An Open Letter to Hull City AFC

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TygerTyger said:
IF it happened (which I currently doubt) the suggestion seems to be that it would make us more attractive to sponsors/supporters in the East. I cannot think of any other reason the club would do it. If the evidence, or balance of probabilities, indicate that no extra funds would be generated then I doubt the club would do it.

Personally I think it would not attract any real support, I see no benefit in doing it, and, if asked, would vote against it. But if it does happen I will still be more interested in who we are signing then I am about a minor name change.
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So how much money would it raise?


If it would raise some money, why hasn't some other club already done it?

I'm talking about Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U, Chelsea which court the Asian market every pre season.

As has already been said, the average Asian thicko is a glory hunter whose idea of a great game is LFC beating Ferriby 13-0 .

They don't buy authentic replica shirts, they make and wear snides.
 
I actually thought Kamil Zayatte could have a decent future in the game.

Did we even get a fee for him? And how much were we paying him in wages?
 
originallambrettaman said:
What about if the name change damaged the chances of generating income from other markets?

As I believe it would. You don't scrap 109 years of history, that's exactly what you try to get supporters outside of the UK to buy into.

I don't believe for a second that this is about an attempt to generate income from the East, I think this is about Assem making his mark on the club just because he can and I don't think that's a good enough reason.
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Why would a minor name change scrap 109 years of history? Why would it damage our chances of generating income from other markets. And why would the club risk that?

Why on earth would Assem feel the need to make his mark any more then he already has?

Do you have some information that is denied the rest of us that suggests this is an Assem plot?
 
TygerTyger said:
Why would a minor name change scrap 109 years of history? Why would it damage our chances of generating income from other markets. And why would the club risk that?

Why on earth would Assem feel the need to make his mark any more then he already has?

Do you have some information that is denied the rest of us that suggests this is an Assem plot?
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How much extra income would be generated?
 
TygerTyger said:
IF it happened (which I currently doubt) the suggestion seems to be that it would make us more attractive to sponsors/supporters in the East. I cannot think of any other reason the club would do it. If the evidence, or balance of probabilities, indicate that no extra funds would be generated then I doubt the club would do it.

Personally I think it would not attract any real support, I see no benefit in doing it, and, if asked, would vote against it. But if it does happen I will still be more interested in who we are signing then I am about a minor name change.
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Erm, the name change for business HAS happened. Even the Club admit that.
 
City Agro said:
So how much money would it raise?


If it would raise some money, why hasn't some other club already done it?

I'm talking about Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U, Chelsea which court the Asian market every pre season.

As has already been said, the average Asian thicko is a glory hunter whose idea of a great game is LFC beating Ferriby 13-0 .

They don't buy authentic replica shirts, they make and wear snides.
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I doubt if it would have any effect at all in raising revenue. As I said in the post you replied to. That's why I doubt it will happen. I also don't agree with your comments about Asian fans. And I suspect they make "unauthorised" replica shirts because the "fans" over here buy them. Possibly because they also make the "real" replica shirts for pence, that we sell at an outrageous price.
 
TygerTyger said:
And has that "scrapped" our history? Cost us any supporters or sponsors?

Or has it made no difference whatsoever?
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It has caused a rift with supporters and the misleading statements are creating a mistrust of the Club set up. If you're looking for an imeadeate sweeping effect, you're missing the issue.
 
Dutch_Mountain_Dog said:
It has caused a rift with supporters and the misleading statements are creating a mistrust of the Club set up. If you're looking for an imeadeate sweeping effect, you're missing the issue.
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So what do you want the club to say? That there are no immediate plans to change the name?
 
TygerTyger said:
And has that "scrapped" our history? Cost us any supporters or sponsors?

Or has it made no difference whatsoever?
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When Hull got blitzed and so many buildings got destroyed or damaged, no doubt some thought "So what? Embrace change. They're only old buildings. Let's build some modern up to date ones."

And that's how we've ended up with so many **** buildings and people lamenting what we've lost.

If you've ever been to Ypres, you'll have seen that after it got literally flattened they rebuilt it all in the same old style as it was because they were proud of the medieval cloth hall, the market square etc and there was no round to say "That old cloth hall was a bit dull and old let's build summat modern like."

Pedigree and heritage, once gone , is gone forever.
 
City Agro said:
When Hull got blitzed and so many buildings got destroyed or damaged, no doubt some thought "So what? Embrace change. They're only old buildings. Let's build some modern up to date ones."

And that's how we've ended up with so many **** buildings and people lamenting what we've lost.

If you've ever been to Ypres, you'll have seen that after it got literally flattened they rebuilt it all in the same old style as it was because they were proud of the medieval cloth hall, the market square etc and there was no round to say "That old cloth hall was a bit dull and old let's build summat modern like."

Pedigree and heritage, once gone , is gone forever.
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Gosh, yes, you're right. I take back everything I said. This is just like Dresden on 13th February 1945. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before. Changing a word in the name of the football club will decimate the population of the city.

Still, at least Hiroshima is still ok................................................... isn't it?
 
TygerTyger said:
Gosh, yes, you're right. I take back everything I said. This is just like Dresden on 13th February 1945. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before. Changing a word in the name of the football club will decimate the population of the city.

Still, at least Hiroshima is still ok................................................... isn't it?
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I disagree.
 
TygerTyger said:
Why would a minor name change scrap 109 years of history? Why would it damage our chances of generating income from other markets. And why would the club risk that?
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Because for 109 years we've been Hull City, not Hull Tigers.

TygerTyger said:
Why on earth would Assem feel the need to make his mark any more then he already has?
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I'm afraid you'll have to direct that question at Assem.

TygerTyger said:
Do you have some information that is denied the rest of us that suggests this is an Assem plot?
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I have been told by one of our major sponsors that Assem thinks that Hull Tigers is a better name than Hull City and his long term aim is to change it.
 
originallambrettaman said:
I have been told by one of our major sponsors that Assem thinks that Hull Tigers is a better name than Hull City and his long term aim is to change it.
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That's another crackpot idea then like 40,000 stadium with everyone paying a fiver, us playing at Welton etc

File under daft ideas destined to fail.
 
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