Gaa jerseys 2014

Realt Dearg Sec

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Jesus people are so obsessed with Kilkenny and attempts to take from what they have achieved that ye've somehow managed to infect a thread about jerseys with your sad preoccupation. Would ye ever give it a ****ing rest?

I wouldn't say the thread is littered with Anti Kilkenny-ism now tbf. Its all banter so dont be getting so hot and bothered. Ye are well able to dish it out in the Marble county so take the little every now and again

Connorzee

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Jesus people are so obsessed with Kilkenny and attempts to take from what they have achieved that ye've somehow managed to infect a thread about jerseys with your sad preoccupation. Would ye ever give it a ****ing rest?

Ah dont be so sensitive, sweetheart.

Realt Dearg Sec

Connorzee wrote: »

Ah dont be so sensitive, sweetheart.

We were bet today, give us a break!

Realt Dearg Sec

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

We were bet today, give us a break!

Awwwww.
All together now... Soft Kitty, Warm kitty..little ball of fur, happy kitty, sleepy kitty purr purr purr.

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Realt Dearg Sec

Next week can't come fast enough...

Brian Shanahan

Deleted User wrote: »

Funny post but i tend to disagree with you there. That second sponsor is there for a reason. The counties of the GAA certainly wont allow to put it there for the goodness of their health although Carlow to be fair to them put a charity on the back of their shirt last year

Dacia are a wholly owned subsidary of Westmeath's main sponsor, Renault. Any time I've seen a team with a seperate sponsor on the reverse as opposed to the front it's because they got more money for selling seperate sponsorships, and any time I've seen the same sponsor (or family companies) front and back it because either the club couldn't sell the extra space or they received a take it or leave it offer*.

*Leaving aside the situation where competition rules preclude plastering every free space with sponsorship logos (e.g. UEFA competitions only allow a single sponsor on playing kit).

Realt Dearg Sec

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

Dacia are a wholly owned subsidary of Westmeath's main sponsor, Renault. Any time I've seen a team with a seperate sponsor on the reverse as opposed to the front it's because they got more money for selling seperate sponsorships, and any time I've seen the same sponsor (or family companies) front and back it because either the club couldn't sell the extra space or they received a take it or leave it offer*.

*Leaving aside the situation where competition rules preclude plastering every free space with sponsorship logos (e.g. UEFA competitions only allow a single sponsor on playing kit).

If it's that they couldn't get a second sponsor fair enough, but it's really unfair and not at all in the spirit of allowing a second sponsorship space on the jersey if the main sponsor can just insist that they get that as well. If it's impossible for a county to even try and get extra income from this new space, then there is no benefit, it only benefits the logo itself and not the county. I'd have a major problem with that. Would prefer if the rules were altered in the future to say that you can have a second sponsor ONLY if it's a different company, otherwise it is to be left blank. Then main sponsors wouldn't be allowed to force their hand like that for no real gain to the county board.

dirkmeister

Watching GAA 2014 at the moment, why were Antrim and Wexford allowed to wear those colours yesterday?

It's practically impossible to tell them apart.

dirkmeister

dirkmeister wrote: »

Watching GAA 2014 at the moment, why were Antrim and Wexford allowed to wear those colours yesterday?

It's practically impossible to tell them apart.

Ya just saw it myself.

I thought it was bad enough that Clare and Kilkenny are allowed to wear home colours but that took it to a new level... dark maroon against black.

Why hadn't Antrim access to a yellow strip if they were the home team, surely even if Wexford were at fault Antrim could have arranged something at home.

keane2097

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

If it's that they couldn't get a second sponsor fair enough, but it's really unfair and not at all in the spirit of allowing a second sponsorship space on the jersey if the main sponsor can just insist that they get that as well. If it's impossible for a county to even try and get extra income from this new space, then there is no benefit, it only benefits the logo itself and not the county. I'd have a major problem with that. Would prefer if the rules were altered in the future to say that you can have a second sponsor ONLY if it's a different company, otherwise it is to be left blank. Then main sponsors wouldn't be allowed to force their hand like that for no real gain to the county board.

