Just watching Oxford v Arsenal

[Redtucks]

Who on earth thought it was a good idea to have white numbers on the white Arsenal shirts????

They may even have names on their shirts and white numbers on their white shorts as well, but who knows!!!

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by Redtucks

[RedLionLad]

8 minutes ago, Redtucks said:

Who on earth thought it was a good idea to have white numbers on the white Arsenal shirts????

They may even have names on their shirts and white numbers on their white shorts as well, but who knows!!!

 

It's for a very good charity 

[RedLionLad]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12780430/arsenal-and-adidas-launch-second-phase-of-no-more-red-campaign-with-mens-team-to-wear-all-white-kit-in-fa-cup-third-round

[Redtucks]

2 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

It's for a very good charity 

Is their name on there as well then???

[Redtucks]

2 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12780430/arsenal-and-adidas-launch-second-phase-of-no-more-red-campaign-with-mens-team-to-wear-all-white-kit-in-fa-cup-third-round

All white is fair enough, but surely that shouldn't include white numbers!

The object of numbers is to identify the players. If you're going to have them the same colour, why bother at all???

 

 

[sh1t_ref_again]

Forgot Matty Taylor was playing for them until started watching, with Sam Boldock in the stands as injured

[Super]

Taylor has been keeping the lino busy.

[RedLionLad]

Just now, Redtucks said:

All white is fair enough, but surely that shouldn't include white numbers!

The object of numbers is to identify the players. If you're going to have them the same colour, why bother at all???

 

 

Yeah, the numbers could have black or any other dark colour 

7 minutes ago, Redtucks said:

Is their name on there as well then???

No

[Redtucks]

10 minutes ago, Redtucks said:

Is their name on there as well then???

 

3 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

No

How do you know?

It might be in white as well!!!

 

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Oxford's kit looks more like Arsenal than Arsenal's does! 

[chinapig]

9 minutes ago, Redtucks said:

The object of numbers is to identify the players. If you're going to have them the same colour, why bother at all???

Perhaps because it gets people asking why which leads to an explanation and publicity for the charity that it might not otherwise get?

If the numbers had been black for instance you would likely not have heard of the charity.

[elhombrecito]

It's to raise awareness for charity, and it has clearly worked as I, and by the sounds of it quite a few others on here, googled it to find out what it was all about. 

I think I can deal with the very minor irritation of not being able to easily identify players for one game in order for a charity to benefit.

[Selred]

9 minutes ago, TomF said:

Nketiah starting to show some quality he was hyped to have 

Was poor in first half

[Redtucks]

11 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Perhaps because it gets people asking why which leads to an explanation and publicity for the charity that it might not otherwise get?

If the numbers had been black for instance you would likely not have heard of the charity.

I still haven't heard of the charity even with white numbers!!!

 

[chinapig]

12 minutes ago, Redtucks said:

I still haven't heard of the charity even with white numbers!!!

 

Try reading the link @RedLionLadposted above if you're interested.

[Harry]

3 goals and multiple subs and the ref added 2 minutes! 
I’m quite sad, so I rewound and timed the stoppages. 
For just the goals and the subs, there were 8 minutes 20 seconds lost. 
And he added 2 minutes

Please can we go back to how the added time worked in the World Cup. Much better. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

1 hour ago, RedLionLad said:

It's for a very good charity 

 

1 hour ago, chinapig said:

Perhaps because it gets people asking why which leads to an explanation and publicity for the charity that it might not otherwise get?

If the numbers had been black for instance you would likely not have heard of the charity.

 

1 hour ago, elhombrecito said:

It's to raise awareness for charity, and it has clearly worked as I, and by the sounds of it quite a few others on here, googled it to find out what it was all about. 

I think I can deal with the very minor irritation of not being able to easily identify players for one game in order for a charity to benefit.

Please believe me, when I say this is a genuine, serious response.

When I first read that the reason for wearing white shirts and numbers was for a charity, I obviously looked it up to establish which charity.

When I read ‘No More Red’, I thought immediately of the recent discussions about women having to wear all white, including underwear, when competing at Wimbledon, regardless of whether they were on their menstrual cycle, and thought what a good idea.

I then read the article itself, and thought again, what a good, indeed excellent, idea.

[glynriley]

10 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

 

 

Please believe me, when I say this is a genuine, serious response.

When I first read that the reason for wearing white shirts and numbers was for a charity, I obviously looked it up to establish which charity.

When I read ‘No More Red’, I thought immediately of the recent discussions about women having to wear all white, including underwear, when competing at Wimbledon, regardless of whether they were on their menstrual cycle, and thought what a good idea.

I then read the article itself, and thought again, what a good, indeed excellent, idea.

I once asked a girl home who said no, because she was on her menstrual cycle. I said don’t worry I’m on my Raleigh…

[RedLionLad]

2 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Oxford's kit looks more like Arsenal than Arsenal's does! 

…and White was in White on the bench.

[Peter1450]

9 hours ago, Selred said:

Was poor in first half

Would fit in perfectly with our lads……