New Aston Villa 2011/12 Away Kit Launched – Ruined By Naff Chinese Letters? (Photos)
By Chris Wright
Aston Villa have released and launched their new away kit for 2011/12, and it’s almost guaranteed to divide opinion right down the middle as a) checkerboard is always a tough one to pull off well and, b) those Chinese characters look like the kind of tattoo people have done on their gap years after being told it means ‘spirit of love’ or some such nonsense – only to later discover it actually means ‘Coca Cola’ or ‘Prawn Dim Sum’ etc, etc…
For what it’s worth, Villa’s new strip is not going to be featuring particularly prominently on Pies’ ‘wanted list’ – it’s bit of a hotch-potch by our way of reckoning.
Any thoughts folks and folkettes?
Photos: AVFC.co.uk (cheers go out to Aussie Villan for the nudge)
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Agbonlahor looks very confused in these photos, guess he doesnt know what those chinese letters mean!
Hmm I thought betting was illegal in china unless it was a state run entity
No way! The chinese letters look cool.
I think it’s a really nice kit.
Think it looks pretty smart.
@ Mark Bosnich Agbonlahor looks perpetually confused! Kit is horrific mind.
Classy. Reminds me of the kits I’d make on PES!
under Armour product placement? or whatever the nike equivalent is
Just because it has Mandarin characters on the shirt, it does not make Genting a Chinese company – they are malaysian. They also operate casino’s all over the world and operate some of the biggest UK casino brands.
Would look better if it was just the characters and not the writing in my opinion – but a fine shirt none the less.
I don’t mind the checkerboard look, its the sponsors lettering that ruins it! Looks like a some sort of “tramp stamp” you find on the lower backs of easy birds!
It means cloud peak, or something like that.
is it just me or is agbonlahor’s lookalike dominic purcell of prison break? look at the first pic especially
@Rich So… Chinese words = tramp stamp? What logic is that?
I think the Chinese gives it an exotic and awesome look.
Applying the Pies analysis method, one can see the noted absence of Stewart Downing from these pics
Beautiful
SHIT strip SHIT club (reaaalllllyyy) SHIT manager
Shit on the villa
In the first pictures I think Gaby’s thinking about getting the Chinese/Mandarin letter’s tattooed on him if this season goes well!
beautiful kit!!!!
Genting is actually owned by a man from Birmingham. He is a Villa fan as well.
As explained by No. 8 Charlie, Genting’s a Malaysian company running a huge casino operation.
More to the point, they’ve recently opened Resorts World in Singapore and are currently raking in the mega moolah (http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_677123.html). And their target market is the nouveau mega rich Chinese flocking. Hence, with the popularity of EPL in China, it only makes sense to sponsor an EPL team and plaster their co name in Chinese characters all over the players torso.
My question is: why did they pick Arse-ton Villa?
Balls-2-U I would imagine they picked Villa due to locality of this :-
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/07/01/birmingham-nec-casino-plan-gets-green-light-97319-28974149/