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TG-Chrono posted:Yep! 9:30-10am Monday. Great Northern in Carlton.
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WE CAN'T PUT NAMES ON JUMPERS BECAUSE AMERICA 
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Jan 31, 2014 00:42
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Dammit, if they put names on them I'm going to have to buy a new jersey >.<
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Jan 31, 2014 01:06
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We don't need names on jumpers. We have numbers. Don't see why we need both.
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Jan 31, 2014 01:47
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pkid posted:We don't need numbers on jumpers. We'll have names. Don't see why we need both.
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TG-Chrono posted:Supercoach is now open, join the Goon Cash Splash code: 278680 Joined as Hot Dog. I think I was runner-up last year with my team Balls Deep & won the minor league the year before. Hoping to improve again this year and win it all!
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Jan 31, 2014 02:03
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Because big numbers can be seen from a distance, making it easy to pick who the player is, but little lovely letters can't? Giansiracusa. Schoenmakers. Polkinghorne. Roberts-Thompson. It is going to look silly just like the long names in other sports look silly. Adds nothing, looks stupid.
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Jan 31, 2014 02:53
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realbez posted:Because big numbers can be seen from a distance, making it easy to pick who the player is, but little lovely letters can't? Giansiracusa. Schoenmakers. Polkinghorne. Roberts-Thompson. It is going to look silly just like the long names in other sports look silly. Adds nothing, looks stupid. So your response to casual fans who go to a game and want to know who is who is you should have spent hours studying the prospectus to learn everyones number by rote? The fact that you are claiming it adds nothing proves that you are being a deliberate fuckwit about it rather than attempting to engage in any sort of discussion. It is a great thing for casual fans(or people who can't be hosed learning the opposition teams numbers) and having numbers + names doesn't affect anyone other than people whining about the americanization of sport
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Jan 31, 2014 02:58
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If the name goes under the number there'll be room for it.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:08
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Everybody always brings up the long name thing. There aren't THAT many players with crazy long names. Yes, those few players will have a smaller typeface that will be a little harder to read, but 95% of players will be fine. It's not a big deal.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:13
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Gough Suppressant posted:The fact that you are claiming it adds nothing proves that you are being a deliberate fuckwit about it rather than attempting to engage in any sort of discussion. Jesus Christ the people you know must have to exercise incredible patience not to smack you sometimes. Your inability to have a normal discussion is sometimes astounding. We are discussing a matter of opinion, not climate change. I don't think casual fans suffer much from having to listen to the commentary to pick who a player is. Or if they are at the game they can look up on their phone or the record who a number corresponds too. Or maybe *shock scary social interaction* leaning over to the guy next to them at the game, who is probably their mate who dragged them there in the first place, and ask them who that is. You won't be able to read the names at the game anyway, so really it is only an issue on the TV where Bruce is happily telling you their names over and over again. And it doesn't take hours of studying the loving prospectus to learn that number 5 for Hawthorn is Luke Hodge, but sure you can exaggerate to that degree if you want. edit: also nobody is saying it is a big deal. The tendency on the internet is to assume that anyone expressing an opposing opinion thinks it is a HUGE loving DEAL AND NEEDS TO BE SHOUTED DOWN. But really most people probably don't care and just think it will look silly. "It is not a big deal" is not a valid argument for the change. realbez fucked around with this message at 03:16 on Jan 31, 2014 |
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Jan 31, 2014 03:13
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Also even with names that aren't completely legible at a distance, you should be able to make out enough of them to recognize who it is anyway.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:14
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If you can recognise who it is anyway, you know who it is anyway 
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Jan 31, 2014 03:16
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realbez posted:Jesus Christ the people you know must have to exercise incredible patience not to smack you sometimes. You're inability to have a normal discussion is sometimes astounding. We are discussing a matter of opinion, not climate change. My bad, didn't realise Luke Hodge was the only player for Hawthorn. Don't know why they even bother with numbers if there's only one player a side, pretty superfluous.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:16
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realbez posted:If you can recognise who it is anyway, you know who it is anyway make out enough of the name. You can make out a shape of a word and go "oh, that's that guy with the long rear end name with too many G's in it" or whatever even if you can't read the whole thing letter for letter.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:17
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Yeah that sure showed me
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Jan 31, 2014 03:17
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This is stupid, all I said was it will look dumb. And it loving will. oval office.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:19
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realbez posted:Yeah that sure showed me You say you don't need any sort of effort to know what number people are, and to back it up you use as an example the current reigning premiership captain.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:21
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Jan 31, 2014 03:22
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My real issue is that it gets kids invested in players as much as teams, at a time when players are as mobile (contractually) as they've ever been.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:22
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realbez posted:This is stupid, all I said was it will look dumb. And it loving will. oval office. 
