Wellington Phoenix Men

Why I like stripes (stripping 2009)

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valeo wrote:
Don't like the Hull City stripes that much tbh

Why not? I know the Hull one they could have done it a lot better, but we wont make the same mistake
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has anyone suggested the good old diagonal strip? i think its quite fetching
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just saying :)
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lets just not do stripes at all...there must be a 1001 different designs we could have

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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can it be black yellow black rather than yellow black yellow ?
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paullt wrote:
lets just not do stripes at all...there must be a 1001 different designs we could have

how about all blue paul?
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nkcroatia_nz wrote:
valeo wrote:
Don't like the Hull City stripes that much tbh

Why not? I know the Hull one they could have done it a lot better, but we wont make the same mistake


Don't like the dark 'yellow' colour. Looks more orange. I guess that is what we will be getting though because of Hard News' sig
valeo2009-02-04 18:26:37

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News hasn't seen the strip yet.
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paullt wrote:
lets just not do stripes at all...there must be a 1001 different designs we could have
 
But Paullt.  It's a design made for us.
 
 
Anything else would eb unnatural, or at the very least - 'gimmicky'. 
 
Or as Terminator suggested about our current kit - gothic. 
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no we must go blue becuase pault supports b'ham hahaha


stop hating paul its even on the club crest
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Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something

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Yup nothing says Wellington like Red.
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Stevo wrote:
 
 
If there's one thing that gets me excited about season 2009/10 - it's the new kit speculation. 
 
And nothing would please me more than for the Nix to run out in a striped kit. 
 
Therefore, I'm pretty disillusioned with comments like "I don't like that mock up.  It scares me" or what a f**king horrible strip" regarding this new potential design.
 
I mean really.  Do yourself a favour and have a look at the club badge.  Apart from the Phoenix - what sticks out?  A shield with f**king stripes!  A club badge with lots of stripes = a kit with lots of stripes in my opinion.
 
Some of you have grown attached to our current strip.  But I have no sympathy - even for those (me included - well the mrs actually) who parted with the $130-odd to buy it.  Why?  Because it's f**king awful.
 
 
Honestly.  How can you say this is a good strip?  It's vulgar.
 
Some of you have also said "You should be thankful we have a strip at all,"  or "it's a plastic league - get over it."  Well, f**k you too.  For a support base that has been themed on the colour yellow, and in wacky yellow stadium - this abomination of a kit has shat over us big time.  
 
This is the opportunity to get more yellow into our kit - and this can only be done gracefully (and with reason) through stripes for 2009/10.
 
Look.  I know we had this kit template thrusted upon us ("it's all about saving costs" they argued).  FFS.  It's f**king 2009 - not 1809.  It's not as if some poor old woman is going to be sewing in the stripes one-by-one.   In fact, I'd guess it's far more complicated/expensive putting together our current abomination, than an elegnantly presented Nix striped kit. 
 
Let's have a kit we can all be proud of. 
 
A striped kit.
nothing you've said has convinced me..."" lets have a kit we can all be proud of" ............... Do me a favour
paullt2009-02-04 21:38:52

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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nkcroatia_nz wrote:
no we must go blue becuase pault supports b'ham hahaha


stop hating paul its even on the club crest
 
maybe we could ask resene if they can do a colour 'Windy Blue' cos as you have quite rightly pointed put there isnt a finer colour in the world than blue...oh yeah and im windy too
paullt2009-02-04 21:45:03

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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I was just saying red it could be any
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lol nice one greek-boi.

Away strip will most likely be white, or black.

I think they should do a blue away strip, aye Paul?lol
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Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something

 
Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and away?
 
Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys around - love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?
 
 
scribbler2009-02-05 15:24:56
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scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something


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Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and�away?


That's what going to happen.

"Away" strip is a bad name. Alternate maybe.
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scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something

 
Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and away?
 
Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys around - love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?
 
 
 
Yes
 
Jag2009-02-05 15:33:40

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

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scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something


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Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and�away?

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Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys�around -�love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?

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Aaarrghh. We went over all this some 10 pages back. We will not have an away strip, but an alternate one. Meaning we only wear it if there's a clash when we're away, otherwise it's the stripes all the way.

And the alternate will not be white. Or so I'm led to believe.
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Scribbler Newcastle played away in a ugly grey outfit, and celtic played united away in the champions league in a horrible bright yellow and greet outfit abit like the canaries
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nkcroatia_nz wrote:
lol nice one greek-boi.

Away strip will most likely be white, or black.

I think they should do a blue away strip, aye Paul?lol
 
I would not be averse to a blue away/alternate kit

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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Jag wrote:
scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something

 
Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and away?
 
Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys around - love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
Exactly, they wear this against Hibs who were 13 years ahead of them in wearing the green and white.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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Looks like a Socceroos shirt. McDonald must feel at home in it.

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el grapadura wrote:
scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something


 

Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and away?

 

Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys around - love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?

 

 


Aaarrghh. We went over all this some 10 pages back. We will not have an away strip, but an alternate one. Meaning we only wear it if there's a clash when we're away, otherwise it's the stripes all the way.

And the alternate will not be white. Or so I'm led to believe.
 
Aaarrghh!!! Sorry. Didn't intend to go over old ground. Should have started from page one. 
 
What's the punishment around here for being lazy?
 
scribbler2009-02-06 12:25:25
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Laziness reigns on this forum, so you're safe.
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el grapadura wrote:
scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something


 

Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and away?

 

Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys around - love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?

 

 


Aaarrghh. We went over all this some 10 pages back. We will not have an away strip, but an alternate one. Meaning we only wear it if there's a clash when we're away, otherwise it's the stripes all the way.

And the alternate will not be white. Or so I'm led to believe.
 
Where I come from, that's what an 'away' strip is?
 
Have Phoenix worn the white in all away games this season? I can't believe I haven't noticed, but now I think about it, they probably have!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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We will need an alternate as Central Coast will have yellow stripes next season too. Wonder if it will be silver similar to the Hurricanes....
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Steve-O wrote:
Have Phoenix worn the white in all away games this season? I can't believe I haven't noticed, but now I think about it, they probably have!


All away games every season, with about 4 exceptions in four seasons the swayu team has always worn white, it was the rules (someone with an NBA fixation if you ask me) but this rule is being changed for next season.

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and now Rugby embraces it.....sheer stupidity.
Imagine that happening in the UK.... Liverpool, Man U, Newcastle playing in their change kit for half the season!
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In the NBA, they wear their colours on the road. (The Lakers used wear yellow at home and purple/blue away and were the only team not to have white for years)

It comes from the NFL because aeons ago, they seemed to think that their players look bigger in white. Home teams used to have the first choice of what colour to wear and based on above, they wore white. It became the norm and thus in American sports leagues they wear white at home.

I personally think that when you travel, you wear all white. Stops any confusion and at home, you have the luxury of knowing you are the only team in parochial colours.
Agent 472009-02-07 02:13:14
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Can't agree... playing in another strip if there's no clash is just stupidity.

And if you want to know who's home and who's away, look at the scoreboard.
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scribbler wrote:
el grapadura wrote:
scribbler wrote:
Greek-Boi wrote:

Does any one know about the away strip i think we should go with somethng different like a red kit or something


 

Do we even need an away strip? Unless there's a clash, why not one strip for home and away?

 

Do clubs like Celtic or Newcastle (two of the most distinctive jerseys around - love 'em or hate 'em) ever play in anything else?

 

 


Aaarrghh. We went over all this some 10 pages back. We will not have an away strip, but an alternate one. Meaning we only wear it if there's a clash when we're away, otherwise it's the stripes all the way.

And the alternate will not be white. Or so I'm led to believe.
 
Aaarrghh!!! Sorry. Didn't intend to go over old ground. Should have started from page one. 
 
What's the punishment around here for being lazy?
 


Promotion.

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The Roar v Mariners match last night had both teams in their home jerseys, have the FFA dropped their stupid 'white away shirts' rule already??

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shabba121 wrote:

The Roar v Mariners match last night had both teams in their home jerseys, have the FFA dropped their stupid 'white away shirts' rule already??

Nope, normal for finals if they don't conflict for both teams to wear home.
 
You'll only see the white strip again should QLD play ADL (fairly likely?) in the prelim final before the GF.
 
Personally I don't see the problem with white = away.
 
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Agent 47 wrote:




In the NBA, they wear their colours on the road. (The Lakers used wear yellow at home and purple/blue away and were the only team not to have white for years)It comes from the NFL because aeons ago, they seemed to think that their players look bigger in white. Home teams used to have the first choice of what colour to wear and based on above, they wore white. It became the norm and thus in American sports leagues they wear white at home.I personally think that when you travel, you wear all white. Stops any confusion and at home, you have the luxury of knowing you are the only team in parochial colours.


It's actually opposite in the NFL - colours at home, white away.
Although sometimes early in the season home teams choose to wear white at home to force the opposition to wear their dark colours in warm/hot conditions.
And the Cowboys wear white at home at times as I guess it's their most recognisable strip.
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You know, it never really occured to me that every team we played at home was wearing white! I can't believe I haven't noticed this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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They only employ the "away" strips in big clubs to make money, most clubs in the champions league even have a 3rd kit
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