Crest Review

[Des Little]

They both looks shite, the reason the lion is the wrong way round is because Jools, Gemma and Josh in the design team had to do something to justify their money, the star is smalltime and the round one will win because we've had years of being told how great it is, just like that abomination of a Luke shirt when it first came out.

Nothing to add. 100% this.

Same

[Zouch Villa]

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?

If we must have a star, I’d stick a small gold star underneath the 1874

[dave.woodhall]

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?

They've won it twice. You're allowed a star for each win once you say you're never going to win it again.

[Flamingo Lane]

Perhaps I wasn't paying attention first time I watched the video, and I really don't have the stamina to watch it a second time, but what's this about 'gaslight'?

[pauliewalnuts]

Perhaps I wasn't paying attention first time I watched the video, and I really don't have the stamina to watch it a second time, but what's this about 'gaslight'?

The not round one has some sort of bullshit link to us being formed under 'a gaslit lamp', ie the shape of the shield.

[PeterWithesShin]

Perhaps I wasn't paying attention first time I watched the video, and I really don't have the stamina to watch it a second time, but what's this about 'gaslight'?

William Scattergood, Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, and Walter Price.

[Vegas]

I’m a bit more positive on this than the general tone here seems to be.

They both feel a bit more distinctive than the current one, and either would be an upgrade in my view.

Switching the way the lion faces is fairly pointless but doesn’t offend me. Reducing yellow is good. The gas lamp thing is fairly contrived but it is something specific to us, and the resulting shape is distinctive and looks ok. And I also quite like including a star and I don’t care if it’s small time!

[cdward]

The round one for me.
But why are the lions different?
The blue lion has more detail than the claret one, and looks better for it.

[joe_c]

Positives

The colour scheme is an improvement and they have done a better job of rendering the lion, I prefer seeing the dividing lines between limbs and head, I don't know if there is a technical heraldic term for this but the guff attached to the 2007 design said it was a shift from fragmented to unified.

Negatives

It's facing the wrong way which is weird and wrong and the star continues to be an embarrassing, incongruent afterthought and a reminder of the Lerner era we could do without.

I have a memory of when the previous design was in the works, the fans were given the choice between

Aston Villa
Aston Villa FC
Aston Villa Football Club
AVFC

And the final option won through on something like 30% with the full name options splitting the vote.

[Risso]

I think they're both shit. Really shit. It was the perfect opportunity to get rid of the yellow, whch just looks crap. The round one is just a shit version of the old round badge, and is hardly forward thinking. The 'gaslamp' one would be the least worst one, if it wasn't for the yellow lettering. The star just looks rubbish and small time.

[Exeter 77]

I just can't get past the lion facing the other way. Of the two options the round one is the most appealing but it's still a choice on a par with asking if you would like your own faeces boiled or fried

[Flamingo Lane]

Boiled or fried, I'll have my own faeces rather than someone else's, thank you.

[Goldie.7]

I like them both and would be happy with either.

The reverse lion represents us moving forward for some of you constantly fixated on the past.

[Si]

In the original poll I voted for the round one, so it should be the round one now, but I prefer the lion in the shield with all its extra detailing. Stick that in the round one and I'll be happy.

[KevinGage]

If we wanted to go distinctive compared to the whole host of other topflight clubs with the round badge, we could've had a reworking on the diamond shaped crest on the old Trinity.

The gaslight one doesn't look Villa enough to me, so the round one by default.