warmleyseagull
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Yep - 2 that spring to mind are tonight & Brizzle - both 2-0 wins
And of course nothing to do with playing the two teams with worst form in the division since mid October.
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Away from home wearing blue & white
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And of course nothing to do with playing the two teams with worst form in the division since mid October.
BensGrandad
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The game at Withdean when Greer came on as a sub and was then sent off think it was Rochdale who wore a blue/purple kit that was very difficult to distinguish between that and our blue and white stripes. Another annoyance to me is keepers wearing a very similar colour to their team or the ref. This has happened a couple of times this season at The Amex.
The Wookiee
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**** all to do with superstition, am just interested to know !!
warmleyseagull
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Well, work it out then yourself. I'm sure the result wil be highly revealing.
- Jul 7, 2003
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I thought Sheffield Wednesday's awful black and blue away kit was an issue last season when we played them at home. Our shirts then had the solid blue back, and- particularly for an evening kick off, with diminishing natural light- it was at times hard to visually distinguish players from opposing sides who had their back to you. Well, it was to me.
We'll have to wear a change kit at Leeds because of the solid white back on our shirts, and at QPR because of the obvious colour clash. Other than that (Wolves, Norwich, Villa) it *should* be blue & white all the way.
The Wookiee
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What's your problem ?
GT49er
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Bristol City were on form when we played them; they were just outside the play-off places - their defeat at our hands was the start of their current downfall.
GT49er
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Yes it would. It would be a stat, not a superstition. And I wonder just what our stat would be playing gritty northern teams in grim northern towns on cold wet winter mid-week evenings. There is a perception among many fans that that is a situation where we don't do well; if someone put together a list of the wins, draws and losses, that would be a stat. And who knows, the stat might even validate the 'superstition'.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
It always irritates me when we play in an away strip when there'd be NO clash whatsoever with the home teams strip - Forest away being a case in point. The away kit should always just be a FALLBACK in the even of a clash, not an alternative choice. I'm sure it doesn't make a blind bit of difference to the performance or the result, but those blue and white stripes are our identity, and they should be on show as much as is possible IMO.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Who decides what strip we wear? Does the commercial side of the club have a say?
I was gonna save this till the end of the season, but as it's being discussed, here is our away record by kit worn:
https://twitter.com/BHAFC_StatMan/status/839396939733078016
Hudds was the only defeat wearing all black, but it's 2 for 2 in blue & white.
https://twitter.com/BHAFC_StatMan/status/839396939733078016
Hudds was the only defeat wearing all black, but it's 2 for 2 in blue & white.
warmleyseagull
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Fair point - they were actually 6th when we played them. I thought their bad run started earlier. Just shows how perception rather than seeking facts takes over.....
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Brizzle were bang in form when we played them - 7th weren't they? So that's not fair.
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Seem to remember it being said that when the club have back to back away games in a quick turnaround (Saturday/Tuesday) they like to use a different kit for each as it takes some of the pressure off the kit team
Don't knock the pink kits - very hard to get hold of online. If they bought that back as a Score Draw replica in the shop I bet it would be a top seller.
We wore red at Hudds, no?
The Tactician
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- Feb 18, 2013
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Surely even on a psychological level-our home form is superb and playing in the same kit away from home whenever possible may help us replicate the same dominance we've shown this season at the Amex.
Not Andy Naylor
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I thought that too.
I've literally just realised this and came to correct this post.
Forest was 1st all black kit defeat, the table itself is correct though!