Jump to content
Just visiting?

astondalston

VT Supporter
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    147

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by astondalston

    Pre-match thread - not a cup final!

    in UECLSF: Olympiacos h

    Posted

    1 hour ago, mjmooney said:

    BBC football page is the same. They've done their usual roundup of the papers' back pages, and even though several of them had big spreads covering us (Matty Cash saying we don't get enough respect), they just focused on the small strip across the top about Sancho. 

    Point proven, I think, Cashy. 

    At least The Grauniad are Loud and proud in there promotion of the Villa cause........! eeesshhhh

    123.jpg

    Media and punditry

    in Other Football

    Posted

    On 18/02/2024 at 09:00, VillaJ100 said:

    On the 'Football' page on the Guardian website, our match report is the 19th listed article, just above Celtic v Kilmarnock's, and below Championship round-up, the Arsenal-Man U WSL report, an article about Rodri, and an article about the f******* Baltic league.

    Drives me nuts how little coverage Villa get in the Grauniad. The Europa Conference games didn't even get mentioned at the start of the season. 

    I realise this is my problem and I'm working on solutions...🤪

    • Haha 2

    Aston Villa Kits 23/24

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, wishywashy said:

     

    Castore hope ‘wet-look’ issue solved as Aston Villa finally accept shirt delivery

    Exclusive: Despite the new shipment, it is still expected that the club and kit manufacturer will cut short their ‘multi year’ deal Matt Law, FOOTBALL NEWS CORRESPONDENT 11 December 2023 • 12:45pm Aston Villa have finally taken delivery of a new shipment of Castore shirts with the sportswear manufacturer hopeful they have now solved the club’s ‘wet-look’ issue that prompted complaints from players. News Sport Money Business Opinion Israel Ukraine Royals Life Style Travel Cul Log in 1 11/12/2023, 13:58 Castore hope ‘wet-look’issue solved as Aston Villa finally accept shirt delivery https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/12/11/castore-wet-look-issue-aston-villa-shirt-delivery/ 2/6 Telegraph Sport understands that Castore are still due to supply Villa with technical details over the changes that have been made before Unai Emery’s players test the new shirts out. No matter whether a solution has been found, it is still expected that Villa and Castore will cut short their ‘multi-year’ partnership that was announced last year at the end of the season. But the two parties have been working amicably and continue to do so. Players from Villa’s men’s and women’s teams had raised complaints about this season’s shirts that quickly become wet and cling to their bodies. Villa felt the problem with the shirts represents a performance issue, with men’s players claiming they become heavy and uncomfortable, while women’s players also raised concerns. The ‘wet-look’ issue was glaringly obvious during the warmer months of the season, when the shirts became much darker as they absorbed sweat. The cooler temperatures mean television pictures have not picked it up as easily recently, but the problem is understood to have persisted, despite Villa’s incredible form. In September, Castore promised to “address this issue as quickly as possible to meet the standards we expect” and the company finally delivered a new batch of shirts to Villa last week. Villa’s players did not wear the new shirts for either of the victories against Manchester City or Arsenal, which propelled Emery’s team into third place in the Premier League table. They are not expected to do so in their next two fixtures, either, against Zrinjski Mostar in the Europa Conference League and Brentford in the Premier League, but the shirts could be used after that if Villa receive the technical details and are happy with them. Castore felt the issue had been caused by an imbalance related to the BK8 sponsorship logo emblazoned across the shirts, but accepted full responsibility and vowed to find a workable solution. Given Villa’s excellent start to the season and the superstitious nature of some players, it is unclear whether or not any of the club’s stars could request to keep playing in the batch of shirts they have used up to now, regardless of whether others eventually change to the new shipment supplied by Castore.

    • Thanks 2

    Robin Olsen

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    I'm another that's not been a huge fan of his, but fair play, i thought his confidence (and therefore mine...) has turned a corner.

    Seemed a lot more assured last night and that pass to Bailey....🙌 

    (no chefs kiss emoji available alas ...)

    Pre-match thread

    in PL: Chelsea a

    Posted

    It's an all too familiar cycle... Great performances building up to the international break, followed by a balloon popping defeat on  our return. But if anyone can break the loop, its this man...

    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery delivers verdict on victory over Manchester United - Manchester Evening News

    • Like 2

    World Cup 2022: Qatar

    in Other Football

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

    dont get me wrong i've "defended" football for the immigrant construction worker deaths and conditions, thats a problem thats magnified by football not caused by it, especially given the large involvement of international construction companies managing these projects, foster and partners are all over qatar and they might say they're only architects but they know better its them that should be doing something not FIFA, same goes for Arup, Vinci, Bechtel you name it they're all over there

    agree that we'll never really know how much of the £140bn in projects would have been done regardless and how many would have died, I think on the stadiums proper its around 3 deaths which is not out of the norm at all

    Speaking of larger international construction companies, and at risk of veering off topic, this is a good article on the choices made and the damage done before a shovel hits the soil

    "Architects working on the Neom mega-project in Saudi Arabia, including the 170-kilometre city The Line, must decide whether they are content to be complicit in an "ecological and moral atrocity", writes Adam Greenfield."

    https://www.dezeen.com/2022/11/02/neom-the-line-saudi-arabia-architects-opinion/#comments  

×
×
  • Create New...
Â