OutByEaster? Posted July 11 Moderator Share Posted July 11 That's a good point, I guess whatever they've got planned for Monday is the way they want to do it and they're not going to move from that - but you'd think the club would do anything possible to profit from last night's interest. I guess we find out on Monday, 15th July has been the plan for months I believe. so hopefully they have something special in mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 8 hours ago, HKP90 said: Too bad we've not released our new kit yet, we'd have sold about 50,000 with Watkins on the back in the last 2 hours. This may be funny, but it's funny because it's true. We just gained a huge number of youth fans because loads of them follow footballers now rather than clubs. If he does it again in the final we need to have the kit available. Can't launch it the moment the game ends, it will get swamped by other news. Launching it the day after loses a lot of the impulse purchases. Yeah, you can debate about football being gone, but the instant exposure and marketing potential that having everyone's favourite striker brings, helps set in a long term benefit that you can use to grow your genuine fan base. Launch the kit this week Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted July 11 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11 1 hour ago, MrBlack said: This may be funny, but it's funny because it's true. We just gained a huge number of youth fans because loads of them follow footballers now rather than clubs. If he does it again in the final we need to have the kit available. Can't launch it the moment the game ends, it will get swamped by other news. Launching it the day after loses a lot of the impulse purchases. Yeah, you can debate about football being gone, but the instant exposure and marketing potential that having everyone's favourite striker brings, helps set in a long term benefit that you can use to grow your genuine fan base. Launch the kit this week Villa. Yeah I was being a bit facetious, but you can bet Heck is kicking himself a little bit this Morning, or maybe looking at ways to expedite the launch or to ride the wave. In the long term it can only be absolutely brilliant news that everyone in the country and beyond is hailing the rise of a new superstar. And he plays for Villa. Yeaaaaahh booooiiiiii. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingers Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 3 hours ago, Killeen30 said: Really set in your ways mate, aren't you? In some things - Yes! - certain things just don't need messing with - most of the really big clubs just keep the basics and tweak the trim - we are a 150 year old established traditional club - just keep the 'look'. All you 'fluid' sorts are welcome to buy the latest lime green training gear, or hideous third kits, but 'Old stick in the mud' me wants to watch Villa in claret shirts with light blue arms! I never buy the kit anyway - but I hate watching us in black and yellow, (muller green black and red) or 'shatter effect' shades of blue, and please no more darker blue...... Other things, they need to change......new badge? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Think this is new home kit guys. I like it 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jas10 Posted July 11 Popular Post Share Posted July 11 32 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Think this is new home kit guys. I like it 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 11 hours ago, Ingers said: In some things - Yes! - certain things just don't need messing with - most of the really big clubs just keep the basics and tweak the trim - we are a 150 year old established traditional club - just keep the 'look'. All you 'fluid' sorts are welcome to buy the latest lime green training gear, or hideous third kits, but 'Old stick in the mud' me wants to watch Villa in claret shirts with light blue arms! I never buy the kit anyway - but I hate watching us in black and yellow, (muller green black and red) or 'shatter effect' shades of blue, and please no more darker blue...... Other things, they need to change......new badge? My niche opinion is that a proper villa kit should have claret body, blue sleeves but the blue should stop before the shoulder! A good few of the recent kits have blue all the way up to the neck/collar. The away kit and third kit are for experiments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 10 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said: My niche opinion is that a proper villa kit should have claret body, blue sleeves but the blue should stop before the shoulder! A good few of the recent kits have blue all the way up to the neck/collar. The away kit and third kit are for experiments! If you're going to be that prescriptive whats the point on even having a new kit? There has to be some level of variation. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 49 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Think this is new home kit guys. I like it Oooh another black goalie top too it seems. I'm gonna by broke by August. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Oooh another black goalie top too it seems. I'm gonna by broke by August. I'm sure it's going to be very similar to his argie one. That template seems to be in use for all adidas teams. They even use the same colours at some clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Villa needs to capitalise on all the Ollie publicity in the media. If Ollie were to do the same on Sunday .....how many shirts would we sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchnry Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Thought we were going for a darker claret given the 150 logo and the adidas seats. Looks like every other Villa home shirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Messy Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, delboy54 said: Villa needs to capitalise on all the Ollie publicity in the media. If Ollie were to do the same on Sunday .....how many shirts would we sell? But wouldn't they buy a England #19 shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Claret stripes are good. Will buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 22 hours ago, skarroki said: If they've already done the photoshoots and there's any photos at all of Watkins in the new shirt, anyone in the media team in their right mind is pushing for the kit to be revealed surely. The amount of people who are gonna be looking up Watkins this morning to look at the goal and memes and stuff and if our new badge, new kit is mixed in with that, easy extra exposure. They will have the launch pictures done weeks ago and are probably having to redo any that had Dougie or Aleisha in them before they can launch the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 3 hours ago, delboy54 said: Villa needs to capitalise on all the Ollie publicity in the media. If Ollie were to do the same on Sunday .....how many shirts would we sell? Something like a tweet (or whatever it’s called) from the club saying “See Ollie Watkins in new Villa kit from x” and then add England/Watkins hashtags and it would garner interest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 3 hours ago, delboy54 said: Villa needs to capitalise on all the Ollie publicity in the media. If Ollie were to do the same on Sunday .....how many shirts would we sell? Kind of done a 180 on this since yesterday. I think it's good to capitalise on the attention to promote the shirt, but I don't know how much it would convert to shirt sales. I've already spoken to someone who said they're getting a Watkins 19 shirt ready to watch the final. Don't think any non-villa fan is buying our home kit and I would bet most Villa fans who want to buy into that moment will end up with an England shirt instead of a Villa shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Better to wait for the kit release until after he's scored a perfect hat-trick in the final. Then the release can be Ollie wearing the new strip on the open top bus with the Euro trophy in one hand and a flag saying SOTC in the other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 It's alright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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