Is our colour to blame? (1 Viewer)

coundonskyblue

New Member

• Aug 8, 2011

• #1

Programme on BBC 2, suggests teams/athletes wearing red are more likely to win than blue.

 

rob9872

Well-Known Member

• Aug 8, 2011

• #2

Man City will test that theory to the full this year. Colour has no bearing at all that finance and budget can't overcome. They're basing it on the fact that historically in this country our best teams just happen to be predominantly red.

 

guicey15

New Member

• Aug 8, 2011

• #3

Haha, interesting revelation i suppose. We really are clutching at straws now aren't we. But i have no other excuse so it will have to do.

 

Otis

Well-Known Member

• Aug 8, 2011

• #4

Remember some scientific research a few years back saying that teams in stripes can sometimes have an advantage over opponents as the shirts always make the player wearing them appear bigger.

 

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wingy

Well-Known Member

• Aug 8, 2011

• #5

I always thought our players always looked more intimidating in the brosd stripes of the huckerby dublin era

 

Marty

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #6

Does anybody remember that keepers kit Chelsea released that was meant to be the most distracing colour to put the forwards off, they conceded more goals that season then any in the previous 5 or so. It's all the mind with things like that and they have no real bearing in the real world.

 

Hamish

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #7

Is it cos i is sky blue?

 

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frishnit1979

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #8

Think we should change to a brown and purple paisley pattern to mess up the statistics. And possibly the eyesight of the opposition.

 

im-confused

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #9

Fuck it, just send them out in urban camouflage..

 

rob9872

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #10

We would struggle to score if we had invisibility cloaks!

 

ajsccfc

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #11

We had a red away kit a few years back, what was our away form like that season?

 

rob9872

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #12

I'm no stat man but I'm guessing it wasn't great

 

Changeyourface

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #13

We should bring back the old purple and yellow striped kit, beautiful kit that was

 

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ELSIE EFSEY

New Member

• Aug 9, 2011

• #14

think we would win more if we played in blue and white

 

ajsccfc

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• Aug 9, 2011

• #15

Like in the 2000/2001 season.

 

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ELSIE EFSEY

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• Aug 9, 2011

• #16

no like the one 6/8/11

 

ajsccfc

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• Aug 9, 2011

• #17

When we lost?

 

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Jack Griffin

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• Aug 9, 2011

• #18

coundonskyblue said:

Programme on BBC 2, suggests teams/athletes wearing red are more likely to win than blue.

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Shanks was there before these academics mate!

Shankly wanted his players to be more distinctly dressed, so he decided to update the kit, changing the white shorts and socks to red. Liverpool played in all red for the first time against Anderlecht, as Ian St. John recalled in his autobiography:

He thought the colour scheme would carry psychological impact—red for danger, red for power. He came into the dressing room one day and threw a pair of red shorts to Ronnie Yeats. “Get into those shorts and let’s see how you look,” he said. “Christ, Ronnie, you look awesome, terrifying. You look 7ft tall.” “Why not go the whole hog, boss?” I suggested. “Why not wear red socks? Let’s go out all in red.” Shankly approved and an iconic kit was born.[33]
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