Why Did We Play In Black?

[Cardy]

We never really play well in black & I don’t see any reason why we would have to tonight. Why would we not choose to play in red whenever possible?

From a purely personal point I find a game much easier to watch when the colours of the two teams are more contrasting than they were tonight.

[Finley_Smith10]

It’s our away kit 

[Cardy]

Just now, Finley_Smith10 said:

It’s our away kit 

Yeah but we only have to wear it when the home team play in Red. Infact we could also choose to play in Yelliow rather than a Black if we wanted to.

[Charlie BCFC]

This should answer your question 

 

[Silvio Dante]

You know, I think you’re onto something. I had that failure to win due to Birmingham sitting deep and letting us have the ball when we’re better as a counter attacking team, and Anis missing two headers which should have gone in. But now I see that it’s because we wore black. And after being gubbed 3-0 wearing Red at St Andrews last season, I can’t see any holes in your logic.

Kudos sir, kudos. 

[joe jordans teeth]

2 minutes ago, Charlie BCFC said:

This should answer your question 

 

Blimey I knew money was tight but I honestly never knew they only had 50 red home shirts for players 

[Malago]

We looked like a team of undertakers.

[joe jordans teeth]

13 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

You know, I think you’re onto something. I had that failure to win due to Birmingham sitting deep and letting us have the ball when we’re better as a counter attacking team, and Anis missing two headers which should have gone in. But now I see that it’s because we wore black. And after being gubbed 3-0 wearing Red at St Andrews last season, I can’t see any holes in your logic.

Kudos sir, kudos. 

Read it again what he said and I think you will know you got the end wrong stick the of

Edited December 29, 2023 by joe jordans teeth

[Midlands Robin]

Hasn't it got something to do with the splatted Robin on the yellow shirts causing chidren to need counselling?

[spudski]

21 minutes ago, Charlie BCFC said:

This should answer your question 

 

And there was me thinking the lads got a new shirt/kit every game?

Surely we don't wash and recycle all our match worn kits? 

[Cardy]

21 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

You know, I think you’re onto something. I had that failure to win due to Birmingham sitting deep and letting us have the ball when we’re better as a counter attacking team, and Anis missing two headers which should have gone in. But now I see that it’s because we wore black. And after being gubbed 3-0 wearing Red at St Andrews last season, I can’t see any holes in your logic.

Kudos sir, kudos. 

It’s got nothing to do with winning or losing but ofcourse you know that and are just trying to stroke your own ego. What a hero.

[DaveF]

34 minutes ago, Cardy said:

We never really play well in black & I don’t see any reason why we would have to tonight. Why would we not choose to play in red whenever possible?

From a purely personal point I find a game much easier to watch when the colours of the two teams are more contrasting than they were tonight.

It's slimming after one too many mince pies.

[Cardy]

26 minutes ago, Charlie BCFC said:

This should answer your question 

 

So it was easier to play in black?!? That’s a shocking reason really.

[Lrrr]

5 minutes ago, spudski said:

And there was me thinking the lads got a new shirt/kit every game?

Surely we don't wash and recycle all our match worn kits? 

Pretty much as near enough all teams do. Players usually get about 6 shirts before they have to start paying for replacements if they want to give more away. 

[Silvio Dante]

1 minute ago, Cardy said:

It’s got nothing to do with winning or losing but ofcourse you know that and are just trying to stroke your own ego. What a hero.

Your first line: We never really play well in black

If you wanted to know why we didn’t wear red all you had to do was ask, but your first line gave exactly what you meant which was intrinsically linked to performance.. Don’t get your arse in your hand when you get pulled up on it!

[pongo88]

Teams play in their away kit on a regular basis when there is no colour clash. It’s due to one thing - money. Clubs want to sell as many away shirts as possible and the more they are worn the more they sell 

[spudski]

1 minute ago, Lrrr said:

Pretty much as near enough all teams do. Players usually get about 6 shirts before they have to start paying for replacements if they want to give more away. 

I thought that was the case years ago...not now.

Seems ridiculous as they are cheap as chips from the supplier. 

[Chrizzler]

Have to say I found it difficult to pick out our players at times because they blended into the background. Maybe it explains why our passing was poor. 

[Rossi the Robin]

Small percentages can make the difference- surely playing in a brighter colour is an advantage when trying to pick out a pass etc 

As soon as I saw we were in black, had a feeling we’d be slightly off it 

[Silvio Dante]

1 minute ago, spudski said:

I thought that was the case years ago...not now.

Seems ridiculous as they are cheap as chips from the supplier. 

Have you seen our kit supply issues over the last two seasons

[Betty Swallocks]

9 minutes ago, Cardy said:

So it was easier to play in black?!? That’s a shocking reason really.

He means it’s easier, logistically, for them to have worn black tonight so the red shirts can have the new sponsors badge added to them in time for Mondays game.

[joe jordans teeth]

11 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

Teams play in their away kit on a regular basis when there is no colour clash. It’s due to one thing - money. Clubs want to sell as many away shirts as possible and the more they are worn the more they sell 

Of course it is,let’s not believe the Murray line of we couldn’t have time between games,this isn’t the 1920s when you had to wash clothes with hand soap 

[downendcity]

27 minutes ago, spudski said:

And there was me thinking the lads got a new shirt/kit every game?

Surely we don't wash and recycle all our match worn kits? 

What else does Scotty do? 

[MarcusX]

53 minutes ago, Cardy said:

We never really play well in black & I don’t see any reason why we would have to tonight. Why would we not choose to play in red whenever possible?

From a purely personal point I find a game much easier to watch when the colours of the two teams are more contrasting than they were tonight.

What makes you think we “never play well in black”?

I’m sure it’s a myth about black kits being any harder to pick out, otherwise in a game of such fine margins no team would ever use them?

 

 

[formerly known as ivan]

Am I right in think by that for a club to sell an away/third shirt it has to be played in a certain number of times throughout the season?

[Bazooka Joe]

52 minutes ago, Malago said:

We looked like a team of undertakers.

That’s a pretty grave statement.

Mind you, it does make me wonder why Bury didn’t play in black.

[luke_bristol]

We hoped to summon the spirit of Noble and arrow one into the top corner in the last minute. Instead we had Cam Pring 

[W-S-M Seagull]

34 minutes ago, Rossi the Robin said:

Small percentages can make the difference- surely playing in a brighter colour is an advantage when trying to pick out a pass etc 

As soon as I saw we were in black, had a feeling we’d be slightly off it 

I think when playing in quite a dark stadium like St Andrews is then it's probably preferable to play in a brighter colour imo. 

In the winter for a night game most of the crowd are wearing dark coloured coats/jackets so playing in a dark colour isn't ideal. 

[Robbored]

1 hour ago, Finley_Smith10 said:

It’s our away kit 

It’s one of our away kits.

Whenever a club play us at AG they always wear one of their away kits even if their home doesn’t clash worth ours.

[joe jordans teeth]

10 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I think when playing in quite a dark stadium like St Andrews is then it's probably preferable to play in a brighter colour imo. 

In the winter for a night game most of the crowd are wearing dark coloured coats/jackets so playing in a dark colour isn't ideal. 

Are you taking the mick now,if your eyesight is that bad that you can’t pass because the crowd are wearing dark colours then I bloody hope these players don’t drive a car in the dark