Kit v Millwall

[William Henry Foulkes]

We're using our one-off-kit dispensation* tomorrow aren't we?

So, given that it's a breast cancer awareness day will it be a pink kit?

And if it is I'm deeply concerned that the potential for crap jokes about playing like a bunch of tits is practically limitless.

*For those who don't know each team gets to change their kit for one home game per season - we used ours to play in our magnificent ;-) new 125 kit.

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[1danewhitehouse]

I have no idea if we're doing that tomorrow.

Anyone seen owt?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I think I read on SUFC that the players would do their pre-match warm-up in pink tops or something to that effect.

 

[AnonymousBlade1995]

Hope not i hate the notion that wearing pink helps breast cancer it doesn't, it's a nice sentiment but if i wear all black and donate £10 that helps it out a load more than the kop being a "sea of pink"

 

[HighfieldBlade]

From SUFC:

The Blades' match day squad for the lunchtime fixture against Millwall will see the players wear a special home shirt emblazoned with the BCC logo, with the shirts being auctioned off on eBay following the game.

Both squads and the match officials will warm-up in pink Breast Cancer t-shirts

 

[Tyler Durden]

If they just put the existing kit on a 60 degree wash tonight, they can save themselves the trouble of wearing a special pink one.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

We're using our one-off-kit dispensation* tomorrow aren't we?

So, given that it's a breast cancer awareness day will it be a pink kit?

And if it is I'm deeply concerned that the potential for crap jokes about playing like a bunch of tits is practically limitless.

*For those who don't know each team gets to change their kit for one home game per season - we used ours to play in our magnificent ;-) new 125 kit.

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If only a member of this forum had given some indication of a pink kit back during the summer...

 

[BushBlade]

If they just put the existing kit on a 60 degree wash tonight, they can save themselves the trouble of wearing a special pink one.

You sure? It's not Sondico.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Perhaps we'll be wearing something like this (look closely)....

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Hope not i hate the notion that wearing pink helps breast cancer it doesn't, it's a nice sentiment but if i wear all black and donate £10 that helps it out a load more than the kop being a "sea of pink"

Generally I agree.

I think the counter is something like it's just good to raise awareness.

Cancers and other pathologies(?) of the Naughty Bits are still hard to talk about for a significant proportion of the population; the Know Your Breasts video on the website may cause some sniggering from immature elements sitting at the back of the class, but just getting the subject out in the open will probably save someone's life somewhere as they visit the doctor sooner than they might otherwise have.

People do still literally die of embarrassment.

 

[Jon Bon]

Perhaps we'll be wearing something like this (look closely)....

Some famous faces on there. Mick Speight - middle row, second left; Mickey Thomas - front, third right and Prof Heinz Wolff -, back row, second right.

 

[Leonardo Green]

Why is it always breast cancer and never bollock cancer?

 

[BushBlade]

Why is it always breast cancer and never bollock cancer?

There is a bollock cancer campaign called 'Men United'.

Sorry, that's prostrate.

http://menunited.prostatecanceruk.org

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Why is it always breast cancer and never bollock cancer?

Aren't those badges that look like signs for the Gents some kind of male cancer awareness campaign?

 

[Selly]

Why is it always breast cancer and never bollock cancer?

This. Or prostate. Or kidney.

Don't get me wrong, the strides forward in Breast Cancer treatment over the past 20-30 years is fantastic.

But survival rates are now such that larger gains could probably be made, in terms of lives saved per pound, I'd we directed some of the BC funding towards Cancers that aren't as, shall we say, emotive.

Once you are diagnosed with kidney cancer, you are pretty much screwed. But if detected early it's eminently treatable. The issue is it's also asymptomatic so by the time you realise...

 

[Leonardo Green]

Just seems stupid trying to raise awareness for a women only caner when about 75% of the stadium is men. Surely that's key opportunity to raise awareness of a cancer men get.

obviously that would be sexism of the highest order and i should be hung for suggesting that.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I don't get the whole thing about raising 'awareness' of cancer.

Everybody's aware that cancer exists, many of us will have had our lives affected by it unfortunately.
A much better contribution would be made by football clubs making a sizeable donation to these charities. And if there was a collection outside the ground, I'm sure many fans would chuck some money in, I always do anyway.

"Awareness" seems to be one of those buzzwords that means nothing in reality.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Just seems stupid trying to raise awareness for a women only caner when about 75% of the stadium is men. Surely that's key opportunity to raise awareness of a cancer men get.

obviously that would be sexism of the highest order and i should be hung for suggesting that.

It's almost pedantic - bc the split will be far from 50/50 - but men can get breast cancer. The story is Tom Cruise was diagnosed, not sure if that's true though.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

I don't get the whole thing about raising 'awareness' of cancer.

