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There have been a number of prospective buyers looking round the club for many seasons now. The problem is that dealing with the Allams over its sale is a nightmare. There is no point in getting excited until a new face is sat in the chairman's office.
Officer SonnyDay
2h ago
16 17
Hi SonnyDay.
The story is a long one, and with the Allams much of the problem isn't necessarily in what they do, but how they do it. For example, the removal of Nick Barmby as manager. Nick is a local legend, who'd reluctantly taken on the manager's role. He did an OK job as manager, with zero investment for transfers and a coaching staff assembled on the cheap. The Allams wanted rid months later, and instead of doing this in a respectful way, trumped up ridiculous charges against him and did all they could to humiliate someone who most fans felt had been a very good servant to the club. This was an early sign of how they do business.
The name change in isolation was a dickish move, but the events that surrounded it were beyond belief in places. For a start, it came about because the Allams felt slighted by Hull City Council (the Allams wanted to buy the council-owned stadium and felt that hadn't been given enough respect in a meeting regarding its potential purchase - something that the council is unable to do ayway). This led to them wanting to change the name to Hull Tigers (because Hull City Council got too much credit - apparently - from Hull City being called Hull City. Seriously...). When the fans objected - mildly at first, with many suggesting that the club could be marketed as Hull Tigers but retain the name Hull City - Assem Allam threw his toys out of the pram. When the fans started chanting 'City till we die' he made daft remarks about how they could 'die when they wanted'. There were various threats made by the Allams towards the fan groups opposing the name change about the funding of the club and so on (I know because I was sat in the meetings where they were made). A horrendous poll was taken among fans that even Elbridge Gerry himself would have blanched at. The FA was scathing about the poll and how skewed it was to get the result the Allams wanted in its report into the name change. Since it was turned down by the FA, the Allams have childishly made sure that Hull Tigers is still used as often as possible, even having trophies re-engraved to read 'Hull Tigers' instead of 'Hull City'.
That's not all. There are other matters. The issue of concessions is a big one. For a father or mother of two to take both children to a game would see adult prices being paid for the vast majority of areas of the ground because of the horrendous concessions removal. Elderly and disabled fans have seen similar moves. The sports centre next to the stadium - a community asset not owned by the Allams but managed by them - evicted a number of youth and disabled sports teams to become part of the Hull City Academy. Our badge was redesigned so that it didn't mention the club name. Numerous club legends have fallen out with the the club due to the Allams' petty, divisive behaviour. The success on the pitch has been a huge price to pay for seeing the soul of your club stripped away. This is all a very abridged version of events.
I don't expect all those interested in football to get it. The Allams are often praised by those who follow a big club from afar, and whose Saturday afternoons are spent watching Jeff and 'the boys' struggling to pronounce the names of foreign footballers. But I do know Hull City fans who've supported and fought for the club through plenty of thin and not much thick over the years who've never felt as alienated from the club. Ehab in particular is a classless individual who takes great delight in flashing his new Lambourghini all over social media days after we've sold a player for millions of pounds and are showing no signs of replacing them with anything other than a bargain basement signing. Notably, at least three managers who've worked under him can't stand him - Nigel Pearson, Nick Barmby and Steve Bruce. I don't think Mick Phelan - who went into the week before a Premier League season without a full XI of first team players due to Ehab's inabilities - and Leonid Slutsky would have much nice to say about him either. Nigel Adkins is already showing signs of cracking. The above piece is very one-sided. It's a real shame that David Conn wasn't the man doing the interview.
Very long but true.
I once dealt with Mr Conn when I was doing my dissertation for university, he was very helpful and in the terms of honesty and integrity probably the best football journalist out there. The Allams are not stupid they would have never let him any where near the interview.
2h ago
16 17
Hi SonnyDay.
The story is a long one, and with the Allams much of the problem isn't necessarily in what they do, but how they do it. For example, the removal of Nick Barmby as manager. Nick is a local legend, who'd reluctantly taken on the manager's role. He did an OK job as manager, with zero investment for transfers and a coaching staff assembled on the cheap. The Allams wanted rid months later, and instead of doing this in a respectful way, trumped up ridiculous charges against him and did all they could to humiliate someone who most fans felt had been a very good servant to the club. This was an early sign of how they do business.
