Crest Review

[Brazilian Villain]

Am I being cynical or is the lion-facing-the-other-way design more to do with copyright/intellectual property?

That was thought too, I assumed that was what people meant when they said the reason given for it was spurious.

Having watched the video (which is pretty well done) and seen both on a white background (likely away shirt) it's a strong yes for the round option.

[Zouch Villa]

I’m just pleased the lion’s got its ear back.

[Beard82]

I would get rid of it on balance but I understand why people like it. Shouldn't look like a ball that the lion is juggling though.

Yeah its in the wrong place - it looks like when you try and throw a peanut into your mouth and mess it up and it ends up going over your head and you have to pretend that's what you were trying to do all along.

[Stu]

Two all day long. This will be a bigger landslide than the next General Election

A camel is a horse designed by committee etc.

The star pisses me off, it's out of context now. After Doug went it was an appropriate acknowledgment of past achievements which the club never recognised. Now it just seems desperate.

[Drummond]

Why is the Lion going the wrong way.
Over 150 years of history just chucked away.
Fucking idiots.

Because that's the way our first lion faced. So they've embraced history.

[London Villan]

Are we changing the shirt to black and red then?

[PeterWithesShin]

Why is the Lion going the wrong way.
Over 150 years of history just chucked away.
Fucking idiots.

Because that's the way our first lion faced. So they've embraced history.

Even if we ignore that Scots wouldn't have a heraldic lion facing the wrong way, and that there is nothing concrete about our early kits never mind badges, then should we change our colours to black and white as that's what is claimed were our colours with this first badge?

[Villan82]

And for the fans saying that the round one looks very samey to a fair few other clubs, that may be the case, but it is BY FAR the classiest round badge in the Premier League right now. 

Well said. The proposed new Villa round badge is head and shoulders better than every other round badge out there. It is very well done. The opposition, here, to the switched lion is just baffling.

And just look at West Ham's badge, really poor. Almost as bad as our Lerner badge which managed to leave out our name and main colour while giving us the palest yellow lion we have had.

[Nii Lamptey]

If we 'must' have the star, at least position it where we could drop another one next to it one day!

[Beard82]

Nice attempt at something different with the lamp, but it's not doing it for me - A little bit of a shambles of design tbh.

A club badge (especially for a club as historic as ours) is something that shouldn't really be fucked around with.... For that reason, I've voted for the round one. Reasoning being is it's classy and it harks back to the best badge in our history.

However, the star can get in the fucking sea - So small time! Embedding it in the badge design like that is basically saying "look what we did a long time ago, something that we'll never achieve ever again!"

The star should sit prominently ABOVE the badge (ala Forest) or not there at all!

And for the fans saying that the round one looks very samey to a fair few other clubs, that may be the case, but it is BY FAR the classiest round badge in the Premier League right now. 

Leeds and Spurs must have the worst badges ever

[pauliewalnuts]

If we 'must' have the star, at least position it where we could drop another one next to it one day!

Not allowed to, apparently. Unless playing in European competition.

[Brazilian Villain]

If we 'must' have the star, at least position it where we could drop another one next to it one day!

It looks dreadful in yellow on the outside, you've just convinced me that the claret star inside the round badge is the way to go.

[PeterWithesShin]

Lots of people like it but i've always thought the Forest one is shit, it looks like the tree is floating down a river.

[Nii Lamptey]

If we 'must' have the star, at least position it where we could drop another one next to it one day!

It looks dreadful in yellow on the outside, you've just convinced me that the claret star inside the round badge is the way to go.

Not disagreeing... I think we should ditch it altogether!

[Nii Lamptey]

If we 'must' have the star, at least position it where we could drop another one next to it one day!

Not allowed to, apparently. Unless playing in European competition.

I thought that too... but how come Forest have got away with their two stars on their crest?