Villa Kit 2018-19

[Don_Simon]

8 hours ago, rbcuk said:

Don’t think I’ll be buying next seasons kit, as don’t like his clobber he designs. With that logo of his on a football shirt it will look awful in my opinion

Instead I’ve brought the 91-93 third shirt as had it as a kid when it 1st come out, £50 brand new which will still probably be cheaper than what he comes out with 

You've "bought" an alternative without even waiting to see what the new kit will look like?

[Jareth]

12 hours ago, Daweii said:

That would be too sensible, this is 2018 Ingram where we all overreact, complain and moan and the mere thought of anything good because life is too comfortable 

BOLL*CKS!

[rbcuk]

17 minutes ago, Don_Simon said:

You've "bought" an alternative without even waiting to see what the new kit will look like?

Yes as I had that 3rd shirt when I was a kid and wanted it again, 

like I said I don’t like his clothing line 

[wilko154]

41 minutes ago, rbcuk said:

Yes as I had that 3rd shirt when I was a kid and wanted it again, 

like I said I don’t like his clothing line 

You realise he's not going to release one of his t-shirts for the team and the fans to wear... he's going to design a football shirt of which we have not yet seen.

[Stevo985]

4 minutes ago, wilko154 said:

You realise he's not going to release one of his t-shirts for the team and the fans to wear... he's going to design a football shirt of which we have not yet seen.

Yeah. 

This is like saying "Well I don't like that nike t shirt I saw in sports direct so I won't buy our next kit designed by Nike"

[Stevo985]

These days I fall into the category of not caring what our shirt looks like.

 

I used to buy kits but I would wear them to play football in or occasionally to attend games.
These days I play very little football. I would never wear a football shirt as casual wear so it's not worth me buying the kit.

Therefore the only way it effects me is it's what my team wear when they play football. And at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter does it? Nobody outside of Villa fans care what the villa kit is unless it's an utter abomination and we get the piss ripped out of us for 10 minutes on twitter.

 

So as a result of all that, I'm glad the club are trying to be different, and the fact it's gone to a local business (locally founded at least) and a villa fan is brilliant. I'd still prefer our kit deal to provide us with as much money as possible and I'm struggling a bit to see how this could be worth more to us than a deal with a bigger manufacturer who I'm sure we could still attract.

But even if the kit is crap. I'd rather have a crap kit after the club have tried something like this than a slightly better kit from a bigger company.

[spiezels]

37 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Yeah. 

This is like saying "Well I don't like that nike t shirt I saw in sports direct so I won't buy our next kit designed by Nike"

Don’t like Tesco’s own brown muesli, so never buying any cereal from Tesco ever again.

Dont care what it is, don’t care how it tastes, don’t care if it’s completely different or not, not even gonna wait till I can taste the new cereal they got coming out. 

Decision made... 

 

What a life 

Edited April 27, 2018 by spiezels

[Jareth]

52 minutes ago, spiezels said:

Don’t like Tesco’s own brown muesli, so never buying any cereal from Tesco ever again.

Dont care what it is, don’t care how it tastes, don’t care if it’s completely different or not, not even gonna wait till I can taste the new cereal they got coming out. 

Decision made... 

 

What a life 

I quite like their low sugar granola

[BOF]

6 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

These days I fall into the category of not caring what our shirt looks like.

 

I used to buy kits but I would wear them to play football in or occasionally to attend games.
These days I play very little football. I would never wear a football shirt as casual wear so it's not worth me buying the kit.

Therefore the only way it effects me is it's what my team wear when they play football. And at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter does it? Nobody outside of Villa fans care what the villa kit is unless it's an utter abomination and we get the piss ripped out of us for 10 minutes on twitter.

 

So as a result of all that, I'm glad the club are trying to be different, and the fact it's gone to a local business (locally founded at least) and a villa fan is brilliant. I'd still prefer our kit deal to provide us with as much money as possible and I'm struggling a bit to see how this could be worth more to us than a deal with a bigger manufacturer who I'm sure we could still attract.

But even if the kit is crap. I'd rather have a crap kit after the club have tried something like this than a slightly better kit from a bigger company.

This post could have been pulled directly out of my own brain.

[Vive_La_Villa]

21 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

These days I fall into the category of not caring what our shirt looks like.

 

I used to buy kits but I would wear them to play football in or occasionally to attend games.
These days I play very little football. I would never wear a football shirt as casual wear so it's not worth me buying the kit.

Therefore the only way it effects me is it's what my team wear when they play football. And at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter does it? Nobody outside of Villa fans care what the villa kit is unless it's an utter abomination and we get the piss ripped out of us for 10 minutes on twitter.

 

So as a result of all that, I'm glad the club are trying to be different, and the fact it's gone to a local business (locally founded at least) and a villa fan is brilliant. I'd still prefer our kit deal to provide us with as much money as possible and I'm struggling a bit to see how this could be worth more to us than a deal with a bigger manufacturer who I'm sure we could still attract.

But even if the kit is crap. I'd rather have a crap kit after the club have tried something like this than a slightly better kit from a bigger company.

This post reminded me that I don't care about kits anymore because I'm getting too fat and old to enjoy playing football and that's only time I wore them.

 

[alreadyexists]

My interest in kits is directly proportionate to the amount of football being played. As the season draws to an end, I have to have something to occupy the Villa section of my mind, so the new kit fills that void for a while. Then the transfer window opens, then preseason starts, then the season proper. It’s the same every year, and I love it! 

