Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: kieron on May 20, 2019, 03:02:44 PM
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Just announced by the Club on Instagram. Three year deal.
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And now on OS:
https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/05/20/aston-villa-partner-with-kappa
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Shame it's still not Luke 77 as I like this year's kits. Least it's not Marcon or Under Armour I guess.
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Luke is formal wear next season.
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As I'm getting married later in the year, that could come in handy!!
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I'm sure there's some logic to this but i can't see it right now
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hope theres none of that weird patterned shit going on like Napolis shirts
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Aston Villa is delighted to announce Kappa as the club’s Principal Partner for the 2019/20 season.
The Italian sportswear giants, who have signed a three-year agreement running until 2022, will provide kit and training wear for our first team, development and junior sides as well as the Ladies’ teams.
Kappa have been making sportswear for over 60 years and have supplied kit for numerous teams across a wide range of sports including the Italian national football team.
Aston Villa Chief Commercial Officer Nicola Ibbetson said: “I am delighted that Aston Villa have partnered with such a recognisable and iconic brand who have a long-standing reputation for delivering quality, eye-catching performance sportswear.
“At the forefront of our decision was the key requirement to find a partner that would put design at the heart of the process and do justice to our famous claret and blue colours.
“In addition to collaborating with some of the leading experts in the field of technical sports kit and fashion, we are currently working with Kappa and Fanatics to ensure that all Aston Villa supporters are catered for with a wide range of replica kit and merchandise.”
Kappa’s UK Managing Director, Mark Ward said: “Aston Villa is a world-class club with a strong identity and heritage. This new partnership with Aston Villa reinforces once again our strong ambition in football connecting our brand with one of the biggest clubs in the UK. We are excited to be a key part of Aston Villa’s global commercial strategy, serving players and supporters across the world thanks to a large product proposition from sports to lifestyle.”
Fanatics International President, Steve Davis, said: “We have had an incredibly successful first season working with Aston Villa and we are delighted that an innovative and world-renowned brand like Kappa has joined the partnership. We are looking forward to working with Kappa, who have produced some of the most iconic and stylish kits throughout the years, to give Villa fans another kit that they will love next season.”
Doesn't say how much the deal is worth..
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I'm sure there's some logic to this but i can't see it right now
The bottom line presumably.
If the krap fits..
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Claret shirt, blue sleeves and they have my support. Be nice if they could get the kit out before the end of summer for the first time in our history.
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Looking at the video, the shirt has blue sleeves and shorts are blue. Interesting to see Luke were Technical partner this season and 32 Red were Principal Partner. Kappa announced as Principal Partner and sounds like Fanatics will still manufacture it but Kappa will design it.
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Let’s judge the kit when we see it. Claret and blue with a Premier League logo on the sleeve will do for me.
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I'm surprised it's not Adidas.
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Don't mind that it's Kappa and I have a feeling it'll either be very good or terrible rather than average.
This year's Torino's home and away kits with light blue on them would be nice. Very simple and clean looking design ignoring the sponsor's logo.
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Would’ve been over the moon with this 35 years ago, loved Kappa when I were a lad. Not been overly impressed with any of their kits, let’s hope it’s a good un.
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Stick a Villa badge on it, job done.
(https://www.prokituk.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/274x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/1/2/1220_1.jpg)
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Don't mind that it's Kappa and I have a feeling it'll either be very good or terrible rather than average.
This is so true . some like superb and some look horrendous , never middle of the road
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Stick a Villa badge on it, job done.
(https://www.prokituk.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/274x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/1/2/1220_1.jpg)
Blimey Mr Shin, that looks like something out of Star Trek!!
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Stick a Villa badge on it, job done.
(https://www.prokituk.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/274x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/1/2/1220_1.jpg)
I like it, just not the blue bit, or the claret bit.
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Be funny and refreshing if we released a statement saying ‘we chose to partner with Kappa because they agreed to pay us more money that anyone else’
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I'll go for the China kit but with the lion rather than a dragon in claret & blue, obviously.
Changed my mind, a Claret & blue version of the 1997-98 Barcelona European home kit.
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Looking at the video, the shirt has blue sleeves and shorts are blue. Interesting to see Luke were Technical partner this season and 32 Red were Principal Partner. Kappa announced as Principal Partner and sounds like Fanatics will still manufacture it but Kappa will design it.
Blue shorts?! :o
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Don't care who the manufacturer is while we still have the awful crest.
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It’s not the skin tight kit either
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Disappointing. Would have preferred Adidas. Naseef Sawiris has a 6% stake in that brand.
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80s crest + umbro and the shirts would fly off the shelves.
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Don't care who the manufacturer is while we still have the awful crest.
This is something I'd like to see changed as well , if we do get promoted rebranding the club, new badge & all that wouldn't be a bad move.
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I could be wrong but I don't think Kappa have made kits for that many English clubs.
Man City in the 90s
Leeds current kit.
Maybe Wigan as well at one point?
Can't think of any more.
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When I think of Kappa I think of chavvy tracksuits and skin tight football shirts with ridiculous figures running down the sleeves
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I just hope they do a better job on the colours than the last Italian suppliers we had with their purple and lilac monstrosities. At least Luke brought proper claret back.
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I could be wrong but I don't think Kappa have made kits for that many English clubs.
Man City in the 90s
Leeds current kit.
Maybe Wigan as well at one point?
Can't think of any more.
Spurs
Blackburn
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If it makes commercial sense then great.
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I just hope they fit a larger man like me and are not skin tight fitting.
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I think Luke's shirt was fantastic, and clearly incredibly popular despite not as much blue on the sleeves as some would have liked.
I presume it's down to money. Here's hoping Kappa get it right too.
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I could be wrong but I don't think Kappa have made kits for that many English clubs.
Man City in the 90s
Leeds current kit.
Maybe Wigan as well at one point?
Can't think of any more.
Spurs
Blackburn
i was working up north in late 90’s. saw lots of those man city kappa shirts on the streets. It was terrible. Wrong shade of man city blue. The spurs one was alright, as I recall but forget about buying a replica one as they were as tight as 2 licks of paint!
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They do 2 versions for Leeds fans
(https://i.ibb.co/cvqx8tx/Screenshot-113.png)
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I think Luke's shirt was fantastic, and clearly incredibly popular despite not as much blue on the sleeves as some would have liked.
I presume it's down to money. Here's hoping Kappa get it right too.
I didn't like Luke's shirt at first because of the lack of blue sleeves, but the more I saw it in the flesh the more I liked it. It looks pretty stylish for a football top and the claret is a good shade good (blue is a bit wishy washy for my taste though.)
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The Luke shirt is great. One of the best we have ever had.
It will go down in history as our promotion shirt and we will look back on it fondly.
It will be a coveted shirt with fans trying to track it down on ebay for years to come.
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Are we stuck with those gamblers on our chest next season too?
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They do 2 versions for Leeds fans
(https://i.ibb.co/cvqx8tx/Screenshot-113.png)
Those are horrible.
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The massive logo doesn’t help. I always like something a lot more subtle and understated. Or just simple like the VW on the Wolfsburg kit.
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No one's making any of you buy it.
Do what I do: go retro in King Cotton!
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They do 2 versions for Leeds fans
(https://i.ibb.co/cvqx8tx/Screenshot-113.png)
Those are horrible.
That still works without the photos.
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Away Kit:
(https://i.ibb.co/0YvpGc1/IMG-20190521-125631-917.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0YvpGc1)
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Away Kit:
(https://i.ibb.co/0YvpGc1/IMG-20190521-125631-917.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0YvpGc1)
Third kit
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It's just a knock up someone has done, there's loads online. Some look decent, some make your eyes bleed.
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No one's making any of you buy it.
Do what I do: go retro in King Cotton!
That is a good point. People can always go retro and the retro ones we have available are some of the best from any club. I have even had fans of other clubs telling me how aesthetic our Umbro 80s shirts look.
Beautiful.
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Away Kit:
(https://i.ibb.co/0YvpGc1/IMG-20190521-125631-917.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0YvpGc1)
Third kit
All I know is it's from a reliable person that is the away kit.
Time will tell if 100% accurate but I have no reason to doubt it. It's certainly not a fan made mock up
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Away Kit:
(https://i.ibb.co/0YvpGc1/IMG-20190521-125631-917.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0YvpGc1)
Third kit
All I know is it's from a reliable person that is the away kit.
Time will tell if 100% accurate but I have no reason to doubt it. It's certainly not a fan made mock up
If it is then I just want to say I absolutely hated it the first time round so a rebadge is incredibly lazy and I’ll hate this one as well.
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I absolutely hated that green/black monstrosity the first time around (and the home kit from the same season)
Just my luck we'll have something hideous just after my Luke love in where i bought home and away and some other gear
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It's just a knock up someone has done, there's loads online. Some look decent, some make your eyes bleed.
I believe this is the genuine thing from a club source. Not a fan mock up
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I saw it yesterday online with a bunch of other ones so just assumed they were all fan mock ups.
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The Luke shirt was the first shirt in years I've bought. Not really fussed about Kappa, suppose it's better than Under Armour.
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I liked that green/black one in the nineties. I'd be happy if we had something similar. But, as ever, do what the fuck you want with the away kit just don't piss about with the claret shirt, blue sleeves.
Just thought I'd mention this in case anyone was unaware of my views...
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Have we ever had a shirt as divisive as that green and black horror show?!
How so many people can like it is beyond me.
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Away Kit:
(https://i.ibb.co/0YvpGc1/IMG-20190521-125631-917.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0YvpGc1)
Third kit
All I know is it's from a reliable person that is the away kit.
Time will tell if 100% accurate but I have no reason to doubt it. It's certainly not a fan made mock up
If it is then I just want to say I absolutely hated it the first time round so a rebadge is incredibly lazy and I’ll hate this one as well.
Without wanting to become embroiled in a tedious debate, that looks like a mock-up to me. The sponsor looks like it comes from a different source than the shirt.
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I loved the hideous green shirt. My first one and it reminds me of Dalian and Coca Cola cup glory (lord knows whether I have misplaced it in my mental timeline).
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Would've been great without the yoghurt advert, if it looks like that mock-up it'll be as nice as a very nice thing reading Howard Marks' autobiography while eating a Nice biscuit in Nice.
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I can accept a black away shirt, but never understood why it was also green and red?! Horrible kit.
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I loved the hideous green shirt. My first one and it reminds me of Dalian and Coca Cola cup glory (lord knows whether I have misplaced it in my mental timeline).
My first Villa shirt, too. I loved it and still do. Don't know if we need a nod to that kit for next season's shirt, however.
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I loved the hideous green shirt. My first one and it reminds me of Dalian and Coca Cola cup glory (lord knows whether I have misplaced it in my mental timeline).
My first Villa shirt, too. I loved it and still do. Don't know if we need a nod to that kit for next season's shirt, however.
And me! That shirt had a special place in my heart as I had McGrath #5 on mine. Good times. :)
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The waistcoat version is an iconic Villa item.
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The waistcoat version is an iconic Villa item.
It was made for Partridge to pose in around Paris.
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The waistcoat version is an iconic Villa item.
It was made for Partridge to pose in around Paris.
Ice white socks with double cadet stripe.
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I could be wrong but I don't think Kappa have made kits for that many English clubs.
Man City in the 90s
Leeds current kit.
Maybe Wigan as well at one point?
Can't think of any more.
Spurs
Blackburn
Fulham when they had that mad Europa League campaign. They had a black shirt with a lovely white and gold sash that if we were to see something similar for an away kit with more relevant colours I'd be delighted.
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Responsible for the bunch below, according to Wiki...
Formula 1
On 20 February 2018, it was announced Kappa began a partnership with the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team, supplying the team and drivers with gear, and featuring the logo on the cars' headrests.
Football
National teams
British Virgin Islands
Fiji
Gabon
Namibia
New Caledonia
Tunisia
Associations and leagues
Kappa is the official football supplier for the following leagues, referees and associations:
Brazil Paulistão
Italy Serie B
Australia Football Queensland
Club teams
Africa
South Africa SuperSport United
South Africa Bidvest Wits F.C.
South Africa Highlands Park F.C.
Tunisia US Monastir
Egypt Pyramids FC
Asia
Australia Adamstown Rosebud FC
Australia FC Bulleen Lions
Australia Green Gully SC
Australia South Melbourne FC
Australia Western United
Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Japan JEF United Chiba
Malaysia Kuantan FA
Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA
Malaysia Sime Darby F.C.
Vietnam Hà Nội F.C.
Europe
Albania Flamurtari Vlorë
Albania Teuta Durrës
Azerbaijan Neftçi
Belgium Charleroi
Belgium Sint-Truiden
Belgium Waasland-Beveren
England Aston Villa (From 2019)
England Leeds United
France Angers
France Bastia (Until 2019)
France AS Monaco (From 2019)
France Lorient
France Orléans
France Troyes (Until 2019)
Israel Bnei Yehuda
Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Italy Empoli
Italy Napoli
Italy Sassuolo
Italy Torino (Until 2019)
Italy Padova
Northern Ireland Crusaders
North Macedonia Makedonija Gjorče Petrov
North Macedonia Shkupi
Spain Real Betis
Spain Córdoba
Spain Cultural Leonesa
Spain Extremadura
Sweden Göteborg
Wales Bangor City
North America
Mexico Atlante
Central America
Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
Nicaragua Real Estelí
Oceania
New Zealand Auckland City FC
South America
Argentina Aldosivi
Argentina Belgrano
Argentina Cipolletti
Argentina Santamarina
Argentina Racing Club
Argentina Vélez Sarsfield
Brazil Botafogo (From June 2019).
Brazil Remo (From 2020).
Chile Unión Española
Basketball
National teams
Argentina Argentina
United Kingdom British Basketball League all teams
Singapore Singapore
Club teams
France Boulazac Basket Dordogne
France Hermine de Nantes Atlantique
France Le Mans Sarthe Basket
France Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération
Italy Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino (Since the 2018–2019 season).
Poland Anwil Włocławek
Serbia KK Metalac Valjevo
South Korea Jeonju KCC Egis
Baseball
Club teams
South Korea Lotte Giants
Boxing
South Africa Moruti Mthalane
Fencing
National teams
Italy Federazione Italiana Scherma
Golf
National teams
Italy Federazione Italiana Golf
Ice hockey
Czech Republic HC Kometa Brno
Czech Republic HC Energie Karlovy Vary
Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel
Czech Republic HC Stadion Litoměřice
Czech Republic HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi
Italy Hockey Milano Rossoblu
Field hockey
National teams
Malaysia Malaysia
Rowing
National teams
Italy Federazione Italiana Canottaggio
Rugby League
Club teams
England London Broncos
England Oldham
Canada Toronto Wolfpack
England Bradford Bulls
England Salford Red Devils
Rugby Union
Club teams
France Brive
France Montpellier Hérault Rugby
France Aviron Bayonnais
Italy Benetton
Italy Rovigo
Spain Valladolid RAC
Spain Barcelona Universitari Club
Wales Pontypridd RFC
Volleyball
Club teams
Finland Tampereen Isku-Volley
Skiing
National teams
Italy Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali
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The waistcoat version is an iconic Villa item.
It was made for Partridge to pose in around Paris.
Ice white socks with double cadet stripe.
"The classic English gentleman abroad: It's David Niven. It's Stewart Grainger. It's Nigel Havers. It's a green blazer. The look? 'Imperial Leisure'"
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The Green away one I loved it I hope they do bring another version out like it.
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West Ham’s new shirt is available to buy without the sponsor on it. Take note, Villa.
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West Ham’s new shirt is available to buy without the sponsor on it. Take note, Villa.
How does that work? You'd think the sponsor wouldn't be happy about this so are the sponsorless shirts sold at a higher price?
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Some talk of Kappa also being Everton's kit supplier.
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West Ham’s new shirt is available to buy without the sponsor on it. Take note, Villa.
How does that work? You'd think the sponsor wouldn't be happy about this so are the sponsorless shirts sold at a higher price?
I'd imagine that the sponsors see the value on the shirts the players are wearing on TV, rather than the overweight fans dragging their kids around ASDA!
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Is 32Red still our sponsor next season? I haven’t seen anything in the original announcement suggesting it was more than the one year.
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Some talk of Kappa also being Everton's kit supplier.
Signed a new multi-year deal with Umbro in March.
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Why have we never gone back to Umbro since the early 90s? I think they are up there with the best for football kits. That black and white Mita away one was mint!
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Is 32Red still our sponsor next season? I haven’t seen anything in the original announcement suggesting it was more than the one year.
Original announcement below, no mention of it being more than a year.
https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/06/13/32red-become-new-principal-partner
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Why have we never gone back to Umbro since the early 90s? I think they are up there with the best for football kits. That black and white Mita away one was mint!
Don’t look at the new West Ham kits then - both Umbro and both very nice uses of the colours they’ve stolen!! Particularly the away kit that we will see when they visit Villa Park!
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Why have we never gone back to Umbro since the early 90s? I think they are up there with the best for football kits. That black and white Mita away one was mint!
Don’t look at the new West Ham kits then - both Umbro and both very nice uses of the colours they’ve stolen!! Particularly the away kit that we will see when they visit Villa Park!
Very nice
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They’ve even got a bloody great lion on the shirt too. Have they no shame.
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Why have we never gone back to Umbro since the early 90s? I think they are up there with the best for football kits. That black and white Mita away one was mint!
Don’t look at the new West Ham kits then - both Umbro and both very nice uses of the colours they’ve stolen!! Particularly the away kit that we will see when they visit Villa Park!
Very nice
The home kit is horrid and the away kit is a direct copy of ours from the season just ended!
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Agree that Wham home kit is disgusting. Away is nice but it's... White. With claret trim. Not hard.
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The away one is nice. Stick a
Villa badge on it and I’m guessing 95% of us would be happy with it.
The home one is gash. It looks a bit like an attempt to rip off the 80/81 admiral one, which I always thought was a good one for them.
Whatever Kappa dish up, can’t say I’m too excited by the prospect. The Luke kits this season were very well done, but I guess it all comes
Down to dollars in the end. As many have said, if they have it on sale before the start of the season, it will be a bonus for a lot of people.
Bound to have the kappa logo cheaply transferred on to the arms that peels off after three washes
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The away one is nice...
The home one is gash. It looks a bit like an attempt to rip off the 80/81 admiral one, which I always thought was a good one for them.
They are both taking inspiration from their Admiral kits of 79/80 in order to mark 40 years since they won the Cup as a Second Division club.
Just a pity they couldn't have gone a step further and played the anniversary season in the second tier.
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Original announcement below, no mention of it being more than a year.
https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/06/13/32red-become-new-principal-partner
This report (https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-new-kit-kappa-16389479) suggests its a three year deal.
I know it's been discussed on here many times before, but why is it that our kit is always released so late in the summer? It happens every time. The big clubs generally all release them early, but so do many other clubs as well. Surely people (although not me) would want to buy them for their summer holidays. It feels like we are missing out on sales.
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Why have we never gone back to Umbro since the early 90s? I think they are up there with the best for football kits. That black and white Mita away one was mint!
Don’t look at the new West Ham kits then - both Umbro and both very nice uses of the colours they’ve stolen!! Particularly the away kit that we will see when they visit Villa Park!
Very nice
The home kit is horrid and the away kit is a direct copy of ours from the season just ended!
Agree and looks like claret shorts.
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That time of year. Some concepts doing the rounds
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itbjZW4AEkfy_.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itX-SWsAAWht7.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itlfhWwAAHsE6.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8it16GWkAARCS9.jpg:large)
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
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That one is top drawer which means it won’t be anything like it. Maybe a bit more blue on the sleeves but very solid.
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
Looks more like training gear than a Villa shirt so hope the actual shirt is nothing like that. Would love it if they surprised us and brought the old badge back.
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The sponsor looks fuxking awful, especially that big 'W', thought was reserved for Wanky Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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The cartoon sketches of the kit show it having a blue collar
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We're not wearing blue shorts, are we?
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That time of year. Some concepts doing the rounds
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itbjZW4AEkfy_.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itX-SWsAAWht7.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itlfhWwAAHsE6.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8it16GWkAARCS9.jpg:large)
I like all of those apart from the green and black stripes thing. That looks like a referee’s kit.
They will end up totally different though.
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The home one with white shorts would be fine. We had a non traditional kit last year, please can we have the normal one this year?
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Top one with blue sleeves and white shorts would be good. The third with claret shorts would be nice as a modern twist to our heritage 1957 cup winning shirt
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Claret (not pink, not purple) body, light blue sleeves, white shorts, no daft collars. It's really not difficult.
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Claret (not pink, not purple) body, light blue sleeves, white shorts, no daft collars. It's really not difficult.
Based on recent attempts, it would appear to be.
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Quite like it.
I like traditional, but, not against something a bit different either. Loved last season's top.
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That time of year. Some concepts doing the rounds
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itbjZW4AEkfy_.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itX-SWsAAWht7.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8itlfhWwAAHsE6.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8it16GWkAARCS9.jpg:large)
Not too keen on the black & green.
Like the other two, although, I do prefer a white away top
White shorts and socks on the top shirt would look much better, too
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By the time they get released, you will be able to buy them as Christmas presents, we do seem to always be very slow releasing our kits.
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Claret (not pink, not purple) body, light blue sleeves, white shorts, no daft collars. It's really not difficult.
Whilst I'm sure most of us agree with that, I think the occaisional change is good for variety, particularly for younger fans. Look at this years kit. Many complained there wasn't enough blue on the sleeves, yet for me (and many others I think) it is one of the best kits we've had for years.
So yes, the guiding principal must always be claret body and blue sleeves but in this day and age there will always be some spin on that and for me that's a good thing. With that said, I dislike the pic above enormously!
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Claret (not pink, not purple) body, light blue sleeves, white shorts, no daft collars. It's really not difficult.
Whilst I'm sure most of us agree with that, I think the occaisional change is good for variety, particularly for younger fans. Look at this years kit. Many complained there wasn't enough blue on the sleeves, yet for me (and many others I think) it is one of the best kits we've had for years.
So yes, the guiding principal must always be claret body and blue sleeves but in this day and age there will always be some spin on that and for me that's a good thing. With that said, I dislike the pic above enormously!
Agreed, don't like anything about that except for the round badge.
It looks like West Ham's kit this season, and that is no good thing. Ever, tbh.
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By the time they get released, you will be able to buy them as Christmas presents, we do seem to always be very slow releasing our kits.
Mid July before the first friendly reported. Would be nice to have them ready for start of kids summer hols though to be able to wear them away
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Claret (not pink, not purple) body, light blue sleeves, white shorts, no daft collars. It's really not difficult.
Whilst I'm sure most of us agree with that, I think the occaisional change is good for variety, particularly for younger fans. Look at this years kit. Many complained there wasn't enough blue on the sleeves, yet for me (and many others I think) it is one of the best kits we've had for years.
So yes, the guiding principal must always be claret body and blue sleeves but in this day and age there will always be some spin on that and for me that's a good thing. With that said, I dislike the pic above enormously!
You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
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I think the big W is quite apt.
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You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
How would you feel if we recreated this kit for a season?
(https://i.ibb.co/G277f8D/1957.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G277f8D)
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Although maybe they should save that for the season after we next win the FA cup.
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You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
How would you feel if we recreated this kit for a season?
(https://i.ibb.co/G277f8D/1957.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G277f8D)
That's fine... as an away kit.
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You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
How would you feel if we recreated this kit for a season?
(https://i.ibb.co/G277f8D/1957.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G277f8D)
That's fine... as an away kit.
Good answer... is that an original?
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You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
How would you feel if we recreated this kit for a season?
(https://i.ibb.co/G277f8D/1957.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G277f8D)
That's fine... as an away kit.
Good answer... is that an original?
That's Peter McParland with his shirt - just got the image from google.
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Aah!
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You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
That’s why I liked the version of the modern twist on this thread earlier
How would you feel if we recreated this kit for a season?
(https://i.ibb.co/G277f8D/1957.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G277f8D)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8yHxccXoAMcvt-.jpg:large)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8yHxccXoAMcvt-.jpg:large)
Hehe, the critique of this one I will leave to Butthead: https://youtu.be/D0m-3glcmbE
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8yHxccXoAMcvt-.jpg:large)
Hehe, the critique of this one I will leave to Butthead: https://youtu.be/D0m-3glcmbE
Oh dear no
I did not mind it first time round but nowadays it look shite
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That’s just a fuck up of a fucked up original.
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Like this concept, especially the old badge:
(https://i.ibb.co/bRWP8dy/2-B08-C6-FA-7513-43-CF-AEC6-80-AF8-DE3-D744.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRWP8dy)
I'll leave the commenting on this one to Adam Buxton: https://youtu.be/4CskqY3WGuI
Claret (not pink, not purple) body, light blue sleeves, white shorts, no daft collars. It's really not difficult.
Whilst I'm sure most of us agree with that, I think the occaisional change is good for variety, particularly for younger fans. Look at this years kit. Many complained there wasn't enough blue on the sleeves, yet for me (and many others I think) it is one of the best kits we've had for years.
So yes, the guiding principal must always be claret body and blue sleeves but in this day and age there will always be some spin on that and for me that's a good thing. With that said, I dislike the pic above enormously!
You had your wacky kit this year, it's my turn this year. And who says I'm not one of our younger fans? I'm definitely younger than Brian Green.
The blokes on the D-Day programmes last week are younger than Brian!
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8yHxccXoAMcvt-.jpg:large)
Hehe, the critique of this one I will leave to Butthead: https://youtu.be/D0m-3glcmbE
Oh dear no
I did not mind it first time round but nowadays it look shite
Dear God, no.
That is awful, didn't like it first time either.
However, the away one (pale blue and white) was quite nice
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(https://scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/62236584_929953394012128_8313589807695527936_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-1.fna&oh=9b7e7ba4eb24c512869837c8cab98d6b&oe=5D7F0DD9)
New Tunisia change shirt. Anyone up for a ghosted lion obliterated with a giant W88 logo?
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A glimpse of the training top...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8z1lavXsAEgRJK.jpg:large)
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That looks really nice.
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Just been to have a look in Rebel Sport in Brisbane CBD.
Both Chelsea and Celtic 19/20 shirts are already prominently on display and well stocked.
Just sayin...
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A glimpse of the training top...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8z1lavXsAEgRJK.jpg:large)
He looks like he's hanging.
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(https://scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/62236584_929953394012128_8313589807695527936_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-1.fna&oh=9b7e7ba4eb24c512869837c8cab98d6b&oe=5D7F0DD9)
New Tunisia change shirt. Anyone up for a ghosted lion obliterated with a giant W88 logo?
Without obliteration maybe. Thinking of which what are the rules re: exactly where a sponsor logo has to go?
If there was something like a big shirt lion, I’d have a lot more respect (and possibly interest/publicity for them) if they shifted a logo eg bottom left rather than middle middle of the front of shirt?
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Without obliteration maybe. Thinking of which what are the rules re: exactly where a sponsor logo has to go?
If there was something like a big shirt lion, I’d have a lot more respect (and possibly interest/publicity for them) if they shifted a logo eg bottom left rather than middle middle of the front of shirt?
As you would probably expect, it's highly controlled as to where a logo can go, and the size etc:
A GUIDE TO THE FA KIT AND ADVERTISING REGULATIONSwww.thefa.com/-/media/cfa/.../the-fa-guide-to-kit-advertising-regulations-2017-18.as... (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwj8ta-ZxObiAhUConEKHYqwCJYQFjAAegQIBhAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefa.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fcfa%2Fderbyshirefa%2Ffiles%2Fthe-fa-guide-to-kit-advertising-regulations-2017-18.ashx&usg=AOvVaw0XBujpQVYPHnUx2iayRrcN)
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(https://scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/62236584_929953394012128_8313589807695527936_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-1.fna&oh=9b7e7ba4eb24c512869837c8cab98d6b&oe=5D7F0DD9)
New Tunisia change shirt. Anyone up for a ghosted lion obliterated with a giant W88 logo?
The top Jack was photographed in gives me cause for hope, this simply fills me with despair.
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Without obliteration maybe. Thinking of which what are the rules re: exactly where a sponsor logo has to go?
If there was something like a big shirt lion, I’d have a lot more respect (and possibly interest/publicity for them) if they shifted a logo eg bottom left rather than middle middle of the front of shirt?
As you would probably expect, it's highly controlled as to where a logo can go, and the size etc:
A GUIDE TO THE FA KIT AND ADVERTISING REGULATIONSwww.thefa.com/-/media/cfa/.../the-fa-guide-to-kit-advertising-regulations-2017-18.as... (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwj8ta-ZxObiAhUConEKHYqwCJYQFjAAegQIBhAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefa.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fcfa%2Fderbyshirefa%2Ffiles%2Fthe-fa-guide-to-kit-advertising-regulations-2017-18.ashx&usg=AOvVaw0XBujpQVYPHnUx2iayRrcN)
I’ll pass thanks. I don’t think I can take any more excitement after your post on work permit rules.
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Without obliteration maybe. Thinking of which what are the rules re: exactly where a sponsor logo has to go?
If there was something like a big shirt lion, I’d have a lot more respect (and possibly interest/publicity for them) if they shifted a logo eg bottom left rather than middle middle of the front of shirt?
As you would probably expect, it's highly controlled as to where a logo can go, and the size etc:
A GUIDE TO THE FA KIT AND ADVERTISING REGULATIONSwww.thefa.com/-/media/cfa/.../the-fa-guide-to-kit-advertising-regulations-2017-18.as... (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwj8ta-ZxObiAhUConEKHYqwCJYQFjAAegQIBhAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefa.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fcfa%2Fderbyshirefa%2Ffiles%2Fthe-fa-guide-to-kit-advertising-regulations-2017-18.ashx&usg=AOvVaw0XBujpQVYPHnUx2iayRrcN)
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(https://i.ibb.co/TYHNJkD/utv-x.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gmDcQ3b)
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Well that looks hideous
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-K34w2XsAExmYf.jpg)
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Christ that looks like Wolverhampton kit with a Villa Badge sewn on.
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They are just training tops, what’s wrong with that?
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I reckon someone was drunk when they designed the one JP posted. How many different colours randomly added? it looks like some weird cheap foreign knock off of a Manure top.
And the one I posted makes us look like Derby.
They may not be real ones mind.
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Where's the fucking daddy?
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And it's been said that they are concept kits for the U21s, nothing to do with the first team.
Although that may be bollocks as well.
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They’re fine. Stop being so old and grumpy. They look like training kits. I just want a traditional home kit again. I don’t really mind some creativity with the away.
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They’re fine. Stop being so old and grumpy. They look like training kits. I just want a traditional home kit again. I don’t really mind some creativity with the away.
Yep , this is for me too.
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And most importantly the first team kits will have a PL badge on it.
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They look like jimjams.
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The white one reminds me of the 89/90 away shirt.
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As training tops they're exactly what you'd expect, fine by me. I actually quite like the monotone badge on the white one.
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I couldn't give a fuck what they wear on the training ground.
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I couldn't give a fuck what they wear on the training ground.
I couldn't give a fuck what they wear on the training ground.
I think that was the working title for 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'.
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I couldn't give a fuck what they wear on the training ground.
I couldn't either.
But they look shite.
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I couldn't give a fuck what they wear on the training ground.
Well I'd like to think that what they wear at Bodymoor Heath has some resemblance to what they'll wear on the pitch. Kappa gimp masks, leather codpieces and 9" stilettos might float some people's boats, but I doubt they will help much when preparing for a season opener at Spurs.
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Hope the actual kit doesn't have those Kappa twins on the shoulders
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I couldn't give a fuck what they wear on the training ground.
Well I'd like to think that what they wear at Bodymoor Heath has some resemblance to what they'll wear on the pitch. Kappa gimp masks, leather codpieces and 9" stilettos might float some people's boats, but I doubt they will help much when preparing for a season opener at Spurs.
In fairness, it would probably confuse them.
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Hope the actual kit doesn't have those Kappa twins on the shoulders
I think you’ll find they will, if that teaser launch video is anything to go by.
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It could be worse. I remember seeing the Djemba twins in a Villa shirt.
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Hope the actual kit doesn't have those Kappa twins on the shoulders
I think it's their logo, mate. I'd imagine it'll be there somewhere. I just hope it's a nice kit.
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I think he means on the sleeves like this. If we do I hope they are sturdier than the Macron men were.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1175/1708/products/12807_5bade4a20854d_0_1538122914_2048x.jpg?v=1538476514)
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Ah, I see. Yes, I hope we don't have them, either. Though it seems recently that Kappa are putting them down the sides of kits, rather than in the shoulders. I could well be wrong, though
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Could be a single Kappa logo on the sleeves and obviously one on the chest (as per Leeds last season).
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Hope the actual kit doesn't have those Kappa twins on the shoulders
Why wouldn’t they?
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It's a link to a Leeds site but Kappa seem to be keeping their branding subtle in most of their 2019-2020 kits (https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-kit-release-kappa-16448653).
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It's a link to a Leeds site but Kappa seem to be keeping their branding subtle in most of their 2019-2020 kits (https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-kit-release-kappa-16448653).
My favourite from those is the Western United Australian League one which funnily is the only one with the Kappa logo in the centre as they have the league badge on one side of the chest over there, ho hum.
But so long as they get the colours right I'll be reasonably content.
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Hope the actual kit doesn't have those Kappa twins on the shoulders
Why wouldn’t they?
I've always thought they look crap
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Looking at all the kappa ones from other clubs, maybe we can’t rule out stripes?
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Hope the actual kit doesn't have those Kappa twins on the shoulders
Why wouldn’t they?
I've always thought they look crap
And eighties and a bit creepy.
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How are Western Union having an inaugural season and celebrating their 100th anniversary at the same time?
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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I like that one. It's mad.
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
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Our kit releases take too long. It really should be out by now. Out as in available to buy. Please sort it out Villa, its frustrating.
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
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We always like to wait until summer is over. Everyone knows the best time to sell sorts and T-shirts is when it's cold and raining.
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We always like to wait until summer is over. Everyone knows the best time to sell sorts and T-shirts is when it's cold and raining.
To echo this and Smirker above, very true. We're poor in this area. Doesn't matter to me as I probably won't be buying it this year - happy with my Luke shirt last year which has stood the test of time as something I think is really smart and well-made, in spite of the lack of blue sleeves. However the club is missing a trick on revenue here and people like myself or those on the fence about needing to part with another £60/€70 might have been swayed by a smart kit released early in the summer.
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We always like to wait until summer is over. Everyone knows the best time to sell sorts and T-shirts is when it's cold and raining.
Better still, make sure that whatever kids stock you have is sold out and unobtainable in time for the Xmas rush.
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
Green and white in the body with 2 shades of claret and the black and white on the sides with 2 shades of blue (a bit like the checked shirt we had a few years ago). Then a stylised lion in the bottom right (where they have a w). I'm not sure but I think it could look pretty good.
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
I just threw up a little. In my mouth.
Nice pshop job all the same though.
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
Flippin' heck, bud, well done.
I am a little lost for words on seeing it, though ;D
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Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
As I said, create another claret tone that's a few shades darker to replace the white in the body and then another blue tone that's a shade or 2 darker to replace the white on the arms, then replace the white shoulders with one of the blue tones.
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Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
As I said, create another claret tone that's a few shades darker to replace the white in the body and then another blue tone that's a shade or 2 darker to replace the white on the arms, then replace the white shoulders with one of the blue tones.
I'd develop this a little further, replace the white in the body with exactly the same claret and the white on the arms and shoulders with exactly the same blue. Then it will be much better.
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Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
As I said, create another claret tone that's a few shades darker to replace the white in the body and then another blue tone that's a shade or 2 darker to replace the white on the arms, then replace the white shoulders with one of the blue tones.
I'd develop this a little further, replace the white in the body with exactly the same claret and the white on the arms and shoulders with exactly the same blue. Then it will be much better.
Well yes, but that's really not the point here is it. That said I get tradition and the calls fo claret body and blue arms but I think there's got to be some room to add touches to that.
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Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
As I said, create another claret tone that's a few shades darker to replace the white in the body and then another blue tone that's a shade or 2 darker to replace the white on the arms, then replace the white shoulders with one of the blue tones.
I'd develop this a little further, replace the white in the body with exactly the same claret and the white on the arms and shoulders with exactly the same blue. Then it will be much better.
Well yes, but that's really not the point here is it. That said I get tradition and the calls fo claret body and blue arms but I think there's got to be some room to add touches to that.
I agree, paul, I like the traditional with a slight twist. Have to admit, i loved last seasons top.
This design, as an away top pale blue and white, wouldn't be too bad.
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
Flippin' heck, bud, well done.
I am a little lost for words on seeing it, though ;D
nice dress for the ladies
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That kit looks like Risso drew it on MS Paint.
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Well yes, but that's really not the point here is it. That said I get tradition and the calls fo claret body and blue arms but I think there's got to be some room to add touches to that.
I agree, paul, I like the traditional with a slight twist. Have to admit, i loved last seasons top.
This design, as an away top pale blue and white, wouldn't be too bad.
Using a sunday league style kit builder (because I don't have photoshop to be able to do it with the one that was linked) I got this, which is the sort of thing I'm getting at:
(https://i.ibb.co/cQSss22/kit.png) (https://ibb.co/cQSss22)
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just please nothing like this one
(https://i.ibb.co/KVhXD7b/0-Kappa-kits-Western-United-away.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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dear lord I am tripping
All I see are chazwazzas.
Is there a tech wizz out there that could replace green with claret and black with blue?
Just curious as to what it would look like :)
Be very bloody careful what you wish for.
(https://i.ibb.co/xmRDVb5/av.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xmRDVb5)
Flippin' heck, bud, well done.
I am a little lost for words on seeing it, though ;D
nice dress for the ladies
At least it, sort of, has blue sleeves.
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How are Western Union having an inaugural season and celebrating their 100th anniversary at the same time?
Time is relative
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If our new kit is anywhere close to how good the new Arsenal kit is, we will be happy.
Their new kit is perfect (for Arse)
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If our new kit is anywhere close to how good the new Arsenal kit is, we will be happy.
Their new kit is perfect (for Arse)
Almost perfect. The design is great but the colour is wrong, it's a blood orange or something? Hard to describe.
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https://twitter.com/gaygooners/status/1145759632150974464?s=21
If I were an Arsenal fan, I’d be more than happy with the colour and design.
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The Arsenal kit is a solid design and literally a Villa kit just waiting to happen
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That would be a thing of beauty in claret and blue.
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The new Arsenal kit is pretty much their 1988 kit with the "new"/shit adidas logo on.
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The new Arsenal kit is pretty much their 1988 kit with the "new"/shit adidas logo on.
Aye, now that you say it, spot on. Hence the weird shade of blood orange.
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The new Arsenal kit is pretty much their 1988 kit with the "new"/shit adidas logo on.
I guess there's only so much you can do with the 'red body white sleeves' brief. I'd be pretty happy with a claret & blue version of their new kit.
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Well yes, but that's really not the point here is it. That said I get tradition and the calls fo claret body and blue arms but I think there's got to be some room to add touches to that.
I agree, paul, I like the traditional with a slight twist. Have to admit, i loved last seasons top.
This design, as an away top pale blue and white, wouldn't be too bad.
Using a sunday league style kit builder (because I don't have photoshop to be able to do it with the one that was linked) I got this, which is the sort of thing I'm getting at:
(https://i.ibb.co/cQSss22/kit.png) (https://ibb.co/cQSss22)
that will be £75 please
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The Arsenal kit is a solid design and literally a Villa kit just waiting to happen
That is exactly what our kit should look like but obviously in claret (not purple or pink) and light blue. With white shorts (I'm sure I read earlier there's a suggestion of blue this year.)
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If the launch is tomorrow then they have done really well to keep it a complete secret until now
Not a single leak to date
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If the launch is tomorrow then they have done really well to keep it a complete secret until now
Not a single leak to date
Compared to photos of Wesley all over the Clickbait Mail and antisocial media but not on the official website.
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Has the release date been confirmed?
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Haven’t seen a kit launch date confirmed either.
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training tops???
(https://i.ibb.co/xjcY7nK/D9-CB98-AF-3017-47-F9-97-F2-64945-BCD4262.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xjcY7nK)
(https://i.ibb.co/1Zqc0ZB/BEFA5066-6158-40-A3-8-C61-E87-A700-D8483.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1Zqc0ZB)
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Here goes: 😍😂🤐😤😖🤯😬😭🤪😱🥵🤬😷🤧😇🤓🧐🤭🤥🤥🤢🥴🙄
Should cover it
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If the launch is tomorrow then they have done really well to keep it a complete secret until now
Not a single leak to date
Compared to photos of Wesley all over the Clickbait Mail and antisocial media but not on the official website.
Care to share?
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Here goes: 😍😂🤐😤😖🤯😬😭🤪😱🥵🤬😷🤧😇🤓🧐🤭🤥🤥🤢🥴🙄
Should cover it
You missed
💩🤮💥😍
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New Braga third kit. Fucking hell immediately came to mind
(https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1146089443037712384/BDJJP8gI?format=jpg&name=600x314)
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If those are genuine pics of the training kits posted by Arsey then my first impression is that the claret looks good.
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training gear?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-fBYSZXsAAwepW.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-fBYSaX4AEtjqM.jpg)
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That kit looks like Risso drew it on MS Paint.
Where's the wheelchairs?
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Like the claret top
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Like the claret top
If it was claret.
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training gear?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-fBYSZXsAAwepW.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-fBYSaX4AEtjqM.jpg)
Imagine so TV, mainly because of the badge. The track suit top Jack Grealish was pictured in the other day had the proper badge on so can only imagine the kit will (the home kit anyway).
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The navy training top Wes is wearing is lovely
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Not the best quality picture, but this purports to be a leak of the new kits.
If it is....where’s my credit card, I need to buy that home shirt quick.
https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1146179446317232128?s=21
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Uruguay style away top in that concept.
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They all look good, albeit maybe the sponsor would look better if it wasn't bright red on the third kit.
Hope they turn out to be true and we have proper Villa home shirts again. That's the main thing.
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Away kit is nice too.
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A lot depends on quality for me. This year's kit is the most solid we've had in years. Something makes me think this kappa gear won't be as good.
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I was just wondering how often we would have to wear our third strip and thought of checking the other claret and blues in the top flight.
Burnley shirt seems nice enough, though I'm not sure about the collar. Or getting Ashley Westwood to model it...
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2019/july/burnley-fc-umbro-home-kit-201920/
As for West Ham, oh Mother Brown that's fucking shite...
https://www.officialwesthamstore.com/kits/home-kit-201920/
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I'd imagine a lot of West Ham fans really like it as it's based on one of their old kits.
