players wearing the kit do you think?
Having said that I agree with BS regarding visibility for spectators and I do like the white kit.
I have said for a long while you need some White or stand out colour especially under the lights, I can remember going to Bury a few years ago in the FA Cup and it was a real murky day and we played in all black and our players were hard to pick out from the stands, but Bury players were easy in their White shirts.
I appreciate that my eyes have deteriated a lot this year, and do not help when seeing things that are located probably 60 yards away, but I find when players have white shirts, they are far easier to pick out, so if I find this, surely players will find it easier than when their team mates are playing in dingey colours. There is a lot of truth in what Ferrite is saying about team shirts being the same colour as the seating, I have said this same thing many times, and with clubs like ours, there are usually at least 50% of seating not being used each game., in any case I still think that our shirts for away games this season are really good to look at, and would welcome a change from the drab old claret and blue, but it will never happen.
If you’ve ever played football at any level you’d know that this isn’t an issue.
I’ll be back playing under the floodlights again this Sunday and even if my teammates are playing in black I’ll know I need to pass to them, not those in the fluorescent orange bibs.
This is borne out by MM’s post. Bury are in white so they’re the opposition – sorted!
I don’t agree with you, the brighter the colour or white the easier to see, at the Sands Siro the trouble with the strip is it blends with the seats, I only think the problem is when under the lights, and the Bury one was because it was a very dull grey day and our players were difficult to pick out in all black.
Northumbiron would you be saying the saME thing if you were playing in a stadium in your black kit, and all of the seating was painted black, I very much doubt it. That is what we were saying mate, but this claret and blue kit is really dull and boring in my opinion, I do respect your views on this issue.
Of course, the reverse of this argument is that if our players are harder to see, they will be harder for opposition players to pick up, so they should be unmarked.
Anyone remember Man U getting battered at Southampton many seasons back and Ferguson blamed their drab grey away kit for the defeat? Too hard to pick out team mates properly on the pitch apparently, what a load of cock and one of the most successful managers ever was quite rightly pilloried in the press and the football world in general. It’s just a preference thing and I like the white away kit but we are a claret and blue club, one of only four out of the ninety two in the professional game, let’s keep our traditional kit for home games and be proud of our identity.
I like the white away kit but we are a claret and blue club, one of only four out of the ninety two in the professional game, let’s keep our traditional kit for home games and be proud of our identity.
When I first started going to the Old Showground we played in White shirts with Blue and Yellow trim, Blue shorts and White socks with Blue and Yellow trim.
Also our White strip has plenty of Claret and Blue in it.
Anyone remember Man U getting battered at Southampton many seasons back and Ferguson blamed their drab grey away kit for the defeat? Too hard to pick out team mates properly on the pitch apparently, what a load of cock and one of the most successful managers ever was quite rightly pilloried in the press and the football world in general. It’s just a preference thing and I like the white away kit but we are a claret and blue club, one of only four out of the ninety two in the professional game, let’s keep our traditional kit for home games and be proud of our identity.
A third vote here. Why reduce ourselves to a more common colour when the claret and blue makes us stand out that bit more?
Northumbiron, when I said that our team shirts mingle with our claret and blue seating, they really make it difficult for fans at the other side of the pich to see them distinctl, this will not be the case with Derby and Fulham, because in normal times their seats are usually ocupied whilst our are usually only about 40% in use, this is a big diffence, plus our new white strip look class where as out claret looks very grim in comparison.
Bartonscorpion, I’m not disagreeing with you re: the empty seats. What I am saying is that there are two different issues here. 1. Supporters vision and 2. Players ability to pick out a teammate.
The latter is nonsense, the former will vary from game to game, supporter to supporter.
Maybe painting the seats white would be better!
As commented on above; we are one of only 4 league clubs to wear claret & blue. Let’s keep it that way.
The thing about 06/07 was there weren’t that many empty seats for most the season. I always thought Lawsy’s argument about shirts clashing with seat colour was a bit feeble but I think there’s a little truth in it. However, it shouldn’t be used as an excuse to defend other issues, of which there are many.
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