Orange Petr Cech Kit

 I know we've discussed this before but I thought we may as well give this subject its own thread.....

Chelsea number one keeper Petr Cech is trying to do all the best he can to mess with United’s aim. Cech wants to stand out in tonight’s match and will be wearing an orange kit in tonight’s Champions League Final.

Cech wants to do all he can in his biggest game of his life. He is trying to do all things possible to try to foil Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney. That is, he will be wearing a specially designed orange shirt developed by Russian Scientists that is produced to distract strikers as they fire in their shots.

“It’s been scientifically proven that you shoot at targets when you see one,” Cech said. “Even when a player wants to shoot into the bottom corner, they see the orange shirt and they can’t ignore the colour because it’s attractive to their eyes. It happens quickly and subconsciously, but eyes cannot ignore such a bright colour.”

Cech has already tried this technique on the last of the Premiership against Bolton Wanderers, when Chelsea needed to beat their opponents in order to try and lift the Premier League. Yet this trick produced some mixed results as Cech got beaten late in the match by Matthew Taylor who hit the net to snatch a draw.

“The studies say the colour is like an alarm or alert which spreads and is very difficult to avoid,” Cech said. “I found this out from a Russian guy working at Sparta Prague when I was there four years ago. He showed me all his studies and I was very impressed.”

Therefore, tonight he will be wearing and testing this trick for the second time and with so much at stake, he must hope that it works perfectly so as to get to one against the Red Devils after losing the Premier League to them by just two points.

And a couple of links.......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-564804/Chelsea-goalkeeper-Cech-says-new-orange-kit-distract-strikers-boost-push-double--scientists-agree.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article3964562.ece -->

 I dont know where, but I had read something very similar a good few number of years ago. But, it was not about bright colours, it was more along the lines that a striker is naturally attracted to a stationary target. So there for will un-willingly aim for the keeper in front of the goal as he presents something to aim at in your perferal (sp?) vision.

So I guess if you are lit up like an X-mas tree then your even more visible to aim at! Have to admit that I really did not like the kit when I first saw it, but it really has grown on me.I would wear it with white sox though.

A good keeper will make at least one howler per season-he's going to stand out even more if he looks ridiculous.

Well I don't know if the orange had anything to do with it, but Cech did play well yesterday. (Just not as good as MAN U!!!! )

 That theory may have worked on Carrick's shot.  He had the whole goal to shoot at and put it close enough for Cech to make the save.

 i thought the kit looked great yesterday except for the socks. either wear orange socks or white. the black just clashes

To me this is marketing, not science. "Scientifically proven" means the scientific method of gathering measurable empirical evidence, formulating a hypothesis that bears out that evidence, and publishing the results in professional peer-reviewed journals. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but I guess if Cech thinks it works, there's value to it.

Looks awful tho.

 GkPaul, it was Given at Newcastle that said that

Well I almost got to base my final thesis on how the colour of the goalkeepers jersey influences shooting behaviours of strikers.

Pity it never came through, otherwise there would have been scientific verification of Cech's claim.

I don't think Cech would shout this out for the sole purpose of marketing. There must be some base for such a claim.

BonafideZulu:

I don't think Cech would shout this out for the sole purpose of marketing. There must be some base for such a claim.

I agree. I'm not saying he did that. I'm saying he believes what he's been told about it. I'm sure there is a base for the claim, I'm just skeptical that the real-world result is strikers shooting at the keeper.

tiancai:

Well I almost got to base my final thesis on how the colour of the goalkeepers jersey influences shooting behaviours of strikers.

Pity it never came through, otherwise there would have been scientific verification of Cech's claim.

Sounds very interesting Tiancai. Maybe you can give us a brief summary of what the thesis would have dealt with, and maybe how you intended to verify your hypotheses etc. I'm sure everyone here would be interested to find out!

what's the excuse for ryan giggs managing to miss from 8 yards then? terry wasn't dressed in fluo orange, although he does have a big head...

 I may buy the orange Nike jersey on JK (I have the same one in grey at the moment) and do an experiment in pre season.

One game in grey and one in orange, see what the results are..............

Phil Barnes (Above) wore the orange Nike jersey with black shorts and orange socks (Much better than Cech's kit) in the Johnstone paint trophy final and had an absolute stormer.

Obviously this is 99.9% down to the keeper wearing the kit but it has made me think now. With some of his saves in the game being point blank did the strikers subconciously aim for him?!

I would love to see the evidence that they used in order to design Cech's kit as it cant be for marketing alone (As we all know kids will love loud kits like this!).

That kit looks much better than Cech's...

I still have no clue about striker influence though.