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Doesn't surprise me to be honest. They're the only team that consistently produces worse Villa kits that Villa do.
Burnley usually get the template right, to be fair.
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Yeah Burnley do have some decent kits.
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Not the best quality picture, but this purports to be a leak of the new kits.
If it is....where’s my credit card, I need to buy that home shirt quick.
https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1146179446317232128?s=21
Someone else further down posted another image of the away which looks to be a very pale blue with claret, and may be a nod to the 1988 away shirt...
https://mobile.twitter.com/paulkiernan16/status/1146211775215484930/photo/1
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What ever happened to the long sleeve option? I always went for it.
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As for West Ham, oh Mother Brown that's fucking shite...
https://www.officialwesthamstore.com/kits/home-kit-201920/
The away kit is very nice, just retro enough, and I like having the long sleeve option.
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Okay that away kit is actually very smart.
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Having a big W is an obvious reference point.
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Away one is nice to look at, if a true image. And I like how they’ve managed to change the badge, so that it has a bit of contrast. The current one looks shit in true colour, but pretty good in one colour.
Just worry a bit about the fit (I’m a fuller figure these days!) and the quality. Imagine the kappa transfers will be peeling off in the 2nd wash.
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If they're right the away kit is really nice and I think the 3rd kit could end up being one that's well remembered as marmite.
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Having a big W is an obvious reference point.
It's the sponsor Wolves had last season isn't it?
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Having a big W is an obvious reference point.
It's the sponsor Wolves had last season isn't it?
Correct
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(https://i.ibb.co/ZShf9bQ/694-BEFC1-21-CA-49-C3-8506-86-D80-BE27-C86.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZShf9bQ)
But closer look at what could be the away kit. If it is, well it’s rather lovely
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Yep, that's either a great kit or a truly fantastic mock-up.
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If it is that, I’ve got a semi.
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I hope that's it, so it won't be.
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Anyway. Any chance of getting the fuck on with it?
How about maybe signing kit and sponsorship deals that last more than one season for once so we can have next year's kit out at a reasonable time, for once?
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It's decent but as soon as I look at it I can't help but think it looks like a recent Blackburn shirt.
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I was just wondering how often we would have to wear our third strip and thought of checking the other claret and blues in the top flight.
Burnley shirt seems nice enough, though I'm not sure about the collar. Or getting Ashley Westwood to model it...
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2019/july/burnley-fc-umbro-home-kit-201920/
As for West Ham, oh Mother Brown that's fucking shite...
https://www.officialwesthamstore.com/kits/home-kit-201920/
What's the West Ham shirt doing with a Lion Rampant on the left sleeve?
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I like that new West Ham home kit.
The lion on the sleeve looks like the 'sleeve sponsor' logo.
That rumoured away kit up above looks absolutely superb. So it won't be real.
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What's the West Ham shirt doing with a Lion Rampant on the left sleeve?
It's the logo of the West Ham sleeve sponsors.
(https://www.whufc.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/BASSETWEBSITE726.jpg)
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I like that new West Ham home kit.
The lion on the sleeve looks like the 'sleeve sponsor' logo.
That rumoured away kit up above looks absolutely superb. So it won't be real.
I'd like the "leaked" away kit more if it was just a solid colour, rather than the half and half.
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I like that new West Ham home kit.
The lion on the sleeve looks like the 'sleeve sponsor' logo.
That rumoured away kit up above looks absolutely superb. So it won't be real.
I don't mind the West Ham kit as it's retro style and most of their fans probably love it
(https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_912,h_516,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/trevor-brooking-west-ham-united-1979-5cee7f795f2984d21a000001.jpg)
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A better look at the training tops
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-i0BwNWsAAeVoT.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iz3zSX4AAbp5A.jpg)
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Are we back for pre-season then?
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Are we back for pre-season then?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-jBEGdXYAE7nQB.jpg:large)
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Not many there! Elmo and Jimmy missing too. We need more players!
Smithy is asking them which one of them brought their dad along!
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I like that new West Ham home kit.
The lion on the sleeve looks like the 'sleeve sponsor' logo.
That rumoured away kit up above looks absolutely superb. So it won't be real.
I don't mind the West Ham kit as it's retro style and most of their fans probably love it
(https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_912,h_516,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/trevor-brooking-west-ham-united-1979-5cee7f795f2984d21a000001.jpg)
It was my brothers first kit as a kid, I'm sure they'll all love it
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Not many there! Elmo and Jimmy missing too. We need more players!
Anything beats that image of Steve Bruce from last summer. "Now as you all know, we're selling anyone with talent. Hands up if you're shit and you know it - we'll run a few drills on how to play football with absolutely no direction whatsoever."
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(https://i.ibb.co/ZShf9bQ/694-BEFC1-21-CA-49-C3-8506-86-D80-BE27-C86.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZShf9bQ)
But closer look at what could be the away kit. If it is, well it’s rather lovely
Looks very nice if it is genuinely the away kit particularly with the single colour badge.
The training kits are looking very good too, so fingers crossed the home kit also delivers (even though it will still have the current crap badge on it).
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(even though it will still have the current crap badge on it).
5th best badge in the league.
Basic? Yes. A modern reinvention of an older, more iconic badge that didn't need changing? Also yes. But the key thing with Aston Villa's badge (a sincere welcome back to the Premier League, by the way, to one of the biggest clubs in the world) is that they have the perfect lion. The heraldic lion is massively overused in football badges and there are a couple of shameful interpretations of it on this very list (cough, Burnley, cough, Chelsea).
The Villa lion is everything the heraldic lion should be, however. For a start, it's a golden yellow. You know. The colour of lions. Second of all, it's actually rampant, and fierce, like a lion, rather than resembling a kind of drowzy, confused badger stood up on its hind legs scavaging through some rubbish bags in a skip. It has its claws out. It has its teeth and massive jaw showing. In a fight between all the animals that appear on all the Premier League club badges the Villa lion would tear everything else to shreds. Just look at it. Do you think Watford's sadboi moose and Leicester City's existential angst fox are standing a chance against that fucker? Think again.
The lone star - representing Villa's European Cup win in 1982 - and using the abbreviation of 'AVFC' rather than the full name of the team are also underrated touches.
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I don't have an issue with our rampant lion...it's the best we've had for a long time in terms of design. It's the shield, type font and weak colour scheme that I have a problem with. Put the current rampant lion in the old circle badge and it would be perfect.
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I don't have an issue with our rampant lion...it's the best we've had for a long time in terms of design. It's the shield, type font and weak colour scheme that I have a problem with. Put the current rampant lion in the old circle badge and it would be perfect.
Just the rampant lion, as late 60's early 70's, would be my choice, or similar to '57.
Have to admit I do like the mono version of our current badge
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For anyone interested Badges ranked (https://www.joe.co.uk/football/the-definitive-ranking-of-premier-league-badges-235607)
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For anyone interested Badges ranked (https://www.joe.co.uk/football/the-definitive-ranking-of-premier-league-badges-235607)
Ooh, just missed out on a Champions League place!
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Not bloody Thursday night matches.
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The fact that the font in our badge is a recut of a typeface called Chelsea Studio should tell you what a half-arsed job we made of it.
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What's the West Ham shirt doing with a Lion Rampant on the left sleeve?
It's the logo of the West Ham sleeve sponsors.
(https://www.whufc.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/BASSETWEBSITE726.jpg)
That’s funny Arnoutavic promoting it .
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That’s their kit from last season.
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
Yes but it's a rampant lion.
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
Yes but it's a rampant lion.
Heraldry Pedant Alert
I think you’ll find it’s a Lion Rampant
I’ll get my coat.....
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
Dodgy? West Ham?
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Hard to believe, I know.
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
I'll take ONE THOUSAND of them!
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
Yes but it's a rampant lion.
Heraldry Pedant Alert
I think you’ll find it’s a Lion Rampant
I’ll get my coat.....
No need, I am an enthusiastic pedant myself.
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
Yes but it's a rampant lion.
Heraldry Pedant Alert
I think you’ll find it’s a Lion Rampant
I’ll get my coat.....
No need, I am an enthusiastic pedant myself.
Are you sure you aren't a pedant enthusiast?
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Yep, I just used a pic of last season's as it showed the sleeve sponsor logo.
That shirt sleeve sponsor basically sell extremely dodgy looking bonds. It looks very, very, very dodgy indeed.
Yes but it's a rampant lion.
Heraldry Pedant Alert
I think you’ll find it’s a Lion Rampant
I’ll get my coat.....
No need, I am an enthusiastic pedant myself.
Are you sure you aren't a pedant enthusiast?
I think that would make me an enthusiast for pedants. Possibly a pedantry enthusiast.
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Ludicrous that this still hasn't been announced yet.
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I think the club are waiting for one or more signings (Mings, Butland for example) before going live with the big launch
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I think the club are waiting for one or more signings (Mings, Butland for example) before going live with the big launch
If it's Mings they're waiting for, looks like the kit launch is penciled in for August 8th!
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I’m sure we will play our friendlies in our new kit so I imagine the kit will be launched in line with that. First game is Minnesota on the 17th.
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That kit looks like Risso drew it on MS Paint.
Where's the wheelchairs?
Maybe he doesn't know how to draw them.
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I think the club are waiting for one or more signings (Mings, Butland for example) before going live with the big launch
Or maybe they have a date set for release, that’s just a date for release, like all other clubs.
Ours just happens to be July 9th (reportedly).
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Kappa logo looks like a 2 headed woman- legs a-kimbo, as Alan Partridge might say
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I think the club are waiting for one or more signings (Mings, Butland for example) before going live with the big launch
Or maybe they have a date set for release, that’s just a date for release, like all other clubs.
Ours just happens to be July 9th (reportedly).
Exactly. I think we hear every year that maybe they're waiting to announce two signing together, kit launch is waiting for a signing etc but I can't recall that ever happening. If the kit was ready to be launched they would launch it. If Mings was ready to be announced, they'd announce him.
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I dream of the day it's unveiled in May.
And upon the shirt's chest, is the only old 80s crest.
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I dream of the day it's unveiled in May.
And upon the shirt's chest, is the only old 80s crest.
With a body of claret and sleeves of light blue.
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This is it apparently. The blue one, meh.
(https://i.ibb.co/hsBBQvw/5051-CAE9-3-F12-44-C1-ABCC-C038-FDAB6536.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hsBBQvw)
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The blue one is the one on that mock up a couple of pages back and looks good in my opinion.
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This is it apparently. The blue one, meh.
(https://i.ibb.co/hsBBQvw/5051-CAE9-3-F12-44-C1-ABCC-C038-FDAB6536.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hsBBQvw)
Agree. Away kit should be white not sky blue or whatever that is.
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This is it apparently. The blue one, meh.
(https://i.ibb.co/hsBBQvw/5051-CAE9-3-F12-44-C1-ABCC-C038-FDAB6536.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hsBBQvw)
Home one looks fine, design as expected, will reserve judgement until the shades are clearer. To me the blue still looks too pale, when did we go so muted? Used to be a beautiful shade of sky blue, now it's a kind of milky diluted blue-white. Just an observation of course
Away looks nice but strangely not as nice as in the mock-ups? Again, could be related to the shade/tone...
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The light blue away shirt is fine by me, but needs to be matched with claret shorts to really impress - the claret shorts reflect the claret detailing in the shirt.
In the photo it's matched with white shorts and as a result it looks really insipid.
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I like them just hope I can fit into them.
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What is wrong with just having a couple of players modelling the strips ffs? Don't know what this photo shoot is all about but it looks ridiculous......and so do the people in it!
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Phew !
It’s claret and blue with a hole for your head and two for your arms.
We can all relax.
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Our away shirts should not be sky bloody blue.
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Why?
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Our away shirts should not be sky bloody blue.
I dunno, take a look at these. Plenty of light blue kits over the years, but yes probably not as light as this one.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa-change-kits.html
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Our away shirts should not be sky bloody blue.
maybe we will play as good as manchester city and not Coventry
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Because I don't like it, is the long and short of it. 😊
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Based on the mock up the away kits look nice. They don't look quite so good on those pictures but it's hard to tell and will probably depend on what shorts and socks combination they go with.
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Does anyone know, will the kits be available from the club shop from the 9th onward? Our eldest has a a football party arranged for his eighth birthday on the 13th. He would love to wear a new Grealish top...it costs me twice as much as his little brother (3) will have to have a SJM kit.
I could order from Kitbag etc, but I doubt they would arrive in time.
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Based on the pics on previous page both kits look decent...the away kit doesn’t look as good as the mock up because of the white shorts and doesn’t have the single colour claret badge. Don’t like the look of the shorts and some of the training wear if they’ve got the Kappa logos splattered all over them.
Also, the W88 sponsors logo are fcukin huuuuuge...ridiculously oversized and could possibly spoil the kit design. I doubt I’d buy either but definitely won’t unless they are able to sell a version without the sponsor logo.
Be interesting to see what casual wear is available this season, but if nothing decent then I’ll stick with my claret hoody, claret Fred Perry polos and retro kit.
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The massive 'W' looks hideous on the sponsor.
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I agree eamonn, don't want to sound like some old timer, but it's too over bearing. I guess that's what they pay for and why I never buy modern shirts.
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Everyone in football seems to have a massive horrible sponsor ruining their kit this season. Some clubs at least allow you to buy it without the sponsor adorning it.
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Having just seen the new Coventry City kits, i have severe Hummel envy.
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Having just seen the new Coventry City kits, i have severe Hummel envy.
Do you envy them having to play their games at the sty?
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Least they can boast they'll have the highest attendance at the Sty.
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Given Hummel are responsible for the fucking abomination that Braga have as their 3rd choice I can live with missing out on them. I quite like the 2 from the photo above, will be better to see a proper preview and/or see it in person though.
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Having just seen the new Coventry City kits, i have severe Hummel envy.
Do you envy them having to play their games at the sty?
Dont give a flying fuck about Coventry City or where they will play next season to be honest, just like that Hummel kit template and would like to see it at the Villa again.
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Everyone in football seems to have a massive horrible sponsor ruining their kit this season. Some clubs at least allow you to buy it without the sponsor adorning it.
I wish we would. I'd pay extra not to have it on
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Having just seen the new Coventry City kits, i have severe Hummel envy.
yes, very nice.
The home one is not a million miles from our 87-89 away top
I'd accept any of those two as our away top.
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Everyone in football seems to have a massive horrible sponsor ruining their kit this season. Some clubs at least allow you to buy it without the sponsor adorning it.
I wish we would. I'd pay extra not to have it on
And the sponsors would be paying us considerably less if that was an option.
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What is wrong with just having a couple of players modelling the strips ffs? Don't know what this photo shoot is all about but it looks ridiculous......and so do the people in it!
the 3 ladies are quite hot. One has a nice fanny pack (US jargon) too- adidas I think.
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What is wrong with just having a couple of players modelling the strips ffs? Don't know what this photo shoot is all about but it looks ridiculous......and so do the people in it!
Hmmmm, Not sure if you are just being flippant or a miserable ******?
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I know I said it during the World Cup but the Mexico away kit is a thing of beauty.
https://www.adidas.com/us/mexico-away-jersey/BQ4689.html
Looks better in the flesh. Imagine that for Villa with the green replaced by light blue.
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Everyone in football seems to have a massive horrible sponsor ruining their kit this season. Some clubs at least allow you to buy it without the sponsor adorning it.
I wish we would. I'd pay extra not to have it on
And the sponsors would be paying us considerably less if that was an option.
I totally accept that, mate.
I just prefer tops without the sponsor
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What is wrong with just having a couple of players modelling the strips ffs? Don't know what this photo shoot is all about but it looks ridiculous......and so do the people in it!
Haha. I thought the same thing, but that's life I guess. As long as we win in what we're wearing, I'm not too bothered. It's aimed at the youth I suppose.
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The youth is starting to change, are you starting to change...
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The kappa photo shoot using VP could be purely for kappa. I’ve seen a few people slagging these shirts already vs Luke Roper. Both were designed by fanatics and merely have a Kappa or Luke Roper logo on
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Everyone in football seems to have a massive horrible sponsor ruining their kit this season. Some clubs at least allow you to buy it without the sponsor adorning it.
I wish we would. I'd pay extra not to have it on
And the sponsors would be paying us considerably less if that was an option.
To be fair shirt sponsors pay for the TV coverage rather than advertising through shirt sales .
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The youth is starting to change, are you starting to change...
A little. In all the wrong places, and in all the wrong ways!
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They pay for both, plus the exposure they get from the kit launch, advertising plastered all over the club website and social media and so on.
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I know I said it during the World Cup but the Mexico away kit is a thing of beauty.
https://www.adidas.com/us/mexico-away-jersey/BQ4689.html
Looks better in the flesh. Imagine that for Villa with the green replaced by light blue.
I've got that kit, it's my main Tuesday night five-a-side kit, if I'm not wearing a Villa one.
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The Kappa logo look horrendous repeated over and over again on those jogging bottoms and shorts, it really does look like they've come from the sale rack at Sports Direct, along with some Lonsdale trainers. Awful.
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I really like these kits. For a start they actually look like a Villa kit which always helps.
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The massive 'W' looks hideous on the sponsor.
Sponsors ruin most shirts these days. Some shitty, never heard of gambling company with a logo that looks like someone’s GCSE design and technology coursework. No thanks.
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Club seriously missing a trick not selling versions minus the sponsor. I’d pay £5 more for an option without
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Club seriously missing a trick not selling versions minus the sponsor. I’d pay £5 more for an option without
Why would they sponsor our kit if we did that?
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I believe West Ham do it.
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I believe West Ham do it.
They do - they offer the option to have the sponsor's logo on or not
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Club seriously missing a trick not selling versions minus the sponsor. I’d pay £5 more for an option without
Why would they sponsor our kit if we did that?
Pretty sure it’s so they get their brand shown across premier league, sky, worn by players etc. Don’t think having Barry from Shirley wearing their logo is exactly why they part with their sponsorship money
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Club seriously missing a trick not selling versions minus the sponsor. I’d pay £5 more for an option without
Why would they sponsor our kit if we did that?
Oh, I think I know! 👍
Is it, because Aston Villa are back I the Premier League and their games will be shown to millions on TV all over the world every week?
The revenue lost, from a few thousand middle age men, and women, walking around Asda without a sponsor on their shirt, should be minimal, I would think.
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Club seriously missing a trick not selling versions minus the sponsor. I’d pay £5 more for an option without
Why would they sponsor our kit if we did that?
Pretty sure it’s so they get their brand shown across premier league, sky, worn by players etc. Don’t think having Barry from Shirley wearing their logo is exactly why they part with their sponsorship money
But they also pay money for it to be on the replica kit. It's still advertising their company if Barry from Shirley is wearing it.
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Or Shirley from Barry..
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The kappa badge all down the shorts is very admiral 1980 - not a good look. Not sure why people are against a light blue away strip. At least it's one of our main colours. I've always liked them because of the 57 FA Cup top and the fact I started following Villa around the mid 60s when our away strip was light blue (Sir Brian Godfrey at Southampton in the FA Cup). Both shirts look ok to me.
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Never had an issue with light blue, the Stanley Victor one of 1997/98 when he was unveiled in it and we were going to win the league, is still a fave of mine. Think we wore it a couple of times on our European odyssey that season (Bordeaux and Bilbao?).I wish I had bought it that year. Looked lush with the light blue shorts and white socks.
Even the more turquoise/black efforts (98/99 LDV Vans and 2009/10 Acorn) were quite lovely, perhaps time for their once a decade return.
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I know I said it during the World Cup but the Mexico away kit is a thing of beauty.
https://www.adidas.com/us/mexico-away-jersey/BQ4689.html
Looks better in the flesh. Imagine that for Villa with the green replaced by light blue.
Done it already in 1930/31 :)
(http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/images/aston-villa-1930-1931-change.gif)
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Can't believe we still don't have a date for this.
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Anyone know how much we got for the Kappa deal? Can’t seem to find even a guesstimate on the inter web.
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I know I said it during the World Cup but the Mexico away kit is a thing of beauty.
https://www.adidas.com/us/mexico-away-jersey/BQ4689.html
Looks better in the flesh. Imagine that for Villa with the green replaced by light blue.
I remember when Mexico used to wear a kit made by Levi Strauss. There must be a photo of it somewhere on the internet
Here it is - fantastic!
https://twitter.com/thecolorfulkit/status/735936977556639744
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It's that time of year when men suddenly become experts in colour matching and fashion design.
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Can't believe we still don't have a date for this.
The rumour for a while has been tomorrow (9th)..
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May even be next week ahead of the first pre season game in the US
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I like it..... sleeve ends are weird though.
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Can't believe we still don't have a date for this.
The rumour for a while has been tomorrow (9th)..
Pre-Order later this Week and on sale from Weds 17/07/19
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It's fine, as expected....suppose its all about the quality.
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It's nice. Last season's was better but last season's is an all time classic.
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Not a patch on last season's.
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It's bang on
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It's alright. Tyrone makes it look good!
Just personal preference, but I still like Luke's designs much more.
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Yaaaaaaas claret shirt and blue sleeves!
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Claret and blue. Nice and simple design. Looks bang on the money to me. 😎👍
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Just realised no one else has even mentioned and I didn’t even raise an eyebrow at the shades of claret and blue, so that is definitely a good sign! 😊
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Claret shirt and blue sleeves, blue socks - excellent. Design could do with bit of blue trim around the neck. Seen better but seen far worse.
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Hope after many years of not releasing one, they do a long sleeve version.
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Just realised no one else has even mentioned and I didn’t even raise an eyebrow at the shades of claret and blue, so that is definitely a good sign! 😊
Difficult to be sure from internet shots, but the claret looks to have had more blue added to it compared to Luke's version, which he had taken more to the red end of that spectrum. And the sky blue sure looks considerably lighter.
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Once you get past the various logos on the shirt, the colours look spot on.
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Liking the lighter powder blue but not so sure about the "claret"
I prefer a deeper burgundy claret - but that's enough about my drinking habits :)
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On the mings video the seam on the shoulder between the sleeves and shoulders and main body of the shirt looks raised. Maybe it's just a crease from a hanger, but first impression to me is that it just doesn't look well made.
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On the mings video the seam on the shoulder between the sleeves and shoulders and main body of the shirt looks raised. Maybe it's just a crease from a hanger, but first impression to me is that it just doesn't look well made.
I thought the exact same, doesn't look well made at all. If it looks like that on an athlete, how will it look on the majority of dad-bods?
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Fucking hell.
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Looks bloody lovely to me. Unfussy. Claret. And Blue. In some lights it seems a tad lighter but then in others it's perfect.
Let's hope they do the replicas in sizes that suit real people!
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On the mings video the seam on the shoulder between the sleeves and shoulders and main body of the shirt looks raised. Maybe it's just a crease from a hanger, but first impression to me is that it just doesn't look well made.
I thought the exact same, doesn't look well made at all. If it looks like that on an athlete, how will it look on the majority of dad-bods?
Am I on momsnet?
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On the mings video the seam on the shoulder between the sleeves and shoulders and main body of the shirt looks raised. Maybe it's just a crease from a hanger, but first impression to me is that it just doesn't look well made.
I thought the exact same, doesn't look well made at all. If it looks like that on an athlete, how will it look on the majority of dad-bods?
Am I on momsnet?
What, people commenting on the quality of replica shirts offends you?
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On the mings video the seam on the shoulder between the sleeves and shoulders and main body of the shirt looks raised. Maybe it's just a crease from a hanger, but first impression to me is that it just doesn't look well made.
I thought the exact same, doesn't look well made at all. If it looks like that on an athlete, how will it look on the majority of dad-bods?
Am I on momsnet?
I'm going to get one each for my DD and DS.
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No it doesn't 'offend' me. You just sound really picky basing your comment on a low-definition photograph from a seemingly hastily-organised photoshoot in Witton.
But you are welcome to your view, obviously.
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Sponsor being so prominent ruins it for me.
Mind you think last kit I actually got was in 2003. Very much happy with whatever shade of claret and blue and more concerned with who we have playing in it.
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(https://i.ibb.co/GtYGg15/Screenshot-20190708-214759-com-google-android-youtube.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yYvKLMQ)
Screenshot from his interview. What do we think of the cut of his cloth?
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No it doesn't 'offend' me. You just sound really picky basing your comment on a low-definition photograph from a seemingly hastily-organised photoshoot in Witton.
But you are welcome to your view, obviously.
It was from a 7 minute video interview of him, but whatever.
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No it doesn't 'offend' me. You just sound really picky basing your comment on a low-definition photograph from a seemingly hastily-organised photoshoot in Witton.
But you are welcome to your view, obviously.
It was from a 7 minute video interview of him, but whatever.
OK. Sorry for upsetting you. Momsnet was just a light-hearted comment. Please forgive me.
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Maybe the shirts are sound but Mings has got a couple of chips on his shoulders. That could explain things.
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Claret shirt, blue sleeves. You can't really go wrong.
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Claret shirt and blue sleeves, blue socks - excellent. Design could do with bit of blue trim around the neck. Seen better but seen far worse.
I made the comment to Chico earlier that I would have liked a blue neck too.
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I am looking forward to seeing the away one.
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I am looking forward to seeing the away one.
To announce PHILLIPS
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Third kit to announce Daniel Sturridge 😏
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horrible logo but silvr lining is it's missing from the kids version
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Third kit to announce Daniel Sturridge 😏
It's a hospital gown?
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Hallelujah a Villa kit again. ;D ;D
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Bit underwhelming really. Much preferred last seasons. But you’ve got to hand it to Kappa- they’ve obviously done their research trawling all the fan sites and taking note of all the ‘I just want a claret body and blue sleeves’ comments. And then they’ve produced a shirt with a Claret body and blue sleeves!
I don’t want to be too critical- it’s certainly not bad, just won’t ever be a classic.
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No it doesn't 'offend' me. You just sound really picky basing your comment on a low-definition photograph from a seemingly hastily-organised photoshoot in Witton.
But you are welcome to your view, obviously.
It was from a 7 minute video interview of him, but whatever.
OK. Sorry for upsetting you. Momsnet was just a light-hearted comment. Please forgive me.
You monster.
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Bit underwhelming really. Much preferred last seasons. But you’ve got to hand it to Kappa- they’ve obviously done their research trawling all the fan sites and taking note of all the ‘I just want a claret body and blue sleeves’ comments. And then they’ve produced a shirt with a Claret body and blue sleeves!
I don’t want to be too critical- it’s certainly not bad, just won’t ever be a classic.
It will if we win something wearing it.
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I am looking forward to seeing the away one.
It has to be that light blue one surely? The home one is identical to the one posted a few pages back so I'm guessing the light blue one is the away top.
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I like the fact that the sleeves are blue again, so at least it's a proper Villa kit, but everything else about it looks a bit shite. From the Kappa logo on the sleeves to the weird cut out bits on the sleeves themselves. It just looks cheap in my opinion.
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Last season's was better but I don't think there's not too much wrong with this one.
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It's alright, but just a shirt. Pretty unremarkable and ordinary, and agree with Risso, looks a little cheap.
Right colours though!
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I quite like it and if the away is as per the leaked photos i may even buy one assuming they do a fit for big lads.
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I like the fact that the sleeves are blue again, so at least it's a proper Villa kit, but everything else about it looks a bit shite. From the Kappa logo on the sleeves to the weird cut out bits on the sleeves themselves. It just looks cheap in my opinion.
So last season's wasn't right because of the colour of the sleeves, this season's isn't right because although they're the right colour they have logos and a cut-out trim. Bit preoccupied with sleeves there Riss?
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I like the fact that the sleeves are blue again, so at least it's a proper Villa kit, but everything else about it looks a bit shite. From the Kappa logo on the sleeves to the weird cut out bits on the sleeves themselves. It just looks cheap in my opinion.
So last season's wasn't right because of the colour of the sleeves, this season's isn't right because although they're the right colour they have logos and a cut-out trim. Bit preoccupied with sleeves there Riss?
Christ you're an arse at times.
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It's better than I expected. The sponsor is less obtrusive than in the mock-ups and the yellow/gold on the W kind of blends with the lion rampant on the crest.
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Last season's was better but I don't think there's not too much wrong with this one.
A double negative and you were once often called a happy clapper. Heh.
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Last season's was better but I don't think there's not too much wrong with this one.
A double negative and you were once often called a happy clapper. Heh.
Haha. Half asleep when I posted that earlier.
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I like the fact that the sleeves are blue again, so at least it's a proper Villa kit, but everything else about it looks a bit shite. From the Kappa logo on the sleeves to the weird cut out bits on the sleeves themselves. It just looks cheap in my opinion.
So last season's wasn't right because of the colour of the sleeves, this season's isn't right because although they're the right colour they have logos and a cut-out trim. Bit preoccupied with sleeves there Riss?
Christ you're an arse at times.
Bloody hell mate it was meant light-heartedly, you don't half take things personally do you.......
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I like it.
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Well I think it’s bloody lovely.
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I like it.
Me too.
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(https://i.ibb.co/QnbQ5L2/Screenshot-20190709-140715.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bLWmfTS)
I wonder what my barrel-shaped torso would look like in that.
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(https://i.ibb.co/QY50Q3Z/Screen-Shot-2019-07-09-at-13-15-10.png) (https://ibb.co/QY50Q3Z)
Still looks a bit washed out compared to the colourways in Villa's guidelines.
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Have they changed the rules on the maximum space taken up by sponsorship logos? I swear they never used to take up that amount of shirt!
If it gets any bigger it won't matter what shade the claret is, as it will hardly be visible! 😂
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Had to admit, I didn't realise we were being sponsored by a thermonuclear warhead.
Clicky. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W88)
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(https://i.ibb.co/QY50Q3Z/Screen-Shot-2019-07-09-at-13-15-10.png) (https://ibb.co/QY50Q3Z)
Still looks a bit washed out compared to the colourways in Villa's guidelines.
Thems the proper claret and blue !!!
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Those are inks from a Pantone deck. They don’t automatically translate to paint or fabrics. I agree though the blue looks too faded out to me.
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Just thinking .......if Scunthorpe fans complained about their new kit having creases on the sleeves would they be tempted to demonstrate at matches by singing
"Come on you Irons"?
I'll get me coat :)
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When is the actual kit launch?
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When is the actual kit launch?
17th to coincide with the game vs Minnesota
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When is the actual kit launch?
17th to coincide with the game vs Minnesota
Are you going?
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When is the actual kit launch?
17th to coincide with the game vs Minnesota
That's when it's on sale - pre-sale starts later this week so I'd expect it will launch Thurs or Fri
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Those are inks from a Pantone deck. They don’t automatically translate to paint or fabrics. I agree though the blue looks too faded out to me.
They're not – that image is a direct lift from the Villa brand guidelines, which I have.
Both colours are broken down into their CMYK, RGB, Pantone and Hex equivalents. Click the image to see them all.
Matching it in fabric is a challenge, but it's one that any decent Creative Director should be able to sign off. I should know, I am one (well, whether I'm decent is not really my call).
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Those are inks from a Pantone deck. They don’t automatically translate to paint or fabrics. I agree though the blue looks too faded out to me.
They're not – that image is a direct lift from the Villa brand guidelines, which I have.
Both colours are broken down into their CMYK, RGB, Pantone and Hex equivalents. Click the image to see them all.
Matching it in fabric is a challenge, but it's one that any decent Creative Director should be able to sign off. I should know, I am one (well, whether I'm decent is not really my call).
My point is the Pantone number reference is still an ink. And I imagine they created a fabric standard from the brand guideline for approval.
Like I said for me the blue is too muted. I liked the Acorns Nike kit (year we had the white and blue away) where I felt the colours were bang on. The material that year was different too which would have reflected indoor and outdoor light differently affecting how we see the colour.
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It isn't an ink, it is a scientific representation of a colour.
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I don't think we've had claret and blue as I always knew it since the Nike days, although last year was pretty close, and this one isn't too far off. Nike seemed to have it nailed and things went astray with Macron. Agree the blue should be a bit deeper but I like the fact it's claret body with blue sleeves and I think it looks very stylish. Only bit I'm not keen on is the Kappa logo all down each side of the shorts.
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To be fair, we all see colours differently anyway.
I prefer a claret that has a bit more 'brown' than 'purple' in it if that makes any sense. But of course that could look completely different to someone else.
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To be fair, we all see colours differently anyway.
I prefer a claret that has a bit more 'brown' than 'purple' in it if that makes any sense. But of course that could look completely different to someone else.
Shit joke deleted.
I'll have a look in the store first, but will probably get the home top
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(https://i.ibb.co/QY50Q3Z/Screen-Shot-2019-07-09-at-13-15-10.png) (https://ibb.co/QY50Q3Z)
Still looks a bit washed out compared to the colourways in Villa's guidelines.
And the claret is too pink, magenta.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Bq4L3fB/fullsizeoutput-1dd4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Bq4L3fB)
This is the cycling top I made using basic options on a website. I think this is about right, so I don't see what's so difficult. I do like the new top except for the massive betting sponsor and the dodgy cut out sleeves.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Bq4L3fB/fullsizeoutput-1dd4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Bq4L3fB)
This is the cycling top I made using basic options on a website. I think this is about right, so I don't see what's so difficult. I do like the new top except for the massive betting sponsor and the dodgy cut out sleeves.
Claret is pretty spot on. Blue not quite right.
But if anything this just proves none of us can ever be happy!
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Both colours look perfect to me.
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cd, have you bought the season's last shirt?
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The design, colour, sleeves and sponsor will always devide opinion. It’s an annual tradition!
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The design, colour, sleeves and sponsor will always devide opinion. It’s an annual event!
Cut and paste from previous season's.
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cd, have you bought the season's last shirt?
I have bought seventeen thousand and burned the sleeves.
Not the best plan, in hindsight, as now the club thinks claret sleeves are really popular. 🤔
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Villa should have an old 1978 home shirt lying around somewhere. If any prospective kit manufacturer can't match the claret or the blue kindly ask them to leave the building immediately.
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Villa should have an old 1978 home shirt lying around somewhere. If any prospective kit manufacturer can't match the claret or the blue kindly ask them to leave the building immediately.
Indeed, I suggested this to the shop when complaining about the 'orrible purple and lilac Macron monstrosities. It's not rocket surgery.
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(https://i.ibb.co/8bknJf8/IMG-20190710-105022.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8bknJf8)
This is my first shirt, my daughter now wears it.....
Do we like the colours?
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
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That blue is the blue. Would like to go back to that instead of the washed-out pale milk hue we have now, but ho hum, not the end of the world.
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Don't like the colour of the umbro badge. Should be white. 8)
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The pitch is too green.
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He needs a few hours in the sun.
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His hair is not ginger enough
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Don't like the colour of the umbro badge. Should be white. 8)
I had one of those shirts and I think the Umbro badge was white. I can recall being a tad miffed when I noticed it was blue on on the players.
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I must admit the colours seem ok but the true test is the time I see one in real life.
As for the design - I am happy its traditional but also don't mind when we go a little "off piste" like we do with away shirts - I tend to buy the away shirt more often than home
Quality - again pictures are deceiving but the one that Mings is wearing on the OS looks like I sewn it together - again maybe its a mock up rather than as real one but the mock up does look a bit naff
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Don't like the colour of the umbro badge. Should be white. 8)
I had one of those shirts and I think the Umbro badge was white. I can recall being a tad miffed when I noticed it was blue on on the players.
the Umbro badge was white on the "official" kit as well. There were variations though - some white, some blue, some white with "Umbro" writtren underneath. And the earlier Umbro logo was weird - a sort of white and black/dark blue effort
Sorry for being such a nerd.
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Don't like the colour of the umbro badge. Should be white. 8)
I had one of those shirts and I think the Umbro badge was white. I can recall being a tad miffed when I noticed it was blue on on the players.
Looks white on Drummond’s daughter aswell.
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Exactly, it should not be difficult.
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Does anyone know if the Villa Village is open on a Sunday?
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Exactly, it should not be difficult.
That's bang on.
I don't mind different collars and a bit of detail here and there. And they can go as off piste as they like with the away kit. But I'd like them to stick to that claret on the body and that blue on the arms.
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Blimey - for one moment I thought we had resigned Tommy Craig
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When do we expect new kit in Villastore? Nothing there today and staff had no clue.
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When do we expect new kit in Villastore? Nothing there today and staff had no clue.
Apparently it available to pre order later this week and it goes on sale Wednesday 17th July.
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For anyone going to the Minnesota game apparently kits will be available to buy on the day. Not sure if it’s home only or all of them.
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Exactly, it should not be difficult.
That's bang on.
I don't mind different collars and a bit of detail here and there. And they can go as off piste as they like with the away kit. But I'd like them to stick to that claret on the body and that blue on the arms.
I completely agree. For me, they are our colours and anything else is a cheap imitation.
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That blue is the blue. Would like to go back to that instead of the washed-out pale milk hue we have now, but ho hum, not the end of the world.
agree with that mate- that’s the blue right there. Makes a lighter claret look a bit darker to my eyes. I think the lighter washed out blue sleeves of recent years have fkd up how the claret appears. Someone else said Nike had the blue right last and I agree. Also agree that it’s probably a bit different for each person’s eyes. Apologies if this is my most boring post ever.
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Tommy Craig pic from the OS, he moved to Swansea on this day in 1979.
That kit is perfect.
Exactly, it should not be difficult.
That's bang on.
I don't mind different collars and a bit of detail here and there. And they can go as off piste as they like with the away kit. But I'd like them to stick to that claret on the body and that blue on the arms and that badge.
FTFY
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Does anyone know what's going on with the badge? When Xia came in it was said that he was going to change the Lerner badge and here we are over three years later and no sign of a change. And I know it might not be a priority at the moment but it's not as if it'd be that difficult to do, and we are pretty much all in agreement as fans that we want the 80s one back so it'd be a popular move. Would have been great once promotion had been confirmed, new era, new badge.
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I thought they mayve changed the badge/rebranded this close season now we are back in the Prem.
The current badge marks 10 yrs of decline.
Wouldn't go back to the 80s badge tho .
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Current badge is great- monotone or whatever it’s called
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It’s also the badge that we had when the new owners arrived, when Dean Smith was appointed, when we got promoted back to the PL. So it’s redeemed itself in that regard and to be honest it’s not really a big deal.
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Well, as this is the new kit thread, the badge is a relatively big deal. I don't mind the current one except for the way it looks like the lion is burping the star, the fact that the lion is too fat and the lack of "Aston Villa Football Club".
Actually, that's quite a few complaints.
Get the bloody round badge back!
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I associate the "new" badge with Lerner. That's why I hate it.
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I associate the "new" badge with Lerner. That's why I hate it.
Same. I could tolerate it if the star was removed and Aston Villa was written on it but not as it is, I think it's awful.
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The lion and star are fine for me, but it's past time for 'AVFC' to go. It needs to say Aston Villa again.
Wouldn't mind it being round but I can take or leave shape if it sends out the right message.
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If you join the claret membership you get a pin badge that is round using the current Lion, something along those lines would be great, and ditch the star.
The Lion emblem looks good in my opinion, and now that it's plastered everywhere Villa related I'd say it's here to stay.
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If you join the claret membership you get a pin badge that is round using the current Lion, something along those lines would be great, and ditch the star.
The Lion emblem looks good in my opinion, and now that it's plastered everywhere Villa related I'd say it's here to stay.
(https://i.ibb.co/gyMm5YP/image.png) (https://ibb.co/gyMm5YP)
Agree with you that would look good. I'd move the star to the bottom and put the wording ASTON VILLA FC in the top of the circle border.
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Does anyone know what's going on with the badge? When Xia came in it was said that he was going to change the Lerner badge and here we are over three years later and no sign of a change. And I know it might not be a priority at the moment but it's not as if it'd be that difficult to do, and we are pretty much all in agreement as fans that we want the 80s one back so it'd be a popular move. Would have been great once promotion had been confirmed, new era, new badge.
Didn’t the lion get amended a few years ago to make it a bit more “fierce”?
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If you join the claret membership you get a pin badge that is round using the current Lion, something along those lines would be great, and ditch the star.
The Lion emblem looks good in my opinion, and now that it's plastered everywhere Villa related I'd say it's here to stay.
The star is there for a reason, though.
Ditch the star and you're just doing what Deadly did by removing part of our history.
I agree with robbo with the mono version, only with Aston Villa instead of AVFC.
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Why are we scrapping the star? ???
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We shouldn't be. It should be above the badge though, not looking like it has just been belched by the lion.
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Dropping the Aston Villa name from our official crest was one of the most rediculous decisions ever
we have the greatest most unique name in world football, it sounds fantastic
one of the worlds greatest actors was recently saying that he supports the Villa because he fell in love with the name first
it has that kind of power
so what do we do....remove it
I think it will return one day hopefully not to long
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Why are we scrapping the star? ???
It feels like it has been forced into the current badge.
I'm all for having it above the badge though, maybe even saving it for our return to entering the European Cup after we win the league
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(https://i.ibb.co/jJcdj40/IMG-20190711-181543-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jJcdj40)
Heres the pin badge you get with the Claret membership
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I'm sure I read that we couldn't have the star above the badge unless playing in the EC. So they incorporated it into the badge to get around this.
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The Tunisia Kappa shirt has the same rucked look around the join at the shoulder and sleeve that looks badly made but seems to be a design feature. Hey ho.
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If you join the claret membership you get a pin badge that is round using the current Lion, something along those lines would be great, and ditch the star.
The Lion emblem looks good in my opinion, and now that it's plastered everywhere Villa related I'd say it's here to stay.
funny you mention pin badges- I’ve got one which I wear on my jacket (it’s winter in aus) it’s the round one, but reverse colours to the 80’s one. Bought it the last season we were in D2 from the badge man in Trinity Rd. It’s my lucky talisman.
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I'm sure I read that we couldn't have the star above the badge unless playing in the EC. So they incorporated it into the badge to get around this.
That is correct. It's a Premier League rule.
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I'm sure I read that we couldn't have the star above the badge unless playing in the EC. So they incorporated it into the badge to get around this.
That is correct. It's a Premier League rule.
Forest are fucked then if they ever get promoted - they've got two above their badge!
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I'm sure I read that we couldn't have the star above the badge unless playing in the EC. So they incorporated it into the badge to get around this.
That is correct. It's a Premier League rule.
Forest are fucked then if they ever get promoted - they've got two above their badge!
Haven't Man. City got them too? Not that they've ever won anything in Europe, obvs.
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Not any more, and their stars didn't represent any trophy wins.
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Yeovil have 3 stars, without looking it up, what are they for?
