Am I the answer to linking Hibs and Rangers? You might find Dutch has personality and free thought in abundance, then again ...
The Allams have been chucking their toys out of the pram since the FA turned down the name change, they blamed the fans and this is all just a part of divide and rule. They offer financial incentives to some and a p45 to others creating an Us and Them scenario within the fan base. All I can see coming out of it is a half empty stadium reminiscent of the Ricoh Stadium Coventry when they hit the slide.
And we what we saw at Reading on Tues was bad enough. The two Reading passholders I know are unlikely to renew and that is 5 seats between them.
Actually I was prepared to go along with the name change as I believe were a lot of supporters of very long standing that remember the darkest days. Ironically past loyalty counts for nothing with earn your stripes.
I don't know a single supporter of long standing who went along with the name change. Precisely because they had been there during the darkest days. After having years of having people laugh or sneer at the name of Hull City we wanted to be able to revel in the name being associated with success and being higher than the likes of Leeds, not saying we supported a team with a name like a rugby club or American franchise in some ridiculous sport.
Those waiting for passes will get them today. PROMISE. They employed Australia Post so you WILL get them today. Betcha!
I remember walking out of the stadium after a game & young supporters were putting no to hull tigers flyers on AAs roller! I stood back & watched what unfolded next, it got to the point when there was 20 or so teenagers & a ring of older mainly women trying to stop them! These older people were very vocal in AAs support!
Well, that's it then. Definitive proof. All us oldies who were in the Action Group whilst most of Hull was egg chasing or supporting Liverpool, Leeds etc are now pro Allam name changers. For your information there is a difference between us long term oldies and the newer ones that arrived with the arrival of the PL. The pathetic twats cheering Man .Utd off the bus, asking Rooney to give them a wave, applauding Gerrard at a corner and running on the pitch to mob him him at the end of the game and being a total embarrassment were not older people but young ones. Ergo, all our younger fans are embarrassing twats going by your view of things,
My pack arrived today, the more I read 'earn your stripes', the more riled I become about the whole business.