Comments on: Dragons achilles heel is long white socks

By: Cotton McKnight

Cotton McKnight — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:26:07 +0000

Michael Jackson use to use white socks with pants that were not quite long enough, so that when he danced, your eyes were drawn to his feet. This must make it hard to break a defensive pattern when you are that visible.

Don’t you ever wonder why tha All Blacks are so hard to beat? Yes they are all black. Very slimming.

Lets hope that Jamie Soward doesn’t take to wearing one white glove, as then his passing of the ball will be way too easy to follow.

By: MyGeneration

MyGeneration — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:31:00 +0000

I think your argument would still stand. When was the last time Tottenham won a championship?

By: Andrew Sutherland

Andrew Sutherland — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:45:39 +0000

It’s typical,
Tottenham have just gone and kicked 9 goals in a match.
Wait a minute… there’s a bit of yellow there on the sock so my argument still stands.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:15:58 +0000

it’s well known amongst fashionistas that hoops and stripes can play optical illusions such that you can make people look bigger or smaller – although I suspect there comes a point where no amount of hoops and stripes can save you.

By: NickF

NickF — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:59:13 +0000

The big question is.
Would Wendell’s arse still look that big if he was wearing the red and white hooped socks?

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:50:59 +0000

NickF
I think the mean age on the Roar is 48 (with varying degrees of fitness).

By: Andrew Sutherland

Andrew Sutherland — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:34:57 +0000

Pip,
Fremantle have gone down the white path so it seems things will only get worse for them.

By: Andrew Sutherland

Andrew Sutherland — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:31:08 +0000

NickF , if you come down to a storm game next year I’ll keep an eye out for a pot roast in Red and White socks.

By: NickF

NickF — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:11:12 +0000

Andrew I am with you 100%. I wear my Red and White traditional socks out to the game, and even I, a 48 year old (not fit) man, look better!!

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:12:11 +0000

Andrew
You’re onto something I think.

There are a few well known soccer teams that wear all white or almost all white, and I have always found them to be a turn off (the German national team, Tottenham Hotspurs, also affectionately known as the Lilywhites, etc).

And while its easy for us to feel some admiration for the New Zealand national team (the All Whites) right now for making their second world cup, I suspect such generosity will dissipate after they mirror their 1982 performances (three losses: 4-0; 4-0; 5-2).

By: Mick from Giralang

Mick from Giralang — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:03:30 +0000

I think they should go the whole hog and make their off the field uniform feature long white socks and sandals.

By: damos_x

damos_x — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:29:28 +0000

spot on firestarter! what happened to the ‘scarlet’ of the Steelers? gone by the wayside i s’pose but all things considered the dragons could use some steel so bring on the red/scarlet socks ( & just for the record i am a Bulldogs fan since i was too young to even pick up a footy & if they wear white socks then god help us!!) but i like the Dragons style & i think red socks would help or at the least the old hoops

By: MyGeneration

MyGeneration — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:20 +0000

I think you’re right there, Norm, but this link seems to indicate they weren’t all white:

http://dragons.leagueunlimited.com/images/history/1999_team_0.jpg

By: Norm

Norm — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:14:29 +0000

Clever piece Andrew. MyGen didn’t the socks change when the merger with Illawarra went through?

By: Firestarter Bob

Firestarter Bob — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:58:21 +0000

What happened to them wearing the Illawarra Steelers socks?

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:23:35 +0000

Someone should have a chat to Jamie Soward. He’s in the background there with white boots and hat.

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:14:53 +0000

Yep, or at least tried wearing two left boots as Hayne almost did in the grand final.

By: MyGeneration

MyGeneration — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:37 +0000

To get the definitive answer on this question, I googled “Norm Provan”. It appears he was wearing hooped socks whilst playing in 10 of the Dragons’ 11 straight premierships (he retired before the 11th). Further confirmation is provided by looking up “Rod Reddy”, a member of the last premiership-winning Dragons team in 1979. Yes, hooped socks again. It appears this argument has “legs”.

So, the next question for any Dragons supporters out there: When did they get rid of the hoops and bring in the all-white socks? And what can you do to make them go back? This is important. The future of your club may depend on it!

By: Firestarter Bob

Firestarter Bob — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:33:07 +0000

Are you saying that they should have followed Hayne’s lead and played with their socks down?