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Offline DaveD

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #135 on: March 19, 2016, 09:09:03 PM »
Nice one Centurion

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #136 on: March 19, 2016, 09:19:07 PM »
Be nice if we started acting like a big club again and get someone who we have heard of. Under Armour, a truly household name.

Got to admit, I was with you about this. I'd honestly never heard of them in my life until reading this thread when it appeared. I thought it was gonna be about Westwood's vest or something.

Under Armour are now the second biggest sportswear firm in the US behind Nike, having moved ahead of Adidas. They're enormous, trust me.

Offline pelty

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #137 on: March 19, 2016, 10:30:03 PM »
I will be interested to see the quality of their Villa kits because my sons have had several kits for their teams made by Under Armour that have been of the worst quality. Socks have developed huge holes in a only a couple of weeks, the patches and wording on the shirts have fallen off, etc. Hopefully, they will step up their game for a professional (or, should I say, "professional") club, but we shall see.

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #138 on: March 19, 2016, 10:30:33 PM »
Risso, I trust you! I hope the financial package for Villa is in keeping with where I think Villa should be pitching.

Offline Smirker

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #139 on: March 19, 2016, 10:33:58 PM »
Be nice if we started acting like a big club again and get someone who we have heard of. Under Armour, a truly household name.

Got to admit, I was with you about this. I'd honestly never heard of them in my life until reading this thread when it appeared. I thought it was gonna be about Westwood's vest or something.

Under Armour are now the second biggest sportswear firm in the US behind Nike, having moved ahead of Adidas. They're enormous, trust me.

This. They're just not big in this country.

Offline David_Nab

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #140 on: March 19, 2016, 11:46:13 PM »
Andy Murray is with Under Armour as well switched from Addidas bout a year ago they are big just not had much exposure in Uk.

Offline CT Villan

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #141 on: March 20, 2016, 02:35:48 AM »
They're just not big in this country.

Well they are about to get massive exposure in Huddersfield, Rotherham, Brentford and Preston, to name but a few.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #142 on: March 20, 2016, 03:31:50 AM »
Maybe someone should go onto a Spurs site and ask them how the quality of their stuff is.

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #143 on: March 20, 2016, 04:57:49 AM »
Risso, I trust you! I hope the financial package for Villa is in keeping with where I think Villa should be pitching.

Well, the bar isn't set very high. We're miles behind a lot of other PL clubs.

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #144 on: March 20, 2016, 06:28:25 AM »
Be nice if we started acting like a big club again and get someone who we have heard of. Under Armour, a truly household name.

Got to admit, I was with you about this. I'd honestly never heard of them in my life until reading this thread when it appeared. I thought it was gonna be about Westwood's vest or something.

Under Armour are now the second biggest sportswear firm in the US behind Nike, having moved ahead of Adidas. They're enormous, trust me.

This. They're just not big in this country.

And they're big here in Japan. But then again, so are New Balance. It's been so long since I've lived in Europe, but are New Balance popular in the UK/Europe?

Offline MillerBall

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #145 on: March 20, 2016, 08:34:58 AM »
Given the appalling players that infest our squad I would suggest a deal with a supplier called "Undies Aroma" would be far more appropriate.

The abject poverty of our performances this season is such that Villa need full body armour never mind just an Under Armour.

I suppose we could be sponsored by "No Balance" (given the mess the team is in)  or "Nuke", "Dire Dora" or even  "No chance of a Gola" as for the goalkeeper he can be sponsored by AdiBadAss. There should be good sponsorship opportunities for Gazzoons gloves given the amount of times his hands are both clasped to the top of his head in the Camera shots.





Essentially the players are crap regardless of what kit they wear; you would have thought that the simple process of passing to colleagues who are wearing the same colour shirt would not be quite as complicated as our team have made it.

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #146 on: March 20, 2016, 08:38:20 AM »
Given the appalling players that infest our squad I would suggest a deal with a supplier called "Undies Aroma" would be far more appropriate.

The abject poverty of our performances this season is such that Villa need full body armour never mind just an Under Armour.

I suppose we could be sponsored by "No Balance" (given the mess the team is in)  or "Nuke", "Dire Dora" or even  "No chance of a Gola" as for the goalkeeper he can be sponsored by AdiBadAss. There should be good sponsorship opportunities for Gazzoons gloves given the amount of times his hands are both clasped to the top of his head in the Camera shots.

Under Achievers seems a better fit



Essentially the players are crap regardless of what kit they wear; you would have thought that the simple process of passing to colleagues who are wearing the same colour shirt would not be quite as complicated as our team have made it.

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #147 on: March 20, 2016, 08:41:33 AM »
Does it matter who the kit supplier is as long as we get enough money? I am sure most can stitch together a shirt in Bangladesh.

Offline MillerBall

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #148 on: March 20, 2016, 08:43:16 AM »
"Under Achievers" is a good one but on a more serious note is this squad of players really fit for Premiership Purpose and whilst I agree they probably could achieve more; I suspect it would be "not a lot more."

I suppose if somebody actually put in a bid to buy the club we could wear "Under Offer."

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Re: Under Armour
« Reply #149 on: March 20, 2016, 12:58:18 PM »
Be nice if we started acting like a big club again and get someone who we have heard of. Under Armour, a truly household name.

Got to admit, I was with you about this. I'd honestly never heard of them in my life until reading this thread when it appeared. I thought it was gonna be about Westwood's vest or something.

Under Armour are now the second biggest sportswear firm in the US behind Nike, having moved ahead of Adidas. They're enormous, trust me.

This. They're just not big in this country.

And they're big here in Japan. But then again, so are New Balance. It's been so long since I've lived in Europe, but are New Balance popular in the UK/Europe?

I'd say they're an average sized brand here, bigger than Errea but smaller than Reebok. The trainers are popular with some people, usually the sorts who shop in Size and like Air Max, and I've seen them a lot in pubs. As a kit manufacturer they're getting more popular, Celtic, Liverpool and Stoke use their stuff.

 


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