LIONS TAKE A SWIPE AT PIES
February 1st 2007 21:28
Laine Clark
February 2, 2007
BRISBANE Lions chief executive Michael Bowers has taken a swipe at Collingwood for being "stuck in the rituals of the past" after launching his club's new-look alternate strip for the 2007 season.
The predominantly white design for the entire NAB Cup pre-season as well as AFL games when there is an obvious clash was adopted after Lions coach Leigh Matthews and players complained about the previous, mainly yellow strip.
It is a bold new design that is almost unrecognisable as a Brisbane jersey if not for the presence of a golden lion — and Bowers believed other clubs should follow their lead.
"There's been a lot of umming and ahhing at AFL clubs about coming on board the clash (jersey) issues," he said. "Without naming names, if you say your clash jumper … instead of black and white, it's going to be white and black, that doesn't make a lot of sense to us.
"So we have made a complete commitment towards making sure that fans at the ground and watching on the TV can really see the difference between the two teams."
Collingwood fought the introduction of clash jerseys but last year the club agreed to a predominantly white alternate strip, which retained a black-and-white-striped design.
"Unfortunately there are some clubs who, while it is our home game and we should be wearing our predominantly maroon strip, they haven't come on board (with alternate strips). So on behalf of all the footy followers around Australia we will make the commitment … to make sure the viewing of the game is perfect," Bowers said.
Bowers made no apologies that the design made no mention of Fitzroy or the Bears. He said there had been complaints from Matthews and Lions players that their alternative strip was "lost" when playing Melbourne, Adelaide and Essendon last season.
The jersey will be worn in Brisbane's NAB Cup opener against St Kilda in Cairns on February 24.
Meanwhile, Bowers said there was "no prospect" of charges being laid against some of the club's biggest stars over a brawl at the Prince of Wales Hotel in St Kilda during grand final week.
Brownlow medallist and Lions midfielder Simon Black, recently retired captain Michael Voss and former teammate Craig McRae, as well as ex-Lion and current assistant coach Craig Lambert, were interviewed by Victorian police in Brisbane on Wednesday.
February 2, 2007
BRISBANE Lions chief executive Michael Bowers has taken a swipe at Collingwood for being "stuck in the rituals of the past" after launching his club's new-look alternate strip for the 2007 season.
The predominantly white design for the entire NAB Cup pre-season as well as AFL games when there is an obvious clash was adopted after Lions coach Leigh Matthews and players complained about the previous, mainly yellow strip.
It is a bold new design that is almost unrecognisable as a Brisbane jersey if not for the presence of a golden lion — and Bowers believed other clubs should follow their lead.
"There's been a lot of umming and ahhing at AFL clubs about coming on board the clash (jersey) issues," he said. "Without naming names, if you say your clash jumper … instead of black and white, it's going to be white and black, that doesn't make a lot of sense to us.
"So we have made a complete commitment towards making sure that fans at the ground and watching on the TV can really see the difference between the two teams."
Collingwood fought the introduction of clash jerseys but last year the club agreed to a predominantly white alternate strip, which retained a black-and-white-striped design.
"Unfortunately there are some clubs who, while it is our home game and we should be wearing our predominantly maroon strip, they haven't come on board (with alternate strips). So on behalf of all the footy followers around Australia we will make the commitment … to make sure the viewing of the game is perfect," Bowers said.
Bowers made no apologies that the design made no mention of Fitzroy or the Bears. He said there had been complaints from Matthews and Lions players that their alternative strip was "lost" when playing Melbourne, Adelaide and Essendon last season.
The jersey will be worn in Brisbane's NAB Cup opener against St Kilda in Cairns on February 24.
Meanwhile, Bowers said there was "no prospect" of charges being laid against some of the club's biggest stars over a brawl at the Prince of Wales Hotel in St Kilda during grand final week.
Brownlow medallist and Lions midfielder Simon Black, recently retired captain Michael Voss and former teammate Craig McRae, as well as ex-Lion and current assistant coach Craig Lambert, were interviewed by Victorian police in Brisbane on Wednesday.
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