Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on July 09, 2010, 08:25:06 PM
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From Pravda (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/ClubNewsDetail/0,,10265~2088216,00.html):
Aston Villa will unveil our new home and away kits for the 2010-2011 season at an open-air event on Centenary Square at The ICC Birmingham on Thursday, July 15, with several first team players appearing to showcase the kit on the catwalk.
This event will also launch the club's exciting new partnership with FxPro.
Children from Aston Villa's charity partner, Acorns, will also appear on-stage with the Villa players and one lucky child will press the plunger to reveal a giant replica shirt on the outside of The ICC building.
The event, which will kick off at lunchtime [exact time to be confirmed], will also feature a five-a-side football tournament with local school children and a gig by Villa-supporting local band Mexicolas.
Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov said: "We would love for our fans to support this event as we are all looking forward to an exciting season ahead. The new shirt looks great, too!"
FxPro is Aston Villa's principal club partner having recently agreed a deal which will see the foreign exchange broker's logo appear on the club's shirt for the next three seasons.
FxPro Director Denis Sukhotin commented: "The Aston Villa shirt unveiling will introduce fans to FxPro and kick off a relationship which is very exciting for both parties. Aston Villa is one of the great names in English football and we are proud to be a part of the club's future as they work hard to build on their success."
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I am looking forward to seeing the new kit launched should be a good show.
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Me too. Hope I can get time off, but I doubt it.
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I'll probably end up going.
also, Percy, please never post again so that your number of posts stays at 6666.
Damn my OCD.
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I'll probably end up going.
also, Percy, please never post again so that your number of posts stays at 6666.
Damn my OCD.
Oops! Sorry.
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Percy, please just never post again. ;)
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Percy, please just never post again. ;)
Okay. Oh bugger, sorry.
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I'm on night shifts so doubt I'll go. As long as it's claret & blue I'll probably buy it.
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Amazingly I have been told by both the shop in New Street and Villa Park that they won't be on sale until the Middle of August !!!!. Apparently something to do with the new sponsors and changing how it looks on the shirt?.
I love virtually everything the new regime has done since it came in, but they can't seem to get this new kit on sale aspect right at all. The optimum time for a new shirt launch would be in June I would imagine, why we consistently keep selling them just as the season starts, is beyond me.
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That's poor. I was hoping to have it in time for the trip to Dublin. Boooo.
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Thats pathetic. The shirt should have been on sale weeks ago. Get it together for f**s sake.
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You could excuse them the first season we switched to Nike late but what excuses are their now?
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You could excuse them the first season we switched to Nike late but what excuses are their now?
Changing the sponsor
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More to do with not having a sponsor until about 6 weeks ago, then the lead time of producing 100,000 shirts... Also, I can't imagine we are that high up on Nike's list in terms of production.
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does anyone know how long the nike deal is at all?
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Since when did unveiling the new kit become such a glitzy event?
The sooner this wonderful sport that I fell in love with as a young lad gets back to how it should be the better.
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Since when did unveiling the new kit become such a glitzy event?
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It wasn't all that long ago when signing a new player didn't get as much hype as unveiling a new kit.
We're all suckers for it though
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Since when did unveiling the new kit become such a glitzy event?
The sooner this wonderful sport that I fell in love with as a young lad gets back to how it should be the better.
In this internet age, we're all desperate for any sort of news at all. It therefore makes it easy for the clubs to turn the smallest thing into a huge marketing event.
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Apparently Carlos is one of 5 stars to model the kit. Carlos on a catwalk?
hope he doesnt smile, he will scare the kids and pidgeons.
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It's Friedel, Cuellar, Dunne, Petrov & Downing.
Seems more like a "creepy paedophile-like-smile convention" than a kit unveiling.
Kicks-off at 1pm ... and there's going to be a giant replica kit on display on the side of the ICC Birmingham.
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Be nice to see Downing finally put in a shift in a Villa shirt.
I'm joking. I actually like him.
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HAAAA!!
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They have done well to keep the kit design under wraps this year.
As for the question, when did all this start, I seem to remember there was a big launch for our new away kit in 1999. It was a nice away kit that year.
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They have done well to keep the kit design under wraps this year.
Definitely. Last season was the same too, I didn't see leaked pictures anywhere.
As for the question, when did all this start, I seem to remember there was a big launch for our new away kit in 1999. It was a nice away kit that year.
Maybe it's just when it's a nice kit? Last years was launched in Spain (at the Peace Cup), as far away from fans as possible (which I think is because they knew it was a poor design), this year it's right in Town so everyone can marvel in its awesomeness.
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They have done well to keep the kit design under wraps this year.
Definitely. Last season was the same too, I didn't see leaked pictures anywhere.
As for the question, when did all this start, I seem to remember there was a big launch for our new away kit in 1999. It was a nice away kit that year.
Maybe it's just when it's a nice kit? Last years was launched in Spain (at the Peace Cup), as far away from fans as possible (which I think is because they knew it was a poor design), this year it's right in Town so everyone can marvel in its awesomeness.
I hope your theory is proven correct on Thursday!
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Be nice to see Downing finally put in a shift in a Villa shirt.
I'm joking. I actually like him.
Brilliant!
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They have done well to keep the kit design under wraps this year.
Definitely. Last season was the same too, I didn't see leaked pictures anywhere.
As for the question, when did all this start, I seem to remember there was a big launch for our new away kit in 1999. It was a nice away kit that year.
Maybe it's just when it's a nice kit? Last years was launched in Spain (at the Peace Cup), as far away from fans as possible (which I think is because they knew it was a poor design), this year it's right in Town so everyone can marvel in its awesomeness.
I hope your theory is proven correct on Thursday!
If it is then you can all call me "Mr Fantastic" for the entire season.
Plus, I don't think Villa would get a giant replica on the ICC if it's a slight adaptation of last seasons. It must be something different ... it MUST BE!!
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Hope they at least change the material for once.
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Since when did unveiling the new kit become such a glitzy event?
The sooner this wonderful sport that I fell in love with as a young lad gets back to how it should be the better.
In this internet age, we're all desperate for any sort of news at all. It therefore makes it easy for the clubs to turn the smallest thing into a huge marketing event.
Probably right.
All I care about any new kit is that it has a claret body and blue sleeves. I couldn't care less about any other aspect of it.
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Hope they at least change the material for once.
Yeah. Those paper-based kits are fantastic.
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I was hoping for one made out of gold, saffron and peacock ears
retailing for around £750each
we would be the envy of the premier league
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I was hoping for one made out of gold, saffron and peacock ears
retailing for around £750each
we would be the envy of the premier league
With a magpie-feather hat.
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Do multiple teams normally sign with the same sponsor? I have seen sponsors like Fly Emirates in different leagues, but never in the same league twice. I'm asking as I saw the new Fulham kit that was revealed and it had FxPro also on it.
http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2010/July/HomeKitReveal.aspx
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Celtic and Rangers both had NTL on their shirts a few years back.
Weren't Chelsea sponsored by Emirates aswell?
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Celtic and Rangers both had NTL on their shirts a few years back.
As did we and Newcastle.
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I dont care for new kits. Bought the cup final shirt in 2000 and bought one because we put Acorns on. I reckon the club should already consider themselves lucky that I seem to be renewing every 8 years or so, because in my wardrobe Ive got pullovers, underpants, etc that Ive had for decades and Im still using.
