West Coast Pirates Bid News

[The Great Dane]

Black and gold works and can have a nod of scarlet to keep with badge branding if pirates. If not pirates I wouldn’t mind the green black and gold. Orange, brown, pink? Please.

The Pirates branding could easily be changed to work with any colour scheme and is disposable anyway.

No team in the NRL should be allowed to be green and gold under any circumstances, and adding gold to green and black just muddys it. There's no need to add another colour to black and gold anyway.
The gold will be gawdy, Perth as a market doesn't have the right culture or reputation to really pull it off, and it'll clash with the Dolphins when they inevitably move to black and gold for their away jerseys, but Perth could go black and gold if they wanted.

Then again somebody told me that a Perth side couldn't possibly have a black jersey and merchandise because of the heat. . . Wearing black just isn't the done thing apparently. They also seemed super concerned with maintaining links with the Pirates and Reds brands, both of which were black, red, and yellow gold, not metallic gold. It's a smaller transition to black and yellow than black and gold, and it makes so much more sense.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Can't believe it, and it was still like a Tolstoy novel in length, but agree with The GD on this one.

 

[The Great Dane]

Can't believe it, and it was still like a Tolstoy novel in length, but agree with The GD on this one.

Mockery is quick and easy, but actually addressing people's arguments and concerns directly takes time.

 

[Perth Red]

The Pirates branding could easily be changed to work with any colour scheme and is disposable anyway.

No team in the NRL should be allowed to be green and gold under any circumstances, and adding gold to green and black just muddys it. There's no need to add another colour to black and gold anyway.
The gold will be gawdy, Perth as a market doesn't have the right culture or reputation to really pull it off, and it'll clash with the Dolphins when they inevitably move to black and gold for their away jerseys, but Perth could go black and gold if they wanted.

Then again somebody told me that a Perth side couldn't possibly have a black jersey and merchandise because of the heat. . . Wearing black just isn't the done thing apparently. They also seemed super concerned with maintaining links with the Pirates and Reds brands, both of which were black, red, and yellow gold, not metallic gold. It's a smaller transition to black and yellow than black and gold, and it makes so much more sense.

Never said it couldnt be done, I questioned if it should be done given black is the most absorbent heat colour! I very much doubt they will use the states rep colours.

 

[flippikat]

If jets link up then this wouldn’t be bad colours, just to annoy Ipswich and donkey lol

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The way I see it, if the Dolphins can gazump Perth by using red & gold (and really rub it in by a red, black & gold alternate as soon as next year), then Perth have every right to pre-empt Brisbane 3 by wearing something like THIS.

There's no "calling dibs" on a colour-set - it's first in, first served.. and with that in mind, I think if Perth wants something that's fresh, unique & eye-catching then they should *at least* consider it.

 

[MugaB]

In Perth's case I'd probably pass on purple and orange because of the Glory. You could still get away with it if you really wanted to, but taking purple and orange would probably be seen as copying them, and it's probably best to avoid that.

Purple and orange does really suit arid and desert markets though. I can show you the reason why as well-
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The one on the left is an Australian desert, the one on the right is from south west USA.

Fair enough, but there's no reason they cant have purple and gold/yellow, i completely forgot about glory when i made the phoenix suns comment, they've basically done that already

 

[Perth Red]

Ideally we’ll stay away from other perth pro clubs brands so no; orange, purple, blue and yellow, red and black or blue and black.

 

[MugaB]

Ideally we’ll stay away from other perth pro clubs brands so no; orange, purple, blue and yellow, red and black or blue and black.

Or green or yellow or whomever has a color in a rival code, that has absolutely no clash against you, yes you want to be unique in your own backyard for branding purposes, but you really just need to stand out AMOUNGST your own code, i dont think anyone gives 2 shits about broncos and lions of Brisbane sporting maroon and gold in their colors, why should anyone give two shits about glory and force, let alone freo and WC,
Anyways Black and Gold works as they aren't used by those 4 teams, and represents WA quite often, and is already within the pirates colors scheme

 

[The Great Dane]

Never said it couldnt be done, I questioned if it should be done given black is the most absorbent heat colour! I very much doubt they will use the states rep colours.

You did more than question it, and it only seems to be a problem when other people suggest it given that all your proposed designs have been majority black...

Give a single rational reason why the team can't share yellow with the state representative teams. If anything that's just another reason to do it as the Perth side will act as the de facto WA team.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Arguing about club colours for an as yet non existent team …

 

[AlwaysGreen]

AFL Red will be wearing his dorkers tanktop anyway so his woeful fashion opinions don't matter.

 

[MugaB]

AFL Red will be wearing his dorkers tanktop anyway so his woeful fashion opinions don't matter.

Whilst waving that flag in orlando, during aother record breaking double header

 

[Perth Red]

You did more than question it, and it only seems to be a problem when other people suggest it given that all your proposed designs have been majority black...

Give a single rational reason why the team can't share yellow with the state representative teams. If anything that's just another reason to do it as the Perth side will act as the de facto WA team.

I dont think all black in Perths heat is a great idea. But as a brand colour the black green and gold or black red and gold works. I’d rather see us in an all white kit like Catalans wore in the semi, looked super smart and better suited to WA’s climate. What secondary colours are used with that I’m open about, except pink and brown lol

 

[Perth Red]

Whilst waving that flag in orlando, during aother record breaking double header

I’d like to apologise to all the people near us at typhoon lagoon who had to put up with me as I listened to the challenge cup final. There may have been some loud cheering and expletives involved!

 

[MugaB]

I’d like to apologise to all the people near us at typhoon lagoon who had to put up with me as I listened to the challenge cup final. There may have been some loud cheering and expletives involved!

Yet no apologies to all of us on the forum for the incessant negativity and whining for perth equality without a pokieden led helping hand

 

[Perth Red]

Yet no apologies to all of us on the forum for the incessant negativity and whining for perth equality without a pokieden led helping hand

Nah, you can f**k off lol

 

[The Great Dane]

I dont think all black in Perths heat is a great idea. But as a brand colour the black green and gold or black red and gold works. I’d rather see us in an all white kit like Catalans wore in the semi, looked super smart and better suited to WA’s climate. What secondary colours are used with that I’m open about, except pink and brown lol

Nobody has suggest that Perth should have an all black kit, and every single one of your mock ups has been majority black. A little red trim wouldn't make them any less heat absorbent anyway.

Now stop dodging and give a single rational reason why the team can't share yellow and black with the state representative teams.

 

[Perth Red]

Nobody has suggest that Perth should have an all black kit, and every single one of your mock ups has been majority black. A little red trim wouldn't make them any less heat absorbent anyway.

Now stop dodging and give a single rational reason why the team can't share yellow and black with the state representative teams.

Of course it can, I just doubt it will. I think the nrlwa will be keen to keep those colours linked to state rep honours not have them as nrl as well.not all.
But time will tell, we are just spit balling, no need to get so upset lol

 

[AlwaysGreen]

How about this one? You'll feel right at home in the tank top design too

 

[BuffaloRules]

How about this one? You'll feel right at home in the tank top design too

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