Aston Villa players complain Castore shirts negatively impact performance

[Steve67]

We're going to have to play skins this weekend. 

[85kota]

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

There will of course be questions raised when conflict of interest is brought up

[VillaTim]

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

There will of course be questions raised when conflict of interest is brought up

It's a private company not a plc . Sawaris can do what he wants

[pauliewalnuts]

He’s a minor shareholder at Adidas.

He’s not going to be making business decisions for them either.

[VillaTim]

He’s a minor shareholder at Adidas.

He’s not going to be making business decisions for them either.

Think he owns about 3% which while it sounds small would make him a major shareholder not that it has any bearing on us or what kit we choose

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

He’s a minor shareholder at Adidas.

He’s not going to be making business decisions for them either.

He's the fourth largest shareholder, with all of the others being Investment Funds.

He seems to be a Board Member too:

Members of the board
Members of the board   Title   Age   Since
Nassef Sawiris   Director/Board Member   62   2016
Günter Weigl   Director/Board Member   58   2019
Beate Rohrig   Director/Board Member   58   2019
Frank Scheiderer   Director/Board Member   46   2019
Petra Maria Auerbacher   Director/Board Member   54   2019
Bodo Knut Uebber   Director/Board Member   64   2019
Jing Ulrich   Director/Board Member   56   2019
Kathrin Menges   Director/Board Member   59   2014
Jackie Joyner-Kersee   Director/Board Member   61   2021
Christian Klein   Director/Board Member   43   2020

I daresay, they'd listen to him.

[AV84]

Jackie Joyner-Kersee! There's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[Toronto Villa]

We're going to have to play skins this weekend. 

They might as well just paint their skins claret and blue. It would look the same as I’d they had the kits on.

[Smirker]

Matt Law reporting Villa and Castore have agreed an early termination of the deal.

What a bunch of fucking jokers Castor are. Two early terminations for being shit 😂

Please get one of the big boys in next.

[AV84]

Just looking at who has which brand in the league and Umbro have the most with 5 (2 of which are claret and blue), Nike and Adidas both have 4 (with Newcastle added for next year), and then Castore are the next biggest with 3, but between cancelled contracts and relegation, they could have none next season.

Anyway, I don't know how brands make these decisions, but are we that appealing a club to someone who already has big clubs on board?

[PeterWithesShin]

One thing I don't get is they do kits for over a dozen clubs and yet it only seems to be ours that have this issue. There's been stuff about the overall quality but nothing like the stuff we're dealing with.

[Smirker]

Just looking at who has which brand in the league and Umbro have the most with 5 (2 of which are claret and blue), Nike and Adidas both have 4 (with Newcastle added for next year), and then Castore are the next biggest with 3, but between cancelled contracts and relegation, they could have none next season.

Anyway, I don't know how brands make these decisions, but are we that appealing a club to someone who already has big clubs on board?

Puma it is then.

Though the standalone lion could look a bit weird with the Puma logo. As a cat fan I support it though.

[AV84]

One thing I don't get is they do kits for over a dozen clubs and yet it only seems to be ours that have this issue. There's been stuff about the overall quality but nothing like the stuff we're dealing with.

And it's seemingly all 3 kits. So you would have to ask what's been done differently for us, and why? And even from last season.

[AV84]

Just looking at who has which brand in the league and Umbro have the most with 5 (2 of which are claret and blue), Nike and Adidas both have 4 (with Newcastle added for next year), and then Castore are the next biggest with 3, but between cancelled contracts and relegation, they could have none next season.

Anyway, I don't know how brands make these decisions, but are we that appealing a club to someone who already has big clubs on board?

Puma it is then.

Though the standalone lion could look a bit weird with the Puma logo. As a cat fan I support it though.

We need to get Jaguar as a sponsor then too.

Man City's away kit this season would make a nice Villa away kit, so I'm on board with Puma. They did a decent anniversary shirt for them a few seasons ago too. Hard to mess up plain blue, granted.

[VillaTim]

I watched the Roma game tonight , lukaku's kit was drenched to the bone and clinging to him , I get it's warmer out there and he's the size of a garden shed though . The other Roma players kits weren't so bad.