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Andy, those undies will last a lot longer if you wash them, too!
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Celtic and Rangers both had NTL on their shirts a few years back.
As did we and Newcastle.
If I remember correctly Rangers and Celtic were the last two Scottish Premier League teams to obtain shirt sponsors in the 1980s. At the time I think I read that by sponsoring one or other of the Old Firm teams the sponsor would be alienating nearly half of the population – and thus customers. CR Smith (a car firm methinks) came up with the clever ploy of sponsoring both of them, though I bet a fair number of teams’ fans probably despised the company for that very reason.
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Andy, those undies will last a lot longer if you wash them, too!
Note new revenue stream idea. Aston Villa washing powder and softener.
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(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/dotcomsimon/newtop.jpg) stolen from VT credit to them
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If that's the real thing then I like it.
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Can i be the first to say i don't like it
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Can i be the first to say i don't like it
Can I be the second.
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Can i be the first to say i don't like it
Can I be the second.
I'll wait for the launch fellas as that looks fake to me.
UTV
The Doc
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(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/dotcomsimon/newtop.jpg) stolen from VT credit to them
It is the real thing. I had a verbal description of it from someone at Nike & this matches it exactly...
I actually like it... I thought i would hate it when it was described to me, but i do quite like it!
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i remember weeks ago reading quotes from someone on here who said it had checks down the side. so well done to them.
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Its Ok but not keen on the waffle under the sponsor
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I don't like the tagline under the sponsor's name or the checks. For me, it's not the greatest shirt we've ever had, but not the worst either.
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AVFC Official just posted this up on facebook:
The flag is flying high in the city centre.
(http://web20.twitpic.com/img/130052677-d45e15de8861699cd3646a2fcd86a360.4c3ec000-scaled.jpg)
Could they have taken a more shit photo? If you're going to use things like facebook and twitter as marketing tools, at least get some quality into it.
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For the non-facebookers:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs079.snc4/35325_124019884308756_101566839887394_147321_5195954_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs039.ash2/35325_124019887642089_101566839887394_147322_1125919_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs079.snc4/35325_124019890975422_101566839887394_147323_8216920_n.jpg)
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I think I'm actually more excited about the away kit.
It's always different, whereas the home shirt always follows the same template (but that's pretty obvious - and I'm not complaining).
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Just seen it. I don't like it.
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FxPro's tagline sucks! Liking the chess board down the sides though..
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(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7365/35385414665004557508394.jpg) (http://img153.imageshack.us/i/35385414665004557508394.jpg/)
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Just seen it. I don't like it.
Linkage?
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It's safe to say Jimmy Milner won't be one of the players present at the unveiling today then?
Just seen it. I don't like it.
Thought you'd have got to see it hours ago, being all those time zones ahead of us and all.
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Scrap that.....I see.
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I think the white outline will look quite good on tanned skin!!
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Why on earth have all this carry-on for the 'unveiling' then unveil it on a picture on the side of a building???
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Not much of an unveiling if they have massive banners of it on the side of the ICC.
Not keen looking at that photo
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Not much of an unveiling if they have massive banners of it on the side of the ICC.
Not keen looking at that photo
Exactly what I was thinking. Unless of course it's a fake, and the real kit is different to that!
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Hope that picture's not accurate.
If they're going to force a fucking rag like that on us, at least make it proper claret rag.
It looks like a picture of a hangover
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I'm thinking they have put that banner up now and they will put a black sheet over it shortly then pull the black sheet off when it is officially 'unveiled' later. Someone walking past has has a sneak peek and took a photo.
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Seems ok to me - about as daring as you could get while keeping it to traditional claret body, blue sleeves.
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Not much of an unveiling if they have massive banners of it on the side of the ICC.
Not keen looking at that photo
Exactly what I was thinking. Unless of course it's a fake, and the real kit is different to that!
The picture of the shirt is going to be hidden under another banner. The pictures that have been taken were taken early this morning before they had time to get the second banner up on top of it.
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I like it !
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Not much of an unveiling if they have massive banners of it on the side of the ICC.
Not keen looking at that photo
Exactly what I was thinking. Unless of course it's a fake, and the real kit is different to that!
The picture of the shirt is going to be hidden under another banner. The pictures that have been taken were taken early this morning before they had time to get the second banner up on top of it.
I wouldn't be so certain about that as i only walked past it little over 30 mins ago, it was up and no one was working on it and wasn't covered up.
If that is the new shirt then i'm annoyed as it just makes thewhole player unveiling a farce and a complete waste of money. On the other hand you could see it as if they as wasting money on things like that then we must have quite a bit to spend on players.
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The tag line under the sponsor looks really stupid.
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I think the white outline will look quite good on tanned skin!!
Look at me tan ;-)
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Not much of an unveiling if they have massive banners of it on the side of the ICC.
Not keen looking at that photo
Exactly what I was thinking. Unless of course it's a fake, and the real kit is different to that!
The picture of the shirt is going to be hidden under another banner. The pictures that have been taken were taken early this morning before they had time to get the second banner up on top of it.
I wouldn't be so certain about that as i only walked past it little over 30 mins ago, it was up and no one was working on it and wasn't covered up.
If that is the new shirt then i'm annoyed as it just makes thewhole player unveiling a farce and a complete waste of money. On the other hand you could see it as if they as wasting money on things like that then we must have quite a bit to spend on players.
http://yfrog.com/0h7zvyj
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The tag line under the sponsor looks really stupid.
Stupid? Absolute crass. The shirt wouldn't look to bad without it.
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http://www.soccerbible.com/news/football-shirts/archive/2010/07/15/aston-villa-home-10-11-nike-football-shirt.aspx
(http://www.soccerbible.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/football-shirts.AVilla/Villa10_5F00_home_5F00_m.jpg)
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It looks fcuking awful.
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Not much of an unveiling if they have massive banners of it on the side of the ICC.
Not keen looking at that photo
Exactly what I was thinking. Unless of course it's a fake, and the real kit is different to that!
The picture of the shirt is going to be hidden under another banner. The pictures that have been taken were taken early this morning before they had time to get the second banner up on top of it.
I wouldn't be so certain about that as i only walked past it little over 30 mins ago, it was up and no one was working on it and wasn't covered up.
If that is the new shirt then i'm annoyed as it just makes thewhole player unveiling a farce and a complete waste of money. On the other hand you could see it as if they as wasting money on things like that then we must have quite a bit to spend on players.
http://yfrog.com/0h7zvyj
well that's just stupid why didn't the cover it from the start. or atleast do it at midnight and cover it afterwards. Because lets face it anyone who is on broad street that time of night are too drunk to notice, it all seems poorly planned to me as doing what they did has wasted all the money on the unveiling because people were always gonna take pics and post them on here, the organisers of this should be sacked.
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http://www.soccerbible.com/news/football-shirts/archive/2010/07/15/aston-villa-home-10-11-nike-football-shirt.aspx
(http://www.soccerbible.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/football-shirts.AVilla/Villa10_5F00_home_5F00_m.jpg)
Cheers for the link, looks like they ignored any embargo.
In all fairness the kist photo is usually leaked a few days/weeks before so for Villa to keep it under wraps until a few hours before isn't too bad to be honest.
