Clashing shirts

lordromford

Why on earth are Newcastle wearing their home shirts against Sunderland today? Sunderland play in Red and White with Black numbers while Newcastle are in black and white with Red numbers. Both shirts are predominantly or at least half white.
It may not be a problem for those watching live, but on TV when watching a wide shot, I’m constantly having to look twice at peripheral players. It can’t be just me?

Seriously, I know we’ve had these discussions before, but surely they should’ve used a change strip?

guinnessaddick

https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1743617003674304667?s=46&t=l3gVPecVjs4wU2WBKFZZyw

Chris_from_Sidcup

I kind of agree with the shirts, but it's easy enough to distinguish them just by the shorts/socks.

SporadicAddick

agree. I get pissed if when we wear black for no reason, but this is an obvious clash.

lordromford

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

I kind of agree with the shirts, but it's easy enough to distinguish them just by the shorts/socks.

No, I get that. It’s the wide shots that are the issue. Usually you can watch the players on the ball and you can tell who else is on the periphery of the screen. We don’t think about it usually because we just do it. Here, I’m having to constantly double check who the peripheral players are because the dominant colour for both sides is white and they both have red and black as their minor colours.

At the end of the day, making the kits as different as possible should be the priority.

DPFC

In my opinion all teams should wear their club colours unless there is a direct clash . It is odd to hear the chant come on you reds / blues etc when the team is wearing sky  pink or some other hideous creation 

swords_alive

Had to change my colour settings for this game. The pitch is now a neon green. Still only slightly easier to distinguish the black from the red. Hard for the brain to process!

guinnessaddick

https://twitter.com/clairenffc_xo/status/1743617445842075685?s=46&t=l3gVPecVjs4wU2WBKFZZyw