TonyK
CibbuanoDemon grey on the way out
June 5th 2008 00:01
MELBOURNE's grey clash strip will be consigned to the scrapheap at the end of the season after the club was inundated with calls and emails objecting to the design.
Under AFL rules clash strips could only be reviewed every two years, but Melbourne chief executive Paul McNamee said the club had gained permission from the AFL to do the redesign.
"We do want to listen to our supporters and this is a way of doing that after the brouhaha on the weekend," he said yesterday.
"This obviously didn't sit well with our supporters and we have talked to the AFL to revisit that.
"We want red and blue as far as possible," McNamee said. "They are the colours that we own and they are what is near and dear to us and our supporters.
"We will do everything possible to find a variation that uses more of the red and blue."
But this option is not guaranteed to receive approval from the league as the club has previously proposed a jumper that switched the red and the blue of the home strip, a design that was rejected by the AFL because it clashes with teams such as Sydney, the Western Bulldogs and Essendon.
Under AFL rules clash strips could only be reviewed every two years, but Melbourne chief executive Paul McNamee said the club had gained permission from the AFL to do the redesign.
"We do want to listen to our supporters and this is a way of doing that after the brouhaha on the weekend," he said yesterday.
"This obviously didn't sit well with our supporters and we have talked to the AFL to revisit that.
"We will do everything possible to find a variation that uses more of the red and blue."
But this option is not guaranteed to receive approval from the league as the club has previously proposed a jumper that switched the red and the blue of the home strip, a design that was rejected by the AFL because it clashes with teams such as Sydney, the Western Bulldogs and Essendon.
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