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Cheers for the link, looks like they ignored any embargo.
In all fairness the kist photo is usually leaked a few days/weeks before so for Villa to keep it under wraps until a few hours before isn't too bad to be honest.
MON was there with a hockey stick watching over every person who had seen the kit prior to launch.
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Let's keep this in perspective - it's a kit launch not the budget FFS. As for the shirt, I like it...and for the first time in God-knows-how long I'll be buying one
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I can feel some piss taking going on re. that strap line.
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In the mean time, I must be one of the few people who actually like it.
I think it looks better on the players:
(http://www.soccerbible.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/football-shirts.AVilla/Villa10_5F00_home_5F00_delf.jpg)
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At least no leaks of the away kit have surfaced yet.
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I can feel some piss taking going on re. that strap line.
A deep breath is required, this company are bringing some much needed money into the club, if their paying they can put what they like
on the "strap line"
If its all just too much for you.......dont buy it
and as for the "sack them" comment thats just beyond belief
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The tag line under the sponsor looks really stupid.
Stupid? Absolute crass. The shirt wouldn't look to bad without it.
Agreed. The tag line makes them look like a walking advert (even more than sponsorship normally does that is).
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I can feel some piss taking going on re. that strap line.
A deep breath is required, this company are bringing some much needed money into the club, if their paying they can put what they like
on the "strap line"
If its all just too much for you.......dont buy it
and as for the "sack them" comment thats just beyond belief
i didn't mean sack the people that designed the shirt i meant sack the people that organised the unveiling as it's poor planning not to cover the shirt picture until everyone going to work has seen the shirt. It just makes the who unveiling a pointless waste of money as people was bound to take pictures and post them on the internat.
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Let's keep this in perspective - it's a kit launch not the budget FFS. As for the shirt, I like it...and for the first time in God-knows-how long I'll be buying one
exactly what i thought, its just a new shirt
although its probably more important than the Budget in fairness
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For the 1st time in yrs I won't be buying it- the shirt looks ok but surely fxpro would have been enough to put on the shirt-the line underneath makes me feel we have sold our soul.
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In the mean time, I must be one of the few people who actually like it.
I think it looks better on the players:
(http://www.soccerbible.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/football-shirts.AVilla/Villa10_5F00_home_5F00_delf.jpg)
if this is actually our shirt, then i detest the pattern down the side....
if it didnt have that abomination, or the check pattern was a solid blue, then it would be very nice...
dont like the strap line on the sponsor logo either, as it is bad design for the purpose of shirt design....
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anyway the rules acording to this site are that they are only worn by people over the age of 30 if they are very Fat.
do they come in XXXL ?
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do they come in XXXL ?
Fx XXXL?
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A few points
- it's a shirt, as someone said, it isn't the budget or the election or something. I'm more bothered in who will be wearing it next season.
- I'm not going to buy it, but then again, I never do, so my disappointment levels are constrained accordingly.
- Don't really care about the sponsor, so long as they pony up the cash, and there's lots of it. As for them looking like "walking adverts" (oops, was that on the GM thread?) - that is kind of the point.
- My opinion of the design is that it is really pretty horrible. Those big check bits are horrid.
1981 retro shirt for me. Served me well for years now. Claret, blue, end of.
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do they come in XXXL ?
Fx XXXL?
i see what you did there, very good
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It's alright. It's a claret body with blue arms.
I have a feeling some of our more cuddly brethren are concerned about how those chequers will look stretched over their love handles, but they have to do something to the shirt to justify getting you to fork out another £50.
We've had much, much worse.
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I'll be more interested in the away shirt- black always makes us xxl people look thinner!
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I'll be more interested in the away shirt- black always makes us xxl people look thinner!
You need to lobby the club to bring back the stripes mate. :)
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A few points
- it's a shirt, as someone said, it isn't the budget or the election or something. I'm more bothered in who will be wearing it next season.
- I'm not going to buy it, but then again, I never do, so my disappointment levels are constrained accordingly.
- Don't really care about the sponsor, so long as they pony up the cash, and there's lots of it. As for them looking like "walking adverts" (oops, was that on the GM thread?) - that is kind of the point.
- My opinion of the design is that it is really pretty horrible. Those big check bits are horrid.
1981 retro shirt for me. Served me well for years now. Claret, blue, end of.
Agree with your points Paulie. Although I will reserve judgement on it until I see it in the flesh.
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It would seem our beloved national team have also found new shirt sponsers:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs017.snc4/34205_468527382066_764312066_6343669_4302406_n.jpg)
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Dunno what's happened, but whenever I click onto this page it asks me to log on/register for spice services or something.
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It would seem our beloved national team have also found new shirt sponsers:
(http://external.spiceservices.co.uk/exchange/lbyrnes/Inbox/FW:%20England%20Announce%203%20New%20Shirt%20Sponsors.EML/1_multipart/image001.jpg)
Image fail.
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Same here.
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Dunno what's happened, but whenever I click onto this page it asks me to log on/register for spice services or something.
I just had that too.
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The server external.spiceservices.co.uk at networks.local requires a username and password.
Warning: This server is requesting that your username and password be sent in an insecure manner (basic authentication without a secure connection).
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Dunno what's happened, but whenever I click onto this page it asks me to log on/register for spice services or something.
Pasted of a work e-mail. I'm logged in so I can see it fine.
Sorry folks, give me 5 mins.
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I like it, as it is claret and blue. The only other time i can remember anything up the sides was the arrows on the Red32/DWS home and away shirts.
If it was too plain claret and blue a lot of people would have moaned its not changed much, so well done Nike for giving a different style.
As for the message with the 4 pictures of the setting up of stage in them...i am very envious of the bastard showing of the new retro track top in the second ad....can see me shelling out on that at some point also !
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Btw - do Fulham have the same sponsors - noticed om Sky last night?
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Yes they do...............can someone stop that bloody message keep appearing every time you go on this thread ?
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Btw - do Fulham have the same sponsors - noticed om Sky last night?
Yes they do. But their sponsor is placed stupidly high up the shirt.
(http://www.fulhamfc.com/Images/MainNews/NewsPages/Retail/home-kit2010-11.jpg)
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The shorts will be much the same as last seasons.
Plain white, but instead of having a solid claret line they will have a claret checked line. Nice little touch, IMO.
And the socks are claret with a blue solid line at the top, and a blue checked line under a white Nike tick.
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Anyone know when these go on sale at the club shop? I got a birthday present I need to buy for tomorrow.
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Anyone know when these go on sale at the club shop? I got a birthday present I need to buy for tomorrow.
They won't be on public sale until August.
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Not my bag, but I know a 7 year old who'll be placing an order asap. Randy & Co do seem to like that chequered pattern - the flag, the credit card etc.
Navy blue polo arrived today - very nice - for info, like last season go a size up if you're thinking of getting one - I'm an L for the football shirt yet an XL for the polo.
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If the design was different it would have drawn positives from some, negatives from others. There really isn't any design that's going to appease everyone. It's a kit. Honestly does it really matter? It's not what the players look like but what they do in it that bothers me.
Simple solution: go retro and you'll never worry about a kit launch ever again
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Anyone know when these go on sale at the club shop? I got a birthday present I need to buy for tomorrow.
