Heritage strip

[innsaneink]

The Wests Tigers Round 5 v Souths heritage strip celebrating the 60 year anniversary of the Wests Magpies' 1952 Grand Final win over Souths.

 

[madunit]

f**k I wish they'd use that design for the Tigers strip, black on one side of the white space and orange on the other or some such thing.

So simple, yet neat and appealing compared to the clusterf**k on the current jumper

 

[duck_dodgers]

in the not too far distant future ,

every member of a crowd at Leichhardt or Campbelltown will be wearing a different WTs jersey

 

[madunit]

We've had more apparel changes than the cast of sex & the city

 

[Tiger05]

It looks good doesn't it.

 

[Mr_Raditch]

Put some orange on that & have it as our main strip & stick with it! Sick of all the bloody jersey changes, its beyond ridiculous.

 

[madunit]

I'd have that design, put black in the middle as its half the colours of both Balmain and Wests

White at the top and orange at the bottom.

Switch the white and orange around for home and away games if you must.

but its a great design and one we should stick with

 

[Trollhammaren]

Balmain design.

 

[madunit]

It goes to show, simple is best

Furthermore, why not just have the Wests Magpies hoops and Balmain hoops jumpers.

Wear each 12 times per year

Wests Jumper at Campbo, Balmain at leichhardt and they can have a 50/50 share of all the other home and away games.

That way the design is the same, and the colours change. It'd look better imo.

 

[Blackdiamond]

I agree with madunit - this makes perfect sense & should keep everyone happy?

A mate picked me up a new Balmain Heritage jersey today whilst he was getting his Western Suburbs. Can't wait to put it on.

 

[The Rosco]

Yeah, I like these classic old styles.

Part of the reason there is 158 different WT jerseys might be found in the manufacturing methods.
The "old school" knitted cotton rugby jerseys could only incorporate straight lines of colour change or stripes, etc. They could only knit horizontal changes into the fabric. If you needed a vertical change, you'd have to knit it horizontally and cut it out and turn it vertical and sew it in.
You could not do colour graduation change, background colours, curved designs, etc.
The more recent lightwight sublimated jerseys can have limitless colour/shade/blending changes on them. A logo can have a bloody rainbow on it, and turn out looking fantastic. This was simply an impossibility in the old days.

SO . . . . . now that the technology is there to make a kaleidoscope of colour variations on jumpers . . all at reasonable manufacturing costs . . I guess the clubs can't help themselves.
Churn out a new jumper for any obscur reason, and the punters will still buy it !

Plus . . . more $$$$ from those of us that just have to have the lastest jersey.

 

[madunit]

I reckon they'd sell more if they were old school designs.

 

[Tyler Durden]

If I was Meriton ( or any other sponsor) I would demand that this be the Wests Tigers jersey because the logo stands out like a beacon.

How many times are the Wests Tigers allowed to wear this jersey during the season ?

 

[Balmain Bug]

I think they can wear it as many times as they like.

 

[Ice-Tiger]

in the not too far distant future ,

every member of a crowd at Leichhardt or Campbelltown will be wearing a different WTs jersey

Ha Ha Ha, how true.

The problem with trying to stick with one design is that we will all never agree on one that we all like and will never find the right balance between Wests and Balmain.

I'm starting to accept the fact we are never going to have a long term design.

 

[Ice-Tiger]

I love the new Wests Heritage jersey, I like it as much as the old classic Victa V design.

I hope we keep this for a few years to come.