withdeanwombat
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With current technology, why can't the numbers flash as the players move like those kids trainers with flash heels ? I'd like that.Or could the players have a top hat with a number painted on it ?
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Numbers on the back of the new shirts are very difficult to see.
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No different to previous seasons, then.
dejavuatbtn
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Truth probably is that whoever used to vet the kit for such things is no longer there and the panel got forgotten about. What's obvious to supporters clearly isn't to the wallies at the club.
The advert is on the panel, and the names are across the stripes. Dur!
Blue, white and yellow makes us look like Sheff Wed too...
Blue, white and yellow makes us look like Sheff Wed too...
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Celtic never used to bother with shirt numbers. Shorts are enough.
227 BHA
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Or, on the other hand he may get away with things. Cos lets face it, he does tend to act like a prat more than anyone else in our team!
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No moaning from me about the blank panel.
We need the blank panel!!!
From WSU I definitely need to see the numbers to be sure who's who. What's the point of having numbers if they're not readable from a distance?
Colchester.
This. Can easily spot say, Buckley, from his running style. Or CMS, from the fact the ball balloons off his shin because he was running towards the ball at 300mph.
Mostly this kind of thing. Its easier now they've broken up the gang of generic, tall, short-dark-haired midfielders - Sparrow, Vincelot, Dicker, Barnes - used to confuse them fairly often. (Actually less Barnes - he runs funny).
My kids identify the players by the colour and brand of their BOOTS - something I barely even notice. A generational thing perhaps.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Yes, and it's probably the same old faces moaning.
Not Andy Naylor
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Our dear friends at Selhurst used to have easily-readable white numbers on red and blue stripes. Then one season they put a blank red panel on the back with a blue number. Completely impossible to make out. 
As for the suggestion of black numbers on blue and white stripes, I think you'll find that that's even worse than the yellow.
As for the suggestion of black numbers on blue and white stripes, I think you'll find that that's even worse than the yellow.
Brighton Breezy
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Need some good old fashioned RED numbering.
Either that or list players in the programme based on the colour of their boots.
Either that or list players in the programme based on the colour of their boots.
Superphil
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Queens Park FC (Scotland) , the pioneers of the modern passing game, once had a kit where all the players had different coloured socks to help identification. #FACT
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I don't consider this "moaning". I should know what is moaning and what isn't! It's just a request to have shirt numbers that can be read from a distance. Is that too much to ask?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Taken in isolation, that seems a reasonable comment. My comment was in agreement with the one which stated that people moaned when we had a plain square background for the numbers, and now we have moans for the opposite. It just seems to prove you can't please all of the people all of the time.
brightonmark1234
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disagree with this Blue, white and yellow makes us look like Sheff Wed too
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
My dad said this at Lewes. I don't have any trouble distinguishing the players from the back of WSU, I just go by their gait, boots, build and skin colour.
Might take a while to get used to Barker, JFC, Maksimenko, Dickenson, March and Chicksen though!
Also, the numbers that are being used at the moment aren't the final ones, are they? The ones that are on the replica shirts do have a bit of an outline. The ones on the back of the shirts used in the friendlies so far have been lacking the outline.
Might take a while to get used to Barker, JFC, Maksimenko, Dickenson, March and Chicksen though!
Also, the numbers that are being used at the moment aren't the final ones, are they? The ones that are on the replica shirts do have a bit of an outline. The ones on the back of the shirts used in the friendlies so far have been lacking the outline.