Comments on: The new Villa Kit, looks good

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:59:30 +0000

don’t like it and won’t be buying.
In fact the more I look at this top the worse it becomes.
Looks like I’ll have to buy another retro top

By: mickyk

mickyk — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:16:47 +0000

up da villa

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By: Villa Moose

Villa Moose — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:18:58 +0000

Doesn’t really do it for me, I’m afraid. Demonstrates a lack of creativity, a bit like our recent game plans! I have always been expecting more from Nike since they expect us to fork out 50 quid per kit per season. Away shirt looks more like a Manure away shirt with the FX Poo logo in red as well – why not have it in white or Villa’s sky blue? Money saved I guess. Bring back Umbro!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:41:27 +0000

Personally I saw it and thought it was abit of a let down, and I just felt sorry for brad friedel having to wear something that does not represent his professional status. But with the exclusion of the goalkeeper kit I can actually see them growing on me, it’s like an attempt to make up for the kit of a few years ago.

By: Villain-from-Texas

Villain-from-Texas — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:36:41 +0000

Not feeling it. The pics on the official site from the kit unveiling make the shirts look pretty rubbish.

By: Steve Blunt

Steve Blunt — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:27:58 +0000

Truly dissappointing. We have great colours in a simple yet powerful combination. Why oh why must we spoil it with gimmicky additions like a checkerboard siding. And the checkerboard pattern on the socks is farcical. Sorry NIKE but you, and who-ever the decision makers at the club are, have let us down. You’ve saved me some money though as this, like the Hummell chevrons of past seasons, will not be added to my collection. I think what makes it worse is that there were some great mock ups doing the rounds this year and I had high expectations.

By: ianrobo

ianrobo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:18:38 +0000

Tony, Nike are a corp giant they do templates and the likes of Arsenal who sell far more have far more influence on tweaking them than we do.

I think the kit looks fine if not good, but understand why some may hate the checks.

However check out the other Nike kits this year and the vast majority are awful except for Man U’ds and Arse’s retros and we do not have the sales clout to change that.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:14:13 +0000

Ambivalent.

I thought when we signed up with Nike we might get a few innovative developments in this area – haven’t seen anything of the sort to date!

By: dan

dan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:07:46 +0000

actually ian, soccerbible is just prodirectsoccer.com’s “blog”. they had the nike creatives ahead of time, as all the retailers will have, and it’s bad manners on their part releasing them before the official launch.

they’ve got their watermark on them, i have no issue using them without attribution.