{"id":291512,"date":"2023-09-27T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=291512"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:35:27","slug":"aston-villa-womens-squad-dreading-playing-in-clingy-castore-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/aston-villa-womens-squad-dreading-playing-in-clingy-castore-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa women&apos;s squad &apos;dreading&apos; playing in &apos;clingy&apos; Castore kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Aston Villa women&#8217;s squad &#8216;dreading&#8217; playing in &#8216;wet and clingy&#8217; Castore shirts ahead of the WSL season&#8230; after the men&#8217;s team complained the kits were affecting performances<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aston Villa men&#8217;s squad complained about Castore shirts holding moisture<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Concerns are shared by their women&#8217;s team ahead of their WSL opening match\u00a0<\/strong><\/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>Aston Villa women&#8217;s team are reportedly dreading playing in kits produced by manufacturer Castore amid concerns over the &#8216;wet and clingy&#8217; nature of the shirts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Complaints were reportedly made by members of Aston Villa&#8217;s men&#8217;s team over the kits, with the shirts visibly appearing\u00a0soaked with sweat minutes into games and retaining moisture throughout matches.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Telegraph, Villa&#8217;s players claimed their performances have been affected by the heavy shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns are shared by Aston Villa&#8217;s women&#8217;s squad ahead of their\u00a0Women&#8217;s Super League opener against Manchester United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Football commentator Jacqui Oatley told the BBC that Aston Villa&#8217;s squad are &#8216;dreading&#8217; their four upcoming televised matches due to the wet and clingy nature of the kit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/14\/75892511-12566605-image-a-20_1695820029572.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa&#8217;s women&#8217;s squad are reportedly dreading playing in the club&#8217;s new home kit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/14\/75869697-12566605-Aston_Villa_skipper_John_McGinn_is_ringing_with_sweat_during_the-a-18_1695819928236.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Concerns have been raised by the men&#8217;s team due to the shirts being drenched with sweat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/14\/75892935-12566605-image-a-21_1695820539025.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>BBC commentator\u00a0Jacqui Oatley said the women&#8217;s team are concerned by the &#8216;wet, clingy&#8217; kit<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Normally they&#8217;d absolutely relish those games and look forward to them,&#8217; Oatley said.\u00a0&#8216;But they&#8217;re actually dreading it because they&#8217;re really conscious about how they&#8217;re going to look in this wet, clingy kit &#8211; for obvious reasons.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You can imagine, as a female athlete, you have plenty enough to think about just being the best you can be on the football field without thinking about getting sweaty and your kit clinging to you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Both from a performance aspect as it is with the men but also from an aesthetic aspect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Women are different specimens when it comes to our bodies and it can really affect us and how we perform if we&#8217;re constantly thinking about how we look, or a top might be clinging to our breasts and also our body shapes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These are genuine issues for women which you would have thought somebody would have thought through before they released this kit.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa are reportedly working with Castore to find a solution to the problem, with the situation viewed as a\u00a0performance related issue that needs fixing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Castore became Villa&#8217;s kit provider at the start of the season with the\u00a0Manchester-based sportswear brand signing a &#8216;landmark partnership&#8217; with the club.<\/p>\n<p>The sportswear brand also supplies kits for Wolves and Newcastle in the Premier League as well as SPL side Rangers. 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