Please Don't Wear Red

[Webby]

Re: Please Don't Wear Red

I don't know what the problem is with red. We won our first three flags in red back in 1898-1899-1900. Three from three in fact. It's our lucky colour! I wouldn't mind us wearing that one as our away jumper. It's our heritage and I think it looks good.

That said, I still think a lighter shade of blue would avoid clashes with everyone except North - against whom we can wear our normal Guernsey.

[Scraggers]

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I don't know what the problem is with red. We won our first three flags in red back in 1898-1899-1900. Three from three in fact. It's our lucky colour! I wouldn't mind us wearing that one as our away jumper. It's our heritage and I think it looks good.

That said, I still think a lighter shade of blue would avoid clashes with everyone except North - against whom we can wear our normal Guernsey.

Can you name the last game we won wearing red ?? It ain't lucky anymore !!

[Webby]

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Can you name the last game we won wearing red ?? It ain't lucky anymore !!

Quick stats:

The Bulldogs' worst all time win ratios away from home are against Geeelong at 20% and West Coast at 22%.
They are our worst two records away from home in 90 odd years of VFL/AFL football!
Guess which two teams we've worn red against this year?!

It's got nothing to do with the jumper. We're just as awful at Kardinia Park and Subiaco when wearing blue!

The only other time I can recall us wearing red was when we beat Hawthorn in the NAB Challenge last year.... Now if anything was a lucky turn up, that was it!

[Bornadog]

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Quick stats:

The Bulldogs' worst all time win ratios away from home are against Geeelong at 20% and West Coast at 22%.
They are our worst two records away from home in 90 odd years of VFL/AFL football!
Guess which two teams we've worn red against this year?!

It's got nothing to do with the jumper. We're just as awful at Kardinia Park and Subiaco when wearing blue!

The only other time I can recall us wearing red was when we beat Hawthorn in the NAB Challenge last year.... Now if anything was a lucky turn up, that was it!

This was the jumper worn in 1898 to 1900

[Webby]

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Yep and we went 3 for 3 for premierships in the only 3 years in which we wore it. It's not a bad colour for us!

[Greystache]

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My eyes!

That's uglier than our current red jumper, and our current red jumper is awful!

Blue and white are enough and they both look good. I hope we never see the red again.

[The Pie Man]

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Yep and we went 3 for 3 for premierships in the only 3 years in which we wore it. It's not a bad colour for us![/QUOTE]

This will divide opinion, but I don't mind that jumper - as strictly a clash strip...well without that line down the middle anyway (which I assume was laces?)

[Bornadog]

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The Pie Man - Yep and we went 3 for 3 for premierships in the only 3 years in which we wore it. It's not a bad colour for us!.

This will divide opinion, but I don't mind that jumper - as strictly a clash strip...well without that line down the middle anyway (which I assume was laces?)

That jumper was designed over 115 years ago.

[The Pie Man]

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That jumper was designed over 115 years ago.

You don't mess with classics! *

(*Not actually claiming that is a classic - but classic designs are often the best)

[LostDoggy]

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http://shop.westernbulldogs.com.au/search.php?q=WBJR423WHT+WBJR416WHT+WBJR415WHT&x=0&y=0

So is this our away guernsey for 2016?

Not keen.

[divvydan]

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http://shop.westernbulldogs.com.au/s...415WHT&x=0&y=0

So is this our away guernsey for 2016?

Not keen.

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/2015-11-30/new-clash-guernsey-no-red-in-2016

Red guernsey is gone and the white one is indeed our away/clash strip in 2016.

[LostDoggy]

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http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/ne...no-red-in-2016

Red guernsey is gone and the white one is indeed our away/clash strip in 2016.

The whites fine but the cartoon Bulldog? Yuck.

[SonofScray]

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FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

How bloody hard is it to get this right? That jumper is a horror show. Bitterly disappointing.

[Webby]

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I think the club is letting the lunatics run the asylum! Give me red any day over a cartoon dog.

I'm all for fan engagement, but seriously, I loathe tacky cartoons on footy jumpers. Hoops are classic, so why mess with them?

[comrade]

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FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

How bloody hard is it to get this right? That jumper is a horror show. Bitterly disappointing.

Bitterly disappointing?

As long as we've punted the red strip, I'm happy.

Can imagine plenty of kids choosing the jumper with the big Dog on it, too, so there's an opportunity for increased merch sales.