Quote knockersbumpMKII="knockersbumpMKII"I can clearly see the red of the kits mentioned from behind (Saints And Wigan have red in their socks, easy to see from distance) Roversd have a red band all the way around and it isn't as if all the players of any given team will have their backs to a particular direction for long. There's also the fact that they are often standing 10+ metres apart that is a big clue, that and the team going in a particular direction/those anticipating a pass/attacking defending field positions, it aint rocket science tbh.
I don't come up for friendlies and frankly a kit issue in those games for those few people who can't distinguish between colours/shapes AND their own players is niether here nor there anyway.
Sorry but you're making a mountain out of a mole hill IMHO.'"

Which team is Hull?
There's about as much red in the Bradford shirt and shorts as there is in the Saints socks. Can you really "easily" see the red in that picture? From far away, and when you're not relying on natural light, it's harder to distinguish colours as they get shadowed easier and so just look "darker" than the white parts. You're basically saying that you have to rely on a tiny part of someone's sock to be able to tell the difference. do you really think that's acceptable practice?
And Rovers don't have a big red band around the shirt. Only on the front. Only the supporters' version does.
You are right in the cases that you can easily distinguish teams when they're setting up a defensive line or whatever, but in broken play when there are players all over the place, it is very difficult to see who is who when the game is going so quickly. You shouldn't have to think twice, especially as a player, and especially if it can so easily be avoided by wearing a completely different coloured kit!
This isn't a kick about on a park pitch. This is the top of the professional game in this country FFS.