Another way smaller counties are at a disadvantage to bigger counties with more bargaining power.

denishurley

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Ya just saw it myself.

I thought it was bad enough that Clare and Kilkenny are allowed to wear home colours but that took it to a new level... dark maroon against black.

Why hadn't Antrim access to a yellow strip if they were the home team, surely even if Wexford were at fault Antrim could have arranged something at home.

Totally Antrim's fault. They failed to realise that with Wexford's new jersey being purple there was no need to change. Given that they were the home team, I'm surprised there wasn't a set of saffron jerseys around the place.

CrabRevolution

Bad clash in Antrim-Wexford. In these cases I think both teams have to change, there may be fines for still wearing your normal kit. Antrim are a strange case as they have 2 change sets, white is the normal change colour for their hurlers and black for the footballers. They mustn't have had a white set handy so had to wear the black of the footballers.

denishurley

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Bad clash in Antrim-Wexford. In these cases I think both teams have to change, there may be fines for still wearing your normal kit. Antrim are a strange case as they have 2 change sets, white is the normal change colour for their hurlers and black for the footballers. They mustn't have had a white set handy so had to wear the black of the footballers.

Wexford were wearing their normal kit, their new first-choice jersey is purple with minimal gold

Realt Dearg Sec

keane2097 wrote: »

Another way smaller counties are at a disadvantage to bigger counties with more bargaining power.

In a sense, since they are usually in no real position to refuse a sponsor's request and have no real alternative. If having a different sponsor (or none at all) isn't mandatory then there's no benefit for smaller counties, which was the point of the new rule.

I notice, as it happens, that Dublin have the same sponsor on the back.

denishurley

denishurley wrote: »

Totally Antrim's fault. They failed to realise that with Wexford's new jersey being purple there was no need to change. Given that they were the home team, I'm surprised there wasn't a set of saffron jerseys around the place.

Perhaps the gaa didn't want to be upstaged by the other code over the Irish sea in Goodison park where Swansea decided to tip the cap to Wexford despite Everton also wearing a dark colour

Concannon7

The GAA have a poor history when it comes to jersey clashing. Cork vs Galway, Limerick vs Kerry, Clare vs Kilkenny are examples of this happening time and again. It looks unprofesional and doesn't happen in any other sport.

You would think counties would be delighted to get the opportunity to wear their away jersey as it would give them a chance to advertise it and increase sales in the away top.

In other sports the away team often wear their away kit even when there is no need just for the sake of wearing it.

angelfire9

Have to say there were a few times on Sunday when I struggled to figure who had the ball (Clare KK match)
Thought it might have been my eyesight

On a side note no sign of Clare getting a sponsor on the back?
We've never won anything with anyone else's name on our jerseys Pat O'Donnell is our lucky charm

The_Kew_Tour

Galway_mad_bhoy wrote: »

The GAA have a poor history when it comes to jersey clashing. Cork vs Galway, Limerick vs Kerry, Clare vs Kilkenny are examples of this happening time and again. It looks unprofesional and doesn't happen in any other sport.

You would think counties would be delighted to get the opportunity to wear their away jersey as it would give them a chance to advertise it and increase sales in the away top.

In other sports the away team often wear their away kit even when there is no need just for the sake of wearing it.

Limerick v Kerry is one of the worst. Remember watching couple of Munster finals when both were in it and it was hard to tell sometimes who had ball.

I remember years ago watching a Westmeath v Galway match with same colours. Was not much fun.

mooonpie

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I remember years ago watching a Westmeath v Galway match with same colours. Was not much fun.

At least that has been solved in more recent years wearing the green and white strips respectively.

As mentioned earlier, watching Westmeath/Galway v Cork is horrendous any time I've seen them on TV ... having said that it seems to have been less of an issue when I've attended games with the same clash. Maybe just my eyes though?

The_Kew_Tour

mooonpie wrote: »

At least that has been solved in more recent years wearing the green and white strips respectively.

As mentioned earlier, watching Westmeath/Galway v Cork is horrendous any time I've seen them on TV ... having said that it seems to have been less of an issue when I've attended games with the same clash. Maybe just my eyes though?

