Crest Review

[Smithy]

Amongst the Villa fans I know in real life, who have seen the options, there seems to be a very clear line appearing between those old enough to have supported Villa when we had a round badge, and those born after that.  If you're the former, you almost certainly prefer the round one, if the latter it's almost certainly the gas lamp.  Purely anecdotal, but I think the result of the fan vote will be determined entirely by the demographics of our current fan base.

[Flin5tone]

Just put my vote in for the round one. I don't know why we need that pathetic star (be ok if it was above badge)and I would have liked prepared to return but I guess we aren't prepared for sod all these days apart from defeats.

[Goldie.7]

Purely anecdotal, but I think the result of the fan vote will be determined entirely by the demographics of our current fan base.

Correct. The round badge has already won and we all know it.

[john e]

the Gaslamp has something unique about and is certainly a better attempt than most of us were expecting
The round one is what successful Villa stands for in recent times (ish) but is a little bit like going back to past glories and not embracing the bright future (see what i did there)

ultimately it doesn’t matter because the Gaslamp is the Jeremy Corbyn in this vote and will go down the same way

[amfy]

Personally, a stand alone lion would have been the one

I thought that too, but now I can see why they left it out, as either design has standalone versions of it which I like.
Overall I think both badges are better than the current one and I love how strong the claret is, especially when I see it in the line up with other clubs.
I thought I would go round, but the ‘gas lamp’ (shield) has won me over - it just looks really clean and modern and next to it, the round version looks a bit fussy and dated.

[Goldenballs]

Voted for round but I'd be happy with either. As least the fans were involved and the Lerner pile of shite will be gone.

[SamTheMouse]

WHY IS BARRY FACING THE WRONG WAY?

[Astnor]

Both is very fine. Most familiar with the round one so voting there , the other one is growing on me. It is probl covered here somewhere but why is direction of lion turned around?

[Pete3206]

Purely anecdotal, but I think the result of the fan vote will be determined entirely by the demographics of our current fan base.

Correct. The round badge has already won and we all know it.

The other badge is to give the illusion of choice. The decision has already been made during the 'consultation' process.

[nigel]

The more I look the more I think the unique Gaslamp design should be the one.
Although I’d have preferred ‘Aston Villa’ in claret or blue
The Star? Leave it out until we’re back in Europe

Neither are bad designs, I just prefer the simplicity of the Gaslamp.

[algy]

Both are better than the current badge. The lion being the wrong way round doesn't bother me that much personally. It looks a bit odd, but that's probably just because I'm so used to seeing it face the other way. The lion itself looks brilliant.

Can't decide between the two. The round one feels more like a 'Villa' badge to me - more classically Villa I suppose. But I like the shape of the gaslamp design & think it looks quite distinctive.

[Risso]

The more I look the more I think the unique Gaslamp design should be the one.
Although I’d have preferred ‘Aston Villa’ in claret or blue
The Star? Leave it out until we’re back in Europe

Neither are bad designs, I just prefer the simplicity of the Gaslamp.

That’s the one I voted for. It’s going to be a landslide for the round one though.

[nigel]

The more I look the more I think the unique Gaslamp design should be the one.
Although I’d have preferred ‘Aston Villa’ in claret or blue
The Star? Leave it out until we’re back in Europe

Neither are bad designs, I just prefer the simplicity of the Gaslamp.

That’s the one I voted for. It’s going to be a landslide for the round one though.

They said the same about Brexit and Corbyn, mate

[Toronto Villa]

It looks different because it’s what we’ve become used to. In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter. I just want to win games.

70 pages of discussion on here suggests it does matter to a hell of a lot of fans.

It’s a football fan website. Of course there is going to be discussion. We could discuss our favourite biscuits and sauces for 100 pages.

[SamTheMouse]

It’s a football fan website. Of course there is going to be discussion. We could discuss our favourite biscuits and sauces for 100 pages.

Pretty sure we have!