Everybody's aware that cancer exists, many of us will have had our lives affected by it unfortunately.
A much better contribution would be made by football clubs making a sizeable donation to these charities. And if there was a collection outside the ground, I'm sure many fans would chuck some money in, I always do anyway.

"Awareness" seems to be one of those buzzwords that means nothing in reality.

Dangerous nonsense.

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[Tyler Durden]

Dangerous nonsense.

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Care to elaborate?

 

[Selly]

Care to elaborate?

Sure everyone is aware of cancer in general, but would you know what tell take signed to look out for that may be early indicators of breast cancer? Prostate? Skin?

Ok so those are the "easy" ones. How about kidney? Or stomach? Or lymph nodes?

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Care to elaborate?

Awareness breaks taboos.

Fear, denial.

The video on the sheffieldutube website, presumably deliberately, has all sorts of people saying something like Know Your Breasts.

Somebody somewhere will (hopefully) benefit from this. Maybe they're unsure, isolated, lonely, don't want to talk about it, but if other people like them are open, then they will feel empowered to open up.

The best recent example was the This Girl Can campaign.

No idea what the academic literature says on this but I'd be amazed if awareness raising was not in the top three most important ways of combatting disease - or however you want to frame the desired outcome.

I get that everyone knows about cancer but, to me, it's like saying Coca-Cola don't need to advertise.

On a personal level - not necessarily related to cancer or disease, I mean in any area of life - you must have some experience of the liberating feeling of, "Bloody hell, it's ok to talk about this."

 

[Bladepicker]

Are we seriously having people suggest that raising awreness of breast cancer is a bad thing or trying to attach gender politics to it?

Have a word with yourselves.

Anything that raises even a smidgen towards fighting this horrible disease is a great thing.

 

[Selly]

Are we seriously having people suggest that raising awreness of breast cancer is a bad thing or trying to attach gender politics to it?

Have a word with yourselves.

Anything that raises even a smidgen towards fighting this horrible disease is a great thing.

No, we (or at least I) am trying, and clearly failing, to argue that whilst awareness reading of BC is good, you might actually be able to save even more lives by raising awareness of a less well known/less treatable instance if cancer.

 

[BushBlade]

No, we (or at least I) am trying, and clearly failing, to argue that whilst awareness reading of BC is good, you might actually be able to save even more lives by raising awareness of a less well known/less treatable instance if cancer.

Why not do both? Does it have to be an 'either or' situation?

 

[Tyler Durden]

Awareness breaks taboos.

Fear, denial.

The video on the sheffieldutube website, presumably deliberately, has all sorts of people saying something like Know Your Breasts.

Somebody somewhere will (hopefully) benefit from this. Maybe they're unsure, isolated, lonely, don't want to talk about it, but if other people like them are open, then they will feel empowered to open up.

The best recent example was the This Girl Can campaign.

No idea what the academic literature says on this but I'd be amazed if awareness raising was not in the top three most important ways of combatting disease - or however you want to frame the desired outcome.

I get that everyone knows about cancer but, to me, it's like saying Coca-Cola don't need to advertise.

On a personal level - not necessarily related to cancer or disease, I mean in any area of life - you must have some experience of the liberating feeling of, "Bloody hell, it's ok to talk about this."

Ok, I made my last point a bit clumsily so I'll clarify what I'm getting at.

Remember the whole 'ice bucket challenge' thing last year? It was originally intended to raise awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a horrible degenerative condition which is currently untreatable and leaves sufferers completely disabled.
The trouble is, the stunt became bigger than the illness that is was supposed to raise awareness of. I doubt you'll find many people who knows what ALS is.

If turning the Lane pink will help people with breast cancer then of course I'm all for it.
I just think that very rich institutions like football clubs with lots of supporters can give far more tangible support by directly funding research into treating and curing the disease.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Why not do both? Does it have to be an 'either or' situation?

Ultimately maybe it does.

Funds, time, resources generally - and that includes brainspace for awareness - are limited. Compassion fatigue and all that.

(Aware that I'm almost taking both sides here - but I'm not really sure what to make of all this.)

 

[BushBlade]

Ultimately maybe it does.

Funds, time, resources generally - and that includes brainspace for awareness - are limited. Compassion fatigue and all that.

(Aware that I'm almost taking both sides here - but I'm not really sure what to make of all this.)

Yeah I suppose there has to be limits. Otherwise the next step is to say 'why just cancer, what about ...'

 

[jt64]

From SUFC:

The Blades' match day squad for the lunchtime fixture against Millwall will see the players wear a special home shirt emblazoned with the BCC logo, with the shirts being auctioned off on eBay following the game.

Is this going to be a limited edition kit in controversial red and white stripes?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Perhaps we'll be wearing something like this (look closely)....

I've just noticed it! What a very weird kit. Are they from Bra-zil?