Yes I be same. Find it easier if in attendance.

Dublin v Laois is another

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I recall having trouble telling Armagh and Derry apart on TV but I think thats because the cameras make Armagh's jersey look more red than it appears in person. The players didn't seem to have trouble telling each other apart.

Connorzee

This year's St Patricks Day, green, jerseys have been released. As with every other year.... terrible, just terrible. They all might as well just be grey, so bland. Would love to know how many O'Neills sell, and who would pay the same price as their normal county's jersey (which is expensive enough) and buy their county's jersey in green..

http://www.oneills.com/gift-ideas/go-green-county-jerseys.html?limit=all&utm_campaign=gogreen2&utm_m%3Futm_source=mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailer

Sid Fletcher

Connorzee wrote: »

This year's St Patricks Day, green, jerseys have been released. As with every other year.... terrible, just terrible. They all might as well just be grey, so bland. Would love to know how many O'Neills sell, and who would pay the same price as their normal county's jersey (which is expensive enough) and buy their county's jersey in green..

http://www.oneills.com/gift-ideas/go-green-county-jerseys.html?limit=all&utm_campaign=gogreen2&utm_m%3Futm_source=mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailer

Pathetic stuff altogether.

Neeson

Love them all. I would love to buy them all and wear them and yes. Some of them are quite tasty.

Neeson

Love them all. I would love to buy them all and wear them and yes. Some of them are quite tasty.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Those "training" jerseys are absolutely revolting.

TaosHum

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Those "training" jerseys are absolutely revolting.

And €55 no less.

dastardly00

Some of the jerseys are not too bad.... but your county's colours are such a big thing that I can't see why you would want a load of green on the jersey instead. And as others have said, €55 for a training jersey is scandalous.

Mountainlad

Connorzee wrote: »

This year's St Patricks Day, green, jerseys have been released. As with every other year.... terrible, just terrible. They all might as well just be grey, so bland. Would love to know how many O'Neills sell, and who would pay the same price as their normal county's jersey (which is expensive enough) and buy their county's jersey in green..

http://www.oneills.com/gift-ideas/go-green-county-jerseys.html?limit=all&utm_campaign=gogreen2&utm_m%3Futm_source=mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailer

Wait....a Green Mayo jersey? What?

Steve The Barman

http://www.oneills.com/catalog/product/view/id/44101/s/donegal-gaa-ladies-jersey-pink/category/716/


my god.....

Steve The Barman

http://www.oneills.com/catalog/product/view/id/44380/s/donegal-green-training-jersey/category/716/

aaaagggghhhhhhh my eyes!!!

Mal-Adjusted

dastardly00 wrote: »

your county's colours are such a big thing that I can't see why you would want a load of green on the jersey instead.

Pretty much this. I still can't fathom why someone would want one of those pink jerseys that came out a few years ago over the proper colours. Same as the rugby team having that one off black jersey that time.

CrabRevolution

I dont really mind the green jerseys (though I wouldn't, being from Meath), they're just a novelty and you dont really see them at games, they obviously sold well the last time to be made again.

I really dont get what this one is about though, are Mayo not always green? And of all colours, why oh why do they have gold, the colours of Kerry, Meath and Donegal? Teams Mayo wouldnt have much love for in the last 20 years or so.....

http://www.oneills.com/catalog/product/view/id/24160/s/mayo-gaa-green-jersey-2013/category/80/

I have more of an issue with the Pink jerseys, I think a contribution goes to charity for each one which is admirable. Unlike the green ones though they are sold in vast quantities.

At croke park last year I'd say half the adult women, and 9 out of 10 younger girls seemed to have a pink version of a county jersey. I'm not usually a past clinging traditionalist but it really seems to make the county colours pointless when every jersey is the same colour.

Then again maybe these girls would never have bought jerseys before and will only buy one if it's pink, so a gain of sorts for O'Neills and the GAA.

nice_guy80

Who the feck buys those green shirts?

TheBigGreen

Them training jerseys are CAT!! The designers in O'Neills must be blind!

The swoosh strips are getting very old to look at now. They must get some new designs out.

