Protests were handled well and had nothing to do with Hull City defeat to Nottingham Forest They've chanted, held up red cards and stopped going to matches, but on Saturday they obviously felt they needed to take their protests to a new level with a march before the game and then some fans hurling stress balls onto the field during it to get it stopped for a few minutes. I’m not one to encourage protests, but I have to say I felt it was fantastic the way the City fans staged theirs on Saturday. The march was peaceful and the fans were seen and heard without any trouble passing off, which is great. I’ve no problem with fans throwing balls on the pitch either, so long as it’s not something we see every week, which I doubt we will. please log in to view this image 30 second verdict please log in to view this image Match report please log in to view this image Player ratings please log in to view this image Bowen player watch please log in to view this image Managers on protests please log in to view this image 5 things we learned please log in to view this image Protest group speaks out please log in to view this image Game day blog The supporters knew they would get maximum exposure because the match was on the television and that’s why those who threw the balls on the pitch chose this game to do so. It brought national exposure to their issues against the owners and that’s the point of the protest, to show the issues the fans have on the biggest platform they could get. They did that. The fact they did it, the pitch was quickly cleared and then everyone got back on with the game was great. It didn’t bubble over into anything else. The point was made, the exposure to a national audience was gained and then everyone got back on with the football. please log in to view this image Jordan Smith of Nottingham Forest looks on as Hull City fans protest by throwing balls onto the pitch I’ve seen some suggestions that the stoppage because of the protest hurt City’s chances of winning the game because it disrupted the flow of things and they were doing okay before the balls came raining down. I’m sorry, but if that’s your thoughts I am not buying it. City lost because they played poorly, made silly mistakes once again and had the wrong players on the field at the start. It had nothing to do with the protests. It’s an easy excuse to use the stoppage for the defeat, but it had nothing to do with it whatsoever. The difficulty for those who protested is the fact not everyone will be behind it and there’s those who won’t have liked seeing the game stopped in the way it was. You don’t want a divide between the fans, but we’ve seen that before. It doesn’t help anything. Just like we saw so many times under Steve Bruce, it’s what’s going on off the field which is becoming as much a talking point as what’s going on on it. Bruce had the character and personality to deal with it well and defuse it the best way he could, keeping his players away from it all. Because he’s not been here as long and doesn’t understand the background and maybe even the culture as much, that’s not as easy for Leonid Slutsky to do. It’s going to be an unwanted headache for the manager, who has enough on his plate at the minute trying to find a way of instilling any sort of consistency into his side in the next few matches. Unfortunately for the manager and the supporters, this is an issue that isn’t going to go away until the club is sold, and I don’t see that happening any time soon. It’s been a distraction in the past and can easily become one again, so we’ll have to see what, if anything, the fans have planned next and whether it makes any difference off the field. Hull City They've chanted, held up red cards and stopped going to matches, but on Saturday they obviously felt they needed to take their protests to a new level with a march before the game and then some fans hurling stress balls onto the field during it to get it stopped for a few minutes. I’m not one to encourage protests, but I have to say I felt it was fantastic the way the City fans staged theirs on Saturday. The march was peaceful and the fans were seen and heard without any trouble passing off, which is great. I’ve no problem with fans throwing balls on the pitch either, so long as it’s not something we see every week, which I doubt we will. READ MORE Hull City V Nottingham Forest please log in to view this image 30 second verdict please log in to view this image Match report please log in to view this image Player ratings please log in to view this image Bowen player watch please log in to view this image Managers on protests please log in to view this image 5 things we learned please log in to view this image Protest group speaks out please log in to view this image Game day blog The supporters knew they would get maximum exposure because the match was on the television and that’s why those who threw the balls on the pitch chose this game to do so. It brought national exposure to their issues against the owners and that’s the point of the protest, to show the issues the fans have on the biggest platform they could get. They did that. The fact they did it, the pitch was quickly cleared and then everyone got back on with the game was great. It didn’t bubble over into anything else. The point was made, the exposure to a national audience was gained and then everyone got back on with the football. please log in to view this image Jordan Smith of Nottingham Forest looks on as Hull City fans protest by throwing balls onto the pitch I’ve seen some suggestions that the stoppage because of the protest hurt City’s chances of winning the game because it disrupted the flow of things and they were doing okay before the balls came raining down. I’m sorry, but if that’s your thoughts I am not buying it. City lost because they played poorly, made silly mistakes once again and had the wrong players on the field at the start. It had nothing to do with the protests. It’s an easy excuse to use the stoppage for the defeat, but it had nothing to do with it whatsoever. The difficulty for those who protested is the fact not everyone will be behind it and there’s those who won’t have liked seeing the game stopped in the way it was. You don’t want a divide between the fans, but we’ve seen that before. It doesn’t help anything. Just like we saw so many times under Steve Bruce, it’s what’s going on off the field which is becoming as much a talking point as what’s going on on it. Bruce had the character and personality to deal with it well and defuse it the best way he could, keeping his players away from it all. Because he’s not been here as long and doesn’t understand the background and maybe even the culture as much, that’s not as easy for Leonid Slutsky to do. It’s going to be an unwanted headache for the manager, who has enough on his plate at the minute trying to find a way of instilling any sort of consistency into his side in the next few matches. Unfortunately for the manager and the supporters, this is an issue that isn’t going to go away until the club is sold, and I don’t see that happening any time soon. It’s been a distraction in the past and can easily become one again, so we’ll have to see what, if anything, the fans have planned next and whether it makes any difference off the field. Hull City
The full game is now up on Tigers Player. I say the full game, but in fact there's a few minutes (around the nineteen minute), that seem to be missing.
Shocked to see (specially in HDM) we have so many pro Allam apologists and bed wetters, who live in constant fear of points deductions, ground closures and automatic relegations. The stress ball throwing was a resounding success and hopefully we will see more of it (or similar) at future televised games, until the national media shine their torch on the tawdry, spiteful, bungling, vindictive, mendacious owners who are dragging our club down.
the only people allowed in the KC in future will be those without any balls such as those writing comments in the HDM
When the tug of war was going on with the banner a few seasons ago, something some of the more hysterical supporters claimed disrupted the players concentration, we broke away and scored.
We also had our best ever league finish combined with an FA Cup final in a season full of protests against the Allams.
We broke away and scored in a 1-0 loss? And it wasn't the hysterical supporters claim, it was Steve Bruce right after the match whinging to Burnsey abotu the supporters and all the money the Allam family had put into the club, and the old "if Allam wasn't here I wouldn't be either" pompous bullshit he used to love trotting out to further inflate his already near bursting ego.
and that was 4 years ago - we've put up with this **** from the Allams for years now and there's still some in the press and even our own so called supporters who still don't get it
Different season, same issues as Hull City shown to be an ailing club fractured by divisions, with problems on the field too... http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/different-season-same-issues-hull-697058
Yes, you are right. Thinking of another protest, obviously. Should have remembered as I was speaking to Ten Foot Tiger who was the one in the hooded jacket at one end of it just after. It was a mate of his who had it made. He was still gasping for breath after being punched in the chest by a steward. Here's a question who said this on here at the end of a post discussing that protest? "Yes I am a big Dr Allam fan, if it weren't for him I wouldn't have a club to support. Bigger fan of his than the club? No one is bigger than the club, not even CTWD. He's close though."
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest it wasn't Happy In fairness it could have been one of many at the time.
There were certainly some simple, happy people coming out with stuff like that and referring to him as Dr Allam.
They don't have sell/leave, just right the gratuitous and easily- rectified wrongs will do. A Bridge(see what I did there?) Too Far, I presume.