They won't be on public sale until August.
Doh anyone know if there would be a suitable gift at the villa shop in town for a 1 year old?
Cheers.
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Simple solution: go retro and you'll never worry about a kit launch ever again
Yes, but then you won't get any money from kit sales as they'll always look the same.
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I actually quite like it. Is the away kit definitely black?
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Not my bag, but I know a 7 year old who'll be placing an order asap. Randy & Co do seem to like that chequered pattern - the flag, the credit card etc.Navy blue polo arrived today - very nice - for info, like last season go a size up if you're thinking of getting one - I'm an L for the football shirt yet an XL for the polo.
Well spotted....what a good observation.
It does seem to be a theme doesn't it ?
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Does anyone know when it goes on sale, I want one before i go on holiday early August.
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Not my bag, but I know a 7 year old who'll be placing an order asap. Randy & Co do seem to like that chequered pattern - the flag, the credit card etc.Navy blue polo arrived today - very nice - for info, like last season go a size up if you're thinking of getting one - I'm an L for the football shirt yet an XL for the polo.
Well spotted....what a good observation.
It does seem to be a theme doesn't it ?
If they mow the pitch in checkered pattern too I swear my head will explode.
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Simple solution: go retro and you'll never worry about a kit launch ever again
Yes, but then you won't get any money from kit sales as they'll always look the same.
I think he's talking about individuals going retro, rather than the club.
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Simple solution: go retro and you'll never worry about a kit launch ever again
Yes, but then you won't get any money from kit sales as they'll always look the same.
I think he's talking about individuals going retro, rather than the club.
Good shout. I've been making a lot of very stupid blonde-esque errors on forums recently.
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I'm sitting about a mile away from Centenary Square and currently it is absolutely pissing it down.
Take your brolly.
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It would be alright if not for the horrible check pattern. Yuck.
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I like it, as it is claret and blue. The only other time i can remember anything up the sides was the arrows on the Red32/DWS home and away shirts.
If it was too plain claret and blue a lot of people would have moaned its not changed much, so well done Nike for giving a different style.
As for the message with the 4 pictures of the setting up of stage in them...i am very envious of the bastard showing of the new retro track top in the second ad....can see me shelling out on that at some point also !
On further reflection, its similar to the 80/81 strip, but i wish it was even closer and had a blue collar trim. Hopefully the second strip will be yellow as i am lead to believe the third kit is last years second, the white ?
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shame, as it has the potential to be stunning...
change the checkered pattern to a solid strip, and it would be a modern take on the 80/81 shirt and an absolute winner, in my opinion...
the checkered pattern absolutely ruins the whole design, and looks like some junior has added it there, just because they worked out how to use the align tool in illustrator... surprised it isnt bevel and embossed too...
subtlety is completely lost...
i have made my feelings known about the strapline on the logo...
overall, a potentially classic villa shirt, ruined by poor design skills...
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Not so bothered by the pattern but the waffle under the logo is terrible.
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But surely if you just had a solid strip people would just be saying that it is too similar to last years Arsenal home shirt? I know I would...
(http://www.sportsandfashionmall.com/Stores/PSSoccerStore/Images_Products/Nike-Arsena-HomeJersey-2008-2010-287535-614-1.jpg)
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shame, as it has the potential to be stunning...
change the checkered pattern to a solid strip, and it would be a modern take on the 80/81 shirt and an absolute winner, in my opinion...
The 80/81 shirt didn't have a solid strip down it.
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I hate the chequered pattern and would have liked a proper collar. I agree with someone above, the collar would have looked better as it is, only blue.
I really hope the away shirt doesn't follow the chequered theme, but sadly I think it will.
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I'm not mad on the chequered bit either (or the waffle under the sponsor) but once i see it in the shop, i'll probably love it.
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Was loitering around Bodymoor Heath about an hour ago, and I must say that the new kit looks particularly good on Van Der Vaart, Joe Cole and Forlan. Didn't suit Drogba for some reason.
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They've put it up on the OS before the players have gone out to show it off too.
Not the best day for them is it!
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I'm not impressed
http://tiny.cc/2w4c7
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I actually quite like it. Is the away kit definitely black?
Yes it is. with claret & blue squares under the arm.
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Photos on Pravda now. Lots of players in the new kit, but no Milner or Young (A).
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Hmmm, looks like I'm getting a Warwickshire kit this year then instead....
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(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/4a/c8/0,,10265~8898634,00.png)
Rejoice!
Plenty of pics of the big man.
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Home
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/54/c8/0,,10265~8898644,00.png)
Away
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/4e/c8/0,,10265~8898638,00.png)
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No pictures of the new away kit yet? Want to see if it's nice, or has that horrid check pattern on it.
its black with the check claret and blue pattern under the arm. It looks great!
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It's there in the pics on the OS. Black with blue checks
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
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home kit is ok, not sure about the checkers and would of prefered a collar
away kit is great, love it !
goalie kit, OMG !!! looks like gok wan has had a field day
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
Was just going to post that. Don't think I'm a fan of that tbh, haha!
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Usually I like at least one of the kits they release (last year it was the away one). All of these are pretty bloody awful though.
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
Fuck me that's terrible.
I like the away kit a lot. Very continental, and I don't mind the home. They must be trying to force Brad Sr's retirement with that thing. Can we all start doing the Hull City claw thing whenever Brad pick's up the ball or makes a save. Struth...
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Usually I like at least one of the kits they release (last year it was the away one). All of these are pretty bloody awful though.
The away one is alright, I reckon.
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Friedel looks GrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrEAT!!!!
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Fuck me, that goalie kit is hideous!
Not a big fan of the squares but the away kit does look very classy.
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
"Ahhh, rat-a-tat-ah, rat-a-tat-ah, rat-a-tat-ah, rat-a-tat-ah, I really love your tiger feeeeeeet!"
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I love the kit. I think it looks very nice.
Especially the shorts and socks.
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The Arsenal goalie shirt has similar 'tiger stripes' down the sleeve too, so it must be a generic Nike thing. Awful, but bad enough to be absolutely hilarious. Why bright yellow?!
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Why not just vomit on the side of the home and away kits next year. Save money on design.
The worst set of kits since the Muller monstrosities.
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I f****n' hate claret socks.
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I don't like the checks on the home kit, but I think they look good on the away kit.
They must be taking the piss with Brad the Tiger though!
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The Arsenal goalie shirt has similar 'tiger stripes' down the sleeve too, so it must be a generic Nike thing. Awful, but bad enough to be absolutely hilarious. Why bright yellow?!
Why bright yellow indeed!
At least theirs looks respectable.
(http://onlinestore.arsenal.com/content/ebiz/afc/invt/h86827a/N_L_H86827Aa.jpg)
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They have to be worst kits we've had under Nike!
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
that is soooo shit.
Give him a pair and maracas and he can do an impression of Barry Manilow singing Copa Cabana !!!
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
They're having a laugh with that. Looks like he should be in the Safari Park.
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This really is a 'Marmite scenario.'
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Horrible horrible, the side chequers have wrecked the kits
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I don't understand how Nike can produce something as classy as the nice new tracksuit top and something as awful as that kit in the same year, for the same team.
I can't stop laughing about the goalie shirt though.
