The issue isn’t grey, it’s black and white

There’s a predictable storm in a teacup as our beloved Bombers reveal their new alternate guernsey, a mix of tradition and various enhancements designed to placate all but the most vociferous opponents.

 

 

The Bombers already feature grey in the logo and in various apparel items including training gear. Let’s be grateful they decided on grey and not the TrueValue Solar blue!

 

The real issue isn’t the Bombers. Essendon have fought a brave rearguard action to avoid the inevitable, but have bowed to it with (public) good grace. Not so the Barcodes.

 

AussieRulesBlog has visited this issue previously, but now is a good time to raise it again. This isn’t a matter of clashing colours. The AFL have made it abundantly clear that they want one team in dark or vibrant colours, and the other in light or muted tones. It’s not the end of the world — that comes in December according to the Mayans!

 

Manchester United and Liverpool, just to name two hugely popular EPL clubs, play in a seeming rainbow of strips through their season without problems. Even Newcastle United turn out in strips other than their famed black and white vertical stripes. But not our precious Barcodes. Here’s their ‘clash’ guernsey:

 

 

Oh, and here’s their ‘normal’ guernsey for comparison:

 

 

 

AussieRulesBlog can hardly believe that they represent the same club! It’s astonishing. Sharp-eyed readers will note that the clash guernsey is the inverse of the normal guernsey. How devilishly clever!

 

And if there’s a really obvious clash, such as with North Melbourne (?), who we remind you look like this:

 

 

then the Barcodes roll out their alternative clash guernsey which looks like this:

 

Perhaps Vlad and his mates at AFL House could puff out their chests and bludgeon Eddie into accepting that his Barcodes should look like this for their away games?

 

 

We’re not going to hang by our thumbs waiting for the announcement.