(https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_912,h_516,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/yeovil-town-v-chesterfield-sky-bet-league-two-5cb86cde99733e8864000004.jpg)
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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
You must have looked it up to know that!!
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I've looked it up now, it's pretty lame. I won't say in case others want to guess.
I read the other day that Forest Green have three stars, two of which are greyed out. They are for their promotion to League Two and the promotions to League One and The Championship that they hope to achieve one day.
I think we should have a thousand stars above our badge for all the European Cups we might win.😏
All those vegetables have clearly sent them mad.
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Huddersfield have three stars above their badge on the kit but it’s incorporated in the middle of their official club crest.
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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
You must have looked it up to know that!!
Was listening to his greatest hits album in the car.
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Huddersfield have three stars above their badge on the kit but it’s incorporated in the middle of their official club crest.
For their three European Cup wins, obviously
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We can all relax now given Kappa’s reputation for snug fit shirts !
Now for pre order, you can choose normal kit or kappa elite fit on club website shop. Choice in shirts and shorts for bodyfit
https://tinyurl.com/y2yltvmf
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We can all relax now given Kappa’s reputation for snug fit shirts !
Now for pre order, you can choose normal kit or kappa elite fit on club website shop. Choice in shirts and shorts for bodyfit
https://tinyurl.com/y2yltvmf
Frustratingly the images for both are identical so it's impossible to tell what the difference in cut will actually be...
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I assume ours will be similar
They do 2 versions for Leeds fans
(https://i.ibb.co/cvqx8tx/Screenshot-113.png)
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Some training wear also available...the pre-match shirt fucks your eyes up though! 😵
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Some training wear also available...the pre-match shirt fucks your eyes up though! 😵
It's like the monitor's gone a bit fuzzy!
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Pre match training top...
(https://i.ibb.co/HT7vZRW/D-Rer-FBU4-AEut-Oe.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HT7vZRW)
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My eyes! My eyes! 🙈
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Pre match training top...
(https://i.ibb.co/HT7vZRW/D-Rer-FBU4-AEut-Oe.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HT7vZRW)
Prefer that to the main shirt!
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We can all relax now given Kappas reputation for snug fit shirts !
Now for pre order, you can choose normal kit or kappa elite fit on club website shop. Choice in shirts and shorts for bodyfit
https://tinyurl.com/y2yltvmf
Extra 25 quid for a tight shirt too.
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We can all relax now given Kappas reputation for snug fit shirts !
Now for pre order, you can choose normal kit or kappa elite fit on club website shop. Choice in shirts and shorts for bodyfit
https://tinyurl.com/y2yltvmf
Extra 25 quid for a tight shirt too.
I'll just the buy the normal one for the same effect.
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We can all relax now given Kappa’s reputation for snug fit shirts !
Now for pre order, you can choose normal kit or kappa elite fit on club website shop. Choice in shirts and shorts for bodyfit
https://tinyurl.com/y2yltvmf
Extra 25 quid for a tight shirt too.
I'll just the buy the normal one for the same effect.
Like.
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First time ever, I have bought 2 shirts on pre-order, as I feel this is a new beginning, and I must subscribe to that mentally.
Went for the Elite Fit, as it says it is exactly as the first team uses - so I hope it is not just the "slim" bit, but also a better fabric etc. (bloody expensive though!)
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Why is the blue so washed out?
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
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Anyway, for anyone interested, Yeovil have/had 3 stars to celebrate 15 years in the football league, each star was for 5 years. I assume the stars are gone now.
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
It's quite clever in a thieving-bastard kind of way.
When replica shirts were introduced they were expensive because it gave you the chance to dress like the professionals. Over time the quality of them got pushed down whilst the retail price crept up to drive extra profit.
Now they introduce a new version so you can dress like the professionals again and charge you £25 more for it.
Incredible. But as Edvard demonstrates, they can get away with it!
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
It's quite clever in a thieving-bastard kind of way.
When replica shirts were introduced they were expensive because it gave you the chance to dress like the professionals. Over time the quality of them got pushed down whilst the retail price crept up to drive extra profit.
Now they introduce a new version so you can dress like the professionals again and charge you £25 more for it.
Incredible. But as Edvard demonstrates, they can get away with it!
That's only because I am daft.
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
It's quite clever in a thieving-bastard kind of way.
When replica shirts were introduced they were expensive because it gave you the chance to dress like the professionals. Over time the quality of them got pushed down whilst the retail price crept up to drive extra profit.
Now they introduce a new version so you can dress like the professionals again and charge you £25 more for it.
Incredible. But as Edvard demonstrates, they can get away with it!
That's only because I am daft.
I'm sure you're not. But the clubs take advantage of people getting carried away in the momentum.
£80 for a t-shirt is eye-wateringly expensive (or maybe it isn't and I'm just tight!).
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
It's quite clever in a thieving-bastard kind of way.
When replica shirts were introduced they were expensive because it gave you the chance to dress like the professionals. Over time the quality of them got pushed down whilst the retail price crept up to drive extra profit.
Now they introduce a new version so you can dress like the professionals again and charge you £25 more for it.
Incredible. But as Edvard demonstrates, they can get away with it!
That's only because I am daft.
I'm sure you're not. But the clubs take advantage of people getting carried away in the momentum.
£80 for a t-shirt is eye-wateringly expensive (or maybe it isn't and I'm just tight!).
It is - and why I rarely buy any shirt until they are on end-of-season sale - but in this case - I am doing a one-off, hoping this is a start of a new era of success :)
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
It's quite clever in a thieving-bastard kind of way.
When replica shirts were introduced they were expensive because it gave you the chance to dress like the professionals. Over time the quality of them got pushed down whilst the retail price crept up to drive extra profit.
Now they introduce a new version so you can dress like the professionals again and charge you £25 more for it.
Incredible. But as Edvard demonstrates, they can get away with it!
That's only because I am daft.
I'm sure you're not. But the clubs take advantage of people getting carried away in the momentum.
£80 for a t-shirt is eye-wateringly expensive (or maybe it isn't and I'm just tight!).
not as tight as those £80 shirts eeeek !!
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The new Luton home top by Puma is lovely. Simple design.
(https://i.ibb.co/3MKVFDM/C9-E46-C08-E6-AF-43-AA-8-B99-4838-BB479-A78.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3MKVFDM)
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The new Luton home top by Puma is lovely. Simple design.
(https://i.ibb.co/3MKVFDM/C9-E46-C08-E6-AF-43-AA-8-B99-4838-BB479-A78.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3MKVFDM)
Nice. Shame we won't be seeing much of it this season.
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That's horrible! Can you imagine what ours would look like with that template? Shudder.
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I wonder if this is the same sort of thing they do with replica shirts in the US. I noticed over there in NFL shops that the "match day" shirts are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.
It's quite clever in a thieving-bastard kind of way.
When replica shirts were introduced they were expensive because it gave you the chance to dress like the professionals. Over time the quality of them got pushed down whilst the retail price crept up to drive extra profit.
Now they introduce a new version so you can dress like the professionals again and charge you £25 more for it.
Incredible. But as Edvard demonstrates, they can get away with it!
Were they actually the same as the ones the players wore when they were first on sale to the public? Because my first shirts were in the mid/late 90s and those ones definitely weren't.
It does make sense for the price to go up as technology has advanced imo, its not just football shirts you see this with. Whether its worth the price is down to the individual I think.
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The new Luton home top by Puma is lovely. Simple design.
(https://i.ibb.co/3MKVFDM/C9-E46-C08-E6-AF-43-AA-8-B99-4838-BB479-A78.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3MKVFDM)
As a Lutonian it could do with dropping the black dressing on the sleeves, then it would be like the early 80s one, but otherwise you're right TV, very nice.
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It looks quite red, assume it is orangeyer in real life.
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First home shirt I've bought since Nike/Acorns. And I had to add the Premier League patch, partly to balance out the sleeve sponsor on the other side. But mostly because WE'RE BLOODY BACK!
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I like it.
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I don’t particularly like it. After last years beauty it always had a lot to live up to. It ticks the blue sleeve box but frankly it just seems a bit dull. But if we have a great season I’m pretty sure it will grow on me.
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"If you’re unable to make it to either the US or UK launch..."
Qu'est-ce que that when it's at home, then?
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Pre match training top...
(https://i.ibb.co/HT7vZRW/D-Rer-FBU4-AEut-Oe.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HT7vZRW)
Prefer that to the main shirt!
That's a beautiful top Risso I really like it.
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I love the black goalkeeper kit (https://shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/en/c/football-kits/goalkeeper-kit/mens-kit). I'm not prepared to be an advert for a betting company though; I'll spend my £55 on match tickets instead.
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The navy training shorts (https://shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/en/product/aston-villa-training-shorts---navy/267163?categories=training%2Cmens-training) and light grey training top (https://shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/en/product/aston-villa-training-top---light-grey/267138?categories=training%2Cmens-training) are nice too.
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I'm actually really impressed by all of them. Nice designs across the board
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Not bad prices either. Training shirts are £33-40.
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Kitbag have 10% off your first order and I think have the full range, it’s probably them that run the villa shop online. Was a bit disappointed no ST discount these days but all shop outsourced I understand.
Probably some bigger kitbag discounts if anybody finds any?
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When do we see the away kit/s?
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I love the black goalkeeper kit (https://shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/en/c/football-kits/goalkeeper-kit/mens-kit). I'm not prepared to be an advert for a betting company though; I'll spend my £55 on match tickets instead.
The Black Goalkeeper kit is nice I must admit a bit Lev Yashin I like it.
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I love the black goalkeeper kit (https://shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/en/c/football-kits/goalkeeper-kit/mens-kit). I'm not prepared to be an advert for a betting company though; I'll spend my £55 on match tickets instead.
Each to their own but I've never in my life known anyone so shallow that a sponsor on a football kit inspired them to do something they would not otherwise have done. Well......... not since I suffered through a pot of Muller Rice aged 12......
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Does anyone know if you can buy the sleeveless training tops? I cant see them on the shop page so assuming they dont sell them.
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Club announced villa shop closed tomorrow, in readiness for kit launch Wednesday
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I wish they’d just get on with it and launch it all at the same time, preferably 3 weeks ago.
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I wish they’d just get on with it and launch it all at the same time, preferably 3 weeks ago.
Agreed, why does it seem like the launches get more and more arduous every year? It's a range of 3-4 jerseys (including the GK kit), just launch them and get it over with. I've ordered the home kit now as I can't be arsed waiting until the season starts and the summer is ostensibly over to get my hands on the away, and I've never bought both so that won't be changing now just because they've staggered the releases in an unnecessarily awkward fashion.
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I'm pretty confident that this won't happen next year. We're getting far better in virtually all other aspects and there's no reason to believe this won't improve.
The short-term deals we've had are no doubt complicated and previously we've had people who don't know what they're doing. The delays have stopped people buying the kits, though the poor ordering hasn't helped either.
I reckon this will be a popular kit and as such let's hope we've ordered enough for demand.
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I'm having problems with adult sizes at the, ahem, more fully developed end of the scale.
(https://i.ibb.co/qWKhx20/Screenshot-20190716-134542.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Tb6JrNK)
Am I thick or is something wrong with the measurements given for Chest 2XL-4XL?
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Pre match training top...
(https://i.ibb.co/HT7vZRW/D-Rer-FBU4-AEut-Oe.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HT7vZRW)
Prefer that to the main shirt!
That's a beautiful top Risso I really like it.
that should be the home shirt
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I don't get the love-in for that shirt.
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Reminds me of those pointless shuttered Kanye 'glasses' all the kids were wearing a decade ago...
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I think it's a lovely shirt, but imagine the meltdown if it was the home shirt!
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Hurry up and unveil the away one Villa.
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Away kit will be unveiled in Minnesota tomorrow morning. Not sure of the time.
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15:30 today our time.
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Given this effort by Huddersfield, I don’t think there should many complaints from now on about the size of our sponsor logo!
https://www.htafc.com/news/2019/july/towns-201920-home-kit-is-revealed/
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Wow! Is that for real?! 😳
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Given this effort by Huddersfield, I don’t think there should many complaints from now on about the size of our sponsor logo!
https://www.htafc.com/news/2019/july/towns-201920-home-kit-is-revealed/
Fucking hell, that is horrific. How on earth did the marketing guys / designers get that through?
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That's gotta be a publicity stunt, can't be real.
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Given this effort by Huddersfield, I don’t think there should many complaints from now on about the size of our sponsor logo!
https://www.htafc.com/news/2019/july/towns-201920-home-kit-is-revealed/
Fucking hell, that is horrific. How on earth did the marketing guys / designers get that through?
The first 5 words are probably everybody’s reaction on seeing that monstrosity.
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Be thankful...we don't have the beauty pageant look...
(https://i.ibb.co/Lpfccs4/HTAFC.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Lpfccs4)
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I think that exceeds the maximum size allowed in England. If you were allowed sponsors that size, everyone would be plastered in them and look like Formula One teams like they do in France.
Reckon it's a wacky, "hilarious", Paddy Power wind up and the new shirt will be revealed soon.
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That must be a wind up. It is on their official site as well though.
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Not sure it is a joke...
https://www.htafc.com/HomeKit (https://www.htafc.com/HomeKit)
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I think that exceeds the maximum size allowed in England. If you were allowed sponsors that size, everyone would be plastered in them and look like Formula One teams like they do in France.
Reckon it's a wacky, "hilarious", Paddy Power wind up and the new shirt will be revealed soon.
Yes, you are probably right.
That is so bad that the HT fans will be overjoyed with anything but that, regardless of how shit it is.
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Yeah it looks like lad bible bait.
As an aside, does anyone find all this lads, lads, lads *prank* stuff that ALL betting companies now engage in very unfunny and a bit sad?
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Not sure it is a joke...
https://www.htafc.com/HomeKit (https://www.htafc.com/HomeKit)
If that truly is their new kit, I despair for what football has become.
Has to be a joke though, surely.
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Must be a prank to generate more publicity...and it seems to be working.
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Yeah, if its a joke then it's pretty well played.
Their announcement video is pretty funny too. Not sure I'd be happy if I was a Huddersfield fan though..
https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1150691396464054276
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Yeah, if its a joke then it's pretty well played.
Their announcement video is pretty funny too. Not sure I'd be happy if I was a Huddersfield fan though..
https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1150691396464054276
it is funny and pretty honest, quite refreshing from the usual marketing speak on synergies and bollocks like that
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Of course it's not legit! For one the rules prohibit it, 2. It's Paddy Power, 3. Huddersfield Town have more class than that.
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15:30 today our time.
Has this been confirmed? I am looking forward to it and I think it will be far superior to the home shirt. Are we getting the third kit today as well?
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Yeah it looks like lad bible bait.
As an aside, does anyone find all this lads, lads, lads *prank* stuff that ALL betting companies now engage in very unfunny and a bit sad?
Yes, I wish women were in charge of the world.
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15:30 today our time.
Has this been confirmed? I am looking forward to it and I think it will be far superior to the home shirt. Are we getting the third kit today as well?
This via Pravda:
"In other news, our away kit will also be revealed at 4pm today across our social channels and simultaneously at our Lions Club Fan Zone in Minnesota!
Also available now is our goalkeeper kit and training range, which have both proved very popular with supporters.
Our third kit will be available next month."
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
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Son's have just called heading back from the club shop. Pretty busy but limited training wear available. Player version of the shirt has the rubber badge but fan version is sown on version. Sizes on the small size apparently so be generous...
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
For me it harkens back to the Deadly Doug era and should be filed next to "ITSOTP" as a relic from a time before camera phones and real-time news updates which was inevitably ruled by misinformation (the irony). Back when most people's best guess regarding acquisitions in any given transfer window was the endless speculation about Benni McCarthy (who is definitely down the Belfry meeting with any of several Villa managers as we speak).
But, I could be wrong. It could be much older and the reasons much smarter than I'm giving us credit for...
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(https://i.ibb.co/DtwymQF/image.png) (https://ibb.co/DtwymQF)
Via the aforementioned Pravda. For anyone who's concerned the blue is too pale, I have been reassured by the Official Site's description of the shirt as "vista blue"...............
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Any decent full size pictures of both kits? And are we not bothering with socks this season? Grealish's "shinpads" were bad enough.
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The video is clearly aimed at a much, much younger audience but I couldn’t catch what it looked like and it was all a bit scruffy. My abiding memory is of the totally stunning black lady. Which made it OK.
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I think I like the kits, but they are being presented in such a naff, Chavvy, way that it's hard to be sure.
Just get some players to wear a kit and take some photos of them. Is it really that difficult?
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I think I like the kits, but they are being presented in such a naff, Chavvy, way that it's hard to be sure.
Just get some players to wear a kit and take some photos of them. Is it really that difficult?
I wanted to straighten out the creases 😀
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I think I like the kits, but they are being presented in such a naff, Chavvy, way that it's hard to be sure.
Just get some players to wear a kit and take some photos of them. Is it really that difficult?
Yeah. I do find it ironic that the 'regular' replica kit (as distinct from the Elite version) is not what the models are wearing. Despite the try-hard urban/street tone of the photo shoots, they're wearing the more expensive/exclusive version of the shirt, which is being marketed as the players' version..........
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(https://i.ibb.co/DtwymQF/image.png) (https://ibb.co/DtwymQF)
Via the aforementioned Pravda. For anyone who's concerned the blue is too pale, I have been reassured by the Official Site's description of the shirt as "vista blue"...............
I like the overall design, but those shoulders and sleeves are terrible. Looks like it's been stitched together in the dark.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
I believe it means 'truth'.
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Both home and away look very, very cheap.
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Whoever came up with the idea to launch these kits needs be fired. Crap and tacky. The kits themselves and the training gear looks good but they missed the mark by a long way in how they have been presented.
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(https://i.ibb.co/ZGs8VHm/D-r9-T6d-X4-AEuvl-N.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZGs8VHm)
(https://freeonlinedice.com/)
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Whoever came up with the idea to launch these kits needs be fired. Crap and tacky. The kits themselves and the training gear looks good but they missed the mark by a long way in how they have been presented.
Yep. The kits look like they should be a tenner each at Sports Direct and have been presented as such. Pretty much what I expected from a brand like Kappa to be honest, nasty chav shite.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
I believe it means 'truth'.
Да, конечно.
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I think both are pretty shit.
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Whoever came up with the idea to launch these kits needs be fired. Crap and tacky. The kits themselves and the training gear looks good but they missed the mark by a long way in how they have been presented.
I agree TV - bloody awful marketing - all very amateurish - we seem to constantly screw up our kit launch - oh well let's hope the players wearing the kit show a bit more class on the pitch
Incidentally what was the "surprise at the kit launch?
No further player announcements by Tom Hanks I guess:)
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It's all very street innit bruv
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Whoever came up with the idea to launch these kits needs be fired. Crap and tacky. The kits themselves and the training gear looks good but they missed the mark by a long way in how they have been presented.
Yep. The kits look like they should be a tenner each at Sports Direct and have been presented as such. Pretty much what I expected from a brand like Kappa to be honest, nasty chav shite.
I think that's a bit harsh though I did prefer the Luke kits overall. The club really botched the launch, if not the shirts themselves.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
It's the sort of topical, witty humour that gets us all invited to loads of parties.
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What a complete mess the unveiling of these kits has been! A bunch of scrawny chavs who look a complete shambles and in no way represent footballers!
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The girl is pretty cute. Freckles and all that.
I'm going to buy one I think. I quite like fitted stuff, so I can prance around looking like a ponce on Mondays at the back.
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I'm sure they'll be fine. The Luke one's were a hard act to follow though.
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Why don't they do six mock-up kit designs and let the fans choose via a poll? Not let some design marketing geek who hasn't got a clue have the final say.
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A far cry from a wobbly bellied Stuart Downing marching up and down a catwalk in centenary square innit. Them were the days.
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The girl is pretty cute. Freckles and all that.
I'm going to buy one I think. I quite like fitted stuff, so I can prance around looking like a ponce on Mondays at the back.
Zumba on Mondays Ads?
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Ha! Football.
Universally all the other players are Scousers, Man United or Man City fans. I feel duty bound now to get a shirt.
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The launch video is totally awful! Loads of negative comments on Villa's twitter page. Get professionals next time, not a load of amateurs!
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Will the gold plated jewellery be available in the shop?
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Mint away kit
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The launch video is totally awful! Loads of negative comments on Villa's twitter page. Get professionals next time, not a load of amateurs!
To make yourself feel a bit better, have a look at the West Ham one. 😱
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They're OK I think. No problem in terms of the design other than the sleeves. The way they were launched was the problem. LAUNCH THEM IN MAY NEXT SEASON PLEASE VILLA.
As for the Luke shirts, is the away one available anywhere or is that gone forever now?
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Has anyone seen anything about a longsleeve option? I've always for a LS in the past. The fact that the URL on the OS designates Short Sleeve gives me hope.
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Are you in shape, Ads?
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Does it really matter what the launch was like? I mean, really matter?
Personally I couldn't care less if they'd just put it in the shop. It's a Villa top, we Villa fans are the only ones remotely interested. I just wish they'd release it earlier.
I agree, we were spoilt with the Luke top, best one for years, Imo, both in look and quality.
Whatever make, design or colours there will always be someone who's not happy
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Does it really matter what the launch was like? I mean, really matter?
Personally I couldn't care less if they'd just put it in the shop. It's a Villa top, we Villa fans are the only ones remotely interested. I just wish they'd release it earlier.
I agree, we were spoilt with the Luke top, best one for years, Imo, both in look and quality.
Whatever make, design or colours there will always be someone who's not happy
The timing matters, the longer they leave it I'd imagine the less they sell. Also it's frustrating.
The Luke ones weren't that well received last year if I remember correctly, mainly because of the lack of blue sleeves. But the quality and fit is second to none. Wouldn't have minded him staying tbf.
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Are you in shape, Ads?
Hench me brah.
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People are asking for over £100 on ebay for last seasons shirt. There's an away with tags for £195 and a second hand home one for £120!
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The launch looks like something straight out of the JD Sports urban catalogue...but both kits look very smart. Don’t really understand the negative comments tbh but everyone has their own tastes and you can’t please everyone.
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Does it really matter what the launch was like? I mean, really matter?
Personally I couldn't care less if they'd just put it in the shop. It's a Villa top, we Villa fans are the only ones remotely interested. I just wish they'd release it earlier.
I agree, we were spoilt with the Luke top, best one for years, Imo, both in look and quality.
Whatever make, design or colours there will always be someone who's not happy
The timing matters, the longer they leave it I'd imagine the less they sell. Also it's frustrating.
The Luke ones weren't that well received last year if I remember correctly, mainly because of the lack of blue sleeves. But the quality and fit is second to none. Wouldn't have minded him staying tbf.
Release both at the end of June, surely not much to ask, and don't bother with a fancy launch. Just stock the shop and sell.
I don't mind lack of blue sleeves, as long as there is some light blue on it.
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People are asking for over £100 on ebay for last seasons shirt. There's an away with tags for £195 and a second hand home one for £120!
That's absolutely mad. I had a feeling they would be sought after and hard to get which is why I did end up getting the home one in April I think it was. But that's crazy tbh. I'm keeping my eyes open for an away shirt as I expect there will be a few that pop up online if only for a short while.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
It's the sort of topical, witty humour that gets us all invited to loads of parties.
I like both kits. AND I was at a party earlier where I met Jacob Ree-Smog (who doesn't even support Middlesbrough, but was polite enough) and the dumpy, bumptious, odious, sweaty, short-arsed ******, Mark Francois, who was really nice. He was a bit of a dumpy, bumptious, odious, sweaty, short-arsed ****** for my tastes though.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
Pravda was the official newspaper of the Soviet Union. It was basically a propaganda rag telling stirring tales of heroism to try to appease the disgruntled masses. There were no bad news stories.
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I ve seen mentioned re home and away kits reference to Holte and VP gates but can’t see it in the shirts images I’ve seen.
Can anyone enlighten me please ?
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I ve seen mentioned re home and away kits reference to Holte and VP gates but can’t see it in the shirts images I’ve seen.
Can anyone enlighten me please ?
On the children's one, there is a small picture of the Hole End on the inside underneath the size label.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
It's the sort of topical, witty humour that gets us all invited to loads of parties.
I like both kits. AND I was at a party earlier where I met Jacob Ree-Smog (who doesn't even support Middlesbrough, but was polite enough) and the dumpy, bumptious, odious, sweaty, short-arsed c***, Mark Francois, who was really nice. He was a bit of a dumpy, bumptious, odious, sweaty, short-arsed c*** for my tastes though.
I'm hoping you took the opportunity to spike the punch with some Purple Haze or Sunshine and opened their minds to Peace, Love and Understanding?
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I ve seen mentioned re home and away kits reference to Holte and VP gates but can’t see it in the shirts images I’ve seen.
Can anyone enlighten me please ?
On the children's one, there is a small picture of the Hole End on the inside underneath the size label.
Game changer, that.
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Why do we call the website Pravda. Yes I'm aware of the Russian news agency. Is that it, is that the joke?
Pravda was the official newspaper of the Soviet Union. It was basically a propaganda rag telling stirring tales of heroism to try to appease the disgruntled masses. There were no bad news stories.
So that IS the joke. Crumbs.
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In almost every picture of this kit I've seen the shirt looks really creased and crumpled round the shoulders, particularly at the join of the sleeves to the body. I know it sounds picky, but it just seems to be a really of odd fit.
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I ve seen mentioned re home and away kits reference to Holte and VP gates but can’t see it in the shirts images I’ve seen.
Can anyone enlighten me please ?
On the children's one, there is a small picture of the Hole End on the inside underneath the size label.
Game changer, that.
Iconic apparently
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I ve seen mentioned re home and away kits reference to Holte and VP gates but can’t see it in the shirts images I’ve seen.
Can anyone enlighten me please ?
On the children's one, there is a small picture of the Hole End on the inside underneath the size label.
Game changer, that.
Yup.
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For an Aston Villa shirt, the least noticeable thing on it is the Aston Villa badge.
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Just had a fresh look at the promo photos of the new kit - home and away
Whatever were the marketing team thinking ? The "models"
Look as high as a kite and could easily have had their images taken on a "Travellers site"
Likewise why on earth are they wearing different coloured clothing under the shirts .....as for the Kappa bum bag -wtf?
If any of our nearest rivals had put out such a dreadful kit release we would be ripping into them - for a club so seemingly well run the kit launch has been " a dog's dinner"
I tried to buy one of the new "pre match " tops today, online
They are out of stock !
Come on Villa sort it out ......
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I recall someone saying they'd pay 20 quid extra for a no sponsor shirt. Fill yer boots...
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https://www.kappastore.eu/sports/clubs-football/aston-villa-fc.html
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I recall someone saying they'd pay 20 quid extra for a no sponsor shirt. Fill yer boots...
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https://www.kappastore.eu/sports/clubs-football/aston-villa-fc.html
"Size and fit: No"
Had me laughing out loud. No indeed.
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The home shirt would look better with a light blue trim on the collar and a claret trim on the sleeves - it looks unfinished at present....
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The goalie shirt is absolutely mint. Having one of those.
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The goalie shirt is absolutely mint. Having one of those.
It's quite literally plain black with the badges on.
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The goalie shirt is absolutely mint. Having one of those.
It's quite literally plain black with the badges on.
Is it? Oh fuck. I don't like it any more then.
(https://i.ibb.co/LRmJFFr/emot-jerkbag.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
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I recall someone saying they'd pay 20 quid extra for a no sponsor shirt. Fill yer boots...
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https://www.kappastore.eu/sports/clubs-football/aston-villa-fc.html
So that would be the shirt the team wore last night.
“Kombat Pro”...is that the ultra mega slim fit?
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The goalie shirt is absolutely mint. Having one of those.
It's quite literally plain black with the badges on.
Lev Yashin
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I'm not keen on either. The away looks especially cheap but then its not aimed at me I suppose.
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The goalie shirt is absolutely mint. Having one of those.
It's quite literally plain black with the badges on.
Yea, that's what's good about it.
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The home shirt would look better with a light blue trim on the collar and a claret trim on the sleeves - it looks unfinished at present....
The home shirt would look better if it was made by another company.
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The home shirt would look better with a light blue trim on the collar and a claret trim on the sleeves - it looks unfinished at present....
Thought that at first, but, I have to say I really like itas it its.
Tempted on the sponsor less shirt. Might see if they do it with the away one
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In almost every picture of this kit I've seen the shirt looks really creased and crumpled round the shoulders, particularly at the join of the sleeves to the body. I know it sounds picky, but it just seems to be a really of odd fit.
The Tunisia Kappa shirts have the same slightly rucked join between shoulder and sleeve, so maybe a fashion thing. Search me why though.
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Up close the kits looked quite decent. Still not as good as the Luke kits for quality or the Acorns Nike ones.
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I recall someone saying they'd pay 20 quid extra for a no sponsor shirt. Fill yer boots...
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https://www.kappastore.eu/sports/clubs-football/aston-villa-fc.html
"Size and fit: No"
Had me laughing out loud. No indeed.
"Colour: Dark Red" is less amusing.
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Home shirt arrived today. The claret's less reddish than previous years, and the blue is a whole lot lighter.
The sleeves are a bit weird – even on the players, the top goes a bit puffy at the top of the shoulder which just seems like a basic thing to get wrong in the cut.
Overall, not hideous. Don't think it'll become a cult classic though.
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In almost every picture of this kit I've seen the shirt looks really creased and crumpled round the shoulders, particularly at the join of the sleeves to the body. I know it sounds picky, but it just seems to be a really of odd fit.
The Tunisia Kappa shirts have the same slightly rucked join between shoulder and sleeve, so maybe a fashion thing. Search me why though.
Maybe they're just shit at making sports garments.
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This image of the third kit has appeared on Historical Kits (http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/2019-2020/premier-league.html):
(http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/images/aston-villa-2019-2020-3rd.gif)
It does state it's unconfirmed; any idea if there's any truth behind it?
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The goalie shirt is absolutely mint. Having one of those.
It's quite literally plain black with the badges on.
Is it? Oh fuck. I don't like it any more then.
(https://i.ibb.co/LRmJFFr/emot-jerkbag.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
Oh no, not an emoji! Sap.
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https://twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1152127164231356416?s=09 (https://twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1152127164231356416?s=09)
So it was a hoax after all.
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https://twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1152127164231356416?s=09 (https://twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1152127164231356416?s=09)
So it was a hoax after all.
Oh that's nice. That's top notch. Well done Unbro, please make our kits after Kappa, please and thank you.
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https://twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1152127164231356416?s=09 (https://twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1152127164231356416?s=09)
So it was a hoax after all.
Oh that's nice. That's top notch. Well done Unbro, please make our kits after Kappa, please and thank you.
It is.
No surprise it's a hoax, but interesting they're prepared to pay for shirt sponsorship and not have their name on the shirts at all. Guess they think the initial publicity was worth it.
Very nice shirt though. Probably one of my favourites after ours.
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I've just seen the Hearts 3rd kit on the Umbro Twitter feed.
https://mobile.twitter.com/UmbroUK/status/1151906094379347973
Just beautiful.
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https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html (https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html)
You can get ours directly from Kappa without the sponsor, but it'll set you back about £100.
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https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html (https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html)
You can get ours directly from Kappa without the sponsor, but it'll set you back about £100.
Sounds reasonable. 🤔
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How on earth can they justify that price :o
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Greedy fuckers.
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I must say, my kids' ones with no sponsor on look great. It's not just that I don't like the fact it's a betting company, it just looks better.
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https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html (https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html)
You can get ours directly from Kappa without the sponsor, but it'll set you back about £100.
Sounds reasonable. 🤔
F... - I ordered the Kombat Fit from our site - with sponsor, if I knew it was possible without, I would have gone for this - looks great without.
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https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html (https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html)
You can get ours directly from Kappa without the sponsor, but it'll set you back about £100.
Sounds reasonable. 🤔
F... - I ordered the Kombat Fit from our site - with sponsor, if I knew it was possible without, I would have gone for this - looks great without.
Return it!
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Just been to the shop for gear for my holders, got a pair of shorts .Kids training gear is in but hardly any of the adults. Lost a sale to me.
And the away shirt is nice but the claret shorts are the wrong colour
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How on earth can they justify that price :o
Not that I'm saying this justifies it but the one on sale there is the one the players wear, not a replica that is meant for supporters. The player issued stuff is always more expensive. Nike, Puma, Adidas and the like do the same.
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Been up there today to get the lad a new shirt. He's 13, fairly tall for his age, and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. Looked in the kids section to get him a shirt, Age 14 shirt tried on despite it looking a bit small - and it was, it would have probably fitted my 9 year old daughter. No bigger kids sizes are made than the 14 years so I then had to have the moral dilemma of getting him an 'adult' shirt with that fucking monstrosity of a gambling site on the shirt. He tried on the small mens shirt and that wasn't great, he ended up with a Mens Medium size shirt. I couldn't help but rant at the staff, it is so, so wrong that I've got a Villa mad 13 year old kid wanting a shirt and I can't purchase him a blank one. I ranted at the staff about it who acknowledge they "come up small". I know it isn't the staff on duty at fault of course but it isn't right. I was told that they're not meant to knowingly sell a shirt with gambling sites on them to a 13 year old.
A fella next to me was trying on a shirt, of medium physique he ended up having to buy an XL shirt. This Kappa deal may well be a great deal for the club financially, and the sponsors may well be chucking us a load of money but the shirts (and Kappa) are absolute shit with the sizing. They come up so small.
Really, really disappointed with this as there clearly is no intention of having a 'youth' 13-17 year old option of plain replica shirt. Last year the lad had all 3 Luke kits and they were superb. This won't happen this year.
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I guess combatis the figure hugging version
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Been up there today to get the lad a new shirt. He's 13, fairly tall for his age, and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. Looked in the kids section to get him a shirt, Age 14 shirt tried on despite it looking a bit small - and it was, it would have probably fitted my 9 year old daughter. No bigger kids sizes are made than the 14 years that so I then had to have the moral dilemma of getting him an 'adult' shirt with that fucking monstrosity of a gambling site on the shirt. He tried on the small mens shirt and that wasn't great, he ended up with a Mens Medium size shirt. I couldn't help but rant at the staff, it is so, so wrong that I've got a Villa mad 13 year old kid wanting a shirt and I can't purchase him a blank one. I ranted at the staff about it who acknowledge they "come up small". I know it isn't the staff on duty at fault of course but it isn't right. I was told that they're not meant to knowingly sell a shirt with gambling sites on them to a 13 year old.
A fella next to me was trying on a shirt, of medium physique he ended up having to buy an XL shirt. This Kappa deal may well be a great deal for the club financially, and the sponsors may well be chucking us a load of money but the shirts (and Kappa) are absolute shit with the sizing. They come up so small.
Really, really disappointed with this as there clearly is no intention of having a 'youth' 13-17 year old option of plain replica shirt. Last year the lad had all 3 Luke kits and they were superb. This won't happen this year.
I agree it needs sorting. Hopefully we won't be with Kappa for long and we can switch to a decent manufacturer such as Adidas or Umbro.
I know it isn't ideal but retro is always an option and the club do have some beautiful Umbro 80s shirts.
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Been up there today to get the lad a new shirt. He's 13, fairly tall for his age, and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. Looked in the kids section to get him a shirt, Age 14 shirt tried on despite it looking a bit small - and it was, it would have probably fitted my 9 year old daughter. No bigger kids sizes are made than the 14 years that so I then had to have the moral dilemma of getting him an 'adult' shirt with that fucking monstrosity of a gambling site on the shirt. He tried on the small mens shirt and that wasn't great, he ended up with a Mens Medium size shirt. I couldn't help but rant at the staff, it is so, so wrong that I've got a Villa mad 13 year old kid wanting a shirt and I can't purchase him a blank one. I ranted at the staff about it who acknowledge they "come up small". I know it isn't the staff on duty at fault of course but it isn't right. I was told that they're not meant to knowingly sell a shirt with gambling sites on them to a 13 year old.
A fella next to me was trying on a shirt, of medium physique he ended up having to buy an XL shirt. This Kappa deal may well be a great deal for the club financially, and the sponsors may well be chucking us a load of money but the shirts (and Kappa) are absolute shit with the sizing. They come up so small.
Really, really disappointed with this as there clearly is no intention of having a 'youth' 13-17 year old option of plain replica shirt. Last year the lad had all 3 Luke kits and they were superb. This won't happen this year.
I agree it needs sorting. Hopefully we won't be with Kappa for long and we can switch to a decent manufacturer such as Adidas or Umbro.
I know it isn't ideal but retro is always an option and the club do have some beautiful Umbro 80s shirts.
I hear you, and I have only purchased retro in the last few years, however 13 year old kids want the latest stuff. I even tried to coax him into having the advert free training clobber instead, but once again the sizing was an issue as he needed mens sizes in the Krapper stuff.
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The Paddy Power stunt is part of a campaign they are trying to encourage the end of shirt sponsorship apparently.
Article and pictures of all the PL home kits without sponsorship - https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/how-all-20-premier-league-home-shirts-would-look-without-sponsors-236943
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I hardly ever buy Villa kit from Villa and never with a sponsor on the shirt (other than the Acorns shirt).
The experiences above from Edvard, PM#5S and others are just not acceptable. As someone who used to be in consumer marketing, it brings the tears to my eyes to read about such inattention to consumer needs ... like, basic sizing and correct order-fulfilment!
After all this time in the consumption era of football gazillions, you'd expect the basics of customer satisfaction to be right.
When's the next fans-forum with the club?
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The Paddy Power stunt is part of a campaign they are trying to encourage the end of shirt sponsorship apparently.
Article and pictures of all the PL home kits without sponsorship - https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/how-all-20-premier-league-home-shirts-would-look-without-sponsors-236943
Looking at those... Watford.... good grief what were they thinking!
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Fair dos, actually a pretty decent campaign from paddy power. Get all their bang for buck at the start with all the news coverage, so can afford not to stick their name on the shirts. I didn’t realise they had spoken against intrusive shirt sponsors.
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I hardly ever buy Villa kit from Villa and never with a sponsor on the shirt (other than the Acorns shirt).
The experiences above from Edvard, PM#5S and others are just not acceptable. As someone who used to be in consumer marketing, it brings the tears to my eyes to read about such inattention to consumer needs ... like, basic sizing and correct order-fulfilment!
After all this time in the consumption era of football gazillions, you'd expect the basics of customer satisfaction to be right.
When's the next fans-forum with the club?
Where do you get them without sponsor?
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https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html (https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html)
You can get ours directly from Kappa without the sponsor, but it'll set you back about £100.
Sounds reasonable. 🤔
Last night it was available on www.kappastore.co.uk
£80, free delivery over £70, 10% off first order so the expensive version without sponsor £72 delivered.
I was going to call kitbag today to ask to cancel my regular shirt, thought worth the extra for no sponsor, but they’ve been frustratingly efficient and despatched.
Now it’s been taken off the UK site, so on
https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html
it’s €110 -10% (code KAPPA4YOU) & free DHL= €99 =£89
Small print does say something about duty charges being recipient’s responsibility, I’m not clear where this would be dispatched from, but could be 20% plus admin fee if got hit for that I guess. Has anybody ordered?
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How much? For a shirt? Fucking hell.
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With that one does it actually confirm that there will be no sponsor on it? I just thought they had the photo prepared before the sponsorship announcement but when you receive it then it will have the sponsor on it? Any way of peeling it off anyway from the standard one purchased at the shop?
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I hardly ever buy Villa kit from Villa and never with a sponsor on the shirt (other than the Acorns shirt).
The experiences above from Edvard, PM#5S and others are just not acceptable. As someone who used to be in consumer marketing, it brings the tears to my eyes to read about such inattention to consumer needs ... like, basic sizing and correct order-fulfilment!
After all this time in the consumption era of football gazillions, you'd expect the basics of customer satisfaction to be right.
When's the next fans-forum with the club?
Where do you get them without sponsor?
Classic shirts before the age of sponsorship.
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How much? For a shirt? Fucking hell.
I agree, this is my version of a midlife crisis, and having gone in for £50, somehow decided it might be justifiable to pay yet more not to be a walking billboard. I’m preferring the idea of getting shot of some coconut oil that’s been in the cupboard for a while though.
Slightly more concerned if my shirt will be too small from the above descriptions...
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People are asking for over £100 on ebay for last seasons shirt. There's an away with tags for £195 and a second hand home one for £120!
My little girl’s first games last season and her first shirt, complete with McGinn 7. Think that’ll be a v special shirt in years to come.
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The home kit looks absolutely fine, judging from the pics from the Minnesota game.
(https://i.ibb.co/2k5g3Hh/Jota-Minnesota.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jrHgksf)
It's that oversized bollocks of a sponsor that ruins it.
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Black shirt is now small only on the web site. 🙄
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I hardly ever buy Villa kit from Villa and never with a sponsor on the shirt (other than the Acorns shirt).
The experiences above from Edvard, PM#5S and others are just not acceptable. As someone who used to be in consumer marketing, it brings the tears to my eyes to read about such inattention to consumer needs ... like, basic sizing and correct order-fulfilment!
After all this time in the consumption era of football gazillions, you'd expect the basics of customer satisfaction to be right.
When's the next fans-forum with the club?
Where do you get them without sponsor?
Classic shirts before the age of sponsorship.
Ah, misunderstanding, thought you meant you could get the up to date ones without, too
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Wearing the (regular version of) the new home kit as we speak. Quality not as good as last year's and the fit is definitely a lot more snug as expected from Kappa so I should probably have squeezed my expanding gut into a Large, but it's fine. The non-rubber stitched badge still has some interesting texture on the lion if you care about that sort of thing, overall I don't mind the cut - even at the shoulders, strange as the seams are - but agree that the sponsor is much too big.
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Anyone know if the shop has the new keepers top in a variety of sizes in store?
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if you order a shirt on line with a name on the back how long does it take for delivery
anyone know ?
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if you order a shirt on line with a name on the back how long does it take for delivery
anyone know ?
If your name is Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink I would imagine about eighteen months!
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Well his surname is 'e' according to his H&V profile, so John, it's your lucky day mate!
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There were some who thought our kit unveiling was a bit ‘chavvy’
Take a look at this Trabsonspor kit unveiling video.
https://twitter.com/zachlowy/status/1152597859126128641?s=21
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There were some who thought our kit unveiling was a bit ‘chavvy’
Take a look at this Trabsonspor kit unveiling video.
https://twitter.com/zachlowy/status/1152597859126128641?s=21
Now, that is excellent.
