New kit and commercials - (now with added poll)

[dave.woodhall]

Another gambling company. Not good.

You mean you don't like it? I'm absolutely stunned at that. 

[mj]

A tad underwhelming as far as sponsors go I suppose.  Is it tomorrow they are revealing the kits online or did I dream that?

[eastie]

A tad underwhelming as far as sponsors go I suppose.  Is it tomorrow they are revealing the kits online or did I dream that?

Yes it is tomorrow.

[ozzjim]

As long as it is not a pay day loan or one of those instant cash for your stuff places, I really could not give a hoot. Gambling companies are paying the most then so be it at the moment. I hope they are paying a good sum per season, and if so then I hope we improve on the pitch to a point that a non gambling company sees us as viable. Until then, the highest bidder it is.

[mj]

A tad underwhelming as far as sponsors go I suppose.  Is it tomorrow they are revealing the kits online or did I dream that?

Yes it is tomorrow.

Nice one, thanks.

[saunders_heroes]

Another gambling company. Not good.

You mean you don't like it? I'm absolutely stunned at that. 

Oooh, get you!

[not3bad]

This is one time we really can blame Paul Faulkner.

[andrew08]

I like the fact that my season tickets cost £100 or so less because of them.

I can guarantee that they'll get exactly the same as the revenue I gave Genting though.

[neo_Villan]

They also sponsor Everton

And Albion.

I thought that was Zoopla.

They're not their shirt sponsor just 'official partners', as they are with Everton I believe.

Been a long  time since i was happy with the sponsor on the shirt , probably the rover days .
Even yogurts were not too bad compared to recent times .

Acorns wasn't that long ago. Although out of the paying sponsors, I'd agree that Rover was the last decent one. We then replaced Rover with 'Cows' and it has been downhill ever since.

[not3bad]

I can guarantee that they'll get exactly the same as the revenue I gave Genting though.

Me too.  It would have been different if Paddy Power were the new sponsors mind.

[Dave P]

It's the way of the world now.  Gambling seems to be recession proof and their money is just as good as anybody elses.

We'd all love a local firm like Cadburys but why would they compromise their very heathy position by sponsoring us ?  They'd lose loads of custom from blues and albion fans almost overnight.

[PeterWithesShin]

We want the club to have money to help pay for the new contracts and new players we want to see the club making, and this is obviously the sponsor who are offering the best deal. We can't have it all ways.

[eastie]

It's the way of the world now.  Gambling seems to be recession proof and their money is just as good as anybody elses.

We'd all love a local firm like Cadburys but why would they compromise their very heathy position by sponsoring us ?  They'd lose loads of custom from blues and albion fans almost overnight.

I don't think if cadburys sponsored villa fans of other clubs would stop eating their chocolate .

Carlsberg sponsored Liverpool and Samsung Chelsea but i wouldn't not drink their lager or buy their phone because they sponsored another team .

[Mister E]

This is one time we really can blame Paul Faulkner.

What for? - for negotiating the best possible financial deal for the club?
I suppose he couldd have gone out and sold the rights to Villa Park - how does the "The FlyBe Stadium in Aston" sound? Or the "Aston Ale Arena"?

I don't know how much we're being paid for this deal but I suspect PF and Lerner are no mugs at the commercial stuff. We have been crap on the field for three seasons and - like everthing else - it's the on-pitch performance that determines the finances.

[saunders_heroes]

Change the subject slightly - where will all the extra tv money we get next season go to?