Edit: I think the sponsor blurb on the goalie shirt should read instead 'Trade Forex like a Pro, Look like a twat'.
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Stupid bits down the side again. What a joy.
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I like the away kit a lot. Not sure about the home yet, maybe I'll give it time.
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I like the away kit a lot. Not sure about the home yet, maybe I'll give it time.
yep, very much my position.
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Usually I like at least one of the kits they release (last year it was the away one). All of these are pretty bloody awful though.
The away one is alright, I reckon.
I hate it. The black with the red logo would be OK, if it wasn't for a) the stupid tagline, and b) the claret and blue square chequered bits. Black...red...claret....blue...just looks wrong to me.
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Like both of them. Goalie kit looks like a migraine though. No wonder Brad looks pissed off in the photos.
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Brad looks so self-conscious in that monstrosity of a shirt!
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Usually I like at least one of the kits they release (last year it was the away one). All of these are pretty bloody awful though.
The away one is alright, I reckon.
I hate it. The black with the red logo would be OK, if it wasn't for a) the stupid tagline, and b) the claret and blue square chequered bits. Black...red...claret....blue...just looks wrong to me.
That's the fashion over here now. It's retro-ska innit? It'll work it's way over to you eventually Risso. You should start to see it about the same time as our friends in Walsall.
Give it 5 years and you'll bloody love it.
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Usually I like at least one of the kits they release (last year it was the away one). All of these are pretty bloody awful though.
The away one is alright, I reckon.
I hate it. The black with the red logo would be OK, if it wasn't for a) the stupid tagline, and b) the claret and blue square chequered bits. Black...red...claret....blue...just looks wrong to me.
That's the fashion over here now. It's retro-ska innit? It'll work it's way over to you eventually Risso. You should start to see it about the same time as our friends in Walsall.
Give it 5 years and you'll bloody love it.
Give them a chance.
They haven't had the 60s ska explosion yet.
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Excellent planning by all at VP....Emile's announcement has deflected the press interest off this kit launch....Brad, no-one's noticed !
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Like the away kit. Although is it me or does the FXPro logo look bigger on the away shirt??
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Quick photoshopping of the home to look like the away...
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7359/villaaway1011.jpg)
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Home and away 2010-2011
(http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/1251/villa20102011.jpg)
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I do agree with Risso though about the red letters on the away kit. Why wasn't it all just claret, blue or white? Still it's a minor point.
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I do agree with Risso though about the red letters on the away kit. Why wasn't it all just claret, blue or white? Still it's a minor point.
Also agree, there is no reason at all for the red lettering as it does not go with any other element of the kit. Not too fussed about the cheques on the body but think they look awful on the socks.
Seen better, seen far worse. The goaile shirt on the other hand looks like a step back in time to the mid 90's, horrid.
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Might it be that FXPro have their logo colours in red or white? It would have been better in Claret, for sure.
Pretty underwhelmed, I must say. The goalie kit is a travesty, what were they thinking there?!
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I can't stop laughing about the goalie shirt though.
Edit: I think the sponsor blurb on the goalie shirt should read instead 'Trade Forex like a Pro, Look like a twat'.
Trade Forex like a pro. It's GRRRRRRREAT!
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Loving them both. I was hoping for a black away kit and my prayers have been answered. The home shirt really looks pretty nifty too.
The less said about the yellow goalie kit the better though :-)
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The more I look at them, the more I think I want both of them. But I can't even afford one!
One thing though re: the checks. Are they proper checked material or have they just cheaply painted some claret squares onto a bit of blue material like you'd find at a car boot sale?
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I f****n' hate claret socks.
I like them, but those checks on socks .... why, why ?? !
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Love the keepers kit.
It makes Brad look fierce and signals that he has great reflex just like a big cat. Not only that, it also brings to attention the plight of the tiger which by all reports are nearing extinction. Maybe Randy intends to open a tiger sanctuary near Villa Park.
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Love the keepers kit.
It makes Brad look fierce and signals that he has great reflex just like a big cat. Not only that, it also brings to attention the plight of the tiger which by all reports are nearing extinction. Maybe Randy intends to open a tiger sanctuary near Villa Park.
If he does a lot of jumping in a one-on-one maybe it'll hypnotise the opposing player.
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Love the keepers kit.
It makes Brad look fierce and signals that he has great reflex just like a big cat. Not only that, it also brings to attention the plight of the tiger which by all reports are nearing extinction. Maybe Randy intends to open a tiger sanctuary near Villa Park.
Those migrating wilder beast passing through Aston Park better watch out.
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Love the keepers kit.
It makes Brad look fierce and signals that he has great reflex just like a big cat. Not only that, it also brings to attention the plight of the tiger which by all reports are nearing extinction. Maybe Randy intends to open a tiger sanctuary near Villa Park.
The WWF are going to sponsor us next season.
PROOF! (http://www.jonnywright.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/kermit.jpg)
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Love the keepers kit.
It makes Brad look fierce and signals that he has great reflex just like a big cat. Not only that, it also brings to attention the plight of the tiger which by all reports are nearing extinction. Maybe Randy intends to open a tiger sanctuary near Villa Park.
Those migrating wilder beast passing through Aston Park better watch out.
That's giving the Bluenoses the kind of poetic name they don't deserve.
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Away kit looks ok but would rather be all black than have the check at sides.
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Not to bad but goalkeepers kit is horrid, will have to see them in the flesh before i decide whether or not to buy them
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Crikey!
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/69/cd/0,,10265~8899945,00.jpg)
They're having a laugh with that. Looks like he should be in the Safari Park.
Eye of the Tiger! I think this fits Brad's position of being at the top of the food chain as far as goalies are concerned. Just need some frosted flakes to get him going.
I like the new kits, but would rather have the away not black. Put some Spice into it. Maybe Scary?
Another note - I haven't seen Milner in any of the photos. Shit.
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its grreeaaaatttt!!!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3368337490_8b6980949f.jpg)
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Oh well I'm going to be over £100 better off not having to buy this for my son & I!!! Hopefully next seasons will look better!! Until then I'll stick with the retro tops!!! Cheers Villa!!
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truly awful designs and sponsors logo is naff - VCTM jnr will be sticking with the classier training tops (currently sponsor free)
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I'm going retro next season me thinks. I shall wear a shirt that recalls the glorious days of 2009/10. I suppose as I've liked the last two/three kits they were due a bad one.
I don't like checks at all. And the away kit... Jesus H. Christ!
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In a word..they are both...SHIT!!!!
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Is this the season of lame kits or something? I've barely seen a decent one revealed in the whole of the Prem.
But saying that, I have a strange penchant for hideous and garish kits. There's something about the keepers kit that makes me like it. It might just be the fact Big Brad, mr Dependable is in it, or it might be the ridiculous tiger stripes. I quite like it.
I used to love the 93-94 away kit.
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Sorry,I mean...they are all...SHIT!!
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I dont mind the home shirt itself but hate claret socks and claret collars. The design on the whole reminds me of the kit we wore in O'Leary's last season. I dont mind the checks.
I quite like the away kit.
Best to judge both in the flesh i guess.
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(http://www.pearlanddean.com/mediaLibrary/images/english/317184.jpg)
Brad Friedel at today's kit launch.
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What I really don't understand, is people complaining about the sponsor layout.
