Match Day Thread Official stadium name change; Sports Direct Arena

Or the Tampax Compak Stadium :S

 

If it actually results in another company buying the rights I don't mind, although would have to come at the end of the season I believe, one of the papers mentioned wanting a combined shirt and stadium sponsorship package. If it doesn't and Ashley just slaps sports direct on our kit too I'll be slightly less happy.

 

It was bound to happen eventually, most clubs are doing it now sadly.

 

Doesn't piss me off, but you'd save yourself a hell of a lot of typing on this thread if you'd refrained from saying 'Get over it'. You have a valid point, but there's clearly another thread filled with people gutted about the loss of the name so it's hardly wise of you to say 'Get over it' unless you were looking forward to the sort of posting arguement you managed to get into right away.

 

And what about the next generation of supporters?

 

'We' don't need it but the money's there to be taken. It'd be foolish to not do so.

I find it sad but you don't see me raging like you. The game's been headed this way for years now, you had to have seen it coming.
Just chill out and stop taking it all so seriously, it's only football.

 

The journos don't need to derail our season our on ****ing fans will just because the stadiums naming rights will be sold. No one will call it by it's new name anyway it's nowt to get upset about imo.

 

And to get supporters to buy the new ticket initiative before revealing this is so sneaky and evil. Just wow.

 

He won't change it after Sports Direct Arena.

All this talk about selling it to another sponsor is bollocks , believe you me.

 

He doesn't need to give away naming rights to ****ing make money though. He should find some other way. I'm not claiming to know all that's going on in the club, but surely there must be another way to make money than to get rid of the ****ing historic symbols.

If Mike Ashley were to come out and say, we desperately need the cash, therefore selling the naming rights is essential, then I'd understand, but he's making all these decisions, and by not communicating with us, he's just giving us the impression that he doesn't give a **** about the fans feelings and the clubs tradition. We deserve ****ing explanations!!

He cant just keep on doing things like this and expect us to think he's doing it with the best intentions.

 

It's true. I genuinely think he might be a psychologist working on the theory of Stockholm Syndrome and seeing the effects of wearing people down.

If I've learned one thing from the Ashley era though; life goes on.

 

You're not raging because you're a Norwich fan.

And oh my deary **** you said the 4 dreaded words.

Get off our board.

 

This

 

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You better be right.

Or else

Edit: Thought you said he won't change it at all, need my glasses

 

Most clubs already had no name. They were new stadiums, such as the emirates, etihad etc. We have a tradition.

 

wait till it's confirmed by the club before jumping on the bandwagon

 

This. Just like 'sport direct @ st james park' was going to change to sell it to someone else. No, no it wont be sold. It will be Sports Direct Arena until we get a new owner in.

 

so have Chelsea and they are going down this route as well

 

There's more than enough media coverage now for it to be considered true. Plenty of prepared pieces which were held back by an embargo.