Will the FFA put players' names on their shirts?

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Will the FFA put players' names on their shirts?

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I wonder if the FFA underlings will bother to put players' names on Socceroo shirts for the upcoming home games against Malaysia and Oman.

Recently it looked so incomplete & unprofessional in the stadium & on national TV that the largely unknown Olyroos didn't have their names on the back of their shirts.

T-shirt City reckon it costs an average of $12 to put that lettering on, so I hope they get that right. And in the past how hopeless were some of those underling committees to not even get that right when they remembered to iron on the names? Fiddly, small-font lettering & 8-inch (20cm) hockey-shirt size numbers, etc that were barely discernible.

It should be decent-size, solid 10-inch (26 cm) numbers & 3.5 inch (9 cm) player's name so they are easily visible.

and ps, I wonder if the FFA standardised shirt numbers and names on A-League clubs shirts as is done in the EPL? No walking billboard advertising on the back of shirts - just a 10-inch number & 3.5-inch lettering of the player's name.

Cynics will say this is a small matter, but there's nothing wrong with meticulous, professional attention to detail for what is still a minor sport in this country.
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really? a whole topic about this now?
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DOC wrote:really? a whole topic about this now?
That's what forums are for - even small issues.

Yes, I can understand some cynicism. But Doc, imagine - good crowds in Canberra & Sydney and a national-wide TV audience for the next 2 games of the Socceroos & something as basic & professional as this being overlooked by some committee.

And I bet you too want to see more neutral newcomers start to follow the game & that they can identify the players easily..
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um a lot of national teams do it now, plus ross county played celtic at hampden in a cup semi and didn't have names on the back of their shirts, get over it
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Con wrote:I wonder if the FFA underlings will bother to put players' names on Socceroo shirts for the upcoming home games against Malaysia and Oman.

Recently it looked so incomplete & unprofessional in the stadium & on national TV that the largely unknown Olyroos didn't have their names on the back of their shirts.

T-shirt City reckon it costs an average of $12 to put that lettering on, so I hope they get that right. And in the past how hopeless were some of those underling committees to not even get that right when they remembered to iron on the names? Fiddly, small-font lettering & 8-inch (20cm) hockey-shirt size numbers, etc that were barely discernible.

It should be decent-size, solid 10-inch (26 cm) numbers & 3.5 inch (9 cm) player's name so they are easily visible.

and ps, I wonder if the FFA standardised shirt numbers and names on A-League clubs shirts as is done in the EPL? No walking billboard advertising on the back of shirts - just a 10-inch number & 3.5-inch lettering of the player's name.

Cynics will say this is a small matter, but there's nothing wrong with meticulous, professional attention to detail for what is still a minor sport in this country.
I thought it was odd they didn't have the names
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It's about the badge on the front not the name on the back!!!

Get over it...
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Porky, it's funny but I also still have my ticket from that game that is in your signature.
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ive got four of those tickets.
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its only a topic, let ppl post topics about anything, whocares really...
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Petro83 wrote:its only a topic, let ppl post topics about anything, whocares really...
Thanks Petro83.
I didn't think this minor topic would upset some...

True, Rooboy1986 - the Kangaroo & Emu Coat-of-Arms/badge on the front is more important, but what can it hurt for some slack FFA underlings to organize the player names on the back?

Porky posted that he noticed the names were missing. It looks incomplete.

I ask again - shouldn't we care if this small attention to detail helps attract newcomers to the game we love?
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the_gun wrote:ive got four of those tickets.
found it the other day at the bottom of my wardrobe....its in a frame now behind glass....worth keeping for sure.
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Doc, I take it all back! Wot happened?

Did you see that some FFA underling or waterboy actually bothered to put the names on our players' shirts for the Malaysia game?

Must have cost at least $12 average per shirt & a bit of the underling's precious time to take care of this small, but important detail...
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Luckily, the Malaysians didn't have their names on their shirts... :lol:
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winzor wrote:Luckily, the Malaysians didn't have their names on their shirts... :lol:
FFS, winzor. Tell Doc even the lowly A-League put players' names on their shirts, or haven't you noticed?

Don't you give a farrrk about doing all the little things to attract non-football fans in this country to our game?
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Most countries don't have names on their shirts for qualifiers.
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Con wrote:
winzor wrote:Luckily, the Malaysians didn't have their names on their shirts... :lol:
FFS, winzor. Tell Doc even the lowly A-League put players' names on their shirts, or haven't you noticed?

Don't you give a farrrk about doing all the little things to attract non-football fans in this country to our game?
Well, it's not up to us to tell the Malaysians what to do...
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Actually, it's a valid point and something I observed in the Greece v Croatia EURO qualifier the other night. Croatia did not have names on the back of their shirts either. I do find it a little strange because whilst many people can recognize the obvious names, there are many names we know because we have heard them at various times but sometimes you cannot put a face to the name. I guess they are only qualifiers and every team does have a name on the back of players shirts when those teams are playing in the finals of a particular tournament. For me, it's more of putting a "face to a name" than it is for "fashion" purposes so yes it is a little annoying/frustrating I guess. Just means you have to listen to the commentator a little more closely than normal but no huge issue, after all it's about the game 8)
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Some countries do it more than others. Depends on the apparel sponsor.
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