MarcusX Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Why do we continue to wear the black shirt away at games such as Leicester and Cardiff? We wore red at cardiff in the famous Murray show. the colours don't clash at all. We have lost just twice in Red away from home, and that was WBA and QPR, why don't we wear it more often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fka dagest Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Probably some contractual/sales related gubbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Apparently the players prefer the black as it is lucky, we didn't lose for some considerable time whilst wearing it, therefore they requested we wear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Apparently the players prefer the black as it is lucky, we didn't lose for some considerable time whilst wearing it, therefore they requested we wear it. Fair enough, i mean looking at it weve lost 3 in 12 games wearing black, and won most of them, but just seems a bit odd. Especially as at the start of the season we all thought the black would be a bad omen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingswood red Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Apparently the players prefer the black as it is lucky, we didn't lose for some considerable time whilst wearing it, therefore they requested we wear it. I firmly believe we should always wear our colours away from home unless we are forced to change through a colour clash. Black is not and never has been our colour. I often wonder about players picking out other players quickly when they must be, at times, hard to see. A couple of teams at the gate this season wore a sort of luminous yellow which made them stand out. Yesterday at cardiff, surely, at times under pressure, passes went astray because players couldn't pick out other players quickly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMissVicky Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I firmly believe we should always wear our colours away from home unless we are forced to change through a colour clash. Black is not and never has been our colour. I often wonder about players picking out other players quickly when they must be, at times, hard to see. A couple of teams at the gate this season wore a sort of luminous yellow which made them stand out. Yesterday at cardiff, surely, at times under pressure, passes went astray because players couldn't pick out other players quickly enough. Also the colour RED as been Scientifically proved to be a lucky apparently...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I firmly believe we should always wear our colours away from home unless we are forced to change through a colour clash. Black is not and never has been our colour. I often wonder about players picking out other players quickly when they must be, at times, hard to see. A couple of teams at the gate this season wore a sort of luminous yellow which made them stand out. Yesterday at cardiff, surely, at times under pressure, passes went astray because players couldn't pick out other players quickly enough. This is my thought, maybe at a night game the lights make it easier to notice the black? But it definately must be harder like you say when trying to pick out a quick pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boadle Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Also the colour RED as been Scientifically proved to be a lucky apparently...... Two words Carl Sagan doesn't like to use in the same sentence. However, you are correct Vicky, that statistically teams wearing red tend to do better than teams wearing other colours. In the animal world, red is thought to be related to fitness, aggression and high levels of testosterone. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4559071.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Two words Carl Sagan doesn't like to use in the same sentence. However, you are correct Vicky, that statistically teams wearing red tend to do better than teams wearing other colours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4559071.stm He don't now, he's been dead for ten years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claverham_Red Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Yeah, surprised we didn't wear red also. I remember back in the Danny Wilson days, City didn't enjoy wearing the black shirt so used the previous years' yellow shirt - the Barnsley match I seem to recall, in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double-trouble Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I firmly believe we should always wear our colours away from home unless we are forced to change through a colour clash. Black is not and never has been our colour. I often wonder about players picking out other players quickly when they must be, at times, hard to see. A couple of teams at the gate this season wore a sort of luminous yellow which made them stand out. Yesterday at cardiff, surely, at times under pressure, passes went astray because players couldn't pick out other players quickly enough. Discussed this somewhere before and never thought black was the ideal colour . Picking out players in a quick pace game must be difficult at times . Should have played in red yesterday , would have added to the passion and pride . They are our colours after all . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaxbourton Red Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Yeah, surprised we didn't wear red also. I remember back in the Danny Wilson days, City didn't enjoy wearing the black shirt so used the previous years' yellow shirt - the Barnsley match I seem to recall, in particular. i'd like to see us return to yellow and green for the away strip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Had a PM from someone in the know, it was so LT didn't look so fat to the scum support. Eleven and a half stone, fat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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