New Kit - Now out in September

[TimTheVillain]

Ooooooooh Pauline, and you living in Knowle ;-)

[villajk]

^^^^

hehe I know.  We are actually quite liberated out here.   Well some of us, the 'not posh' ones.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Its not the best, the only benefit for me is that it's my Birthday in September, I can ask for a kit then. If it wasn't then I wouldn't purchase it.

It was the same last year wasn't it? Also Nike knew it was going to be Acorns as well.

What was the excuse then?

[Mike Jeffries]

Wherever the actual fault lies, there's no escaping the fact that lots of people want to buy the shirt before the season starts.  

September is surely going to mean a loss in revenue, if only because the money ended up getting spent on school uniforms in July/August instead, oh and it's a month later for folks to be a bit more worried about their jobs.

I'm happy with the much cheaper t-shirt I bought, but that's not the point is it - I wasn't going to buy the shirt anyway.

[5ft811st2 Durham]

Anyone know the rumours about the 2011 12 home shirt?

[dave.woodhall]

Stop moaning, all of you

http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/07/28/bleating-over-the-kit/

[eastie]

It is poor to release the shirt so late and also poor that we have had a new shirt every year in recent times, the big problem with football these days is greed , and I refer to tv , clubs and players in that comment!

[richard moore]

Bad show really! I would have been tempted to buy the away one for my two weeks jolly hols near Alicante in a couple of weeks time so as to fly the flag, but won't bother with it coming out in September. Very poor retail management skills whichever way you look at it. Get Mary Portas to sort 'em out I say!!!

[richard moore]

Stop moaning, all of you

http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/07/28/bleating-over-the-kit/

Quite right Dave, I was cheered up immensely by them suggesting we sign Shane Long.....

[London Villan]

Hmmm so on sale from mid-Sept...out of date by early May.

I make that 8 months... well worth £45!

[TimTheVillain]

Hmmm so on sale from mid-Sept...out of date by early May.

I make that 8 months... well worth £45!

£40.50 if you're a season ticket holder :-)

Stonkingly good value NOT !

[PaulTheVillan]

September 2011?

[DangerousBri]

i will not be wasting my money for 8 month shirt

[pmarachi]

Agree, and Adidas are looking like a better partner to me.

Nike = American, is that the big connection ?

Who makes Browns kits ?

ALL NFL shirts are made by Reebok.  It's a a leaguewide contract.  Even the coaches have to wear reebok clothing (even if they wear a suit, reebok has to make it).  

All sports here are like that.
MLB= Majestic
NBA=Adidas
NFL/NHL=Reebok

Yeah, it may be annoying, but hey, the shirts are always available for the start of the season!


As for Nike, and the "oh it's soo American" thing.  I think it has less to do with it being American (Since really no sports teams here wear nike,  except some colleges, and more to do with a "SEE! We are Big time just like Untied and Arsenal!"

[TimTheVillain]

To coin a phrase, I think Nike have dropped the ball here.

In their attempt to maximise profits they've not delivered and our board should be sitting down with them talking compensation.

The 'we supply ManUre / Arse / Barca' line is wearing very thin now, and there are better partners around who will give Villa better service.

We are small beer to NIke and they are definately showing this to be the case.