Aston Villa players complain Castore shirts negatively impact performance

[Matt C]

Didn’t the women’s team play pre-season games in the training top? Seemed odd at the time but makes more sense now.

[PaulTheVillan]

Wonder if moving the production from Turkey to China has caused problems with source materials?

[LeeB]

Wonder if moving the production from Turkey to China has caused problems with source materials?

It may have had a Han in it.

[chrisw1]

Didn’t the women’s team play pre-season games in the training top? Seemed odd at the time but makes more sense now.

This has been addressed before - that was down to gambling sponsorship not the quality of the shirts.

[pauliewalnuts]

Wonder if moving the production from Turkey to China has caused problems with source materials?

It may have had a Han in it.

Wherever they were made, they’re absolutely Minging.

[AV84]

Didn’t the women’s team play pre-season games in the training top? Seemed odd at the time but makes more sense now.

This has been addressed before - that was down to gambling sponsorship not the quality of the shirts.

No, it was assumed at the time that it was down to the sponsor. In hindsight, it seems it may not have been. One of the women's players actually replied to a comment about that game on Instagram, but then deleted it.

[darren woolley]

These shirts are really badly made I hope we get it sorted.

[OCD]

Apparently Wolves had a similar issue last season but it was dealt with more discreetly.

[LeeB]

Apparently Wolves had a similar issue last season but it was dealt with more discreetly.

I wonder if our request to end the deal was met with resistance, and then as if by magic the media was filled with stories of the poor product and suddenly the resistance was gone.

[AV84]

Apparently Wolves had a similar issue last season but it was dealt with more discreetly.

I wonder if our request to end the deal was met with resistance, and then as if by magic the media was filled with stories of the poor product and suddenly the resistance was gone.

The story in the Telegraph the other day about Newcastle said they got out of their deal because of poor customer service reflecting badly on the club. There were no complaints from players about the kit though. If that's true and they were able to get out of it that easily, and privately, I don't see why we wouldn't be able to get out of ours without a media campaign.

Although there's also the possibility Newcastle just wanted Adidas and had it lined up before getting out of the Castore deal.

[Brazilian Villain]

From MOMS via a friend, "When the standard's not met because the shirts are soaked with sweat, that's Castore!!"

[Smithy]

A mate of mine works for West Indies cricket, and he said they've had all sorts of problems with their Castore kits - so it's not just us.  He thinks that behind the scenes, the company is on the brink of collapse.

[AV84]

Carla Ward's comments about the shirts from her presser

""My focus is making sure the players are focused on the weekend and the one thing I will say is the club have been absolutely superb in these last few days with constant communication with 'how can we help the players, what's going to help them, what will make them feel better?'.

"There's a genuine care from the football club. The players feel that, we feel that, but our focus solely now is on Manchester United."

[ChicagoLion]

A mate of mine works for West Indies cricket, and he said they've had all sorts of problems with their Castore kits - so it's not just us.  He thinks that behind the scenes, the company is on the brink of collapse.

I looked at their Accounts and they are not pretty.

[LeeB]

Apparently Wolves had a similar issue last season but it was dealt with more discreetly.

I wonder if our request to end the deal was met with resistance, and then as if by magic the media was filled with stories of the poor product and suddenly the resistance was gone.

The story in the Telegraph the other day about Newcastle said they got out of their deal because of poor customer service reflecting badly on the club. There were no complaints from players about the kit though. If that's true and they were able to get out of it that easily, and privately, I don't see why we wouldn't be able to get out of ours without a media campaign.

Although there's also the possibility Newcastle just wanted Adidas and had it lined up before getting out of the Castore deal.

That's my thinking though, we're probably the same. The cynic in me thinks maybe Heck has seen the issue of the sweaty shirts as a way out of the deal.