: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:32 pm  

26boots wrote:

"I just think it’s a genuine shame when they switch to meaningless nondescript change colours for no good reason other than to plug these replicas to their own travelling support."

not so... I think you'll find that the RFL list what colours each team is playing each week and match the ref and his team's colours against them.
The refs team were clearly in white.
This is normal practice for all prof league football/rugby

That's correct, the RFL do that, and have managed to stuff it up many times this season already. In my own experience alone:
- Hull KR wore dark grey shirts/shorts/socks away to Celtic, who play in black shirts/shorts/socks
- Rovers wore the same strip away to Hull, who also predominantly play in black.
- Quins turned up for the away match at Rovers in the as-stipulated-by-the-RFL mainly white away kit, to play a KR team whose home kit is also mainly white. Rovers agreed to wear their own away kit (at home!) at the last minute because it was on telly and would have been even more of a joke than usual... but then because the Refs had brought an orange kit (not expecting Rovers to be in grey and orange) you even saw Dobson pass the ball to the ref at one point, eventually leading to a Quins try.

The relevant department really needs to get their act in order on this one, it is amateurish.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:28 pm  

Hull Kingston Bronco wrote:

That's correct, the RFL do that, and have managed to stuff it up many times this season already. In my own experience alone:
- Hull KR wore dark grey shirts/shorts/socks away to Celtic, who play in black shirts/shorts/socks
- Rovers wore the same strip away to Hull, who also predominantly play in black.
- Quins turned up for the away match at Rovers in the as-stipulated-by-the-RFL mainly white away kit, to play a KR team whose home kit is also mainly white. Rovers agreed to wear their own away kit (at home!) at the last minute because it was on telly and would have been even more of a joke than usual... but then because the Refs had brought an orange kit (not expecting Rovers to be in grey and orange) you even saw Dobson pass the ball to the ref at one point, eventually leading to a Quins try.

The relevant department really needs to get their act in order on this one, it is amateurish.

This is just too daft for words. The RFL obviously hasn't learned from that farcical televised match between Hull and Bradford a year or two ago, when both teams wore black & white kits.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:05 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Add that to the list of why people dont go to the Stoop- kits not fashionable enough, numbers in the wrong font and green and black colour clashes- Action please CEO-We will get the perfect day- I can see it coming

I don't suppose that there's any possibility of you giving a straightforward answer to a question is there?

Re: Colour clash yesterday. : Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:10 pm  

26boots wrote:

And there was me thinking that the South End was now a building site and not being used for spectators. Easy to be confused at Quins

As you're apparently unable to understand, I'll try to make it a bit clearer for you: "I sit at the south end of the East Stand." That OK for you? Now how about answering the question?

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:41 pm  

I don't suppose that there's any possibility of you giving a straightforward answer to a question is there?

If the question is-Was there a colour clash between green tops and black tops with 4 other colours on the front other than green, on a sunny day in Jul the answer for me is No.

At no time could I not distinguish between Quins players, Saints players and the referee or his assistants.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:53 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

If the question is-Was there a colour clash between green tops and black tops with 4 other colours on the front other than green, on a sunny day in Jul the answer for me is No.

At no time could I not distinguish between Quins players, Saints players and the referee or his assistants.

Fine. Then the problem is mainly mine, though some others on here have commented that more easily distinguishable kits could easily be achieved.

Even I could pick out the match officials OK.

As it happens, I'm seeing my optician next week. Maybe I could ask for the game to be replayed when I have my new specs.?

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:24 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

If the question is-Was there a colour clash between green tops and black tops with 4 other colours on the front other than green, on a sunny day in Jul the answer for me is No.

At no time could I not distinguish between Quins players, Saints players and the referee or his assistants.

Oh FFS. From the back both teams were playing in all black. From the front they were both playing in mainly black. The alternative was to have Saints in predominantly white. What part of that different idea seems worse to you exactly? It is unprofessional, end of.

In the Premier League, they even ask teams to make minor kit changes so that the shorts and socks of the opposing teams are contrasting light/dark. In the NFL one team must play in a dark shirt, and the other in white. Those are the two most successful professional sports leagues on the planet, my gut tells me they know what they're doing...

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:44 am  

wire-quin wrote:

Add that to the list of why people dont go to the Stoop- kits not fashionable enough, numbers in the wrong font and green and black colour clashes- Action please CEO-We will get the perfect day- I can see it coming

there fans supporting two teams probably doesn't help

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:06 am  

stantheman wrote:

I think you will find the responsibility is with the home team.

Actually, the teams have to follow the kit directives given by the RFL, and the match referee makes the final decision on whether kits clash or not in accordance with the Operational rules.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:57 am  

Oh FFS. From the back both teams were playing in all black

Were they- I must have been at a different match. Unless you count shadows from the stands