The name change in isolation was a dickish move, but the events that surrounded it were beyond belief in places. For a start, it came about because the Allams felt slighted by Hull City Council (the Allams wanted to buy the council-owned stadium and felt that hadn't been given enough respect in a meeting regarding its potential purchase - something that the council is unable to do ayway). This led to them wanting to change the name to Hull Tigers (because Hull City Council got too much credit - apparently - from Hull City being called Hull City. Seriously...). When the fans objected - mildly at first, with many suggesting that the club could be marketed as Hull Tigers but retain the name Hull City - Assem Allam threw his toys out of the pram. When the fans started chanting 'City till we die' he made daft remarks about how they could 'die when they wanted'. There were various threats made by the Allams towards the fan groups opposing the name change about the funding of the club and so on (I know because I was sat in the meetings where they were made). A horrendous poll was taken among fans that even Elbridge Gerry himself would have blanched at. The FA was scathing about the poll and how skewed it was to get the result the Allams wanted in its report into the name change. Since it was turned down by the FA, the Allams have childishly made sure that Hull Tigers is still used as often as possible, even having trophies re-engraved to read 'Hull Tigers' instead of 'Hull City'.
That's not all. There are other matters. The issue of concessions is a big one. For a father or mother of two to take both children to a game would see adult prices being paid for the vast majority of areas of the ground because of the horrendous concessions removal. Elderly and disabled fans have seen similar moves. The sports centre next to the stadium - a community asset not owned by the Allams but managed by them - evicted a number of youth and disabled sports teams to become part of the Hull City Academy. Our badge was redesigned so that it didn't mention the club name. Numerous club legends have fallen out with the the club due to the Allams' petty, divisive behaviour. The success on the pitch has been a huge price to pay for seeing the soul of your club stripped away. This is all a very abridged version of events.
I don't expect all those interested in football to get it. The Allams are often praised by those who follow a big club from afar, and whose Saturday afternoons are spent watching Jeff and 'the boys' struggling to pronounce the names of foreign footballers. But I do know Hull City fans who've supported and fought for the club through plenty of thin and not much thick over the years who've never felt as alienated from the club. Ehab in particular is a classless individual who takes great delight in flashing his new Lambourghini all over social media days after we've sold a player for millions of pounds and are showing no signs of replacing them with anything other than a bargain basement signing. Notably, at least three managers who've worked under him can't stand him - Nigel Pearson, Nick Barmby and Steve Bruce. I don't think Mick Phelan - who went into the week before a Premier League season without a full XI of first team players due to Ehab's inabilities - and Leonid Slutsky would have much nice to say about him either. Nigel Adkins is already showing signs of cracking. The above piece is very one-sided. It's a real shame that David Conn wasn't the man doing the interview.
Very long but true.
I once dealt with Mr Conn when I was doing my dissertation for university, he was very helpful and in the terms of honesty and integrity probably the best football journalist out there. The Allams are not stupid they would have never let him any where near the interview.
Any news that a potential buyer is at the Kcom lifts my day.
Anthony Hopkins? Tom jones? A dirty sanchez and goldie lookin chain consortium?
It's a little academic, as he's unlikely to be sold.
I'd direct him to his own podcast
"Hope" something us long suffering City fans are used to QC.
So, presumably this is the interview, sorry, Allam political broadcast, that Vicky B promised/threatened us with last week. Same old, same old, nothing new in it, other than the mention/veiled threat of leaving us in League One.
One of the best run clubs in the football league - deluded.
I think there's a general feeling that Robserton's ideally suited to the way Liverpool play and wouldn't necessarily be as effective at another club and he seems very happy there. It could happen, I just think it's unlikely, certainly in the short term.
Qatartiger Cambridgetiger
Well-Known Member
At least it is getting some good coverage about the truth and certainly counteracts the original article, The comments are up to over 80. Surely the paper should now look for a reply from the supporters trust or summat but I won't hold my breath.
He really is a pretentious idiot. Maybe with this article he has shot himself in the foot. Or worse?
Any shred of credibility (
) that may have existed before the article is likely to be in tatters now ?Any potential buyer will take advantage as at some point they will be desperate to sell.