Query for a Hull City book I'm writing

That looks like my copy John, did you find it in a hotel at Manchester Airport?

 

Enjoy yourself John

 

Was the t shirt colour by accident or design?!

 

By design, probably the first Hull City supporter in Vietnam.

 

Does she know?

 

Who's your friend john, asking for a friend.

And what are those plaggy bags on the shoes???

 

Enjoy, John. Oh and the book's good aswell...

 

You could have offered to help the Allams out by growing our fanbase over there.

 

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I wouldn't do anything which might hint at putting money into their pockets.

 

She's an English teacher that helps me translate

She just washed the shoes, and now dry put them in bags to keep them clean.

 

Oh yes, she knows.

 

Is English not your first language?

 

No, it's a Hull accent.

 

It’ll still be there
No hotel cleaner would be strong enough to move it!

 

I'm still waiting for a couple of mates to turn up so I can get mine inside the house. I understand if you order 4 copies, they come on a pallet.

 

For ****s sake don't drop one on your foot!!!!

 

2 copies arrived today. One for each of the boys. Happy memories for them and me (not forgetting the missus of course). They are bloody heavy ain't they.

 

Imagine my mum and dad's thoughts on getting a delivery of 350 of them to their house on North Hull Estate! Thankfully there are none left there now as we get agonisingly close to 1000 copies sold. Father's Day has been very kind to me (well, Dove House) already. Oh - and thanks for buying them.

 

Finding the Martin Fish stuff interesting, I was young and just getting into City in his time, all I remember is Fish out stickers on lampposts, but he comes across as a decent bloke trying his best in this book?

 

A few people have said similar and I think there's some truth in that. Fish was thrust into a position he didn't really covet, and was having to take the flak largely because of another man's actions (Chris Needler). He's undoubtedly a decent man, but I don't think he should necessarily get complete and utter exoneration. I couldn't get too many people to speak against that regime (I did try to speak to people who I thought might but it didn't come off) but Fish and Dolan still did some things that I found - and still find - very poor. For example, I'd say the treatment of Wayne Jacobs and Tom Wilson (among others) could and should have been better, the dismantling of a productive youth policy counts against them, and the closeness of the relationship between Fish and Dolan meant the latter stayed in the job too long (though it is always worth reminding people that we had two very enjoyable seasons under Dolan). Fish didn't deserve the personal abuse he was to receive (the likes of Lloyd and Hinchliffe/Buchanan were very much deserving of that, but didn't quite get it to the extent Fish did) but the club was dying in front of our very eyes and he was at the helm, even though he couldn't really do much as the real power was with Chris Needler. He's a genuine City fan too. I hadn't realised just how much until I spoke with him.