{"id":290529,"date":"2023-09-29T22:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290529"},"modified":"2023-09-29T22:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:36:12","slug":"chris-sutton-aston-villa-players-should-complain-about-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-aston-villa-players-should-complain-about-shirts\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS SUTTON: Aston Villa players should complain about shirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>CHRIS SUTTON: Aston Villa players have every right to complain if shirts are affecting performances because it&#8217;s bonkers that their kits aren&#8217;t up to scratch<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Aston Villa players have to complain if their shirts are affecting performances\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Castore shirts have been accused of being too wet and too heavy to wear\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Football has moved on since the days when my sweaty, stinky, grass-stained Norwich shirt would be washed in time for me to wear it again in the next game.<\/p>\n<p>We didn\u2019t think about what we wore back then. We did as we were told because we were ignorant to the idea that it mattered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now, it is all about marginal gains. If Villa\u2019s players feel their Castore shirts are collecting sweat and affecting performances, they have every right to complain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League is the elite division in the world and it is bonkers to think a team\u2019s kit might not be up to scratch.<\/p>\n<p>If the men need to wear it against Brighton\u00a0on Saturday, it isn\u2019t the end of the world. I suspect the ones we wore back in the day were far heavier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John McGinn and Co will just hope Castore can live up to their \u2018premium performance\u2019 tagline by finding a fast solution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/20\/75869697-12576703-Aston_Villa_skipper_John_McGinn_is_ringing_with_sweat_during_the-a-74_1696014385192.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa skipper John McGinn is ringing with sweat during the club&#8217;s clash with Chelsea\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12576703\/CHRIS-SUTTON-Aston-Villa-players-right-complain-shirts-affecting-performances-bonkers-kits-arent-scratch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>CHRIS SUTTON: Aston Villa players have every right to complain if shirts are affecting performances because it&#8217;s bonkers that their kits aren&#8217;t up to scratch <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-aston-villa-players-should-complain-about-shirts\/\" title=\"CHRIS SUTTON: Aston Villa players should complain about shirts\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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