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There were some who thought our kit unveiling was a bit ‘chavvy’
Take a look at this Trabsonspor kit unveiling video.
https://twitter.com/zachlowy/status/1152597859126128641?s=21
Excellent! We should get the old lady to knock up our kits as well, be much better than bloody Kappa.
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That was delightful.
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There were some who thought our kit unveiling was a bit ‘chavvy’
Take a look at this Trabsonspor kit unveiling video.
https://twitter.com/zachlowy/status/1152597859126128641?s=21
That's absolutely superb.
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Horrible kit though
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The sight at the beginning of the video of that claret and blue shirt with vertical stripes gave me bad flashbacks to Nov'94 and Trabzonspor knocking us out of the Uefa Cup at VP while wearing our colours.
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Is there anywhere you can actually see the away kit properly?
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Is there anywhere you can actually see the away kit properly?
Not really. Mad, isn't it?
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Yeah, shit. Is it on sale in the 'Village'?
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It's on display at t' village
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Convenient.
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It's on display at t' village
You mean in a portacabin or tent ? Thought 22nd was the day they were starting to demolish ticket office and shop ?
Whilst they continue to add grey cladding to outside of north stand to spruce it up
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Woeful marketing for this season’s kit launch. No pics of the away kit on the official site yet?
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It's on display at t' village
You mean in a portacabin or tent ? Thought 22nd was the day they were starting to demolish ticket office and shop ?
Whilst they continue to add grey cladding to outside of north stand to spruce it up
No.Inside.
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Do you get any 'Villa cash' or anything with a season ticket to use on a shirt? Want to buy my nephew one.
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I went to the store to see the kit in real life
Nice home kit - although £85 for the "Elite" shirt is a bit steep - but colours look good
Away kit - I always like the away's but this left me a bit underwhelmed - its nowhere near as vivid as the mock up ones we all saw.
3rd kit - no sign of it
Keepers - black short sleeves??? With a squiggle pattern on the shoulders
Overall the marketing has been awful - I know it has to pander to the yoof but if that's what the kids are into God help all of us
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It's on display at t' village
You mean in a portacabin or tent ? Thought 22nd was the day they were starting to demolish ticket office and shop ?
Whilst they continue to add grey cladding to outside of north stand to spruce it up
No.Inside.
It looks more like it has been acid washed than cladding
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I went to the store to see the kit in real life
Nice home kit - although £85 for the "Elite" shirt is a bit steep - but colours look good
Away kit - I always like the away's but this left me a bit underwhelmed - its nowhere near as vivid as the mock up ones we all saw.
3rd kit - no sign of it
Keepers - black short sleeves??? With a squiggle pattern on the shoulders
Overall the marketing has been awful - I know it has to pander to the yoof but if that's what the kids are into God help all of us
Agreed, the whole launch has been a botch job.
The plus for me was how quickly they got the deliveries out (at least in my case - came overseas in 3 days, dispatched before the official launch day too).
Hopefully next year we get this right - earlier launch, less fecking about with random models and Michael Bay cinematography.
The kits are fine. Not spectacular. Luke's effort was better, and slightly better quality too.
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To me next year is the test for this not this. Coming into this summer I imagine a lot hinged on which division we were in. As much as the kit launch is important there were lots of other pressing needs to address with the existing staff. I would hope and expect that we will be better equipped in all areas including qualified manpower to make many of our marketing activities PL quality in 2020.
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Do you get any 'Villa cash' or anything with a season ticket to use on a shirt? Want to buy my nephew one.
Didappointingly (having got first ST in years) no, I asked on the phone and as it’s now outsourced, so no discounts. It’s run by kitbag so you are cheaper to order from their site direct and get a 10% off as new customer.
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ok, for those who have purchased, what's the sizing like for the fat fit shirts?
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I've seen a few people on Facebook saying to check the back of the shirts as some have an imprint of the badge on the back.
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ok, for those who have purchased, what's the sizing like for the fat fit shirts?
I’ve always found shirts come up way too big, eg a Medium in some brands might have been plenty big enough, whereas my Large is just ok, never ordered XL in my life but would have probably been a bit more roomy for this. So go larger than you think, was what I learned earlier in the thread...
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ok, for those who have purchased, what's the sizing like for the fat fit shirts?
I’ve always found shirts come up way too big, eg a Medium in some brands might have been plenty big enough, whereas my Large is just ok, never ordered XL in my life but would have probably been a bit more roomy for this. So go larger than you think, was what I learned earlier in the thread...
Thanks.
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Someone asked on here about a proper viewing of away kit.
It’s on sale pre order tomorrow, and club have tweeted this pic...
(https://i.ibb.co/7kswfKw/70074121-360-E-4515-BB40-65191-DD285-C2.png) (https://ibb.co/7kswfKw)
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Bloody hell the skinny fuckers fit looks tight...
https://twitter.com/kierenjames90/status/1153664294040539136
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😂😂😂 Gues mine will be a present then
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Bloody hell the skinny fuckers fit looks tight...
https://twitter.com/kierenjames90/status/1153664294040539136
wow.
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Bloody hell the skinny fuckers fit looks tight...
https://twitter.com/kierenjames90/status/1153664294040539136
wow.
Poor fella, just spent a fortune on all that!
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No matter how slim you are, if you're a bloke with your nips are on show, you look like a nob. Best avoided!
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Manchester City's third kit next year is a mixture of peach and yellow. Looks shyte.
However, where the players name is normally printed on the back of the shirt has been replaced with the name of Tecno, one of their sponsors. City signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with them and you can't help but notice the sponsors name!!
The players name is now printed just above their arse.
Personally, I found it annoying and at first thought City had a lot of players called Tecno when they played Wolves about a week ago in Asia. But money talks, should Villa offer the same to their sponsors???
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Give it a few more years and the whole kit will look like a racing drivers is wearing it - quite sad but "That's the Premiership"
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As AndyH said during the game last night...
In action, that kit looks like it’s got a lovely ‘80’s look about it.
Some may dislike the design and Kappa, but it’s simple design makes it look classic and timeless.
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Manchester City's third kit next year is a mixture of peach and yellow. Looks shyte.
However, where the players name is normally printed on the back of the shirt has been replaced with the name of Tecno, one of their sponsors. City signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with them and you can't help but notice the sponsors name!!
The players name is now printed just above their arse.
Personally, I found it annoying and at first thought City had a lot of players called Tecno when they played Wolves about a week ago in Asia. But money talks, should Villa offer the same to their sponsors???
"And today's team is Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno, Techno. There's no limit to what they can achieve."
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As AndyH said during the game last night...
In action, that kit looks like it’s got a lovely ‘80’s look about it.
Some may dislike the design and Kappa, but it’s simple design makes it look classic and timeless.
That's one opinion. I think it looks cheap and tacky.
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For those that like the keeper shirts, there's a yellow one now available in the Villa shop online...not bad if you like yellow.
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Poor quality, misleading sizing, no doubt shop/retail staff up the wall -not the best advert for the club. If you only compare the quality alone, you will see immediately what a massive clanger Villa have dropped. Can imagine very few mail order purchases from hereon in during the lifetime of Kappa.
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How long is the Kappa contract for? They've always been a godawful brand, and this year's kit just reinforces my opinion of them.
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How long is the Kappa contract for? They've always been a godawful brand, and this year's kit just reinforces my opinion of them.
Hopefully we'll bin them at the end of the season. Awful brand.
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I'm hoping we stick with a manufacturer for a few years. Sick of changing every year and not having the kit on sale until summer is nearly over as a result.
Anyway, this year's kits seem great (well, based on what I can ascertain from the abysmal kit launch).
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I’ve never liked Kappa as a brand (going back to the days of Sergio Tacchini, Ellesse and Fila), but I can’t really fault the kits or training gear (even though admittedly I haven’t seen any in the flesh yet).
I’d be surprised if we have a contract with Kappa for just one season, and I would imagine we’d have the launch and supply issues repeated again if we did change manufacturer...however an adidas kit is long overdue!
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I dunno. With Adidas we would just be one of many. Same when we were with Nike, they didn't seem to give the slightest shit. Maybe better to be a big fish in a small pond?
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Do any of them really give a shit though? Presumably we’d have an account manager at any manufacturer who deals with everything from design to supply with our own club representative. We’ve had these kit and merchandise issues for years so may be the real issue is closer to home rather than the fault of the various manufacturers.
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We do seem to change every year, then wait a few weeks for the announcement of who the new manufacturers are going to be, then (at least) a few more weeks for the new kit.
We also do the same with the sponsor.
I'd like to see us get some long term deals so we can have the kit on display last home game of each season, and then have it on sale in early June.
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What are the sizes like?
I fancy getting one to play football in, as I'm tired of Liverpool, Man United, Everton and Man City everywhere. I dont mind them being tight, but will your normal size correspond or do you need to go one up?
Also, I'm getting Maximus one, are the children's shirts sized well?
Has to be online unfortunately so no try before I buy.
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I dunno. With Adidas we would just be one of many. Same when we were with Nike, they didn't seem to give the slightest shit. Maybe better to be a big fish in a small pond?
Don't the owners have something to do with Adidas? I imagine they'd look after us if so.
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I dunno. With Adidas we would just be one of many. Same when we were with Nike, they didn't seem to give the slightest shit. Maybe better to be a big fish in a small pond?
Don't the owners have something to do with Adidas? I imagine they'd look after us if so.
Yes Sawiris has a 10%(?) stake and I think sits on the board.
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What are the sizes like?
I fancy getting one to play football in, as I'm tired of Liverpool, Man United, Everton and Man City everywhere. I dont mind them being tight, but will your normal size correspond or do you need to go one up?
Also, I'm getting Maximus one, are the children's shirts sized well?
Has to be online unfortunately so no try before I buy.
Most people are saying on Twitter that they're a couple of sizes out (ie smaller) from what you'd expect, and don't even think about the "elite" one unless you can see your ribcage sticking out like a xylophone. I normally buy one each year for Tuesday night 5 aside, but won't be this year.
Cheers. I'm one of those gimps that could rock the Elite fit, but £80?! Pft!
Kids are out of stock until August 18th. Hmmmm.
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The away kit today looked absolutely solid.
(https://i.ibb.co/jM9KMZ7/9-C766165-7-A5-C-4-B7-C-8334-669-B28-CB307-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jM9KMZ7)
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Looks bang on to me. Can’t fault it.
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It looks like WBA on the front.
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I thought the away strip looked great today, and I like the home strip more than recent efforts too. The logo’s rather naff, and the shoulder tuck odd, but then I won’t be wearing one, so my opinion is a bit moot.
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I love both home and away more than those of previous years. I think i’ll be investing in those claret away shorts at least.
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My brother bought his nine year old son a home shirt today. He's tall, but not particularly big at all. Size wise, he could've fitted the 14 yrs boys' shirt, but went for the kombat small men's in the end. And get this, my fellow old farts, he went for that one because he preferred the shirt with the sponsor on. Weirdo.
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My brother bought his nine year old son a home shirt today. He's tall, but not particularly big at all. Size wise, he could've fitted the 14 yrs boys' shirt, but went for the kombat small men's in the end. And get this, my fellow old farts, he went for that one because he preferred the shirt with the sponsor on. Weirdo.
Most kids want shirts with sponsors on as they just want to look like the players. My lad is repeatedly disappointed when yet another gambling sponsor gets announced as it means he has to have a plain shirt.
I’d prefer one without a sponsor personally, but kids think differently.
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What are the sizes like?
I fancy getting one to play football in, as I'm tired of Liverpool, Man United, Everton and Man City everywhere. I dont mind them being tight, but will your normal size correspond or do you need to go one up?
Also, I'm getting Maximus one, are the children's shirts sized well?
Has to be online unfortunately so no try before I buy.
Most people are saying on Twitter that they're a couple of sizes out (ie smaller) from what you'd expect, and don't even think about the "elite" one unless you can see your ribcage sticking out like a xylophone. I normally buy one each year for Tuesday night 5 aside, but won't be this year.
Cheers. I'm one of those gimps that could rock the Elite fit, but £80?! Pft!
Kids are out of stock until August 18th. Hmmmm.
ping Pong
Bad English to the thread please “ rock”
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I'm pretty sure I saw a photo that showed the sizes were exactly the same width as last year except in the player issue replica Pro thingy. The only difference is that this year's are shorter?
I like the kit, the colour works, the sleeves are blue, and let's face it, I'm not sure anyone on a midweek 5-a-side is going to notice, never mind comment, on whether the stitching on your sleeves is lovely.
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My brother bought his nine year old son a home shirt today. He's tall, but not particularly big at all. Size wise, he could've fitted the 14 yrs boys' shirt, but went for the kombat small men's in the end. And get this, my fellow old farts, he went for that one because he preferred the shirt with the sponsor on. Weirdo.
Same with my kid, advertising some dodgy gambling firm cost me an extra £20.
Yes, I could have said no.
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The away kit today looked absolutely solid.
(https://i.ibb.co/jM9KMZ7/9-C766165-7-A5-C-4-B7-C-8334-669-B28-CB307-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jM9KMZ7)
Think this away kit/top could become a classic. Best one for ages.
If I could find a way of getting a sponsorless one, without paying the earth.
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Kids want to look like the players and have the proper kit.
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I don’t think she’s ever going to look like any of the players. Hopefully.
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My brother bought his nine year old son a home shirt today. He's tall, but not particularly big at all. Size wise, he could've fitted the 14 yrs boys' shirt, but went for the kombat small men's in the end. And get this, my fellow old farts, he went for that one because he preferred the shirt with the sponsor on. Weirdo.
Same with my kid, advertising some dodgy gambling firm cost me an extra £20.
Yes, I could have said no.
My lads the same he’s six and can’t get his head around the idea that he can’t have a shirt exactly the same as his heroes.
Usual scenario raises its ugly head again though as you can’t get one at all at the moment. Can’t even Pre order the kids shorts as no option on the website. You’d think they’d get the gist now of how many we may actually sell so order enough stock in.
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Ok... tight fit it's only for shredded persons🤐
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Today I thought i'd take a trip over to VP to get the new shirt, I like the design, but had read about the sizing issues, this one coming up a lot smaller than past shirts, so thought I better look to try it on to check what size i'd need rather than order one online and find I had to try and send it back. Take train from Tamworth to Brum then over to Witton, get to the club shop to find them completely out of XL or XXL shirts, the two sizes I would most likely need at a guess, which was massively frustrating, as they must have had plenty of feedback about the shirt sizing by now and should have been looking to get more larger shirt stock in.
Once back in Brum city centre I popped in JD Sports to see if they had had the shirt in yet, to speak to a very frustrated member of staff who has spent the last week or so since the shirt came out having to tell customers they've not had it in, being told that they were having it the next day, only for them to be told the next day it's going to be the next day and so on and so forth.
The whole thing with the shirt just seems a bit shit, from the sizing, lack of availability of sizes, or availability in any sports shops.
I probably won't bother buying the shirt now, match day would be too much hassle to try and try a shirt on in club shop
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VILLA ARE SELLIN SHIRTS BABBYYYY
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Images from a premier league handbook detailing all teams first 3 kits leaked on twitter tonight.
I think it looks awful....
(https://i.ibb.co/7tNxvCf/0605-FB23-D901-4-B0-E-A017-292485832639.png) (https://ibb.co/7tNxvCf)
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Looks great to me.
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West Ham have really nailed it with their kits this year, the away is an absolute beauty. Umbro please next season, Aston Villa.
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Our kits are great this year. I'm in no rush to change. In fact, I don't want us to. Forget arsing about all summer looking for a new kit manufacturer and have at least one of the kits for sale before the end of May.
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West Ham have really nailed it with their kits this year, the away is an absolute beauty. Umbro please next season, Aston Villa.
Gotta say I love their home one, it was my brothers first kit in the late 70s, bit like our throw back of last years 83 season. Our away kit is really nice this season, always like it when we play in claret shorts away from home.
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West Ham have really nailed it with their kits this year, the away is an absolute beauty. Umbro please next season, Aston Villa.
Gotta say I love their home one, it was my brothers first kit in the late 70s, bit like our throw back of last years 83 season. Our away kit is really nice this season, always like it when we play in claret shorts away from home.
I also likie this years away, would however prefer more white on one side a la mita 88.
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It looks considerably better without the sponsor.
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Our kits are great this year. I'm in no rush to change. In fact, I don't want us to. Forget arsing about all summer looking for a new kit manufacturer and have at least one of the kits for sale before the end of May.
We will almost certainly change manufacturers next season, once we've cemented our premier league place and can negotiate a lucrative 3 to 5 year deal. Preferably with Umbro. My mistake, didn't realise it was a 3 year deal. :-[
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We never get three to five year deals. We will be negotiating a new deal in 2020, and again in 2021, 2022, etc.
Nobody will ever purchase a new Villa kit in June.
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That’s not necessarily true. The last few years have been entirely volatile commercially. If we can cement ourselves in the PL there’s no reason as we can’t sign a longer term deal which includes a shirt sponsor.
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It looks considerably better without the sponsor.
Sure does. Ordered my bro and nephew’s home shirts direct from Kappa minus the sponsor. Elite fit only, and actually the same price as elite fit from the club shop with 10% off your first order. Winner
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What does "elite fit" mean? Does it have an extra pocket for your monocle?
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“Elite fit” basically means painted on.
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Tighter fit for the more athletic and svelte physique. Some minor differences depending on the manufacturer, for example Nike's versions have heat transferred crests and extra ventilation.
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Tighter fit for the more athletic and svelte physique. Some minor differences depending on the manufacturer, for example Nike's versions have heat transferred crests and extra ventilation.
The XL will sit tight on anyone normal to a M - but can probably be stretched to XXXL also
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I gave in and bought the away one to play five aside in, mainly because the Premier League badges will annoy my Leeds mate!
The quality of these kits is absolutely terrible. Looks like a knock off from a Hong Kong backstreet market. The embroidered badge/crest is the worst bit, the lettering looks like it was done by somebody who was either drunk, blind or both. It's going back for a refund.
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That's a shame. Will be sticking with my Luke shirt. Top notch, shame he isn't doing this year's kits.
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Post some pics Risso?
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I gave in and bought the away one to play five aside in, mainly because the Premier League badges will annoy my Leeds mate!
The quality of these kits is absolutely terrible. Looks like a knock off from a Hong Kong backstreet market. The embroidered badge/crest is the worst bit, the lettering looks like it was done by somebody who was either drunk, blind or both. It's going back for a refund.
I do prefer the embroidered badge, shame it isn't up to standard on your shirt.
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Looks like a dodgy batch, my picture is in this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/Mattg_avfc/status/1159474712596140034
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That’s proper shit. Would you be happy to just exchange it or are there other quality issues with the kit?
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I've seen a few posting about the wonky lettering in the badge.
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That's a shame. Will be sticking with my Luke shirt. Top notch, shame he isn't doing this year's kits.
Didn’t the Luke kits have a rubber embossed badge rather than embroidered?
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That’s proper shit. Would you be happy to just exchange it or are there other quality issues with the kit?
Just an exchange I suppose. The diagonal white lines on the front look really shit as well, very cheaply printed. The blue on the front is printed as well, so is a different shade of light blue from the sleeves and the back. Not a 'fault' as such, but it looks really cheap, as does the stupid way the shoulders have been stitched together. The sizing is all wrong as well. I've had an XL for the last few years with no issues at all, and the Luke kit fitted perfectly. I got an XXL this time, and it's noticably smaller than an XL, so I'd say it's a L by last year's standards. It makes the Macron kit look like it was put together by Versace. Absolute garbage, I really do hope it's a one year contract.
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Yep, seen some pics of some awful lettering which looks like it was done after 15 vodkas.
Also the sponsors "W" falling off after one wash. Sounds poor.
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Disappointing. Haven’t seen it in the flesh but both kits look good on tv. Might get one of the training shirts if the quality isn’t as bad as the home and away shirts.
As fans/customers, all we can do is ensure any complaints reach the right people if the quality of merchandise is not to standard.
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That's a shame. Will be sticking with my Luke shirt. Top notch, shame he isn't doing this year's kits.
Didn’t the Luke kits have a rubber embossed badge rather than embroidered?
It was embroidered but the lion and the star, and also the AVFC, were rubber. It is really high quality stuff. I wasn't sure about it but it is better than an all embroidered badge imo.
Kind of wish I had got the away shirt. We'll never see them again I fear.
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Isn't that just what an embroidered badge looks like? It's never going to be as crisp as a printed badge because it is made up of stitches.
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Isn't that just what an embroidered badge looks like? It's never going to be as crisp as a printed badge because it is made up of stitches.
Depends how good the stitching is surely? There is a clear difference between authentic and counterfeit yet both can be embroidered.
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Had to re-check the badge on my new home shirt to be sure. The stitching is bang on.
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Didn’t the Luke kits have a rubber embossed badge rather than embroidered?
The 'posh' version of the new kit also has the rubber badge
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I would guess that Kappa may not make the badge. Villa may have an established supplier for that as the badge goes on lots of stuff not just the kit and trainingwear.
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That's a shame. Will be sticking with my Luke shirt. Top notch, shame he isn't doing this year's kits.
Each to their own. I prefer Villa kits.
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Looks like a dodgy batch.
https://twitter.com/Mattg_avfc/status/1159474712596140034
It's a bap FFS!
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That’s proper shit. Would you be happy to just exchange it or are there other quality issues with the kit?
Just an exchange I suppose. The diagonal white lines on the front look really shit as well, very cheaply printed. The blue on the front is printed as well, so is a different shade of light blue from the sleeves and the back. Not a 'fault' as such, but it looks really cheap, as does the stupid way the shoulders have been stitched together. The sizing is all wrong as well. I've had an XL for the last few years with no issues at all, and the Luke kit fitted perfectly. I got an XXL this time, and it's noticably smaller than an XL, so I'd say it's a L by last year's standards. It makes the Macron kit look like it was put together by Versace. Absolute garbage, I really do hope it's a one year contract.
It's the remaining time on the Fanatics contract. They are making and distributing them again this year but with Kappa logo.
I think there's another year of the deal and then Kappa will make them for the remainder of their deal..
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https://9printstore.com/product/3d-printed-aston-villa-tu-sneakers-for-men-women/
These are equally as shit as Kappa's kits.
Like Risso pointed out, Kappa make Macron look like Versace. Haha
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That's a shame. Will be sticking with my Luke shirt. Top notch, shame he isn't doing this year's kits.
Didn’t the Luke kits have a rubber embossed badge rather than embroidered?
It was embroidered but the lion and the star, and also the AVFC, were rubber. It is really high quality stuff. I wasn't sure about it but it is better than an all embroidered badge imo.
Kind of wish I had got the away shirt. We'll never see them again I fear.
eBay, mate. Though some of the money the greedy fuckers on there are asking is ridiculous.
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So, this is from a trusted account on Twitter (who many of you are no doubt following)
'Just spoken to customer services at Kitbag. Kappa have had to initiate a full kit recall on all stock of the away kit. Kitbag issuing full refunds & no need to return faulty kit. Kappa apparently produced the badges, not Fanatics. Kappa have had a mare. @Villa_Trust FYI'
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That's a shame. Will be sticking with my Luke shirt. Top notch, shame he isn't doing this year's kits.
Didn’t the Luke kits have a rubber embossed badge rather than embroidered?
It was embroidered but the lion and the star, and also the AVFC, were rubber. It is really high quality stuff. I wasn't sure about it but it is better than an all embroidered badge imo.
Kind of wish I had got the away shirt. We'll never see them again I fear.
eBay, mate. Though some of the money the greedy fuckers on there are asking is ridiculous.
Cheers, didn't see this at the time. Yeah I read on here that it was pricey on there. I'm hoping that CFS will make some available for a reasonable price.
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Thanks Drummond. The Villa shop replied to a tweet of mine on Friday asking me to DM them, but haven't heard back yet. I wonder if that will apply to orders from the club shop as well?
I put this year's away kit next to last year's Luke kit, and the difference in quality is like night and day.
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Bring back Luke.
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I can’t fault the kit designs but supply and quality once again appear to be amateurish at best.
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Friend of mine had the new shirt on at the Weekend, absolute poor quality imo for the price of it. Hopefully ditch them off after this season.
Let's get Luke back or Adidas
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Friend of mine had the new shirt on at the Weekend, absolute poor quality imo for the price of it. Hopefully ditch them off after this season.
Let's get Luke back or Adidas
or maybe Nike - Their training gear , in particular the purple tops, were great quality
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Umbro
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Friend of mine had the new shirt on at the Weekend, absolute poor quality imo for the price of it. Hopefully ditch them off after this season.
Let's get Luke back or Adidas
or maybe Nike - Their training gear , in particular the purple tops, were great quality
Of all the Nike ones I had, the best one was the last one we got with the check pattern. The quality was just OK with those. The recent Nike stuff is pretty good. I'm not just talking shit here but the Luke shirt is better quality than most of the shirts I have and I have a lot of them.
I'd probably go for Nike as the next supplier but only because of their training wear. The hoodies and jackets they do are really nice.
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Personally I really like Puma kits, the Man City kits this year are very good and the Dortmund kit is fantastic.
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Personally I really like Puma kits, the Man City kits this year are very good and the Dortmund kit is fantastic.
Puma would be fine with me.
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Was the decision to change from Luke to Kappa purely a financial one? I was expecting the Luke deal to be at least 2-3 seasons rather than just last season.
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Bring back Luke.
Moore had so much natural talent but was never much into football and the hunger gradually eroded.
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Pre match training top...
(https://i.ibb.co/HT7vZRW/D-Rer-FBU4-AEut-Oe.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HT7vZRW)
Some of the players were shown wearing this warming up at Spurs during the Purslow interview clips on SSN. Looks really good.
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Looks and feels terrible close up
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Pre match training top...
(https://i.ibb.co/HT7vZRW/D-Rer-FBU4-AEut-Oe.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HT7vZRW)
Some of the players were shown wearing this warming up at Spurs during the Purslow interview clips on SSN. Looks really good.
Horrific shirt
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I quite like it.
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I think the kits look great, even if I'm a fatty and need x2 XL
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I haven't bought a home top since the 95/96 season but I've invested in both a pair of away and the training shorts.
I'm presuming there's been no sizing issues there?
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That’s proper shit. Would you be happy to just exchange it or are there other quality issues with the kit?
Just an exchange I suppose. The diagonal white lines on the front look really shit as well, very cheaply printed. The blue on the front is printed as well, so is a different shade of light blue from the sleeves and the back. Not a 'fault' as such, but it looks really cheap, as does the stupid way the shoulders have been stitched together. The sizing is all wrong as well. I've had an XL for the last few years with no issues at all, and the Luke kit fitted perfectly. I got an XXL this time, and it's noticably smaller than an XL, so I'd say it's a L by last year's standards. It makes the Macron kit look like it was put together by Versace. Absolute garbage, I really do hope it's a one year contract.
What is it with the shoulders? It was noticeable from the very first pictures. If it's a design feature it's a bloody odd one. It's a shame that when so much is going right at the club Kappa seem to have made such a pigs ear of this.
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I saw a lot of our fans wearing the away and training tops on Saturday they look the business I asked a few about size the one's who like me a bit of a belly said go a size up then you should be Ok.
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anyone seen the claret 'walk out' top to purchase anywhere ?
that's about the only thing i like and it's the only thing i can't find either
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Just been on the phone to the club shop, spoke to a really helpful chap. Anybody affected just has to get in touch and they'll refund in full as is the case if you bought one from Kitbag, and as pointed out earlier in the thread, no need to send the offending article back.
He said that the start of the contract with Kappa has been an absolute disaster, with lots of problems across the range, eg half of the run out training tops arriving without the sponsor on. The club feel that Kappa have massively underestimated the size of Villa and can't cope with the uptake. This was the same issue with Luke last year, and why there was a change this year.
Hopefully the club will do them for breach of contract, bin them, and get somebody decent next year. Worst kits I can remember.
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Just been on the phone to the club shop, spoke to a really helpful chap. Anybody affected just has to get in touch and they'll refund in full as is the case if you bought one from Kitbag, and as pointed out earlier in the thread, no need to send the offending article back.
He said that the start of the contract with Kappa has been an absolute disaster, with lots of problems across the range, eg half of the run out training tops arriving without the sponsor on. The club feel that Kappa have massively underestimated the size of Villa and can't cope with the uptake. This was the same issue with Luke last year, and why there was a change this year.
Hopefully the club will do them for breach of contract, bin them, and get somebody decent next year. Worst kits I can remember.
Pleased everyone getting sorted.
I don't think the club can blame Kappa for underestimating and not producing enough though, surely we had the figures for years about the demand, particularly from last year, and should have made sure they were overseeing the process and supply?
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No, I don't think the club have done anything wrong, other than choosing Kappa in the first place but that's just personal preference. They're sorting it out in a hassle free way, with no quibbling or mucking about. It's just a shame we lost Luke because of not being able to keep up with demand, then appoint a company whose quality control seems to be dismal.
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No, I don't think the club have done anything wrong, other than choosing Kappa in the first place but that's just personal preference. They're sorting it out in a hassle free way, with no quibbling or mucking about. It's just a shame we lost Luke because of not being able to keep up with demand, then appoint a company whose quality control seems to be dismal.
At least they will not get away with "this is normal in this line of business" or what ever excuse they bring seeing that Sawiris owns a big stake in Adidas - (Which I hope will be next season)
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Just been on the phone to the club shop, spoke to a really helpful chap. Anybody affected just has to get in touch and they'll refund in full as is the case if you bought one from Kitbag, and as pointed out earlier in the thread, no need to send the offending article back.
He said that the start of the contract with Kappa has been an absolute disaster, with lots of problems across the range, eg half of the run out training tops arriving without the sponsor on. The club feel that Kappa have massively underestimated the size of Villa and can't cope with the uptake. This was the same issue with Luke last year, and why there was a change this year.
Hopefully the club will do them for breach of contract, bin them, and get somebody decent next year. Worst kits I can remember.
Pleased everyone getting sorted.
I don't think the club can blame Kappa for underestimating and not producing enough though, surely we had the figures for years about the demand, particularly from last year, and should have made sure they were overseeing the process and supply?
Sounds like the partnership of Fanatics and Kappa isn't working very well either. I could see the intention last year, with Luke being the designer and Fanatics the manufacturer, but this year seems like a bit of a mess.
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No, I don't think the club have done anything wrong, other than choosing Kappa in the first place but that's just personal preference. They're sorting it out in a hassle free way, with no quibbling or mucking about. It's just a shame we lost Luke because of not being able to keep up with demand, then appoint a company whose quality control seems to be dismal.
Quality-wise I'd agree with you, that's not the club's fault. The availability must be though, the club should know the numbers of kits sold, would know that demand would be higher and should have had the numbers to tell Kappa they'd need at least x or y amount of each kit.
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It's a real shame if the only reason Luke was dropped was because of the supply issue. Surely that's teething problems which could easily have been ironed out this year?
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I imagine Luke was dropped more because of Kappa's £££s. The product was top class.
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Quality is appalling
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I know Luke is a Villa fan and all that but there must be a part of him that is laughing at Kappa.
His stuff for Kidderminster Harriers is pretty good this year, the only thing I don't like is he has copied the back of the shirts from Nike's Vapor template. Puma have done that this season too.
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It's a real shame if the only reason Luke was dropped was because of the supply issue. Surely that's teething problems which could easily have been ironed out this year?
It was down to money. Purslow wanted 3 times the amount Luke could afford to pay for this season.
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I know Luke is a Villa fan and all that but there must be a part of him that is laughing at Kappa.
His stuff for Kidderminster Harriers is pretty good this year, the only thing I don't like is he has copied the back of the shirts from Nike's Vapor template. Puma have done that this season too.
He’s not laughing he’s fuming, especially with Purslow. It was all about money with him. He reckons he’s gonna make it his life’s ambition to get the Villa kit again.
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"All about money with him". Like every kit deal on the planet, then?
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Would love Luke back, but I guess there's no chance.
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When the kits were released a few weeks ago I loved the look of the away kit and was thinking of getting one. I saw a few people wearing them on Saturday and as Russo has said, the white stripes on the front look cheap and there is a look of low quality about them.
I think the home kit looked better at Charlton without the sponsor logo too.
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I know Luke is a Villa fan and all that but there must be a part of him that is laughing at Kappa.
His stuff for Kidderminster Harriers is pretty good this year, the only thing I don't like is he has copied the back of the shirts from Nike's Vapor template. Puma have done that this season too.
He’s not laughing he’s fuming, especially with Purslow. It was all about money with him. He reckons he’s gonna make it his life’s ambition to get the Villa kit again.
Where'd you hear that mate?
I know it's a way off yet but I was thinking about it and I wanted to post at some point, I've remembered so I may as well do it now. In five years its our 150th year, I think it would be superb if we could have a special, retro style kit based on one of our very early ones for this. Waive sponsorship for that kit, be it for one game or the whole season.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa-change-kits.html
Maybe Luke could do that, as he has earned his opportunity imo.
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What is going on at the club shop? Went a couple of weeks ago with my nephews to get them a kit only for there to be no kids home shorts in stock at all. Thought I'd leave it a couple of weeks and thought I would look at getting them an away kit each as well. Got the home shorts in one of their sizes this time and got the away shirts, but no away shorts or socks. Went to get "Grealish 10" and "McGinn 7" in their shirts, only to be told they had run out of the letter 'G' and the number 7. To top it all off the staff just seemed a bit unhelpful and couldn't give any answers to when things might be back in stock.
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I know Luke is a Villa fan and all that but there must be a part of him that is laughing at Kappa.
His stuff for Kidderminster Harriers is pretty good this year, the only thing I don't like is he has copied the back of the shirts from Nike's Vapor template. Puma have done that this season too.
He’s not laughing he’s fuming, especially with Purslow. It was all about money with him. He reckons he’s gonna make it his life’s ambition to get the Villa kit again.
Where'd you hear that mate?
I know it's a way off yet but I was thinking about it and I wanted to post at some point, I've remembered so I may as well do it now. In five years its our 150th year, I think it would be superb if we could have a special, retro style kit based on one of our very early ones for this. Waive sponsorship for that kit, be it for one game or the whole season.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa-change-kits.html
Maybe Luke could do that, as he has earned his opportunity imo.
I hated the 2000 thick stripes, but I could live with those thin hoops on the first ever kit shown on the link to commemorate the 150th year.
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Those pics of the badge on the away shirt are absolutely fucking shocking.
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What is going on at the club shop? Went a couple of weeks ago with my nephews to get them a kit only for there to be no kids home shorts in stock at all. Thought I'd leave it a couple of weeks and thought I would look at getting them an away kit each as well. Got the home shorts in one of their sizes this time and got the away shirts, but no away shorts or socks. Went to get "Grealish 10" and "McGinn 7" in their shirts, only to be told they had run out of the letter 'G' and the number 7. To top it all off the staff just seemed a bit unhelpful and couldn't give any answers to when things might be back in stock.
Makes me sad to read stuff like this and it seems to be a constant problem.
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Played 5 aside in my new [now free] away shirt tonight. Mate of mine asked if I bought it from a Turkish market.
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What is going on at the club shop? Went a couple of weeks ago with my nephews to get them a kit only for there to be no kids home shorts in stock at all. Thought I'd leave it a couple of weeks and thought I would look at getting them an away kit each as well. Got the home shorts in one of their sizes this time and got the away shirts, but no away shorts or socks. Went to get "Grealish 10" and "McGinn 7" in their shirts, only to be told they had run out of the letter 'G' and the number 7. To top it all off the staff just seemed a bit unhelpful and couldn't give any answers to when things might be back in stock.
For all the brilliant things happening at our great club, you’d think from a retail point of view they’d be expecting the shop to be rammed full of all products for the first home game when they have the biggest sales opportunity.
I’m not sure how much input/clout the kitbag/fanatics /kappa have in the shop running, but it does seem to have gone down in operational standards the last few years.
With all the new signage, I wonder if they’ve had second thoughts about knocking down yet seeing the matches sell out and maybe start construction/demolition with north stand and everything behind it at end of season.
How they’d cope with ticket demand / prices until finished I don’t really know but next season could start with a brand new sponsored ADIDAS swanky shop !?
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Echoing some of the previous comments, I also visited the club shop a couple of weeks ago to get new shirts for the kids only to find very limited choice of available sizes, no away kits whatsoever and they’d ran out of the letter G for the name printing (which meant that it wasn’t possible to get the name of any of our 3 most popular players).
Really amateurish and very frustrating. God knows how much revenue the club is missing out on by being unable to service customers who are trying to give them their money.
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Imagine how many kids, when buying a new shirt are then disappointed to be told that due to the fact that the shop keeps running out of the letter G, they can’t have any of the following names on their shirt;
Grealish
McGinn
Mings
El Ghazi
Engels
Guilbert
Targett
Douglas Luiz
I bet ‘Taylor’ has never been so popular!
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Think I may leave getting a shirt this season looking at all this. It's a shame as I was looking forward to the away shirt and would have pre-ordered it had it not been for the fact I couldn't wear it to Spurs as was in a box and can't wear it to Bournemouth as going out straight from the match.
Lucky escape!
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Imagine how many kids, when buying a new shirt are then disappointed to be told that due to the fact that the shop keeps running out of the letter G, they can’t have any of the following names on their shirt;
Grealish
McGinn
Mings
El Ghazi
Engels
Guilbert
Targett
Douglas Luiz
I bet ‘Taylor’ has never been so popular!
Forget the kids, imagine my disappointment I can't even get Dogtanian!
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Think I may leave getting a shirt this season looking at all this. It's a shame as I was looking forward to the away shirt and would have pre-ordered it had it not been for the fact I couldn't wear it to Spurs as was in a box and can't wear it to Bournemouth as going out straight from the match.
Lucky escape!
Me too although I don't think I've ever bought one full price. I wait until they've been reduced but even so I won't be getting one of these Kappa ones. A real shame and our fans deserve better.
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Think I may leave getting a shirt this season looking at all this. It's a shame as I was looking forward to the away shirt and would have pre-ordered it had it not been for the fact I couldn't wear it to Spurs as was in a box and can't wear it to Bournemouth as going out straight from the match.
Lucky escape!
Me too although I don't think I've ever bought one full price. I wait until they've been reduced but even so I won't be getting one of these Kappa ones. A real shame and our fans deserve better.
And it has absolutely nothing to do with my pie-eating physique! 8)
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I can't even get Bad English.
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Imagine how many kids, when buying a new shirt are then disappointed to be told that due to the fact that the shop keeps running out of the letter G, they can’t have any of the following names on their shirt;
Grealish
McGinn
Mings
El Ghazi
Engels
Guilbert
Targett
Douglas Luiz
I bet ‘Taylor’ has never been so popular!
, Are they upper case or lower case g's though? Makes a big difference (smiley winky thing)
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I can't even get Bad English.
In fairness though, Bad Enlish would go with the theme... ;D
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I can't even get Bad English.
Bad Enjlish would still get the point over.
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Finally got the second shirt I ordered - a claret training t-shirt (the one the players wore at the beginning before kit released) - and I ordered an XL - and it is slim-fit, with it not specified anywhere - and zero elasticity
Fuming! - and it has been removed from the web shop, so guess it was just a temporary players shirt.
My son has now two new shirts to use.
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Echoing some of the previous comments, I also visited the club shop a couple of weeks ago to get new shirts for the kids only to find very limited choice of available sizes, no away kits whatsoever and they’d ran out of the letter G for the name printing (which meant that it wasn’t possible to get the name of any of our 3 most popular players).
Really amateurish and very frustrating. God knows how much revenue the club is missing out on by being unable to service customers who are trying to give them their money.
Agree Marlon. The visit to the club shop is probably a highlight for most young football fans, but it has been a very underwhelming experience on both occasions. A lot of items out of stock and a general shrug of the shoulders "oh well" type of attitude from the staff.
If the club has got genuine designs on pushing on, then getting stuff like this right should surely be bread and butter.
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Took my daughter up to the shop last week. She tried on the home and away. Size small men's. She is 11 years old. My luke polo shirt is a large so tried an xl polo shirt. Couldn't even get it over my chest it was that tight. The sizing is ridiculous. The quality really is similar to knock off Barcelona shirts you'd find in Salou.Walked out without buying anything. Popped into Bull ring. Saw the Arsenal shirt in the doorway of sports direct. Hate to admit it, but it really is a beautiful, quality football shirt. Kappa should be ashamed to have their name on such inferior quality clothing. Don't get me started on those sleeves, they looked so wrong on my daughter. Just resembled off cuts of material picked up off the floor and sewn together.
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Two observations... bears shit in the woods, Kappa have always been shite, the only surprise is it's a good template. Second, if you need an XXXXL, you may not actually look that good in a football shirt. A bit like 90 year old royals don't really suit military uniforms. There are other ways to wear the colours on match day.
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Woah... nothing wrong with big lads wearing footie tops.
If you don't personally think that's a good look, no problem, you're only going to cheer on the Villa with um, you don't have to shag them.
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Agree quality is shite, on my lads 'snagged' 1st day of wearing. Credit to shop though, after phoning up they will replace foc and we get to keep snagged one
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Has the shop been brought back under the management of the club yet?
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A chap on Reddit has managed to source pictures of our third kit.
(https://i.imgur.com/LzZsECy_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
(https://i.imgur.com/CAnGxbS_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
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Hopefully we won’t ever have to wear it.
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That is shite.
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I prefer the 93/94 Muller version. Is this something sick-fuck 25 year anniversary homage?
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That green shirt sums up kappa...hideous. Seeing all the random villa home shirts yesterday. The variation in colour is unbelievable. Is it really so hard to say use the 1980 shirt and stick to those colours. I thought the kappa shirt looked as though it's been in the wash too many times, my mate summed it up....it just looks dull.
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Im sure the kids will love it.
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That green shirt sums up kappa...hideous. Seeing all the random villa home shirts yesterday. The variation in colour is unbelievable. Is it really so hard to say use the 1980 shirt and stick to those colours. I thought the kappa shirt looked as though it's been in the wash too many times, my mate summed it up....it just looks dull.
Agreed. Last season's Luke kit was way better.
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A chap on Reddit has managed to source pictures of our third kit.
(https://i.imgur.com/LzZsECy_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
(https://i.imgur.com/CAnGxbS_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
If that’s true then it looks like a Charles Rennie Mackintosh design.
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Looks brilliant.
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If real, easily the worst kit we've ever had. Absolutely awful in every possible way
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You have terrible taste. It's great.
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My full, descriptive and decisive review of Kappa this season:
All three shirts both in design and quality, are shite.
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I haven't seen them up close so can't really question the quality. But you think the design of claret shirts, blue sleeves is shite? That's what we play in!
