Good post. We have the Dreamtime Game to celebrate indigenous culture. Essendon’s jumper shouldn’t become someone’s ‘plaything’. I didn’t particularly like the one off seatbelt guernsey, to me it set a concerning precedent the jumper can be changed with the stroke of a pen (receipt of $$).
The clash jumper should be separate and unrelated to the themed rounds / celebration rounds.
Overdramatic much.
What’s wrong with wearing an indigenous jumper for away games or earning a few bucks for a small change in the jumper.
Some people will just ■■■■■ and moan about anything the club does or doesn’t do.
You can tell when something is brought up like this who the usual suspects will be to respond and what they will say.
All that matters is winning games and having a go at the club about that is warranted until we become successful.
Because I’m a traditionalist with respect to our guernsey. I don’t like it being changed as a rule. Although for things like indigenous round, ANZAC Day I’m aligned. Outside of that, I’m against it in principle. And if we have to have a clash strip, it needs to retain as much dna as possible. Red sash being most important.
To me, winning games isn’t all that matters. Our history and tradition to me is sacrosanct. Just my view.
It was legit still a red sash on a black jumper.
Maybe, what, 10% of that sash was a bit different.
Probably got paid to support a good cause. Win-win.
It looked ■■■■. We’ve worn that jumper twice. And both times:
Burn that ■■■■■■■ jumper and ensure it’s never seen AGAIN!
I don’t disagree, but reality says we have to have a clash guernsey. Most of ours throughout the years have at least had some link to something identifiable as ‘Essendon’, which is good. Last years was probably my least favourite, glad there is more black next year.
You know it’s the second time we’ve had a “one off” seatbelt guernsey, yeah?
In recent years the jumper has been turned grey, turned into a piece of wheat, turned into a seatbelt and had fake collars attached to it.
Giving the clash jumper some meaning with an indigenous design is not the thing that turns the Essendon jumper into someone’s plaything.
In five, 10 or 15 years clubs will wear regularly wear jumpers with indigenous designs. Instead of being a leader we’ll be a follower.
I bitched and moaned massively when we first started wearing a clash jumper. Didn’t think they’re necessary and probably still don’t.
But we have to have a clash jumper and the current one sucks. An inverse sash is not much better. Give it meaning, relevance and a story with an indigenous design.
I agree. Although Collingwood have been able to maintain a clash strip that basically isn’t and get away with it. I think the Marketing gurus are all for clash strips to allow them to keep turning them over to generate revenue.
PS: If we had a strong, strategic and diverse business we would be less reliant on winning games and needing to actually rely on gimmicky clash strips that usual detract from the Clubs brand, tradition and look s…t tbh.
Yep that’s true. I didn’t like it much.
I see it differently, sorry.
And we’ve been thrashed by Collingwood both times. Can we stop wearing it
Look at dat droop!
Surely people can’t find anything to complain about now with this jumper?
I dunno, that sash looks a bit too straight…
You’re new here aren’t you?
At first glance, that red looks a slightly different shade to the logo and other Essendon reds.
But I’ll attribute that to the photo being taken and the lighting.
No MS paint filled logo boxes, no red piping = best we’ve had since ISC, IMO.
Nothing that a bit of duct tape over the AwFuL logo won’t fix.
