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Yeah looks legit, not going to be a fan favourite in years to come, a bit like the navy blue Kappa 3rd kit. 
 

10 hours ago, NurembergVillan said:

On a separate but related note -

 

Nice picture of our handsome Spanish CB.

But on closer inspection -

**** useless.

Disastore.

Doesn’t get any better on social media

14 minutes ago, Stephen_Evans said:

Claret shorts were completely unnecessary tonight because there was no clash and also because we have some blue ones!

This always winds me up tbh. I think it’s because there was a season a few years back (potentially 2011/12)where we seemed to change the home kit combo every other week for no apparent reason. Made it look like they were scraping together a clean set of kit each game!

also look how young Jack is there!

33 minutes ago, GarethRDR said:

Why the **** would you two-tone the badge on a kit where the OG colours would have worked anyway?!

I never, ever, want see Castore (or Fanatics, whoever the hell is designing this tripe) anywhere near us again once this deal this up.

Also not a patch on the leaked one.

I hadn’t noticed the badge and now can’t unsee it. You’re absolutely right it makes no sense. Also in my eyes it looks cheap and poorly thought out partly because there’s no detail or trimming on the collar or sleeve cuffs. It’s like the zero effort kits that Chelsea and Tottenham get from Nike. 

If it’s any consolation, next time you get annoyed by our sponsor just remember some poor fans have to wear this. Completely ruins an otherwise nice shirt.

Just thought I’d share this, I always find it interesting what Trabzonspor do with their kits, especially having three in home colours every year. People always say you can’t do much with claret and blue…

11 hours ago, lexicon said:

The jerseys that Philly had under his charge were very nice:

 

I do wonder if he has a good relationship with Nike and we'll be going back to them after this Castore fiasco. 

Sawiris is adidas’s largest individual shareholder with about 6% of their shares, so I think it’s far more likely we move to them as out kit manufacturer. 

8 hours ago, mrchnry said:

Looks better on Mcginn

Can somebody with photoshop replace the BK8 sponsor with Cazoo and delete the claret piping where the sleeve meets the shoulder? 
I’m certain those two things alone are 90% of what’s making it look crap. 

New images of the third kit 

1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said:

Yep - 28 meters to be exact! 

It does, and the big advantage to that inside is that the club can create a huge single conferencing area that runs from the Doug Ellis corner of the new North Stand all the way through to the Holte End corner of the Trinity Road stand - with the extra bonus of a post conference evening venue in the Villa Live building outside - that's a game changer for non-matchday conference and banqueting and will allow the club to compete for business they don't currently get.

 

My understanding is that the lower tiers will join together, but the upper tiers remains separated. Meaning it’s still visually a standalone end. 

2 hours ago, maqroll said:

Some things I asked for in the survey:

Incorporate old fashioned styling wherever possible, like wrought iron, stained glass, ornate brick work, ivy on exterior facades, hedges.

Solar panels, EV charging station, phasing out plastics.

More veg/vegan food. A quality non alcoholic beer option.

Stronger engagement with West Indian and Asian communities in the area.

Stronger engagement with international fans.

A community garden and community food Bank.

A plan to accentuate and amplify the acoustics in the ground.

Safe standing in lower Holte. 

More coordination with fans to generate atmosphere on match days.

 

I asked for something very similar with regard to wrought iron, stained glass and mosaics incorporated into a modern design. Also mentioned it would be nice to bring back some of the details and intricacies lost with the old trinity road stand. In my opinion there should also be more tributes/statues around the place. Bare minimum is a Ron Saunders statue. 

5 minutes ago, Teale's 'tache said:

That's pretty easily solved by adding a claret diamond around it as below. Personally I quite like the current trend of monochrome badges/logos, but regardless, a good logo should be flexible enough to do both.

Agreed, I think the recent liverpool kits look great. I’m keen on simple shirt designs (such as the Luke promotion kits) and I think they look best with a simple badge. Such as:

3 hours ago, Teale's 'tache said:

Found a bit of time to progress this idea a little more...

 

 

 

Think I could maybe try making it a little wider, and therefore a little shorter in terms of height, though that may make the 'A' and 'V' look less like letters...

That looks ace! Can you see what it looks like with the star below the Lion? Maybe just me but the star being where it is fools the eye into not seeing an A. I’d also increase the scale of it. Nothing wrong with having big badges, no reason why the lion can’t be the height of the current crest overall IMO.

1 hour ago, Jas10 said:

This looks the business tbf

 

Yeah that’s pretty polished isn’t it. I’d like to see the star in front of the lion, along the centre line between the 18+74. Being pretty picky at this point but it would look less random. 

58 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Of the mock-ups I’ve seen something along these lines would be my favourite. 
 

I personally wouldn’t have the star on there and possibly something would have to be done to the font to make it a bit less generic.

But I like it

Totally agree about the font mate. It’s a bit too perfect, it’s similar to the Man City  badge and looks a bit generic and dull. 
 

I like the idea of having a font slightly more traditional, something with a hint of the Villa park gate etc. 

history and tradition is something we have in spades and most of us are rightly  proud of it. 
 

2 hours ago, Jas10 said:

I actually prefer this one but change the text, not a fan of “Prepared”. Love the colours, not a hint of shitty purple

Do think we should stick with a star though.

Spam this one mate

Appreciate the comment mate, this was my design! Washed out because I used Paint.net

A big part of the rebrand is to improve the visibility of the badge on digital media. Which is why I think we should keep the yellow lion and flip the claret/blue from the classic badge. It stops the badge being lost on the home shirt too. 
 

I wasn’t sure about prepared either, but I figured it’s traditional and at least we can say the club is in good hands now with people who have long term vision.

what I’d really love to see is us having something like this as a club crest, but play with just a lion on the shirt, similar to Liverpool’s badge which I think looks brilliant. 

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