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It's not going to bring people together. It's meant to be very different and it is with an obvious nod to that stripey kit we had a number of years ago. I'll judge when it is worn in a game which I imagine won't happen that often. Maybe we will see it at Palace away.
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If a big name like Nike or Adidas had released our kits everyone on here would be saying how great they were.
Emperor's Designer Clothes.
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I don't mind that at all. It's a third/change kit ffs, if it's not your style it's not the end of the world!
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If it was plain it would be alright as a 3rd kit, that weird pattern makes it look crap imo. May look better in person though.
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Yeah, you won't notice the pattern unless you are up close. I don't reckon the pattern is bad anyway.
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I think it's fine, a 3rd kit that's plain is, in my opinion, pretty shit. It'll get worn once or twice at most so might as well make it something completely different, if for no other reason because it means your home and 2nd kits can stay fairly traditional without it becoming boring, anyone who wants something new gets it from the 3rd strip.
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If a big name like Nike or Adidas had released our kits everyone on here would be saying how great they were.
Emperor's Designer Clothes.
I don’t think they would. The kits are dreadful. Piss poor designs and really badly made. I don’t think Adidas would make anything that shite though. Kappa are a crap brand and they’ve made crap kits.
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Looks brilliant.
Yep I like it too. Some will, some won’t.
I’ll have to see how the home shirt lasts, but I too think there’s an over reaction.
I also like the warm up stripey shirt, was quite close to getting that over the home.
I dislike sponsors vehemently, betting companies especially, but am glad at least logos colour coordinate.
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If a big name like Nike or Adidas had released our kits everyone on here would be saying how great they were.
Emperor's Designer Clothes.
I don’t think they would. The kits are dreadful. Piss poor designs and really badly made. I don’t think Adidas would make anything that shite though. Kappa are a crap brand and they’ve made crap kits.
In terms of design, they are a bit shit, although the away one much less so than home.
At the match yesterday, seeing people wearing them, i noticed how shittily made they seem to be - the shoulder seam looked fucked on most of the ones I saw,.
Oh, and the, err, tighter-than-usual fit resulted in a few people wearing them who really shouldn't have been (and i say that as a podgy bastard myself).
I am never going to get overly vexed by shirt designs, but for the price they charge, you would at least expect some degree of quality control. Those photos posted on here showing the badge stitching were absolutely shockingly poor.
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I was actually surprised at how good the Kappa replica and training kits looked at the game given how much criticism they’ve received on here. A friend was wearing the elite without the sponsor logo...it looked good with no manufacturing defects. May be some of the batches have inconsistencies, and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
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I imagine Luke was dropped more because of Kappa's £££s. The product was top class.
I was told by someone who is fairly well connected that the profits from the Luke gear was split between the club and Luke, rather than Luke paying up front to manufacture our kits. This was not conducive with us complying with FFP hence why we needed a kit deal that raised some significant cash (similar to selling the ground). I was also told that originally Luke had a 2 year deal, so maybe he’ll be back in the near future.
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Agree quality is shite, on my lads 'snagged' 1st day of wearing. Credit to shop though, after phoning up they will replace foc and we get to keep snagged one
just shows what a fkn rip-off they are in the first place if they can afford to replace dodgy quality / sized ones foc and probably still make a decent profit. Kappa gear is shit. Saw both the arsenal and Liverpool tops in the flesh today and quality of both, look very good.
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A chap on Reddit has managed to source pictures of our third kit.
*Snip*
If that’s true then it looks like a Charles Rennie Mackintosh design.
There is a big wine producer called Lafage down our end. They do a 'Cuvée Charles Rennie Mackintosh' wine. I swear that they have copied the label after drinking six bottles of the stuff.
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and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
How about making the shirts the right size in the first place? Every single manufacturer in the last 20 years has managed it, even shite like Macron.
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and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
How about making the shirts the right size in the first place? Every single manufacturer in the last 20 years has managed it, even shite like Macron.
They are the right size, it's the fans who aren't ;-)
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When I went in the club shop on Saturday they didn't have anything bigger than XL in stock not good and this was about 11:00 o clock in the morning you would have thought they would get this sorted out in the club shop regarding having stock on site we had the same thing last season.
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I do like the third kit.
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I was actually surprised at how good the Kappa replica and training kits looked at the game given how much criticism they’ve received on here. A friend was wearing the elite without the sponsor logo...it looked good with no manufacturing defects. May be some of the batches have inconsistencies, and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
How can I get one of these "without the sponsor logo", please?
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I was actually surprised at how good the Kappa replica and training kits looked at the game given how much criticism they’ve received on here. A friend was wearing the elite without the sponsor logo...it looked good with no manufacturing defects. May be some of the batches have inconsistencies, and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
How can I get one of these "without the sponsor logo", please?
The pro kits were/are available on the Kappa site.
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I was actually surprised at how good the Kappa replica and training kits looked at the game given how much criticism they’ve received on here. A friend was wearing the elite without the sponsor logo...it looked good with no manufacturing defects. May be some of the batches have inconsistencies, and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
How can I get one of these "without the sponsor logo", please?
The pro kits were/are available on the Kappa site.
Nice one. Thanks.
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If a big name like Nike or Adidas had released our kits everyone on here would be saying how great they were.
How on earth would that've made any difference to the shit designs?
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They aren't shit, and people wouldn't have been saying they were if a bigger name (or a so-called "Villa fan" who doesn't like Villa home colours) had designed them.
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I can't speak for anybody else, but yes I would. The shirts are horrible, and so badly made it untrue.
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They aren't shit, and people wouldn't have been saying they were if a bigger name (or a so-called "Villa fan" who doesn't like Villa home colours) had designed them.
Surely by that logic the only reason you didn't like last season's is because it wasn't make by Nike or Adidas? Or would you not have liked it regardless of who made it, same as some people don't like this season's regardless of who made it?
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They aren't shit, and people wouldn't have been saying they were if a bigger name (or a so-called "Villa fan" who doesn't like Villa home colours) had designed them.
It is plain for anyone to see that the fit and quality of this years shirts is awful. By fit I don't just mean sizing, I mean the whole fit including the daft crumpled shoulders. The colours and designs are fine in my view, but the actual shirts are absolutely shoddy and the fact they are having to replace so many is a clear sign of that. The difference in quality from last year is ridiculous.
The sizing fiasco is crazy and could have been easily avoided. Yes they are an Italian brand and Italian sizes tend to come up smaller, but they are supplying a UK market. Labelling shirts 1-2 sizes smaller than what the customer is used to was bound to end up in tears, particulaly when so much of the market is on-line. Couldn't anyone forsee this?
Add to that that yet again a supplier hasn't managed to keep up with demand then in my view the whole shirt release has been a bit of a disaster. I'm not sure why we seem to find it so hard to get this right. Hopefully next year we'll be back to a decent supplier who can provide a quality product and who will be fully briefed on likely demand.
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What's the crumpled shit shoulder thing? I must have missed it...
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One day, we'll have a classic Villa kit available for sale in June, and still available in the shops (not just Villa Park, ones where you can actually try on so you know it fits) by Christmas. Then we'll know we've made it.
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I couldnt even get in the shop Saturday as the queue was that long. I assume the shirts must be selling well then if they are available.
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What's the crumpled shit shoulder thing? I must have missed it...
It's the way the seam sticks up above the shoulders. It's pretty obvious on most photos of the shirt and it has been mentioned several times in this thread, including a post by Risso which you responded to
That’s proper shit. Would you be happy to just exchange it or are there other quality issues with the kit?
Just an exchange I suppose. The diagonal white lines on the front look really shit as well, very cheaply printed. The blue on the front is printed as well, so is a different shade of light blue from the sleeves and the back. Not a 'fault' as such, but it looks really cheap, as does the stupid way the shoulders have been stitched together. The sizing is all wrong as well. I've had an XL for the last few years with no issues at all, and the Luke kit fitted perfectly. I got an XXL this time, and it's noticably smaller than an XL, so I'd say it's a L by last year's standards. It makes the Macron kit look like it was put together by Versace. Absolute garbage, I really do hope it's a one year contract.
It's the remaining time on the Fanatics contract. They are making and distributing them again this year but with Kappa logo.
I think there's another year of the deal and then Kappa will make them for the remainder of their deal..
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They aren't shit, and people wouldn't have been saying they were if a bigger name (or a so-called "Villa fan" who doesn't like Villa home colours) had designed them.
It is plain for anyone to see that the fit and quality of this years shirts is awful. By fit I don't just mean sizing, I mean the whole fit including the daft crumpled shoulders. The colours and designs are fine in my view, but the actual shirts are absolutely shoddy and the fact they are having to replace so many is a clear sign of that. The difference in quality from last year is ridiculous.
The sizing fiasco is crazy and could have been easily avoided. Yes they are an Italian brand and Italian sizes tend to come up smaller, but they are supplying a UK market. Labelling shirts 1-2 sizes smaller than what the customer is used to was bound to end up in tears, particulaly when so much of the market is on-line. Couldn't anyone forsee this?
Add to that that yet again a supplier hasn't managed to keep up with demand then in my view the whole shirt release has been a bit of a disaster. I'm not sure why we seem to find it so hard to get this right. Hopefully next year we'll be back to a decent supplier who can provide a quality product and who will be fully briefed on likely demand.
Macron are Italian as well aren't they? I didn't like their kits much, but at least they were the right size.
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They aren't shit, and people wouldn't have been saying they were if a bigger name (or a so-called "Villa fan" who doesn't like Villa home colours) had designed them.
Surely by that logic the only reason you didn't like last season's is because it wasn't make by Nike or Adidas? Or would you not have liked it regardless of who made it, same as some people don't like this season's regardless of who made it?
I moaned that it wasn't a Villa shirt. Because it wasn't. The only time I have cared who the manufacturer was was when it was those pro-hunting twats Under Armour.
Loads of people on here were moaning before the kit was released that we should have Nike or Umbro, or stuck with "Villa fan" Luke. It seems entirely like they made up their mind before seeing it.
Even fans criticising the design of the home shirt. That's what Villa shirts look like ffs!
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They aren't shit, and people wouldn't have been saying they were if a bigger name (or a so-called "Villa fan" who doesn't like Villa home colours) had designed them.
What a nonsense :o
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You don't seem able to differentiate with it being 'the right' colours with people not liking the design.
Just having a claret and blue home shirt isn't enough. If it was they wouldn't pay designers to come up with designs clearly.
We've had loads of 'right colours' home shirts that've been shit. And we've had ones that dared to not have blue sleeves which have been great.
It's crap. But not as crap as the away and third kit.
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I moaned that it wasn't a Villa shirt. Because it wasn't. The only time I have cared who the manufacturer was was when it was those pro-hunting twats Under Armour.
Loads of people on here were moaning before the kit was released that we should have Nike or Umbro, or stuck with "Villa fan" Luke. It seems entirely like they made up their mind before seeing it.
Even fans criticising the design of the home shirt. That's what Villa shirts look like ffs!
So you can have a reason to dislike a certain home shirt for your own reasons but no one else can dislike a different home shirt for theirs?
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I believe that's the crux of his argument, yes.
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Dislike it all you like. But disliking the design when its the same basic design we've had for most of our history is just odd, IMO. I understand Blose and Albion fans claiming not to like our shirts, but they're just wrong, quite obviously.
I can understand people disliking the away or third kit, even though I like them myself. Struggling to see how any Villa fan dislikes the home design.
Again, talking purely about the design, not necessarily the quality of the material as I haven't purchased it so I don't know.
I still believe that if Nike had produced exactly the same kit the majority of the fans moaning about it would be singing its praises.
Just like people would drink Coca Cola and slag off supermarket Cola even though they taste basically the same (ie shit).
Millions of dollars of advertising every year clearly works.
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The vast majority of the complaints i've seen about the home shirt have nothing to do with the basic design, either on here or social media.
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Well apart from the weird looking shoulder bits.
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Well that's fine. I'm only taking issue with posters who have criticised the design of the home shirt.
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and there’s nothing you can do about ppl buying and keeping a wrong size shirt.
How about making the shirts the right size in the first place? Every single manufacturer in the last 20 years has managed it, even shite like Macron.
Just to give that a bit of context, I was replying to Paulie talking about fat blokes wearing tight shirts rather than referring to the known size issues in manufacturing...
Oh, and the, err, tighter-than-usual fit resulted in a few people wearing them who really shouldn't have been (and i say that as a podgy bastard myself).
As an example of that, I bought a fair few slim fit shirts but haven’t been able to wear them for the last year or so having piled on a few pounds...I’m back down the gym now so hopefully I won’t have to buy a new wardrobe before I go on holiday! 😂
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If a big name like Nike or Adidas had released our kits everyone on here would be saying how great they were.
Emperor's Designer Clothes.
Agree, mate
Asked a couple of guys on Saturday what they thought of the new tops. Both said they thought they were fine, no problems. I mentioned the sizing, the one guy said he had to go up a size, but, that's not really a problem.
I happen to agree with him. If it's too small, buy a bigger one. Or are people to vain to wear the next size up? ;D
I'm beginning to feel that it seems to be a case of moaning for moanings sake
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As a lot of people order on line or pull the shirt off the rack with their size, I think getting the sizing right is fundamental.
The shirt looks ok, it’s a Villa shirt and the colours are close.
Hate the big W though.
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You get sizing differences between a lot of designer brands...as an example, Diesel, Boss and Hilfiger all come up short compared to Fred Perry, Lacoste and Ralph Lauren...sometimes even sizes of the same brand don’t even match. The same applies to sportswear brands, so the simple rule of thumb for any clothing is buy and wear the size that actually fits. Purchasing clothes really is a basic skill.
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You get sizing differences between a lot of designer brands...as an example, Diesel, Boss and Hilfiger all come up short compared to Fred Perry, Lacoste and Ralph Lauren...sometimes even sizes of the same brand don’t even match. The same applies to sportswear brands, so the simple rule of thumb for any clothing is buy and wear the size that actually fits. Purchasing clothes really is a basic skill.
Every other manufacturer we've had for the last 20 years has managed to make shirts of roughly the same size, not two sizes out like Kappa. And it's not really fair to compare them to every day shirts, which can be found in a variety of shops in most town centres. If you want a Villa shirt, you've pretty much got to buy them online or at the club shop, and even that latter option is more miss than hit these days. I'd say making a kit that's the size it purports to be is a fairly basic requirement, but I'm not surprised for one minute that a company turning out the chav shite that Kappa do, can't manage it.
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I’ve never been a fan of Kappa either so I’m not going to defend any of the issues that we have seen repeatedly complained about regarding the kits. All I know is that I always try something on before buying in a shop, and if I order something online that doesn’t fit then I send it back for refund or exchange.
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I popped in the shop on Sunday to look at the shirts.
It seemed to me that the home shirts are better made than the away - slightly thicker material. I agree with the comments re sizes as I am a medium in everything and needed a large. I reckon anybody ordering online will come a cropper.
The home shirt seemed fine, and the colours are decent, whereas I really like the away shirt from a distance but not the white diagonal stripes close up. From the stands I really like this shirt with claret shorts though.
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I like it when T-shirt vendors put a photo or a table with the width and length of the garment in cm along with the size (in bold in case Mr Kappa or the YTS lad at the Villa online shop is reading). It is the best way of knowing if the item has a circumference which is sufficient to cover my impressive gut and ample bits of overhanging love handle action.
I bet an XXXL from Kappa would be tight on me and send me into a deep depressive state.
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I’ve never been a fan of Kappa either so I’m not going to defend any of the issues that we have seen repeatedly complained about regarding the kits. All I know is that I always try something on before buying in a shop, and if I order something online that doesn’t fit then I send it back for refund or exchange.
So what sensible business produces a product where the sizing is so far out from a typical UK standard that the vast majority will need to be returned - inconveniencing both the consumer and vendor? Add into the mix that a good proportion of shirts will have been personalised, it's just terrible business.
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Don't worry! Next year will be post-Brexit and the kits will probably be made by John Justin.
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I’ve never been a fan of Kappa either so I’m not going to defend any of the issues that we have seen repeatedly complained about regarding the kits. All I know is that I always try something on before buying in a shop, and if I order something online that doesn’t fit then I send it back for refund or exchange.
So what sensible business produces a product where the sizing is so far out from a typical UK standard that the vast majority will need to be returned - inconveniencing both the consumer and vendor? Add into the mix that a good proportion of shirts will have been personalised, it's just terrible business.
Yep. Can't see many copying it as a business model.
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I’ve never been a fan of Kappa either so I’m not going to defend any of the issues that we have seen repeatedly complained about regarding the kits. All I know is that I always try something on before buying in a shop, and if I order something online that doesn’t fit then I send it back for refund or exchange.
So what sensible business produces a product where the sizing is so far out from a typical UK standard that the vast majority will need to be returned - inconveniencing both the consumer and vendor? Add into the mix that a good proportion of shirts will have been personalised, it's just terrible business.
Yep. Obviously one of the advantages of shopping on line is that you'd don't have to waste half your day driving into town, finding somewhere to park and then traipsing round. I simply buy everything online, and have never had anything that's an XL or equivalent from any brand that doesn't fit. As you say, if you've had a Villa shirt personalised you can't take it back anyway, and even if you haven't, you've then got the hassle of packaging it back up, and going to the post office and sending it back. Bollocks to that.
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Don't worry! Next year will be post-Brexit and the kits will probably be made by John Justin.
Is he related to Justin Time
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Apologies for quoting myself but...
I’ve never been a fan of Kappa either so I’m not going to defend any of the issues that we have seen repeatedly complained about regarding the kits.
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What is so wrong with setting up a distribution system so that fans can go and try/buy in a store other than VP? Surely whatever additional income from being the sole outlet are impacted by the costs incurred with all the returns/refunds/time and other such aggro?
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Does anyone have a link to the page on the Kappa site where our shirts sans sponsor are available? Can only see Betis.
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Does anyone have a link to the page on the Kappa site where our shirts sans sponsor are available? Can only see Betis.
https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html (https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html)
You can get ours directly from Kappa without the sponsor, but it'll set you back about £100.
Sounds reasonable. 🤔
Last night it was available on www.kappastore.co.uk
£80, free delivery over £70, 10% off first order so the expensive version without sponsor £72 delivered.
I was going to call kitbag today to ask to cancel my regular shirt, thought worth the extra for no sponsor, but they’ve been frustratingly efficient and despatched.
Now it’s been taken off the UK site, so on
https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-home-19-20-113089.html
it’s €110 -10% (code KAPPA4YOU) & free DHL= €99 =£89
Small print does say something about duty charges being recipient’s responsibility, I’m not clear where this would be dispatched from, but could be 20% plus admin fee if got hit for that I guess. Has anybody ordered?
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Ta, just shows the home one though.
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Ta, just shows the home one though.
no idea if this works, but https://www.kappastore.eu/sports/clubs-football/aston-villa-fc.html
gives you
https://www.kappastore.eu/camiseta-de-juego-kombat-pro-aston-villa-fc-away-19-20-113096.html
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These are the expensive athlete versions that presumably you'd need to check fit at stadium store; I checked the discount above still works. I'm not sure if we know anyone that has ordered from here and got them without ad, but if I'd presume you get what's in the image.
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A friend of mine was wearing the home elite bought from Kappa without the logo. He was very happy with it, and it looked bang on the money to me with none of the issues described in this thread.
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These are the expensive athlete versions that presumably you'd need to check fit at stadium store; I checked the discount above still works. I'm not sure if we know anyone that has ordered from here and got them without ad, but if I'd presume you get what's in the image.
I ordered these for my brother and nephew. The quality is excellent, and they look loads better minus the sponsor too. Interestingly they also arrived from France within three days, even using their economy delivery...my mate waited two weeks for his from the Villa online store!
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I like it when T-shirt vendors put a photo or a table with the width and length of the garment in cm along with the size (in bold in case Mr Kappa or the YTS lad at the Villa online shop is reading).
Agree 100% e.g. Paul Smith does this now and I know whether to order XL or XXL depending on whether it's a regular or slim fit. Never had an issue when ordering online. Wouldn't take much effort for Villa's kit as it's only one shirt in 7 or 8 sizes.
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Thanks purpletrousers, just need to stop eating biscuits and chocolate every evening after dinner and I might squeeze into one of those. They do look nice.
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I like it when T-shirt vendors put a photo or a table with the width and length of the garment in cm along with the size (in bold in case Mr Kappa or the YTS lad at the Villa online shop is reading).
Agree 100% e.g. Paul Smith does this now and I know whether to order XL or XXL depending on whether it's a regular or slim fit. Never had an issue when ordering online. Wouldn't take much effort for Villa's kit as it's only one shirt in 7 or 8 sizes.
I can't believe there are still online clothes retailers who don't do that.
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Finally something decent from Kappa
(https://kbis-cdn.fanobject.com/avfc/267158/img/avfc-267158/zoom/TileGroup0/1-1-0.jpg)
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Apparently it’s a home cotton polo but one of those new ones without the collar:
https://m.shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/mobile/en/product/aston-villa-home-cotton-polo---claret/267158?categories=training
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Apparently it’s a home cotton polo but one of those new ones without the collar
otherwise known as a T Shirt
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That in an actual polo shirt would be very nice.
I was thinking of shirts today imagine the sales on a Adidas shirt, claret, 3 blue stripes on sleeve with the old 80s crest and purity as sponsor.
Best selling shirt, ever
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That in an actual polo shirt would be very nice.
I was thinking of shirts today imagine the sales on a Adidas shirt, claret, 3 blue stripes on sleeve with the old 80s crest and purity as sponsor.
Best selling shirt, ever
The crest needs to be changed. I won't buy anything from the club until it is. Last season's shirt was a one off because I could see it being in demand after and it was very nice but the Lerner crest can fuck off. Last season's would have been even better with the 80s crest. Every half decent shirt we have that has that Lerner one is a ruined shirt.
It's ridiculous it still hasn't been changed.
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With due respect, nobody under the age of about 35 gives two shits about the round badge.
I miss it, but i'm an old fart that has some attachment to it.
That new 'polo' shirt has been ordered. All the better for not having a collar
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I'm under the age of 35 and I give precisely 4.38 shits about the round badge. It's the best looking one.
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The round badge is like TFAUSM - if you were there at the time, it'll almost certainly mean a lot to you.
If you weren't even born, you won't give much of a fuck.
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I like both designs, however the round one , if reinstated , does resemble the current Chelski one or should that be vice versa?
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The first ever Villa shirt I had was given to me by an older relative, it was the 1989 away hummel shirt. A beautiful shirt. It had the round badge on. It doesn't have to mean anything to me other than it looking the smartest. I would take the pre Lerner one as well though. I just want the Lerner one gone.
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Apparently it’s a home cotton polo but one of those new ones without the collar:
https://m.shop.avfc.co.uk/stores/astonvilla/mobile/en/product/aston-villa-home-cotton-polo---claret/267158?categories=training
Nice, but £42 for a " grandad shirt" is a bit steep
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Home shirt looked fantastic out there tonight.
Result helped, of course...
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The result still didn't help its shitness, sadly.
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Number 8 with Liverpool at 1. Our neighbours at 34 and 36 sandwiching Millwall.
http://www.sportbible.com/football/news-top-10s-premier-league-football-league-clubs-have-been-ranked-on-shirt-sales-20190828?c=1566990511633%3Fsource%3Dfacebook&fbclid=IwAR02EAnSnx621_bPLKeekt0ZiwUST7KJsSJViHsVK6S_hU7LBJ9a9L8_RZ4
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#levels
(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf657afea0e1000010607a8/1566565278406-C0HTE9VZ884EVYJINYK7/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kKCSm696lRMKoOIQFw8mb8oUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcM1HB9iCSDSi9SW7p3eeU_PWri2FV4Oy1BaTgzdsy1SNr6DGpAtdhZJWDeg0FpW5M/WEST-midlands.jpg?format=1000w)
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Getting us the best deal outside the top six is good going. Well done to all concerned. And whoever negotiated Huddersfield's deal seems to be a genius.
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Maybe we would be higher up the table if they were released earlier!
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Ah, yes. I misunderstood the graphics. Thought it was highest shirt deal not shirt sales. Yeah, it was still pretty ludicrous how long they took to go on sale.
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How are Huddersfield up so high, some deal with Paddy Power?
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How are Huddersfield up so high, some deal with Paddy Power?
No sponsor on the shirt.
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They also did an old shirt amnesty swap thing for a new shirt.
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https://twitter.com/AVFC_Religion/status/1170642572223635457?s=20
Some hideous examples of shit Kappa AVFC gear on that thread.
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I noticed this from today's press conference.
(https://i.ibb.co/7X1RF9k/17-LIVE-Press-Conference-West-Ham-home-You-Tube.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7X1RF9k)
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Fuck me! Cheer up Deano! We're gonna win!
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I noticed this from today's press conference.
(https://i.ibb.co/7X1RF9k/17-LIVE-Press-Conference-West-Ham-home-You-Tube.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7X1RF9k)
If you are able to look closely during the broadcast you can see the underside of the top line of the badge. So it’s just folded. They’re not sending him out with the club badge falling off.
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Have another watch matey, they sent him out with the club badge falling off. You can even see the A, F, and C are also in poor condition.
It's quite embarrassing really.
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Our kits, kits are falling apart, again.
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Deano is one of us.
He puts his kit in the wash, and bits fall off.
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That new 3rd kit is absolutely horrendous.
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It is indeed...bloody awful! 😝
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It is indeed...bloody awful! 😝
It's not that good.
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I'm 48, and i've seen some shit kits over the years. But NONE, absolutely none have come anywhere near being this bad.
It's an absolute eyesore. I hated the original green and black one as well but compared to this one the original looked world class.
What on earth were they thinking :-[
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That new 3rd kit is absolutely horrendous.
Words fail me, it is an abomination.
If the question was, design the most horrible vomit inducing eye bleeding piece of shit, then I think they have met the brief.
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Good job I'm too tall and fat to fit into it .
Bring back LUKE
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That new 3rd kit is absolutely horrendous.
It’s all a cunning plan to disorientate the Man City players by inducing seizures.
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I wonder if Teale thought all them blacks were mugging him?
https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1174005091705204742
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As I said on Twitter, Kappa have been an unmitigated disaster. The kit is truly horrible, and to make matters worse, they've chosen the 90s players like Teale to model it, and Kappa's appalling sizing really accentuate that they're not as slim as they used to be. I just can't even begin to imagine who thought that any of this was a good idea.
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Just in case anyone is wondering what i'm on about, 1h 28m in
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People are being harsh. The colour scheme is OK and it includes a free map of the Underground for use at away games in London. What’s not to love?
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As I said on Twitter, Kappa have been an unmitigated disaster. The kit is truly horrible, and to make matters worse, they've chosen the 90s players like Teale to model it, and Kappa's appalling sizing really accentuate that they're not as slim as they used to be. I just can't even begin to imagine who thought that any of this was a good idea.
Actually I was thinking that at least the choice of models gives an honest representation of how it will look on a lot of fans. I reckon all mens fashion should be modelled by blokes with moobs, fat backs and beer bellies, then you can see how well the clothes hide them. Seriously though, I can't fathom why they chose to revisit that particular kit. I can't think of any we've had that was less adored.
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I quite like the home and away kit's. That third one is atrocious though.
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Grotesque.
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As I said on Twitter, Kappa have been an unmitigated disaster. The kit is truly horrible, and to make matters worse, they've chosen the 90s players like Teale to model it, and Kappa's appalling sizing really accentuate that they're not as slim as they used to be. I just can't even begin to imagine who thought that any of this was a good idea.
Actually I was thinking that at least the choice of models gives an honest representation of how it will look on a lot of fans. I reckon all mens fashion should be modelled by blokes with moobs, fat backs and beer bellies, then you can see how well the clothes hide them. Seriously though, I can't fathom why they chose to revisit that particular kit. I can't think of any we've had that was less adored.
I really liked the green and black striped number back in the day.
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Ok. I'll buy one if we win three on the trot starting with Ashburton Grove.
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Oh I know some people liked it, Richard E, but it seemed that lots didn't. I remember it being pretty controversial. If I was picking a classic old away kit to resurrect that one would be a long way down the list.
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Decent looking kit and colours (on people who look vaguely athletic).
Horrendously oversized main sponsor. The tat on the sleeve doesn't help either.
A shame we couldn't have gone the Paddy Power route this year.
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As an aside, regardless of context (apart from this comment) all use of the word ‘iconic’ should be a criminal offence.
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Im sure Jack will still make it look good
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As an aside, regardless of context (apart from this comment) all use of the word ‘iconic’ should be a criminal offence.
Quite right. Out of interest I just looked up the word 'iconic' in the dictionary and it's now defined as 'meaningless marketing guff'.
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That third kit is truly appalling. Whatever possessed them to release that.
I tried on the home kit yesterday at XXXL & XXXXL and they are both tight fits, felt poor quality and then noticed that the badge is not the rubber one as on the elite. I have a XXXL Luke one which fits well over a longe sleeved tee for colder ngihts. This Kappa one is pitiful and I won't be buying one.
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I hope the club are taking note of the reaction on their Twitter page as it's overwhelmingly negative.
Ditch that kit, it's shite.
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I loved the 1995 Muller kit but then we won a lot of games in it, at least in the first season we wore it. Not too keen on this new one but it's better than last year's third.
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Don't think much to this one. Probably be worn at Brighton in the cup and never again.
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Don't think much to this one. Probably be worn at Brighton in the cup and never again.
They going to wear it at Man City away apparently. We didn't always have to wear away kit at city, blue shorts always did the trick but I suppose as we now have a sky blue away kit it's a necessity.
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Given all the consultation committees, focus groups, market research etc that these things go through, I find it astonishing that no one, not least some grizzled old senior exec, at school some point said ‘that is simply shit.’
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Those of you who view the "Pride Points" pages will probably agree with me - They'll be offering loads of these shirts on there before very long - It's absolutely awful and will not sell well.
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I dont think I've ever seen the clubs support so unanimous in a decision since we appointed McLeish. I'm yet to see a single person on any social media platform that can come up with a positive.
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This widespread negativity all means one thing. Buy one, don’t wear it and keep the tags on and in ten years it’ll be worth a lot more than you paid for it.
In all honesty, this kit will be obsolete in no time at all so little point worrying about it.
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It looks like something Spider-man might wear.
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I've got the old green and black one as a 5-a-side shirt. I don't mind this one. But then I'm just odd.
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I don't mind it. 90's nostalgia and all that. But Kappa make awful quality kits, and so won't be buying any of them.
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I like it, apart from the orange sponsor and other symbols. Would be better in black.
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Would be better in the bin
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If they were going to do a “tribute” to that kit they should have just done just that i.e stripes etc and be done with it. As it is it’s kind of crap.
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I actually quite like it.....yea I said it :)
UTV
The Doc
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I don't see the problem either. For me it perfectly fits with what a third kit should be. It's something that will be used a couple of times at most and it has to be completely different from the home and away kits.
Those 2 factors seem perfect to decide to do something very different. You won't always get it right but I'd rather this than just a 'safe' option every time. Given our colour scheme the 3rd kit should be green, yellow or black, so long as it's one of those and it's not just a recolour of the main kit then I'm happy for it.
I will at this point hold my hand up and admit that I absolutely love some of the truly bizarre stuff Stade Francais have had over the last 10-15 years because it's so different and brave, that's probably enough to show that my view on sports kits is probably a bit different to most of you. Their 3rd kit from 3-4 years ago was my favourite:
(https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/2252714/original/?width=573&version=2252714)
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
If it's different lots of people will think it's shit, that's just the nature of it.
I wouldn't buy this one (mainly because the quality is absolutely fucking awful) but I don't have an issue with it and I suspect some people will really like it.
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Worth remembering that back in 1993, plenty of people hated the green & black kit, yet when Score Draw reproduced them a few years ago, the yoof went mad for them. No accounting for taste innit?
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I like it it's different.
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
If it's different lots of people will think it's shit, that's just the nature of it.
I wouldn't buy this one (mainly because the quality is absolutely fucking awful) but I don't have an issue with it and I suspect some people will really like it.
I like the kit you posted above, and I own a lot of very odd looking kits (it's sort of a hobby). But the response to the 3rd kit has been almost universally negative. And it's by Kappa, so it's a horible kit, badly made.
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
If it's different lots of people will think it's shit, that's just the nature of it.
I wouldn't buy this one (mainly because the quality is absolutely fucking awful) but I don't have an issue with it and I suspect some people will really like it.
I like the kit you posted above, and I own a lot of very odd looking kits (it's sort of a hobby). But the response to the 3rd kit has been almost universally negative. And it's by Kappa, so it's a horible kit, badly made.
I agree with the Kappa bit, I guess my point is that I'd rather see them swing and miss than not try at all. That Stade kit is truly special (I love the one with the pink and blue flowers as well - https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71RItgmtVCL._SL1500_.jpg) and you only get stuff like that by taking bold decisions.
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Some of those SF kits are out there - which is no bad thing. But having 17 stone rugby beefcakes trotting out in a floral kit leads me to suspect the designers might actually hate rugby.
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Worth remembering that back in 1993, plenty of people hated the green & black kit, yet when Score Draw reproduced them a few years ago, the yoof went mad for them. No accounting for taste innit?
I doubt they produced that many in fairness
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Some of those SF kits are out there - which is no bad thing. But having 17 stone rugby beefcakes trotting out in a floral kit leads me to suspect the designers might actually hate rugby.
Nah, it was the club owner that started the whole thing and the fans and players loved it so they made it an official change, with the new badge and everything. The point was to have 2 kits that would never clash with anyone else, so blue and pink and pink and white, with Pink being the least used colour in sports kits. Given the clubs reputation as one of the most inclusive and liberal in sport it makes perfect sense for them.
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Awesome quality
(https://i.ibb.co/wNb3qKd/FEF4-D52-A-79-DB-4-C7-B-BFB6-EB87-FF6-ED95-F.png) (https://ibb.co/wNb3qKd)
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We had a third black / grey kit with claret shorts under Nike, which I dont think we ever wore, maybe this will be the same?
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
Me too. This fit is horrible. The kappa print on for the training shirt started to peel after ONE wash. That's a record for crapness
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
Me too. This fit is horrible. The kappa print on for the training shirt started to peel after ONE wash. That's a record for crapness
Yes, it's garbage. My away kit with the dodgy badge, has started to peel after two washes after I've used it twice for 5 aside.
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I quite like "different" kits as well. Just not when they're shit, though.
Me too. This fit is horrible. The kappa print on for the training shirt started to peel after ONE wash. That's a record for crapness
Yes, it's garbage. My away kit with the dodgy badge, has started to peel after two washes after I've used it twice for 5 aside.
Thank God you didn't use detergent ;)
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More Kappa quality on show in front of the cameras.
(https://i.ibb.co/PNkdBgC/5-John-Mc-Ginn-We-re-capable-of-getting-something-at-Man-City-You-Tube.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PNkdBgC)
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It’s the fault of the fans who bought the shirts... washing too hot, too cold, too long, too short. Not kappa’s fault... no sir-eee. Now run along and stop complaining.
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If I bought that shite I'd be demanding a full refund, both Dean and John have been on camera now with damaged badges.
I saw a young lad yesterday in the official tracksuit with the same issue and all his mates singing "Where's your badge gone" "you've only got half a lion" felt for him, red as a tomatoe
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Popped into the club shop yesterday, the 3rd kit looks quite nice in the flesh so to speak. But out off by both the price and the comments regarding the quality.
I did see that the club shop are selling replicas of the 1990-92 Umbro home kit, can't see it listed anywhere online, lovely bit if 90's nostalgia.
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If I bought that shite I'd be demanding a full refund, both Dean and John have been on camera now with damaged badges.
I saw a young lad yesterday in the official tracksuit with the same issue and all his mates singing "Where's your badge gone" "you've only got half a lion" felt for him, red as a tomatoe
Was this at the game? Or what you were doing in this scenario -- just hanging around listening to the lads...?? :D
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My 7 year old wants a proper shirt. I have no problem with the sponsor - I had no idea what they did so he isn't likely to! But I am trying to work out what to buy. I tend to buy 11-12 for him generally. The mens shirts are too big, are the ladies ones shaped differently or is he going to have to be swamped!
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No age 5 kits left apart from with JD Sports. Ordered from them and they sent the away instead. Other than it not being what I ordered, it's shit.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Z1TCnSp/61-BC2-D0-A-F564-4-E91-9616-EAD2460-AE25-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Z1TCnSp)
(https://i.ibb.co/3yrXrbx/5-A337349-CAA1-4651-B7-CB-62986-E2-E65-A0.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3yrXrbx)
Popped into the club shop yesterday and noticed a new range of Kappa gear in all black. Looked ok from a distance but when viewed up close, it’s shockingly poor quality. The Villa badge looks so shit I had to take a picture as it appears to show the head of a strange creature, but not a Lion! Also, the shape of the crest is all wrong. Compare it to the home shirt to understand just how bad it looks.
It genuinely looks like dodgy fake gear, yet it’s on sale in the club shop.
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Looks terrible. Kappa's stuff is shite. Does anyone know how long we're stuck with them for?
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That's criminal from a branding perspective.
Have you tried contacting Nicola Ibbetson on LinkedIn to tell her about it?
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We got our 6yr old one of the training tops and jackets for Xmas. Been very happy with the quality so far having been a bit nervous with all the criticism of Kappa
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For those into old school
(https://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/images/fila-vintage-settanta-track-top-claret-blue-p14458-81815_medium.jpg)
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what on earth is club doing stocking that S*** in the club shop? i'm sorry but no matter who is in charge nothing seems to be put right, this looks like something you'd find on ebay for a fiver
Club on and off the pitch still acting like Sunday League for all the praise the new owners get there's still improvements to be made all over. we're miles behind the premiership 'big' clubs in so many ways
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Club on and off the pitch still acting like Sunday League for all the praise the new owners get there's still improvements to be made all over. we're miles behind the premiership 'big' clubs in so many ways
I can't believe any Villa fan would say we're "Sunday League". What an absolutely pathetic comment.
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Club on and off the pitch still acting like Sunday League for all the praise the new owners get there's still improvements to be made all over. we're miles behind the premiership 'big' clubs in so many ways
Are we fuck.
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would Man Utd,Barcelona, or even Everton and Spurs allow that garbage to be stocked in the official store? it's embarrassing
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Looks pretty bad, surely somebody checks this stuff before putting it on sale.
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There's a massive gap between stocking some shite made by Kappa (who are shit) and being a Sunday League side on and off the pitch. I've read some shit on here, and typed plenty, but that's right up there.
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would Man Utd,Barcelona, or even Everton and Spurs allow that garbage to be stocked in the official store? it's embarrassing
Have you seen some of their kits and tat over the years? Every club has shit they try to pawn off on fans. What you’ve written is nonsense.
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There's a massive gap between stocking some shite made by Kappa (who are shit) and being a Sunday League side on and off the pitch. I've read some shit on here, and typed plenty, but that's right up there.
I don't think many Sunday League teams would put that crap on, it's been the same for years either poor quality or distribution issues etc . same with the poor service at the Ticket Office and so on . We never seem to be able to get anything quite right .
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There's a massive gap between stocking some shite made by Kappa (who are shit) and being a Sunday League side on and off the pitch. I've read some shit on here, and typed plenty, but that's right up there.
Exactly. I mean, literally everything he posts is slagging off everything to do with Aston Villa. Everything.
Now we're "Sunday League on and off the pitch" because our kit supplier isn't good. Again, not the things an Aston Villa supporter would say in my opinion.
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There's a massive gap between stocking some shite made by Kappa (who are shit) and being a Sunday League side on and off the pitch. I've read some shit on here, and typed plenty, but that's right up there.
I don't think many Sunday League teams would put that crap on, it's been the same for years either poor quality or distribution issues etc . same with the poor service at the Ticket Office and so on . We never seem to be able to get anything quite right .
We might be better off shutting the club down completely.
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would Man Utd,Barcelona, or even Everton and Spurs allow that garbage to be stocked in the official store? it's embarrassing
Have you seen some of their kits and tat over the years? Every club has shit they try to pawn off on fans. What you’ve written is nonsense.
There's a difference between a dodgy design and a badge like that, how that see's the rails of the club shop is beyond belief
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There's a massive gap between stocking some shite made by Kappa (who are shit) and being a Sunday League side on and off the pitch. I've read some shit on here, and typed plenty, but that's right up there.
We never seem to be able to get anything quite right .
We certainly don't in your eyes.
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oh here we go i'm not a Villa Supporter because I have opinions ::)
I just feel sorry for anyone who has ordered that online
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oh here we go i'm not a Villa Supporter because I have opinions ::)
I just feel sorry for anyone who has ordered that online
Your opinions involve slating this club from every angle possible.
Again, not the sort of thing an Aston Villa fan would continually write.
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For those into old school
(https://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/images/fila-vintage-settanta-track-top-claret-blue-p14458-81815_medium.jpg)
Quite nice. How much? Fila never "did" us but think they did make West Ham's kit in the halcyon days of Steve Lomas trimming his pubes on Paolo Di Canio's dressing room towel.
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I think it was £70 on some casuals site, not 100% as I saw it on Facebook.
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oh here we go i'm not a Villa Supporter because I have opinions ::)
I just feel sorry for anyone who has ordered that online
I simply said you rarely have a good word to say, which you don't. Not a word about the win at Burnley for example. Team looked awful, DS and coaching team are on another planet and then you vanished off the match thread.
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oh here we go i'm not a Villa Supporter because I have opinions ::)
I just feel sorry for anyone who has ordered that online
Your opinions involve slating this club from every angle possible.
Again, not the sort of thing an Aston Villa fan would continually write.
I'll slate a pathetic Badge like that , it's something i'd expect to be in the Small Heath shop, along with their dodgy Diaries . it should be nowhere near VP. We let ourselves down too often
And we're sitting fourth from bottom just lost to Championship Fulham and have been on a poor run of form so have every right to moan about on the field performances
It's like when DS and senior players have been on TV with half the club crest missing on their tracksuit jacket. looks piss poor
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oh here we go i'm not a Villa Supporter because I have opinions ::)
I just feel sorry for anyone who has ordered that online
I simply said you rarely have a good word to say, which you don't. Not a word about the win at Burnley for example. Team looked awful, DS and coaching team are on another planet and then you vanished off the match thread.
Fair point. Perhaps i'm over critical and after Burnley I would hope we pushed on with the same formation and get another win under our belts big ask to beat Leicester and Man City and then it's 3 defeats on the bounce and so on ....
