Not really, AA obviously sees the groups quoted as a minority of the overall support, but in that minority the majority are not in favour of a name change.
Not really, AA obviously sees the groups quoted as a minority of the overall support, but in that minority the majority are not in favour of a name change.
Nice try, but you know perfectly well the majority of fans are against any name change. Even on here, with about 1850 members, there's only about five or six who don't care.
The location. No matter what the club is called, it's still the professional football club representing Hull (and East Yorkshire for that matter). If he was doing a Wimbledon/MK Dons style move, that would be different, then I'd agree with you. But he's not. He's proposing removing a couple of words and replacing them with what's probably the most recognisable word of our clubs image. How can you possibly believe renaming the club makes it a different club? If I renamed myself via deed poll it wouldn't make me a different person. If Volkswagen made their official name simply 'VW' it wouldn't make their cars different machines, so how on earth does renaming the football club make it a different club?
No, I meant before he altered it to Hull City Tigers Limited. Thing is, he was claiming this morning that he wasn't changing the name, he was shortening it; that Tigers was already in the official name. It's all semantics, but it seems to me he has nullified anything he said in the consultation meeting by asserting that he has not changed the name, that he has shortened it.
So when he moves Hull Tigers to Melton is that when you finally wake up? And then he drops the word Hull to tap into a wider geographical pot calling us simply Tigers is that going too far or will you say "well as long as we're good on the pitch, he's the boss"? And your comparison doesnt work in any way, shape or form. There are millions of cars out there you can own and you change your car every few years. We are talking about something where in 109 years the ONLY constant in all of that has been the name. It astounds me that people proclaiming to be fans can have this attitude. I can cast iron guarantee there is no other club in the top flight of English football who have so many fans who would roll over and take this royal ****ing shafting from a mental despot and it frankly sickens me. Liverpool are light years behind Man Utd in terms of revenues and havent won the leage for 20 years. What do you think the reaction would be if Fenway said we're changing the name in an attempt to address this?
I wouldn't bring Melton into it, if I were you. I think there are many, many more people would NOT have a problem moving to Melton than there are having a problem with the Club being called Hull Tigers.
Allam does a slightly less obnoxious, but equally annoying TV interview... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24913705#asset
No, certainly not; the comment is out of order, but not surprising. The comments are not helpful to the situation, nor are they damaging; they are simply a measure of the individual who made them. Best ignored.
So if that's the case it highlights my point perfectly - when does a club cease being a club? If we change the name and the location where it plays home games I just dont see why people can still think it is the same club. Are people that apathetic that they think 'well, it's 10 miles nearer for me so that's perfect". I just dont get it, I really dont.
David Conn on the name change... http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/nov/12/tiger-economy-hull-city-assem-allam-asia And on our not very healthy financial state(our losses rival Blackburn's)... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/12/hull-city-losses-premier-league-promotion?CMP=twt_gu
