Quote from: Smirker on August 03, 2023, 05:10:06 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on August 03, 2023, 05:04:25 PMNot sure what difference the owner being a Villa fan has, though?The owner being a Villa fan might mean it would be possible to get a deal with Gymshark. People still miss Luke Roper's kit. Do Gymshark do football shirts? And how long are we locked-in with Castore for?
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on August 03, 2023, 05:04:25 PMNot sure what difference the owner being a Villa fan has, though?The owner being a Villa fan might mean it would be possible to get a deal with Gymshark.
Not sure what difference the owner being a Villa fan has, though?
Quote from: Risso on August 03, 2023, 12:47:19 PMI hope that's the end result when the time comes to renegotiate their contract.With Heck on board I reckon we will go big and go American.
I hope that's the end result when the time comes to renegotiate their contract.
https://blues.clubstore.co.uk/adult-trainingTheir stuff is nicer than ours.Please don't attack me or ban me 😭
Quote from: eamonn on August 03, 2023, 06:33:05 PMQuote from: Smirker on August 03, 2023, 05:10:06 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on August 03, 2023, 05:04:25 PMNot sure what difference the owner being a Villa fan has, though?The owner being a Villa fan might mean it would be possible to get a deal with Gymshark. People still miss Luke Roper's kit. Do Gymshark do football shirts? And how long are we locked-in with Castore for?I've tried to find out and the announcement just said it was a multi year deal.Could be two years could be five years could be ten.Gymshark don't do football shirts but neither did Luke before us.I'm voting Nike BTW.
Quote from: Smirker on August 03, 2023, 10:26:32 PMhttps://blues.clubstore.co.uk/adult-trainingTheir stuff is nicer than ours.Please don't attack me or ban me 😭Wash your mouth out
Quote from: Villan For Life on August 03, 2023, 10:27:52 PMQuote from: Smirker on August 03, 2023, 10:26:32 PMhttps://blues.clubstore.co.uk/adult-trainingTheir stuff is nicer than ours.Please don't attack me or ban me 😭Wash your mouth outTheir shirts are 15 quid cheaper than ours as well
Quote from: Smirker on August 03, 2023, 10:29:17 PMQuote from: Villan For Life on August 03, 2023, 10:27:52 PMQuote from: Smirker on August 03, 2023, 10:26:32 PMhttps://blues.clubstore.co.uk/adult-trainingTheir stuff is nicer than ours.Please don't attack me or ban me 😭Wash your mouth outTheir shirts are 15 quid cheaper than ours as well Might be just me but it all looks like extremely generic stuff a non-league team gets kitted out in. Fitting, really…
While I'm not a massive fan of Castore, and I'd love a 'proper' kit manufacturer like Adidas or Nike, I do appreciate that those brands do not need Aston Villa. Because they don't need us they won't give us the best financial deal.A brand like Castore does need clubs like Villa to try and legitimise them and help them become a big player. So the deal they put on the table is better than anything else, which is why we have done it.The reality is, while we are not champions league regulars with world-wide followers ploughing money into us hand over fist, we have to take the best financial deal, regardless. That's one of the prices we are paying to have the funds to back Emery.
Bigger brands may not need villa but smaller ones like Macron and Castore haven't exactly demonstrated to us that they value us. If they did they wouldn't make such horrid kits.Our best kits were made by Umbro, Reebok and Nike.
Quote from: Villan82 on August 04, 2023, 09:45:12 AMBigger brands may not need villa but smaller ones like Macron and Castore haven't exactly demonstrated to us that they value us. If they did they wouldn't make such horrid kits.Our best kits were made by Umbro, Reebok and Nike.You are completely right, but what they have done is pay the club more money... and unfortunately that's the position FFP has forced us into.