- Aug 31, 2012
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I didn't know people had been complaining about it but I can kind of understand.
I did notice when watching – not up close like that, but with the camera at the typical high level for a match – that the two kits and the pitch created a weird kind of strobing Predator effect. Our kit is almost an exact midtone between the City blue and the green of the turf, and this sometimes created an optical illusion that people weren't where they appeared to be.
Not sure if that would have had any influence at pitch level though.
That's the thing, at pitch level, the green doesn't blend in with the pitch. Looking down, you could argue that, but no way at playing level.
I remember Fergie making United change kits against Southampton once because their grey away kit blended in with the fans. That makes some sense, although they still lost 6-3 having been 3-0 down at HT.