I was quite positive at the start of the season on here but slowly had that drained from me as it seems history is sadly repeating itself .
We seem to do so much right then f*** it up on and off the pitch.
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I've said this numerous times but on the subject of the club's merchandise, for me it's very disappointing and has been for years.
I don't think it's too much to ask to have a good kit manufacturer and items in stock and released in pre season.
I dream of the day when I can purchase new merchandise that's made by a solid brand (Adidas, Nike or Umbro) and the crest isn't the Lerner one. It might not be important to many but it does affect the brand of the club imo. It's one thing that we can fix quite easily as it is in our control entirely.
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For those into old school
(https://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/images/fila-vintage-settanta-track-top-claret-blue-p14458-81815_medium.jpg)
Quite nice. How much? Fila never "did" us but think they did make West Ham's kit in the halcyon days of Steve Lomas trimming his pubes on Paolo Di Canio's dressing room towel.
https://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/track-tops-c26/fila-vintage-settanta-track-top-claret-blue-p14458
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I've said this numerous times but on the subject of the club's merchandise, for me it's very disappointing and has been for years.
I don't think it's too much to ask to have a good kit manufacturer and items in stock and released in pre season.
I dream of the day when I can purchase new merchandise that's made by a solid brand (Adidas, Nike or Umbro) and the crest isn't the Lerner one. It might not be important to many but it does affect the brand of the club imo. It's one thing that we can fix quite easily as it is in our control entirely.
Imagine the sales of an Adidas strip with the 80's crest
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I would love an Adidas kit, they're superb.
Isn't Sawiris on their board?
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I would love an Adidas kit, they're superb.
Isn't Sawiris on their board?
Something like that yes.
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Were we to ever have an adidas kit, the one thing I can guarantee is there'd be a heated debate about how three stripes have no place on a Villa kit, it looks too "West Ham", etc.
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That pathetic effort on the badge is the final straw for me...proper embarrassing. Kappa can fuck right off.
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Were we to ever have an adidas kit, the one thing I can guarantee is there'd be a heated debate about how three stripes have no place on a Villa kit, it looks too "West Ham", etc.
Indeed
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I haven't bought a kit for years - as they're usually shite.
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Had my brother-in-law staying with us yesterday, who's the chairman of Irish division 2 side Drogheda United. They were going to get Kappa as well, but didn't because of the crap quality. Incidentally they play in claret and blue as well.
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Celta Vigo away
(https://i.ibb.co/yWw2TXn/20191020-124530.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yWw2TXn)
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jesus christ, size of his head.
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Celta are still my Spanish team after they schooled us at VP in 1998 when we were riding high on top of the league. Some of their kits have been lovely over the years since.
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jesus christ, size of his head.
Yeah, wtf is going on there?
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It's a Corinthian figure come to life!
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Iago Aspas.Good player.
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As a famous philosopher once said, "big head, big head, big head"
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Had my brother-in-law staying with us yesterday, who's the chairman of Irish division 2 side Drogheda United. They were going to get Kappa as well, but didn't because of the crap quality. Incidentally they play in claret and blue as well.
This Dundalk supporter says hi.
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Were we to ever have an adidas kit, the one thing I can guarantee is there'd be a heated debate about how three stripes have no place on a Villa kit, it looks too "West Ham", etc.
Indeed
What if we just had stripes on the collars ?
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I took my kids up to see Villa play Drogheda in a pre-season friendly in, I think 1994.
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How did we do and who wore claret? Stevie Staunton must have got a mixed reaction.
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How did we do and who wore claret? Stevie Staunton must have got a mixed reaction.
We won as I recall, can't remember the score though. I really don't remember too much about it at all apart from the drive there and back. The highway infrastructure back then was terrible as you probably know. Staunton was reasonably well received, as were the whole club.
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Would love to see us wearing a sponsorless retro Villa kit
(https://i.ibb.co/C1FwYtk/98-B6-D29-D-D6-EB-4539-BA7-D-A0-D4-A2-B7-E46-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/C1FwYtk)
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What, and have no sleeve partner??
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I took my kids up to see Villa play Drogheda in a pre-season friendly in, I think 1994.
Drogheda looms large in my ancestry. My great grandfather blew up the railway bridge in the war of independence. He had no real agenda but he was a quarryman so knew his way around a stick of dynamite, and was therefore in great demand. In many ways he was the Michy Batshuayi of his day.
Anyway, Kappa. I'm not too bothered either way.
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Ha! I thought I was the only Dundalk fan on here. Slightly off topic I went on an early uefa cup tie between them and varteks. Their fans loved the villa and seemed to be great guys. Met us at the hotel with beers and food on arrival etc. Ah memories!
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What, and have no sleeve partner??
imagine a 1-11 setup too?
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I would love an Adidas kit, they're superb.
Isn't Sawiris on their board?
I think his shareholding in Adidas means he holds 12.5% of the company. It’s one of my favourite Bluenose wind ups when I see them in their Adidas kits , I always thank them for making one of our owners wealthier 😂
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Is this supposed to be an April Fool? (https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2020/04/01/kappa-villa-statement)
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Is this supposed to be an April Fool? (https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2020/04/01/kappa-villa-statement)
No, there's Italian articles about this from last week.
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The actual logo on their website still has the two sitting back to back (though there's nothing wrong with that, if they live together).
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This Dundalk supporter says hi.
Ha! I thought I was the only Dundalk fan on here. Slightly off topic I went on an early uefa cup tie between them and varteks. Their fans loved the villa and seemed to be great guys. Met us at the hotel with beers and food on arrival etc. Ah memories!
Up the Town! Milltown is a car park, Milltown is a car park.... ;)
Longford Town would be my closest LOI team but lived with 2 lads from Dundalk in Uni plus my uncle's from just over the border in South Armagh so have a soft spot for them.
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60% off all Villa kits at the minute if that's of any interest to anyone.
http://zeta.ecommzone.com/lz/avilla/102D24/qBGyDSHqslaBzIBOAjoi6E7PmYTpuDqA0HS9ABENawA1/home.html?g4id=1
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60% off all Villa kits at the minute if that's of any interest to anyone.
http://zeta.ecommzone.com/lz/avilla/102D24/qBGyDSHqslaBzIBOAjoi6E7PmYTpuDqA0HS9ABENawA1/home.html?g4id=1
Is that 60% of it falls off if you wear it?
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I quite like these, £50 seems a touch steep though
(https://productview2.fanobject.com/0028/2615/00282615_00.jpg?imwidth=600)
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This though, now this is the business.
(https://i.ibb.co/pdGwfX7/av2.jpg)
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First thing that came to mind was Leandro Bacuna wearing it with that grin people used to get wound-up by.
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This though, now this is the business.
(https://i.ibb.co/pdGwfX7/av2.jpg)
And that business is sex tourism.
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Genuine LOL. Very good.
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This though, now this is the business.
(https://i.ibb.co/pdGwfX7/av2.jpg)
That's truly marvellous in its awfulness. Please tell me it's real and not a photoshop job. ;D
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You can buy them.
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You can buy them.
Are you sure? I can't see them on the OS. ;)
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Somewhat surprisingly, they aren't official merchandise but you can buy them.
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That should be the new kit. Pair it with some Bermuda style shorts. Lovely
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You can buy them.
You CAN nail your nut bag to the kitchen table...
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I can imagine people buying them for stag dos. That sort of thing.
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I can imagine people buying them for stag dos. That sort of thing.
That's what I was thinking or to piss off Blues fans etc. when on holiday. Would probably sell better than some of the stuff on the OS. I saw this similar one which is "smarter" but unfortunately it's a scam website so avoid.
https://uk.foco.com/products/aston-villa-fc-floral-button-up-shirt?variant=32313647824976#
It appears the US version of the site ripped lots of people off purporting to sell Covid face masks with sports teams on them. Scumbags.
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(https://i.ibb.co/jyMM1RH/3-C1-F8269-91-D7-47-F8-B390-7-DBE0-D0-DE2-B2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jyMM1RH)
This one’s nice.
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This one’s nice.
I thought it wasn't bad as Hawaiian shirts go but I only saw it for sale on the scam website noted above.
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I think the shirt is so you BV.
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It seems the popularity of LSD is still high round these parts.
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I think the shirt is so you BV.
I just want to be suitably attired for meeting you at our next Wembley appearance. Or will you suddenly have other plans if I show up in that? ;)
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W88 link up ends at the conclusion of this season.
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W88 link up ends at the conclusion of this season.
there was rumours back in february that the new sponsor is going to be SportPesa, the current everton sponsor, and yet another betting firm.
they're based out of kenya/tanzania.
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No loss with their big (old) gold W. May be a forlorn hope but it would be nice to have a sponsor that isn't a gambling company.
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Are Mita Copiers still going?
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No loss with their big (old) gold W. May be a forlorn hope but it would be nice to have a sponsor that isn't a gambling company.
I agree all betting shirt sponsers should go the same way as cigarette and booze sponsers.
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Are Mita Copiers still going?
No, one of many former sponsors to be cursed after association with us. Muller yoghurts still exist, I believe.
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Are Mita Copiers still going?
No, one of many former sponsors to be cursed after association with us. Muller yoghurts still exist, I believe.
Cows are still alive and well.
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Are Mita Copiers still going?
No, one of many former sponsors to be cursed after association with us. Muller yoghurts still exist, I believe.
Cows are still alive and well.
Wouldn't want to be associated with them now given their White Supremacist links.
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Are Mita Copiers still going?
No, one of many former sponsors to be cursed after association with us. Muller yoghurts still exist, I believe.
Cows are still alive and well.
Wouldn't want to be associated with them now given their White Supremacist links.
You surprise me.
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Lol.
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Are Mita Copiers still going?
No, one of many former sponsors to be cursed after association with us. Muller yoghurts still exist, I believe.
Cows are still alive and well.
Wouldn't want to be associated with them now given their White Supremacist links.
You surprise me.
Hardly an achievement.
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I'd take a sense of achievement wherever I could find one if I were you.
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new sponsor is a company called 'cazoo' who re-condition used cars.
never heard of them.
edit: cazoo are sponsoring everton as well next season.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Jzt8vZ2/BDF8-EA5-D-6-F78-48-ED-BA1-B-9-D03-CDCAE5-C9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Jzt8vZ2)
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At least it's not another gambling company and kids can have a sponsor on their shirts again.
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Yep and a UK company as well. , !
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NOw change from Kappa and have a proper shirt!
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The brother in law is a buyer for them. They’re owned by the guy who set up love film amongst other firms and sold it making a fortune. They have decent financial backers and are really trying to push themselves as a brand. Paying £10 million to sponsor Everton but no idea what we are getting.
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I wonder if the division we in will have an effect or not.
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I like the fact we are sponsored by a ‘proper’ company, not a gambling or financial institution.
I’m sure the amount they pay will be wholly dependant on what division we are in next season.
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new sponsor is a company called 'cazoo' who re-condition used cars.
never heard of them.
edit: cazoo are sponsoring everton as well next season.
Set up by the bloke who founded Zoopla.
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Paying £10 million to sponsor Everton but no idea what we are getting.
It’s a 3 year deal with Everton at £10m per year?
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We're up shit's creek but thankfully we brought a Cazoo.
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Paying £10 million to sponsor Everton but no idea what we are getting.
It’s a 3 year deal with Everton at £10m per year?
£10 million a year for three years.
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Glad we’re not sponsored by a gambling firm.
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We are getting 10mill a year for three years? If so, that’s a great deal for us. They will also have the honour of sponsoring the biggest club in the championship if we do go down.
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A few websites seem to think the current sponsorship deal is worth £6m, one of the lower ones in the PL. £10m would appear to be in the region of what other clubs outside the top 6 are getting.
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A few websites seem to think the current sponsorship deal is worth £6m,
£6m, that would just about cover Drinkwater's annual salary
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We are getting 10mill a year for three years? If so, that’s a great deal for us. They will also have the honour of sponsoring the biggest club in the championship if we do go down.
Everton are get £10 million a year. No idea what we are getting but I doubt it’ll be that high I’m afraid.
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Glad it's not a gambling company. Short name and shouldn't be too intrusive on the kit if it's just the white logo from the OS announcement.
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Join Cazoo, Cazoo
They're cheaper for me and you
We'll play in League One or Two
Join Cazoo, Cazoo
I really should be in advertising.
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Join Cazoo, Cazoo
They're cheaper for me and you
We'll play in League One or Two
Join Cazoo, Cazoo
I really should be in advertising.
I've spent most of my career in advertising. Your song is excellent but it lacks a clear CTA and brand anchoring. Have you considered football management?
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Join Cazoo, Cazoo
They're cheaper for me and you
We'll play in League One or Two
Join Cazoo, Cazoo
I really should be in advertising.
I like it especially with its CTA (Catchy Terrace Anthem).
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Join Cazoo, Cazoo
Even in League One or Two
Time for season ticket renew renew
Join Cazoo, Cazoo
With CTA
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Call to action...ugh.
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Good news, hopefully we'll never be sponsored by a gambling company again.
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Good news, hopefully we'll never be sponsored by a gambling company again.
3/1 against.
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Gutted to have lost our partnership with W88 , visionary company with great ethics .......... or not
Delighted we won't have a Gambling Company , was hoping for a charity based shirt but guess we need all the money we can get with Relegation looming !
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Good news, hopefully we'll never be sponsored by a gambling company again.
This.
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Have they got a caraaayzee font that will look silly on the shirt ?
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Apologies if this has already been spotted. Our Italians fans ask whether Villa realise that cazoo means cock in Italian
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(https://d1f7geppf3ca7.cloudfront.net/resize/216038/mix.jpeg/400/400/1/?bg=FFFFFF)
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If we don’t get that desperately annoying Kazoo kid (who is probably about 40 now) to launch the new kit then there is no hope for us.
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Have they got a caraaayzee font that will look silly on the shirt ?
(https://i.ibb.co/CKZdrKv/EB5-C9-A16-53-A8-487-D-9983-107-E64-C955-F8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CKZdrKv)
From https://www.sportindustry.biz/news/aston-villa-sign-cazoo-new-principal-partner
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Search for a top manager who will Drive us on to the top 4 and Villa fans will Smile. Perfect for us!
If it's just the 5 letters "CAZOO" in white it will look okay on the shirt like Acorns did.
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Apologies if this has already been spotted. Our Italians fans ask whether Villa realise that cazoo means cock in Italian
That's like when Arsenal were sponsored by Sega, which I believe means 'wank' in Italian. Didn't they change the sponsor to 'Dreamcast' for games against Italian sides? Bit less important for us, seeing as they thankfully did away with the Anglo-Italian Cup for the 2nd division a good while ago.
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Lulz.
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Apologies if this has already been spotted. Our Italians fans ask whether Villa realise that cazoo means cock in Italian
That's like when Arsenal were sponsored by Sega, which I believe means 'wank' in Italian. Didn't they change the sponsor to 'Dreamcast' for games against Italian sides? Bit less important for us, seeing as they thankfully did away with the Anglo-Italian Cup for the 2nd division a good while ago.
Think it's cazzo anyway, be worse if it was vaffanculo but I'm sure our resident Italian expert can confirm.
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Apologies if this has already been spotted. Our Italians fans ask whether Villa realise that cazoo means cock in Italian
That's like when Arsenal were sponsored by Sega, which I believe means 'wank' in Italian. Didn't they change the sponsor to 'Dreamcast' for games against Italian sides? Bit less important for us, seeing as they thankfully did away with the Anglo-Italian Cup for the 2nd division a good while ago.
Think it's cazzo anyway, be worse if it was vaffanculo but I'm sure our resident Italian expert can confirm.
Inded, cazzo means cock, not Cazoo.
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Apologies if this has already been spotted. Our Italians fans ask whether Villa realise that cazoo means cock in Italian
That's like when Arsenal were sponsored by Sega, which I believe means 'wank' in Italian. Didn't they change the sponsor to 'Dreamcast' for games against Italian sides? Bit less important for us, seeing as they thankfully did away with the Anglo-Italian Cup for the 2nd division a good while ago.
Think it's cazzo anyway, be worse if it was vaffanculo but I'm sure our resident Italian expert can confirm.
Inded, cazzo means cock, not Cazoo.
But what does inded mean? ;)
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We had some friends who used to live in Limehouse in that London, their local Italian restaurant (which was very good BTW) was called minge or fanny. I reckon that name was decided on after a very, very long lunch.
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here's the logo on the everton kit
(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DmXBQUKCDBaGALFKWMJledW1aMg=/0x0:602x600/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:602x600):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20065864/Kit1.png)
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Looks miles better than this seasons sponsor. Closest to acorns as aesthetic weve had for years
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Oooh Everton have got Hummel...….I love Hummel
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Oooh Everton have got Hummel...….I love Hummel
Those kits with the same sponsor as us are really quite nice. Simple. Those are the best kits
https://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com/2020/7/3/21312082/hummel-reveal-new-everton-kit-shirt-jersey-sponsor-cazoo-home-away-third-new-design-latest
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How much longer have we got to endure Kappa for?
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Oooh Everton have got Hummel...….I love Hummel
I'm not sure I want us to start next season wearing a shirt with loads of arrows pointing downwards on it. 🙁
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How much longer have we got to endure Kappa for?
Quite like the Kappa kits, although quality is dubious. Just got my 6 year old the yellow goalie kit (last seen on Pepe Reina) and he loves it.
Green one was highly dubious mind.
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How much longer have we got to endure Krappa for?
Fixed. Until 2022.
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Looks miles better than this seasons sponsor. Closest to acorns as aesthetic weve had for years
As hoped for above, should be unobtrusive if it's the same as Everton's. Not fan of Hummel kits at all, even the much lauded 86 Denmark one is terrible. Would love us to have Adidas at some stage.
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Given that we don't normally bother our arses to release a new strip until summer is basically over, McGrath knows when they will get around to releasing them after the conclusion of this season.
Maybe each kit could come with a free Santa hat, or Easter egg?
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I bought a Kappa Villa training top to wear for running. It’s absolute pants, the badges is shitty heat press, the positioning is too high and it’s just in general just shite. Luckily I only paid £14, however it’s not really worth that.
I’d like us to have Adidas, they do make some nice stuff. I’ve still got a Villa hoody made by Nike, great quality and must be 10 years old and still good. It’s nice and subtle, one small Nike badge and a tiny embroidered Villa badge on the sleeve. Quality.
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The new Adidas Celtic training kit looks smart. Wouldn't mind a Villa version of this this with claret and blue stripes on each arm.
https://store.celticfc.net/celtic-training-long-sleeve-jersey
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£63 quid for a white shirt with three stupid stripes on each forearm? Blimey!
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£63 quid for a white shirt with three stupid stripes on each forearm? Blimey!
It’s mind blowing that anyone would pay that. I bought a couple of claret / maroon Adidas t shirts each for me and my lad a few weeks ago - about £40 for the lot. But add a club badge and sponsor and it’s 6 or 7x the price.
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£63 and it looks shite. No doubt they'll sell loads.
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£63 quid for a white shirt with three stupid stripes on each forearm? Blimey!
Scorn not its simplicity which I quite like. I thought it was a touch pricey too but Adidas have to recoup the 6M+ per season they're paying Celtic somehow.
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Yeah, but don't fall for it just cos you're Irish.
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Yeah, but don't fall for it just cos you're Irish.
I should be able to hold off given I'm not from Offaly. ;)
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New Malvern Town kits from emerging manufacturer Hope & Glory - nice. They're doing some interesting stuff.
https://malverntown.co.uk/news/new-home-and-away-kits-unveiled
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Now that is a beaut.
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I am surprised that they have not shown us what the new kit for next season looks like, it is July (maybe the club think that it is still April)?
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Chelsea’s new away kit blurb:
“Introducing our new @nikefootball 20/21 away kit. Inspired by a classic tailored aesthetic but filtered through a modern street lens and colour palette.”
I’m not sure what that even means!
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New Malvern Town kits from emerging manufacturer Hope & Glory - nice. They're doing some interesting stuff.
https://malverntown.co.uk/news/new-home-and-away-kits-unveiled
Both nice tops.
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That bullshit that Chelsea are talking about with their kit, reminds me of bands talking about their inspiration for their new songs, they talk such waffle no-one can understand
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Chelsea’s new away kit blurb:
“Introducing our new @nikefootball 20/21 away kit. Inspired by a classic tailored aesthetic but filtered through a modern street lens and colour palette.”
I’m not sure what that even means!
It means it looks like a Man City inspired pyjama top. Having said that their new home kit is simple and smart.
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Chelsea’s new away kit blurb:
“Introducing our new @nikefootball 20/21 away kit. Inspired by a classic tailored aesthetic but filtered through a modern street lens and colour palette.”
I’m not sure what that even means!
It means it looks like a Man City inspired pyjama top. Having said that their new home kit is simple and smart.
The home kit is decent if oddly 'muted'.
The away kit looks like fabric softener with sprinkles in it. Fucking awful
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New Malvern Town kits from emerging manufacturer Hope & Glory - nice. They're doing some interesting stuff.
Are they the same company that make/made regular men's shirts? I have one from the late 90s by a company called Hope + Glory.
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Shop opens again 10am on Wednesday. Card payments only, no changing rooms.
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Looks like we're a bit behind the other PL teams (along with Brighton and Palace). Not even sneak "previews" out there.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/10/2020-21-kit-overview-all-20-21-kit-leaks-info.html
Also Stoke have joined Celtic and possibly West Ham in offering the home kit without the sponsor's logo. This is something I'd pay a premium for if I was buying a shirt and indeed would make me much more likely to buy one for the first time in years. Thoughts? Maybe one for the FCG to raise as a suggestion?
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Looks like we're a bit behind the other PL teams (along with Brighton and Palace). Not even sneak "previews" out there.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/10/2020-21-kit-overview-all-20-21-kit-leaks-info.html
Also Stoke have joined Celtic and possibly West Ham in offering the home kit without the sponsor's logo. This is something I'd pay a premium for if I was buying a shirt and indeed would make me much more likely to buy one for the first time in years. Thoughts? Maybe one for the FCG to raise as a suggestion?
We’ve gone through numerous owners and suppliers, and the one consistent thing through all of that is the complete inability to get the kit out in decent time.
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Looks like we're a bit behind the other PL teams (along with Brighton and Palace). Not even sneak "previews" out there.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/10/2020-21-kit-overview-all-20-21-kit-leaks-info.html
Also Stoke have joined Celtic and possibly West Ham in offering the home kit without the sponsor's logo. This is something I'd pay a premium for if I was buying a shirt and indeed would make me much more likely to buy one for the first time in years. Thoughts? Maybe one for the FCG to raise as a suggestion?
I would also love that, I refuse to buy kits with gambling logos on them. Feels like I'm walking around advertising a bad habit that leads to mental health issues and suicides rather than a football top.
Last Villa top I bought was the DWS one (2006), been nothing but gambling logos since then. Well there was a couple of years of Intuit Quickbooks somewhere in there, but for whatever reason I never bought it probably because I fell out of the ritual of buying Villa tops by then.
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I don't buy shirts any more - they're often poor quality and over-priced shite
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I imagine our kit depends on the division we are in and the sponsor that will be on it. Is the current one locked in if we go down?
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I imagine our kit depends on the division we are in and the sponsor that will be on it. Is the current one locked in if we go down?
Cazoo was announced as the new sponsor a few weeks ago
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I imagine our kit depends on the division we are in and the sponsor that will be on it. Is the current one locked in if we go down?
Cazoo was announced as the new sponsor a few weeks ago
yes that's right. I forgot about that in all of the other stuff.
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Apparently, we got £12.5mill for reward money for finishing 17th. With the money from Cazoo and Kappa etc, I hope this is the start of the bounce back to running a good quality business and sees an end to us losing around £5mill a month, like we were under Dr Xia.
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
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We need kit mock ups. Where is that fella who used to make them that were always way better than the ones we end up with?
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Knew it was a one word handle beginning with M (not Monty) but had to search and it's a poster called Marshall. Doesn't seem to post here the rest of the time.
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
There was the little issue of which League knocking about I guess that delayed it?
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Well hopefully they’re savvy enough to ride the current wave of euphoria amongst fans and get the kit launched and on sale sharpish. However...
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
There was the little issue of which League knocking about I guess that delayed it?
Why would a kit design rely on what league we were in? The contract was negotiated for 3 seasons with Kappa last year so it's not like there was any manufacturer business to be done which relied on the result.
It didn't stop Bournemouth releasing their kit weeks ago either, in fact they've already played in the new one in their last few games. The league has nothing to do with it.
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Looks like we're a bit behind the other PL teams (along with Brighton and Palace). Not even sneak "previews" out there.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/10/2020-21-kit-overview-all-20-21-kit-leaks-info.html
Also Stoke have joined Celtic and possibly West Ham in offering the home kit without the sponsor's logo. This is something I'd pay a premium for if I was buying a shirt and indeed would make me much more likely to buy one for the first time in years. Thoughts? Maybe one for the FCG to raise as a suggestion?
Quite like West Ham’s. Home and away. Very classical.
Albions is flippin awful
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Looks like we're a bit behind the other PL teams (along with Brighton and Palace). Not even sneak "previews" out there.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/10/2020-21-kit-overview-all-20-21-kit-leaks-info.html
Also Stoke have joined Celtic and possibly West Ham in offering the home kit without the sponsor's logo. This is something I'd pay a premium for if I was buying a shirt and indeed would make me much more likely to buy one for the first time in years. Thoughts? Maybe one for the FCG to raise as a suggestion?
Quite like West Ham’s. Home and away. Very classical.
Albions is flippin awful
Agree 100%. Liverpool, Brighton, Everton and Spurs home shirts are also awful. Think Chelsea home and Saints away are smart but the latter highlights an important rule. No matter how nice the shirt it will be ruined by Chinese script in the sponsor's logo (see also Newcastle).
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
There was the little issue of which League knocking about I guess that delayed it?
Why would a kit design rely on what league we were in? The contract was negotiated for 3 seasons with Kappa last year so it's not like there was any manufacturer business to be done which relied on the result.
It didn't stop Bournemouth releasing their kit weeks ago either, in fact they've already played in the new one in their last few games. The league has nothing to do with it.
Bournemouth/Brighton have not changed their shirt sponsor like we have
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I love the new Southampton Strip .... very Peru!
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
There was the little issue of which League knocking about I guess that delayed it?
Why would a kit design rely on what league we were in? The contract was negotiated for 3 seasons with Kappa last year so it's not like there was any manufacturer business to be done which relied on the result.
It didn't stop Bournemouth releasing their kit weeks ago either, in fact they've already played in the new one in their last few games. The league has nothing to do with it.
OK I stand corrected. I thought there was the issue of league sleeve badge.
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
There was the little issue of which League knocking about I guess that delayed it?
Why would a kit design rely on what league we were in? The contract was negotiated for 3 seasons with Kappa last year so it's not like there was any manufacturer business to be done which relied on the result.
It didn't stop Bournemouth releasing their kit weeks ago either, in fact they've already played in the new one in their last few games. The league has nothing to do with it.
Bournemouth/Brighton have not changed their shirt sponsor like we have
Yes they have 😂 Bournemouth switched from M88 to Vitality
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Speaking of Kappa, almost every other club has revealed its kits for next season by now. Where's ours?
There was the little issue of which League knocking about I guess that delayed it?
Why would a kit design rely on what league we were in? The contract was negotiated for 3 seasons with Kappa last year so it's not like there was any manufacturer business to be done which relied on the result.
It didn't stop Bournemouth releasing their kit weeks ago either, in fact they've already played in the new one in their last few games. The league has nothing to do with it.
Bournemouth/Brighton have not changed their shirt sponsor like we have
Yes they have 😂 Bournemouth switched from M88 to Vitality
Maybe Bournemouth's old shirt contract ran out in June
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I love the new Southampton Strip .... very Peru!
Like the away one. I could imagine that in pale blue with a claret sash.
For me Southampton are red and white stripes. Not the bar code type, but proper stripes.
Newcastle have gone to what I consider proper stripes and it looks so much better.
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For me Southampton are red and white stripes. Not the bar code type, but proper stripes.
Newcastle have gone to what I consider proper stripes and it looks so much better.
You may not like the new Inter kit then. Not 100% sure on the home one yet but like the other 2.
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/Kit-design/inter-milan-2020-21-home-away-and-third-kit-predictions.html
Also really like the new Dumbarton kit.
https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=4390
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I think it was Benjamin Franklin who once wrote, “There are 3 certainties in life, death, taxes and Aston Villa to be the last team to release their new kit accompanied with the inevitable stock issues.”
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We should launch our kits straight onto the discount rail, such is their persistent tardiness.
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I think it was Benjamin Franklin who once wrote, “There are 3 certainties in life, death, taxes and Aston Villa to be the last team to release their new kit accompanied with the inevitable stock issues.”
It is a shame that we can't be a bit more reliable. It's my birthday soon and I am keen to have a look through the catalogue so I can wear the sacred colours in sunny Surrey. Educate these people!
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Mid August launch allegedly
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Mid August launch allegedly
Misses my buffday then Vinnie! Not a happy chappy.
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Mid August launch allegedly
Basically, the only thing that has enabled us to get the kit out before the start of the season is the existence of a global pandemic causing a near total breakdown in society as we know it.
And even then it's only "launch", no doubt it'll be Christmas before they let people spend 50 quid on something knocked together for 3 quid by some nimble fingered eight year old in a death-trap factory in Bangladesh.
It's amazing - doesn't matter who owns the club, who the CEO is, who makes the kit, who distributes it, all that, it makes zero difference, we're always incapable of making it possible for people to buy this tat when they want to buy it.
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Mid August launch allegedly
Basically, the only thing that has enabled us to get the kit out before the start of the season is the existence of a global pandemic causing a near total breakdown in society as we know it.
And even then it's only "launch", no doubt it'll be Christmas before they let people spend 50 quid on something knocked together for 3 quid by some nimble fingered eight year old in a death-trap factory in Bangladesh.
It's amazing - doesn't matter who owns the club, who the CEO is, who makes the kit, who distributes it, all that, it makes zero difference, we're always incapable of making it possible for people to buy this tat when they want to buy it.
Paulie, I'd like you to be a bit more honest and concise with your posts in future. Why can't you just say it like it is please? Flip sake!
(You're ranting has been pretty good just recently, although Axl Rose's still makes me laugh)
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Mid August launch allegedly
Basically, the only thing that has enabled us to get the kit out before the start of the season is the existence of a global pandemic causing a near total breakdown in society as we know it.
And even then it's only "launch", no doubt it'll be Christmas before they let people spend 50 quid on something knocked together for 3 quid by some nimble fingered eight year old in a death-trap factory in Bangladesh.
It's amazing - doesn't matter who owns the club, who the CEO is, who makes the kit, who distributes it, all that, it makes zero difference, we're always incapable of making it possible for people to buy this tat when they want to buy it.
Paulie, I'd like you to be a bit more honest and concise with your posts in future. Why can't you just say it like it is please? Flip sake!
(You're ranting has been pretty good just recently, although Axl Rose's still makes me laugh)
Even when we get an owner who is the largest private shareholder in Adidas, we still can't get the supply of over-priced sporting goods correct.
Don't get me wrong, I don't care, I don't want to be showing people low quality Kappa lycra stretched across my beer gut and bitch tits, and I have no idea why people like to spend that much money on such things, but I firmly believe if people want to give the club money, we should make it as easy as possible for them to do it.
We just can't handle it, for some reason.
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Paulie, you had me at ‘bitch tits’
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It really is poor quality we wait for !!
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I’m sure that at some time in mid March, whoever is running the shambles of our commercial operation suddenly thinks ‘Shit! Next season’s kit’, rather like me remembering my mot was due last week most years.
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I wore my seen better days Kappa training shorts to my spin class this morning as a celebration. As soon as I lent into the first hill climb I immediately felt sorry for the person directly behind me.
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For me Southampton are red and white stripes. Not the bar code type, but proper stripes.
Newcastle have gone to what I consider proper stripes and it looks so much better.
You may not like the new Inter kit then. Not 100% sure on the home one yet but like the other 2.
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/Kit-design/inter-milan-2020-21-home-away-and-third-kit-predictions.html
Also really like the new Dumbarton kit.
https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=4390
I think Dumbarton fans voted for their kit (which Clyde are doing for the 2021/22 season I believe), from a choice of 4. Maybe we will do that one day
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Marshall's mock ups are always much better than the kit we end up having xx
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It is a shame that we can't be a bit more reliable.
Surely the problem is that tm we're a bit too reliable, since everyone knows the kit will be basically unavailable until Easter
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The new Wolves home shirts are horrible. Black sleeves. They should disband.
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It's great that we're back to worrying about when the kit is launched as opposed to relegation. With that said I agree with Paulie that it seems pretty careless to not be geared up to cash in on the goodwill factor at a time when lots of people are prepared to hand over lots of money for poorly made tat.
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The new Wolves home shirts are horrible. Black sleeves. They should disband.
Tacky. Suits them.
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We have to wait again for our kit release.
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The new Wolves home shirts are horrible. Black sleeves. They should disband.
It's probably just my prescription lenses, but I get narked beyond a reasonable level when a TV commentator refers to their strip as "old gold". It's orange, it's wotsit/Tango/David Dickinson shade orange!
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For me Southampton are red and white stripes. Not the bar code type, but proper stripes.
Newcastle have gone to what I consider proper stripes and it looks so much better.
You may not like the new Inter kit then. Not 100% sure on the home one yet but like the other 2.
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/Kit-design/inter-milan-2020-21-home-away-and-third-kit-predictions.html
Also really like the new Dumbarton kit.
https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=4390
Hmm, yes, not keen on that. Like the white 3rd top, though.
Dumbarton’s is class, really nice.
I associate them with black and gold stripes, though, but in fairness that was a few years ago
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We have to wait again for our kit release.
Season 2020/21 was due to start a week saturday & yet we still dont know about a new kit or when itll be released. Its poor again by the club infact its abysmal.
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Every year. Never changes.
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Difference being this year I think it will go on sale immediately as it’s unveiled (rather than shown and then a future date/pre orders)
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Difference being this year I think it will go on sale immediately as it’s unveiled (rather than shown and then a future date/pre orders) for the first 50 customers
FTFY!
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Difference being this year I think it will go on sale immediately as it’s unveiled (rather than shown and then a future date/pre orders)
It should be on sale now !!!
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Where's Marshall when we need him?
Bitch tits ftw !
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That Wolves kit is horrible. I thought they'd screwed the pooch last season when they all ran around like satsumas, but that's a new level of tinpot.
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And that Liverpool one. If there was another reason needed to stop them winning the league again, it would be so Aquafresh FC don't get to hold the trophy aloft.
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That Wolves kit is horrible. I thought they'd screwed the pooch last season when they all ran around like satsumas, but that's a new level of tinpot.
Looks terrible, what's with the tyre marks on the body although the alternate colour on the sleeves is clearly a nod to our classic claret with blue sleeves.
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This monstrosity is doing the rounds on Twitter.
https://t.co/G3MFBYvKR4
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My god
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My eyes, my eyes!!!
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Aciiiiiiiiieeeeeeed!!!
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Well, it's certainly different....
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Photoshop apparently, panic over...
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Well, it's certainly different....
Different as in a feckin disgrace different?
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Looks a bit Jackson Pollock
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Looks photoshopped. The badge and logos don’t appear to be on the shirt.
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If that's it, its the worst we've had in a long, long time!!
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I doubt it's the real shirt
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No I doubt think it is, well I hope not
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There is a new training top in the Club Shop. £90. Which struck me as a little excessive.
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That's worth more than some of the players who would be wearing it.
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Not real. We also have a black and gold number
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A what?
Fuck me, that will set them off.
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I'm starting to miss the Macron days
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Good fucking grief. Stayed up last second. All kinds of happiness and euphoria. Then we could be hit with that. Say it ain’t so.
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Okay then. It ain't so.
I mean, obviously. Come on.
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My honest opinion is they can do whatever the f they like with the away kit so long as they get the home right. I was wearing my Luke 1977 home kit on Sunday and decided it's still light years ahead of the first effort from Kappa (even without the classic blue sleeves). Kappa have much to improve on this season.
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This monstrosity is doing the rounds on Twitter.
https://t.co/G3MFBYvKR4
Holy fuck.
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For those curious, the best way to tell that's a fake is not the (admittedly awful) contrast and placement of the sponsor logos and badge, it's the fact that the inside of the shirt visible above the awful front collar and below the hanger is basically black. For the light that's available, fabric in claret and blue couldn't possibly show up that dark.
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It looks white and gold to me. What are you lot seeing?
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It looks white and gold to me. What are you lot seeing?
Suzanne Virdee modelling it.
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Ding dong.
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https://twitter.com/mavmclovin77/status/1288441367820218368?s=21
This kit is lovely
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I'm starting to miss the Macron days
And lead Kit designers with fluffy outrageous scarves. Those were the days...
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This monstrosity is doing the rounds on Twitter.
https://t.co/G3MFBYvKR4
Holy fuck.
I'd put decent money on the actual kit being worse than that. Kappa are appalling in every single way. Designs - shit, quality - shit. Still can't understand why we signed up with that chavvy bollocks. What next, boot deal with Lonsdale?
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I didn't mind the shirts to be honest. I really liked the away one especially.
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Do we know how much Kappa pay us to be the provider of this tat?
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I don't think it matters, there's not a hope of it fitting anyway.
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Gotta be a fake
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I didn't mind the shirts to be honest. I really liked the away one especially.
This years away one was ace. Home and third not such a fan of.
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I really never liked the green kit would rather them go crazy and have a yellow as the 3rd.
I always liked the 3rd kit from 2013/14 which was the quarter white/'blackcurrent'
What I would like to see a American Football or Baseball style shirt in Villa colours ;D
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I really dislike when he have yellow away kits. Too Arsenal and it always brings back horrible memories of the 1991/92 FA Cup loss to Liverpool.
The quartered kit was different but smart. I liked it a lot.
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I'm starting to miss the Macron days
And lead Kit designers with fluffy outrageous scarves. Those were the days...
I remember that ridiculous promotional video.
All about the incredible artistic endeavour and input, and how they were putting 'feeling' into it, then the output was something you'd expect to see Luton playing in.
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I really never liked the green kit would rather them go crazy and have a yellow as the 3rd.
I always liked the 3rd kit from 2013/14 which was the quarter white/'blackcurrent'
What I would like to see a American Football or Baseball style shirt in Villa colours ;D
That was the 2nd kit, bud
The 3rd kit was the 2nd kit from the previous season.
I do agree, though, it was one of my favourite away tops
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa-change-kits.html
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Both this season's change kits were great, I thought. In terms of appearance, that is. I know some who actually parted with money were unimpressed with the quality.
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I think most of our away kits are meh, last one I really liked was the Crystal Palace slash one.
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I loved the 'Collymore' away one, light blue/claret horizontal border/white which we revived for, I think, our first season in the Ch'shit.
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Both this season's change kits were great, I thought. In terms of appearance, that is. I know some who actually parted with money were unimpressed with the quality.
I got the away one for playing 5 aside in. The quality was diabolical, but they refunded my money and told me to keep it, so it was basically free. I also bought the 'elite fit' third kit in the sales, and to be fair the quality of the kit is a bit better on that one, although all of the printing still only lasted for one wash.
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I loved the 'Collymore' away one, light blue/claret horizontal border/white which we revived for, I think, our first season in the Ch'shit.
It was a lovely kit as were the two previous ones - dark blue in 1995-96 and white in 1996-97.
The 1999-2000 white one with diagonal stripe was also pretty cool.
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I loved the 'Collymore' away one, light blue/claret horizontal border/white which we revived for, I think, our first season in the Ch'shit.
It was a lovely kit as were the two previous ones - dark blue in 1995-96 and white in 1996-97.
The white kit with the turquoise AST sponsor from around that time is still my favourite Villa kit ever.
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I loved the 'Collymore' away one, light blue/claret horizontal border/white which we revived for, I think, our first season in the Ch'shit.
It was a lovely kit as were the two previous ones - dark blue in 1995-96 and white in 1996-97.
The white kit with the turquoise AST sponsor from around that time is still my favourite Villa kit ever.
Yes, that's the one. I love that kit.
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1990-93 away shirt is the best for me. Reminds me of being young and full of hope.
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1990-93 away shirt is the best for me. Reminds me of being young and full of hope.
The white one with black bits on the sleeve which we wore black shorts with?
Young and full of hope, thems were the days...
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Yes mate, 1990-93 in the link below. The one before was lovely, too. To be honest I've liked all the Villa away kits since I've been a fan. I didn't start until 1988 so missed that yellow monstrosity in the mid-80s.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa-change-kits.html
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I like the 1922/23 kit and would really like them to bring it back on the 100th anniversary
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I like the 1922/23 kit and would really like them to bring it back on the 100th anniversary
Oh, yes 👍
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Just popping off to Google 😀
I’ll be back shortly 😀
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Home kit revealed tomorrow at 10am.
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As ever, claret shirt and blue sleeves or fuck off.
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As ever, claret shirt and blue sleeves or fuck off.
And that's why you can never go back to cubs.
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honest question. What happened to long sleeve shirts?
I was a shoe-in to buy one every year.
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Global warning :(
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honest question. What happened to long sleeve shirts?
I was a shoe-in to buy one every year.
Me too, I've resorted to buying old ones on eBay now..never felt comfortable in a short sleeved football shirt, even when I was a player in the Walsall&District Division 3..
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Kit reveal is tomorrow morning at 10am.... Its appeared in my diary....
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Let’s just hope it’s not that polka dot monstrosity.
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be interesting to see how close these are
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gallery/aston-villa-new-kit-kappa-18539722
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https://www.google.ca/amp/s/cdn.footyheadlines.com/amp/5401629990717638150
If you scroll down on this link to the new Lorient kit, that in our colours would be just fine. The away one is quite nice too. Not so keen on the third
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These just popped up and I have to say I love all three
https://twitter.com/davidredford10/status/1289258018647846915?s=21
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They all look great, doubt it will be them.
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Another rumour has the away kit as black and claret and the away a cream colour. Just keep it simple designs and most of us should be happy...I think
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The white kit with the turquoise AST sponsor from around that time is still my favourite Villa kit ever.
Same here, the only away kit I've ever bought. Wore it to a River Plate game at the Monumental. The following week I went to Rio and a Brazilian girl I met took a shine to it, she obviously had good taste (in shirts at least).
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They all look great, doubt it will be them.
Agreed, the third kit in particular. Home kit doesn't seem to have enough Kappa logos to be genuine. Also not generally a massive fan of light blue shoulders on the home kit but I suppose they have to change it up somehow.