It's their brand - they will not change it. White or red letters it is.
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Love the claret socks and all black away kit. Home shirt is meh!
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My first reaction two minutes ago was not positive.
Maybe it'll grow on me. I don't think the cheque patches down the sides look good. If we have a successful season in it that's all that will count.
I was hoping for a collar this year too. Ah well.
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Found this on youtube. Very poofy ceremony.
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Christ almighty, whatever happened to the claret that Nike managed to get spot on three years back? Looking at the photos on the OS, it almost looks red.
The away is easily the best of a bad bunch. Last year's were poor too, I'd be quite happy for us to tell Nike to sling their hook when the contract's up. See if Umbro can do a better job.
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Christ almighty, whatever happened to the claret that Nike managed to get spot on three years back? Looking at the photos on the OS, it almost looks red.
The away is easily the best of a bad bunch. Last year's were poor too, I'd be quite happy for us to tell Nike to sling their hook when the contract's up. See if Umbro can do a better job.
I'd like Adidas myself. The German kits were top notch. Means we'll have stripes down the arms mind.
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I think the claret looks fairly dark on the o/s. It looked fairly red on the video but a lot of our kits have looked reddish on sunny hot days - the 1995-96 one sure did, especially if you check out the preseason team photo from that year. I really like the away one - i like the blue trim on it.
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My god, you lot are miserable. They keep things the same, you all moan because they are boring, they do something different you moan just for the fcuk of it. I do dispair sometimes when coming on here....
The away kit is well smart. the home kit is at least different from last year and looks cool in a kind of croatia way, ill def be buying one of the two.
And granted the keeper kit is a bit o.t.t. BUT...if i was 8years old id be getting my first erection over it. And we all know the only people to buy keeper kits are those still awaiting puberty.
Now lets all stop being miserable old men ey?
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I don't mind the away kit, it's the only one i will probably buy this season.
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Christ almighty, whatever happened to the claret that Nike managed to get spot on three years back? Looking at the photos on the OS, it almost looks red.
The away is easily the best of a bad bunch. Last year's were poor too, I'd be quite happy for us to tell Nike to sling their hook when the contract's up. See if Umbro can do a better job.
We should go back to Le Coq Sportif as i dream off seeing the white and yellow striped away shirt (83?) back one day...if theyre still going that is!
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It's the most disappointing Villa shirt / check combo since Milan Baros.
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And granted the keeper kit is a bit o.t.t. BUT...if i was 8years old id be getting my first erection over it.
So you've had to wait until you're 15, better late than never.
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I f****n' hate claret socks.
Seconded.
Claret shirt with blue sleeves, white shorts and blue socks. Shouldn't deviate from that imo.
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It's the most disappointing Villa shirt / check combo since Milan Baros.
Have you had that stored up since the initial mock ups of the checked side bits were released and waited till now to release it on the unsuspecting H&V public?
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I like both shirts but the red fx logo on the black shirt looks shit.
My main gripe is that they do a big release show but can't give a date when it's available. You have a load of people turn up to see it and surely it'd be worth flogging them straight away?
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I like it,just need Eleven who want to wear it!
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Gutted. Especially after seeing the 1974-1981 mock ups
I'd be happy if we got rid of the checks.
Like the Black Away but not as an away kit, Should be white/claret trimming or yellow at worst.
I'l stick with my 1982-1983 Davenports home
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The kits are all horrible. I was laughing at the Arsenal keepers kit and now weve ended up with the same.
I wont be buying any of them.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1262650/West-Ham-sex-new-pink-Ann-Summers-kit.html
Compare ours to this. I am sure we have got much the better deal! Awful.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1262650/West-Ham-sex-new-pink-Ann-Summers-kit.html
Compare ours to this. I am sure we have got much the better deal! Awful.
Check the date boys :)
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Do I not like that.
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Not very keen on the home and away shirts.
That goal keeper shirt is awful, godamn awful.
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Not very keen on the home and away shirts.
That goal keeper shirt is awful, godamn awful.
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Will it be tight fitting like the red England top.
I do hope so as I'll have the ladies swooning all over me at Villa Park lol
(just don't look at the belly)
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Will it be tight fitting like the red England top.
Probably depends on what size you buy.
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From looking at the pictures the most worrying thing was the state of Stewart Downing. I thought it was a fan with that belly and moobs protruding through his new Villa shirt.
http://bit.ly/a198Qg pics 21 + 22.
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Where's our representative's pics?
Percy?
For what it's worth I like the black away one - hopefully the fxpro won't look too red. and the home isn't too bad after all. better than this years.
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Iis clear that the new shirt is not kind on people with let's just say "Stuart Downing type physique"
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I f****n' hate claret socks.
Seconded.
Claret shirt with blue sleeves, white shorts and blue socks. Shouldn't deviate from that imo.
Thirded. The kit looks too dark with claret socks. The shirts look okay at first until you notice the checks, which ruin them. I suppose quite a few people were complaining about the similarity of the previous kits so they had to do something a bit different. Pity it had to be such Hummel style cheapness. Bring on a deal with Adidas I say, they've been making the best shirts for years. I quite like some of the Puma stuff as well.
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Iis clear that the new shirt is not kind on people with let's just say "Stuart Downing type physique"
Maybe it's a fanny pack?
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The keeper top is shite but I like the home and away shirts. I'm a big fan of bringing back the claret socks as well.
Nike have done a great job on all the kits they've produced for us, especially compared to the monstrosities we had around ten years ago.
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At least Stewart has had a good summer.
Goalie kit is just terrible; like the away kit though
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The new kits are absolutely average.
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Black, red, claret and blue is a combo more befitting the muller away kit of '93/94. The sponsor's tagline makes us look like slags...think I'll stick with the acorns shirts.
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If you though our kit was bad:
http://www.evertonfc.com/awaykit
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Pink isn't always bad and that's not particularly horrible.
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I think its vile. Imagine how thats gonna hurt the eye watching 10 of them running round in bright pink.
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If you though our kit was bad:
http://www.evertonfc.com/awaykit
Imagine if they wore it against Blackpool?? Arrgh my eyes!!!
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I hate advertising on shirts, but the inclusion of the strap-line makes our new kit worse than most.
Home shirt - Don't like the checks, but other than that, it's claret and blue in the right places.
Away shirt - Here the checks work - has echoes of the Croatian away shirt. I like it (bar the advertising).
(http://www.acasports.co.uk/images/products/full/croatia_away_shirt_nike.jpg)
In the final analysis though, I'm not going to be parting with £50 for this year's over-hyped piece of polyester. My 1957 Cup final replica shirt needs replacing and I'd rather spend my money on a new one of those.
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have we actually seen a picture of the away kit yet ? or is it just photoshopped [whatever that means]
apologies for not keeping up with this story,
its just that people keep saying they like the away kit, and i dont think i've seen it
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And granted the keeper kit is a bit o.t.t. BUT...if i was 8years old id be getting my first erection over it.
So you've had to wait until you're 15, better late than never.
Yeah, but I woke up with it. Im not sure if thats cheating?
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At least If I have to sit through some of those drab home games again like last season , I can take off my sons shirt and we can have a game of Draughts through the game .. ;-D
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have we actually seen a picture of the away kit yet ? or is it just photoshopped [whatever that means]
apologies for not keeping up with this story,
its just that people keep saying they like the away kit, and i dont think i've seen it
Try the official site John.
