Aston Villa players complain Castore shirts negatively impact performance

[john2710]

I had no intention of watching the women's game, but out of curiosity I think I might now.

[Toronto Villa]

I had no intention of watching the women's game, but out of curiosity I think I might now.

Sometimes yellow cards are worth getting.

[pablo_picasso]

My boss, who takes very little interest in football, asked me what this shirt issue was all about just now.  It's trending!

A mate of mine mentioned it yesterday too.

Of course, it was in relation to the womens game, but its getting some traction outside of Villa...

[AV84]

My boss, who takes very little interest in football, asked me what this shirt issue was all about just now.  It's trending!

A mate of mine mentioned it yesterday too.

Of course, it was in relation to the womens game, but its getting some traction outside of Villa...

It's vile that the woman are probably the reason it's getting any traction now, but the fact of the matter is that the men have been playing in the shirts for about 6 weeks now, and although being visually obvious, it appears that nothing was being done about it. Did they just not complain, or did nobody care? It seems its the very negative press that could come with the return of the women's league that has resulted in the club actually doing anything about it.

[The Man With A Stick]

My boss, who takes very little interest in football, asked me what this shirt issue was all about just now.  It's trending!

A mate of mine mentioned it yesterday too.

Of course, it was in relation to the womens game, but its getting some traction outside of Villa...

It's vile that the woman are probably the reason it's getting any traction now, but the fact of the matter is that the men have been playing in the shirts for about 6 weeks now, and although being visually obvious, it appears that nothing was being done about it. Did they just not complain, or did nobody care? It seems its the very negative press that could come with the return of the women's league that has resulted in the club actually doing anything about it.

One of the articles I read said the players complained about it pre-season but said they'd wait to see if it was still an issue when the temperatures dropped, which it seemingly is.

[The Man With A Stick]

Torygraph now running a story that we're ending the Castore deal early and might be going with Adidas.

[AV84]

Torygraph now running a story that we're ending the Castore deal early and might be going with Adidas.

Wonder what "early" means. I assume we're seeing out the season with Castore, otherwise someone would have to refund all the jerseys bought by fans. I'm sure I read that the manufacturer gets to keep the profits from the kit sales though, so maybe that would be Castore's problem.

[Gareth]

Says end of season with Castore looking at short term measures to change.

[AV84]

Says end of season with Castore looking at short term measures to change.

They should print the sponsor on last year's kit and then piss off.

[KNVillan]

Telegraph story about Castore

https://archive.ph/vIUXr

[jon collett]

Telegraph briefed again.

Including anonymous reports on where kits sold.

Almost like a consultancy has run a campaign this week!

[AV84]

The implications from that article are A) it's only Aston Villa kits that have the problem, and B) it's all 3 kits.

Castore are looking for a short term solution, the most obvious of which would be to wear the away or 3rd kit, if the problem was only with the claret one. So they've seemingly delivered 3 not fit for purpose kits.

[brontebilly]

My boss, who takes very little interest in football, asked me what this shirt issue was all about just now.  It's trending!

A mate of mine mentioned it yesterday too.

Of course, it was in relation to the womens game, but its getting some traction outside of Villa...

It's vile that the woman are probably the reason it's getting any traction now, but the fact of the matter is that the men have been playing in the shirts for about 6 weeks now, and although being visually obvious, it appears that nothing was being done about it. Did they just not complain, or did nobody care? It seems its the very negative press that could come with the return of the women's league that has resulted in the club actually doing anything about it.

One of the articles I read said the players complained about it pre-season but said they'd wait to see if it was still an issue when the temperatures dropped, which it seemingly is.

Should never have got to this stage. Sure it must have been apparent from the first pre season game or even warm up that the kit was not fit for purpose.

[Smirker]

Torygraph now running a story that we're ending the Castore deal early and might be going with Adidas.

The Adidas bit is just them mentioning speculation. It doesn't come from them.

[pablo_picasso]

Its probably a leap based on Sawiris shares in adidas...