Aston Villa players complain Castore shirts negatively impact performance

[Exeter 77]

There's one of those shorts on YouTube of the players reacting to their Fifa cards as they arrive for training and I'm sure it's unrelated but Diaby and Torres are both wearing Adidas, and McGinn is head to toe in Nike. Wonder if they're making their preferences known.

Probably their personal sponsorship and boot suppliers.

[devilla]

Do people buy and wear F1 gear?! I mean, I find it staggering that people buy and wear football shirts, but F1?!

Oh yes. I work with a woman who is a massive fan of F1 and a worryingly enthusiastic fan of Lewis Hamilton. She travels all over the world watching races and wears a replica team shirt. 

[Ian.]

It’s a good job it’s Prince William who’s the Villa fan and not Prince Andrew.

[AV84]

It’s a good job it’s Prince William who’s the Villa fan and not Prince Andrew.

Is it not the opposite? Andrew would have no trouble with the shirt.

[Ian.]

Well it was an obvious lie, so he would be proper screwed trying to convince the world he can’t sweat.

[Ian.]

I do wonder what the plan is for tomorrow as there is no way they can play again in these shirts, nor the ladies on Sunday. Castore’s reputation is seriously going to be ruined if these shirts get anymore press coverage this weekend.

[Si]

My concern, is how does all this affect next year's 150th anniversary kit. If we do end the contract, how soon can we find another supplier, who can then design and produce a special kit in time for next season. Hopefully adidas/nike would jump at the chance to produce a 'special edition' hopefully based on the first villa shirt.( I'm a traditional claret body blue sleeves fan) but for one season let's go retro and a modern take on the first shirt and colours would be great.

[AV84]

I do wonder what the plan is for tomorrow as there is no way they can play again in these shirts, nor the ladies on Sunday. Castore’s reputation is seriously going to be ruined if these shirts get anymore press coverage this weekend.

The women are playing in them. I saw it on BBC earlier. They'd hoped something could be done by the weekend but apparently not. The men have been playing in them all along so I assume they'll keep playing in them.

I get the feeling the only reason this has gone public now is because of the women's concerns. How long the issue has been being dealt with is anyone's guess.

[Small Rodent]

I'm quite looking forward to seeing ailesha whatsherface  in a clingy wet shirt. 😜

#maaate

“it’s only banter” = “hiding in plain sight”

Filthmongers

[villadelph]

If you watched the match today, Sevilla’s tops were just as soppingly gross as ours.

[stubbsyandy]

My concern, is how does all this affect next year's 150th anniversary kit. If we do end the contract, how soon can we find another supplier, who can then design and produce a special kit in time for next season. Hopefully adidas/nike would jump at the chance to produce a 'special edition' hopefully based on the first villa shirt.( I'm a traditional claret body blue sleeves fan) but for one season let's go retro and a modern take on the first shirt and colours would be great.

We can just nip to Harry Parkes on Corporation Street and get lovely cotton tops

[AV84]

My concern, is how does all this affect next year's 150th anniversary kit. If we do end the contract, how soon can we find another supplier, who can then design and produce a special kit in time for next season. Hopefully adidas/nike would jump at the chance to produce a 'special edition' hopefully based on the first villa shirt.( I'm a traditional claret body blue sleeves fan) but for one season let's go retro and a modern take on the first shirt and colours would be great.

My concern about an anniversary shirt is that it should be sponsorless. Especially if they want to go really retro with it and make it look like something from the 1800s.

This is from a few years ago but there's a selection of anniversary shirts from various clubs and manufacturers.

https://www.soccerbible.com/performance/football-apparel/2020/01/25-of-the-best-anniversary-kits-to-be-worn-on-pitch/

Two things stand out to me, 1)Puma do the nicest ones, in my opinion, and 2) most of them were only worn once and released in limited numbers.

[Smirker]

The amount of people on Twitter wanting shit brands (Hummel, Reebok, New Balance) is ridiculous. The worst being all the shouts for Luke again. That was good because it was the right time and place.

Twitter represents the worst of our fans. Most of them act like we're a Championship club: Want the star to show the world we won something once, be grateful Grealish played for us, get shit brands in. We should act bigger than all of this.

Rant over.

[Gareth]

My concern, is how does all this affect next year's 150th anniversary kit. If we do end the contract, how soon can we find another supplier, who can then design and produce a special kit in time for next season. Hopefully adidas/nike would jump at the chance to produce a 'special edition' hopefully based on the first villa shirt.( I'm a traditional claret body blue sleeves fan) but for one season let's go retro and a modern take on the first shirt and colours would be great.

My concern about an anniversary shirt is that it should be sponsorless. Especially if they want to go really retro with it and make it look like something from the 1800s.

This is from a few years ago but there's a selection of anniversary shirts from various clubs and manufacturers.

https://www.soccerbible.com/performance/football-apparel/2020/01/25-of-the-best-anniversary-kits-to-be-worn-on-pitch/

Two things stand out to me, 1)Puma do the nicest ones, in my opinion, and 2) most of them were only worn once and released in limited numbers.

Prepare to be angry then because there is no chance on earth that we will go sponsor free next season…maybe one game around the date is possible if both parties see a marketing opportunity out of it but unlikely.

[Des Little]

The amount of people on Twitter wanting shit brands (Hummel, Reebok, New Balance) is ridiculous. The worst being all the shouts for Luke again. That was good because it was the right time and place.

Twitter represents the worst of our fans. Most of them act like we're a Championship club: Want the star to show the world we won something once, be grateful Grealish played for us, get shit brands in. We should act bigger than all of this.

Rant over.

This.