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Then new Lorient kit doesn’t have many logos on it
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True, which is good.
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Then new Lorient kit doesn’t have many logos on it
I wish they'd make their minds up. First it was Leyton Orient, then just Orient, then back to Leyton Orient. Just having an L at the front seems to be a halfway house that pleases nobody.
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Then new Lorient kit doesn’t have many logos on it
I wish they'd make their minds up. First it was Leyton Orient, then just Orient, then back to Leyton Orient. Just having an L at the front seems to be a halfway house that pleases nobody.
Oh dear
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Oh dear indeed.
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Oh dear indeed.
Don’t worry some of us appreciated the humour.
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One-upped by ATAL again, for shame.
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Oh dear indeed.
Don’t worry some of us appreciated the humour.
Thanks.
It's mad. One thinks one exudes a persona of urbane, wry sophistication and then bang. People think you're a Herbert like all the others!
Edit: this is also a joke, btw!
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The white kit with the turquoise AST sponsor from around that time is still my favourite Villa kit ever.
Same here, the only away kit I've ever bought. Wore it to a River Plate game at the Monumental. The following week I went to Rio and a Brazilian girl I met took a shine to it, she obviously had good taste (in shirts at least).
I wore mine while on a trip to Prague in the mid 90s and copped off with a girl from Dublin called Louise.
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Then new Lorient kit doesn’t have many logos on it
I wish they'd make their minds up. First it was Leyton Orient, then just Orient, then back to Leyton Orient. Just having an L at the front seems to be a halfway house that pleases nobody.
You’re worth it!
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The white kit with the turquoise AST sponsor from around that time is still my favourite Villa kit ever.
Same here, the only away kit I've ever bought. Wore it to a River Plate game at the Monumental. The following week I went to Rio and a Brazilian girl I met took a shine to it, she obviously had good taste (in shirts at least).
I wore mine while on a trip to Prague in the mid 90s and copped off with a girl from Dublin called Louise.
I know her. Poor you!
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(https://i.ibb.co/DRXKtck/32-B0-A9-B0-061-C-4765-9458-5-A6722-F6455-C.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DRXKtck)
Doing the rounds on Twitter. So must by true 😂
I hope not. I’ve never like any stripes on our kit ( maybe 88 as an exception )
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I will wait until I see the shirt with my own eyes before passing judgement. The pic I have seen looks atrocious, the claret being to light and the blue to dark. Now I'm guessing that's due to the light and camera settings.?
Could we please get rid of that God awful Lerner badge...its jinxed. New owners, New belief, New outlooks, New badge...meaning the old lucky circular one ;)
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Not a fan of black away shirts but we’ll see. Home shirt Hopefully claret shirt, blue sleeves, blue socks with bit more colour round neck/ collar than last seasons.
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Launching in one minute. I stumbled on that fact rather timely!
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It's actually really nice
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It's claret shirt, blue sleeves. Hurrah! Added bonus is the shorts and socks are right, too.
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Blimey I actually like it!
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https://www.google.ca/amp/s/cdn.footyheadlines.com/amp/5401629990717638150
If you scroll down on this link to the new Lorient kit, that in our colours would be just fine. The away one is quite nice too. Not so keen on the third
Really like their white away top. If you imagine a claret sash
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Hard to get a decent still from the video clip shared but here you go....
(https://i.ibb.co/1m5DmXP/DF761-C8-D-5-E7-F-4-AE2-8-F9-E-EF780-CAFA0-AA.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1m5DmXP)
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It’s ok. V similar to the 03-04 shirt but preferred the neck on that one. Claret shirts, blue sleeves so ticks the boxes. Prefer it when we have blue arms as opposed it over the shoulders as well but we’ve had worse. Some of the comments on Facebook are strange....”Where are the claret shorts?” says one guy. Claret shorts?
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Hard to get a decent still from the video clip shared but here you go....
(https://i.ibb.co/1m5DmXP/DF761-C8-D-5-E7-F-4-AE2-8-F9-E-EF780-CAFA0-AA.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1m5DmXP)
You can see a still picture on the official site.
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Can't get the Villa site to load so if someone could post a decent still of the whole kit on here, I'd appreciate it.
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Can only see women's variant on site at the moment, if you can get to it....
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Can't get the Villa site to load so if someone could post a decent still of the whole kit on here, I'd appreciate it.
I got in but I can't find what I'd call a decent shot of it, poor lighting imo.
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Can't get the Villa site to load so if someone could post a decent still of the whole kit on here, I'd appreciate it.
Site seems to have crashed
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https://twitter.com/SamirGaibee/status/1289490546830999552?s=19
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From Cazoo's Twitter account:
(https://i.ibb.co/zQ0gVLs/716-B009-D-A5-E1-46-E0-B311-08-E4505-FF35-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/zQ0gVLs)
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Can't get the Villa site to load so if someone could post a decent still of the whole kit on here, I'd appreciate it.
Same.
Must be Noses getting ahead of us!
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Horrible
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Hard to tell without seeing it properly but it looks ok.
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Not mad on it tbh. Colours are good, the stripes are fine but have never liked the blue on shoulder and the end of the sleeve (in a different material?) should be claret or the whole sleeve the same. The material itself seems "ribbed" which I think should feel better quality wise than last seasons's which seemed a bit "thin".
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It’s ok. Would have preferred blue v neck. I like a blue v neck
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Has anyone checked the Pantone numbers yet to confirm the appropriate claret and blue-ness?
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Not bad but I don't really like the blue shoulders.
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(https://i.ibb.co/j8WWF5D/B14-D6374-9-FC5-4-F6-E-9-FB2-B28-C623-FE40-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/j8WWF5D)
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(https://images.footballfanatics.com/aston-villa/aston-villa-home-stadium-shirt-2020-21_ss4_p-12013468+pv-1+u-5a9jeu9j2uaqxaiz2sf5+v-4f51e39cadee454e8fceccd3a30bb351.jpg?_hv=1&w=900)
(https://images.footballfanatics.com/aston-villa/aston-villa-home-stadium-shirt-2020-21_ss4_p-12013468+pv-2+u-5a9jeu9j2uaqxaiz2sf5+v-a120c46349e546bd912f9a50257bc631.jpg?_hv=1&w=900)
(https://images.footballfanatics.com/aston-villa/aston-villa-home-stadium-shirt-2020-21_ss4_p-12013468+u-5a9jeu9j2uaqxaiz2sf5+v-587e1efa9f0b413793bc3fc1ffba3bfd.jpg?_hv=1&w=900)
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It's ok. I don't really see the point of the vertical lines.
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Has to be a bit different every year, I doubt you'll notice them when they're on a person.
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It's smart, simple and just a Villa kit.
Like others, I am not mad on the stripes but they seem subtle enough.
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It's smart, simple and just a Villa kit.
Agree with that, between the sponsor and the lack of Kappa logos it's a very unfussy design compared to other club's kits. We've definitely had a lot worse.
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It's great but I will only like it if it makes people wearing it play competently.
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It's ok. I don't really see the point of the vertical lines.
I think stripes make the players go faster.
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Looks OK - but then I thought the mock up with polka dots looked OK as well so maybe I'm slipping.
This year's looks closer to the Martin Laursen/ MON era which is no bad thing. If nothing else, Kappa seem to have managed the right shade of claret after years of purple and blue from Under Armour.
Last year's kit would have been decent as well without that oversized sponsor on the front and the Chinese warning signs on the sleeve.
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It's great but I will only like it if it makes people wearing it play competently.
It's a football shirt, not a magic wand.
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The badge looks a bit far north
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Looking at villa historical kits, you forget how awful those macron kits were. Absolutely dreadful with far too much going on.
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Has to be a bit different every year, I doubt you'll notice them when they're on a person.
if I was wearing one of those tight Kappa shirts, the stripes definitely wouldn’t be vertical!
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Looking at villa historical kits, you forget how awful those macron kits were. Absolutely dreadful with far too much going on.
Going on a lot of peoples’ comments there’s much disappointment that there’s not enough going on. I don’t agree myself but it’s the same argument every year. I liked the Luke kit but only for 1-2 years, I still would always prefer the traditional design and this is traditional.
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The colours aren’t right, the stripes are awful and the less said about the yoke the better.
Why can’t they get something as simple as a football shirt right?
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The colours aren’t right, the stripes are awful and the less said about the yoke the better.
Why can’t they get something as simple as a football shirt right?
But apart from that, you quite like it?
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The colours aren’t right, the stripes are awful and the less said about the yoke the better.
Why can’t they get something as simple as a football shirt right?
But apart from that, you quite like it?
Did I mention the badge?
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I quite like it, just bought the blue away shirts and a training t-shirt. UTV.
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Bit underwhelming really. 5/10.
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The colours aren’t right, the stripes are awful and the less said about the yoke the better.
Why can’t they get something as simple as a football shirt right?
There's no matches being played and we haven't bought anyone yet. If it wasn't for the new kit you'd have nothing to moan about so be grateful.
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The colours aren’t right, the stripes are awful and the less said about the yoke the better.
Why can’t they get something as simple as a football shirt right?
There's no matches being played and we haven't bought anyone yet. If it wasn't for the new kit you'd have nothing to moan about so be grateful.
I look forward to seeing you wearing it next season.
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Who or what are Cazoo?
I like the shirt, claret with blue sleeves. The feint stripes on the claret add a bit of style to it. And I’ll say the same as I say every new season, if we play well in it and succeed it will beCome a great kit.
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The colours aren’t right, the stripes are awful and the less said about the yoke the better.
Why can’t they get something as simple as a football shirt right?
There's no matches being played and we haven't bought anyone yet. If it wasn't for the new kit you'd have nothing to moan about so be grateful.
I look forward to seeing you wearing it next season.
You should know my opinion of grown men wearing football shirts by now.
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I quite like it, just bought the blue away shirts and a training t-shirt. UTV.
Away shirts?
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I like it. Claret body, blue sleeves, few little different twists to keep it interesting, job done. 100 times better than the season just gone. Hope it's better quality this year though.
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It’s not promoting some random betting company, and looks claret and blue, so ticks my boxes.
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It’s great. It’s precisely how a Villa kit should look. All of the basic elements are on point. You don’t even see the stripes from a distance
https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1289486027732602882?s=21
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We only win cups with some sort of stripes so all good there.
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It's fine. Claret and blue and unfussy.
Not sure about the fit again, so no doubt I won't get one!
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Has anyone checked the Pantone numbers yet to confirm the appropriate claret and blue-ness?
Maybe the Villa brand guidelines have changed. Last year's kit was supposedly matched closer to the brick facades at Villa Park.
(https://i.ibb.co/LZ6gr7x/Screen-Shot-2019-07-09-at-13-15-10.png) (https://ibb.co/LZ6gr7x)
(https://i.ibb.co/ckgXFH0/Screenshot-2020-08-01-at-12-02-50.png) (https://ibb.co/ckgXFH0)
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Really nice kit. Like the 08/09 one, which was solid.
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Strange how the women's version is a v neck but the mens is rounded.
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I quite like it, just bought the blue away shirts and a training t-shirt. UTV.
Away shirts?
Sorry my typo, away shorts (or alternate home shorts).
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2020/08/01/2020-21-home-kit-gallery
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We only win cups with some sort of stripes so all good there.
Except 1996, 1977, 1975?
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(https://i.ibb.co/rQwD09T/20200801-123634.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Twg92yp)
Ninety quid!
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Is it just me or did we hardly ever wear the blue kit last season? I think we ended up wearing the green third kit more often than the blue away kit?
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(https://i.ibb.co/Zm2ZDzH/villa-kit.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Zm2ZDzH)
In reality, bland. Needs some arms to fill out the sleeves.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Zm2ZDzH/villa-kit.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Zm2ZDzH)
In reality, bland. Needs some arms to fill out the sleeves.
Or put another way, precisely as it should be. No fuss. Simple design, right colours. The away, and more specifically the third kit can be as creative as they want to be.
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Why is the sponsor above nipple level?
Why is the crest so high up it looks awkward and crooked on the shoulder?
Nah. Shite.
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T-Rex arms there.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Zm2ZDzH/villa-kit.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Zm2ZDzH)
In reality, bland. Needs some arms to fill out the sleeves.
Or put another way, precisely as it should be. No fuss. Simple design, right colours. The away, and more specifically the third kit can be as creative as they want to be.
I think the blue is too pale. The 92 Umbro sleeves had a pizzazz to them and I don't know what they call it in the industry but during the 90's kits had that kinda shiny, reflective weave pattern going on. Bring a bit of that back.
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T-Rex arms there.
🤣
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
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Why is the sponsor above nipple level?
Why is the crest so high up it looks awkward and crooked on the shoulder?
Nah. Shite.
Never clocked that until you said. Does look too high.
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
Some guy who pretends he's a DJ.
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
https://youtu.be/bJwLnupq74U
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The badge looks a bit far north
I thought that too, the crest, Kappa logo and sponsor could all do with being lower down. Having seen the full kit it's growing on me. I like the mesh type effect on the fabric and I hope Cazoo are our sponsors for some time, the plain white lettering isn't too obtrusive and it's not a gambling company.
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
https://youtu.be/bJwLnupq74U
Ta. The bit I listened to, I only heard a girl singing. Is Nathan Dawe a girl?
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
https://youtu.be/bJwLnupq74U
Ta. The bit I listened to, I only heard a girl singing. Is Nathan Dawe a girl?
Arms of a girl. He's the bloke in the shirt.
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
https://youtu.be/bJwLnupq74U
Ta. The bit I listened to, I only heard a girl singing. Is Nathan Dawe a girl?
Arms of a girl. He's the bloke in the shirt.
Haha I know that. But yes, bloke with girl arms. And voice.
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You don’t even see the stripes from a distance
I hope opposition players get a good look at stripes next season...right in their face.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
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Why is the sponsor above nipple level?
Why is the crest so high up it looks awkward and crooked on the shoulder?
Nah. Shite.
If the club crest was any further north it would be a Epaulette.
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Our new shirts were £55 when I posted earlier, they're now £57.
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I think the badge is in the spot as this years. The blue coming down off the shoulder makes it seem higher than it is. So if anything is should be slightly lower because if the blue. And of course if you’re a bloke with tits it’s going to be up around your chin.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
But it is an "active" shirt you will lose weight just by wearing it after losing 90 pounds immediately on purchase.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
I’d imagine the pro one won’t fall apart after one wash.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
As far as I can tell (from owning the standard version last season), the Pro version has a molded rubber badge/crest.
That's eh.... about the only difference I can see.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
I would imagine the pro one looks really bad on fat blokes! I certainly won't be having one!!
Am I unusual that mine from last season hasn't fallen apart yet. My daughter wears hers in the pool and it seems fine still.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
£33 it would seem.
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Training top
https://twitter.com/avfctranstweet/status/1289494539334385664?s=21
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Who’s Nathan Dawe?
https://youtu.be/bJwLnupq74U
Ta. The bit I listened to, I only heard a girl singing. Is Nathan Dawe a girl?
Arms of a girl. He's the bloke in the shirt.
Haha I know that. But yes, bloke with girl arms. And voice.
I am not sure how serious these questions are but the vocals are from the sample of the original track ‘Flowers’ by Sweet Female Attitude from 2000. Nathan Dawe gets credit as an artist for twiddling the knobs to mix it with Jaykaye’s contribution & change the beat to make it a hit in 2020.
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Meh, it's 08/09 with a shit rubber badge.
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Why can't we have a sewn on badge? I've still got mine from my first shirt that I got in 1979....my Mother was kind enough to take the badge off before she threw the shirt out without telling me when I was 12...
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Like it, looks stylish, best thing about it though is it will have a premier League badge on the sleeve
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My boy wants the new kit so I just added it all up, they want an eye watering £84. I'm not sure what normal 6 year olds are like but mine with ruin it with grass and astro turf black marks in days.
He's going to have to keep wearing the 18 to 19 season one a bit longer, nothing wrong with boys in crop tops in this day and age.
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I think it looks rather splendid indeed. Its miles better than this season's.
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Kappa must have discovered the Nike patterns in a box somewhere at VP.
Not a fan of the stripes. Otherwise it's ok, I guess.
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Do we not have a sleeve sponsor this coming season?
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Hopefully it's Visit Wakanda.
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Does anyone know where I would get the Luke home strip? I love that shirt, but couldn't afford it at the time.
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Does anyone know where I would get the Luke home strip? I love that shirt, but couldn't afford it at the time.
I wouldn’t hold your breath, mossie, I’m pretty sure I read on here a while back that you could sell a good condition used one for £50+ as they were in demand.
And I’m pretty sure, again, that someone mentioned one going for close to £100
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Does anyone know where I would get the Luke home strip? I love that shirt, but couldn't afford it at the time.
I wouldn’t hold your breath, mossie, I’m pretty sure I read on here a while back that you could sell a good condition used one for £50+ as they were in demand.
And I’m pretty sure, again, that someone mentioned one going for close to £100
Check on eBay - used Luke shirts are fetching twice the price they were new! I wish I’d got one now it would have been a good investment!
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Sound. I even entered an Instagram comp to win one, but no joy!
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(https://i.ibb.co/9321LQ8/4-D357524-03-FF-469-B-BD05-2953-A6-A2-EE16.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9321LQ8)
Those two are on Social Media. I’d say the black one is probably accurate, as it matches the one that was on a few days ago next to the home one, which turned out to be correct.
But by God , that Camo one ? Awful
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Maybe we're doing another Squaddies VHS.
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This is also on Twitter. The black one resembles what’s above and the third is based on rumours the third kit is a cream colour. I’d be happy if these are the kits.
https://twitter.com/jd_designs1/status/1290008788985028608?s=21
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I agree TV that those would be fine. The problem is that, if the unveiled home shirt is nothing to go by, the sponsor, logo and crest will be too high. Their placement on the 3 shirts above is perfect.
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That away one, in navy, brings to mind the lovely 95/96 away shirt, my first one. Less keen on it if it's in black.
The third one reminds me of the Liverpool 1996 one, when the word "ecru" was introduced to the footballing lexicon.
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But by God , that Camo one ? Awful
Where?
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But by God , that Camo one ? Awful
Where?
That's good camo.
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Looks like the away kit is black and the third choice is some light camouflage pattern monstrosity.
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They've clearly decided that they're going to have some fun with the third kits. I've actually grown to like the current green monstrosity, and it's my Tuesday night 5 aside kit of choice.
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They've clearly decided that they're going to have some fun with the third kits. I've actually grown to like the current green monstrosity, and it's my Tuesday night 5 aside kit of choice.
Reminds me of one I had as a kid when it was Asics. Horrible, but kinda good.
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The cream one is vomit inducing, god no.
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They've clearly decided that they're going to have some fun with the third kits. I've actually grown to like the current green monstrosity, and it's my Tuesday night 5 aside kit of choice.
Reminds me of one I had as a kid when it was Asics. Horrible, but kinda good.
That's what it was an homage to, wasn't it, the stripey Muller one.
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(https://i.ibb.co/VNY5q5b/D68-DC52-F-45-AA-4325-95-BA-B79-CBF9-A9357.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VNY5q5b)
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The cream one is vomit inducing, god no.
I liked it!
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The third one reminds me of the Liverpool 1996 one, when the word "ecru" was introduced to the footballing lexicon.
I thought that was an Everton hooligan firm.
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They've clearly decided that they're going to have some fun with the third kits. I've actually grown to like the current green monstrosity, and it's my Tuesday night 5 aside kit of choice.
Reminds me of one I had as a kid when it was Asics. Horrible, but kinda good.
That's what it was an homage to, wasn't it, the stripey Muller one.
Yes. The promo last year had middle-aged Tony Daley (still looking fit and ripped), Shaun Teale and one or two others (Bryan Small?) all sporting the new shirt. Was quite nice/sad (from a passing of time perspective) to see them kitted out in Villa 'colours' once more.
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I don’t really like the home one- looks usual cheap tat. Black away is not really an option for me in the unforgiving QLD sun. The cream one could work if they could shoehorn a bit of claret and blue into it.
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Yes. The promo last year had middle-aged Tony Daley (still looking fit and ripped), Shaun Teale and one or two others (Bryan Small?) all sporting the new shirt. Was quite nice/sad (from a passing of time perspective) to see them kitted out in Villa 'colours' once more.
Tony Daley is in amazing shape for a bloke his age.
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The Luke one from last year already sounds like it’s become a bit of a collectors item. Wish I’d got one of either home or away shirts.
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The Luke one from last year already sounds like it’s become a bit of a collectors item. Wish I’d got one of either home or away shirts.
Blimey, might have to consider selling mine, might start a bidding war 👍
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The Luke one from last year already sounds like it’s become a bit of a collectors item. Wish I’d got one of either home or away shirts.
Blimey, might have to consider selling mine, might start a bidding war 👍
Did you agree to a release clause upon purchase of the shirt ?
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The Luke one from last year already sounds like it’s become a bit of a collectors item. Wish I’d got one of either home or away shirts.
Blimey, might have to consider selling mine, might start a bidding war 👍
Did you agree to a release clause upon purchase of the shirt ?
😂
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I don’t really like the home one- looks usual cheap tat. Black away is not really an option for me in the unforgiving QLD sun. The cream one could work if they could shoehorn a bit of claret and blue into it.
Why does it look cheap tat? I know last seasons was poor quality, but there's nothing in the photos released that makes this look poor quality. Quite the oppisite it looks very good. It may well fall apart, but I just wondered why you thought it looked tat?
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I get Kappa isn’t the greatest but some will never be happy unless it has Puma or Nike or Adidas on it. It’s a kit. The colours are correct and the design is very traditionally Aston Villa. This years kit looks just fine And the away looks very decent in the images we’ve seen so far. The away kit has creative licence. It won’t be for everyone and it’s not meant to be.
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I just hope we aren't wearing the third kit when Jack lifts the FA Cup at Wembley in May.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
The pro version is made of stretchy, clingy material that's really tight fitting. The 'stadium' version is looser like a normal footy top.
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New shirt ordered for the wee man. Erred on the side of caution and put McGinn on the back instead. £39.
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I get Kappa isn’t the greatest but some will never be happy unless it has Puma or Nike or Adidas on it. It’s a kit. The colours are correct and the design is very traditionally Aston Villa. This years kit looks just fine And the away looks very decent in the images we’ve seen so far. The away kit has creative licence. It won’t be for everyone and it’s not meant to be.
Colours and tradition are the important bits every new season. This delivers on that.
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
The pro version is made of stretchy, clingy material that's really tight fitting. The 'stadium' version is looser like a normal footy top.
Thanks, mate. That makes sense. So the pro version is basically the one the first team play in.
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I guess so. I bought the pro version of the 3rd kit in the sale. I'd say the overall quality of the material of the shirt is better, but the numbering and lettering still started to peel off after a couple of washes.
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The pro version has to be more durable. It’s athletes chasing athletes. The other version is for fat blokes chasing pies
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
The pro version is made of stretchy, clingy material that's really tight fitting. The 'stadium' version is looser like a normal footy top.
Looser - but still slim fit, right? Or do they do "normal human fit" also?
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£90 for the “pro” shirt? Taking the piss
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 'pro' shirt and the normal one?
The pro version is made of stretchy, clingy material that's really tight fitting. The 'stadium' version is looser like a normal footy top.
Looser - but still slim fit, right? Or do they do "normal human fit" also?
Yes the non-pro Kappa kits are still very snug, and according to lots of people, at least a size smaller than they are used to.
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It actually says that in the size guide they sent out with the launch email this year. And the pro version appears to come up about two sizes out.
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The pro version has to be more durable. It’s athletes chasing athletes. The other version is for fat blokes chasing pies
I love that. It would be a fantastic advertising slogan to have above the kits in the club shop.
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So are we having new sleeve sponsors too?
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I get Kappa isn’t the greatest but some will never be happy unless it has Puma or Nike or Adidas on it. It’s a kit. The colours are correct and the design is very traditionally Aston Villa. This years kit looks just fine And the away looks very decent in the images we’ve seen so far. The away kit has creative licence. It won’t be for everyone and it’s not meant to be.
Colours and tradition are the important bits every new season. This delivers on that.
For me the blue is still far too pale to describe as correct or traditional. It's a world away from the blue of the 1980/81 home kit or the 81/82 European Cup winning kit, or even the 1957 FA Cup winning shirt.
It certainly isn't the blue from our shirts in the '90s, though I'm not saying that's a bad thing either.
It's a sort of pale powder blue, which is fine so long as we acknowledge it's not the traditional blue of our colours really.
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The new strip is fine, colours look there or thereabouts (© Brucey) although I agree the blue is still a bit too pale. I don't think the colours have been quite right since we dropped Nike or they dropped us, but the last few have been closer than the Makron fiascos.
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I like it. Colours are correct - just need it without the sponsor then very happy.
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I think the colours are spot on and it has the ultimate prerequisite of any Villa kit - Claret body, blue sleeves, white shorts, blue socks. Job done.
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Looks like the aged 5 full kit has the same size shirt as the 6 year old youth kit but is cheaper. Figure that out...
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I like the new kit.
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When are the 2nd / 3rd kits coming out?
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Just ordered the pro version.
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Just ordered the pro version.
Anyone care to tap in the open goal here? Perhaps Hen could put his crayons down for the equaliser?
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I was in the shop on Monday and was surprised there was no mention of the new shirt anywhere. I thought there might be at least a manakin showing it off, but no. Not a thing.
Just Kappa trying to get rid of what’s left, and not at what I’d call sale prices either.
I did buy myself the 1980/81 home shirt again, love the material on that one. I gave my last one to a friend who left to live in Japan.
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I was in the shop on Monday and was surprised there was no mention of the new shirt anywhere. I thought there might be at least a manakin showing it off, but no. Not a thing.
Just Kappa trying to get rid of what’s left, and not at what I’d call sale prices either.
I did buy myself the 1980/81 home shirt again, love the material on that one. I have my last one to a friend who left to live in Japan.
I still keep an eye out for a Japanese bloke in a Villa shirt wherever I go here, mate!
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I was in the shop on Monday and was surprised there was no mention of the new shirt anywhere. I thought there might be at least a manakin showing it off, but no. Not a thing.
Just Kappa trying to get rid of what’s left, and not at what I’d call sale prices either.
I did buy myself the 1980/81 home shirt again, love the material on that one. I have my last one to a friend who left to live in Japan.
I still keep an eye out for a Japanese bloke in a Villa shirt wherever I go here, mate!
You’d be unlucky to find another Japanese lad wearing an 80/81 Villa shirt that’s a bit too big for him!!
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Apparently the new kit is available in the store tomorrow. Weird as I didn’t think it was October yet.
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Apparently the new kit is available in the store tomorrow. Weird as I didn’t think it was October yet.
And probably wont be available on Sunday until mid September.
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Quality looks bad. The shirt looks bad. Yes it ticks the boxes, but never a classic.
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Quality looks bad. The shirt looks bad. Yes it ticks the boxes, but never a classic.
What are you basing your conclusion on that the quality looks bad? It clearly doesn't look bad on the released photos so are you just assuming based on last year?
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Quality looks bad. The shirt looks bad. Yes it ticks the boxes, but never a classic.
What are you basing your conclusion on that the quality looks bad? It clearly doesn't look bad on the released photos so are you just assuming based on last year?
I am. All I know is that my kits were terribly made last year, and my mate who is a Leeds fan, his Kappa kit was just as bad. I've got kits from 25 years ago that are in better nick than last year's.
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Quality looks bad. The shirt looks bad. Yes it ticks the boxes, but never a classic.
What are you basing your conclusion on that the quality looks bad? It clearly doesn't look bad on the released photos so are you just assuming based on last year?
I am. All I know is that my kits were terribly made last year, and my mate who is a Leeds fan, his Kappa kit was just as bad. I've got kits from 25 years ago that are in better nick than last year's.
I know last years were awful. But I've seen a couple of people say it looks like cheap tat and it clearly doesn't from the photos - material looks good, badge is rubber, stitching looks nice. It may well be crap with their track record, but people saying it looks bad quality seem to be jumping to conclusions.
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The club have sent out a useful kit guide with the physical shirt measurements.
Normal XL is 58cm across the chest going up and down in 3cm increments.
Pro XL is 53cm across the chest going up and down in 2cm increments.
Fits appear regular as waists are about the same size (1cm smaller) as the chests.
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Mine arrived this morning.
Have to say, looks like Kappa have taken on board some of the criticism of last year's kit. The claret has a touch more blue in the mix than last year, so it's less brick red and more what I would call 'proper' claret. And the blue sleeves are a touch stronger in colour – still a little light for me, but a better combination of our classic colours.
The rubber badge is decent – the lion is a strong pressing of the new woodcut version, which has picked up all the detail. I'd criticise the framing of the AVFC, which is too tight to the white frame. And the font is still Chelsea Studio, which is an absolute crime against humanity.
The large seems a touch more generous, particularly in the neck. Can actually get my head through it without needing a team of assistants on standby.
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My lads arrived today. The material seems better quality when comparing it with last years and it’s also bigger sizing wise (kids 8)
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Mine arrived this morning.
Have to say, looks like Kappa have taken on board some of the criticism of last year's kit. The claret has a touch more blue in the mix than last year, so it's less brick red and more what I would call 'proper' claret. And the blue sleeves are a touch stronger in colour – still a little light for me, but a better combination of our classic colours.
The rubber badge is decent – the lion is a strong pressing of the new woodcut version, which has picked up all the detail. I'd criticise the framing of the AVFC, which is too tight to the white frame. And the font is still Chelsea Studio, which is an absolute crime against humanity.
The large seems a touch more generous, particularly in the neck. Can actually get my head through it without needing a team of assistants on standby.
Chelsea Studio? Still Stempel Garamond Bold I think.
I forget the Prepared isn’t on the badge anymore, what was the ?microsoft font that sent shudders? I was just curious if it had been removed everywhere:
Quick google brought up this Dec 2019 20mins YouTube stadium tour, largely gone from my quick scrolling but saw it is still in the players lounge, but more interestingly some artefacts in there (at 11mims 40) I don’t remember seeing before like a tankard given by Bayern in 82.
https://youtu.be/4YHoghgxkTg
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Mine arrived this morning.
Have to say, looks like Kappa have taken on board some of the criticism of last year's kit. The claret has a touch more blue in the mix than last year, so it's less brick red and more what I would call 'proper' claret. And the blue sleeves are a touch stronger in colour – still a little light for me, but a better combination of our classic colours.
The rubber badge is decent – the lion is a strong pressing of the new woodcut version, which has picked up all the detail. I'd criticise the framing of the AVFC, which is too tight to the white frame. And the font is still Chelsea Studio, which is an absolute crime against humanity.
The large seems a touch more generous, particularly in the neck. Can actually get my head through it without needing a team of assistants on standby.
Chelsea Studio? Still Stempel Garamond Bold I think.
I forget the Prepared isn’t on the badge anymore, what was the ?microsoft font that sent shudders? I was just curious if it had been removed everywhere:
Quick google brought up this Dec 2019 20mins YouTube stadium tour, largely gone from my quick scrolling but saw it is still in the players lounge, but more interestingly some artefacts in there (at 11mims 40) I don’t remember seeing before like a tankard given by Bayern in 82.
https://youtu.be/4YHoghgxkTg
Gah, you're quite right. The Chelsea Studio font was the prepared. Yep, Stempel Garamond is the AVFC.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
I thought that about the badge but wondered if the blue coming across the top was making it seem a little higher than it was. Now you’ve seen it in the flesh, it does seem strange positioning.
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Yes, it's just really, really high up! Odd. Other than that, I think it's the best kit for years, second only to the white Luke away kit.
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Arrived today - absolutely no complaints.
Top job Kappa and AVFC
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
I thought that about the badge but wondered if the blue coming across the top was making it seem a little higher than it was. Now you’ve seen it in the flesh, it does seem strange positioning.
There might have been a clause in the Sponsor's contract that the logo had to be in a certain place and of a certain size.
Are there any other clubs with the same sponsor? might be worth looking to see where their badge is placed.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
I thought that about the badge but wondered if the blue coming across the top was making it seem a little higher than it was. Now you’ve seen it in the flesh, it does seem strange positioning.
There might have been a clause in the Sponsor's contract that the logo had to be in a certain place and of a certain size.
Are there any other clubs with the same sponsor? might be worth looking to see where their badge is placed.
Everton have the same as us, I think!
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Everything is technically in the same place as last season but the new sponsor logo is just one horizontal line compared to the massive vertical size of the W88 logo which gave everything a different perspective. Not only that but the Cazoo logo is by nature a lot thinner than the 'W' from the top line of last year's sponsor
All that being said -- the badge is still much too high, as it is on all Kappa kits, and doesn't look right at all, regardless of sponsor placement IMO. Part of me wants to say that's just the style now, but Arsenal can have the best of both worlds with a stylish contemporary kit that still looks wearable around the house or out shopping, so I'm not sure why we can't have that.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
I thought that about the badge but wondered if the blue coming across the top was making it seem a little higher than it was. Now you’ve seen it in the flesh, it does seem strange positioning.
There might have been a clause in the Sponsor's contract that the logo had to be in a certain place and of a certain size.
Are there any other clubs with the same sponsor? might be worth looking to see where their badge is placed.
Everton have the same as us, I think!
Yes they do - it looks equally naff on their kit too
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
How's the sizing compared to non-kappa sizes? I use XL normally (Nike, Luke etc)
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
How's the sizing compared to non-kappa sizes? I use XL normally (Nike, Luke etc)
The club have sent out a useful kit guide with the physical shirt measurements.
Normal XL is 58cm across the chest going up and down in 3cm increments.
Pro XL is 53cm across the chest going up and down in 2cm increments.
Fits appear regular as waists are about the same size (1cm smaller) as the chests.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
I thought that about the badge but wondered if the blue coming across the top was making it seem a little higher than it was. Now you’ve seen it in the flesh, it does seem strange positioning.
There might have been a clause in the Sponsor's contract that the logo had to be in a certain place and of a certain size.
Are there any other clubs with the same sponsor? might be worth looking to see where their badge is placed.
Logo size and placement on a shirt is strictly controlled by Premier League reguations, so that's not a reason for the odd badge placement.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
How's the sizing compared to non-kappa sizes? I use XL normally (Nike, Luke etc)
I'd say with Kappa you'd normally want a size up compared to every other manufacturer we've ever had.
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My new kit arrived today. It's a really nice kit to be fair, and feels decent quality as well, although I'll reserve judgement on that until it's washed after I wear it tonight for 5 aside. The only slight criticism I'd have of it is design-wise that the badge is far too high up towards the shoulder. It looks really odd positioned like that.
How's the sizing compared to non-kappa sizes? I use XL normally (Nike, Luke etc)
For the Luke kits I had an L, for the Kappa kits an XL, if you had XL for Like then for the Kappa I would go XXL
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Wore mine last night for five aside. One of the other lads is a Burnley fan, and he was wearing his home top. Went for a pint in the pub afterwards, and some old boy asked us if we were West Ham fans.
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It’s definitely far too high up and also on the training top I wear out running.
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Wore mine last night for five aside. One of the other lads is a Burnley fan, and he was wearing his home top. Went for a pint in the pub afterwards, and some old boy asked us if we were West Ham fans.
Hahaha! Twat obviously.
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Wore mine last night for five aside. One of the other lads is a Burnley fan, and he was wearing his home top. Went for a pint in the pub afterwards, and some old boy asked us if we were West Ham fans.
Hahaha! Twat obviously.
Who was it on here that encountered a Burnley fan sporting one of our shirts that they'd bought because it was cheaper? Tickled me, that.
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Saw someone in the new Albion shirt the other day, they must have saved a few quid on price tags.
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Who was it on here that encountered a Burnley fan sporting one of our shirts that they'd bought because it was cheaper? Tickled me, that.
I said that to a bloke in Wetherspoons. In Barrow in Furness. He said, ‘I’m a Burnley fan but it was in the sale and it’s the same colours.’
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Wore mine last night for five aside. One of the other lads is a Burnley fan, and he was wearing his home top. Went for a pint in the pub afterwards, and some old boy asked us if we were West Ham fans.
That was David Cameron
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Who was it on here that encountered a Burnley fan sporting one of our shirts that they'd bought because it was cheaper? Tickled me, that.
I said that to a bloke in Wetherspoons. In Barrow in Furness. He said, ‘I’m a Burnley fan but it was in the sale and it’s the same colours.’
Ffs, mike, please tell me you originally recounted that incident long before then, otherwise it's a trip to the doctor's for me. I'd swear I dragged that memory up from the depths!
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Saw someone in the new Albion shirt the other day, they must have saved a few quid on price tags.
It’s flippin awful 🤮
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When are we expecting the away and third kits to be launched/released? Have they announced any details yet?
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My complete (slightly educated) guess is that the positioning of the badge and logo is dictated by two things:
1) The different shape of the sponsor name compared to the big W of last year, meaning that the natural inclination of the designer would be to shuffle the sponsor logo south on the shirt design away from the badge.
2) Villa setting a brief which was to have absolute consistency across the men's, women's and kids shirts; with Cazoo not wanting their logo to sit on (tries to think of a way to describe this best) the south face of the fuller-breasted wearer. Primarily for the female figure, but certainly enough male wearers too.
So, Kappa presented two choices – either have slightly different positionings for the different gender versions; or have everything a bit further north across the board.
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I know why the badge would be higher if i put one of the shirts on.
It'd be riding high pushed up by the bulge of my bitch tits.
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I like it. Could be a rare end of season purchase for me, assuming nothing too unpleasant happens in it.
I'm sure you've all already got several copies, but if anyone still wants the 1980 home and away shirts Kitbag are selling them for £24.50 on ebay.
Sizes limited for the home.
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I like it. Could be a rare end of season purchase for me, assuming nothing too unpleasant happens in it.
I'm sure you've all already got several copies, but if anyone still wants the 1980 home and away shirts Kitbag are selling them for £24.50 on ebay.
Sizes limited for the home.
Thanks.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333106313189
L & XL sold out alas, so only S,M,2XL @ £24.50 delivered.
As I was there thought I’d check what baby stuff was on there.
No words.
(https://i.ibb.co/p0BtmYn/4-C809748-5031-47-D1-8-FA0-CCA9-B3-A84988.png) (https://ibb.co/p0BtmYn)
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I'm sure you've all already got several copies, but if anyone still wants the 1980 home and away shirts Kitbag are selling them for £24.50 on ebay.
Sizes limited for the home.
What's the fit like on them? On the official site the L for retro is listed as 41-44in chest which is normally XL territory.
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Yep, generous. I'm normally XL but would've been better with L. We were bigger in every way in 1980.
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Cheers Hopadop, just wanted to confirm the generic sizes given were accurate and especially helpful you're in the L/XL range.
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I like it. Could be a rare end of season purchase for me, assuming nothing too unpleasant happens in it.
I'm sure you've all already got several copies, but if anyone still wants the 1980 home and away shirts Kitbag are selling them for £24.50 on ebay.
Sizes limited for the home.
Thanks.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333106313189
L & XL sold out alas, so only S,M,2XL @ £24.50 delivered.
As I was there thought I’d check what baby stuff was on there.
No words.
(https://i.ibb.co/p0BtmYn/4-C809748-5031-47-D1-8-FA0-CCA9-B3-A84988.png) (https://ibb.co/p0BtmYn)
Oh dear! Any ideas on where to buy Villa baby stuff, purpletrousers? There used to be loads of stuff in the club shop, but nowadays, not so much; online anyway.
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Training gear now online at the OS Store....pretty nice tbf.
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Travel gear apparently. Very nice
https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1295660441931259904?s=21
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I know why the badge would be higher if i put one of the shirts on.
It'd be riding high pushed up by the bulge of my bitch tits.
Coffee has exited my nose
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Travel gear apparently. Very nice
https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1295660441931259904?s=21
Very smart.
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Gorgeous gear, particularly that zipper top. However it's 80 bloody euro. Would want to know how it fits first before I even thought about shelling that out. I'm assuming it's the usual non-flattering Kappa cut
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Oh dear! Any ideas on where to buy Villa baby stuff, purpletrousers? There used to be loads of stuff in the club shop, but nowadays, not so much; online anyway.
To be fair in searching to answer your question I just found a villa version about hating blues before being able to walk. I know I’ll get told it’s lighthearted banter by some -as with chanting- but crikey i’d never want to dress an innocent babe in ‘hate’.
I was lucky I did a decent buy up in a club shop online sale a couple of years ago when little AV was far from cooked, so at least #2 (if baking goes well) has a few age ranges of stuff to inherit.
I’m not sure where else to try having done a google, eBay had some 2nd hand sometimes, though I wonder if folk here have some lying around they’d be happy to pass on/sell? I’d be interested too!
Now wishing I hadn’t given my 6/7/8yr old early eighties classics to the homeless kids in Kampala (kinda... hadn’t realised I’d have my own nippers)
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Gorgeous gear, particularly that zipper top.
The sky blue 1/4 zip training top and the white and claret travel polo are the standouts for me.
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The sky blue 1/4 zip top is sold out in adult sizes already. I just ordered the black one, couple of the sky blue ones for the kids, 3 of the claret matchday sweatshirts, couple of those 80's looking t-shirts with the Kappa sleeves and a few other bits. 300 quid doesn't go very far when you're after this stuff! Though I don't buy the replica shirts and I still wear training gear from almost 20 years ago so I can just about justify it.
Anyone interested in getting anything from the online store I just used the code "AVFCAFF" and got 10% off the full priced stuff.
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Mightily impressed with the training gear, and I even like the new kit.
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I like it. Could be a rare end of season purchase for me, assuming nothing too unpleasant happens in it.
I'm sure you've all already got several copies, but if anyone still wants the 1980 home and away shirts Kitbag are selling them for £24.50 on ebay.
Sizes limited for the home.
Thanks.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333106313189
L & XL sold out alas, so only S,M,2XL @ £24.50 delivered.
As I was there thought I’d check what baby stuff was on there.
No words.
(https://i.ibb.co/p0BtmYn/4-C809748-5031-47-D1-8-FA0-CCA9-B3-A84988.png) (https://ibb.co/p0BtmYn)
I took this photo of a full grown adult in Leamington in 2013.
(https://i.imgur.com/eSlttM0l.jpg)
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Well I've worn the new home kit for the last two weeks at 5 aside, and so far it's holding up pretty well. Last year's away kit was falling to bits after one wash. A few people have commented on what a nice kit it is.
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Oh dear! Any ideas on where to buy Villa baby stuff, purpletrousers? There used to be loads of stuff in the club shop, but nowadays, not so much; online anyway.
