Show your colours

Ben (my 7 year old) was playing FIFA 12 on his Nintendo 3DS. He was Manchester United and was playing against Stoke City.

He was getting so frustrated because he couldn't beat them as usually he would win with ease.

I watched him play and realised that he had both teams in almost the same kit. When I pointed this out to him and explained that he may see his players better if he played in red he changed the shirts and won 3-0.

I seem to remember Manchester United losing a game a few years ago and blamed the grey shirts they where playing in. They said they couldnt see each other very well as the colours seemed to blend in with the suroundings.


I explained to Ben that teams wear different colours so they can see who's on which side, and if they all wear the same they would keep passing the ball to the wrong play and giving the ball away.

The conversation then went on to how we all look different and speak different as Ben said ''but they would recognise the player''. The only way I could get out of that was to tell him football is a fast game and that they wouldn't have time to look at faces just shirts.

Do you wear your true colours? or do you try and wear someone else colours. In other Words do you try and be yourself or try and be what others want you to be?

For many years I tried to wear all sorts of colours to blend in with my surroundings, but I soon learnt that this doesn't always work. I was maybe unsure of what colours to wear and often found it hard to wear my own "kit"

Don't try and fit into someone else's shirt or try and wear they're colours (because it probably wont match your eyes) Wear your own colours with pride . Be yourself and try and do what you believe and people will start to show you more respect.