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Away kit looks ok, not sure on the home shirt as yet. I'll probably stick with my Acorns one.
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If you though our kit was bad:
http://www.evertonfc.com/awaykit
Thankfully they probably won't be wearing that at Villa Park because it clashes with claret?
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The new kits are absolutely average.
Thats how Nike football kits have gone I'm afraid. They're just templates at the end of the day, looks like no thought went into it whatsoever.
Very cheap looking...... not that I'm fussed as I won't be buying one anyway.
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It's the away shirt for me this time around -
I have sympathy with staff at Villa Village.......was in there this morning deciding on whether to purchase purple tee shirt or polo
for the Dublin weekend .........majority of potential customers were enquiring about the new kit and it's availability and walking out with nothing
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Drop the logo, wear a proper kit, and win some cups !
Heres two trophies for a start !
(http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Fastonvilla4.jpg)
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Like the away shirt, jury very much out on the home one and it should always be blue socks and never claret for me...
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Some background to the shirt designs on the website. Really intertesting about the history bits including the check pattern matching the Holte Flag and Bartons Arms tiling. Also cant wait to see the "Pride of Birmingham" on the inside of the badge against the heart !
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/ClubNewsDetail/0,,10265~2094101,00.html
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They look poor quality to me. I'm hoping the players were all given a size too big as the cut and style of them is poor if not.
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Some background to the shirt designs on the website. Really intertesting about the history bits including the check pattern matching the Holte Flag and Bartons Arms tiling. Also cant wait to see the "Pride of Birmingham" on the inside of the badge against the heart !
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/ClubNewsDetail/0,,10265~2094101,00.html
Whoever wrote it should learn how to spell Holte End.
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Some background to the shirt designs on the website. Really intertesting about the history bits including the check pattern matching the Holte Flag and Bartons Arms tiling. Also cant wait to see the "Pride of Birmingham" on the inside of the badge against the heart !
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/ClubNewsDetail/0,,10265~2094101,00.html
Whoever wrote it should learn how to spell Holte End.
Dearie me.
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Drop the logo, wear a proper kit, and win some cups !
Heres two trophies for a start !
(http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Fastonvilla4.jpg)
No originality here - a blatant copy of 1992/93!!!!
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Good to see that they're (well Nike) are starting to recycle the plastic bottles and turn them into fabric.
It's win v win as far as I can see.
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(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2418/delphonso.jpg)
I love the new kit, ça va sans dire, it goes without saying, apart from the awful claret socks (we are Aston Villa, we have sky blue socks).
First of all, the design is peculiar, classy and unusual and the claret and blue checks recall the moquette of our changing room.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/rtn56t.jpg)
Secondarily, the template is not the standard template of the other Nike kits , but it's conceived exclusively for us, the Aston Villa FC, so I dare to say this is the first outstanding Nike kit in years. . .
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Some background to the shirt designs on the website. Really intertesting about the history bits including the check pattern matching the Holte Flag and Bartons Arms tiling. Also cant wait to see the "Pride of Birmingham" on the inside of the badge against the heart !
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/ClubNewsDetail/0,,10265~2094101,00.html
Whoever wrote it should learn how to spell Holte End.
And knock that Barton's myth on the head. Bring back Lerwill.
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Still undecided on both kits, think the home looks the best ( if only that sponsor tag line was missing) My only concern though is that all my nike shirts I own 5 Villa and 1 Barcelona, do not have a single 'skeg' or pull in the material, which you get on cheap material if you catch them on something rough (asics kits were a nightmare). Having seen the new Man Utd shirt in my local sports shop window covered in skegs/pulls, this plastic bottle recycling rubbish theory has clearly made the material pretty poor. If I spend £50 and pick my little daughter up and her shoes skeg my shirt, I will not be impressed.
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I think the home kit is O.K and the away classy.
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I haven't posted on here for a while but I felt i had to state my disappointment with the new kits purely because, according to someone on footballshirtculture.com, they appear to be a rehash of RC lens kits from 08/09 - see http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/11/90/56/54/maillo11.jpg
That to me is really lazy by nike and an affront to aston villa. Shame on them
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I think it's an ok strip although I'm not so keen on the checks on the socks. I'm a bit suprised at the strength of some of the negative reaction as they are all a sight better than some of the abominations we've had over the years.
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I think it's an ok strip although I'm not so keen on the checks on the socks. I'm a bit suprised at the strength of some of the negative reaction as they are all a sight better than some of the abominations we've had over the years.
Yes, it fulfills the main criteria, claret body with blue sleeves, and is therefore as you say significantly better than some of diadora/ asics/ hummel/ henson crap we've had previously. One of the fhe fundamental problems with changing the kit every year is that it puts such pressure on the design being different or original. Fashion doesn't move fast enough for the design simply to respond to subtle changes in taste. Every year I'm dreading that they'll have reverted to some stripey thing on the basis that they've exhausted all other options. Therefore in a lot of ways its a relief, although I don't think I'll be buying it as I don't like it as much as last year's or the one before.
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(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2418/delphonso.jpg)
I love the new kit, ça va sans dire, it goes without saying, apart from the awful claret socks (we are Aston Villa, we have sky blue socks).
First of all, the design is peculiar, classy and unusual and the claret and blue checks recall the moquette of our changing room.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/rtn56t.jpg)
Secondarily, the template is not the standard template of the other Nike kits , but it's conceived exclusively for us, the Aston Villa FC, so I dare to say this is the first outstanding Nike kit in years. . .
Pale Blue socks, Coventry in-breds wear Sky Blue. Villa have no association with Sky Blue. Club colours are Claret & Pale Blue and is as much a part of our history as other things. Seems picky but as a Brummie exile living in Coventry its a no no for me. Nothing personal Archie, "Up the Villa".
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I haven't posted on here for a while but I felt i had to state my disappointment with the new kits purely because, according to someone on footballshirtculture.com, they appear to be a rehash of RC lens kits from 08/09 - see http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/11/90/56/54/maillo11.jpg
That to me is really lazy by nike and an affront to aston villa. Shame on them
Wow. Thanks for pointing that out. That's really poor from Nike.
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I hate the tagline, absolute s***. I didn't even know what it meant, had to google "Forex"! At least it'll appeal to city types. Or they'll just think it looks lame as well.
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I haven't posted on here for a while but I felt i had to state my disappointment with the new kits purely because, according to someone on footballshirtculture.com, they appear to be a rehash of RC lens kits from 08/09 - see http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/11/90/56/54/maillo11.jpg
That to me is really lazy by nike and an affront to aston villa. Shame on them
Wow. Thanks for pointing that out. That's really poor from Nike.
Got to say I much prefer Adidas or even Puma styling to Nike..
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I'm actually growing to like it, I've decided I quite like the away shirt.
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i dont actually know if i like them or not. The away kits defo the better of the two but i think the (trade forex like a pro) ruins both kits, how much exactly are they pumping into the club cos it better be worth it? I think i'm just gonna pick me up a retro shirt, any recommendations on where i can get one from?