I like the traditional look.

newg300

I've never heard that the pink jerseys were charitable.

The FAI did release some pink ones that went to breast cancer charities, as have some other clubs here and abroad. So too the IRFU I think.

But I can't recall O'Neills ever saying that. I think it is very cynical to be honest.

CrabRevolution

newg300 wrote: »

I've never heard that the pink jerseys were charitable.

The FAI did release some pink ones that went to breast cancer charities, as have some other clubs here and abroad. So too the IRFU I think.

But I can't recall O'Neills ever saying that. I think it is very cynical to be honest.

After a small bit of research it seems Azzuri had a charity aspect to their pink jerseys, O'Neills do not.

Connorzee

Something more feminine about girls wearing the pink or purple version of the jerseys over the normal ones. Also helps with distinguishing the females in Coppers after a feed of pints all day and having lost the all ireland replay.... so i hear

Realt Dearg Sec

newg300 wrote: »

I think it is very cynical to be honest.

What? Selling clothes for profit? They never claimed to be making charitable donations. If anything I'd find the hard sell, "buy this and we'll give a few pennies to breast cancer research" approach much more cynical, since it is quite blatantly using the charity in order to sell gear for profit (and you can be sure nothing remotely close to 100% of profits will be going to charity in any such causes. The only one I'm really familiar with is the NFL Breast Cancer Awareness month, and that really is a money spinner for them)

TheBigGreen

Connorzee wrote: »

Something more feminine about girls wearing the pink or purple version of the jerseys over the normal ones. Also helps with distinguishing the females in Coppers after a feed of pints all day and having lost the all ireland replay.... so i hear

Feed the pony...

laois gael

New Laois white Jersey(2nd choice)worn against Wicklow in the U21 football 2 weeks ago is a belter...the home one isn't bad either after years of poor azzuri its nice to have a Lovely O'Neills and the gear that goes with it!

newg300

newg300 wrote: »

I've never heard that the pink jerseys were charitable.

The FAI did release some pink ones that went to breast cancer charities, as have some other clubs here and abroad. So too the IRFU I think.

But I can't recall O'Neills ever saying that. I think it is very cynical to be honest.

Tipp played a match in aid of breast cancer awareness v Munster back in January 2012 alright and i think some of the jersey revenue sold at the ground on the day may have been for breast cancer as well as the gate proceeds.

Other than that though i think they were pretty much just a novelty all the way. Pity because i think they could easily do more for charity. The profit margins on those jerseys are a bit too much at times.

Connorzee

Clare goalie wearing an all blue jersey today. No yellow stripes or anything



Worn against Dublin as well..



3rd different Goalie jersey worn by Clare in the past year.

Brian Shanahan

Connorzee wrote: »

Clare goalie wearing an all blue jersey today. No yellow stripes or anything



Worn against Dublin as well..



3rd different Goalie jersey worn by Clare in the past year.

That's pretty much just the change kit from last year, only with yellow numbering instead of white:

Connorzee

No yellow on the sleeve, and no three stripes though..

Brian Shanahan

Connorzee wrote: »

No yellow on the sleeve, and no three stripes though..

True that, wouldn't be too suprised if the plain blue without any stripes or trim turns up as an away jersey if needed during the year.

denishurley

The Limerick footballers wore white against Fermanagh today while their hurlers wore blue against Offaly (who were in white)

denishurley

denishurley wrote: »

The Limerick footballers wore white against Fermanagh today while their hurlers wore blue against Offaly (who were in white)

Interesting. Definately must be a first where a worn two different change shirts the same day. Has any county ever done an Arsenal (00)/Man U (96) and changed at half time?

Connorzee

Id imagine they have one set of each away jersey for the league/challenge games, and so both obviously couldnt be worn. 2 sets of the Green then.

denishurley

Deleted User wrote: »

Interesting. Definately must be a first where a worn two different change shirts the same day. Has any county ever done an Arsenal (00)/Man U (96) and changed at half time?

Waterford's De La Salle (school, rather than club) did it during their 2007 Harty and All-Ireland campaign

http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/halftime-jersey-change-just-the-job-for-de-la-salle-26267109.html