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Jan 31, 2014 03:23
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I know you like to deliberately not read the rest of posts and focus on one example sentence. It also doesn't take much effort to learn that 35 for Melbourne is Tapscott, or that 33 for West Coast is Hill. If you even give a poo poo, which you probably wouldn't unless they were a superstar or part of the team you are supporting.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:24
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Sponsors logos on the back are worse and yet here we are.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:24
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realbez posted:I know you like to deliberately not read the rest of posts and focus on one example sentence. It also doesn't take much effort to learn that 35 for Melbourne is Tapscott, or that 33 for West Coast is Hill. If you even give a poo poo, which you probably wouldn't unless they were a superstar or part of the team you are supporting. I apologise for responding to the words you wrote instead of the words you didn't write.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:26
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If you showed me 10 random players from teams that are not the Giants or Carlton (from a mid range angle), I feel I'd be hard pressed to name more than half. And doubly so for first or second year players. I think it is a chance for that mid tier player to be recognised more. I reckon that for non aligned fans and newcomers, names on guernseys are a good way to get people attached to players. People naturally associate with names more readily than numbers. Also, if the AFL has aspirations of expanding its global audience, it will have to accept some measure of accepted global sporting standard such as names on backs. I know it feels like some kind of cultural betrayal, like the last game at Princes Park, but ultimately I'm for it.
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realbez posted:I know you like to deliberately not read the rest of posts and focus on one example sentence. It also doesn't take much effort to learn that 35 for Melbourne is Tapscott, or that 33 for West Coast is Hill. If you even give a poo poo, which you probably wouldn't unless they were a superstar or part of the team you are supporting. Or we could just have names on the jumpers and save having everybody try to memorize the numbers of 800 or so players, or miss play because they are too busy looking through their footy record to see who just did something.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:27
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I just realised there's going to be a guy running around on TV this year with "SIDEBOTTOM" written on his shirt and now I'm ok with it
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Jan 31, 2014 03:29
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Honestly, ask American sports fans about the feelings they have about sponsors logos on uniforms and they'll wonder why we NASCARify the gently caress out of ours. (The NRL ones are the worst for that but still.) This is despite American sports being commercialised to an even greater degree. Names on jumpers are small beer, to be quite honest.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:29
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I can understand people not giving a poo poo about names on the back, but to actively oppose it, I don't get it. It breaks from tradition; so what? It's not like Aussie Rules' defining feature is not having player names. Sometimes it's good to break from tradition when tradition is antiquated. Kind of like I hope we break from tradition and broadcast FTA full HD some time. I know America does that too, so I hope people don't have a big problem with it! Yeah I can whip out my phone and check a player's number that I don't know, but maybe I'm sitting on lvl 1 and a player runs by and I can clearly see the name printed too, which saves me fishing my phone out and missing something. It's not that big a deal. Agreed with Gough too, yes I know who Luke Hodge is, but I'm sure there are half a dozen fringe Hawthorn players I'd not instantly recognise.
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i got real big opinions re: players wearing boots that dont match the colours of their jumpers and i will take anyone on to the death about it
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Jan 31, 2014 03:34
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Fluro green boots go nicely with the bile Melbourne serve up on the field though
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Jan 31, 2014 03:35
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Stumbletron posted:SIDEBOTTOM The Job Creators posted:Goldsack Oh poo poo, I've got guernseys to buy. Could have been even more if it weren't for Brad Dick's shoulder.
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gay picnic defence posted:Fluro green boots go nicely with the bile Melbourne serve up on the field though I would have gone a nice yellow streak down the back personally.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:38
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'Fantasia' would be pretty boss, I hope he turns out to be good.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:39
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My main concern is that they use a font that doesn't suck. If it's Impact or Machine I won't be too happy.
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gay picnic defence posted:Fluro green boots go nicely with the bile Melbourne serve up on the field though jesus christ youre a oval office you know nothing about football augh these people in this thread i cant stand it!!
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The Deadly Hume posted:My main concern is that they use a font that doesn't suck. If it's Impact or Machine I won't be too happy. Maybe if it's Windings a few of the opponents of it will be a bit happier. snaeksikn posted:jesus christ youre a oval office you know nothing about football augh these people in this thread i cant stand it!! rude
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Jan 31, 2014 03:41
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although black boots tend to annoy me despite being a neutral colour, they always make the players look like they have tiny little feet
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The Deadly Hume posted:My main concern is that they use a font that doesn't suck. If it's Impact or Machine I won't be too happy. comic sans would be p awesome
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