instead of being so all over the place with them the club should pick a primary colour, have an alternate strip that is pretty much just a reversed version, and keep the special jerseys within the club’s normal overall colour scheme, except for when there’s a specific reason to change the colour up (like for Wellington jerseys)
Exactly.
I can see what they're trying to do with the current colour schemes - the classic one for home, and a black/red/grey for away that is a spin on the previous colour scheme (black/red/white).. but the problemis that both jerseys are dark hues.. and for an away game against another dark-hue team (eg Roosters in navy blue), it needs a 3rd jersey that's mostly white or grey.
Better to cut out the black jersey, and just have 1995's home and away - one is mostly blue, the other mostly white. Simple.
Aside from minor tweaks (collar, trim, sponsors), DON'T change the home/primary jersey. Thats the main part of your brand.
But as for the alternate/away - vary the mostly-white one every couple of years - change the V a little, maybe do stripes one year, maybe a striped saddle like the old Gold Coast Chargers jersey... stuff like that. But keep most of the jersey white for contrast.
It also means that we don't get "special" jerseys used as virtual away/alternate jerseys because we don't have a contrast between our primary & alternate designs.
