Big Joe from the Saigon Chapter of the Vietnam Swans has some possible ideas for a new Vietnam jumper. Read on. Post a comment with your thoughts – but be warned; Joe treats his footy pretty seriously…

I’m all for retaining the name of the ‘Swans’ and the red & white (unheard of for a Saints supporter) but here are a couple of alternative ideas:

‘Vietnam Delta’ – with reference to the Mekong Delta in the south and the Red River Delta in the north, ahhh . . . the north/south harmony. The colour scheme could be top half blue (sky), bottom half green (land/paddy fields/jungle) with the two halves broken up by a lazy, red, S-shaped slash (signifying the Red River . . . and a memorium to the former VN Swans). For the hard core the name could refer to the Chuck Norris/Lee Marvin movie ‘Delta Force’, or the US elite tactical combat group. While on that track, ‘Vietnam Force’ is another idea for a name. Same colour scheme but broken up with a white lightning bolt.

‘Vietnam Storm’ – yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m from Melbourne but it’s a cool name and it can refer to Vietnamese weather. As for the colours, don’t think there are many Asian footy teams featuring purple. To top it off, I believe Jim Beam is a sponsor of Melbourne Storm. (Andy, is that a fact?) Can’t get enough of the world’s best bourbon.

‘Vietnam Pioneers’ – pioneering the world’s greatest sport in Vietnam. There’s gotta be something in that.

‘Vietnam Reds’ – close to the nickname the ‘Bloods’ but maybe a little too left-wing for the local authorities. (On a personal note – as far as I’m concerned, anything left of Genghis Khan is Communist!) With a name like the ‘Reds’ we would have a ready-made club song. “I see Red, I see Red, I see Red . . .” Split Enz, eat ya heart out!

Was trying to think of an animal, unique to VN, for use as a name/design but I think they’ve all been eaten.

Finally, we could just say “stuff it!”, leave it as the ‘Vietnam Swans’ and retire for a few coldies . . .