[Kingman]

I only buy the shirt at the end of the season when then get reduced and then give it to the pool/bar staff when im on holiday. 

My yearly contribution to spreading the Villa brand Internationally 

[S-Platt]

Good shout Kingman!  i have spread the gospel too with shirts in Cuba and Egypt!  Most locals take an interest in the colours and are not as anal about it as we are!!  As they get paid a pittance it's like they have won the lottery!

Luckily I still play footy at 43 twice a week so put my shirts to good use!  For the match however I will wear an original 80s shirt be it Le Coq Sportif or Hummel!  EBay has helped me aquire these over the years.  Still looking for the 84/85 white Le Coq one though seems we only made a few impossible to find.

[sne]

24 minutes ago, S-Platt said:

Good shout Kingman!  i have spread the gospel too with shirts in Cuba and Egypt!  Most locals take an interest in the colours and are not as anal about it as we are!!  As they get paid a pittance it's like they have won the lottery!

Luckily I still play footy at 43 twice a week so put my shirts to good use!  For the match however I will wear an original 80s shirt be it Le Coq Sportif or Hummel!  EBay has helped me aquire these over the years.  Still looking for the 84/85 white Le Coq one though seems we only made a few impossible to find.

Better not be browsing the internet for coqs on your work pc.

[dounavilla]

On 28/04/2018 at 09:57, sne said:

Better not be browsing the internet for coqs on your work pc.

Perfectly safe as when you search for 'Villa coqs' it just shows lots of pictures of Micha Richards.

[Shay]

A true Villan designing our kit, whats not to like? I am genuinely excited to finally see a true claret and blue colour on our kits. Looking forward to the leaked photos!

[KSV]

2 hours ago, Shay said:

A true Villan designing our kit, whats not to like? I am genuinely excited to finally see a true claret and blue colour on our kits. Looking forward to the leaked photos!

yeah i read something about Luke Sports making sure that they have the darker shade of claret as they are aware of the pink/purple alternatives in the last few years. 

[villa89]

3 hours ago, KSV said:

yeah i read something about Luke Sports making sure that they have the darker shade of claret as they are aware of the pink/purple alternatives in the last few years. 

Oh joy! No more purple kits 

[Ingram85]

Anybody seen any wooden pallets lying around the luke1977 warehouse?

[villa4europe]

not sure if this has been posted already

SoftBank-backed Fanatics’ deal with Aston Villa has the potential to disrupt the football kit market.

Prince William's favorite soccer team may be at the forefront of a revolution.

Aston Villa F.C. 1  has just signed a kit manufacturing deal with U.S. e-commerce specialist Fanatics Inc. While the company is huge on its home turf, operating merchandising for the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLS, it's little known on the other side of the pond. If the English trial goes well, expect that to change.

Fanatics isn't like Nike Inc., Adidas AG or Under Armour Inc. You'll never see an Aston Villa jersey bearing the Fanatics logo, a red "F" which resembles a waving flag.

Instead, the SoftBank-backed company has paid for exclusive licensing rights for all Aston Villa merchandise for several years. It will then sell on separate rights deals for different bits of that merchandise: kit, baseball caps, homewares, and so on. For the matchday jersey, it will be a menswear brand from the club's home city Birmingham called Luke 1977.

Villa’s pioneering move comes as the bigger brands are doubling down on monster deals with a few top-rank clubs. Those agreements mean that the lowlier teams (Villa has been in England's second tier the past two years) secure little marketing attention from the sportswear makers. While they snap up all the rights, they often make a much smaller range of kit for everyone apart from the giant teams.

The new Villa jerseys will be made by Fanatics itself. That's a big shift from classic kit sponsorship deals. While Nike and Adidas design and market soccer gear, they seldom make it, instead contracting a third-party (sometimes Fanatics itself). Premier League champions Manchester City, for instance, are a Nike team but their kit is made by British company Dewhirst Group Ltd.

Fanatics, by contrast, controls the whole value chain. It will make the Luke 1977-branded Villa shirts, own the warehouses that store them, and build and run the websites and apps that sell them.

In the classic soccer kit business model, a Nike or an Adidas might pay a contract manufacturer $10 per jersey, then sell it to a retailer such as SportsDirect International Plc for $30, which in turn sells it for $60. The brand is left with $20, from which it must pay the club a royalty.

Because Fanatics is integrated from manufacturing to the point of sale, there are fewer parties taking a slice. It might cost $5 to make each jersey, and there might be an additional $20 in logistical and associated costs, but it is left with $35, rather than the $20 the classic brand might take.

Fanatics’ preference for local manufacturing should help too. 2  Teams usually have to order their jerseys a year or more in advance because they’re made in far-flung places, but Fanatics can work on much shorter timeframes. For example, if Villa is promoted this season, then Fanatics will be able to respond quickly to any extra demand. The local production model is akin to Inditex SA, whose fast-fashion chain Zara has done better than Hennes & Mauritz AB, which has 80 percent of its manufacturing in Asia.

Aston Villa's large fanbase but lowly position make it a less risky and less expensive entree to English football, especially if it does reenter the Premier League this year.

The whole deal remains something of an experiment. The club clearly hopes that its brand is strong enough to sell the jerseys without the backing of a big sportswear name. Of course, the Chelseas and Manchester Uniteds of the world are unlikely to eschew their $1bn-plus Nike and Adidas sponsorship deals. But for the up-and-comers and also-rans, it’s an intriguing alternative.

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2018-04-30/adidas-and-nike-have-a-new-rival-on-the-soccer-pitch