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It could be the best football shirt ever designed, but I still won't be buying either for the same reason I stopped buying shirts in about 2001- I don't like being an advert for a company that has nothing to do with football apart from the fact that they like the idea of getting advertising in every newspaper and Premier League highlights show worldwide on a weekly basis. I broke the cycle by acquiring the first Acorns shirt as I respected the Club's stance on promoting a local charity, but now we've gone back to a commercial sponsor (and a poorly represented one at that- that strapline is dreadful) I'll go back to displaying the names of obscure indie bands on my torso for the forseeable future, thanks.
I was hoping to pick up the white away shirt with Acorns logo on the cheap at the end of the season but they seem to have vanished from all the shops- does anyone know if we'll be keeping it on for next season (with FXPro logo) as a third choice kit?
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I haven't posted on here for a while but I felt i had to state my disappointment with the new kits purely because, according to someone on footballshirtculture.com, they appear to be a rehash of RC lens kits from 08/09 - see http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/11/90/56/54/maillo11.jpg
That to me is really lazy by nike and an affront to aston villa. Shame on them
I'm really disappointed with that. It comes across as though Nike have put no thought or effort into our kit design whatsoever.
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I hate advertising on shirts, but the inclusion of the strap-line makes our new kit worse than most.
Home shirt - Don't like the checks, but other than that, it's claret and blue in the right places.
Away shirt - Here the checks work - has echoes of the Croatian away shirt. I like it (bar the advertising).
Agree with all of this.
My main bugbears wrt our home kits are the claret being too light, collars and any blue on the shoulder. Not keen on the sponsor's tagline but at least it's in white as opposed to say the NTL abomination. Thus I prefer this year's to the last couple.
Love the away kit and the claret and blue checks not only go well with black but also highlight that it's a Villa away shirt. Would still prefer white with claret trim mind. It'll be interesting to see it in the flesh. I hated the pics of last Ingerland inspred shirt but thought it looked good on the players.
In short you can't please everyone. Some here love our yellow and blue away kits but I hate them. Some here want light blue socks but I prefer claret, black or white to them. Overall this year's efforts are pretty good IMO and I'll likely buy one for the first time in 5 years.
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After looking at the Arsenal and Man U kits I reckon we've pissed Nike off...... Both of their kits look very classy and ours, well it looks like we're in the next level down with Fulham.
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It's shit.
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The nike kits we've had over the last couple of seasons have been much better. They look a little more classy than the new ones, which I have to say look cheap to me.
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Is it beyond the club's capability to have 5 or 6 designs as mock ups on the internet? The fans could be polled as to the best design instead of having a crap kit like the latest one imposed on us all? What were the designers thinking of? As for Brad's shirt....well that's just plain awful!! The neck of the home shirt looks unfinished, it needs some light blue trim to add contrast - it's as though the neckline was forgotten about.
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They did something similar previously...
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They did something similar previously...
Very true indeed. It's a pity they didn't do it properly.
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This is the best shirt I've seen for a while.
[img]http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/nottinghamforest.jpg [/imf]
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(http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/nottinghamforest.jpg)
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Think it's really smart and our second best Nike home shirt.
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Mate went into the club shop today. Was told that there was a possibility that the home shirt wouldn't be available until after the season had started and the away shirt could be as late as September. Something at Nike's end apparently.
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Mate went into the club shop today. Was told that there was a possibility that the home shirt wouldn't be available until after the season had started and the away shirt could be as late as September. Something at Nike's end apparently.
Labour supply problems, good old Nike.
The club should sue them for loss of income.
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Mate went into the club shop today. Was told that there was a possibility that the home shirt wouldn't be available until after the season had started and the away shirt could be as late as September. Something at Nike's end apparently.
by the time it comes out on genral sale we will have a new kit we should all boycott buying it until they realise that shirts should be on release at least a month before other clubs manage to do it.its not like this is the first time thias has happened
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The World Cup's been on so that's gonna push production of club shirts back.
We've pissed around and delayed with the new sponsor (exactly as we did last season when we didn't confirm Acorns again 'till quite late on).
We're way down on Nike's list of priorities anyway. It might not be nice to accept, but they do also have the likes of Man Utd, Barcelona, Inter, Arsenal, Porto, Celtic who I'm sure all sell far more shirts thna us.
We've got a genuine deal with the biggest sportswear brand in the world, we should be happy we've got them. Even if we have to wait a bit for the kits. I'd much prefer that than to have a Le Coq Sportif, Puma or Macron like some of our divisional rivals.
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I wouldn't JJ. I think Spurs' Puma kit is pretty good in a retro way, that Forest kit by Umbro up there is bang on too.
What's the point in a genuine deal if we get some re-hashed stuff from a few years back?
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The Spurs kit is classier than ours, by miles. Retro-tastic.
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I agree Paulie. I haven't seen it with the sponsor on it, but it'll still be pretty cool. I like that they did something different, but not.. "crappy" different.
I guess it's all about opinions though.
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I wouldn't JJ. I think Spurs' Puma kit is pretty good in a retro way, that Forest kit by Umbro up there is bang on too.
What's the point in a genuine deal if we get some re-hashed stuff from a few years back?
The Spurs kit is classier than ours, by miles. Retro-tastic.
I agree the Spurs home shirt this season is very smart. But look at their away kits and their 3 shirts last year.
All fucking shite. This one is very much a one off.
The Umbro kits are nice, but everyone is getting the same 'tailored by Umbro' range where they just strip the shirt down to the basics. Again I don't mind it (the Forest kit is well smart), but we've had that pretty much the last two seasons and people moaned then. We get a genuine Villa design from the biggest sportswear brand in the world. It ain't that bad!
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That's the thing though, I can't see it as a genuine Villa design when it's pretty much exactly the same as the (forgive me, I forgot the name of the club) Rens FC (?) kit. Even down to the checks on the socks! It's not that bad a kit, but it's the deal with Nike that I'm questioning.
The other thing, minor but I had held out hope for something, was that as someone on this site mentioned this is our 100th year in the top flight, so, I'd hoped Nike would maybe do something towards that, but I don't think they have. As I said, that's just a personal one really.
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I agree Paulie. I haven't seen it with the sponsor on it, but it'll still be pretty cool. I like that they did something different, but not.. "crappy" different.
I guess it's all about opinions though.
That said, Spurs can't get their shirts for sale until September.
We moan, but it appears that there are other clubs being held back by their shirt producers.
I never uy the shirt, but I think (economically speaking) the club is missing out by not being able to sell early on.
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yay! first post! hi everyone! going to give my two cents on the new kit. it looks weird with the slogan at the bottom. prefer the acorns one.
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yay! first post! hi everyone! going to give my two cents on the new kit. it looks weird with the slogan at the bottom. prefer the acorns one.
yay!
Yes I'm not too keen on the new sponsor either, but it'll be bringing in much needed cash by the sounds of it.
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Ordered the away shirt yesterday and was told delivery would be September 8th- another 6 weeks yet!
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That's ridiculous.
I aint going to bother.
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Ordered the away shirt yesterday and was told delivery would be September 8th- another 6 weeks yet!
Where'd you order?
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We get a genuine Villa design from the biggest sportswear brand in the world. It ain't that bad!
Thing is, it's not a genuine Villa design. It's the same design as the kit from 2 years ago for Lens.
I'm going to buy the polo shirt and not bother with a kit this year.