To be fair in searching to answer your question I just found a villa version about hating blues before being able to walk. I know I’ll get told it’s lighthearted banter by some -as with chanting- but crikey i’d never want to dress an innocent babe in ‘hate’.
I was lucky I did a decent buy up in a club shop online sale a couple of years ago when little AV was far from cooked, so at least #2 (if baking goes well) has a few age ranges of stuff to inherit.
I’m not sure where else to try having done a google, eBay had some 2nd hand sometimes, though I wonder if folk here have some lying around they’d be happy to pass on/sell? I’d be interested too!
Now wishing I hadn’t given my 6/7/8yr old early eighties classics to the homeless kids in Kampala (kinda... hadn’t realised I’d have my own nippers)
Cheers mate, info much appreciated! Will have a look about on ebay then. Little one arriving in the next couple of weeks, though definitely won't be decking her out in anti-blues tat!
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I too like the training gear. I've just ordered the white fleece training top for when the nights turn a bit nippier.
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I'm taking the wee man to Villa Park for a tour tomorrow and forsee a fleecing in the club shop for a new jacket. They do look pretty smart though.
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Oh dear! Any ideas on where to buy Villa baby stuff, purpletrousers? There used to be loads of stuff in the club shop, but nowadays, not so much; online anyway.
To be fair in searching to answer your question I just found a villa version about hating blues before being able to walk. I know I’ll get told it’s lighthearted banter by some -as with chanting- but crikey i’d never want to dress an innocent babe in ‘hate’.
I was lucky I did a decent buy up in a club shop online sale a couple of years ago when little AV was far from cooked, so at least #2 (if baking goes well) has a few age ranges of stuff to inherit.
I’m not sure where else to try having done a google, eBay had some 2nd hand sometimes, though I wonder if folk here have some lying around they’d be happy to pass on/sell? I’d be interested too!
Now wishing I hadn’t given my 6/7/8yr old early eighties classics to the homeless kids in Kampala (kinda... hadn’t realised I’d have my own nippers)
Cheers mate, info much appreciated! Will have a look about on ebay then. Little one arriving in the next couple of weeks, though definitely won't be decking her out in anti-blues tat!
Found some links will pm you. Was going to urge the H&V masses to cough up some old baby gear that could be losing around but I guess sending it out to Japan not quite as easy as cheap & cheerful Uk couriers...
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Oh dear! Any ideas on where to buy Villa baby stuff, purpletrousers? There used to be loads of stuff in the club shop, but nowadays, not so much; online anyway.
To be fair in searching to answer your question I just found a villa version about hating blues before being able to walk. I know I’ll get told it’s lighthearted banter by some -as with chanting- but crikey i’d never want to dress an innocent babe in ‘hate’.
I was lucky I did a decent buy up in a club shop online sale a couple of years ago when little AV was far from cooked, so at least #2 (if baking goes well) has a few age ranges of stuff to inherit.
I’m not sure where else to try having done a google, eBay had some 2nd hand sometimes, though I wonder if folk here have some lying around they’d be happy to pass on/sell? I’d be interested too!
Now wishing I hadn’t given my 6/7/8yr old early eighties classics to the homeless kids in Kampala (kinda... hadn’t realised I’d have my own nippers)
Cheers mate, info much appreciated! Will have a look about on ebay then. Little one arriving in the next couple of weeks, though definitely won't be decking her out in anti-blues tat!
Found some links will pm you. Was going to urge the H&V masses to cough up some old baby gear that could be losing around but I guess sending it out to Japan not quite as easy as cheap & cheerful Uk couriers...
That's very kind of you, mate. But yeah, Japan is a bit of a way. I'm going to email the club and ask them about baby stuff, also. Was in the old New Street shop in 2016, and they had loads of baby stuff. Maybe there isn't a big demand?
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The sky blue 1/4 zip top is sold out in adult sizes already. I just ordered the black one, couple of the sky blue ones for the kids,
Assuming they'll be bringing in more stock at some stage it seems strange to take them off the site before the season even starts. Surely better to leave the image up on the site to 'whet the appetite' albeit showing Not Available or Sold Out atm.
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I notice that our new sponsor is prominent on nearly every garment, moreso than usual.
When it's more noticeable than the club badge and sportswear brand (ie Kappa) on a club jacket/casual polo shirt...it kinda puts me off no matter how nice the item looks.
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I notice that our new sponsor is prominent on nearly every garment, moreso than usual.
When it's more noticeable than the club badge and sportswear brand (ie Kappa) on a club jacket/casual polo shirt...it kinda puts me off no matter how nice the item looks.
I know what you're saying and it wouldn't normally be to my tastes, but assuming it's part of a deal that guarantees extra revenue to the club, I'm willing to live with it. Cazoo are just being savvy because they know supporters (and neutrals, to be fair) are increasingly consuming additional club content such as social media posts. Probably also preparing for a world where we can tune in to the odd training session via Villa TV in the not-too-distant future, which guarantees the sponsor more exposure. There'll always be the option of generic Villa merch that doesn't have the sponsor on it, polo shirts and whatnot, so that avenue is available for anyone who wants something 'plainer'. But then, I don't generally tend to buy training gear, as I don't do much training ;)
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And at least it's not some random Far East dodgy betting concern.
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And at least it's not some random Far East dodgy betting concern.
Amen, or any betting concern for that matter.
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And at least it's not some random Far East dodgy betting concern.
I hope you're not insinuating that Far East betting concerns might be dodgy.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/wigan-athletic-relegation-administration-latest-efl-chairman-rick-parry-bet-gambling-philippines-a9599176.html
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I imagine Cazoo have paid a bit more in exchange for their logo being on more of the clothing range. Wonder if they've paid more to have exclusivity on the shirts too, seeing as how there's no 'official sleeve partner' this season.
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Hope so, no official sleeve partner is a good thing, the less clutter on a shirt the better.
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I'm pleased it's nothing to do with gambling too. Oh, hold on, it's a used car website!
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I'm pleased it's nothing to do with gambling too. Oh, hold on, it's a used car website!
I don't think second hand car addiction is quite such a blight on society!
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I'm pleased it's nothing to do with gambling too. Oh, hold on, it's a used car website!
I don't think second hand car addiction is quite such a blight on society!
More that buying one is such a gamble, no?
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Hope so, no official sleeve partner is a good thing, the less clutter on a shirt the better.
This. I’ve always thought we’d end up like France with sponsors literally everywhere!
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If it means a decent amount of money into the club then I couldn't care less if we have a sleeve sponsor tbh.
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I'm pleased it's nothing to do with gambling too. Oh, hold on, it's a used car website!
I don't think second hand car addiction is quite such a blight on society!
More that buying one is such a gamble, no?
I for one welcome our new car dealer shirt sponsorship overlords! They say that all cars have a 150 point check, are serviced and have an MOT where appropriate, and all come with a 90 day warranty and break down cover.
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Good enough for me!
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A bit annoying that all the training gear now has a sponsor logo on it. Over the years i have tended to buy the training gear t-shirts as they aren't ruined by sponsors logos, and IMO don't age as quickly.
Have a nice selection of Nike, UA, and Luke training gear with just a Villa badge, i think they look better as training gear, i.e wearing them to the gym, running, cycling etc', than a football shirt.
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I'm pleased it's nothing to do with gambling too. Oh, hold on, it's a used car website!
I don't think second hand car addiction is quite such a blight on society!
More that buying one is such a gamble, no?
I for one welcome our new car dealer shirt sponsorship overlords! They say that all cars have a 150 point check, are serviced and have an MOT where appropriate, and all come with a 90 day warranty and break down cover.
Indeed re the gamble. And agree with being happy with them. Especially as its something new and a bit different. Let's hope we don't curse them.
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Good to see such opprobrium for betting industry sponsors.
It is consistent with the Lerner years, when there was such outrage on here at taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a family which made its fortune from ruthlessly marketed and targeted predatory lending.
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I for one welcome our new car dealer shirt sponsorship overlords! They say that all cars have a 150 point check, are serviced and have an MOT where appropriate, and all come with a 90 day warranty and break down cover.
Oh my god, they've got him!
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Good to see such opprobrium for betting industry sponsors.
It is consistent with the Lerner years, when there was such outrage on here at taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a family which made its fortune from ruthlessly marketed and targeted predatory lending.
I've no issue with gambling, I do it myself. However, the grip it has taken over the game is of concern.
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If you subscribe to the Fixtures calendar from the OS, you get a link to 10% off the kit.
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Good to see such opprobrium for betting industry sponsors.
It is consistent with the Lerner years, when there was such outrage on here at taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a family which made its fortune from ruthlessly marketed and targeted predatory lending.
One thing I'd love to know. We support a club in the most commercialised, money-grubbing league in the world, one which is driven by the fear that someone, somewhere, is unable to spend their every available penny, cent or yen on Premier League product. And yet we get sniffy about an 'unethical' sponsor. Why? Our entire existence is unethical, so why get so worked up about whether or not we get money from a bookie?
And we're owned by somebody who owes a fair bit of his fortune to credit cards, which are the very work of the devil.
:)
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Good to see such opprobrium for betting industry sponsors.
It is consistent with the Lerner years, when there was such outrage on here at taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a family which made its fortune from ruthlessly marketed and targeted predatory lending.
One thing I'd love to know. We support a club in the most commercialised, money-grubbing league in the world, one which is driven by the fear that someone, somewhere, is unable to spend their every available penny, cent or yen on Premier League product. And yet we get sniffy about an 'unethical' sponsor. Why? Our entire existence is unethical, so why get so worked up about whether or not we get money from a bookie?
And we're owned by somebody who owes a fair bit of his fortune to credit cards, which are the very work of the devil.
:)
Top arse covering there.
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Good to see such opprobrium for betting industry sponsors.
It is consistent with the Lerner years, when there was such outrage on here at taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a family which made its fortune from ruthlessly marketed and targeted predatory lending.
One thing I'd love to know. We support a club in the most commercialised, money-grubbing league in the world, one which is driven by the fear that someone, somewhere, is unable to spend their every available penny, cent or yen on Premier League product. And yet we get sniffy about an 'unethical' sponsor. Why? Our entire existence is unethical, so why get so worked up about whether or not we get money from a bookie?
And we're owned by somebody who owes a fair bit of his fortune to credit cards, which are the very work of the devil.
:)
ha ha, i remember that discussion
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I remember now, I remember how it started, I can't remember yesterday...
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Good to see such opprobrium for betting industry sponsors.
It is consistent with the Lerner years, when there was such outrage on here at taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a family which made its fortune from ruthlessly marketed and targeted predatory lending.
I've no issue with gambling, I do it myself. However, the grip it has taken over the game is of concern.
I'd agree with that to be honest.
My problem with the industry is the greed - they never know when enough is enough, particularly around advertising.
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I've said this before and I can't remember the exact words, but someone once wrote about how the Premier League had been uniquely successful in persuading supporters that it was their duty to hand over money to their club. Put that together with gambling's insatiable greed and you have a dangerous formula.
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Most gambling advertisers these days are aimed at people watching on telly in Asian markets.
I watched a match since the restart with a shirt with a chinese-character gambling company name on. That plus the match taking part in an empty stadium with shit fake noise over the top from Sky, it's like the ultimate proof the match-going fans don't matter.
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I'd agree with that to be honest.
My problem with the industry is the greed - they never know when enough is enough, particularly around advertising.
Apart from Paddy Power obviously because that's "top bantz"! ;)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef8v6pBXgAEHB-O?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
new away kit
https://twitter.com/AVFCchats/status/1296809632334319628?s=20
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJ2gW-K4pL/?igshid=bewjy8q6n9y9
It's very nice.
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Thank looks awesome. I mean, it would look better if it didn't say 'CAZOO' in the middle in giant letters, but still. Very nice.
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Don't like the fact that Grealish is nowhere to be seen in this marketing material. As captain, he should be first in line surely?
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I like it.
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Don't like the fact that Grealish is nowhere to be seen in this marketing material. As captain, he should be first in line surely?
It doesn't matter really does it?
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Why would they risk it?
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Why would they risk it?
Yeah, I get that.... But with him not being part of the kit launch, it broadcasts to the world that the club isn't 100% confident he's staying. I was quietly confident he was going nowhere this summer, but little things like this sew seeds of doubt into your head.
Also, it doesn't send out a very strong message to the clubs who are potentially after him? I'd have had him front and center, villa badge tattoed on his forehead, transfer or no transfer! ;)
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£100m and they will no doubt consider it...
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It's absolutely lovely even if the logos and badge are still too high. Nicest away kit for some time, really like the collar.
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Two lovely kits this year, the training gear looks superb also. Hats off to Kappa I’d say.
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Why would they risk it?
Yeah, I get that.... But with him not being part of the kit launch, it broadcasts to the world that the club isn't 100% confident he's staying. I was quietly confident he was going nowhere this summer, but little things like this sew seeds of doubt into your head.
Also, it doesn't send out a very strong message to the clubs who are potentially after him? I'd have had him front and center, villa badge tattoed on his forehead, transfer or no transfer! ;)
Maybe they have reason not to be. Perhaps they've asked Jack to sit down and discuss a new deal and he's said no for the time being. In that scenario it's hardly the club's fault if they've thought better of putting him front and centre in kit launch photos.
The reality is the same as I've been saying all along, we won't know for sure if he's staying until the window closes. Images of the kit don't give me greater or lesser confidence either way, personally.
Everyone's waiting to see what happens, and if I were a betting man I'd say that includes Jack aswell.
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That away shirt is lush as fcuk. Shades of 95/96.
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It's blummin gorgeous, that. I could possibly perhaps maybe be tempted to get meself one of those before the end of season sale.
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Ordered mine already, it’s a beauty! I’m normally a large but went XL, was that the right thing to do?
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Don't like the fact that Grealish is nowhere to be seen in this marketing material. As captain, he should be first in line surely?
Not everybody has a schoolgirl crush on Jack Grealish. Some of us prefer Super John McGinn.
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Ordered mine already, it’s a beauty! I’m normally a large but went XL, was that the right thing to do?
Depends on your build. L is 22" across the chest, XL is a shade over 23". Appears to be a slimmish fit.
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Don't like the fact that Grealish is nowhere to be seen in this marketing material. As captain, he should be first in line surely?
Not everybody has a schoolgirl crush on Jack Grealish. Some of us prefer Super John McGinn.
And some of us prefer Ramona Petzelberger but cada louco com sua mania. ;)
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Don't like the fact that Grealish is nowhere to be seen in this marketing material. As captain, he should be first in line surely?
Not everybody has a schoolgirl crush on Jack Grealish. Some of us prefer Super John McGinn.
And some of us prefer Ramona Petzelberger but cada louco com sua mania. ;)
Remove her eye liner and she's a SJM double.
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i have seen worse.
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I thought it was navy rather than black, not as keen now but its still nice. The wording on the website mentions it being only the third black shirt we've had in the past decade as if that colour is a natural Villa colour.
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We'd played in black before we'd ever played in claret and blue.
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I've said this before and I can't remember the exact words, but someone once wrote about how the Premier League had been uniquely successful in persuading supporters that it was their duty to hand over money to their club. Put that together with gambling's insatiable greed and you have a dangerous formula.
I agree. An example was with Covid, when lots of people seemed prepared to let the club keep what was left.
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I've said this before and I can't remember the exact words, but someone once wrote about how the Premier League had been uniquely successful in persuading supporters that it was their duty to hand over money to their club. Put that together with gambling's insatiable greed and you have a dangerous formula.
I agree. An example was with Covid, when lots of people seemed prepared to let the club keep what was left.
Which leads me onto that great unfathomable from a few years ago: "I'd rather buy it from the Villa Village so the club gets the extra," even when Villa are charging an extra five quid more than Sports Direct, or whoever. In effect they were donating £5 to a multi-million pound business.
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We'd played in black before we'd ever played in claret and blue.
Fair point. Is that what it's a nod to, I wonder.
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I'm generally always happy with away or change kits so long as they aren't yellow; be they white, sky blue, grey, torquiose, green, or indeed black
Anything but fucking yellow
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I'm generally always happy with away or change kits so long as they aren't yellow; be they white, sky blue, grey, torquiose, green, or indeed black
Anything but fucking yellow
Agree with this but prefer white with claret shorts, light blue or mostly black for the away kits. I liked the recent black Unibet kit but always thought the claret band should have been the background to the sponsor logo leaving the badge and UA logo uncluttered on the main part of the shirt.
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Agree with this but prefer white with claret shorts, light blue or mostly black socks for the away kits.
FTFY. Happy days on the road up and down the country seeing up turn up in style and do the business.
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It looks dark blue to me.
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(https://i.ibb.co/ggc8Bnr/Screenshot-20200821-195733.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ggc8Bnr)
it's definitely black with narrow claret pin stripes.
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Fair enough. I regularly have a contretemps with the other half about the colour of garments. I can't believe that the Villa, and the posters of H&V, suffer the same warped perception as she does!
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Can’t wait for the 3rd kit now. Will it be a full house of lovely looking kits?
Heard a rumour for grey!
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Fair enough. I regularly have a contretemps with the other half about the colour of garments. I can't believe that the Villa, and the posters of H&V, suffer the same warped perception as she does!
We're friends with a couple who just bought a new house and they're decorating it currently. Both colourblind. Have been privy to some very entertaining conversations.
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Can’t wait for the 3rd kit now. Will it be a full house of lovely looking kits?
Heard a rumour for grey!
I think the suggestion was it was a rather horrendous grey/white camouflage design, like something you’d wear to invade Finland.
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Have you been reading my emails?
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Have you been reading my emails?
Нет, товарищ. Ваши секреты в безопасности.
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She swore she was on the pill.
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Have you been reading my emails?
Нет, товарищ. Ваши секреты в безопасности.
I would like to invite you both to a cocktail party. No need to lock your house my people will look after that.
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Can’t wait for the 3rd kit now. Will it be a full house of lovely looking kits?
Heard a rumour for grey!
I think the suggestion was it was a rather horrendous grey/white camouflage design, like something you’d wear to invade Finland.
Oh well, full house is well and truly fked then ;D
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Ordered mine already, it’s a beauty! I’m normally a large but went XL, was that the right thing to do?
Yes , if the sizes match the home. I’m usually a large , but visited the club shop, and definitely an Xl.
*this could also be due to being an idle sod in lockdown.
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Been checking out the online shop. Some of this years gear aside from the kits is absolutely superb. The Kappa retro stuff especially. If Kappa, who must have listened, or changed personnel to improve design and production are going to make these kind of products I have no issue them sticking around. The last thing I want to see is a “me too” Adidas kit that every other team with Adidas has.
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Stood in a queue at VP for the new away shirt as looked the best I've seen. Have to say the marketing images make it look a lot better than it does in the flesh.
Lots of people buying it buy I chose 2 t shirts for same price.
Shame as I loved it as it looked on line
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It seems we have Premier League kits and gear again.
I do wonder if last year's was a reflection of not knowing where we'd be.
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What didn't you like about it in the flesh, Hooky - the style or the quality?
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It seems we have Premier League kits and gear again.
I do wonder if last year's was a reflection of not knowing where we'd be.
Tbf I don't think these have been knocked up in the last 4 weeks.....and it isn't as if we we knew where we would be this year!
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What didn't you like about it in the flesh, Hooky - the style or the quality?
The feel was no where what I thought it would be after looking at the hi res images. There is a definite difference between the pro fit ones and regular ones. If you look at the images the shirt looks like it is textured, the pro one feels like it is the regular one feels like it is printed.
It might sound trivial but it could help if the stuff on show was ironed as that might make them look better.
Must admit though that the general quality of most items in store looks a lot better than previous
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I went to the store yesterday to pick up a white and a light blue training top. Only sizes left are xxxl! Same with the black training top, no stock in medium. The assistant said go online but it's no better unless you want small or xxxl. Training tops are smart and good value at £32.00. No idea when new stock is arriving....
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I’d like to think we’d planned for a larger than normal demand for gear on the back of our achievement in staying up. Then again...
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With no match day sales for who knows how long maybe they went on the side of caution with quantities
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I went to the store yesterday to pick up a white and a light blue training top. Only sizes left are xxxl! Same with the black training top, no stock in medium. The assistant said go online but no it's better unless you want small or xxxl. Training tops are smart and good value at £32.00. No idea when new stock is arriving....
Standard. We really, really need to get better at this stuff.
Can they not preview/launch the fucking kit and gear designs earlier in the year and put out expression of interest forms or a survey? Then use those figures as indicatives for stock orders.
We've got the coaches trying to use fucking xG as a performance metric and possibly as predictive, meanwhile it seems there is no effort to improve our retail estimates to optimize sales revenue.
I do retail sales forecasting and metrics for an airport, it's not like it's difficult to get this stuff right.
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Sounds like there might be a vacancy for you. Ready to leave Dub for Brum?
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Sounds like there might be a vacancy for you. Ready to leave Dub for Brum?
I think I'd care too much! 😂
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Maybe we can't shake that ol' Brummie pessimism, thinking that just because we sold loads last year and the year before that doesn't mean we will again this.
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Every season, the success of selling our gear seems to come as a surprise to whoever runs this side of things. The usual grumble is that kids kits sell out way before Xmas, which has become a tradition now at VP.
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With multi millions coming from the TV money and multi billionaire owners, is it too much to ask the club to order enough shirts etc. to satisfy demand??
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Local retailers had no supply at at till after xmas last season.
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I can't wait to buy this little lot, even if it isn't Kappa.
(https://i.ibb.co/P66vnd1/01c.jpg)
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My eyes are bleeding!
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What in fucks name is that?
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I can't wait to buy this little lot, even if it isn't Kappa.
The Hawaiian shirt was much nicer.
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My eyes are bleeding!
However, it’s a thing of beauty compared to the baggies 3rd kit 😂
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Crikey PWS, that’s like something I’d see in Trago Mills. If none of you had the delight of Devon or Cornwall’s Trago Mills, you’ve not missed out! Good for carpets mind.
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That looks like the bloody awful Nutmeg shit from the early 90s. Tazmanian Devil in a Villa shirt and the like. Wellsbourne Market tat.
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
Bloody hell, that and the Baggies third kit are awful.
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It's a bit Rave On '91.
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I like the new away top- looks quite classy. Doubt I’ll get one though-black nylon and Qld sun/ humidity is never a wise combination! Even the home shirt has grown on me a bit. We’ve had a lot worse. Are we having a third kit, or do we think we’ve got all the bases covered with c&b and black?
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I like the new away top- looks quite classy. Doubt I’ll get one though-black nylon and Qld sun/ humidity is never a wise combination! Even the home shirt has grown on me a bit. We’ve had a lot worse. Are we having a third kit, or do we think we’ve got all the bases covered with c&b and black?
Or course we’ll have a third kit, there’s money to be made.
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
That's worse than the Albion one which is saying something.
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A cautionary tale for those thinking of taking their shirt to Italy.
Twitter linky (https://twitter.com/Gilology/status/1297521311552606208)
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Wolves and West Brom competing for The Worlds Worst Kit award. Wow, they’re horrendous.
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
That's worse than the Albion one which is saying something.
That’s open to debate 😂
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The wolves kit is absolutely shit, the baggies is fucking awful but that wolves one takes the prize.
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What they prove is that just because a kit is made by Adidas or Puma or Nike, they can be just as hideous as one made by a lesser known brand. Ours this year are really nice. Those and some of the other more elite brands are just hideous.
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The wolves kit is absolutely shit, the baggies is fucking awful but that wolves one takes the prize.
Ooooh but it’ll be ‘iconic’ in years to come, loike
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
That's worse than the Albion one which is saying something.
That’s open to debate 😂
On second thoughts 😂
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Love both strips.
Think Kappa have down a great job again just howl the club pull their finger out with distribution.
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
Is that really the Wolves away kit? The tie dye bit seems to cut off the collar in an odd way in the pic, makes it look like a cut and paste job.
The Albion kit has the cardinal sin of stripes that are different widths. That just screams League 1 or League 2. And those colours to boot ...
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
Is that really the Wolves away kit? The tie dye bit seems to cut off the collar in an odd way in the pic, makes it look like a cut and paste job.
The Albion kit has the cardinal sin of stripes that are different widths. That just screams League 1 or League 2. And those colours to boot ...
Yes, the WBA one is abysmal. With the different width stripes and everything inluding the sponsor being the same colours, it looks like a local Sunday league team who got the cheapest kit they could find from their local Poundstretcher.
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(https://i.ibb.co/7N9s5XB/39-E6-B5-F1-3941-4056-B353-D09282-FDA035.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7N9s5XB)
This made me “lol”
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
Is that really the Wolves away kit? The tie dye bit seems to cut off the collar in an odd way in the pic, makes it look like a cut and paste job.
The Albion kit has the cardinal sin of stripes that are different widths. That just screams League 1 or League 2. And those colours to boot ...
Yes, the WBA one is abysmal. With the different width stripes and everything inluding the sponsor being the same colours, it looks like a local Sunday league team who got the cheapest kit they could find from their local Poundstretcher.
Of course it's abysmal, it's an Albion shirt.
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The new Dingles cut and shut away kit is one of the worst I've seen.
https://twitter.com/wolvesgeorge_/status/1299261910307811328/photo/1
Is that really the Wolves away kit? The tie dye bit seems to cut off the collar in an odd way in the pic, makes it look like a cut and paste job.
The Albion kit has the cardinal sin of stripes that are different widths. That just screams League 1 or League 2. And those colours to boot ...
Yes, the WBA one is abysmal. With the different width stripes and everything inluding the sponsor being the same colours, it looks like a local Sunday league team who got the cheapest kit they could find from their local Poundstretcher.
I am pretty sure they are trying to sell it as being a barcode pattern.
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Whilst Kappa seem to have upped their game, I wouldn’t be sad to see us return to Hummel at some point. They’re doing some brilliant kits that mirror previous favourites from years back (see Cov and Charlton away), as well as some great track tops too (Brizzol City)
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Oh wow they are all nice !!
I was disappointed with our return to Hummel after their awesome ones of the 80s. But those would look superb in claret and blue.
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Anyone know if you can return shirts bought on the online store to the shop at Villa Park? Just noticed the sponsor peeling off my new away shirt which I haven’t worn yet.
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Anyone know if you can return shirts bought on the online store to the shop at Villa Park? Just noticed the sponsor peeling off my new away shirt which I haven’t worn yet.
Just emailed Villa about a short swap.
Got to go through the refund portal.
And just buy the right size separately.
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Anyone know if you can return shirts bought on the online store to the shop at Villa Park? Just noticed the sponsor peeling off my new away shirt which I haven’t worn yet.
Just emailed Villa about a short swap.
Got to go through the refund portal.
And just buy the right size separately.
I rang the store and they said they would usually exchange but cannot at present due to COVID. So I went through the refund portal and had to pay another £4.90 to return the item officially bringing an end to any future business the website will be getting from me.
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I'd ask for that back from them. Your stautory rights haven't been done away with by coronavirus. You're entitled to a full refund if an item is faulty, and it shouldn't cost you to do so.
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First package of the training gear I ordered arrived today. Not a long wait at all, impressed by that.
The sizing is definitely bigger than last year though. I went up a size last year after hearing the reports of Kappa's body-hugging ways but these Larges are certainly baggier than last time. Love the quality though - so far I've received the black 1/4 zip top, the claret sweatshirt, 4 kids sweatshirts and a pair of kids home shorts. All very very nice.
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If this doesn't put Jack off moving to Yanited nothing will.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/03/manchester-united-20-21-third-kit-dazzle-camo.html
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If this doesn't put Jack off moving to Yanited nothing will.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/03/manchester-united-20-21-third-kit-dazzle-camo.html
I would expel them from the league.
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If this doesn't put Jack off moving to Yanited nothing will.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/03/manchester-united-20-21-third-kit-dazzle-camo.html
I would expel them from the league.
I would do that anyway.
It's a monstrosity that had me checking the date. All of a sudden Albion and Wolves fans don't feel so bad about their kits.
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My away shirt arrived yesterday it was quick to arrive I love it.
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I'd love a sentimental return to Le Coq
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I'd love a sentimental return to Le Coq
Me too.
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I'd love a sentimental return to Le Coq
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/f0/06/a0f0061e938e26b315b9e1ed42ca4eaf.jpg)
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I'd love a sentimental return to Le Coq
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/f0/06/a0f0061e938e26b315b9e1ed42ca4eaf.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/ZxVX2BR/Kenneth-Williams.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZxVX2BR)
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I'd love a sentimental return to Le Coq
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/f0/06/a0f0061e938e26b315b9e1ed42ca4eaf.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/ZxVX2BR/Kenneth-Williams.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZxVX2BR)
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c6/6f/8b/c66f8b75a457b22cdfa72fb6724b4795--frankie-howerd.jpg)
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I've only bought the replica Villa kits are the other stuff like training gear and retro t shirts the same sizing go a size up does anybody know please.
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I've only bought the replica Villa kits are the other stuff like training gear and retro t shirts the same sizing go a size up does anybody know please.
I bought a white fleece training sweatshirt, and I'd say that's more of a typical size than the replica kits, Daz.
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I've only bought the replica Villa kits are the other stuff like training gear and retro t shirts the same sizing go a size up does anybody know please.
I bought a white fleece training sweatshirt, and I'd say that's more of a typical size than the replica kits, Daz.
Thanks Risso.
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If this doesn't put Jack off moving to Yanited nothing will.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/03/manchester-united-20-21-third-kit-dazzle-camo.html
Whoever designed that kit must be a Ladytron fan
https://youtu.be/PHMynl9QX7g
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(https://i.ibb.co/pXq8PCW/49789-BD2-DA21-4-A2-D-A2-D7-86-A7-BD9750-D8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pXq8PCW)
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Just wondering, does anyone have experience of returning items ordered through the online Villa Store? I’ve ordered a top which is annoyingly too big. Having paid £5 delivery charge it now appears that it will cost another £5 to send it back using their online Royal Mail service. Then, rather than being able to exchange it, I have to be refunded and start again, which will cost another £5 postage!
Does that sound right? Or have I missed something?! £15 in postage if you happen to get the sizing wrong doesn’t sound fair to me?!
Any help appreciated
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Just wondering, does anyone have experience of returning items ordered through the online Villa Store? I’ve ordered a top which is annoyingly too big. Having paid £5 delivery charge it now appears that it will cost another £5 to send it back using their online Royal Mail service. Then, rather than being able to exchange it, I have to be refunded and start again, which will cost another £5 postage!
Does that sound right? Or have I missed something?! £15 in postage if you happen to get the sizing wrong doesn’t sound fair to me?!
Any help appreciated
Order both sizes and return the worst fit!
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Looks like the aged 5 full kit has the same size shirt as the 6 year old youth kit but is cheaper. Figure that out...
Can anyone shed any light on this? I want to get a personalised shirt sent over to us in Australia for my boy and need to know measurements for a 5 year old shirt, none of which are on the site. Fanatics were about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/Villa-announce-LT-partnership/
sleeve sponsor disapointingly is a betting company. Can you get the kids tops without the sleeve sponsor?
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Do we have a third kit, or what?
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/Villa-announce-LT-partnership/
sleeve sponsor disapointingly is a betting company. Can you get the kids tops without the sleeve sponsor?
They never put the gambling sponsors on kids' kits.
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Last weekend in North London I saw a kid wearing a sponsorless version of the Luke home kit we were promoted in. It looked well-lush.
Quite ironic that most kids would prefer a kit with the sponsor on so they're more similar to their heroes while (obviously generalising) most adults would rather not be advertising some two-bit gambling outfit from the Far East across their bitch-tits*
*Copyright held by pauliewalnuts
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Glad I got my kit before that happened.
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/Villa-announce-LT-partnership/
sleeve sponsor disapointingly is a betting company. Can you get the kids tops without the sleeve sponsor?
They never put the gambling sponsors on kids' kits.
Cheers
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Third kit has dropped...
https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/Aston-Villa-s-new-2020-21-third-kit/ (https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/Aston-Villa-s-new-2020-21-third-kit/)
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Reminds me of mita copiers Black and white from 70/80’s.
Well worth watching video on villa web site as the kappa combat design is extremely clever..... all shaded areas are not just random, they are shapes of brum city and surrounding boroughs . Had vibrant lime and blue collar
Will be worn for first time tonight at Bristol city
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Wasn't sure when I saw the leaked pics, but actually think it looks great.
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A clever concept. The kits are good this year. i got the black away top, it's a nice top and good quality.
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That's actually really cool. The camouflage pattern is area maps of Birmingham. Nice touch.
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#TheCityIsOurs
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Any sign of Sherlock Street?
Reminds me when ManUre brought out that away kit in the mid-90s with the names of their "legends" printed and visible in the right light. Was it Paul Ince who got aggrieved when he couldn't find his name only to be shown it was in the middle of the kit's shorts...
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#TheCityIsOurs
That really is going wind up them lot. There will be a thread starting as we speak.
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No Ealing, Hounslow or Telford and Wrekin?! I put my foot through the screen of my laptop, and I'll be sending the bill for its repair to R. Lerner, America.
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Is it all the Brum postcode areas covered?
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Excellent.
I like the colours and the really clever design.
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It's a bit Brexity for my tastes. Hopefully we won't be wearing that very often.
Still I like two of the three kits and I only, really, care about the home one having claret shirt and blue sleeves so happy enough with the new manufacturers.
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#TheCityIsOurs
I believe the noses have done the same on blues third kit with little Solihull's all over the shirt.
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#TheCityIsOurs
I believe the noses have done the same on blues third kit with little Solihull's all over the shirt.
Never mind the areas, they could list the actual names of all their supporters on the badge, and still have room left for a "KRO SOTV".
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It's a bit Brexity for my tastes. Hopefully we won't be wearing that very often.
Still I like two of the three kits and I only, really, care about the home one having claret shirt and blue sleeves so happy enough with the new manufacturers.
Brexity? How is a map of Birmingham Brexity?
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Not for me but it's the third kit, it's fine and a bit of thought's gone into it.
It's a bit Brexity for my tastes. Hopefully we won't be wearing that very often.
??? There'll be no deal on it after the season ends or there'll be queues of trucks trying to to deliver it such will be the demand??
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Very impressive, looks great
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I like it...should be our away/2nd kit and that collar should be claret and blue :)
UTV
The Doc
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I think it looks good. At first I thought it was a nod to the one season where we had a piebaled shirt early 19 hundreds when opium must have been free flowing in the design office. I notice now that that particular kit has been dropped from the historical kits web site.
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Looks like its been in the washing machine with a rougue black sock.
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Well done Kappa, three excellent kits.
I had my reservations when I heard it might be a cammo design, but never saw that coming ;)
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The kit is lovely. Great attention to detail and the colours really go well together. I love all three kits this season. As I said before if this is the kind of innovative stuff Kappa is going to come up sign them up again. I don’t need a ident-kit Puma or Nike design. And that Man U third kit is an abomination.
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It's a bit Brexity for my tastes. Hopefully we won't be wearing that very often.
Still I like two of the three kits and I only, really, care about the home one having claret shirt and blue sleeves so happy enough with the new manufacturers.
Brexity? How is a map of Birmingham Brexity?
Was referring more to the camouflage effect.
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It's a bit Brexity for my tastes. Hopefully we won't be wearing that very often.
Still I like two of the three kits and I only, really, care about the home one having claret shirt and blue sleeves so happy enough with the new manufacturers.
Brexity? How is a map of Birmingham Brexity?
Was referring more to the camouflage effect.
You’re reading too much into it CD. The regional map is a nice and subtle touch.
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Horrific, but third kits are there for a bit of experimentation aren't they.
May very well look nicer in the flesh and Kappa have done a better job this year overall.
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The kit is lovely. Great attention to detail and the colours really go well together. I love all three kits this season. As I said before if this is the kind of innovative stuff Kappa is going to come up sign them up again. I don’t need a ident-kit Puma or Nike design. And that Man U third kit is an abomination.
I agree. I'm only guessing, but I reckon they were probably told that last season's shambles was not acceptable and to buck their ideas up sharpish.
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Obviously I'm not part of the target audience for this, which is probably just as well because it looks like someone's been wearing it to lay concrete. Shocker
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The kit is lovely. Great attention to detail and the colours really go well together. I love all three kits this season. As I said before if this is the kind of innovative stuff Kappa is going to come up sign them up again. I don’t need a ident-kit Puma or Nike design. And that Man U third kit is an abomination.
I agree. I'm only guessing, but I reckon they were probably told that last season's shambles was not acceptable and to buck their ideas up sharpish.
The third kit was the best last year, and probably the best one quality-wise.
Or at least it was from where I bought it out here in Japan.
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When they are playing, just like the stripes on the home kit you were barely see the map design. I think it will look very sharp on TV and when we can finally see them live again.
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Shouldn't it just be maps of the Shires?
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I like these Kappa kits.
Just got my 7 year old the orange goalkeeper kit (he is obsessed with orange as it matches his hair) and it's great. Will get him and the little one this new third kit too, I like the Birmingham map idea.
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I have to wait and see what it looks like in person, but from afar (on TV) I think the kit will look nice.
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I think the 3rd kit looks awesome, and the thought behind the design sets it apart for me. In spite of my aversion to being an advert, I may be tempted to splash on one of those.
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Kit looks fantastic. Really like the third strip. top notch.
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Kappa have done a great job this season. Very impressed.
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I love the third shirt it's really good.
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Pretty much the entire range is excellent. Some of the training gear and other clothing items are really superb.
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Excellent range of kits and training wear this season. Particularly like the third kit as it looked great on the pitch tonight...very clean design and dare I say it, almost makes Villa a fashionable brand.
I doubt I’ll buy any of the shirts but I do need some new shorts for gym wear so a trip to the Villa shop will be coming soon.
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If you're going to buy the third kit take a look at the goalkeepers shirt.. much nicer than the white players kit.
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If you're going to buy the third kit take a look at the goalkeepers shirt.. much nicer than the white players kit.
Is this the one?
(https://i.ibb.co/QDbjb7P/aston-villa-goalkeeper-third-ss-stadium-shirt-2020-21-ss4-p-12015875-u-140ufuvgl9gbxpjzqz19-v-fe32ba.webp) (https://ibb.co/QDbjb7P)
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That's the fella
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I do like that, the camo design shows up better, and the Brummie in me is very tempted. But despite the general absence of our colours, there's still been something distinctly 'Villa' about our third shirts, and I'm not feeling it about that 'keeper's one.
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Why has someone stuck our bage on an Everton kit?
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The yellow one they wore today ?
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What an amazing example to set by Smiffy, class through and through, pride is immense.
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I saw a marvellous Villa shirt last night.
Finished our 5-a-side and wandered off to see a bloke with a green keeper shirt with 'Spink' on the back and nice padded elbows.....
Shouted Up the Villa and he laughed and said he was a Blade but that his mate had given it to him... Looked on the front and indeed there was a nice circular Claret and Blue Badge....
Anyway I had to keep moving and he was playing but I shall keep an eye out as it was a thing of beauty...
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Blimey! Now that was worth missing the Villa game for. William Standing's loss.
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Folks at Cazoo must be loving life right now
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Normally I only wear a Villa top for playing 5 aside in, but I am going to break my rule and wear it on the school run tomorrow morning. Loads of Leicester fans and I'm going to strut in like a boss.
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Normally I only wear a Villa top for playing 5 aside in, but I am going to break my rule and wear it on the school run tomorrow morning. Loads of Leicester fans and I'm going to strut in like a boss.
Ha, tempting!
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Normally I only wear a Villa top for playing 5 aside in, but I am going to break my rule and wear it on the school run tomorrow morning. Loads of Leicester fans and I'm going to strut in like a boss.
Do it. I don't miss being surrounded by them!
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So Cazoo must be quite impressed in their investment in Football so far!!!
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(https://www.punkfootball.com/images/education-is-important-but-villa-is-importanter-aston-villa-sweatshirt-p5896-23452_medium.jpg)
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I see Le Coq Sportif have re-issued shirts for Lausanne in Switzerland to commemorate their Swiss Cup win back in the 80s. If they’re up for collaboration, we should be in their ear to get the 82 shirt remade for the 40th anniversary.
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That's some impressive research Des. Maybe you're the real Swiss Rambler!
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Ha not me! I do think, however, that our marketing brains should be looking into this kind of thing with the 40th anniversary in mind. Who knows, they may well be!
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Because the one thing we need to do more of is market 1982. It's been flogged to death and beyond.
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I got a couple of the Kappa face masks for my Dad and uncle back in September for the latter's birthday. A little pricey for what they are (same as the shirts really) and not as substantial as they look online. However they look smart IMO and my Dad finds his very comfortable to wear. Got a few positive (and negative) comments after the Liverpool game as well.
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No Goalie kits for under 6s. 6 year old pay £50 for a shirt. Yes, you read it right. Not included in the current promotion either.
The main kit is bizarre. For a 5 year old, you can buy the full kit for less than you pay for a shirt for a 6 year old. Yet when you check the sizing options, the shirt size on both kits is identical.
It's a bloody disgrace!
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Because the one thing we need to do more of is market 1982. It's been flogged to death and beyond.
Better that than spending 25 years pretending it never happened.
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This season's kits are £17 and £15 but only in 2XL and above...
£3.49 shipping from the Kitbag and £4.95 from the Villa. Plus a £1.99 storage and handling charge. So now not only am I paying for a shirt from the club but I'm paying them to look after it in a warehouse for me. And they charge more than the people that will actually store it and ship it anyway.
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The sizes are way off.
My shirt is 3XL and I'm not big. I am 5'8" and I am quite stocky but someone my height shouldn't be a 3XL ever.
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I am an XL. I've been marathon training for nigh on three years as my date for London keeps getting pushed back, and I'm a 2XL in Kappa sizes.
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This season's kits are £17 and £15 but only in 2XL and above...
£3.49 shipping from the Kitbag and £4.95 from the Villa. Plus a £1.99 storage and handling charge. So now not only am I paying for a shirt from the club but I'm paying them to look after it in a warehouse for me. And they charge more than the people that will actually store it and ship it anyway.
"Storage and handling charge"?
God, what utter bullshit.
This tendency for companies to express what are effectively part of their COGS as some sort of thing they need to bang you for on top is vomit inducing.
Deliveroo do that, some sort of 'service fee' to pay for their platform / service.
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Tyre Sales used to charge for 'nitrogen' when they filled your tyre. Probably still do. It led me to one of those questions I wish had come to me at the time rather than once I'd left, asking the bloke if it was by any chance an 80% mix.
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Does anyone know of any discount or free delivery codes knocking about? I wanted to buy something for £17 but I'm not paying an additional £7 for shipping and 'handling'!